Chapter 1: Coming Home

"So you're saying that she can come home?" Anna asked Doctor North.

Anna was sitting in Doctor North's office. She was very nervous and she was sitting up straight with her hands on her lap.

"Yes," Doctor North said. "She had been doing considerably well. I think for the next part of her treatment is to experience normal life."

"She had never had a normal life doctor," Anna sighed, "and I don't think she ever will."

Doctor North didn't say anything to that. Instead he decided to change the subject.

"Shall I take you to see her?"

"Yes."

Doctor North led Anna out of his office and down the hallways that were lined with doors. Anna was then led into a spacious living room with a roaring hot fire. There were many people wearing white outfits while people in blue uniforms tended to them. Anna recognised the people in white outfits were the patients while the people in blue were the nurses. Doctor North led Anna over to the fire where two girls, wearing the white outfits of the patients, were playing chess. One of the girls had brown hair while the other had platinum blonde hair and striking blue eyes. Tears came to Anna's eyes as she recognised the blonde hair girl. It was her sister Elsa.

"Check," Elsa said.

They watched as the brunette girl paused and moved her bishop in front of her king. Elsa then moved her queen and took the bishop.

"Checkmate," Elsa said.

"Good game," the brunette girl said.

Doctor North gestured for Anna to follow him as he approached the two girls.

"Ashely," he said gently to the other girl, "why don't you go have a walk outside?"

Ashely nodded and left. Doctor North turned his attention to Elsa.

"Elsa, your sister is here."

Elsa didn't look up. Instead she just focused on tiding up the chessboard.

"She's come to take you home," North continued.

That got Elsa's attention. She looked up and looked from the doctor to Anna with an odd expression on her face.

"I….can….go….home?" she said very slowly and carefully.

"On a temporary basis," Doctor North said. "It's the next part of your treatment since your doing so well."

Elsa didn't reply.

"Why don't you go up to your room and pack?" North suggested.

Elsa nodded and exited the room at a face past.

"So now what?" Anna asked. "I just take her home and do what? Keep living my life with my crazy sister?"

"Your sister is doing much better than when she first came here," North said.

"Oh I know that," Anna said, "and I'm glad of it."

Kristoff was humming to a song that had been stuck in his head the past few days while he was in the kitchen doing the dishes. He checked his watch. It had been a couple of hours since Anna had gone to Arendelle Psychiatric Hospital. He wondered when she was coming back when there was a knock on the door and when Kristoff opened it, two of his best friends entered.

"Hey Jack," he said. "Hey Jamie."

"Hey man, feel like watching the game with us tonight?" Jamie asked holding up some beer.

"Sure," Kristoff said. "Come on in."

Jack and Jamie took their shoes off and threw themselves on the couch in the living room.

"So where's the wife?" Jack asked.

"She's, uh, gone out," Kristoff said.

Jack and Jamie didn't know where Anna went every week. For as long as Kristoff had known her, once a week on the same day at the same time, Anna went to visit Elsa at the hospital. Kristoff had wanted to tell them but Anna had a screaming fit. Kristoff knew that that Anna didn't like people knowing the truth about her older sister.

"Cool," Jamie said. "So what's on TV?"

Kristoff was about to answer when his phone rang. He looked at the caller ID and saw that it was Anna ringing him.

"Speak of the devil," Kristoff said with a devilish grin as he answered it. "Hello love."

"Hey Kristoff," Anna's voice said through the phone. "I have some news."

"What kind of news?"

"Well apparently Elsa is coming home with us."

"That's great!"

There was a pause at the other end. Kristoff thought that maybe Anna didn't want Elsa to be in her house. Something had happened between them years ago and Anna had never been too lenient on the details.

"Yeah it is," Anna said at last. "They said that since she's been doing so well, she can come home, so can you set up the guess bedroom for her before we get home?"

"Sure thing!"

"Hey Kristoff, do you think you could grab us a beer?" Jack's voice yelled over the top of them watching the cricket.

"Who was that?" Anna's sharp voice suddenly said. "Who's there with you?"

"Oh just Jack and Jamie," Kristoff said.

"Well normally I would be happy to see them but you know that Elsa can't be around strange people. It, uh, sort of sets her off."

"Okay, okay, I'll get rid of them."

"Thanks, Kristoff, I am sorry though," Anna said.

"No problem, I'll see you soon." Kristoff hung up and he looked at his phone with a bit of disappointment in his face.

Jack and Jamie looked up at him with confused expressions on their faces.

"What do you mean 'get rid of them'?" Jack asked. "You can't be possibly be talking about us?"

"Sorry guys but Anna's sister is coming and she's not fond of strangers."

"Oh the elusive Elsa," Jack said.

"Sorry but you will have to leave."

"Fine," Jamie said. "I can tell when we're not wanted."

Jack and Jamie then got up and left leaving Kristoff feeling bad for his two friends. Kristoff sighed and then headed up the stairs to prepare Elsa's room.

Jack and Jamie walked over to Jack's house and entered. Jack's sister Pippa, who was staying with him, looked up surprised.

"I thought you were at Kristoff's watching the game," she said.

"We thought so too but it turned out that we were not wanted," Jamie said.

"Why?" Pippa's eyebrows were raised.

"Anna's sister Elsa is coming apparently," Jack said.

"Elsa?" Pippa looked confused. "Anna had a sister?"

"Yeah she doesn't like to talk about her much," Jack said.

"I wonder why," Pippa said.

"Maybe they had a falling out or something?" Jamie suggested.

"Maybe," Pippa said biting her lip. "It must be serious if we have been best friends with them for three years and never actually have met her."

Anna put her phone back into her back as she waited in the lobby of the building, waiting for her sister. She soon saw her sister coming down the hallways carrying just one small brown suitcase. Anna was shocked to see her sister wearing normal clothes. She was so use to her wearing her white uniform. Anna then proceeded to sign Elsa out before she led her to her car and got in.

Anna then started the engine and drove away. When they had gotten on the main road, she looked over at Elsa. Elsa was just staring out of the window. She hadn't spoken a word since earlier. Sometimes Anna wondered what Elsa was thinking but then she was glad that she couldn't go inside Elsa's head. It would just be too weird.

"So Kristoff is going to be there," she said trying to engage her sister in some light conversation. "You remember him from our wedding?"

Elsa didn't speak. She just nodded. Anna bit her lip. When they were growing up, Elsa just grew more and more isolated, refusing to speak to people. Anna didn't realise it but that was one of the first signs of the illness.

"So is it weird to be out?" Anna asked before mentally slapping herself.

That sounded as if Elsa had just been released from some kind of prison but Elsa didn't really seem to noticed. She just shrugged and continued to look out the window. Anna then sighed. She knew it was useless to try and engage her sister in conversation. Sometimes she would be talkative but usually she wasn't.

They were then silent the full one hour trip back to Anna's house. Anna let out a sigh of relief when she saw her house and pulled in the driveway. Anna unclipped her seatbelt and looked over at Elsa. She hadn't moved at all.

"We're here," Anna said opening her door.

Elsa unclipped her seatbelt, grabbed her suitcase and opened her door and stepped out. Anna saw her take in a deep breath of fresh air with a smile on her face. Elsa followed Anna all the way up to the house where Anna took out her keys and opened the door.

"We're home!" Anna called into the house.

Kristoff soon came into view and gave Anna a small kiss before focusing his attention onto Elsa.

"Hello Elsa," he said.

"Hello," Elsa said after a very long pause.

"So let me show you to your room," Anna said after another very long, awkward pause.

Elsa nodded and Anna led her up the stairs. She led her down the small narrow hallway until Anna opened a white door which led into a medium size room. Inside was a single bed that had clean sheets on it. Facing the window was a desk with a chair. There was a single dresser and a wardrobe in the room as well. It looked very plain unlike Elsa's old room at the asylum that had tons of pictures on the walls.

Elsa smiled when she sat down on the bed. She bounced up and down before she gave Anna a grin of approval. Anna turned to leave but Elsa called her back. Puzzled, Anna turned back. Elsa quickly opened her suitcase which revealed some books, some drawings, some pens and pencils and only a few sets of clothes. Elsa held up the drawings.

"Can I put these on the walls?" she asked.

"Sure thing Elsa," Anna smiled. "I'll help."

A few minutes later, Anna and Elsa had taped all the pictures to the walls. Anna guessed that Elsa wanted some familiarity back into her life and figured that the pictures must help in that regard. The pictures were of many things. Anna recognised herself in a few pictures. She soon realised that the pictures were reflecting how Elsa saw the world. Anna wasn't frightened but she was a little nervous at what the deeper meaning of the pictures might be. At least some of the pictures looked happy. There was one that had her and Elsa standing in a castle looking like they were princesses.

Dinner was awfully quiet. Usually they would have Jack or Jamie over and sometimes with their sisters but Anna wanted something that wouldn't be too loud for Elsa's first night out of the asylum. Kristoff and Anna mostly carried the conversation and Anna kept an eye on her sister who was poking her steak with her fork. Anna wondered if things may be a bit too much for her sister.

Elsa went to bed early which left Kristoff and Anna to enjoy some alone time. They watched some TV before they decided it was time to retire for the night. Anna could see that Kristoff wanted to tell her something but he was nervous.

"What is it Kristoff?" Anna asked as they climbed into bed.

"Well don't be mad," Kristoff said, "but Jack and Jamie are coming around tomorrow to help me clear out the garage."

Anna froze but then she relaxed. She knew that she couldn't keep Elsa away from Jack and Jamie forever as they practically came over every day. They lived across the street. It was kind of impossible. It may actually be good for Elsa to meet new people but she was nervous about that as well. Not many people knew that Anna had a sister. It had taken Kristoff two years into their relationship to meet Elsa.

"That's fine."

Kristoff looked at her dumbstruck. "Really? Because you went ballistic at me earlier for having them round."

"I didn't really go ballistic."

"You kind of did."

"Alright, alright, I just wanted it to be stress-free for when Elsa came home."

"I understand but I have a feeling that's not the only reason for not wanting them here. I think you don't want them to meet Elsa."

Anna turned to look at her husband. He knew her too well. Kristoff was looking at her with a sad expression.

"Do you think I want people to know that my sister is mentally ill?"

"I think it's more than that."

Anna sat up and gave him a long look.

"Kristoff, my sister has schizophrenia. That's not something I like to talk about."

Kristoff took Anna in his arms and Anna just lay there listening to his calming heartbeat.

"I know, I know."

A/N: So this was just an idea I had floating around my head. Love it? Hate it? Continue? Don't continue? Please review =)