Anna sat on the couch and stared blankly at the wall. She was bored out of her skull. Elsa had been for the whole week. The week was painful and reminded her too much of her past. She was so glad that would all end today. Elsa was supposed to be back at the castle today. She said it'd be some time around noon. It was 1:34. Anna had a feeling that something was wrong, but she tried to push that from her mind.
Anna heard someone knock on the door. She glanced over with desperation, hoping against hope to know whether her sister was about to arrive, her emotions going out of control when she saw a servant standing in the doorway. "The royal advisors have requested your presence, Your Majesty." He told her politely, bow to her once.
Her stomach dropped, her heart freezing over like it had done what felt like so long ago. She didn't expect that; not at all. Normally it was Elsa who met up with the advisers. Whatever they had to say must have been important, something so important that the Queen didn't have to be there in order for the word to get across.
Anna followed the servant into the large room where all the royal affairs were taken care of. There was a giant table in the room that might have been able to hold up to 200 people. Anna had only been in there a few times, and then it was only to find more boredom than she all ready had across her life. At the table sat a group of men that she recognized to be the advisers, all of which were all shouting at each other. It was sort of awkward for Anna to just be standing there. She figured she should just leave, since none of them noticed her anyway.
Almost on cue one of them called the Princess's name. In a few seconds the room was silent and everyone's eyes were on Anna. As a deathly silence filled the room, Anna realised how easily she could possibly choke on it, the Princess of Arendelle cleared her throat and said: "You wanted to see me?" She had nothing else to say other than this, unsure of what else she could have said. The room made her words echo, unnerving her a little.
"Yes..." One of then said uneasily, gesturing to one of the fancier seats at the end of the table closest to Anna. won't you please sit down?"
Anna shuffled over to a seat and slowly sat down. The chair was the most uncomfortable thing Anna had ever felt, and it was almost as bad as the icy sensation of dread that multiplied in her stomach as she shifted her weight across the plush seat. The advisers all went around and said their names. There were only five of them so it wasn't hard for Anna to remember them, even if she zoned out a lot through a lot of them.
"Your probably wondering why we called you here, Your Majesty." Lars stated, wringing his hands uncomfortably. Anna's parents seemed to do that a lot when they were alive, especially when they were stressed or scared. Either way, Anna nodded nonetheless.
"Well as you know the Queen was supposed to return from her vacation in the mountains this afternoon." Gunter clarified softly, unable to explain it in any other terms than straight to the point, no matter what damage it dealt. "But when the carriage came to pick her up all they found was a letter. It was written by the Queen and... well you may as well read it yourself. Bjorne," He snapped his head over to them, gesturing towards Anna. "Please pass Princess Anna the letter."
And he did. But Anna didn't want to read it. She knew the words in this letter would change her life. Probably for the worst. But everyone was expecting her to read it. So she took a deep breath and began reading it in her head. It wasn't like she could say it out-loud, since she had a terrible feeling in her gut that told her that this was bad. Still, the letter wrote:
**Dear people of Arendelle,
After a lot of thought I have realized I am not fit to rule this kingdom. Even if I didn't have my magic I would never be able to continue my parents legacy. I believe it's for he better I am leaving. Please do not try to find me. My mind has been made.
Sincerely,
Queen Elsa.**
Anna sat there for a minute and just stared at the page. She couldn't wrap her mind around the fact this was real. It couldn't have been real, could it? Elsa was going to walk in and announce it was just some sort of joke. Anna traced her dear sister's writing, remembering how she was always straight and to the point. The Princess glanced up to the door, begging to the Gods that Elsa would casually walk in and explain herself.
But the door remained closed; like always.
"W-Why did I have to come here to read this?" Anna asked weakly.
One of the advisers sighed, though it was more through sorrow than sarcasm. Artemis then spoke up, even if Anna was still completely focused on the letter from her sister, perplexed as she attempted to wrap her head around the fact that her life was turned upside down without her consent. "Well, with the Queen gone there is the obvious questions of who will take over her position..."
"We figured that since you are, after all, the second in line to the throne, you are the one that we are now looking to to take over as the next Queen of Arendelle." Gunter said.
Anna gasped. Now, she perceived that a good sister would stand up and shout angry words of how she couldn't believe they wanted to replace her sister – especially so quickly. However, she'd refuse the offer and storm out, as Anna had secretly wished to be queen all of her life. She was jealous of her sister. But now her dream was finally coming true.
She'd be queen and no one could stop her.
I'm so sorry that was so short! I already have the next chapter written so it'll be up soon. Don't worry the story isn't over yet. Anna needs to figure out what its like to be queen and whatever did happen to Elsa?
