First movie fanfic. First Disney, too. Good luck me. I don't own anything, really.
Anna bounced down the hall, giggling to herself. It was the last day of the year's third month, and Anna's first April Fools day when she could actually play tricks on people was tomorrow. Elsa, of course, would be the first one she'd prank. Actually, Anna had a complicated plan, which started with Elsa.
Anna skipped into the kitchen, where Gerda was mixing herbs of some sort. "Hi Gerda!" Anna trilled.
Gerda curtsied, a smile appearing on her face as she took in the princess. "M'lady Anna!" she exclaimed. "What brings you here?"
Anna smiled sweetly. This was going to be way too easy. "Actually, I was wondering if we had any flour?"
Gerda frowned. "Of course we do. Why do you need it?" Anna plonked down on the floor and took a deep breath, preparing to tell a long story, hoping Gerda took the bait. Of course, she did. Anna's plan wouldn't fail this early on... "Anna, m'lady, don't sit there! You'll ruin your dress!" Gerda cried.
Anna jumped back up. "Sorry. Actually, I am in a bit of a rush... bye! Wait, my flour! Sorry, I'm in a bit of a scramble today." She told her motherly maid earnestly. Gerda chuckled and bustled over to the cupboard.
"How much do you need, m'lady?" She asked, preparing to measure it out.
"Oh... I don't know... can I just take the bag? I'll work it out when I get there, I'm in a bit of a rush..." Anna repeated.
Gerda held the bag out and curtsied as the young princess rushed off. Then she turned back to her herbs, chuckling under her breath.
Anna hummed to herself as she swung open the door of her room. She backed inside and closed the door with her foot, plopping the flour onto her desk. The young princess ensured that the door was securely locked and then put phase 1 into action. From one of the mahogany drawers she pulled a bottle of glue. Anna made small glue-balls, whitening them with the flour. She set batches of them to dry in her wide windowsills, making as many as she could with the amount of glue she had. Then, Anna lightly dusted her little white droplets with very fine glitter so the they sparkled.
Anna slipped out of her chamber to start phase two.
She went down to the stables, telling the closest stable hand she was off to look for a new dress, showing him the tear in the bottom of the one she carried in her arms. Anna climbed onto her horse and rode out into town to find a dressing-up shop.
Anna soon discovered that while there were a suspicious lack of dress-up shops in Arendelle city, there was a cloth merchant wearing a dark cape over his clothing. Anna asked a favour - she would swap in her torn dress and in return receive the cape the merchant wore. Anna thanked him and moved on. She tethered her horse by the docks and walked the rest of the way back to the castle. Disguised by her hood, Anna told the guards that there was an important message for her at Wandering Oakens trading post - a deal that could secure the safety of the kingdom forevermore. The guard promised to get the message to her majesty Queen Elsa as fast as possible and Anna made her way back to her horse. She quickly pulled the cape off and stuffed it in her saddle bag, riding back towards the castle. On the way, she passed Elsa, who called to her younger sister.
"Anna!"
"Hey Elsa! What are you doing out here?" Anna pulled off her best puzzled expression as Elsa quickly embraced her and pulled away.
"Oh, I apparently have to rush off to a Wandering Oakens trade post to discover a deal that will save the kingdom. Or something. Point is, I won't be back until tomorrow, so I wanted to remind you not to burn the castle down, not to let any strangers in through the gates after 8 pm, and to close your window before you go to bed, okay?" Anna nodded innocently.
"Love you, Anna, see you tomorrow."
"Bye Elsa, love you too." The sisters embraced again and urged their horses off in different directions. Anna grinned to herself at the thought of 'big summer blow-out' securing the safety of the kingdom.
She trotted her new white horse - Maximus - in through the castle gates and stabled him, asking the grooms to take care of him.
Anna needed to hurry, it was mid-afternoon. She was very nearly late. Anna hurried upstairs to Elsa's chamber and twisted the handle. Locked. Anna rushed into the room next to Elsa's searching for the spare keys. She finally found them stuck to the underside of the chest of drawers. Anna hurried back into the hall and opened the door to Elsa's room. She hurried through and ruffled through Elsa's glove drawer, occasionally throwing a glove or two over her shoulder onto the floor. The effect was wonderful, it looked as though someone had sneaked in and tried to steal something. Anna ruffled the curtains and opened the window panes. Suddenly a thought struck her. She all but sprinted to Kristoff's room, and found his biggest pair of working shoes. She borrowed one and backed out of Kristoff's chamber with it, running smack into her boyfriend on the way out.
"Kristoff!" Anna jumped and tucked the boot behind her back. "I, uh, didn't see you there."
He chuckled. "I can tell. What have you got there?"
"Nothing," Anna told him too quickly. "I mean, yes, there is something but it's nothing, I mean, nothing isn't something and I haven't got nothing but... and... well..."
Kristoff reached over her shoulder and yanked his boot out of her hands. Anna, predicting his next question, thought quickly. "What were you doing with this?"
Anna pretended to give in. "Okay, don't tell anyone, but I wanted to prank Elsa. For tomorrow, you know? I mean, she's been so serious since... you know, and I thought she could do with a laugh."
"Okay, what were you planning to do?" Kristoff asked the princess.
"Well," Anna fibbed, "I wanted to mix up her shoes. And then I thought, why not add in someone else's? It'll take her longer to notice because she's gone somewhere overnight and she'll come back tomorrow morning. And I thought I would use just one of yours, and maybe one of Gerda's."
"Oh," smiled Kristoff, "so that's what you were doing down in the kitchen."
"Exactly," Anna nodded. Kristoff patted her on the shoulder and walked into his room. Anna made her way back upstairs, grinning at the idea of all the havoc that she'd started by telling everyone different stories. Once they started talking to each other, there'd be pandemonium. Exactly the type of April Fool's day she'd been imagining for so long.
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