Cabin in the Woods
Chapter 1
The Princesses of Arendelle
Summary - After a sudden requirement to find a husband a furious Anna runs away and hides out in a cabin in forest. But a couple of days later the cabins owner comes home and she begs him to help her. AU - Kristanna
A/N - Hey this is m first Frozen Fanfic so I hope you all like it :) Please R&R
Spring in Arendelle was always very beautiful, the huge cliffs that stood tall behind the kingdom protected the town like a watchful brother and finally the land was covered in green instead of the white that it had been sporting for the past 4 months. The castle however was probably one of the most spectacular sights in all of the land, with large green spires that look like they could touch the sky and what is considered some of the best architecture in all of Scandenavia.
Here is where the Royal Family spent most of they days watching over the townspeople, seeing through the trade and throwing lavish parties and balls which they were kind enough to invite anybody to. Yes, Arendelle's people loved their royal family and the royal family loved their people just as much. Life here was peaceful and no one could ask for any more.
The light broke through the curtain of the window to the youngest of the Royal Family, Princess Anna of Arendelle was 18 years old and wasn't exactly what people expected a princess to be like. Graceful sleeping? Try ginger hair in mouth, drool dripping down her face and a dead arm from where she had been lying on it.
"Is my daughter awake yet Kai?" the Queen questioned as she traveled down the hall towards Anna's room.
"I don't think so your Majesty" he flushed as he had forgotten to try and wake her again. She was never one for waking up first time, or second time for that matter. "Would you like me to go and try again?"
"That's fine, but could you prepare me a jug of cold water please" she chuckled as she reached for the handle to Anna's room. Just as she had expected, Anna was still fast asleep. Her Mother approached the curtains quietly and flung them open. "Oh what a beautiful day it is today Anna don't you agree" the Queen cheered at the top of her lungs. She heard a few short mumbles but nothing close to her daughter waking up. She glided over and sat down on Anna's bed leaning over to bring her lips close to Anna's ear. "Do I have to get the water Anna?" she whispered almost inaudibly.
"No!" Anna wailed and jumped to the other end of her bed cowering. "You wouldn't do that to your precious girl would you?" Anna questioned before she noticed the Queen in fact had no water with her and was now mocking her.
"Come on Anna, you have slept far too long. Your sister came down to breakfast at least an hour ago!" Her Mother removed some clothes from her wardrobe and placed them on her bed.
"What time is it?" Anna questioned.
"Never mind that, get dressed" her Mother demanded with a smile as she exited the room. Anna chuckled as she pulled a green dress over her under garments.
Down at the dining table her Father was stuffing a pancake into his mouth as his wife entered the room. She cocked an eyebrow at him as he slowly lowered his fork back down to the plate and picked up a knife to cut it properly.
"Is Anna up?" he asked as he slowly placed another piece of pancake in his mouth to avoid further judgement.
"She'll be down soon" she responded glancing up at her eldest child Elsa who chuckled lightly at her families antics. "What did you think of the Duke of Weselton's son after Elsa?"
Elsa cringed at the name, if they were gradually trying to make suitors even worse every time they introduced her to someone then they were doing a good job. "He was... sprightly" she replied after swallowing her food.
"Elsa. You can't refuse every suitor that we bring to you. Soon I'm afraid we will have to choose for you." The King hated being so firm on his daughters, but he knew that his children were growing up and needed to be married soon.
"Adgar, there's no need to be so harsh" his wife warned before turning back to Elsa. "But he is right, as much as I'd love you to find someone you like we need to see you married soon." Elsa daren't argue with her parents and just stared tearfully at her plate as the the door crashed open and her sister fell through it. This startled them all and they looked round to see Anna face first on the floor. Elsa shot up and rushed over to her sister to help her up off the floor and make sure she wasn't hurt. Anna was fine, but worry washed over her face when she saw the tears in Elsa's eyes. "You okay?" she mouthed so her parents couldn't hear. Elsa nodded and guided Anna to the table where her Mother looked her over before they continued their breakfast.
"We are holding a ball this Friday and we will be inviting as many eligible bachelors as we can, I expect you to choose a suitor. Anna, that also goes for you too!" the King announced trying not to make eye contact with them both.
"YOU'RE JOKING!" Anna screamed as she jumped up from the table. "I've only met two so far? What's the hurry suddenly?!" Suddenly she realised what she'd done and fell back into her seat after a glare from Elsa.
"Adgar, Anna is only 18. She can't be expected to get married at such a young age" Idur told him trying to change his mind.
"Girls, I'm sorry but.." he was suddenly stuck for an explanation "you were born to privilege and with that comes specific obligations." That sounded fancy enough, he was sure. Anna was stunned, how was she suppose to respond to that, let alone defy her Father's word. The two girls looked at each other from the corner of their eye and sighed as their father carried on lecturing them about being princesses and the importance of a husband.
Anna had assumed at first that she didn't need to marry someone for the "sake of the kingdom" like Elsa did because she wasn't the heir. But she found out that she was sourly mistaken a few weeks after her 18th Birthday when she was introduced to a prince from the southern isles.
"Anna, are you presentable, the prince will be here any moment" Kai called through the door to the princesses room.
"What if I don't like him Kai? Do I have to marry him?" she cried as she finished pinning up her hair.
"Well if you don't like this one, I heard he has plenty of brothers so you could meet all of them" Kai joked, but Anna wasn't in the joking mood and just scoffed at his ridiculous comment.
"Ok I'm ready" she sighed unlocking the door and stepping out in a beautiful green dress with a dark blue cloak. "I can't believe I have to do this."
Down in the foyer a young prince awaited Anna's arrival so he could take her for a walk around the castle grounds. He was pretty stunned when he saw her glide down the stairs as gracefully as she could muster, only to trip on the last step and get caught in his arms. The prince was tall and wore a white suit with black buttons down the front. He had red hair similar to her own and looked like he just jumped out of a play. He was perfect. She hated him already.
"My name is Prince Albert" he charmed her with a smile but she just sarcastically smiled back and took his arm as they went for a walk.
As expected Prince Albert eventually left saying that she was a lovely girl but wasn't 'wife material', whatever that was supposed to mean. Her Dad could set her up on as many suitor meetings as he wanted. There's one thing he could never make her do and that was actually try.
After breakfast the two princesses head into Elsa's bedroom and Anna flung herself onto her bed. "What do you think of this matchmaking ball Elsa?" Anna asked sounding just about as fed up with it all as she could possibly be.
"I heard Prince Henry had the same predicament and met fell in love with someone straight away" Elsa replied sitting at her study desk. "He also ended up traversing his kingdom making lots of women put on this woman's glass slipper because she lost it."
"Was she blonde?" Anna questioned giggling only to receive a ball of paper to her face. "Did they get married?"
"Yeah, the next day" Elsa shook her head in disgust "seriously, you can't just marry a man you just met."
"What if it's true love?" Anna asked rolling about the bed ad fantasizing about one day meeting her own true love.
"Oh Anna, what do you know about true love?" her sister laughed at her sister's naive statement. "You may as well forget about it anyway, the life of a princess isn't always as fair as they say we are."
"You can say that again".
A/N - Thanks for reading I'll try and get the next chapter out soon :D