Day 2
Elsa:
"You want me to what?!" Elsa exclaimed loudly, banging her hand on the table in front of her. The Queen was eating breakfast alone today. She woke up to an empty bed, but before she could find Anna and ask her to eat breakfast with her, Kai informed her that the Princess was reading some very important documents and asked not to be disturbed.
"Your majesty, every Tuesday morning Princess Anna rides her horse around the castle. And since you have switched duties..." Kai said, placing a plate of porridge in front of the Queen.
Elsa looked at her food and sighed. "Do I have to?" Of course she has to. No matter how much she loved Anna, she wasn't going to let her win.
"Please tell the stable hand that I will be there after 15 minutes." Elsa said as she picked up her spoon and dug in her breakfast. She just hoped that the food will stay down the whole day.
Anna:
Supply and demand concludes that in a competitive market, the unit price for particular good will vary until it settles at a point where the quantity is demanded by consumers.
What? Anna thought, eyebrows knitting together as she read the sentence for the tenth time. The Princess was hanging upside down from her chair. Reports were scattered around the floor beside her shoes, and her breakfast lay untouched at the table. Anna had been reading for two hours, yet she couldn't get past the fifth sentence of the paragraph that she was reading. Anna dropped the report on the floor with a loud thud and rubbed her eyes. She stood up and walked towards the window.
I wonder how Elsa is doing right now. The Princess thought, gazing out the empty courtyard. From the corner of her eyes she saw a flash of blue. Anna turned her head, seeing Elsa walk to the direction of the stables. The Queen was walking very slowly and her shoulders were hunched up, making Anna chuckle. She's so scared. Does she even know how to ride? Anna thought, her eyes following her older sister. Maybe I should teach her before she hurts herself. Anna turned away from the window and walked towards the door, hopping over the papers on the ground. Before she could get to the door, it suddenly burst open revealing Kai who was holding a large stack of papers in his hands.
"Your majesty, these are the contracts that need your signature before the end of the day." Kai said, placing the stack of papers on the table.
Anna's eyes went wide as she eyed the contracts. "To-today?!" The Princess said exasperatedly, her eyes darting from the papers to Kai. The servant looked at her and nodded, before exiting the room. Anna sat down on the chair and groaned loudly. This was going to be a very long day again.
Elsa:
Anna's horse, Bjarte, is a white Fjord horse with sturdy legs and a long arched neck. Its face is well defined with a broad flat forehead and small ears. The horse also has these large black eyes that followed Elsa from the moment she walked in the stables, making the Queen cower behind a stack of hay.
"Ya know, Fjord horses are known for their good temperament. Ya don't have to be scared of him, ya?" Yrian, the stable head, said as he scratched Bjarte's chin.
"I'm not scared of him." Elsa stated as she straightened her back.
"Ya not?"
"No, I am not."
"Then if her majesty is not scared at all why is she still hiding behind the hay?"
Elsa's face heated up as she stepped out of her hiding spot. Yrian smiled at her, beckoning her to come closer to Bjarte. Elsa gulped and took one step closer, suddenly Bjarte neighed loudly and reared, scaring the Queen.
"Gah!" Elsa shouted, stumbling backwards. The room dropped several degrees and ice started forming around Elsa's feet.
"Whoa there! Calm down, boy!" Yrian exclaimed as he raised his hands at the air attempting to calm the horse. He pulled an apple out of his pocket and gave it Bjarte, instantly calming the horse. He patted the horse on the neck and turned towards the scared Queen.
"Queen Elsa, Bjarte is scared because ya is scared." He grabbed Bjarte's reins and beckoned Elsa to come closer again. "Remember your majesty, ya have to be calm. And don't worry because I got him."
Elsa took a deep breath and lifted her foot. Be calm, be calm. Whatever you do don't freeze the horse. Elsa chanted to herself, walking towards Bjarte. When she was close enough to the horse and was not yet mauled, Elsa exhaled out a sigh of relief.
"I think he likes ya." Yrian stated, making Elsa smile a little.
"Now come on, let's get ya up him." Elsa's smile dropped.
Yrian led Elsa towards the saddle. "Now put yer foot here on the spur and hoist yerself up." Elsa put her right foot at the spur, her shaking hands taking hold of the saddle. She felt hands at her hips and suddenly she was hoisted up. Once she was up, Elsa swung her right leg over Bjarte. Yrian handed her the reins and walked towards the stable doors when Elsa exclaimed. "Wait! I don't know how to ride this thing!"
Yrian chuckled, placing his hand at the handle of the doors. "Princess Anna only takes one route every time she rides, and Bjarte knows that route by heart so ya don't really have to do anything. Well except for one thing."
"What's that?" Elsa asked nervously, her hands gripping the reins tightly.
"To enjoy the ride." Yrian said, opening the doors, making Bjarte gallop abruptly out the stables, a screaming Elsa on his back.
Anna:
144 plus 300 is equals to 444. Now divide that by 2.5 the answer is-
A familiar voice shrieked outside which startled Anna, causing her to knock her milk all over the equation that she was just solving. "No, no, no!" The princess suddenly stood up, wiping the milk away from the paper. She tried to read the contents but they were all unreadable because of the milk.
"I just spent all morning solving for that!" Anna shouted as she crumpled the paper and threw it across the room. The King of France sent a contract offering Arendelle more stocks for a lower price. Anna was computing Arendelle's total profit to see if the offer was agreeable. It was actually going well, that is until she spilt her milk all over the computations.
Anna sighed, this isn't my job anyway. Computing for profits was actually the royal accountant's job, but he called in sick today and since the contract has to be sent before the day ends, Anna has to compute it all by herself. Anna looked at her hands and grimaced, it was sticky from the milk. I know there's a rug in here somewhere. The Princess thought as she knelt down and rummaged through the pile papers on the floor, there was nothing on the pile but more papers. Anna huffed in annoyance, kicking the papers making it scatter everywhere.
"I should just wash up at the bathroom. I need to get out of here anyway." Anna grumbled to herself as she stood up. Anna walked out of the study and closed the door, not noticing that some papers have landed by the fireplace were starting to smoke.
Elsa:
"AHHHH! SLOW DOWN!" Elsa shouted at Bjarte, her knuckles white from holding on the reins to tight. Bjarte was galloping around Arendalle with a trail of frost behind them because of Elsa's nervousness. Bjarte suddenly veered left, almost making Elsa fall down.
"Oof! Where are you taking me?!" Elsa exclaimed, looking at the horse. Elsa looked up and all the blood drained from her face. There in front of them was a cart, the owner nowhere to be found. Elsa gulped and said nervously. "Bjarte, you better slow down." The horse let out a snort and galloped faster towards the cart. "No, seriously slow down!" Elsa shouted, tugging the reins toward her to make Bjarte stop. But the horse didn't seem to care as it continued to run towards the obstacle.
This is it, I'm going to die. I hope Anna will make a great Queen. Elsa thought as they got nearer and nearer the cart. Suddenly Bjarte propped his forelegs in front of him, as if preparing to jump. Elsa's eyes widened as she shouted. "Oh my god! Are you going to jump?!" The horse ignored her and the next thing she knew they were up in the air. Elsa shrieked loudly, wrapping her arms around the horse's neck. They landed on the ground with a loud thud. Bjarte rebalanced himself for a second and continued running, avoiding the people on the street and jumping over more obstacles.
After riding around the kingdom, Bjarte started making his way back to the castle. As the two reached the royal stable Elsa grinned to herself. I'm alive! And I just rode a horse! Yrian greeted them by the door and took Bjarte's reins from the Queen's hands, leading Bjarte by the post.
"How was the ride, Queen Elsa?" Yrian asked, tying the reins to the post.
"Exciting, I guess." Elsa said as she tried to dismount Bjarta. Yrian started to rush towards her but Elsa waved her hand at him. "It's all right, I can do it." I rode a darn horse, I can pretty much get of it. The Queen thought, removing her feet from the stirrups. Elsa leaned forward and shifted her weight on her arms with a grunt. She swung her right leg over Bjarta and jumped off. Elsa suddenly fell face flat on the ground. "Ahh!" Elsa cried out as a sharp pain shot through her ankle. She looked behind her and saw that her left foot was still in the stirrups, which was the cause of her fall.
"Your majesty! Are you alright?" Yrian said surprisingly as he rushed towards Elsa.
I fell of a horse, do you think I'm alright. "Yes, I'm fine. Just got tangled with the stirrups." Elsa said as she stood up. She grimaced as her left foot touched the ground, the pain was so intense. Biting back a scowl, Elsa sighed and turned towards Yrian. "I may need some help getting back to the castle, can you call some guards?"
"Of course! Just stay there your majesty!" Yrian said as he ran off back to the castle.
Elsa sighed, she pointed her palm towards her left ankle. She concentrated and felt a familiar tingle in her hand as frost shot out of her palm, coating her ankle in a thin layer of frost. Elsa moaned when the cold made contact with her broken ankle, the ice feels so good. That should do for now.
Instead of the guards, it was Kai who went to get Elsa from the stables. He scooped the Queen up in his arms and walked back to the castle. "Kai I'm perfectly capable of carrying myself." Elsa said, crossing her arms over herself.
Kai looked at her and said. "No your majesty, you are not" Elsa just scowled at him.
"And besides, this brings back memories." Kai said smiling at her. Elsa smiled back, she knew exactly what Kai was talking about.
Princess Elsa was five years old, it was months before the accident. She was outside the castle, by the apple trees. Elsa was trying to get an apple for her younger sister.
"Ugh!" Elsa shouted as she jumped with all her might. No matter how high she jumped she couldn't reach the apples. Elsa sighed, she could climb up the branches but Princesses aren't supposed to climb trees. The Princess looked around her to see if anyone is watching, upon seeing that she was alone the Princess began climbing up the tree. As soon as she reached the branch at the top, Elsa stood up, one hand holding the bark for support, and the other hand reaching for the apple in front of her.
"Just a little more." Elsa said, taking a small step forward. She took another step, and another, and another. She was now face to face with a big juicy apple. "This is perfect!" Elsa stated, plucking the apple. The Princess turned around but lost her balance. "Woah!" Elsa shouted, waving her arms frantically as she fell from the tree. "Ow." Elsa groaned, her head hitting the grass. The Princess tried to stand up but pain throbbed from her ankle, making her sit back down.
"Mama! Papa!" Elsa cried out, holding her ankle. It hurts so much.
She heard footsteps behind her, turning around she saw Kai. "Kai!" Elsa cried. "It hurts!" Kai came closer to her and gently scooped her up in his arms, and then he started walking back to the castle.
"Kai, I can walk, you know." Elsa stated, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I don't think you can your majesty." Kai said.
"Yes I can." Elsa said, scowling at the servant.
"No, you cannot."
"Elsa!" Elsa turned her head and saw the Queen running towards them with a worried expression on her face. The Queen took Elsa in her arms and embraced her tightly. "Don't worry. I got you."
Elsa snapped out of her daydream when she heard people shouting. They just got inside the castle, Kai gently put the Queen down and turned towards a pair of guards who were running upstairs.
"What's happening?" Kai asked in a worried voice.
"Fire!" One exclaimed. "Fire in the study!"
Fire? Elsa's eyes widened and the room unexpectedly got colder as she realized something.
Anna.
Elsa suddenly half-ran, half-limped to the study, the guards and Kai running after her.
"Your majesty! We have to take you to the physician!" Kai shouted, running behind the Queen.
"No. Anna first." Elsa said, groaning as pain shot through her ankle every time she would take a step. When Elsa saw the door to the study, she almost fainted. Thick, black, smoke came from inside the room. The servants were throwing buckets filled with water by the door, no one could get inside because of the smoke.
"Where is Anna?!" Elsa shouted as she made her way through the people. A servant by her left answered. "Your majesty, the Princess is still inside. We're trying to get to her, but the smoke is making it impossible." Elsa's heart was beating frantically now, without another word the Queen limped towards the door. The servants were shouting at her, telling her to stop. She even felt a hand on her shoulder but shrugged it off. When Elsa entered the room, she immediately placed a hand on her nose, trying not to inhale the smoke.
"Anna!" Elsa shouted hoarsely, her eyes tearing up from the smoke. The smoke was too thick, she couldn't see a thing. Something orange caught Elsa's eyes. She turned and saw Anna, lying motionless by the corner of the room.
"Anna!" Elsa yelled, running towards her younger sister. Suddenly, a beam engulfed in fire fell in front of Anna, missing the Princess by a few inches. The Queen fell on her back. She was running out of time, her breathing became harder and her vision was starting to blur. Without missing a beat Elsa held her hands up and shot a blast of ice towards the fire, effectively extinguishing it. The smoke started to thin, giving Elsa a better view of her sister who was still not moving. Elsa crawled towards her and shook Anna's shoulders.
"Wake up, Anna!" Elsa said, tears forming in her eyes.
Anna remained silent.
"Anna!" Elsa cried. The Queen embraced the Princess, her chest heaving as she sobbed.
Suddenly, Elsa felt something warm touch her hand, she looked down and saw Anna's hand grasp her own. Elsa gasped and looked at the Princess, her mouth opening slightly.
"Elsa." Anna whispered, her eyes still closed.
"Oh Anna!" Elsa exclaimed, embracing her sister once more. Anna embraced her sister back and said in a weak voice. "Elsa, I'm sorry." Elsa looked at Anna lovingly and touched her cheeks.
"It's okay, I got you."
Anna:
"I'm truly sorry about starting a fire and burning almost all of Arendelle's important papers." Anna whispered as she took a sip of her hot chocolate. The two sisters were resting in Elsa's room. Both suffered from smoke inhalation and Elsa's ankle was still injured, although the royal physician said that it should get better in the morning after a good night's sleep. Kai ordered the two to stay there so that they can get better and said that he will take care of everything.
"It's alright, what's important is that you're okay." Elsa said softly, intertwining her hand with Anna's. "And besides, those contracts can be replaced. But you, you're irreplaceable."
The Princess shook her head. "No it's not okay. I'm not a very good Queen. All I do is cause mayhem and start fires."
"And I'm not a very good Princess. All I do is jump of horses and sprain my ankle." Elsa argued back, gesturing to her bandaged ankle by the foot of the bed.
Anna giggled and looked at her sister. "Just, just keep me away from papers for the rest of the week okay?"
"Only if you keep Bjarte away from me." Elsa deadpanned.
"Bjarte is a sweetheart." Anna said, laughing.
"He jumped over a cart!" Elsa said loudly, throwing her hands in the air.
"We do that all the time."
"Wait, what?"
"Nothing." Anna said, hiding her face behind a pillow. "So, what's my agenda tomorrow?"
"Hmm." Elsa said while rubbing her chin. "I think you have a meeting with some very important people tomorrow. And you're free for the rest of the day. Want to, oh I don't know, build a snowman or whatever?" Elsa asked the younger girl with a wink.
Anna's face lightened up at the offer. "Do I?! Of course I wanna!"
Elsa smiled, her smile dropping as she remembered something. "Hey Anna, so what am I doing tomorrow?"
Anna looked at her and smiled smugly, her warm blue eyes twinkling.
"Oh it's a surprise."
I'm sorry it took so long to update, but this chapter was seriously really hard to write! I guess it's because I don't know alot about riding horses. Lol. Oh, and Bjarte is Norwegian for "Bright" which i think really suits something that Anna owns. And yes Fjord horses are real, I just spent over an hour researching about them just for this chapter haha.