"ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?" Anna's voice rattled the windows and scared away the birds who had been cheerfully sitting in a tree next to them.

"Anna." Elsa said soothingly.

"NO! NO, don't even think about trying to defend this!" Anna yelled.

Kristoff entered the room at that moment and took in the scene. Anna was red with fury and a few strands of her hair had escaped the normally tight braids she had them in. Elsa was also starting to turn red from frustration and was staring at her sister with a pleading gaze.

"What's goin on?" he asked slowly. Elsa turned and gave him a tired glance that proved she and Anna had been doing this for quite some time.

"Unbelievable! The trip is off!" Anna huffed furiously and spun around to pout.

"It would seem that on our way to Engledan we need to make a stop to resupply the ships." Elsa answered him. Kirstoff raised an eyebrow.

"And the problem is?"

"The problem-" Elsa was cut off by a furious Anna. "The problem is that the only fricken place to stop is the Southern Isles!"

Kristoff gazed at Elsa with horror. "The Hans of the Southern Isles, Southern Isles? The home of his royal jerk-who-tried-to-kill-you Southern Isles?" he asked sounding just as horrified.

"That would be the correct Southern Isles, although I'm unsure why you and Anna seem so confused seeing as there's only one Southern Isles out there." Elsa said dryly.

Kristoff looked at Elsa who seemed wholly unphazed and then at Anna who looked as upset as he did.

"You really plan on stopping there?" he asked, still stunned.

"Yeah, and she doesn't plan on changing anything." Anna said, sounding furious. Elsa rolled her eyes.

"But Hans is there!" Kristoff said, as if that were enough to condemn an entire nation.

"That's what I said." Anna pointed out, grateful to have an ally to back her up. Elsa regarded both of them with narrowed eyes.

"Then don't come with me." She said coldly.

"No! Don't you dare push me away like that. We're not going and that we includes you." Anna said.

"Either I go and you two stay and yell about the Southern Isles, or we all go and yes we will stop there and then move on to Engledan where we will enjoy one another's company." Anna and Kristoff opened their mouths to protest and Elsa forged on. "Because either way, I am going to Engledan. We need the trade that they can provide and if I don't go, the Lord there will refuse to open trade routes and Arendalle will suffer. As a Queen I have to put my personal discomforts aside and place the people's needs above my own." Kristoff and Anna fell silent, bowing their heads in what looked like shame.

It was sometimes hard to remember that the duties of a Queen were often very demanding and Elsa was often left ragged when some particularly nasty problem had to be sorted through. But she was a Queen and her people loved her. She often did place their needs above her own. She often felt the duty and responsibility she had to the people and she always strove to live up to them both. It was what made her so easy to love and follow.

"I'm sorry." Anna finally whispered. Elsa smiled before pulling her sister in for a hug.

"Listen. We won't stay there that long and Hans is in jail." Elsa said as if that settled everything. Anna hugged her sister but squirmed ever so slightly at the mention of the jerk's name.

"And I'll be there to make sure nothing happens to either of you." Kristoff said gruffly, straightening up as he did.

"I am very grateful for that." Elsa said with a regal bow of her head. Anna giggled and pulled Kristoff over for a hug.

"Now enough with the hugging!" Elsa commanded with a sly smile. "I command you both to pack your bags and prepare for a long adventure to Engledan!"

"An adventure unlike any other!" Anna cried and tackled her sister to the floor.

"I will never understand girls." Kristoff said and rolled his eyes before walking away to his room.

Elsa and Anna gazed at his retreating back before looking at one another and bursting into helpless giggles.

"I should probably warn the King of the Southern Isles that we're coming." Elsa said.

"Later. Now I have to beat you in a pillow fight." Anna cried and proceeded to start whacking Elsa with a blue pillow. Elsa responded with a frost covered pillow of her own.