When they reached the castle grounds, Anna spotted Olaf playing in the snow, and she called him over.
"Hey, Olaf!" She cried, hoping no one else was near. Mia had woken up now, and was watching Elsa's snow fall around her head with fascination. Anna knew that the snowman wouldn't care whether the child had powers or not. She just wasn't so sure about the rest of the kingdom.
"Hey there, Anna! Hi again, Elsa!" The snowman skipped over, laughing, and then he spotted little Mia. "Oh, oh, oh!" He called out, "That's your baby!" And Anna smiled, nodding. "She such a cutesie wootsie little thing! What's she called?"
"Her name's Mia," Anna said, giggling at Olaf's excitement. The little child looked at Olaf with large, azul blue eyes, and swiped at his carrot nose in play, trying to grab it.
"Aww, look at that! She likes me!" Olaf tickled Mia's toes, her baby shoes laying discarded on the floor of the sled, and the baby squirmed. For a two day old child, she was very active, and turning around, Kristoff whispered "We're going to have our work cut out for us, with Mia," to Elsa, and the Queen laughed lightly. Turning back to the girl, she swirled her hands, and a ball of magical ice formed from no where, making the child's eyes widen, and the baby then put her hands out to try and catch the snow. The baby began wriggling in excitement, and then attempted to copy Elsa's actions, causing a ball of her own ice to materialise in the air, and Anna quickly hugged Mia to her body, wary that other people may be near.
"Wow!" Olaf said, "She's magic too! That's awesome!" He began jumping up and down in excitement, but Anna put her hand on his shoulder, still hugging her daughter to her chest with her spare arm.
"Olaf, you can't tell anyone!" She whispered desperately, "Please, you have to promise not to tell anyone!" Her voice was pleading, and Olaf looked at her strangely.
"Sure, I guess." He said, "But why can't I tell anyone?"
Anna looked at him, straight in the eyes. "You just can't, Olaf. People might think she's dangerous, and try to hurt her, or at the least just ignore her. I don't want that."
The snowman looked at her, confused, but nodded anyway. "Okay, Anna!" He cried cheerily, and then skipped off to smell some flowers nearby.
As they made their way back to the castle, they passed through the market street, and thankfully, it was quite quiet. Most of the people sent 'discrete' glances towards the Queen, Princesses and Prince of Arendelle, but all in all they kept away, respecting that babies were not fond of overcrowding. Once, a woman came over to the sled and asked Anna if she could show her little boy the new baby princess, to which Anna agreed - Mia was a member of the royal family, after all, and would never be able to stay out of attention for too long, so she might as well get used to it. When the boy began to get a little rough, however, Anna began to worry and clutched her baby close, bidding the woman farewell and asking Kristoff to continue. At least Mia was still quiet - thankfully, she had shown herself to be a quiet child, so far, but quite bright and cheeky. Elsa looked over at her sister worriedly.
"Anna... I know you want the best for Mia, and I do too, but... Well, don't you think you're being a little extreme?" Elsa took her sister's hand in her own, reassuringly. Anna sighed.
"I know, I know... I'm just scared, Elsa, and I don't even know what I'm doing. I mean, three days ago I wasn't even thinking about having a baby for another few weeks, and now here she is... I just want her to be happy." She looked down at her daughter, who was reaching for Anna's pigtails. It didn't matter that she was 21 now - she would wear her hair like it for as long as she lived, and honestly, it was a part of who she was.
After about a minute of walking, Anna asked Kristoff to stop, and then she sniffed the air.
"What's that absolutely delicious smell?" She said, her eyes closed, and then she and Elsa looked at each other.
"Chocolate!" They giggled in unison, and Kristoff shook his head at them in amusement.
"Go on," He said, readjusting his grip on the reigns. "Go and get some, and I'll go talk Sven back to the stables. Anna and Elsa nodded, and the pair hopped off he back of the sled, Mia looking around with interested eyes.
"Get me some too, please, Anna!" Kristoff called, and the princess laughed, agreeing, then Sven and the rugged Mountain Prince, as many of the kingdom's people knew him as, left to return to the castle. Changing her grip on Mia, so that she was held cradled in just one of her arms, Anna and Elsa set off, following their noses to the chocolate store. Multiple times, people came over to see Mia, considering they were on the ground now and not in the sled, making both mother and daughter uncomfortable. The young girl wiggled and squirmed in Anna's arms, and Elsa recognised her sister's tension as fear, while small snowflakes began to fall. Clearly, Mia was getting stressed again, and Anna recognised this too. Standing up, she said with as much confidence and authority as she could muster (which was very little in truth), "I am sorry, but I must pass through here, for I believe my daughter is getting upset. There will be plenty of time to see her when she is a little older." The crowd cleared, and Anna let out a sigh of relief that it had actually worked, while Elsa led her to the shop.
Purchasing as many bags of chocolate as they could carry, which ended up being five large bags full, the sisters thanked the shop keeper and left the store, heading back to the castle. As they passed a small field, Anna frowned and doubled back, believing she had seen something in the field - more specifically, a fire, but this was a field of grain, and no one would light a fire in the middle of it... Would they?
Deciding that it was simply a trick of the light, Anna caught up with Elsa and continued the walk, glad that Mia had been lulled into a contented sleep by now.
By the time they reached the castle, the two royals dropped their bags and sighed in relief, calling three maids over to have the chocolates transported to the massive drawing room. Making their way there, they managed to drag Kristoff along too, although he'd disappeared about a minute later. They reached the room not long later. It was a glorious room, with a large table perfect for playing cards, multiple games such as chess, nine men's morris, snakes and ladders, and dominoes, a darts board, a piano, and much more. Anna's personal favourite was always the mirror room just off that her parents had built for her - it had made her feel less alone when Elsa locked herself away in her room.
Sitting down on one of the sofas, Elsa magicked up a baby cot for Mia, and Anna laid her in it, sighing in pleasure now that the ache from carrying her was gone from her arms. Sitting down next to Elsa, she began to pick out a few chocolates - her favourites, and popped them in her mouth, moaning at the delicious taste. She licked her fingers, enjoying the chocolate, and then sat back, relaxing.
"It's tough work, being princess." Anna said, giggling, and Elsa poked her gently in a playful manner.
"Never be Queen, then." She teased, and Anna promised not to. Both girls laughed, until Elsa began to look thoughtful.
"Hey," She said, "How come the Trolls all seemed to know Kristoff?" Anna looked at her, surprised.
"Oh? He didn't tell you?" She looked over at the sleeping baby Mia, then continued. "They took him in when he was a kid, they raised him."
"Ahh," Elsa said, "What a... Normal childhood." Anna couldn't help but laugh.
"Yeah. Oh, and by the way, Elsa, I'm sorry, you know, for blaming you before. I was so annoyed that you didn't tell me about your powers, and that you ignored me, because I didn't know why you did. I feel sort of bad now." Elsa wrapped her arms around her sister.
"Don't worry, Anna." She said, "It's fine. We were kids, after all." She looked around, eating a chocolate at the same time, and then glanced at the window. She grinned.
"Anna?" She asked in a cheeky, girly voice. The princess looked at her, bewildered. The Queen took a breath, then began to sing, stealing the lyrics from Anna years ago.
"Do you wanna build a snowman? Come on, let's go and play..." Anna grinned, and picked up with a revised adaptation.
"Though now I see you a lot more, I have to be sure, That you won't go away!"
Elsa then stole the spotlight from her sister, grinning.
"We will remain best buddies, for ever more. I won't watch you or Mia cry!"
"Do you wanna build a snowman?" Anna chorused.
Elsa replied, "Of course, I want to build a snowman!", and then they both sang the last line together.
"We must try!"
They fell on the sofa giggling together, and Anna looked over at Elsa.
"Thanks, Elsa," She whispered, "For everything." Elsa smiled, and then rose.
"Come on, then!" She said cheekily, "This snowman won't build itself!" Anna laughed and picked up a deeply-sleeping Mia, then ran with Elsa to the gardens outside, where Elsa made another baby crib for her niece, and then the two royal sisters set about making the snow man.
Rolling the balls of snow, to create a body like Olaf's, as well as adding some arms and hands, some eyes, and a mouth. Deciding women were much more interesting than men, Elsa also crafted a dress and some hair from ice, and Anna found a delicate carrot to make her nose. Standing back, they admired their work, and decided that the snow girl was definitely a work of art. At least, it was compared to some of the children's efforts at making snowmen.
Laughing happily, Elsa made wheels and a handle for Mia's new crib, making it into a pram, and the pair then went to the stables, to visit their horses. They expected they would meet Kristoff there as well, and indeed, when they arrived, the man was playing with Sven in the field.
Parking Mia's pram in the corner, Anna found her mare - a dapple grey girl called Misty, and hopped on bareback, groaning at the sudden protest from her sore body. Getting more comfortable, she found the pain left her, and she walked out into the field, then trotted around, sitting comfortably as she went. She had perfected sitting trot long ago - Elsa, on the other hand, had been isolated for so long, she only began riding again the year before, and had yet to master the art. Anna laughed as Elsa bounced around everywhere, but a sudden cry caught her attention, and she wheeled around to see a man holding Mia, his face unrecognizable.
Anna growled, and charged at him, jumping the fence despite the pain it caused and galloped after. The man had no chance on foot, but he had a bit of an advantage at first. Mia screamed louder, when suddenly the man slipped over, and Anna saw the ice flowing from her baby girl's fingertips. Gasping, even though she knew her daughter would be fine now, she knew that people who had been in the courtyard were gathering around and watching, and didn't want her child's secret to be revealed. Reaching down, she grabbed Mia as she fell, and held her close, while the crowd seemed oblivious to child's icy powers, thank goodness. Half looked at her with sad eyes, pitying her, and the others looking at her in anger, that she had not kept an eye on her daughter.
Tears stung Anna's eyes, and she spun her horse around using the halter and galloped back the way she's came, holding tight onto Mia, passing her across the fence to Elsa so that she didn't need to jump it while holding the two year old, who was once again asleep. Getting back into the field, she retrieved her daughter from her sister and returned Misty to the stable, before sitting down at the edge of the paddock, cradling her baby and sobbing. Both her husband and sister came over, and tried to comfort her, but to no avail. Anna's head was filled with emotions, and she wasn't sure what to think. Her newborn baby daughter had almost been kidnapped, and she'd left her, and the fact that her secret had almost been revealed didn't help.
Sadly, she went inside and laid Mia down in her crib in Anna and Kristoff's shared room, then sat on the bed and let her emotions run completely free.