And... I had to write another. I just had to. Frozen is the best.
Anyway, has anybody else written about this topic yet? I would like to know to read it.
Also turn back now, there is to be no Elsanna (the pairing) in this fic. Well I guess you could just somehow read it that way, but I am not really supporting that ship the way I read/write it. Sorry. I'm just a much bigger fan of their sisterly relationship. And my love for their sisterly relationship can probably end up being so sisterly it would be like... a pairing...? But as for me this is a sister story. With sisterly love.
She along with her sister always held a certain dislike for the ocean. It taking away both parents of the two only around three years back.
Yet Anna was always the one to be able to stay upbeat and happy, forgiving the ocean for doing such things in a matter of time. It wasn't the ocean's fault. Anna would say. Anna didn't really forgive it completely though, just making a small compromise with it and leaving it at that.
Then came the time when she accidentally froze the fjord over just recently, leaving the kingdom in a never ending winter while it was still just in the middle of summer about a few months before.
Serves you right. She would jokingly say to the water a few days after the event.
She wasn't mad at it. That would be ridiculous. You can't stay mad at things that just happen on their own naturally without any way of stopping it.
Though she shouldn't be one to talk. Being one born with the powers of ice and snow, it would be especially easy for her to be able to disrupt the run nature with just as simple as a flick of a wrist. The creation of the cold at her very hands.
So she decided to just ignore the ocean and let it be.
But now the time had come.
Elsa stood on the ports, watching with the same posture she almost always held consisting of folding her hands in front of her body and standing straight and tall in a queenly matter. She was, in fact, queen after all. But that wasn't really the reason why she usually stood with her hands folded neatly. It was a sort of nervous way of standing she had grown accustomed to throughout her life.
"I'll see you in a few days!"
She listened to her beloved sister nearby by the staircases say.
"I'm really sorry I can't come with you."
The man, -Kristoff was it?- replied back with a strong sense of remorse. They both hugged each other.
"It's fine. I'll be fine. Besides! You've got your own trip to get ready for too, remember?" Anna's still joyful yet sad voice reassured him.
"I know." He chuckled with a smile. "I know." He repeated. "Just be safe okay?"
Anna nodded with a smile back and they hugged again.
Elsa turned her attention back to the vast sea before them. She took a deep breath, inhaling the salty air the water held. Men would walk past her, carrying bundles of items for the trip and loading it onto the large boat.
The boat.
The boat she and her sister would be getting on which was said to take them to another kingdom for certain royal business only a couple of days away by sea. The entire trip was planned for only about a week at most. Spend a few days on a boat. Spend a few days at the other kingdom. Spend a few days on a boat again. All in a week.
She didn't want to go in truth. Countless amounts of attempted persuasions of what going could do for the kingdom had changed her mind otherwise. So, here she was.
"Elsa!" A bubbly little giggle coming from none other than the one snowman they all loved and adored. Olaf. "Oof! Ow-ow-ow" He tripped down the stairs, being broken into pieces. But that didn't bring his mood down as he rushed to rebuild himself and continued on running over.
Elsa turned around, smiling as she watched the funny little snowman wobble his way over. "Olaf."
He gave a wide smile, coming to a stop in front of her and holding his stick arms open for a hug.
Elsa knelt down to his level and embraced him. "You're going to take care of the kingdom while we're gone okay? Sorry you can't come, Olaf."
"No no no! I understand!" Olaf giggled, breaking the hug and giving her a salute. "You can count on me, Elsa! I won't let you down! Have a safe trip! I'll really miss you!" He turned around and ran backwards to Anna. "Anna!"
Elsa giggled, listening and watching as Olaf offered a hug which Anna gladly accepted.
"Your Majesty?"
Elsa stood back up and dusted herself off. "Yes?" She turned back, being face-to-face with one of the crewmen.
He deeply bowed, "We will be departing soon, Your Majesty."
"Thank you for the notice." Elsa gave him a small nod which he took to return back to the other crew members and continue on readying the ship for its depart. They weren't bringing that much stuff. Or at least, Elsa and Anna weren't.
"Nervous?" Anna appeared next to her.
"What makes you say that?" Elsa replied, not taking her eyes off of the boat.
The boat.
"It's kind of easy to tell when there's ice around."
Elsa looked down, seeing that she was right. "Oh." The ice not summoned by command crept along the wood of the port.
Anna giggled, putting her hands behind her back as they stood next to each other. "Yeah I'm nervous too." She inhaled and closed her eyes, "It'll be okay. Just take a boat there, spend a few days there, and take a boat back. Simple!"
"It's only simple if you put it that way…" Elsa sighed.
"We'll be fine, Elsa." Anna put her hand on Elsa's shoulder to put her at ease. "I mean, the same thing can't happen twice right?" She predicted with a smile.
Elsa sighed again, "I guess not."
"Right." Anna walked over to the boat. "Guess we should get going then huh?" She gave a nervous smile before climbing up the steps and boarding the ship.
Elsa looked down at her attire, quite glad that she had changed to a different ice dress from her original dress to better suit the traveling conditions ahead. Her usual long braid tied back up into a twisted bun. She tried walking forward to the vessel with her head held high, only to end up getting more and more anxious the closer she approached.
Elsa paused right before the small removable wooden staircases that led up to the ship. She gulped, clasping her hands together in fear and taking a step back.
A hand was held out from above.
She followed the hand up with her eyes, finding it to be Anna holding her hand out. Anna gave her the most comforting grin as she continued leaning forward with her hand open.
Elsa softly smiled and calmed down a bit, taking Anna's hand and hoisting herself up onto the boat. She took deep breaths, stepping foot onto the wooden flooring.
"You alright?" Anna asked.
Elsa nodded; observing everything on the ship, watching as men carried boxes around and inside, storing everything down into the chambers below. "You're taking this rather well." She noticed with a small teasing smile, Anna jumping up and down in excitement.
"I don't have much to worry about. As long as you're here I'll be okay!" Anna left to go run around the floorboards and climb up to the top of the poop deck. "Goodbye everyone!" She leaned over the edge of the railing and waved to the crowd of people standing on the docks to see their depart. Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven were in the front and they waved back. "Elsa, get up here!" Anna called as she continued waving.
Seeing Anna in such a bright mood, Elsa couldn't help but wonder that maybe she was being too tense about this. 'As long as you're here I'll be okay' Anna's quote replayed in her mind.
Elsa smiled as she walked up the steps to the deck. She stood beside Anna who was still waving and looked out to the large crowd. The people cheered at her appearance and everybody began waving back. "Goodbye, Princess Anna! Goodbye, Queen Elsa!" They all yelled together. "We will look forward to your return!"
"We're really leaving. I actually can't believe it." Anna stopped waving, looking back at the crew that began to pull up the steps onto the ship once they all came aboard. "I'm actually scared now!" She gasped and froze, yet slowly reverted back to her excitement. "We're really going!"
They were really going.
"Hoist the anchor!" A few sailors heaved as they worked together to pull up the anchor up from the water. "Set the sails!" The vibrant white sheets were released. The bells began to chime.
They were really going!
Anna leaned over the edge again, going back to waving. "Goodbye everybody! I'll bring you all… a… memento!"
The boat was moving. Slowly. But it was still moving.
Elsa watched as the bottom of the boat moved slowly away from the dock.
Anna peeked over at Elsa, catching her unease, and grinned. She snatched Elsa's wrist and brought it up as she waved for her. "C'mon Elsa!" Anna waved to the crowd with Elsa's hand.
Elsa gasped in surprise at first from Anna's sudden move causing Anna to release her hand when she recoiled back in defense. Anna just continued grinning at her, motioning to wave at the crowd. Elsa looked down at her hand and looked back up at Anna who continued waving. She gave a small smile, turning to the crowd and lifting her hand up a bit as she shyly waved too.
"That's the spirit!" Anna giggled beside her, "Goodbye! Goodbye! We'll miss you all!"
Elsa gained more confidence with Anna beside her as the crowd of people grew smaller and smaller from distance.
She didn't have much to worry about.
As long as Anna was here,
She'll be okay.
"Oooh! Let me help!" Anna ran down the staircases towards a couple of cleaners washing the wooden floor up a bit. Arendelle was out of sight by now, not really giving them a point to look back anymore. She took her own rag and attempted to help out but ended up tripping over the soapy water buckets and spilling them all over. "Um… I meant to do that. -See you can just scrub all the water now!"
Elsa was standing by the old captain of the ship steering the ship with a large wheel. She winced seeing Anna trip over some more buckets and apologizing to everybody that was unfortunate enough to be directly where all the water would splash.
"She's a clumsy one eh?" The captain asked with a gruff and hearty laugh. The gruffness from experience in his voice almost made him sound as if he were a pirate. He could as well classify as one by the way he looked if he wanted to.
"Unfortunately." Elsa replied with a smile.
He bellowed in laughter again. "That's not so bad of a thing at all! Not at all." They stayed in silence until he spoke up again, "Do not fret, Your Majesty. If I know my ship she will not go down without a fight! Decades of sailing with her and she still has not let me down one bit!" He laughed into the air once more. "Nothin' to worry about!" The captain brought his old, buff, scarred arm over her shoulder and forcing her closer in a friendly matter as he continued laughing.
Elsa nervously laughed and released herself from the unintentional headlock, "Thank you, Captain. I can assure you that I am fine though. Fine enough at least."
"Of course you are!" The captain grinned as he continued steering. "There was nothin' to worry about in the first place!" He laughed again.
Elsa smiled back.
"Elsa look at me!" Anna's voice was heard from above. "Look!" She giggled. "Wow! You've gotta try this Elsa! You can see everything!"
Elsa looked up towards her voice, finding Anna standing on one of the poles of the sails up high, holding onto the net as she looked across the ocean. "Don't hurt yourself!" She yelled up.
"I won't!" Anna began balancing herself on the horizontal poles and began walking across. She held her arms open as the quick wind rushed through her hair. A rope was nearby at the end of the pole which caught Anna's interest instantly. She made a running start towards it, jumping at the last minute and grasping the rope in her hands. "Whoo!" Anna cheered as the rope swung her around to the other side of the pole.
"Anna get down now." Elsa sighed as she watched.
"You're just jealous that you can't do this also!" Anna teased and stuck her tongue out, putting her hands on her hips as she continued mocking her.
Elsa crafted a small snowball in the palm of her hand without Anna noticing from being far too busy making random funny faces at her. She tossed it lightly into the air and caught it again with a sly smirk before bending her arm back and throwing it.
"Ah!" Anna wobbled backwards as the quick snowball missed her by about an inch and flew past. "Woah! Okay! I'm going down!" She steadied herself back onto the pole and quickly began to climb down the net with a laugh. "That scared me. Imagine if I did fall off! What would you have done?"
"Catch you of course." Elsa answered immediately with a sad smile. "It would have been my fault again."
Anna paused, "Wait… Again?"
"Never mind that." Elsa hastily tried to take it back with a gasp, silently cursing at herself for nearly bringing up the bad memory of the past again.
Anna stared at her weirdly before just shrugging, "Okay." She went to go explore the ship a bit more, not wanting to aggravate her sister any further about the topic.
Elsa held a pained expression on her face as she watched her leave.
Drip.
"Hm?" She tilted her head up to the sky's having felt a raindrop fall upon her head.
The light gray clouds above blocking the entire sky released a few more raindrops.
"Ergh…" The captain grunted with a frown as he looked up too. "Looks like we'll be in for a little drizzle about now. We better head inside, Your Majesty, if we wish not to be soaked in a couple of minutes." He turned to the crew, "Leave the sails! A little rain won't stop nothin'!" "Yes sir." They all complied.
"It's raining!" Anna giggled as she began running around with her arms open wide. Even more raindrops began to fall. "C'mon Elsa! Let's go inside before the rain gets worse!"
Elsa didn't stop staring up at the clouds. "Oh… right…" She began walking down the stairs towards the rooms, not taking her eyes off the sky. The door was held open for her, but she didn't enter right away, instead stopping and observing the clouds for a bit more.
It's just going to be a bit of rain. Everybody else says. Nothing to worry about.
Still, she couldn't shake off the horrible feeling in the pit of her stomach that they were completely wrong.
Anna exited the room and ran up to her still standing outside as it began to rain harder. She smiled as she tried reassuring her that nothing was really wrong, taking her hand and leading her inside the large room.
Even though Anna was pretty great at staying positive the majority of the time, keeping the bright smile on her face, Elsa could feel her hand trembling as they walked.
Yet Anna continued smiling her happy smile anyway. Trying her best to hide the fact that she was scared. If she were to show it there was a very high chance that Elsa would begin to get even more nervous too.
And that was far from what they wanted.
Olaf is a regent and Mother Nature is jealous of how fabulous Elsa and Anna are. Wonderful.
