Forever Frozen

I knew this was not a good idea, Anna sighed to herself as she struggled to hold the mass amounts of presents that was given to her from a various number of random people throughout the town. Elsa had literally taken her all over the town and even to Oaken's Trading Post and Sauna. Each place they visited, people were showering her with gifts, wishing her a happy birthday, and even the kids sang to her with Elsa conducting!

Granted it was nice to be able to celebrate this day with everyone, and on any normal circumstances Anna would have been all over this. However seeing her sister's health rapidly becoming worse with each passing hour, it was a little startling, "Elsa I really think-"

"Come on Anna! Just a little bit further to birthday surprise number-achoo!" Elsa sneezed and then gave out a wet cough as she held her chest; Anna cringed at the sound, "Excuse me." Elsa said apologizing sheepishly as they stopped a bit away from the clock tower, "What number were we on?"

Anna sighed and looked at the mass amounts of gifts in her arms, "Well we just stopped by the chocolate shop, and that was seventeen…so this would be eighteen." Anna answered after some thought, "But Elsa-"

"Eighteen it is!" Elsa said cutting Anna off as she tried to run off to the tower, "Come on! Hurry! Eighteen awaits!"

Anna watched as she bit her lip nervously as she watched Elsa struggling to walk and as she let out another sneeze, this time a pile of snow appearing just by Anna's side. Anna looked at it and sighed as she struggled to catch up to her sister, "Elsa please," Anna said as she managed to catch up, "You promised me if you started feeling bad we would go home."

"Anna I am-achoo!" Elsa said sneezing again followed by another cough, "Fine."

"No you are not." Anna said sternly, while silently wondering when she had become the mature and responsible one, with the stern 'mom' tone to match, "I really think it is time that we go home so you can rest."

Elsa was silent now as she looked into her baby sister's stern, yet worried, eyes. She really was not feeling good, and now she was admitting that something was not right. That she was not ok or fine. However be that as it may, she was not going to ruin this day for Anna, "This one is really special though." She said weakly.

Anna looked at her sister and saw how much Elsa wanted her to see this surprise…birthday surprise number eighteen…just how many surprises were there? Her curiosity was peaked, but she squashed the thought instantly, Elsa's health was more important, "You gotta go lie down." Anna said softly, imploring to her older sister's senses.

"No we have to climb!" Elsa said trying to sound cheerful, but her head was ponding and her body was aching.

Anna groaned, "Elsa this is too much! You need to rest!"

"But we need to get to our birthday chills!" Immediately Elsa realized her slip, and back pedaled hoping Anna did not hear her, "I mean thrills! Now come on slow poke!" Anna groaned again and followed Elsa into the clock tower.

In the meantime back at the courtyard, Kristoff, Sven and Olaf were putting on the final touches for the surprise party. Some people were starting so show up and started to lend a hand. As Kristoff was directing where the presents should go, he caught something out of the corner of his eye, "What the-"

"Master Bjorgman!" He turned, startled as Kai came running over to him, "We have a problem."

"What kind of problem?" Kristoff asked immediately.

"It's odd, but-" Kai was interrupted by screams, followed by people scattering from the castle and from the open gates.

Their heads turned as mass of white blobs coming towards them, laughing and starting to scatter around them, "Awesome! Small snowmen like me!" Olaf cheered happily, "Hi! I am Olaf and I like-hey!" One of the small snowmen came up to him and took his carrot nose, "I need that!" And the chase began.

Sven had started laughing, until two of the small snowmen jumped on his back and startled him causing him to run around in attempts to shake them off, "No!" Kristoff yelled as Sven bucked, causing the snowmen to fly over his head and into the pile of gifts.

The gifts crashed to the floor and there was more pandemonium all around, immediately taking charge, Kristoff looked to Kai, "Ok gather the people and catch as many of them as you can." Kai nodded and ran off to tell the other people what to do as most of the snowmen entered the castle.

Kristoff looked to find Olaf waddling over with a disgruntled look as he fixed his noise, "That was rude! I do not mind if it was Sven, but that was not nice!"

Before Kristoff could retort that they had bigger things to worry about, he spots several little snowmen climbing up to the cake. Looking at Olaf, who was still talking, he grabs Olaf's head like a bowling ball and takes aim, "Excuse me! What are you doing?!" Olaf asks as his body is running around frantically in panic.

"Bowling." Kristoff responds as he brings his arm back.

"And what is bowling?!" Olaf yells as he is thrown forward. Olaf's head rolls into the snowmen, knocking them away from the cake.

Kristoff sighs in relief, "Strike." The relief is short lived however, as he hears another crash and sees tables collapsing and his prefect banner coming down before his eyes, "Oh great." He bites out as he hears the snowmen's childlike laughs.

While there was mass pandemonium going on in the courtyard, Anna was dealing with her own catastrophe. They were not even half way up the stairs into the clock tower, and Anna could see that Elsa was pushing herself extremely hard. She was silently cursing herself for not being stronger and more assertive with her sister, "Elsa-"

"Just a bit further." Elsa panted out as she tried to keep her balance by leaning heavily against the wall. She was feeling feverish as she climbs the stairs to the top of the tower. I will not ruin this day, Elsa thinks, I will make this day perfect. It has to be perfect. I refuse to let Anna down again. However even as she tries to remain strong, her vision is swimming before her eyes as blackspots start to appear around her, "Just a bit further." She pants out trying more so to convince herself rather than Anna.

Anna sees that Elsa is struggling more furiously now as they tried to reach the top, but before Anna could protest more on this adventure, Elsa loses her balance and starts to fall backwards. Anna quickly drops her gifts and rushes to catch her, "Elsa!" Anna explains in alarm as she manages to catch Elsa in her arms before the Queen fell on the stone steps.

Gently as she could, Anna guides Elsa down so they are in a sitting position on the stone steps. Elsa couldn't help, but lean on Anna and rest her head on her sister's shoulder. Anna in the meantime brushes her hand across her sister's forehead. She gasps as she pulls away at how hot Elsa is and knows that she is burning up with a fever. Hearing Anna's worried tone, Elsa tries to reassure Anna, "I am-"

"No. I do not want to hear that you are fine. You have said that so many times today, that it is not even a word anymore. You've got a fever! You are burning up!" Anna said sternly and Elsa winced at the severity of the tone. Seeing the wince, Anna sighed, "We can't go on like this."

Elsa sighed. She could no longer deny it, "Ok I have a cold."

"And a fever." Anna added, however she regretted saying anything as Elsa once again winced, "Now can I take you home?" Anna asked gently.

Elsa sighed again and closed her eyes when another round of dizziness came to her when she nodded, "Ok." Saying a silent thank you to whatever higher power there was, that her sister finally came to her senses, Anna helps Elsa up and they start to head home.

"Anna you gifts-" Elsa says as she starts to remind Anna about her gifts that are still on the stairs.

"I can come for them later or send Kristoff to get them. You are more important." Anna explained as she allowed Elsa to lean on her more. Elsa doesn't say anymore as she allows Anna to lead her home. As they walk to the near empty town, two thoughts run through her head: the first was that she ruined Anna's birthday, and the second was how could this get any worse?