The Queen, the princess and the servants: one-shots
Chapter 4: Anna's birthday
Anna ran through the halls, the minute the sun began to rise.
"It's my birthday! It's my birthday!" She screamed.
Everyone was still sleeping and Anna rarely ever got up that early by herself. The best thing about it was that she had people to celebrate it with. Anna literally kicked open Elsa's door and jumped on her bed. Elsa opened one of her eyes and yawned.
"Anna…what…are…you…doing?" Elsa asked.
"It's my birthday!"
"Happy birthday…but do you have to wake me up this early?"
"Yes! The earlier you wake up, the longer the day will be."
"Okay Anna, five more minutes."
"Okay, in the mean time I'll just invade your privacy." Anna said as she started jumping up and down Elsa's back shouting "It's my birthday!"
Elsa pushed Anna off her back and rubbed her eyes.
"Fine Anna I'm up but let me get ready."
Anna left the room to let Elsa get ready.
"It's my birthday!" She squealed again.
Anna went into town, twirling and running. There was barely anyone out but that didn't stop her from screaming it was her birthday at the top of her lungs. Everyone woke up and looked out that window as they saw the princess yelling and running around like a crazy child.
"Happy birthday, Princess Anna!" People said as she ran around excitedly.
"Thank you!" She said as she kept on twirling around.
"Yay!" She shouted, losing her balance.
Splash! She fell in the water. No handsome prince to save her this time.
Anna was still excited even though she was soaking wet. Once she got out the water, she started heading back to the castle so she could change.
"It's my birthday!" She shouted one more time.
Of course Elsa knew it was Anna's birthday and she was happy that this year she could celebrate it with her. Lucky number nineteen. Anna was so excited that it was her birthday and it put a smile on Elsa's face, even if she was taking it a little too far.
Once Anna changed she calmed down and stopped screaming at the top of her lungs. It was a cool day and the breeze was coming perfectly and the leaves were very bright colors. Neither cold or hot.
Eventually everyone started waking up, getting ready to get on with their day. The servants knew very well that it was Anna's birthday and they all said happy birthday when they saw her.
"Happy birthday." A familiar voice said behind her.
She turned around and saw that it was Kristoff.
"Kristoff!" She screamed giving him a massive hug.
He held a bouquet of flowers in his hand and a box of chocolate.
"These are for you." He said gently.
"Kristoff, you're so sweet."
"Anything for you."
They were about to kiss until someone tugged on Anna's dress. She looked down and realized that it was Olaf.
"Where's my hug?" He asked holding his arms out.
"Right here my little buddy."
Anna pulled Olaf into a hug as he whispered "Happy birthday Anna."
"Anna, happy birthday!" Alicia and Victoria said with bright smiles on their faces.
"Thanks!" Anna said pulling them into a hug as well.
"You're finally nineteen, huh?" Alicia asked.
"Yeah I'm so excited."
"What are you planning to do today?" Victoria said.
"Hmm…I actually have no idea. I'll just go with the flow."
"Good idea, I'm sure you'll have a great day!" Alicia said cheerfully.
"Umm Anna…can I have a talk with you?" Elsa asked giving a light smile.
"Of course Elsa."
They walked to Elsa's bedroom and began to sit on the bed.
"So…I just wanted to give you something." Elsa said.
"Sure Elsa."
Elsa pulled out a box from her drawer and opened it up. A beautiful necklace that had a lot of precious gems amazed Anna's eyes.
"Elsa, that's so beautiful." Anna said in awe.
"Mom gave it to me." Elsa said.
"Woah she did?"
Elsa nodded. "Yeah, so now I want to give it to you."
"But Elsa, she gave it to you. So it's yours."
"Yeah well it's supposed to be a queen passing it down to a princess so I'm just continuing the tradition, and plus…she gave me two." Elsa said pulling another necklace out of the box.
Anna's eyes widened.
"She did?"
"Well yes. She gave me hers before she and dad headed out to sea and ever since then I've had two."
Elsa placed the necklace her mom gave her over Anna's neck and showed her how she looked in the mirror. Tears of joy came down Anna's face as she smiled. Then Elsa took the other necklace and put it around her own neck.
"You look beautiful." Elsa said to her sister.
"You look beautiful too."
"Thanks Anna, but not quite yet." Elsa created a little gem out of ice and added it to her necklace. "More my style."
"I love you Elsa."
Elsa pulled Anna into a hug. "I love you too Anna."
They were hugging for a good five minutes until they finally let each other go.
"This is going to be the best day ever." Elsa assured her sister.
"It already is."
Later…
"Princess Anna." Called some maids.
Anna heard her name and immediately made her way over to the maids.
"Yes?"
The four maids smiled, looking both happy and nervous.
"Well we umm…made this dress for you. You know since it's your birthday and we umm…decided to make you a dress and it's okay if you don't like it but we just wanted to say, happy birthday." Said one of the maids.
Anna smiled at them.
"Aw, thanks. It's beautiful."
"Oh well…you're welcome."
They handed her the dress that Anna genuinely liked. It was emerald green with red and gold rubies bedazzled on the middle and around the sleeves. It flowed perfectly, not too long and not too short. There was also a stitched purple flower on the left side of the dress. They bowed down and began to walk away, feeling really happy with themselves for pleasing Anna with a dress they had worked so hard on.
"Ooh Anna, what a nice dress, you should wear it later." Alicia said out of nowhere.
Anna smirked. "Why? What's happening later?"
Alicia blushed. "Oh umm…nothing."
"Alicia?"
"Just go with the flow, Anna."
"But Alicia! No secrets."
"I don't keep secrets, I'm an open book!"
"That's right, we both know you are so you might as well tell me."
"Umm…ask me again in a couple of minutes." And with that Alicia just left, leaving Anna to stand by herself.
"Huh, well obviously there's something going on?" Anna said to herself.
"Ooh awesome, Anna's going to love it." She heard Elsa say from another part of the castle.
Anna quickly ran over to her, wanting to know what Elsa was talking about. Anna heard noise that sounded like it was coming from the ball room, she had also noticed that the servants looked much busier than normal. Going back and forth through the castle and putting white sheets over the stuff they were carrying, especially around Anna. The castle also smelled liked food and baked goods, it all made Anna very suspicious.
"What am I going to love?" Anna asked deviously.
As soon as Anna came, Kai and another servant rushed out of her sight after hiding a mysterious, large, thing with a white cloth.
Elsa smiled awkwardly.
"Oh umm…this piece of my…hair?''
Anna looked at her sister like she was insane.
" A piece of your hair?"
"Umm…yes."
Elsa plucked a strand of hair from her head and handed it to Anna.
Anna just stared at her sister with a confused expression.
"You can umm…start a collection."
Elsa face-palmed, she really was horrible under pressure.
"Okay? I'm just gonna go." Anna said backing away slowly.
Elsa was left holding a strand of her hair in her fingers. She sighed heavily.
"Well this is Un-queenly." Elsa murmured to herself.
Anna decided to fancy herself up, just so that she'd be ready for anything. She put her hair up, put the necklace Elsa gave her around her neck and put on the nice dress that the maids had made for her.
Then suddenly came a knock on her door.
"Come in." She said
There stepped Kai.
"Umm…could you maybe make your way to the ball room, princess Anna?" He asked.
Anna smiled.
"Sure."
She didn't even bother to question why.
"By the way your majesty you look lovely." Kai complemented.
Anna was flattered.
"Thanks Kai."
Anna slowly, but excitedly walked to the ball room.
Anna then slammed the doors open and ran inside.
…She waited…
"SURPRISE!"
Before she knew it, there was huge room filled with people all there to celebrate her birthday.
"Oh my goodness! For me?!" She said excitedly.
She was shocked to see a giant cake that stood tally on a table, she stared at it in awe.
"Wah?" Was all she managed to say.
"It's 19 layers." Elsa said from behind her.
"19 layers?! That's a lot!"
"And took a lot of time to bake so I hope you like it." Victoria said suddenly.
"Like it? It's amazing!" Anna complimented.
It was a really happy mood with a lot of company and music playing in the back.
Anna focused her attention on a CHOCOLATE SCULPTURE OF HER!
"A CHOCOLATE SCULPTURE OF ME?!" she squealed.
"It was my idea!" Alicia said proudly.
"Am I allowed to eat it?" Elsa asked weirdly.
Everyone looked disturbingly at Elsa.
"So…no?"
"Umm…Anna?" Said a low, soft voice behind her.
Anna knew exactly whose voice that was. She turned and saw Kristoff dressed in a tux.
"Hey Kristoff."
"We'll leave you two alone." Elsa said as the three of them left to give Anna and Kristoff some privacy.
"You look beautiful Anna."
"Thanks Kristoff."
"You always look beautiful Anna."
"And you always look insanely handsome."
Kristoff chuckled as he got closer to Anna.
"Care to dance?"
"I'd love to."
They gracefully and passionately danced around the ball room with crowds of people watching them but neither of them caring. Kristoff stroked Anna's cheek gently and looked into her eyes.
"Anna, I love you so much."
Anna smiled at him as tears of joy started to form in her eyes again.
"I love you too Kristoff."
Kristoff pressed his lips onto Anna's and they stopped dancing to enjoy the wonderful sensation of expressing their love for one another, it was like time had stopped and they were the last two people on the planet. Everyone clapped their hands at seeing such a beautiful sight, but it was lasting a little too long.
"Elsa it's been like ten minutes." Alicia whispered at the snow queen.
"Yeah they have been kissing for a long time." Elsa said.
"And they're still kissing." Victoria added.
Everyone just looked at each other, wondering what to do. The clock was ticking and they just kept on kissing like there was no tomorrow.
"Dang, I think they're trying to eat each other" People started whispering to each other.
"Wow, this went from romantic to weird." Alicia said waiting for them to stop.
"It's been like twenty minutes, maybe they're stuck." Victoria suggested.
"Your majesty, are they going to stop anytime soon?" A brown haired lady with a pink dress asked Elsa.
"Okay, I need to put a stop to this." Elsa sighed.
She walked over to Anna and Kristoff and pulled them away from each other.
"Alright you two love-birds I think that's enough." Elsa chuckled.
"Oh sorry, I guess we just lost track of time." Anna said still looking at Kristoff."
"Hey, it's time to sing happy birthday!" Alicia informed them.
"Ooh yay!" Anna squealed excitedly.
"But before that, I would like to say a few things." Elsa said.
"Okay Elsa, go ahead." Anna assured.
Elsa smiled at her and made her way to the front of the room.
"If we may have your attention, Queen Elsa would like to say a few words." Victoria said introducing Elsa.
Everyone turned around and gave their attention to the queen.
Elsa cleared her throat.
"Well I just wanted to thank you all for coming, it took a lot of planning and dedication to have this party, especially keeping it a surprise. Princess Anna is an amazing princess, sister, and person and she completely deserves all of this. I know our late mother and father would be very proud of how she has grown up to be a beautiful, caring, lovable, admirable young woman. I am proud to call her my little sister and I wish her a happy birthday because it's another year of being a wonderful person. Just remember that I love you and I always will."
Everyone clapped their hands and cheered.
"Thanks Elsa." Anna smiled.
"Don't mention it."
"So are we ready to sing now? I've been readying my voice." Alicia said anxiously.
"Yeah, come on that cake looks really good!" Elsa said.
Anna stood in the front of the room as everyone else sung happy birthday to her, Alicia sang it at the very top of her lungs. Anna smiled as she even saw Olaf singing, she realized how many people genuinely cared about her. The cake was really tall so they needed to climb up a ladder to cut the first layer of the cake. Anna didn't waste a minute eating her piece of cake.
"Psst Anna." Elsa called.
"Yes Elsa?"
"So is the chocolate sculpture of you off limits or no?"
Anna sighed. "Fine go eat it."
"Yay!"
Elsa rushed over to it and ripped out one of the fingers and started eating it. Anna shook her head at the sight.
Meanwhile…
Alicia had just finished eating her slice of cake, it was at that moment she realized just how good of a baker Victoria really was.
"Hey" Greeted a voice behind her.
She turned around to see a familiar face.
"Oh…hi"
"Alicia, right?"
"Yeah! Leonardo right?"
"Yeah."
Alicia couldn't forget about Leonardo, the guy she had danced with that last time there was a party. He smiled at her and kept a good graze on her.
"So umm…good party huh?" Alicia asked.
"Oh yeah, great party."
"So how's life"
"Life's great, but it's just got a whole lot better."
Alicia poked his nose.
"I bet it has."
Leonardo chuckled.
"It's kinda crowded in here."
"I agree, wanna go outside?"
"I course I would."
They went outside to the cool wind blowing as the sun was setting.
"It's a beautiful day don't you think?" Alicia asked, breathing in.
"Yeah it is."
"It's all amazing."
Alicia's eyes began to water a little and she started looking down.
"Are you okay?" Leonardo asked her softly.
She sniffled.
"I'm great, it's just that this is all so amazing. I feel so happy for Anna. There's so many people who love her and all. She deserves it. But it's also really overwhelming and…"
"It feels weird to be in a birthday party because you're not used to all these people coming together and caring about someone's life."
Alicia stood there shocked at him.
"How did you know?"
"Lucky guess. I understand, when you get used to something it feels weird not being in that situation."
"Yeah, but I like this situation way better than spending all my time doing endless housework, whether it's my birthday or Christmas."
"You wanna tell me about it?"
Alicia smiled at him.
"Tell you about what?"
"You know, your experiences in the past."
"You really care?"
"I like a good story. Plus I like this, just the two of us. Sometimes people just need to talk about things. Your past is your story, your song, your heart."
Alicia thought about it.
"Okay cutie, maybe another time. I don't want to start getting depressed on a great day like this."
"Understandable. Just know I'll listen."
Alicia eyed him suspiciously.
"You're not a evil, psycho wizard are you?"
Leonardo chuckled.
"What a random question."
"Answer it."
"Huh, no. But being a wizard sounds awesome."
"I guess it does."
They both took their time looking at the stars.
"Haven't you ever noticed that, the star right there is brighter than the rest." Alicia asked pointing at a familiar star.
"Oh yeah, I believe it's called The North Star. Star of freedom and love."
"Where'd you learn that from?"
"My heart."
Alicia laid her head on his chest without saying a word.
"Looks like we both learn from our hearts." Alicia whispered.
Leonardo looked down at her and smiled.
"Where have you been all my life?"
"I'm wondering the same thing."
"Wow I can hear the music all the way from here." Leonardo said tapping his feet.
"Care to dance?"
"Of course I would."
They started soothingly dancing around, letting the music guide each step they took, their hums slowly turned into words of the same song.
Alicia: What is this feeling?
Maybe it's heart healing.
Is it the way you look at me, with a gleam in your eyes?
Is it the way you came to me like a total surprise?
I'm not very sure what to do
But I think I'm really liking you
Leonardo: Is this okay?
Is this how I'll spend the rest of my days?
Is it the way you always have a smile on your face?
Is it the way we dance at the exact same pace?
I don't have a clue
But I think I'm really liking you
Both: It's a mystery
And the past is history
It's like magic
And we know that we have it
I'll take a chance on us
Heart-break and all
And even though there's a chance we might fall
I know I'm really liking you.
Yes, I'm officially liking you."
They stopped dancing and began to pucker their lips, pulling closer to each other like they were being magnetically pulled.
"Ahem." Said someone clearing their throat.
Alicia and Leonardo turned around to see Victoria and Elsa looking at them.
Embarrassed, Alicia's cheeks turned bright red.
"Umm…Queen Elsa, hello." Leonardo said bowing down awkwardly.
"Can we help you guys with something?" Alicia asked annoyed.
"Mind introducing me to your little boyfriend?" Victoria asked.
"I've never seen this woman before in my life." Alicia said quickly.
Elsa giggled.
"Alicia!" Victoria scoffed.
"Fine!" Alicia huffed. "This is my older sister Victoria. Victoria this is my…friend, Leonardo"
"Nice to meet you, Victoria. Beauty must run in the family."
Alicia nodded her head vigorously.
"Thank you, Leonardo." Victoria said politely.
Leonardo nodded and smiled at her.
"So what were you two doing?" Elsa asked.
"We were just talking." Alicia assured
"Uh huh, just talking." Leonardo confirmed.
"About?" Victoria asked.
"Life Victoria. We were talking about life." Alicia said bitterly.
"Hmm… interesting." Victoria murmured to herself.
"You know Alicia, I was going to ask you something…" Leonardo gulped.
"Really? What is it?" Alicia asked giving him her full attention.
Leonardo looked at the two people who were making him feel a little uncomfortable.
"It's not important."
"Oh…okay." Alicia frowned
"So anyway Alicia, the party will start ending in fifteen minutes and we have to get ready to clean up." Victoria said.
"Oh, I have to go Leonardo. Bye."
"Oh…umm bye. I'll…I'll miss you." Leonardo stroking her cheek.
"Me too." Alicia smiled.
Alicia waved good night as she walked away with Elsa and Victoria, leaving Leonardo smiling to himself.
"So what's really going on between you two?" Victoria asked.
"I don't really know." Alicia answered.
"Well don't become too attached. You wouldn't want to be targeted by another evil, psycho wizard." Victoria said cautiously.
"No worries Victoria, I'll let it happen if it's meant to be. Now let's enjoy the rest of the party before we have to do a clean-up song." Alicia said running into the castle.
Elsa and Victoria looked at each other and shrugged before joining Anna who was talking to Kristoff, eating a bunch of sweets, and really enjoying her birthday party.
Happy Birthday Anna!
I hope this was a good chapter, I wanted to make it someone's birthday and I decided to go with Anna. Anyway thanks for reading and have a good day. Happy birthday to anyone whose birthday is today.