Hey guys! So, this picks up exactly where At My Door left off; the night of Anna's welcome home party. I had a lot of trouble figuring out how I wanted to start this series off, so if this is bad, then you know it's because of my indecisiveness.

But I really hope this isn't (too) disappointing.

Monday

"Anna wake up! You're having a nightmare!"

Elsa watched helplessly while Anna tossed and turned violently. Sweat beaded on her forehead as she clawed at the covers.

"No!" Anna gasped, voice weak and hoarse. "Papa please...I good—I didn't..." She let out a bloodcurdling scream before finally opening her eyes, which settled promptly on her sister. "Es'a?"

"Yes it's me," Elsa opened her arms, "Come here." Anna crawled into her sister's embrace and hid her face in Elsa's chest, sob after sob passing her lips.

"Hush now," Elsa soothed, caressing Anna's somewhat tangled hair, "You're alright now. He can't get you. You're okay."

Elsa held Anna until her trembling stopped, sobbing ceased and her breathing steadied. The blonde laid her little sister down and tucked her back in along with Olaf. Unable to sleep, she slid out of bed and slipped on her robe before going out into the living room. She looked out of the window to see the sun just beginning to rise above the trees.

No use trying to go back to sleep now. I might as well start cooking breakfast.

Anna awoke to the smell of pancakes and bacon. She was confused momentarily by her surroundings before she remembered that she no longer lived with Melanie, but Elsa. Wow, that's gonna take a while to get used to. The redhead thought as she threw the covers off and hopped out of the bed. She grabbed Olaf and was about to leave when she saw her reflection in Elsa's vanity mirror across the room. She approached the mirror and almost gagged in disgust. Ugh, I look horrible. Why are my eyes all red and...oh, right. She tried to block out the vivid memories of her nightmare and not so long forgotten past, focusing her attention instead on the aroma coming from the kitchen.

Anna wandered out of Elsa's bedroom and down the hall to where the smell was coming from. Elsa heard footsteps and spotted her immediately. "Oh hey, you're finally awake. I thought I was going to have to eat all these chocolate chip pancakes by myself." The blonde teased whilst placing a stack of them on a plate.

The younger girl ran the rest of the way into the kitchen. "No way! I'll gladly spare you the trouble of having to eat all of those by yourself." She said, keeping up with Elsa's act.

Elsa put the plate of pancakes and bacon on the table as Anna took her seat. "Why thank you, m'lady. I don't know what I would've done without you."

Anna smiled before taking a huge bite. "Mm, these are really good." She said after swallowing.

"Yeah, well, you'd like anything with chocolate in it." Elsa quipped. "I sure hope they would be good because that's the third batch I've made. The first two didn't turn out so well."

The strawberry blonde giggled. "Well you know what they say. Third time's the charm!"

Elsa smiled. "What do you want to drink?"

"Chocolate milk."

"How about just regular milk? I think chocolate chip pancakes and chocolate milk is too much chocolate for you."

Anna gasped. "There's no such thing as too much chocolate!"

Elsa shook her head with a soft laugh and got the carton of milk from the refrigerator. She poured a glass for Anna as well as herself before putting the milk back in the fridge and sitting down at the table with her food. She passed Anna a glass and gazed at her as she gulped half of the milk down.

Anna raised an eyebrow at her sister, wiping her mouth off on her sleeve. "What?"

"Oh nothing."

Anna eyed her before shrugging and going back to her pancakes. At least she hasn't asked me about my nightmare.

"So, Anna, is there anything you'd like to talk about? Perhaps, last night?" Elsa inquired, seemingly nonchalant.

Dang it! I spoke, well, thought too soon! "Um, no. Not really."

"Are you sure?" Elsa urged.

"Positive." The older girl sighed, making Anna feel guilty. "Look, Elsa, if I ever want to talk about anything, you'll be the first person I come to. Okay?"

"Yeah, okay."

Anna glanced at the clock on the wall. "Hey, it's half past seven. Don't you have to go to work?"

"Nah, I quit." Anna's eyes widened and her mouth dropped open, making Elsa laugh. "I'm kidding. I explained the situation to my boss and he gave me two weeks off. The first week I spent the time getting ready for you and, now that you're here, this week is going to be spent doing whatever you like."

"Really?" Elsa nodded. "Cool! I never really got out much when I lived with Aunt Melanie or Papa, so...what kind of stuff do you do for fun?"

The older girl smirked. "I have a few ideas."

"That was actually really fun. What was it called again?" Anna asked, dropping her coat on the floor and flinging her shoes off in different directions.

Elsa shot Anna a glare and picked up her coat to hang it on the coatrack along with her jacket. "It's called bowling." She closed the front door behind her and slipped out of her boots, placing them neatly against the wall.

"Oh," The redhead plunked herself down on the couch, splaying her legs out, "Well it was really fun. And I think I did pretty good, if I do say so myself."

Elsa sat down on the couch beside her after moving her legs aside. "Most of the time your ball went in the gutter."

Anna's eyebrows furrowed. "You mean those things on the side?" Elsa nodded, "I thought that was how you won."

The older girl shook her head. "No, you were supposed to hit the pins at the end of the lane," Anna tilted her head to the side, "You know, now that I think about it, I should've explained to you how to play."

The strawberry blonde nodded. "Agreed."

Elsa's phone buzzed in her pocket so she pulled it out. "Hm, a social worker is going to visit us in the next week or two." She said, reading the email aloud.

"Why?" Anna asked.

"Most likely to see how you're adjusting and to see if I'm keeping up with the regulations. Which reminds me, you need to start school. I'm thinking about taking you to my old high school."

"Uh...can that wait until next week? I don't wanna think about starting school."

"Why? I thought you said you'd love it."

"I did, but..."

"But what?"

"What if I'm not smart enough? Before I met you, I'd never done math before in my life."

"Didn't you say that Melanie homeschooled you?"

"Yeah, and that's when we realized just how far behind I was. I'm gonna be the stupidest one there."

"No you're not! Don't ever let me hear you say that again."

Anna laid her head on Elsa's shoulder. "But it's true."

The blonde sighed. "Anna, you're the brightest girl I know, but if you choose not to believe that, then that's up to you. Just know that I, your big sister, Elsa, believe in you."

The strawberry blonde looked up at her. "You really mean that?"

"I wouldn't say it if I didn't."

Anna grinned. "Thanks."

"Anything for you." Elsa got up and stretched. "Well, I'm gonna go take a nap. I worked up a sweat beating you."

Anna jumped up. "Hey! You only won because I didn't know what I was doing!"

"Uh—huh."

Tuesday

"Anna get up! Just because I got a week off of work, doesn't mean you get to just laze around." Elsa said as she snatched the remote off the table, turning the TV off.

"Aw! I was watching that!" The younger girl whined.

"You were sleeping."

"I was multitasking. Duh."

Elsa opened her mouth to say something but decided not to comment on that. She moved a pillow aside and sat down on the couch beside Anna. "Look, it's time you started pulling your weight around here."

Anna sat up, eyebrows knitting together in confusion. "What do you mean?" She asked, moving closer to Elsa.

"You need chores."

Anna gasped. "Oh no! Not chores! ...what are chores?"

"They're little jobs you do around the house. Like washing the dishes or keeping your room clean."

Anna gave Elsa a sheepish grin as the older girl poked her stomach. "That's gonna be a hard one, but what's in it for me?" The redhead asked.

"Well, you'll get an allowance. Do you know what an allowance is?"

"Yeah... But how much money will I get?"

"It depends on how well you do your job and if you do it on time without me having to remind you."

"How will I remember what to do, though?"

"There's a chore chart on the refrigerator. You start today." Elsa patted Anna's head and got up, walking into the kitchen to fix lunch.

"But you never answered my question. How much money will I get?" Anna called after her.

"I'm not sure yet, but don't get your hopes up."

Anna groaned and sprawled back on the couch. Chores. Ugh, what do I need chores for? Elsa's being such a stinker.

"I heard that!"

I was talking out loud. Again.

She grabbed the remote and turned the TV back on.

"Thanks Kristoff. I really owe you one for helping me unload all of Anna's things from Melanie's."

Kristoff set the last box on Anna's bedroom floor. "It's no problem Els. She really didn't have that much stuff anyway."

Elsa punched his arm. "Well, that was rude."

Kristoff rubbed the sore spot. "It's the truth." The platinum blonde sighed. "Hey, where is Anna?"

"I left her with Melanie. She was overjoyed to see Anna again, even though it's only been a day. But I can't say anything. I would've been the same way if I were in her position."

"You know, you should let Melanie take Anna out once a month. Like when she had Anna, she let you have those monthly visits, right?"

"Yeah."

"Maybe you should return the favor."

Elsa went into thought. "Hm, I guess you're right."

"When have I ever been wrong?"

"Are you sure you want me to answer that?"

"Bye Aunt Melanie!"

Elsa had been settled in the armchair, reading a book, when she heard Anna come in. She heard her sister's excited giggles and closed her book when Anna appeared around the corner. Before the redhead could even say a word, Elsa lifted her finger and pointed. "Go hang your jacket up on the coatrack if it's on the floor."

Anna looked behind her and groaned, rushing to hang up her jacket before scampering back to Elsa. She threw herself on her sister's lap, giggling.

"So...," Elsa started, brushing Anna's bangs out of her eyes, "I'm guessing you had fun."

The younger girl nodded her head vigorously. "Yep! Aunt Melanie took me out to eat and to the movies. Do you know what 3D is?"

Elsa chuckled. "Yes, I do."

Anna sat up. "It's awesome! Everything was flying at me!"

"Well, I'm glad you enjoyed yourself. Is that all you and Melanie did?"

"Yeah, but look at what she made!" She held Olaf up, "She made him a little straw hat and a cane because I told her he liked to dance."

Elsa laughed. Anna sure did have an active imagination. "Well that was very nice of her. Did you say thanks?"

"Duh. It would be rude not to." Elsa tousled Anna's hair, making the younger girl growl and smooth it back. The blonde picked her book back up and opened it to begin reading again. Anna hopped up and stretched. "I'm gonna go unpack."

"Do you need any help?" Elsa asked, peering over the top of her book.

"Nah. I think I can manage. There's not much to unpack anyway."

Wednesday

"I don't see why you're making such a big deal out of this! It's not that serious!"

"Not that serious?! Anna, you knocked down a whole shelf! Do you know how much money I had to fork over?!"

"No, because you wouldn't tell me. Besides, I told you it was an accident."

"You were sliding down the aisles in your socks. An accident was bound to happen!"

"How was I supposed to know that that woman was going to step in front of me? I had to move out of her way and the only way to go was into the shelf."

"You shouldn't have been sliding down the aisles in your socks in the first place. What were you thinking? Were you even thinking at all?!"

"I said I was sorry. What else do you want me to do?"

Elsa sighed deeply and pinched the bridge of her nose. "Just go to your room." She said, closing her eyes.

Anna lost all of her spunk by just that simple command.

Her father used to say those words to her all the time and it was never a good thing.

She broke out into a cold sweat at just the thought of her Papa. Her brain screamed at her to go before Elsa yelled at her again, but her legs refused to even budge. She opened her mouth to say something but the only thing that came out was unintelligent mumbling.

Elsa finally looked up. "Why are you still here? I told you to go to your room."

"But—"

"Now." She hissed.

Anna recoiled slightly, but finally obeyed Elsa and ran to her room, slamming the door shut and barricading it out of habit.

But he'd find a way in.

He always did.

After the initial anger wore off, Elsa had finally cooled down enough to think.

Anna knocked down a shelf in the grocery store. She yelled. Anna yelled back. She sent Anna to her room. She saw fear in her eyes.

Fear.

She scared her baby sister.

I'm a monster. I yelled at and frightened Anna when she didn't know any better. That's like putting a puppy outside for peeing in the house.

Because Anna never really got out much, she had about as much experience in the real world as a five year old, which resulted in her doing some things that most sixteen year olds wouldn't. Like sock sliding down the aisle of a grocery store.

Elsa walked to Anna's room and knocked. "Anna? Can I come in?" The only thing she got in response were a couple of whimpers. Sighing, she tried to open the door. Locked. Of course it's locked. Good thing Eugene showed me how to unlock a door with a pin. She pulled a pin from her hair and stuck it in the keyhole. She moved it around until she heard a click and turned the knob. She tried pushing the door open but something was blocking the way. She pushed harder and was finally able to make a big enough gap to squeeze through.

Anna screamed.

Elsa turned on the light to see Anna cowering under the covers and the desk in front of the door. So that's what I pushed out of the way. She hurried to the side of Anna's bed and placed her hand on her sister's shoulder.

Bad idea.

Anna screamed again. "No! Please don't hurt me Papa. I didn't do anything wrong. Please don't beat me!"

Elsa moved the covers back. "No, Anna, it's me. He's not here."

Anna could hardly tell it was Elsa because of the tears blurring her vision, but when she heard her sister's soft and gentle voice instead of her father's harsh and loud one, she instantly relaxed. However, that was short—lived when she remembered Elsa was mad at her. She pulled the blankets back over her head. "I don't wanna see you either." She whimpered.

Elsa sat down on the bed and pushed the covers back again. Anna's eyes were squeezed shut. "Anna, look at me." The younger girl shook her head. "Please?"

"No!"

The platinum blonde exhaled deeply through her nose, trying not to let anger take over. Just apologize Elsa and leave her to herself. "I just wanted to say that I was sorry for the way I reacted. You didn't know any better and it wasn't fair for me to do what I did. So, again, I'm sorry." She stood and left the room, failing to notice when Anna opened her eyes and reached out to her retreating figure.

Hours later, Anna emerged from her room, head down and hands clasped together behind her back. She walked up to Elsa in the kitchen, accidentally bumping into her since she wasn't looking where she was going.

"Sorry." She mumbled, still refusing to look up.

Elsa glanced at her before turning her attention back to the pizza. "S'alright. I ordered some pizza. Do you want any?"

"No, I'm sorry...about today. 'bout everything."

"It's okay."

"No, it's not." She scuffed her foot on the floor. "I deserve to be punished. I'm not worthy of pizza. Or your forgiveness."

Elsa cupped Anna's chin in her hand and raised her head to look her in the eyes. "You can't be serious." She asked incredulously.

"I am. I feel bad for everything."

"I should be the one apologizing. I scared you and nothing makes me feel worse than seeing fear in your eyes."

Anna was puzzled briefly before she realized what Elsa was talking about. "You aren't the one that scared me. When you told me to go to my room I got stuck in the past. Papa used to say that to me all the time and..." She shook her head as Elsa dropped her hand.

"Oh, angel. I...I don't know what to say."

"How about we just put all of this behind us? Act like it never happened?"

"But—"

"Please?"

Elsa sighed. I'll get it out of her one day. "Okay."

Thursday

"Surprise!"

Elsa paused, mid yawn, and dropped her hand from rubbing her eye. She closed her mouth and blinked once. Twice.

There were paper snowflakes everywhere. On the walls, suspended from the ceiling. (How Anna got them up there, Elsa had no idea.) Right in the middle of the living room, where the coffee table and couch used to be, was a huge blanket fort, with pillows and smaller blankets tossed carelessly underneath. And, in the midst of it all, was Anna, arms raised above her head in pride.

"...what...is this?" She asked after a moment of silence.

Anna dropped her hands. "It's a winter wonderland, of course!" She chirped, talking a mile a minute, "Well, it's about as wintry as it's gonna get in the middle of September. I stayed up all night! But it'll be worth it if you like it. Do...do you like it? I mean, why wouldn't you? You love winter. You said yourself that it was your favorite season and I even have a snowman! Granted, it's just Olaf, but he is still a snowman, so it counts right? Well, do you like it?! I'll actually let you answer this time."

"Uh..." Elsa really didn't want to hurt her sister's feelings, especially after what happened yesterday, but it just looked so...cluttered. The couch was pushed against the wall along with the coffee table and armchair and a couple of snowflakes had fallen to the floor, giving the room a trash—like appearance. And don't even get her started on the blanket fort. So, Elsa did the best she could, and carefully weighed her words before replying. "Well...I do love winter." She smiled.

"Oh..." Anna could hear the false delight in her sister's voice. "Uh, I can take it down if you'd like."

Please do. "No don't. I really do like it."

Anna looked into her eyes for hope that she really did, but saw right through her. "No, you don't." She walked over to the wall and took down a few snowflakes.

"No, Anna, stop!"

Anna paused for a second, but continued taking them down. "It's okay Elsa. I can see that you don't like it, but thanks for pretending that you did anyway." She dropped the snowflakes on the floor. "I'm just going to go to my room now to go to sleep," She yawned, walking past Elsa and down the hall to her bedroom, muttering, "Guess I stayed up all night for nothing."

Elsa felt like her heart was just ripped out of her chest. How could she be insensitive enough to hurt her sister's feelings two days in a row? She walked over to the paper snowflakes and picked them up. Each one of them was different and she could tell Anna put a lot of effort into them.

Pinning them back on the wall, Elsa wandered inside the blanket fort. It was tall enough for her to stand up in without crouching and was supported by books, chairs and even a broom. Among all the blankets and pillows was a tray of food placed carefully so it wouldn't tip over. The toast was burnt, the eggs were runny and the cereal was soggy, but it's the thought that counts, right? She saw a folded up piece of paper on the tray that she assumed to be a letter and opened it,

Dear Elsie,

I just wanted to say that I was sorry for what happened at the grocery store yesterday. I shouldn't have been sliding in my socks and I'm really sorry you had to pay all of that money for my mistake. So, I attached this card to my piggy bank that I've had for a while now. There's not much money in it, but it's something.

I really hope you like the blanket fort and snowflakes. If you don't, I think I might just cry. I made breakfast for you, but if I were you, I wouldn't eat it. I just wanted to do something nice for you since you're always doing nice things for me.

Anyway, I have a lot of fun things planned for us today and most of them include the blanket fort, so again, I really hope you like it. You don't know how long it took me to get it the right height.

Well, I think that covers everything.

Love,
Anna

A tear dropped onto the paper, smearing the ink. What have I done?

Elsa put the letter back on the tray and strode to Anna's room, knocking twice. "Anna? Can I come in?" Nothing. Of course she wouldn't say anything. What was I expecting? She pushed the open to find her little sister entangled in the blankets, asleep. There were streaks on her cheeks where tears had fallen, overwhelming Elsa with even more guilt.

Picking Anna up along with the mass of blankets, Elsa silently carried her into the living room.

"Elsa? What are you doing?" Anna asked, opening her eyes.

Elsa looked down at her. "You're awake."

"Yeah. Can you put me down?"

The older put her sister on her feet as they were enfolded in an awkward silence.

Elsa piped up first. "I...I read your letter."

"Oh..." Anna scuffed her foot on the floor.

"I'm really sorry about how I reacted. I really do appreciate all of it. It just took me by surprise."

"I told you Elsa, you can stop pretending now."

"I'm not. Anna, will you please forgive me?"

"Mm...," She looked up, "I guess, but only if you let me keep the blanket fort up."

"Deal."

They spent the rest of the day under the fort, telling stories and sharing laughs, leaving it only when Elsa offered to show Anna how to cook eggs.

Friday

"Anna, I really think you should save your allowance. I only gave you ten dollars."

"All the more reason for me to spend it!"

"What? No! That doesn't make any sense. If you save it—"

"La la la! I can't hear you!"

"You are so immature." Elsa crossed her arms and shook her head at her sister.

Anna just smiled and skipped ahead. Since it was just a short walk from their house to the city, they had decided to go on foot. The cool September air felt great on Elsa's pale skin and the fresh air was needed since they spent nearly all of yesterday cooped up inside.

"Anna, don't go too far! And stop skipping before you lose your breath. I don't have your inhaler!"

"I do!" Anna ran back over to Elsa and grabbed her arm, "Come on, you're going too slow!" She pulled her off the sidewalk and towards small shop. A little chime rang when they entered.

"Yoo—hoo!" They both turned their heads to look at the owner, Oaken.

Anna grinned. "Hi!" She greeted with a little wave, walking over to the counter with Elsa following.

"Hey Oaken." Elsa said.

"Yoo—hoo Elsa!"

Anna gazed up at her. "You know him?"

"Yes. Now aren't you supposed to be shopping?"

"Oh! Right! But I don't want you to see what I get."

"So?"

"So, go wait outside!" Anna started pushing her sister towards the door.

"Ug, Anna!"

"Go go go!"

Elsa sighed but waited outside anyway. About ten minutes later, Anna came out with a bag in her grip.

"So...what'd you get?" The older girl asked.

"Close your eyes and hold out your hands."

"Why—"

"Just do it!" Elsa held out her hands and closed her eyes. She felt something small and round slipped into her hands. "'Kay! Open!"

Elsa opened her eyes and smiled. "You got me a snow globe?"

Anna nodded eagerly. "Uh—huh! Do you like it?"

Hm, she's asked me that question a lot this week. It's like she needs my approval on anything and everything for it to be good. That's another thing I'm going to have to work on; building up her self—confidence. Starting now. "I love it." Elsa wrapped her baby sister up in her arms and kissed the top of her head. She let her go and took her hand, beginning on their walk home. "Did you save any money?"

Anna laughed. "No!"

"Then where did all of it go?"

The redhead grinned and took out a couple of chocolate bars. "I got chocolate!"

Elsa shook her head and ruffled Anna's hair. "Of course you did."

Hi! Again...

So, these stories are going to be somewhat connected and may reference one another from time to time. They may be sad, happy, angsty; you know, just moments between our favorite sisters, but with a little twist because of Anna's past. Most of the time they're going to be in chronological order, but I may skip a few months into the future or a few years in the past.

And again, I hope this isn't disappointing.

(By the way, if you haven't already, you gotta check out the Frozen Fever trailer. Awesome!)