I don't own Frozen or any of the characters. This is a fun story.
Valkyrie of Arendelle 3:
Once across the bridge Anna could sense the fear in the air. People would stop and look at her as they walked by, for every person that went by she would give them a warm smile and a nod of her head. This brought many to bow or curtsy to her and when they hurried off there seemed to be more of a sense of urgency and less fear. Moving through the city was a slow affair, only after Anna was over half way to the docks, did Anna think it would have been quicker to ride. Then of course she wouldn't have been able to give nearly as many reassuring smiles and nods. By the time Anna reached the Admirals office near the docks she felt as though the feeling of fear was quickly being replaced. One of the guardsmen opened the door and announced her presence to the room.
Admiral Regar immediately began to lay down his thoughts "Your Majesty I have moved the fleet outside the walls if they want to attack Arendelle's fleet they will be in range of the walls archers. If the army moves in to assault the walls they will be in range of the fleet. I hope that this will simply be a show of force from someone and no fighting will actually happen. The runner that you sent to the dry dock came by here on his way; I took the liberty and told him that you would be here instead I hope you don't mind" Anna cursed at herself for not thinking about those runners. They would have had to double back to get the information to her.
"General Lars thinks the army disembarking might have the colors of Weselton. Though I thought you said they couldn't float a navy this large" Anna spoke as she walked over to the table and took a seat at the edge.
"Weselton as of last summer had only three frigates. The navy in the fjord has three Galleons six frigates and three fast moving skiffs. The only country that still uses the skiffs is the Southern Isles. The rest are merchant ships that were filled with men and supplies from the looks" of course Admiral Regar could recognize the ships just by looking at them through a looking glass.
So Joan was right Anna thought to herself. Weselton and Southern Isles have forged an alliance. To what end though, force Arendelle to once again trade with them or destroy Arendelle and take its people and force them to work for them.
"We can only assume that the Southern Isles and Weselton have allied against us Admiral. What do you mean that you hope that no fighting will happen? What else could happen" Anna couldn't help but ask.
"Well, in the past before even my time, countries would march on each other; but before too much blood shed the countries would negotiate a treaty of some sort. In past instances the countries would negotiate for land, supplies or something else that they want. If your suspicions are correct they may just want us to once again trade with them" Anna couldn't believe what she just heard. Move all these men and ships just to get something.
"You mean like cats; a lot of hissing and making themselves look all mean and tuff but then the cats just walk away" Anna thought she sounded ridiculous just saying it.
"Would you rather have blood in the streets, the bodies of our enemies piled up along the wall and the fjord red and littered with broken ships" the Admiral asked.
"No I guess the later would be preferred. When will we know what their intentions are" Anna asked showing her youth and inexperience, just as Kai walked in with multiple messages for Anna to stamp, bread, weapons for Anna and blue wax.
"Blue wax? We always use red wax" Anna looked to Kai who looked to Admiral Regar.
"Your Majesty blue wax is reserved for emergencies only. When any commander in the Arendelle military sees the blue wax they will know that Arendelle is in trouble" Admiral Regar said. Again Anna showed her youth and inexperience. Maybe she should just leave the defense to the people that know what they are doing. Kai warmed the wax over a candle and Anna pressed her seal into all of them and then went to stand and leave when General Lars walked in with a runner fallowing quickly behind. General Lars waved the runner forward to speak first the runner knelled.
"Your Majesty. The dock master said the repairs to the Anna have been complete the dock men will work all day and all night if needed to make sure that in the morning the Spirit of Anna will be battle ready and on the water" the runner then stood and moved outside.
General Lars than added to the runners report "Your Majesty. Guard Captain Rolo has doubled the Guardsmen on the walls and has the reserves equipping as we speak. I also think you should have runners sent to all the markets in the city and have them stop all food sales. If this becomes a siege we want to make sure we ration our food stores as much as possible". Food Anna didn't even think about food. Why was she playing at war, these men trained their whole lives for war she didn't know anything. Kai stood looking at her with a concerned face holding all seven letters. Seven what a crazy number, seven birds what was she thinking. Anna dropped her head and covered her face with her hands.
"Princess Anna how do you want the letters sent" Kai asked.
"All…" Anna stopped what if she was doing everything wrong. Anna then looked to Admiral Regar.
It was another gruff voice that spoke up though "please continue your Majesty" General Lars said with a nod.
"I wanted them all sent from different parts of town so that if we lose several there is a chance that one might get through" Anna finished dropping her head before she even finished. Silence fallowed after Anna finished talking. Finally just before Anna was going to stand and leave.
"That is a good idea. Most armies would have two maybe three archers watching for messenger birds. Each archer could get two maybe three, if they are very lucky. I would have never thought to have more than two ready for birds. You heard her man get going" General Lars finally said to Kai while knuckling his mustache. Kai then moved out of the room. Admiral Regar sent everyone else except Anna and General Lars out as well. Regar pulled a chair up near Anna and Lars stood with his arms crossed across from her.
"Princess Anna you have acted and thought of many things that an experienced General or Admiral would do in this very situation" Admiral Regar started.
"And even though I had my doubts last night I admit that I was wrong and you are right. Your father use to command troops in ways that I could only hope to mimic and you are doing it naturally" General Lars continued.
"Yes you don't know everything but you don't have to know everything you aren't alone in this. You stick with your gut, it is what saved you and your sister lives last summer and it will get us through this one" Admiral Regar finished with a reassuring hand on her shoulder and a soft squeeze.
"Don't get discouraged over what you don't know" General Lars said with a final nod. Anna appreciated the two different approaches one a stern man with just a hint of praise the other a gentler man with a reassuring squeeze.
"Ok so the Spirit of Anna will be ready in the morning. Are they still disembarking troops" Anna asked with some of her confidence restored.
"They were a few minutes ago but I'll send a runner for an update" the General said and moved out the door yelling for a runner. The Admiral picked up the loaf of bread and handed it to Anna before returning to the other side of the table and started calling for his aids to come back in here. Anna tore off a piece of bread and started to eat as she listened to the Admiral and before long she looked down and the whole loaf of bread was gone.
"Your father hardly ate when he got busy" Admiral Regar said with a smile before going back to the reports.