When Princess Elsa of Arendelle, first princess in line for the throne, gets forced to step down her succession due to sickness, the only legit successor remains her little sister, Princess Anna of Arendelle who doesn't seem to understand the situation she's gotten in…
Truth was, Princess Anna wasn't ready. She had long known that she would eventually have to rule Arendelle due to her sister's illness… but never had it crossed her mind that it would happen this fast.
Their parents, the King Agdar and Queen Iduna had decided to step down at a fixed age in order to let the heir take their place. When they had decided of that Elsa was 21 and Anna 18… that was three years ago. Elsa's coronation was supposed to happen exactly three years from then and she would rule over Arendelle for a certain time until passing over the crown to her sister, in order to rest due to her weak metabolism.
Never in Anna's mind would have her sister condition worsened this much. She was now 21, meaning she could be coronated Queen, and today was the day.
The princess was walking back and forth the corridor, impossibly nervous as a soft yet weak chuckle rang into her ears.
"Calm down, Anna, everything will be fine" said the low voice. Anna turned her head, noticing her older sister and walked to her, kneeling in front of her.
"Elsa, you shouldn't be here, you know very well you should be resting in your chambers…" The older Princess weakly raised her hand until it reached her sister's warm and soft cheek and smiled in return. Her eyes showed determination and pierced through the younger's worried gaze as she verbally accompanied the intensity of her own staring.
"How could I miss such a blessed day? My baby sister is getting coronated, I have to witness that from my own eyes. We both know Kai's an horrible counter…" Anna let out a chuckle as she lent in the cool hand of her sister, holding it in place. Her mind was working too fast and as much as the word flowed through her mind, she couldn't speak any.
Ever since the younger princess had been in age of understanding her sister's condition, her bubbly and fierce personality had slowly disappeared only to be replaced by constant wariness directed toward her sister, ready to act on anything she may be confronted with.
Anna had always appreciated the company of her dear sister, not once had she been bored with her nor fought with her. She admired her beauty and poisedness, no, she admired everything about her sister. Admiration could not even compare with the true feelings she had toward her sister. She had thought about loving her as a close friend would do, but she couldn't place it right. The only thing she was sure of was that she would do anything for her weakened sister.
Anna's gaze softened by looking at her sister's feature and took the cold hand in her own bringing it to her lips. How much she loved that feeling against her lips. As she rose her head to meet the loving eyes of her sister she noticed a faint dainty pink on her cheeks but decided to ignore it.
"Please, do not overwork yourself Elsa…" Anna paused in her sentence as she lowered her gaze lost again in her thought. As she was raised to meet the older's eyes again, she continued. "Will I be able to become the Queen that Arendelle needs? I am so lost, Elsa…"
Anna lowered her head until she was met by Elsa's laps and with an heavy heart, tried to hold back the tears begging to be shed. A soothing hand lost her way in the fiery hair of the princess as a lullaby began to ring in her ears.
As notes lined to form a beautiful harmony, what had never once ceased to appease Anna's confused heart was her sister's incredibly loving and attentionate voice. She had the most beautiful voice which suited her pale skin, her azure eyes and her platinum blonde hair. Anna considered her as a gift from the divine, as an angel who fell from the skies…
Anna raised her head to meet her sister's gaze and leant to hug her waist burying her face there.
Elsa and Anna had always had a special relationship. Anyone who looked at them would have thought they were a tad closer than usual sisters, but they knew better. When they were with each other, nothing was able to break them down, they were invincible. They only needed each other to be able to live. It was a unusual bond especially when compared to the one that the King and the Queen shared. It was not near as strong.
Whenever Anna felt bad or had a bad dream, she would go to Elsa's room instead of her mother's and whenever Elsa needed insurance, she would consult were like the two sides of a coin, different yet inseparable.
However… Ever since Elsa's condition had started worsening, Anna forced herself to keep her distance with her sister in order to let her rest as much as possible. What maintained her positive attitude was to think that, someday, everything would turn out to be fine.
Yet again… Elsa, on her side, knew better than that. There was no day without her illness worsening, without days being taken from her lifespan, and she saw death coming closer as time passed. Her heart was torn between her love for her sister and her upcoming and premature death. She knew Anna would never recover from that, and that it would affect her reign. She only hoped that she would be granted to live at least ten years longer… but she was quite sure that wouldn't happen. Since the moment she started not being able to carry her body with her own two legs anymore, she had realised things were taking a bad turn.
At night, she would cry all the tears of her body fearing for her life, or rather, by fear of leaving Anna, whom she never wanted to be separated of.
But Mother Nature had put this curse on her and destined her to a certain death.
Landing her eyes on the mane of red hair buried in her laps, she smiled weakly at Anna.
"You will be the best queen this land has yet to discover, I know it. Just look how brave, selfless and devoted you are." At this, once again Anna raised her head, a sad questioning look plastered on her face.
"Am I truly?" Elsa instantly nodded, not too fastly, but she did anyways. Anna expressed a bit more joy through her look as she continued with a sigh.
"That's only because you're here to advice me and lead me. I would be nothing without you."
Elsa's heart broke at how dependant of her the girl was. Truth to be told, Elsa was just as dependant of the younger princess. Elsa opened her mouth but quickly closed it… and repeated that multiple times before finally coming to an answer.
"I'm sure you would do perfectly even without me, An-"
"Don't say that!" Anna quickly interrupted, while raising on her own two feets before lowering her head in shame as Elsa did the same. A hurt and saddened look appeared on Anna's face. She couldn't imagine a world without her sister being in it and yet, she was so weak, it was becoming almost hard to believe they would both be part of it in years to come… but positive she had to be.
"Sorry"
"Sorry"
Both apologised at the same time then exchanged a look of pain as a sigh broke the silence on Elsa's side. She was the older sister, and right now, the family's baby needed her support, as strong as she could provide it. She should have known better than to ruin the mood with such a sentence…
"Lean down again, baby girl."
As instructed, Anna got back on her knees, in front of her, and the platinum blonde haired woman took her head into her hands, leaning forward to plant a soft kiss on the younger girl's forehead.
"Everything will smoothie-smoothie, baby girl. Lead the way and show them who Anna Arendelle is. Prove them that you are the best Queen this country has ever had. I will be here for you, my sweetheart." said Elsa, in a quiet tune while looking straight into the turquoise eyes staring right back at hers.
After a long, welcomed hug, Anna took hold of Elsa's wheel chair and lead them to the chapel… where Anna would be coronated.
A/N : It has been two years since I first posted this... I have read it again, corrected some mistakes, and slightly changed the end of this chapter.
I have sprouting idea for this and folks, I'm back on the writing game.
Peace out.