Anna's eyes fluttered open. The redhead shifted slightly, trying to stretch without disturbing Elsa. The older girl was currently still asleep. Her head rested on Anna's chest with one hand clenching a fist full of the younger girl's night shirt and the other one resting between Anna's breasts. The princess smiled to herself as she gazed down at Elsa. Anna thought her sister was a rather unique combination of gorgeous and adorable. Just then, Elsa's nose twitched a little. Then her whole head shifted so that Anna could see her face as the queen let out a soft, sleepy groan. Finally, her blue eyes opened and blinked slowly.
"Good morning, beautiful," Anna cooed.
Elsa smiled up at her little sister. Anna always made her feel so loved, even when she felt gross and knew she smelled awful. Elsa felt so lucky to have the privilege to wake up next to the younger girl. Even with greasy hair, dirt-streaked skin, bad breath and noticeable body odor, Anna was still beutiful. The blonde felt so strongly for the younger girl to the point where is sometimes made her heart ache, as if it simply wasn't large enough to contain how much she loved Anna. "Hi," the blonde whispered.
"I love you," Anna commented as she grazed the back of her fingers down the side of Elsa's cheek. The older girl blushed slightly, enjoying the intimate gesture and the tickling sensation it provided. She hummed happily, knowing that Anna would understand that the feelings were returned. "Are we still going outside today?" Anna questioned playfully.
Elsa nodded, but also snuggled closer to Anna. "Give me another hour. I'm enjoying this," the blonde said in an attempted diplomatic voice.
Anna chuckled. "Anything for my Queen" she agreed. The redhead leaned forward and placed a small kiss on the top of the blonde's head before settling back to enjoy the older girl's company.
Anna woke for the second time that morning, this time because her stomach was growling. Glancing outside, she saw that it was now close to noon. "Elsa," Anna called gently, rubbing the older girl's shoulder to try to wake her. "Come on, it's lunch time, and we still need to feed Charles."
Elsa groaned and rolled off of Anna. "It's your turn with the horse."
Anna nodded. "I'm going to go get changed and feed him. You decide what's for lunch. We can go exploring afterwards?"
"Meet you in the living area." Elsa agreed.
The redhead rolled out of bed and skipped out of the room, humming to herself. Elsa stretched and sat up on the edge of the bed. She looked between two piles of clothes on the floor, both of which were dirty. The blonde sighed.
"Dirty from being worn, or dirty from spending the night with the horse. Decisions, decisions," she mumbled to herself.
After a couple seconds of going back and forth, the queen chose the pile of dresses she had already worn, making sure to save the least dirty for when her and Anna were returning to Arendelle. Just as she was picking her dress from the pile, Elsa heard the door close, indicating that Anna had gone outside. The older girl slipped on her clothes. Then she quickly re-braided her hair, frowning in disgust as her fingers moved through it. Once she had finished, Elsa walked into the living area of the cottage and began looking for something to eat. In the cabinet, there were two cans of lutfisk, another can of meat and several cans of vegetables. Elsa saw that the can of meat was bloated. She took that can out and turned to take it outside, knowing that the contents had probably rotted. Just as she was reaching to open the back door, it jerked open. The blonde watched as the can fell to the ground, as if time had slowed down to mock her. It hit the ground, and rolled out the door, right past Anna's foot.
"Are you okay?" The younger girl asked. "What's wrong? Did something happen?" Concerned eyes raked over the blonde, looking for any physical injuries.
Elsa looked up at her sister. "Yes, I'm okay now. I was just scared. The can," Elsa's hand fluttered in the direction that the can had rolled, "I think it went bad. It was swollen and I thought it would explode when I dropped it."
Anna looked over her shoulder at the can. "What should we do with it?"
"I don't know. Honestly, I didn't have any plan besides getting it out of the cottage." The blonde replied with a shrug.
The redhead thought for a moment. "What if we punctured it and then put it in the outhouse?"
Elsa shook her head. "I am neither puncturing that thing, nor going near it once the contents start leaking out."
"Puncture and move it with your powers." Anna countered, rolling her eyes.
Elsa's cheeks colored slightly. "Oh yeah, okay." Both girls stepped outside. Elsa created a box around the can, keeping it in place. Then a spike grew out of one of the sides of the box. The girls could hear the hiss of gas escaping the container. Cautiously, they approached the ice.
"Well, it worked." Anna stated, looking at the liquid at the bottom of the ice container.
"I'm glad we did it outside." Elsa replied, scrunching her nose at the smell of rotten meat. She waived her hand and the icebox grew a lid. The blonde picked it up and walked to the outhouse. Anna opened the door for Elsa and the blonde dropped the whole contraption into the hole. Both girls left the outhouse to go back to the cottage.
"So," Anna said, "I am suddenly not interested in having meat with lunch."
All Elsa could do was nod in agreement.
That evening Anna and Elsa sat by the fire. After the canned meat incident, the sisters had made sandwiches with some vegetables and cheese. Then they went to explore the woods. The highlight had been coming across an old apple tree full of fruit. Anna had climbed up to pick some and the girls sat under the tree eating and talking. When the sun began going down, they gathered some more apples to bring back with them before walking back to the cottage. When they got back, Anna ran to the stable to give some apples to Charles. Elsa went inside to begin preparing dinner.
Elsa looked up from her book to gaze into the fire. She glanced at her sister, who also seemed to be lost in her own thoughts as she stared out the window into the night. "Anna," Elsa called gently. The younger girl jumped slightly and looked back at the blonde with a raised eyebrow. "Tomorrow is the last day of the contest." Elsa commented.
A small smile spread across the redhead's lips. "Yes, it is. I must say, Elsa, you are doing very well."
The blonde blushed. "Thank you. What do you think we should do on our last day out here?"
Anna paused, thinking about her options. "Let's explore the river. We could travel downstream and see what's there."
Elsa agreed. Shortly after, the girls prepared for bed and went to sleep.
"Anna! Don't get too far ahead. Wait for me." Elsa called after her sister as the two walked along the riverbank, headed downstream from the cabin.
The redhead in question waited for her sister at a bend in the river, bouncing excitedly on the balls of her feet. "Come on, come on, come on!" Anna cheered.
"I am!" The blonde retorted. "Do you see any god picnic spots from where you are?"
The redhead quickly looked around her. By the time she saw a good place for them to eat, Elsa had managed to close the gap between them. "What about over there?" Anna asked, pointing to a rocky area. The area had many large boulders that stretched out into the river like massive stepping stones. It would be easy to get across the river by jumping on them, as long as the person was careful not to slip on the moss that grew on some of them. Some of the boulders closest to shore were flat, and one was even in the shade of a tree. It provided the perfect place for the girls to enjoy their lunch.
Elsa and Anna spent most of lunch quietly eating and watching the clouds float by high above them. The younger girl would occasionally point out certain one and explain what they looked like to her. One was a pig. Another was definitely Olaf without his head. The two sat together for some time. The laziness of the afternoon was lulling Elsa to sleep when suddenly she was jolted awake by her sister.
"I know what we should do! Let's race across the river by jumping on the rocks." Anna gave the blonde a faux stern look, "and no ice," she added.
Elsa rolled her eyes. "I was just about to take a nap."
Anna waived away her sister's grumbling. "Play now, sleep later."
The blonde gave a huff and stood up with Anna quickly scrambling to her feet as well. "One race. First one across and back to this rock is the winner."
"Deal. Ready, set, go!" Anna exclaimed and leaped to the next rock.
Elsa reacted a second later and also began leaping across the rocks. At one point, Anna veered to the left while Elsa chose to maintain a straight course. About halfway across, their paths converged and both girls were aiming to jump onto the same low, flat rock. This one was particularly mossy and both calculated their jump accordingly. Elsa jumped and went through the right side of the rock with Anna doing the same thing a second later on the left. The stench of rotting death hung in the air around the girls as both gagged at the smell. Anna happened to catch the movement of an elk head appearing above the water behind Elsa.
"Elsa?" the younger girl dared to speak. The blonde looked at her with wide questioning eyes. "I think we are standing thigh deep in an elk carcass."
The queen turned slightly green. "I'm going to use my powers to try to get out." Anna nodded, acknowledging the warning. Elsa concentrated and on the ground under them. They rose up out of the water on a pedestal of ice until they were level with the rocks they had jumped from. Unfortunately, the carcass had come with them. Elsa looked down at the body that now came up to her knees and gingerly stepped out of it. Anna did the same next to her. Both were silent as they walked back to their picnic site on an ice bridge that Elsa had made.
When they got back to the rock, Elsa sat down. Anna remained standing, looking at the older girl. "I smell like death." Elsa mumbled.
Anna leaned closer. "What?"
"I smell like death." Elsa repeated. This is the worst thing I ever smelled, and I'm covered in it." She paused, finally focusing on the redhead. "I think I'm in shock."
Anna grimaced. "Well, this won't help." Elsa didn't respond, so Anna continued. "You just lost the bet."
That pulled Elsa back to reality. "I did," she moaned in frustration and laid back.
Anna sat next to her sister and stared over the river in thought.
There might be some confusion, because I messed up and it probably is not clear. The girls are supposed to be away from the castle for longer than a week and the contest is supposed to last a whole seven days. Sorry about that.
Alright, there will be one more chapter to wrap everything up! Thanks for reading and please leave a comment!
