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Present
Elsa still had to work to be able to keep the lights and water and heat on in her small one room apartment for her and Anna. And she didn't want to let Anna wander around the town by herself. So she did the only thing that she could do, she took her with her. It was a slow day so Elsa decided to continue with Anna's ice skating lessons.
"Come on Anna." She said as she pulled her sister onto the ice.
"I-I don't know about this Elsa."
"Its fine, Anna. I'm right here. I got you Anna." The sisters held hands. Elsa stayed close to the wall of the rink so Anna could hold onto it. They had been at it for half an hour and Anna had not fallen once when people started to come, so Elsa had to leave Anna to help them. Anna had decided to leave the wall and try to skate without it. Elsa looked up to see her little sister skating by herself, she smiled. But happy and proud turned to terror and horror when the ice broke around Anna and he fell in.
"Anna!" Elsa raced onto the ice to where her sister had been standing but now there was a giant hole where she had once been. A crowd had formed around the platinum blonde. Elsa looked for her little sister from her side of the ice, but she didn't see or hear anything. Then all of a sudden she saw a flash of red. Elsa threw her hand in the water and grabbed her sister by her wrist and pulled her out. Anna was soaked with freezing cold water but she didn't seem to notice the cold.
"Elsa, what's wrong?" She asked when she saw the tears on her sisters face.
Elsa wrapped her arms around the wet girl.
"Anna, you fell into the water."
Anna turned and looked at the whole in the ice.
"I did?"
"Yes Anna, you did. I'm taking you home before you get sick."
"But Elsa, I'm not even cold!"
The platinum blond looked at her little sister.
I wonder if it's because of her missing heart...
"I don't care Anna. We're leaving... now."
Elsa helped Anna off the ice and helped take off her skates. They walked home and Elsa helped Anna into her bed.
"If you need anything, Anna, just let me know." Elsa told her as she reached the door to leave the room.
"I'm not even cold, Elsa. I don't know why I have to stay in bed." Elsa turned back to Anna. She sighed and walked back to the bed.
"Anna, you fell in the lake, you could get sick or worse."
"But Elsa, I'm not even-" Anna tried to interrupt but Elsa interrupted her.
"I know Anna, you're not cold. But um... Do-do you think that maybe, the reason you're not cold is because that you're... heart is missing?"
Anna looked at her older sister. Lately it had been more difficult for Anna to feel things because of it, why not the lack of cold feeling?
"I-I didn't even think about that..."
"I'm going to go and talk to Emma and David. And on my way back I'll stop at Granny's and get hot chocolate."
"With cinnamon?" Anna asked excitedly. Elsa giggled. Ever since Anna had went with Henry to Granny's, Anna had become obsessed with hot chocolate with cinnamon on top.
"Of course, Anna," she bent down and kissed Anna on the forehead causing the young girl to smile.
"Ok, I'll stay in bed."
"Thank you."
Elsa had been gone for an hour. Anna was tired of laying in bed. By now she was completely dried off. She decided to look around the apartment. She hadn't really had the chance to explore since she had gotten to this world because she had always been with Elsa; she didn't want to seem rude by snooping around Elsa's apartment in front of her, it just seemed wrong to Anna. But now that Elsa was gone, Anna was ready to take a look around. She walked into the living room and looked at the pictures on the wall. There were two pictures of just Elsa. And two of some mountains that Anna found surprisingly similar to the North Mountains. There was a knock at the door that made Anna jump. She walked to the door and opened it to see Henry standing there with two styrofoam cups.
"Hot chocolate?" He asked as he held out a cup. Anna took it.
"With-"
"Cinnamon? Of course."
Anna smiled and took a drink. The sweet, warm liquid felt good in her mouth.
"I thought Elsa was bringing me hot chocolate?" Anna asked.
"She's still at the sheriff station with my mom and David." Henry told her.
"Oh..."
Anna frowned and looked down at her cup.
"We could go to the park if you'd like. It's right across the street from the station."
Anna looked at the boy curiously.
"Park?"
Henry smiled.
"You'll love it."
Elsa was sitting at one of the desks in the sheriff station with her head in her hands and her arms on the desk.
"So what will happen to Anna if we don't get her heart back?"
"She just won't be able to feel normal feelings like everyone else." Emma said. She was leaning back against the wall. Elsa looked at her.
"Should I be worried about her?"
"As long as nothing serious happens to her, there should not be any problem." David answered.
"But if something does happen again, and she doesn't feel anything or say anything, you should take her to the hospital. Just to be safe." Emma stated.
Mary Margaret walked in with a picnic basket on one arm and a blanket draped over the other.
"Hey guys, it's a beautiful day, and with Henry and Anna playing at the park, I thought we could all have a picnic." She said.
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"Wait, Anna's at the park?" Elsa asked jumping up.
Mary Margaret nodded.
"They said it was Henry's idea, not Anna's. And to not be upset with her, it was Henry's idea." Mary Margaret said remembering what they had told her to say.
"I told her to stay home. That little stinker." Elsa said with a smile, shaking her head. She took the blanket from Mary Margaret and put it over her arm.
They four adults walked outside and crossed the street.. Anna and Henry were on the swings. Henry going really high, Anna was just barely swinging. Elsa knew that it was the first time Anna had ever been on a swing.
It's so cute. Anna doesn't know how fun swings are. Hmm...maybe she just needs a little push? Elsa thought with a smile. She helped lay the blanket down and snuck up to the two swingers who had not notices the adults.
"Come on Anna, you have to go higher than that. It better going high like this." Elsa heard Henry say to Anna.
"I'm ok like this Henry."
Once within five feet of Anna, Elsa ran forward and gave her a big push.
"He's right, it is better."
Anna squealed at the push. She turned her head tower who had pushed her. Elsa laughed at Anna's face.
"Elsa!"
"What?" Elsa asked as she gave another push.
"You scared me, stinker!"
"Ya? Well you were suppose to stay home. Who are you calling a stinker, stinker?"
Anna was going higher but not as high as Henry.
"Anna, do you see what Henry is doing with his legs? That's called pumping. Do that and you won't need me to push you."
Anna started to copy the boy and soon they were the same height. Anna laughed. She liked the wind in her face and the feeling of going back and forth.
"This is so fun!"
Elsa smiled.
"I'm going back to the picnic blanket."
"Ok."
Anna kept pumping.
"Hey Anna, do this."
Anna looked over at the young boy. When he went forward, he leaned back so his head was almost straight with his legs then he sat back up when he went back and did it over. When she started her descent she leaned back and giggled. The wind swished past her ears like a happy sigh and she looked up at the sky and saw shapes in the clouds. She sat up and pulled back on the swing chain to do it again. The next time, she kept her eyes closed as she listened to the wind. She continued for five before Emma called them to come and eat. Henry and Anna raced over to the blanket and sat down, big smiles on both their faces.
"So, Anna? I hear that that was your first time on a swing. How was it?" Mary Margaret asked the redhead as they were eating.
"Well, at our castle there was a window washer swing, but that was the first time on a swing like that, using it that way." Anna said with a smile.
"How would you use it?" Henry asked.
Anna jumped up and ran to the swing. She grabbed the chain and hopped up, with her feet on the seat. She leaned back and forth on the swing like she was sitting on it. Soon she was going as high as Henry and her had been going. Henry jumped up, ran over and started doing the same. Soon they were competing on who could go higher.
"Henry, be careful." Emma told the boy.
"Yes, Anna, you need to be careful too." Elsa said worriedly.
"I'm fine Elsa. I did this like thousands of times at home."
"Ya mom, we're fine. Nothing's going to happen." Henry said. Then, at that moment, his hands slipped when he started going backwards. With nothing to hold onto, Henry fell, landing on the ground.
"Henry!" Emma cried.
Anna jumped off. The four still on the blanket hurried over to the boy.
"Henry, are you ok?" Anna asked.
"I'm fine."
"Of course he's not ok Anna!" Emma snapped. "He just fell off of the swing from who knows how high he was. You don't even seem concerned."
Anna took a step back, blinking worryingly, not really affected by Emma's anger but by her sudden outburst. Mary Margaret placed a hand on her daughter's shoulder.
"Emma, calm down. Anna didn't mean for Henry to fall."
"Exactly, it's not like she meant for him to fall. You can't really blame his fall on her. Besides, remember she doesn't have her heart. So you can't blame her for her lack of emotions." David chimed in.
"I don't care. If she didn't show him that, he wouldn't have fallen at all." Emma said.
"I'm sorry Emma. I never fell at our castle so I didn't think that-" Anna said but Emma cut her off.
"Exactly. You didn't think. And by what your sister has told us about you, you don't think a lot." Anna looked at her sister but Elsa was checking Henry for injuries. "And we're not at your castle. Here, in Storybrooke, there are no castles, nobody who gets special treatment. Even if you don't have your heart, that doesn't mean you're a special case or get special treatment."
Anna looked down at her hands, which she was clasping together. Elsa stood up. Emma and her walked back to the blanket to pick it up.
"Emma, your parents are right. There's no way this was Anna's fault. I mean, kids get hurt almost everyday. Even if Anna didn't show him to swing on the swing like that, it's not like he wouldn't have learned it somewhere else. Who knows, maybe he already knew that."
Emma sighed.
"You're right, Elsa. I'm sorry I chewed out your sister." She said.
Elsa smiled.
"Don't tell me, tell Anna."
Once they had everything picked up they walked back to find only Mary Margaret, Henry and David.
"Where's Anna?" Elsa asked worried.
"She just took off when you guys walked away." Henry said.
Well, how was it? I have an idea of where this story should go but I would like to hear from you, the readers. Any ideas of how Anna should get her heart back? Let me know.
P.s. Who is excited for Frozen 2? I know I am!
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