AN: Hello all! Well this is new for me doing an AU. So, read, enjoy, and hopefully review! I'm always up for some constructive criticism. I'm struggling with how to start this, but just bear with me. I have the entire plot lined out.
I do not own Frozen, it belongs to Disney, etc.
Deep in the woods of Caribou, Maine, there sat a cozy cottage. On this summer night it was chillier than usual, but that did not keep young Anna from staying awake.
"Elsa, Elsa! Get up!" she giggled, tugging on her sister's arm from the lower bunk.
"Go to sleep, Anna!" Elsa murmured, rolling over.
Anna did not accept her sister's refusal and persisted to wake her sister by tossing toys onto her bunk.
"What do you want Anna?!" Elsa cried from frustration.
"The sky's awake, so I'm awake!" she cried. "We have to play!"
"Anna…" she groaned. "I'll be awake when the sun comes up… Then we can play."
Anna ran over to the window looking outside.
"Look Elsa, the tree house! Let's go!" Anna commanded. Elsa, intrigued, peeked up from her bed.
"Alright, but only for a minute…" Elsa hopped down and grabbed Anna's hand.
"Hooray!" Anna began to skip behind Elsa.
"Shhhhhhhhhh!" Elsa hissed. "Momma and Papa don't want us out there. You have to be quiet. Ok?"
Anna nodded quickly. "Ok! Promise!"
Elsa and Anna ran out the back door and outside into the cool summer night.
"I've always wanted to go up into the tree house! Papa has been working so long to build it." Elsa began to walk quickly towards the trunk of the tree.
Anna skipped quietly behind her in zig zags and stopped behind her. Elsa began looking around the tree for a way up.
"I don't know if Papa has built us a – Here's one!" Elsa cried as she walked up to an orange extension ladder. "We'll use this!"
"Goodie!" Anna clapped her hands together. Elsa adjusted the ladder next to the tree the best she could, but it was too heavy for her to lift and move correctly.
"This should do it!" she said. "Here, Anna. You climb while I hold the ladder for you."
"Who will hold the ladder for you, Elsa?" Anna's concern was written on her face.
"I'll be fine. No need to worry." Elsa reassured her. As Anna climbed, she reached the top of the ladder and it slid down a foot.
"WEEEEEEEE!" she giggled, unaware of what was really happening.
"C'mon Anna. Climb in, so I can come up!" Elsa persisted. Anna climbed into the tree house. Anna finished her ascent into the tree house. She immediately began to explore the tree house while Elsa climbed the ladder. Elsa could hear her toying around as she climbed. "Anna! Wait for me! Papa will notice if we've moved his things!"
Anna continued to play around with things as Elsa reached the top of the ladder.
"Anna, wait, please!" She cried. Anna was in another world giggling to herself, amazed by what her father had built for her and her sister. She was so distracted that she wasn't paying attention to the uncompleted floors of their tree house. As Anna danced in circles in her world, she fell right through the hole on the opposite side of the tree house from where she had entered.
"ANNA!" Elsa's shrill scream broke through the air. The stillness of the night was now filled with horror. Elsa was frozen to the ladder until she was brought back to reality from the distant barks of a dog. Elsa scrambled down the ladder and ran over to Anna who was lying motionless on the ground. A light cut on in the farthest corner of the cabin.
"Papa! Momma!" Elsa called out into the night. A moment later, her parents rushed from the back door of the cabin and into the night.
"What happened?!" her mother called out rushing to Anna's side.
"What did you do?!" her father yelled from behind her mother.
"I – we – we were – playing. In the tree house…"
"YOU WERE IN THE TREE HOUSE?!" his yell echoed into the woods. Elsa fell back onto the ground. "You knew it wasn't ready!"
"I – I'm sorry. Anna…"
"She's not waking up…" Her mother whispered. Her father turned around and picked up Anna.
"We need to go now." He rushed towards the car leaving Elsa behind.
"Come with me dear." Her mother took her hand. Elsa began to cry.
"I'm sorry. I – I knew we weren't… I'm really sorry!" she persisted on apologizing before making her way to the car.
"I know, Elsa, but we have to go." She scooped Elsa up into her arms and carried her to the car behind her husband.
"The closest hospital is at least twenty minutes away! Get in the car!" the worry in his voice was evident by his frustration with his wife and eldest daughter.
"We're here. Go." She placed Elsa in her booster seat, buckled her in, and jumped into the front.
Earlier the next morning, while Elsa and her parents sat around Anna's bed, the doctor knocked on the door before entering in.
"Doctor, what is it?" the young father stood up from his seat. "She'll be alright?"
"Well aside from the physical injuries, she seems to be faring well after hitting her head. Granted her young age, we'll have to monitor closely for any developmental issues since it was a head injury. She doesn't seem to have many memories from my conversation with her earlier; however, she did mention an Olaf?"
"He's our golden retriever." Anna's mother whispered.
"Yes, I see. Well, as she heals she will slowly regain her memories. I can't guarantee she'll remember everything, but overall, she's going to be alright."
"Thank heavens," her father cried out.
"Luckily they're both alright. It could have been bad for both of them." The doctor stated looking over at young Elsa who was next to the bed holding her sister's hand.
"Please be ok, Anna. I'm really sorry." She whispered into her hand.
AN: There it is! I hope this wasn't so bad. Review please! I'll have the next chapter up in a day or so with many familiar faces.