Hey guys, this is my first fanfic about frozen. I got this idea stuck in my head of Anna taking care of a sick Elsa, so I decided to give it a go. I'll try to upload once a week.
English isn't my native language, so if you find grammar mistakes you've got two choices – point them out to me or keep them ;)
Well, enough of my babbling, enjoy reading!
Anna wondered where her sister was. Normally she was the first one to be down for breakfast, but apparently not today. Today she sat alone at the big table, because Kristoff decided to visit his family, the trolls, for two weeks and Olaf accompanied him.
She decided to ask Gerda where Elsa was. The maid had just walked into the room to carry the plates back into the kitchen.
"Gerda, do you know where Elsa is?"
The maid shook her head.
"I'm sorry your highness, but I haven't seen her. Kai is looking for her too. The council meeting starts in an half an hour and there are a few things he wanted to discuss beforehand."
The strawberry blond frowned. It wasn't at all like her big sister anywhere to be found, especially before a council meeting. Since the great thaw six months ago she had seen her every day.
"I'm gonna look for her Gerda." Anna announced and sprang out of her chair, nearly falling down, if the maid hadn't been quick enough to catch her.
"Thank you Gerda."
Anna smiled sheepish at the maid she knew since birth.
Gerda just smiled kindly at the princess. She was around Anna when she grew up and had become quite good at catching the young girl, if her feet were once again quicker than the rest of her body.
The young royal skipped out of the dining room in search for her sister.
Fifteen minutes later Anna was upset and worried. She hadn't found her sister. Elsa wasn't in her study, she wasn't in the library, she wasn't in the meeting room … to say it short, her sister was nowhere to be found.
The strawberry haired princess had even looked out for Kai, to see if he had success by now. Sadly also the long time servant of the royals hadn't seen their beloved queen.
Anna shivered. Why must the winter always be that cold? It wasn't that she didn't like winter, she loved it, but it was always very cold in the castle during that season, especially in the halls. The only one who wasn't affected by the cold was her sister. When Anna sat with a woolen blanket in front of the fire and was still freezing her ass off, Elsa would sit beside her only in a thin dress.
She rubbed her arms in an effort to keep herself warm. Why did it suddenly became that cold? Well, colder than usual. It was only then Anna realized where she was – in front of her sister's door. The door she was so familiar with. The door that had been locked for thirteen years.
Anna shook her head. That time was over. She and Elsa had an open door policy by now. Thinking of Elsa, maybe she was in her room. The princess hadn't even thought of this possibility.
The young girl skipped to her sister door and knocked with her signature knock. Sadly no one asked her to come in.
Anna turned around, intending to find her sister wherever she was. She halted in her steps when she heard a small moan coming out of Elsa's room. So she was there.
"Elsa, Elsa are you in there?" Anna called through the closed door, but received no answer.
The young girl turned away again, maybe she just misheard. But no, there was that moan again.
"Elsa, Elsa?" Anna knocked with a little more force than before. But she still didn't get an answer. Tears started to gather in her eyes. She had thought the time of Elsa shutting her out was over.
"Elsa please." She pleaded, but no one opened the door.
Anna pressed her ear against the door, which was unnatural cold. The princess shivered and drew back quickly. She grew even more worried than she already was. This door hadn't been that cold since before the great freeze.
She knocked again.
"Elsa, this is your last chance to open this door by yourself."
The princess waited for a sound, but none came.
"Alright, I warned you."
Anna brushed the tears away that had been falling down her face, took a deep breath and slowly cracked the door open. Her jaw dropped at the sight before her. The whole room was covered in snow. In the middle of the bed was a shivering big lump under thick winter blankets. There was blond hair sticking out of the blankets.
The young princess was slightly alarmed by the snow in the room and the ice that covered the floor, but it looked like Elsa just overslept. Anna slowly slid toward the bed, careful not to fall down. Ice skating had never been her thing. She was proud as she arrived at the shivering lump on the bed.
Wait, shivering lump? Yes, the whole bunch of blankets were shaking. But Elsa couldn't get cold. She controlled the power of ice and snow. Why was she shivering?
"Elsa, are you alright?" Anna asked worried.
Suddenly her sister's head peered out of the blankets.
"Do I look alright to you?"
Elsa hadn't felt that awful in … well in forever. Everything hurt – her head, her throat, her chest – just everything. Her nose was stuffed and she had a terrible cough. And she was freezing, the snow queen was freezing.
Anna looked at her sister. No, she definitely didn't look alright. She was pale, well paler than usual (Anna hadn't even thought of that being possible), she had dark circles under her eyes, her nose was red and she had a bad bedhead, even worse than Anna had herself in the morning.
Elsa quickly turned her head away, as a painful cough made his way outside. She didn't want Anna to get sick too. That's what Arendelle needed, two bedridden royals. Her chest hurt like hell, but she just couldn't stop coughing.
"Elsa!" Anna called out worried as her sister started to cough painfully. She sat down on the bed beside the blond and bend down to her, hoping she could help her somehow. Anna saw that there was nothing she could do. She just patted her sister's thigh, feeling helpless.
Elsa slowly was able to breathe again. Thankfully the coughing was over, for now at least. Her chest felt like she was inflamed.
Anna placed her lips on Elsa's forehead and jerked back immediately. Her sister seemed to radiate with heat and that wasn't normal. Elsa was always cold to touch and now she felt warmer than the strawberry blond.
"What … what are you doing?" the blond asked in a silent whisper with a rough voice. She was glad that she was still able to talk.
"I'm checking for a fever silly and you definitely have a fever. You're not gonna leave this bed for the next few days."
Elsa barley listened to her, because she suddenly felt a tickling in her nose and panicked. She couldn't sneeze on Anna or else she was going to freeze her.
"Anna, Anna get down."
The queen tried to shove her sister off the bed.
"What, Elsa why? What are you talking about? You're sick and I'm definitely not going to leave you alo … AHHHH…"
Anna screamed as her sister used her last strength to shove her off the bed.
"Elsa, what the…"
Anna was cut off by Elsa's loud sneeze.
Elsa tried her best to keep her sneeze in, but she couldn't fight it. After she managed to shove Anna off the bed she closed her eyes and sneezed loudly. Her throat felt like it was being ripped apart. When she opened her eyes the whole room was covered in a new layer of snow.
She looked down to her sister, who still sat beside the bed on the cold ground, and couldn't suppress a slight giggle. Her sister's face was covered in snow.
"That." The queen just said.
Anna glared at her and wiped the snow of her face. She shuddered, it was cold enough without her sister covering her in snow.
"I see." The princess said after she managed to stand up again.
Elsa suddenly realized that the room was bathed in the light of the sun. What time was it? Normally it was still dark outside when she got up. She must have overslept and she had a council meeting today, a very important one actually.
The young queen tried to scramble out of the bed. She had to get to that meeting. She wouldn't what the council would say if she was late and judging from the stand of the sun she was already too late. She had never been late before. She was the queen for hells sake and a queen was never late.
"Where are you going?" Anna asked her sister.
"To the council meeting of course Anna. My queenly duties…"
"… can wait! You're sick."
"I'm fine." Elsa tried to reassure her sister, but failed miserably. Her head just started to pound even more than before. She got slightly dizzy when she stood up, but she managed to stay on her feet.
"No, no, you're going back to bed."
Anna had to admit that her sister could be pretty stubborn if she wanted too. She tried to shove her sister back onto her bed, but failed. The ground was just too slippery for her.
But the princess didn't have to worry, because the queen shot herself back onto the bed with a powerful sneeze, but she also send her sister onto the ground and covered her with snow at the same time.
"Oh, Anna, are you alright?" Elsa cried out afraid and wanted to get off the bed. It was like her worst fear coming true – hurting Anna with her powers again.
"Don't you dare to get out of this bed." A voice said out of the snow and Anna dug herself free, shivering. She had been freaking cold before she came into her sister's room and she also was freezing her ass off and being covered in snow every five minutes definitely didn't help with that.
"But, I've work to do…" the blond started.
"Like I said, don't even think of it." Anna told her unreasonable sister and then she giggled.
"Besides, your powers just agreed with me."
Elsa huffed, flopped down back onto the bed and crossed her arms pouting like a little child. She hated being sick and fussed over and now it like both things were happening – she was sick and Anna fussed over her.
Anna just laughed as she saw her sister. She was relieved that she was just sick. Well, not really, but she was relieved that it wasn't anything worse like Elsa being captured or … wait what?
"Stay here and don't you even dare to move a toe out of this bed. I'll get Gerda … " when she looked at her still shivering sister she added "… and some more blankets."
With these words Anna wanted to skip out of the room, but thought better and slid carefully toward the door.
Elsa just nodded and quickly searched for a handkerchief, before another layer of snow would bury her room completely. The blond blowed her nose like a honk, but she didn't care. It wasn't like there was somebody to hear it. She knew it wasn't ladylike, but at the moment she could care less what was ladylike.
Tired she laid her head back onto the pillow, only to sit up again when she got a coughing fit. Her whole body shook, while she tried to get the phlegm out of her lungs. Finally after a few painful minutes she managed to stop and sank back into the pillows and groaned when she looked up. Big icicles were hanging from the ceiling.
Well, that was new. It would be too dangerous to leave them hanging there. The blond queen concentrated and thought of her sister's love for her. Slowly the icicles started to thaw and after some time they were gone completely. That was the only thing Elsa managed, she tried to thaw the snow too, but she was just too weak to control her powers.
Sighing she closed her eyes, hoping that Anna would come back with the royal physician and some more blankets, cause it was freaking cold inside the room.
So, what do you think? I hope you liked the start. I would be very happy if you would leave a review.
Until next week :)
