Alexandria: Prologue

She looked up from her paperwork as Kai made his way into her study, though he was moving as quietly as he could, he knew she would hear him, she had excellent ears.

"Good evening, your Majesty." He said, stopping about three feet from her desk to address her.

"Good evening, Kai, what can I help you with?" She replied, leaning on her left elbow to support her head and closing her eyes, she had had a long day and was ready to go to bed but the novel-like document that Wesleton had sent as an apology for the Duke's behavior during his visit nagged at her mind all day and she was just now getting to it.

"It's happening." Kai said in a serious tone.

The Queen's eyes snapped open and a shiver ran down her spine. This was it, the thing her, her sister AND Kristoff had been waiting to happen for the last nine months.

"Where is she?" The Queen asked with panic filling her usually calm and refined voice.

"The infirmary, your Majesty." Kai said softly "She has been in labor for about two hours."

"And why wasn't I told?" The Queen half-yelled as she sprung up from her chair and made to walk out the door, but Kai put a hand up and stopped her.

"The princess prefers that you not see her the way she is, I'm not sure what that is supposed to mean but I thought you might be able to make some sense of it. She had one of the nurses send for me so I could retrieve you"

"I don't care what her preferences are; I am going to be there when the child is born."

"Yes, your Majesty, I will lead the way." Kai said already knowing that the Queen had no idea where the infirmary was due to the fact that she had never really been injured badly enough to be placed there.

As the rounded the corner Elsa could her screaming and saw a distressed Kristoff pacing in the hallway.

"They won't let me go in there." He explained desperately to his sister-in-law.

"That happens to be tradition, Kristoff, I'm sorry." She explained after asking Kai to talk to the nurses why the Queen was in the infirmary and to ask her sister if she could be there during her labor.

"Figures." Kristoff said kicking up imaginary dust on the floor, returning to his usually grumpy demeanor.

"Your Majesty?" Kai said reappearing at the doorway. "The princess is ready for you."

Elsa's heartbeat quickened as she entered the room to see a very pregnant looking redhead lying on a hospital bed and about six nurses moving about the room, all with a different job they were obviously doing. Then a soft grief-stricken cry reached the platinum blonde's ear and snapped her out of her daze.

"Anna…" Elsa said looking at her baby sister's face and walking over to her. Happy that she had chosen pants and a blouse today instead of her normal ice dress, she knelt at her sister's side, waiting for Anna to say something.

"Thank you, for coming, I thought you might have refused when Kai didn't return but I guess I was wrong." Anna said breathily to her sister, looking into the older girls icy-blue eyes.

"I'll always be here for you, Anna." Elsa replied putting her right arm around her sister's shoulders and lacing the fingers of her free hand with Anna's to provide extra support for the red-head.

"Alright, Princess, it looks like one more push and your little bundle of joy will be out." The head nurse said looking between Anna's legs.

"I can't, I can't do it, I'm sorry." Anna cried as she turned her head into her older sibling's shoulder.

"Don't say that, Anna, you can do this and we both know it, I mean come on you saved an entire kingdom from freezing over, you can do it, don't give up." Elsa whispered to her crying mess of a sister.

Feeling more confident in herself than ever before Anna put all of her remaining strength into one last push, and it seemed like the world had stopped and everything was silent and then a small but very loud cry was heard from the newest addition to the royal family.

Elsa pried her crushed left hand from her sister's and tried to stand up to get a better look at the child but before she could Anna pulled her back down.

"Please don't leave me." Anna said, tears in her eyes.

"I won't, I promise." Elsa said kissing the ginger on her forehead and hugging her tightly.

"Congratulations, Princess Anna, you and Kristoff are the proud parents of a little baby girl." The head nurse said handing a small human wrapped in a pink blanket to Anna with a smile.

"Thank you, for everything." Elsa whispered to the nurse who just nodded in return. She turned to her sister to see a tear roll down the red-head's cheek.

"Is there something wrong?" Elsa said, in a scared tone.

"No, she is just so beautiful." Anna said, running a hand over the baby's head.

"Do you want me to get-"

"No, I'll ask for Kristoff when I want him." Anna cut her sister off. "Do you want to hold her?" Anna said looking up at her sibling.

"Do you think it's a good idea, I mean, I might-"Without letting Elsa finish, Anna set the small girl in Elsa arms and smiled up at her older sister.

"You'll be fine." Anna whispered, trying not to be too loud around the newborn.

Elsa looked down at her newborn niece and smiled at the girl. Just then, the baby's eyes opened and she looked up at her aunt. Elsa gasped when she saw the icy-blue color of the child's irises and wondered in the moment something she hadn't thought of before…

Did the baby have ice powers too?