Company of a Pirate

Chapter Seven

By LoveMeNever

Anna has been trying all day to cheer her sister up. Ever since the fiasco at the ball, Elsa has been extremely closed off. It hurt Anna but she could understand. She knew it wasn't really personal but that wasn't going to stop her from cheering Elsa up!

"Oh come on Kristoff!" Anna pouted in front of her boyfriend. "We need to think of something!"

"I'm just not sure that forcing her to talk is going to help." He shrugged.

"Please tell me you remember what happened the last time she didn't talk." Anna deadpanned.

He cringed and rubbed the back of his neck. "Well... I'm not good at this sort of stuff."

Anna sat down roughly on the couch in the library, she crossed her arms and scrunched her face in aggressive 'brainstorming mode'. Kristoff chuckled and put his arm around the small girl.

What would cheer Elsa up? Anna already tried to get her to build a snowman, build an ice rink, go horseback riding, and several other failed attempts. She hated seeing her sister like this; all mopey and down.

Seriously, in the off chance Anna even saw Elsa the entire day she would just brush her off by saying she had work to do. So here she sat trying to come up with a solution to the problem with Kristoff of all people.

She watched with curiosity as Kristoff appeared to be thinking of a plan. He curled his lips into a deep frown and put a finger on his chin; it literally looked as if he was hurting himself. This is what happens when he thinks way to much. Anna rolls her eyes.

"What if we went to see Lucia?" He finally came up with.

"What good would that do us?" Anna asked, she didn't see how that helped them or Elsa.

"We could tell Elsa she's okay? And we could ask her what she was thinking as well."

"Hmm. I guess it's worth a shot." Anna didn't seem very convinced but anything was better than nothing at this point. Besides this was a one time only thing; they were shipping Lucia off tomorrow.

The couple made their way to the dungeons where Lucia was being held. It wasn't the nicest part of the castle by no means and it was maybe the first time Anna had actually been down there. It reminded her of what Hans had done to Elsa and herself.

When they approached Lucia's cell an Oslon guard stood in there way.

He was extremely tall and had a large scar running across the width of his face; he was pretty terrifying. Anna smiled nervously and Kristoff seemed to be looking the guard up and down as if assessing him.

"W-We would like to see Lucia." She cursed herself for not sounding intimidating. If it were Elsa she would be all bossy and demanding.

The guard grinned crookedly, giving Anna the creeps. "Whose asking?"

"I am the Princess!" She stood a little more confidently.

"Humph. Right this way then, Princess." Kristoff and Anna didn't like this guy already. He lead them down the corridor and to a cell at the end. The door was thick wood with a small opening with bars and a sliding latch.

They couldn't see anything until he opened the large wooden door. Inside sat a figure tied to a chair with tied hands behind her back. Lucia's head hung and they could see drops of dried blood on her dress from the night before.

Anna gasped at her when she lifted her head.

Under her eye was a dark bruise, the corner of her lip busted with dried blood, and she just looked exhausted. Despite all that she grinned at Anna and Kristoff. They couldn't help but smile back.

"I must say I'm rather impressed... this is definitely one of the finer prisons I've been in." Lucia laughed but winced at the action.

"What are they doing to you?" Anna asked in disbelieve, if Elsa had known about this she surely would order the Duke to release her! Maybe that was her ticket to freeing Lucia and getting Elsa happy again eventually.

"Oh nothing to terrible, I've had worse. The guard outside hits like a girl." She smirked and gave the guard a smug expression he didn't seem to like it but he refrained from anything violent since the princess was present.

Anna was glad the captain's lightheartedness was still intact.

Then the captain's eyes went back to holding none of the mischief or humor that they used too. Now they were just tired. "What brings you two down here? Come to see me off before I'm sent to my death?"

"Death?!" Anna and Kristoff said in unison.

Lucia genuinely seemed confused, "What? You didn't know that's what is going to happened?" Now she laughed.

"Why are they going to kill you?! Your father would let that happen?" Anna couldn't even believe what she was hearing, she couldn't let this happen, for Lucia's sake and for Elsa's.

"My father is the one ordering it." Lucia chuckled darkly.

Anna tried to wrap her head around this; why would her father want her dead? No matter what she's done she is still his daughter! "How could he do that?" She asked innocently.

"I told you that my mother died in childbirth, my father has always blamed me for it and so he wishes I'd never been born. I guess he thinks that if I die my mother somehow gets justice." Lucia shrugged as if it meant nothing to her. She saw the horror on Anna's face. "Look, it might seem cruel to you and well, to everyone... but it doesn't bother me. I've accepted it."

"But-"

"Just leave it at that, okay? Though I should warn you of my father... he's a slippery bilge rat that will find a way to get what he wants. I'm not quite sure why he's so focused on Arendelle but it can't be good."

Those words sent a chill through Anna's body. "Okay time's up. Duke Alexander will be here shortly for more questioning and he requests to be alone with his daughter." The large guard ushered both the princess and ice maker out of the cell.

Anna tried to protest because she needed to know what Lucia's warning meant.

She also needed to tell Elsa, if her sister would even give her the time of day to listen.

"Elsa!"

The queen jumped slightly when her younger sister and Kristoff barged into her study rather loudly. At least Anna wasn't trying to sneak up on her to scare her anymore; back to old habits. "Yes Anna?"

She saw an urgency in her sisters eyes that told her something was wrong. No matter what Elsa was feeling she couldn't ignore her sister right now with that look in her eyes.

"Duke Alexander, he's going to kill her!" Anna took hold of her sisters hands hoping the contact would make her realize what she was saying was true.

"You're not making sense Anna, who?" Elsa feared she knew the answer.

"Lucia! He's going to kill his own daughter when they get back to Oslon! You have to do something!"

Elsa frowned, "Anna, I know you believe that Lucia is not as bad as everyone says but she is okay? She lied to both of us from the start. Besides I'm sure Duke Alexander won't kill his only daughter."

Anna sighed in exasperation, did she have to do everything herself including fix her sisters potential love life? She was about to say something when Elsa interrupted her. "At the ball Lucia's crew were sneaking into the treasury planning on stealing it. Lucia was only there to distract us."

Elsa's eyes lowered in shame. How could she let her feelings cloud her judgement like that? It was literally screaming at her that Lucia was dangerous but that very fact is what drew her to the pirate.

There were so many signs that should have been so easy to pick out! Everything about the captain screamed 'pirate' but she knew she was to infatuated with Lucia to notice or care.

She was more frustrated with herself than at the captain over the situation. Of course there was still resentment of the captain too, she just couldn't bring herself to absolutely despise Lucia, pirate or not Elsa was still extremely glad she met her.

"Elsa, are you listening?" Anna pouted while she crossed her arms over her chest.

Kristoff smirked at his girlfriends childish behavior.

"Sorry, what did you say?" Elsa looked up innocently.

"I saiiiiiid!" Anna dragged the word out for emphasis. "Lucia told us that we should be careful around her father... that he always got what he wanted."

Elsa pursed her lips, "It's probably her way of trying to get out of this. She thinks if we feel sorry for her that I will convince the Duke to release her and drop the charges or at least give her her life."

It was probably a lie, right? Elsa wasn't convincing herself, the moment she met the Duke she got a bad vibe. He most certainly seemed like the type to manipulate whomever to do his bidding.

As far as she knew he hadn't tried anything with her.

"And when did you talk to Lucia?" She questioned her sister.

"Eh, like a few minutes ago?"

"That was dangerous Anna! You should have talked to me about it first." Elsa sighed knowing her sister would have never come to her first.

Once Anna's mind was set to something she did it.

"Could you at least go see her?" Anna said hopefully, she made the cutest face she could muster.

Elsa sighed. She couldn't bare thinking about the captain much less see her. "Anna-"

"No! Are you seriously going to tell me your to busy to go see her when it's possible after today you'll never see her again?" Anna stomped furiously.

"An-"

"Because I can't just sit here and watch you suffer! If you let her go without seeing her or trying to stop this you'll regret it and feel guilty, I know you Elsa, if you send Lucia off to her death you'll be sick with yourself!" Her sister was now pacing back and forth explaining her reasoning.

Although Elsa didn't need to hear it; she knew what Anna was saying was true because she told herself the same over and over.

Anna was still ranting so Elsa stood from her desk and put her hands on the frantic girl's shoulders. "Okay! If it will make you happy I'll go see Lucia."

"Really?" The young girl breathed for the first time since her rant.

"Yes."

"Good! I was worried I'd have to lock you in the cell with her to get you to talk to her!"

Elsa chuckled and rolled her eyes playfully, "Honestly how do you manage to bend me to your will so easily?"

"It's because you care for my well-being to much and don't want me to do anything drastic resulting in getting myself into trouble." Anna shrugged like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Don't feel bad she plays that card with me too." Kristoff gave Anna an amused looked.

"I'm sure she does." Elsa poked her sisters side and smirked when she squirmed away.

Anna laughed, "Kristoff and I are going to the town square we'll be back a little later, okay? Don't do anything fun without me!" She started to drag Kristoff out of the room. Elsa raised an amused eyebrow.

"Like I ever do."

She sighed when they left; she dreaded and looked forward to seeing the captain. Honestly she wasn't sure how to feel her heart was always happy to see her but her head told her otherwise. It told her she shouldn't trust the captain.

It was incredibly annoying to not understand how to feel about someone.

Elsa took a few moments to make sure most of her days work was in order before she went to see Lucia. This was going to be an interesting event.

Thanks for reading! I stopped this chapter short because it would have made for extremely long chapter if I would have continued! I'll get the next one out asap though!

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