So, my first One Shot.
First of all, this collection of one shots differs quite a bit from the other one shot collections you may have read. You see, the one shots that you will read here occur in the same AU as that of my main stories, The Switch and it's sequel.
I do this because I would very much prefer that my stories are all inter-related with each other, and the truth is, they will be. They'll star the same characters (or the same for the specific time-period from the main story they occur in) which makes it more understandable (and mainly because I love my OC's and the AU I wrote.)
The One shot's that you will read here will occur either before The Switch (before Elsa meets Nicholas, before Anna & Kristoff's marriage, before the trauma), after the switch (after trauma, after marriage, Elsa x Nicholas) or in some cases, during the switch. For now, there will not be any one shots that will occur after the sequel as they would give away plot clues and make the sequel useless.
I will make sure to indicate at the beginning of each shot whether it occurs before, during or after.
It is not required to read The switch or it's sequel to understand these one shot's (though it will help, especially if the one shot is during the middle of it).
If the one shot occurs before the switch, then everyone will understand it since it will only have the original frozen cast (Elsa, Anna, Kristoff etc.) and will be like a normal Frozen one shot.
If the one shot occurs after or during the switch, then it will feature the same cast as my story which means my OC's as well (the most prevalent one will be Nicholas) and might be harder to understand for those who haven't read the story (though it shouldn't be too difficult, I'll try to keep The Switch references as low as possible.).
I can also take prompts and ideas that, if you want, you can submit via review or PM. It's up to you.
Overall, I hope you enjoy these One shot's and I would love to hear any ideas and prompts you may have which I will try my best to turn into a story. Good day!
-TacticX
Main character listing (because only allows you to list 4 characters):
[Elsa x Nicholas] (If after the Switch)
[Anna x Kristoff]
Kai
Gerda
King William
[Rapunzel x Eugene] (Yeah, they're here!)
Hans Westerguard
Duke of Weselton (Someone give this guy a name already! Jeez)
Various other OC's
Oh, and for the time being, until Disney releases it officially, I will be using 'of Arendelle' as the surname for Elsa and Anna. Technically, that is historically accurate as Royals tended to do that in history.
Now, time for me to shut up and write the shot's!
-TacticX
***Camping***
Timeline: After The Switch
"Elsa wake up!" Anna yelled into her sister's ear. The resulting scream was inevitable.
"ANNA!" Elsa growled in response, breathing heavily, as she clutched a hand to her chest, her heart racing.
"Oops! Did I wake you?" Anna giggled as she started jumping on the bed to Elsa's annoyance.
"What could it possibly be now?" Elsa seethed.
"Jeez sister. Calm down!" Anna teased. Elsa responded by literally throwing her off the bed.
Thump!
"HEY!" Anna squealed as she got up of the floor. She looked up and saw her sister laying on the bed again, eyes closed. "Wake Up! We're going somewhere, which means, me, you, Kristoff and your lover Nicholas."
"I am not going anywhere at this time in the morning." Elsa muttered. Morning was kind of an understatement as the sun hadn't even risen over the horizon yet. The only indication it was morning was the very dark blue tinge in the sky or Elsa's annoying little sister.
"C'mon!" Anna groaned as she flopped down on Elsa abdomen, much to the Queen's annoyance. "I agreed with the other two men, that we can go camping!"
"Seriously?" Elsa asked, eyes still closed. "Of all the times to go camping, you had to choose my day off from duties?"
"Well, Kai wouldn't let me drag you out of a meeting or catch you when you're signing those silly documents...so yeah. This was the only time."
"Those silly documents are what's keeping the kingdom intact and keeping me and you as royals. Keep that in mind..."
"Argh! So booooring..." Anna yawned. Elsa responded by pushing her off the bed again.
Thump!
Anna growled in increasing annoyance. "You are either coming out voluntarily, or I will force you out!"
"Try it!"
Kai walked down the hallway checking all the rooms and corridors to make sure they were clean and organized for when the Queen woke up. If there is one thing that Elsa hated, it was mess. She would literally freak out if her quill was misplaced so Kai could only imagine the chaos that would result should an entire corridor be messed up. To Kai's annoyance though, there was Princess Anna, who was clearly the sole creator of all the chaos and mess in the castle...actually rephrase...the whole of Arendelle. There was only so much of Anna's mess that Kai could clean up before the Queen saw it herself, and when she did...wow! 10 miles was clearly not enough. So it definitely did not come as a surprise when he heard the Queen screaming nearby.
"Oh no. What mess has Anna done know..." Kai muttered as he hurried to the Queen's aid. Of course though, of all the things he was expecting, this obviously wasn't one of them.
"Anna! Let me go!" Elsa screamed as she tried to wrestle out of Anna's arms which were firmly wrapped around her torso. Kai watched in shock as Anna dragged her sister down the hallway, the Queen still in her nightgown.
"Oh hey Kai." Princess Anna smiled noticing the gaping butler.
"Princess..."He responded with a small curtsy, not taking his eyes of the struggling sisters. Suddenly he remembered overhearing a conversation between the princess and her husband yesterday, and the realization struck him as he chuckled. "Camping?"
"Yes" Anna said.
"NO!" Elsa screamed as she squirmed out of her sister's grip. Unfortunately, the Princess's more agile figure, and faster speed, allowed her to tackle her sister to the ground, to Kai's amusement, before she got too far. "ANNA! I WILL FREEZE YOU!"
"You and I both know you wouldn't do that." Anna said smugly as she grabbed Elsa's arms and dragged her across the floor, Kai trying desperately to hide his snigger, especially when the Queen started pelting her sister with snowballs in an attempt to escape. "Aah! Stop that!"
"I am not going camping now! Tomorrow! Or ever!" Elsa squealed as she brought an avalanche down on her sister, who unfortunately, was undeterred and continued to drag the queen towards the stairs.
"Why? Why are you so afraid of the outdoors?" Anna asked. Her sister had never been an outdoor person. She would always prefer the comfort of the castle or any form of man made structure. But whenever Anna persuaded Elsa to join her in anything that remotely involved soil, forest or wildlife, her sister always had an excuse as to why she didn't want to come.
"I am not afraid! I just don't like the dirt and the squirmy stuff out there." Elsa replied as she continued to struggle. Anna and Kai had to gather all their will power to prevent them from bursting out in laughter. "Now let me go!"
"Oh c'mon Elsa. It'll be fun! Just me, Nick, Kristoff and you. Stop being so boring! Jeez. You're always so cooped up in that study of yours, that sometime I have the thoughts of setting it alight just to get you out." Anna said as Elsa's eyes widened.
"You damage my study and I'll...I'll do something bad!" Elsa said lamely to Anna's amusement. "Now let me go!"
Anna just sighed. At this rate it'll be noon by time she get's Elsa to the stables. "Fine!" She said as she let her sister go. The Queen immediately stood up and glared at her sister. "If you want to enjoy your boring, repetitive, stressful lifestyle then so be it! Me? I want to enjoy my life so while you're busy waddling around in papers and councilmen, I'll be with Kristoff and Nicholas camping! See ya sis." And with that, Anna walked down the stairs leaving her sister standing there next to an amused Kai.
"Ready Kristoff?" Anna asked as she mounted her horse which was called Rhea. "Steady Rhea."
"Ready as ever, as long as you don't ride into the river again." Kristoff chuckled.
"That was an accident." Anna said as she secured her back to Rhea's back. "How about you Nick?"
"Great. So sad that Elsa couldn't come though." Nicholas said as he mounted his steed. "How are you Caesar?" The horse neighed in response. "We're ready."
"Alright!" Anna yelled with a giggle. "Let's get ready for Cam..." She was cut short by the sight of her sister approaching them. She was carrying a backpack while a servant was carrying another. Anna couldn't help but grin. "Well, well. Look who decided to have fun for once in her life."
"Don't start." Elsa sighed as she approached her horse. "Come here Venus." She mounted her horse as the servant placed another bag on her horses back. She looked over to see Anna beaming at her. "What?"
"I knew you had some fun left in you. I guess the council never tore it out completely." Anna giggled as directed Rhea next to her sister.
Elsa just sighed. "I figured one little camping trip couldn't do any harm. But I am not sleeping on the ground if that's what you're planning!"
"Oh I wouldn't do such a thing." Anna said sarcastically. "I mean, camping does involve staying in a luxurious room with a sauna and personal butler. Right darling?"
Kristoff just laughed in agreeance. Elsa just glared.
"Now we're all here, can we please get a move on!" Nicholas said. "It's already getting late." He pointed towards the sun which was still hidden behind the horizon, causing Elsa to frown and Anna and Kristoff to laugh.
"Late? It isn't even morning." Kristoff stated as the four royals began to move out.
"In my kingdom, morning lasts from 1 till 5 a in the morning. Any time after that is classified as night. Winter only!" Nicholas stated to which Kristoff replied, "Must be enjoyable..."
"It is! You try swimming at noon in a lake that's near frozen while the aurora lights it up. It's quite exhilarating."
"I said it before and I'll say it again, your place is filled with Psycho's!"
"Welcome to Pavlovo."
"Are we there yet?" Elsa groaned. "I'm tired."
"Tired? It's only 7 am and your horse is carrying you. How can you be tired oh dear majestic Queen?" Anna mocked. Elsa just groaned in response.
"I'm hungry."
"Don't make me feed you snow again!" Anna said with smirk.
"Do that and I'll drop you down a well!" Elsa replied.
"Will you two stop fighting!" Kristoff yelled. "Jeez! It's like living with a bunch of monkeys!" He was silenced as Anna hit him on the head and Elsa threw a snowball at him.
"Can we please find a spot to rest." Elsa said as she leaned forward so it was like she was sleeping on Venus. Anna groaned in annoyance.
"Fine." Anna said as she dismounted Rhea and walked over to a nice clean patch of grass. "We'll camp here till nightfall. Hopefully then, Queen Perfect will have stopped moaning."
"Yes! Now, let's have some breakfast!" Elsa said as she jumped of Venus and sat down on a small rock.
"Oh I'm sorry. I didn't know that Kai and Gerda were coming." Anna said as she pointed to the tent on the ground.
"So?" Elsa asked with a raised brow.
Anna sighed and handed her sister two rods, to Which Elsa just stared at them as if they fell from the sky. She looked at Anna with confusing, to which she responded by gesturing to put them together. Elsa put one rod perpendicular to the other to which Anna just face palmed and sighed!
"No Elsa. You insert one end into the other. Didn't mama or papa teach you?" Anna asked as she gazed pitifully at her sister.
"No. They never taught me how to set up a tent in my bedroom." Elsa said as she frowned at her sister. Anna just grabbed the rods out of Elsa's hand.
"Never mind."
"Finished!" Anna said as she wiped the sweat of her forehead before looking at Kristoff and Nicholas' tent. Her smile vanished when she saw that in the time she spent setting up her own tent, the men had managed to set up their own, create four makeshift hammocks, create a roof out of leaves, create a fire, and overall literally set up an entire camp. They just grinned at the Queen and princess.
"Never doubt the Ice man or the Russian!" Kristoff said with a smirk.
"Oh cut that out!" Anna snapped jealously as she began to pick some sticks up, only to realize that a fire had already been set up.
"So, where's breakfast?" Elsa asked as she sat next to her sister by the fire. Nicholas disappeared into his tent and emerged a few seconds later carrying a longbow. Elsa was unamused.
"We're supposed to hunt with that bow?" Elsa asked.
"No! We're gonna coat it in butter and barbecue it!" Nicholas replied sarcastically. Elsa glared at him.
"I was being serious!" Elsa snapped.
"So was I. Circle of stupidity Elsa!" Nicholas responded. Kristoff and Anna struggled to contain their laughter.
"You two are so cute!" Anna said with a giggle.
Elsa heard her stomach growl. "Oh I've had enough. I'm going to wander around nearby. Hopefully there will be food by time I return."
"Would that be filleted, boiled or grilled your majesty?" Nicholas mocked. Elsa growled in response before she stormed off into the woods. Nicholas let out a laugh as he and Kristoff stood up to get ready for the hunt.
"Will you be okay on your own?" Kristoff asked his wife.
"Of course. I'm not defenseless." Anna said as she opened her bag exposing the tip of a sword. Kristoff just stared, eyes wide. "Papa taught me."
"I hope he taught you well." Kristoff replied, unable to take his eyes off the sword.
"C'mon Kristoff!" Nicholas' voice called out from the forest. "Let's find something to eat!"
"Hold up!"
Elsa wandered through the woods slowly, careful to mark her path to make sure she didn't get lost. Then again, if she did, she could just send up a massive snowflake like on her coronation to mark her location.
She passed a small stream which she scooped up some water. She knew that mountain water was safe to drink yet she didn't try it. Instead she walked upstream until she reached a small outcrop of rock. She climbed it and was greeted by a small doe grazing on some flowers. She gasped at how beautiful it was. Slowly, but carefully, she sneaked over to the doe. As she approached, the doe looked up and looked straight at her. Elsa froze, wanting not to scare the doe.
"Hey..." Elsa said lightly as she stretched out her hand. "I won't hurt you."
The doe curiously approached the Queen and looked at her. Elsa picked up a couple of flowers and held them up. The doe approached and sniffed the Queen's hand before looking at the Queen a second time.
"C'mon. It's alright. I won't hurt you." Elsa said lightly. Slowly, the doe grabbed the flowers out of Elsa's hand and started to eat them. Such a majestic creature, Elsa thought as she reached her hand out to touch the doe's fur. She stroked the fur on the doe's head lightly as she watched it eat.
"Oh you're so cu..." She was cut of by the whoosh of an arrow, and the sound of it impacting flesh! She stumbled backwards in horror and screamed as blood splattered onto her and the doe fell to the ground, an arrow jammed straight through it's neck, blood pooling all around. Elsa screamed again in horror as she felt like vomiting.
"YEAH!" A voice shouted. "I got one!"
Out of the bushes, Nicholas and Kristoff emerged with smiles on their faces as they eyed their prize hunt. Their smile's quickly vanished when they saw Elsa, covered in blood, staring horror-struck at the dead doe in front of her.
"Oh shit." Kristoff muttered us he and Nicholas exchanged glances. Elsa, who was breathing rapidly, looked at the two men, anger slowly dawning on her face. But not before the sight of all that blood got to her. She quickly ran over to the bushes next to her and heaved. "Oooh." Kristoff said pitifully.
"Are you alright?" Nicholas asked, quite concerned.
A mumble came from the bushes.
"Pardon?"
"DO I LOOK ALRIGHT TO YOU?" Elsa snapped before she returned her head in the bushes and started vomiting again. She wiped her mouth and attempted to hold it in as she turned to Nicholas, careful to avoid sight of the blood covered doe, and said, "Bring me back to the camp now!"
When the three arrived, Anna was shocked to see her sister covered in blood. Nicholas looked nervous, but Kristoff was clearly struggling not to laugh. He was dragging along besides him, a small doe with an arrow pierced through it's neck. Since Anna had been brought hunting several time by her father, she even killed a couple herself, the sight of the dead doe did not affect her. She looked at the three and the dead doe and pieced two and two together. Her eyes widened in shock as she bit back a snicker that was just waiting to escape. Just to make sure she was correct, she asked Elsa, "What happened?"
"I am never going camping again!" Elsa said as she walked over to her bag and pulled out a dress. "These two idiots..." She said pointing to the two men who were sniggering at the memory of what they had just done, "...killed a doe that I was petting. They couldn't even wait till I had left."
"Why were you petting a doe that they were about to kill?" Anna asked. Wrong question!
"Do you think I would have petted the doe if I knew they were about to kill it?!" Elsa snapped at her sister. Her stomach got the better of her when she saw the doe again and she barely restrained herself from puking again. "Please...get that doe...out of my sight." She said clutching her stomach. Anna shot Kristoff and Nicholas a look, causing them to immediately drag the doe out of Elsa's sight.
Anna watched pitifully as her sister walked behind the tent and changed into another dress. By now, the sun was high in the sky and Elsa had to hide behind the tent and a tree, just In case anyone passed by this area. Elsa didn't want her reputation stained by rumors of people seeing the Queen in her undergarments.
She emerged in a new blue and white dress which, despite it's color, was not made from ice. She sat down next to her younger sister and stared at the fire before looking up at Anna.
"Hmm?" Anna asked as she looked at her older sister.
"Nothing. I was just remembering the last time I saw that much blood, it was yours." Elsa sighed.
"Actually it was yours since it was your body." Anna said.
"But you were in it." Elsa said.
"Oh Elsa. The past is in the past. What matters is that we are alright now." Anna said as she comfortably rubbed Elsa's back. The men appeared a few seconds later carrying a tray of sliced meat. They took a deep breath seeing Elsa. They tried to avoid her gaze as they sat down on their log and put the meat on top of a mesh on the fire.
"If you want, we can get something else for you Elsa." Nicholas said as he gazed at the Queen. "We honestly didn't see you. I mean, who in their right mind would try to anticipate the Queen of Arendelle to be standing next to their hunt."
"You have eyes right?"
"All I could see was the rear of the doe. I can't see through trees. But if it's any consolation, Me and Kristoff are sorry."
"Sorry for?"
Nicholas sighed. "Sorry for killing a doe in front of you and splattering you in blood and possibly ruining your appetite."
Elsa sighed as well. "Apology accepted. At least I don't need to lock you in the dungeons now."
It was midday by time the four royals set off again. Instead of waiting till midnight, they had decided to try and find another, more visual, place to camp. In the end, after Anna convincing her sister to think that the meat was not from the doe she petted, Elsa ate her share of the steaks, though there were several times she felt sickened, especially when Kristoff mentioned about her bloody dress.
Now, they were halfway up the mountain on their horses, or in the case of Kristoff, reindeer. They approached a clearing that had an amazing view of Arendelle, with a small stream nearby to provide water. They decided that this would be where they would settle for the night. As the men started setting up the tents, Anna and her sister walked over to the nearby spring to get a drink. By the time they returned the camp was fully set up.
"So, what shall we do now?" Kristoff asked.
"Rock Climbing!" Anna said enthusiastically. Elsa groaned while Kristoff and Nicholas looked at Anna with concern.
"Err, Anna? Are you sure that's the safest thing to do?" Kristoff asked.
"Any other fun ideas you have then?" Anna asked back.
"Umm...singing?" Elsa suggested.
"Rock Climbing it is!" The other three said in unison.
"ELSA! Stop acting like a wimp!" Anna said to her sister, sho had her eyes shut and had her arms wrapped around Anna's neck tightly.
"I...I'm s-s-scared of h-heights..." Elsa stammered as she refused to down.
"Elsa!" Nicholas called out from above. "We're only 22 feet high."
"That's 22 feet too many!" Elsa yelled before she tightened her embrace around Anna, nearly cutting off her sister's air supply.
"Elsa. Please calm down. This ledge is only 50 feet high!" Anna said, amused at her sister's fright. Sure she was Elsa's little sister and supposed to be calming her down, but she just couldn't beat back the hilariousness of this situation. Elsa just whimpered in response.
Sigh...
"You can open your eyes now baby queen." Anna mocked as she deposited her sister on the ground. Elsa looked around and sighed in relief when she saw she was on flat ground. "Big baby!" Anna teased.
"Well sorry for being afraid of heights!" Elsa said.
"Hey. I fell of a two hundred foot cliff, or more like thrown off by marshmallow when I visited you. Now that's scary!" Anna retorted before sitting down next to Kristoff.
"Well, what now?" Nicholas asked. "Rock climbing again?"
"NO!" Elsa yelled. "I-I'll take the long way around."
8 hours later...
The four royals were now sitting around the campfire that Anna had re-lit...and somehow managed to get her sister burnt with. Elsa now had a burn mark on her right arm because Anna managed to trip over grass and the burning wood hit her sister on the arm. How Anna tripped over virtually nothing...no one knows. The four of them were now roasting marshmallow's on the fire. Kristoff and Nicholas were also enjoying a cold vodka that they had managed to chill with ice...Ice that they got from scaring Elsa by pouring worms on her lap. The resulting 'glacier' that formed provided enough ice to cool all of their drinks down and Elsa was using some of it to heal the wound on her arm, while shooting occasional glares at the men despite them having apologized several times.
"Ah!" Anna said. "The sky's awake so I'm awake."
Elsa's eyes widened.
"Elsa! Do you wanna build a snowman?"
"Seriously?" Elsa asked. "Isn't camping enough for you."
"Alright then. We'll go for an evening hike! Just me and you" Anna said as she stood up.
"A snowman sounds good actually!" Elsa told her sister only for her to shake her head.
"Nope. You rejected the first time, so now it's hiking time!"
"No way!" Elsa said stubbornly as she crossed her arms. Anna just shrugged and walked off, but not before giving a look towards Kristoff and Nicholas.
"Say Nick." Kristoff started. "Got anymore worms?"
"Yep." Nicholas said as he pulled a bucket from behind the log.
"Anna! Wait up!" Elsa screamed as she ran after her sister. The men just burst into laughter.
"Where are we going?" Elsa asked.
"Up the hills. I want to get a good view of the ocean." Anna said as she and her sister hiked up the mountains.
"You do remember where the campsite is right?" Elsa asked again.
"Yes Elsa." Anna sighed. "Stop worrying."
1 hour later...
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN WE'RE LOST!" Elsa screamed.
"I don't know." Anna shrugged. "All I remember is passing this tree." She pointed towards the fir tree which, to Elsa's dismay and anger, looked pretty much like all the other trees surrounding them for miles.
"You mean the fir tree that looks just like every other?" Elsa asked through gritted teeth.
"Uuh...yeeeahh..."
Elsa sighed before saying, "Do you at least know the direction to our home?"
"Of course I do! Kristoff said it's south of Cerenia Creek."
"So...where is the creek?"
"I don't know."
"Oh god Anna. Why did I even come camping with you?"
"Because it would be fun."
"C'mon. Let's just continue heading south..."
"Alright..."
…
…
…
"Elsa..."
"Hmm?"
"I don't know which way is South..."
"Annaaaaaaa..."
Back at camp...
"Where the heck are those girls?" Nicholas asked as he looked across towards the direction the girls had disappeared to."
"I don't know. They've been gone for more than an hour already!" Kristoff said, quite concerned that his wife could be hurt. "I think we should start looking for them!"
"C'mon! If we can't find them within the next few hours, we'll alert the Royal guards!"
Back at wherever the girls were...
"I assure you, we've been walking around in circles!" Elsa said grumpily noticing they had passed the same tree, four times already.
"Nah. The trees just look the same around here." Anna said happily as she pulled a flower from the ground and sniffed it.
"Anna! Do you even know where you are going?" Elsa asked as she became increasingly aggravated.
"Yep. Home!"
"You've said that four times already!"
"Of course, where else are we gonna go?"
"Anna! Where is home?" Elsa asked through gritted teeth.
"Umm. Somewhere in that direction." Anna replied pointing to absolutely nowhere in particular. "Chill out Elsa. At least the weather's good. It could be worse..."
"How could this possibly be worse?"
"It could be snowing..."
AAAAAH!
"Elsa...Oomph!" Anna grunted as her sister tackled her to the ground. "ELSA GET OFF!"
"YOU DID THIS ON PURPOSE!" Elsa screamed as she made a snowball and tried to stuff it inside Anna's mouth. Anna managed to force her sister off but, she was quickly lunged at again.
"Calm down!" Anna screamed as she tried to wrestle Elsa off her.
"NO! I'M TIRED! I'M THIRSTY! I'M HUNGRY!" Elsa yelled as she attempted to wrestle her sister to the ground. "I'm the Queen! I'm not supposed to be in this mess!"
"Jeez Elsa! You've gone insane!" Anna said fearfully as she managed to squirm out of Elsa's grip. Anna noticed that ice was forming on all the nearby trees and the ground was covered in frost. "Elsa! Calm down! You're freezing everything!"
"I don't care!" Elsa yelled as she attempted to grab Anna again. This time Anna managed to dodge Elsa, but in doing so, failed to notice the drop to the lake behind her.
Anna stumbled backwards trying to grab onto anything, but there was nothing in sight. Elsa watched as her sister stumbled backwards and fell of the cliff. To Anna's surprise it was only a ten foot drop. What she didn't expect was the deep lake below her.
SPLASH!
Elsa just smirked upon hearing Anna splash into the water.
"Enjoying your bath?" Elsa grinned as she approached the small drop and looked down at the sparkling waters. To her surprise, Anna was nowhere to be found. Elsa just smirked. "I know you're hiding beneath the surface Anna."
Elsa looked across the surface of the water for any signs of her sister but there were none. Of course Anna was trying to get back at her. She was obviously waiting for Elsa to get a little closer so she could pull her in. Anna knew Elsa couldn't swim.
"Anna?" Elsa called out across the lake. The grin on her face faltered a bit.
"Maybe she has can hold her breath for long periods..." Elsa thought. She watched the lake's surface for any sign of movement but still nothing. Now the grin on Elsa's face completely vanished and was replaced with a look of concern. Why hadn't Anna surfaced yet? Surely she can't hold her breath that long?
"Anna?" Elsa called out again. Still nothing. Now Elsa was starting to become fearful, reflected by the ice that was beginning to form beneath her feet. "Anna? This...this isn't funny anymore..."
There was still no response. Now Elsa was becoming scared as she frantically looked across the surface of the lake for any sign of her younger sibling. She watched for a few seconds, waiting for any telltale sign of movement but there were none. Now panic took over Elsa as she thought of the possibility that her sister could have drowned.
Without a second to lose, Elsa created a staircase down to the water below and started searching frantically in the water.
"ANNA!" Elsa screamed fearfully as she used her ice to create a surface on the water for her to stand on. "ANNA!" She creamed again. Now she was certain that this wasn't one of Anna's pranks. She knew her sister would never go as far as to scare her this much, no matter how much she sometimes wanted to. Elsa was about to jump in the water but remembered that she, couldn't swim. Then she remembered, she could just create an underwater platform of ice for her to grab onto. Without warning, Elsa jumped into the lake. Immediately upon submerging herself, she began frantically kicking herself downwards. Luckily the light from the moon illuminated the lake enough for her to somewhat see in the waters. Elsa's eye's opened in fear when she saw her sister, completely still, just beneath her. She tried her best to swim down, grabbing her sister and using all the concentration she had, which was hard since she had little air left, to create an ice platform beneath her. Using her powers, she forced the ice all the way to the surface, which she and held onto while her sister was in her other arm. Elsa gasped as they breached the surface of the water. Without wasting any more time, she dragged her sister's unconscious body towards the other side of the lake, using the ice to keep her above water.
The minute she reached the shore, she pulled Anna onto the dry land and shook her sister in an attempt to wake her.
"ANNA!" Elsa shouted to her sister as she continued to shake her. She looked at her sister's chest and panicked when she saw she wasn't breathing. Elsa had no idea what to do as she had never been taught what to do in these situations. Elsa remembered hearing about making sure that the person has air, but how. She knew she had to do something or her sister could possibly die right here, right now. Elsa brought her lips to Anna's and with a deep breath blew air into her sister's mouth. She saw her sister's chest rise but fall again as soon as Elsa took her lips from Anna's. Elsa repeated this again several times, as she attempted to resuscitate her sister. Tears were already falling down Elsa's cheek at the thought that she may have already lost Anna.
"HELP!" Elsa screamed in the hope that someone would hear her. "Anna please wake up!" Elsa cried as she started pushing her hands down on her sister's chest in an attempt to get any water out. She took another deep breath and put her lips to Anna's.
Suddenly their was a cough and a sputter as Elsa stumbled back in shock watching her sister gasp and cough out some water. Elsa quickly crawled over to her sister, who was still coughing, and hit her lightly on the back to help her.
Finally, when Anna had managed to cough out most of the water she asked, "W-W-What...hap...cough...pened?"
Elsa just replied by embracing her sister and crying into her shoulder.
"I-I though I lost you..." Elsa sobbed into Anna' shoulder. "I'm so sorry for fighting with you..."
"Fighting?" Anna asked as the memories of hos she fell into the lake returned. Oh yeah. Elsa had been lunged at her because she had brought her camping. "Oh that..." Anna laughed dryly before she started coughing again. Elsa looked at her, tears in her eyes, as Anna said. "You saved me."
"I couldn't just let you drown. I-I thought it was another one of your jokes..." Elsa cried as Anna wiped the tears from her sister's cheeks and eyes.
"Shh. Don't cry. I'm fine now see?"
"But you nearly died."
"But I didn't. Besides, I didn't know you knew how to swim." Anna said as she embraced her sister.
"I-I can't. I used my powers to get us out." Elsa repleid, still hugging her sister.
"Oh." Anna said as she took a deep breath. She could still feel some water in her lungs, but it didn't cause much aggravation. "Well, I can't really swim either. I guess that makes two of us."
Elsa laughed dryly as she pulled away from her sister.
"I'm sorry for..."
"No." Anna interrupted. "I should be sorry. I brought you on this silly camping trip, and we both nearly died. I should have listened to you."
"Well, I never should have argued with you earlier. It was not very queenly of me..."
"Oh here we go. Always about your reputation..." Anna said with a roll of her eyes as she pulled her sister up with her.
"You alright now?" Elsa asked, concern easily visible on her face. Anna nodded in response.
"But we're still lost.." Anna said as she looked around to see where they were.
"I know."
"Wait. Elsa!" Anna said as she realized something.
"What?" Elsa asked.
"Your powers!"
"What about them?"
"You can use them like a beacon! You know, like you did when you made that skating rink." Anna said as she mimicked Elsa using her powers to launch a snowflake and show it exploding.
"Of course!" Elsa gasped. "Why didn't I think of that!"
"Because I did." Anna replied. Elsa just rolled her eyes. Elsa made a gesture with her hands making a miniature sparkly snowflake, which she then shot high into the air causing it to explode in a massive flash of blue and white sparkles, and snow.
"I think that should be sufficient..." Elsa said as she watched the light subside and the snow start to fall.
"Now we just wait..." Anna said. "I guess we better stay here for the night. At least we've got water...and each other."
Elsa just smiled as she pulled Anna into another hug.
"Thanks for saving me..." Anna said as she accepted the embrace.
"You're welcome. That's what sister's do." Elsa said, her voice muffled as she lay her head on Anna's shoulder. "I guess we should get some rest then, hmm?"
"Yeah. I don't know how long it'll take for someone to get here." Anna said as she let her sister lay on her shoulder. Anna laid back against a tree and wrapped her hands around Elsa's waist, Elsa doing the same to her as well.
"Well I guess this will be another nightmare I'm going to get." Elsa said wearily as she closed her eyes.
"And I'll be there to always comfort you." Anna said as she ruffled her sister's, platinum blonde, hair.
"Hey. Don't mess up my hair...That's my signature." Elsa said as she looked into her sister's eyes. Anna just snickered in response.
"Sure it is..." Anna muttered. "Oh and Elsa?"
"Hmm."
"Can you please not squeeze me to death..." Anna said noticing how tightly Elsa's arms were wrapped around her torso. Quite frankly, ti hurt a little. Elsa loosened her grip ever so slightly, enough so that it wouldn't hurt anymore, but not enough that Anna could move around freely. "Elsa. I'm not going to go anywhere..."
"Just making sure..." Elsa said as she allowed the tiredness to get the better of her, bracing for the nightmares she may have again. "Just making sure."
The next morning...
"Sir! I've found them!" A young guard called out as he ran across the shore to the two sister. Severla guards and General Albert following behind.
Anna was laying against a tree with her sister laying on her shoulder, their arms intertwined around each others abdomen.
"Should we wake them?" A guard asked the General. They gasped when they saw Anna's eyes opened slightly, which soon opened wide, seeing the General and several guards standing there nervously.
"Your highness! Are you alright? Is her majesty fine as well?" A guard asked.
"I'm fine." Anna responded as she fel her sister's head leave her shoulder.
"Hmm? What time is it? Where am I?" Elsa asked drearily as she looked around. Anna stood up and pulled Elsa up with her.
"Thank goodness you're okay." General Albert said. "The whole kingdom has been worried sick when they heard that the Queen and Princess were missing."
"How did you know?" Anna asked as her sister leaned against her sleepily.
"Duke Kristoff and Prince Nicholas returned without you last night and called for the royal guard when you did not return from your hike. We've been searching all night for you. We managed to catch a slight glimpse of your...ice beacon...at around midnight. How you got this far from Arendelle we will never know." Albert said as he called for two guards to lend their horses to the Queen and Princess.
"How far are we?" Elsa asked sleepily.
"10 miles away from Arendelle." Albert replied
"Seriously Anna?" Elsa asked as he sister whistled guiltily. "You got us lost by 10 miles?"
"I told you I didn't know which way was south!" Anna replied guiltily as her sister sighed.
"Actually, you're 10 miles west of Arendelle, your highness." A guard told Anna. Anna whistled lightly as she mounted one of the free horses. Elsa decided to ride on the same horse as Anna.
"Uh. You know there's a spare horse right?" Anna indicated.
"So you don't want me to ride with you?" Elsa asked.
"No...it's just I thought you like riding on your own." Anna said. She then realized something. "Wait...This doesn't have anything to do with me nearly dying again, does it?"
"Maybe..."
"Wait! You nearly died?" Albert asked in shock.
"Fine. You can ride with me." Anna said as she ignored Albert's question, and let Elsa wrap her arms around her abdomen. "C'mon. Let's go. I want to see Rhea already. She must be worried sick."
"Actually your horse Rhea tried to accompany us!" Albert said as the group set off back to Arendelle. "It took 3 guards and the stable handler to restrain her."
"You didn't hurt Rhea did you?" Anna suddenly asked sharply.
"No! Of course not, though she did kick 1 guard through the stable doors. He's now in the infirmary with a broken leg and internal bleeding." Albert replied.
"Oops." Anna said pitifully for the poor guard who received a bashing from Rhea.
45 minutes later...
"Oh my goodness! Her majesty and highness are back!" A citizen yelled as they caught sight of the Princess and Queen.
"Your Highness Are you alright?" A citizen asked Anna.
"I'm fine."
"Princess Anna, are you alright?" Another asked.
""Never better!"
"It's good to see you're safe princess!" Several others declared, while even more attempted to check to see if Princess Anna was injured or anything.
"Your highness, as a blessing for your return." A shopkeeper said as she handed the princess a box of chocolates.
"Ooh! Chocolates!" Anna said as she opened the box and ate one. "Thank you Martha."
Martha curtsied in response. Several other citizens also offered the princess their relief that she was alright to the point that Elsa was starting to be annoyed by something she noticed.
"Anna?" Elsa whispered to her sister. "We both disappeared at the same time and returned right?"
"Yeah?" Anna replied not knowing where Elsa was going with this.
"So how comes everyone was concerned for your safety, yet no one asked me if I was alright, other than the guards?" Elsa said. Anna's eyes widened. She had only just noticed that. Everyone was so concerned for the well-being of the princess, yet no one had cared to ask whether the Queen was alright! Not wanting to make her sister feel bad or leave her isolated, Anna answered, "They care about you too, they are just...feeling too awkward to ask."
Elsa was unconvinced.
"Really?" Elsa said blandly. "If you're going to make up an excuse to make me feel better, at least make up a good one."
Anna just sighed. "I guess it's because the people just know me better. I mean, I am the more social one. I hang out with everyone here regularly and I always take daily walks through the town. I mean, when was the last time you have even bothered to come with me in town, or actually, when was the last time you have even been in town?" She asked.
To be truthful, Elsa didn't know. She had never been the social person having been isolated from everyone, even her sister, for 13 years. The last time she had bothered communicating with anyone in the town itself was when Anna had dragged her to a chocolate festival...before they both went into one heck of a sugar rush and frightened the hell out of everyone.
"Umm. The last time? I believe that was when we..."
"Oh." Anna said. "Yeah...I remember that..."
The sister's were now at the castle gates. The minute that they had entered and the sisters had dismounted, Anna was rammed by Kristoff and pulled into a massive hug.
"AAH!...Oh..Hey Kristoff" Anna stopped screaming realizing that her attacker was her husband.
"Oh my god Anna! Are you okay? Are you hurt? Is anything broken?" Kristoff asked rapidly as he searched for any form of injury on the Princess.
"I'm fine!" Anna laughed. "Wow, you're just as fussy as Elsa. Don't know why!"
"You seem to be the only one in Arendelle who has an entire shelf dedicated to their medical records and theirs alone!" Albert said with a chuckle as he entered the castle.
"Are you alright?" Nicholas asked Elsa. She smiled and nodded in response. Nicholas, being a prince, had not attempted to rush Elsa like Kristoff had, mainly because Elsa was the Queen, but that doesn't mean the temptation wasn't there. Instead he walked over to Elsa watching Kristoff continually fuss over Anna's, non-existent injuries. Then again, neither Nicholas or Kristoff knew that Anna had nearly died...again. Then again...
"Princess Anna!" Gerda yelled as she ran towards the princess. "Are you alright? Albert said that you nearly died!"
Kristoff choked and Nicholas gaped in shock. The rest simply just gasped...before they all looked at Elsa.
"What?" Elsa mouthed noticing every eye was trained on her.
"Hey Hey!" Anna yelled noticing what everyone was doing. "This isn't Elsa's fault! Jeez! The last time I nearly died was on my sister's coronation and you automatically assume that my sister was responsible this time!"
"Well, isn't she supposed to be the one protecting you?" A guard asked. Anna just sighed. She was about to tell them what happened but shut her mouth remembering what happened. If she told them what really happened, then it could actually be Elsa's fault, and knowing how everyone reacted to Elsa hurting her sister on her coronation...Yikes!
"Well...I...I...Slipped on a rock!" Anna said.
Several eyebrows raised upon hearing this. Obviously, neither Kristoff nor Nicholas bought this, but it seemed to work on everyone else...well, anyone who had seen Anna's clumsiness and lack of self-safety anyway...which was actually everyone.
"Only the princess can endanger her life by slipping on a rock..." A guard chuckled as he returned to his post. The four royals went inside as to avoid anymore awkward questions.
"So...what really happened?" Kristoff asked.
"Well, let's just say that I had a close encounter with some water and it went..."
"So you nearly drowned?" Nicholas asked.
"Pretty much." Anna said. "But my ever loving, loyal sister, that never left my side, saved me."
"Oh Anna." Elsa said lovingly at Anna's description of her. Anna walked over and draped an arm around her sister's shoulder as the four entered the dining room.
"We expected you two to be hungry so..." Nicholas motioned to the table in front of them. Anna and Elsa gasped. The plates on the table were stacked high with various chocolates, confectionaries and other sweets. Anna and Elsa's eyes opened wide as they eyed the white chocolate's in the center.
"Welcome Home darling." Kristoff said as he tried to hug his wife but was too slow.
SQUEAL
"Argh! My ears!" Kristoff yelled at the squeal of the two sister's as they lunged at the sweets in front of them.
"Aah. It's good to be back with our girls hmm?" Nicholas said to Kristoff. They both just chuckled as they watched the girls stuff their faces full of chocolates.
"Oh god!" Kai said as he entered the room. He had not been informed of chocolate buffet that had been created by Gerda and the staff.
"Kai." Gerda said. "I told ya I can make chocolates!"
Kai eyed the girls with wide eyes as he slowly retreated from the room. This went unnoticed by no one but the girls.
"Kai?" Gerda asked.
"All I am going to say is...I do not want to be anywhere near the Queen or Princess when the chocolate hit's their heads..." And with that Kai fled the room with unmatched speed.
Everyone turned their heads to the Queen and princess and gulped.
"You think this was a bad idea?" Nicholas asked.
"I think we are going to find out!" Kristoff said.
And now the first chapter of my One shot collection is complete. To recap for those who skipped the top part in bold, since this is after the events of my story 'The Switch', Elsa and Nicholas 'like' each other. Kristoff and Anna are married, and General Albert is...well the General of Arendelle's military but he is also the prime minister. Also, Kristoff is a duke.
Hope you like it, and there will be plenty more to come.
Again, i will also happily read any prompts and ideas for a one-shot, and try my best to write a story about it...or combine multiple prompts and...oh you know already.
-TacticX