A/N: I'm back after a long struggle with writer's block, sorry to keep you waiting. I hope you're liking the story so far.

The next evening started as planned. As Elsa and Asha slept peacefully in their bed, Kristoff and Anna brought Kai to the room that they had set up for their own child. Though she tried not to show it, Anna was nervous about the evening. During her time trapped in the castle, Anna had plenty of time to read. Among the books in the castle's vast library was a book on childcare that Anna had read one rainy afternoon out of curiosity when she was sixteen years old. Reading about it was one thing, but doing it was an entirely different thing. Kristoff had done his best to reassure her that together they would be great parents; despite the fact that his only experiences with children were baby rock trolls.

Anna fed Kai his dinner and rocked him to sleep with a lullaby. After putting him in his crib, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven shared their own dinner, enjoying a quiet conversation, only interrupted by the loud crunching noise of Sven devouring his carrots. It was an hour later, when Kai's cries interrupted the conversation. Anna picked Kai up out of his crib and the stench that hit her nose revealed what had woken the child. Kristoff found a cloth diaper and brought it over as Anna laid Kai on the changing table.

She was starting to get the hang of it, when she was thrown for a loop. Kai suddenly burst into flames spontaneously. Anna screamed as she drew her hand back, a slight burn mark branded on her fingers. Kristoff ran towards her with a fresh cloth while Sven cowered in the corner of the room in fear of Kai, who had quickly returned to his normal state.

"Are you okay?" Kristoff asked, his face unable to hide his concern. Anna shook her head, still in shock. "You need some ice," Kristoff said, "I'll go wake Elsa."

Anna raised her unburned hand, "No, I'm not waking her."

"She needs to know about this," Kristoff argued.

"And we'll tell her and Asha when they wake up in the morning," Anna reassured him.

Kristoff shrugged and sent for Olaf instead. The snowman came bounding into the room and Anna placed her hand on his body. Cautiously, Kristoff finished changing Kai's diaper and placed him back into his crib. He tried not to show it, but Kai frightened him. Having a sister in law with ice powers was fine, even cool, no pun intended of course, but fire was a whole new level of danger. Still, Kristoff was calmed by the fact that if anyone could help Kai control his newly manifested powers, it would be Elsa.

"How are you feeling?" Kristoff turned to his wife.

Anna looked up from Olaf's body, "I'll be fine." Kristoff nodded and walked over to sit down next to her.

"Fire and Ice. This is going to be interesting," Kristoff joked, trying to lighten the mood.

Anna giggled in response, "Yeah, soon Arendelle won't need an army. The enemies will just be scared away by the magic." Her brow furrowed as she saw Kristoff's apprehension. "Still want to have a baby with me?"

"Of course," Kristoff answered quickly, "Abandonment is my parent's thing." He placed his hand over Anna's, "I love you and our unborn baby and I'm not going anywhere. Sven will eventually come around to it as well." He gestured to the reindeer that was taking tentative steps towards Kai's crib. Anna responded by kissing Kristoff, and then launched into a discussion of how they were going to tell Elsa and Asha the news about Kai's powers.

Both Elsa and Asha woke up the next morning feeling refreshed. An evening of catching up on sleep was exactly what they had needed. Exchanging a quick peck on the lips, the couple changed out of their sleepwear and headed down to the kitchen for breakfast. Anna and Kristoff, who both wore matching bags under their eyes and nervous expressions, greeted them.

"How did it go?" Asha asked while picking up Kai in her arms.

"Fine," Anna smiled, trying to conceal her bandaged hand behind her back. Not quick enough to escape Elsa's notice however.

"What happened to your hand?"

Anna took a deep breath and was about to explain, when Kristoff blurted out, "Kai has fire powers."

Elsa and Asha gaped at him, "What?"

"Kai burst into flames last night. It seems that he has the ability to create and control fire," Anna explained calmly. Elsa and Asha stared at Kai in shock who merely cooed back at his mothers.

As Asha talked to Kai while cradling him, Elsa stood frozen to the spot. Every doubt she had about being able to raise Kai as her own replayed in her head on an infinite loop. She had doubted her abilities when Kai was a normal baby dumped on their doorstep, but the fact that he had powers scared her even more. It would seem that she would be the best equipped to handle his special abilities, but she was scared that she wouldn't be able to raise him properly, that she wouldn't be able to teach him how to control his powers. What if something went wrong and Asha and Anna were hurt? It had only been a year and a couple months since she herself had put the kingdom in danger. Sure her powers could be controlled by love, but what about his? What if she was hurt or the kingdom was put in danger? After all, fire had the tendency to melt ice.

Still, she had grown attached to Kai and the kid didn't have any family that she knew of. She felt Asha put her hand on her shoulder and she relaxed into her wife's touch

"Are you okay?" Asha whispered to her. Elsa straightened her posture and nodded. She knew she could do this. Kai needed her and she needed to conceal her doubts and let them go. He was their son now, and Elsa had promised to take care of him. She walked over to Kai and picked him up in her hands. He smiled his toothless smile and Elsa smiled back, even though fear was filling her heart.