Hello again. I hope everyone enjoyed the last one shot. The prompt for this one is Cold.
The clock above the mantlepiece in Elsa's study chimed, signalling to Elsa that it was now 10 in the morning. Elsa had been in her study since 8, as she had an important treaty she wanted to read before signing and didn't want it to interfere in her normal schedule.
Elsa continued writing, but kept glancing at the door, waiting for Anna to come running in, without knocking, as she usually did this time of day. 10.30 came by and Anna still hadn't come to Elsa's study with a crazy proposition on what activity they should do that day, so Elsa decided to go to the dining room to see if Anna was still eating breakfast.
Elsa calmly walked to the dining room, in no hurry to give Anna time to finish her breakfast, though knowing Anna, breakfast would be finished as quickly as it was served if Elsa wasn't there to slow her down.
Much to Elsa's surprise, the dining room was empty and it didn't look like it had been used all morning. She decided to go check Anna's room incase one of the servants had forgotten to wake her and Anna was still in bed. She quickly made her way to Anna's room, eager to find out where her sister was.
Once Elsa reached Anna's door, she gently knocked, but was met with silence, so she slowly opened the door, only to see a flushed Anna curled up in bed.
Anna had awoken that morning feeling absolutely awful. Her nose was stuffed, her throat was scratchy, her head throbbed and she felt like she was on fire, even though she couldn't stop shivering. And to top it all off she was exhausted. She had had the most restless sleep in the history of restless sleeps and all she wanted to do was stay curled up in bed and sleep for eternity.
Gerda had knocked on Anna's door with her breakfast at 10, her usual wake up time, but Anna had simply mumbled a thanks and after Gerda left attempted to get out of bed, but to no avail. Every time Anna tried to stand up a wave of lightheadedness swept over her and she was forced to sit back down.
So Anna just lay there for what felt like hours, but when she looked up at the clock it was only 10.20. She groaned and rolled over, hoping sleep would come and put her out of her misery.
A short time later Anna heard a knock at her door, but she felt too sick to talk to anyone so she didn't answer, hoping they would just leave. However, a few seconds after the knock, Anna heard her door creak open.
"Anna?" Anna immediately knew it was Elsa. She recognised that voice anywhere.
"Mmm," Anna replied.
"Time to get up."
"2 more hours," Anna croaked.
She heard Elsa walk closer and felt the side of her bed sink a little from where Elsa had sat. Suddenly, she felt a cold hand on her forehead, which was a shock against the heat of her skin.
"Anna you're burning up. Are you feeling okay?" Elsa asked, concern in her voice.
"No," Anna mumbled.
"Anna, I'm going to go get the Royal Physician. I'll be right back."
As Elsa stood up, Anna grabbed her wrist.
"Don't leave please."
"Alright, I'll just ring your bell for Gerda then. I won't leave this room."
Anna watched as Elsa reached over to the bell on the wall, ringing for Gerda or another servant to come up. Soon enough, there was a knock at the door, followed by Gerda's voice.
"You rang for me your highness?"
"Come in Gerda," Elsa called, gently rubbing Anna's arm.
"What can I do for you your majesty?"
"Gerda, I need you to fetch the Royal Physician for me. Anna has fallen ill and I need him to see her right now."
"Certainly your majesty."
Gerda hurried away and Elsa went over to Anna's dressing table, where there was some cloth and a jug of water. Anna watched as Elsa carefully dampened the cloth and came back to the bed and sitting next to Anna. The cool cloth felt wonderful on Anna's forehead and she finally felt closer to comfort than she had all morning.
A little while later there was another knock at the door which then was pushed open a crack and Gerda's head stuck through.
"Your majesty, the physician is here."
"Thank you Gerda, you can send him."
Gerda went back into the hallway and was quickly replaced in the room by a small, skinny man who carried a large black bag in his left hand.
"I hear the princess is sick," He said, walking into the room. Elsa stood up to allow the doctor to have access to Anna, who was still in bed.
"Yes, I am," Anna replied.
"Well good thing I'm here then. Now, I need you to describe your symptoms to me."
Elsa sat with Anna whilst she described to the doctor how she felt and how long she had felt like that. She listened as the doctor asked questions about what Anna had eaten recently and where she had been. Finally, he came to a diagnosis.
"I believe you have a common cold," He said. "I recommend bed rest, lots of water and some warm soup. And no getting out of bed for at least two days if you want to make a full recovery."
"Thank you doctor," Anna said, not happy that she was confined to bed for the next two days.
Elsa saw the doctor to the door, where Gerda was waiting to escort him to the exit.
"Thank you for your help. I will make sure she follows your orders," Elsa said before turning to Gerda. "Gerda, could you please have some tea and some vegetable soup sent up to the room when you are done?"
"Certainly your majesty."
"Thank you Gerda."
Elsa made her way over to the chair next to Anna's bed and held her hand, sitting in silence.
"Elsa, I think I'm dying," Anna said, breaking the silence.
"Anna I think you are being a little dramatic. It's just a cold."
"Easy for you to say, you're immune to the cold."
"Anna, I'm immune to the cold, not a cold. They are two completely different things."
"If you say so," Anna said, yawning.
"Go to sleep Anna, I'll be here when you wake up. Don't worry."
"Thanks Elsa," Anna mumbled, before quickly going to sleep.
Kristoff arrived back at the palace with Sven just as the sun was setting over the mountains. He was looking forward to seeing Anna waiting for him in the stables after a unusually hard day at work, it just seemed to drag on so long and all he wanted to do was go home and curl up in the library playing chess with Anna.
He was then very surprised when he led Sven into the stable to find no Anna. Usually she was there waiting every evening with a big bag of carrots for Sven. The only person more disappointed about no Anna seemed to be Sven, who was very upset that he didn't get any carrots.
Kristoff led Sven to the back of the stables, where his stall was located, hoping that maybe Anna would be waiting back there. However, the only thing waiting there was a small plate of carrots with a note. Kristoff went over and gave Sven a carrot, not even bothering to take a bit as he was too preoccupied with the note. He picked it up and read it
Sorry I couldn't be there to greet you. Love Anna
Worry ran through Kristoff when he realised that the note wasn't in Anna's handwriting, which he knew like his own from the amount of notes he had found from Anna. He quickly unsaddled Sven and then made his way to the main doors into the palace. He quickly made his way up the stairs, taking them two at a time. He hoped that he would run into Anna on the way up, because it would mean she was ok, but no such thing happened.
He stopped outside Anna's room, unsure on whether to knock or not, so he gently knocked on the door and stood there. A few moments later the door open and Kristoff felt a wash of relief come over him, but it was short lived for it was Elsa who had opened the door. Elsa stepped out into the hallway, closing the door behind her.
"I see you got my note," She said.
"That was your note? No wonder I didn't recognise the handwriting."
"Anna told me how disappointed Sven would be if he didn't get his evening carrots so I organised for the kitchen staff to take some down along with the note which Anna dictated to me."
"Is Anna alright?"
"Oh, sorry, I forgot that you didn't know. She has a cold so she's sleeping at the moment, which is why I thought we should talk out here."
"She's sick! Is she going to be okay?"
"It's just a cold Kristoff."
"Oh, right."
"Anyway, I promised Anna I wouldn't leave her but I need to go get some more tea and soup so would you mind sitting with her for a while?"
"Of course!"
"Thanks, I didn't want to ring the bell in case I woke her so I thought I would wait for you. I'll be back soon."
Kristoff then went into Anna's room and saw her head poking out from under the covers, her hair everywhere, as usual. He went and sat in the chair next to her bed, taking her hand in his and running his thumb over the back of her hand. He was so glad she was alright, as he always thought the worst when something happened to Anna, worrying himself out of his mind. Now that he knew she was going to be okay, it was nice to finally sit down with Anna and take care of her, and before he knew it, he had fallen asleep in the chair next to her bed.
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