Fan Club

It was a beautiful day in the city of Arendale. And many of its citizens were gathered at the large local park. The city was having a special fund raising event for charity. They had games, food stands, donation booths and many prominent men and women were there to make a generous contribution. But what had many people excited was the fact that the two heroes of the city were there.

Ice Queen and Firestar stood and greeted people who came up to them. They'd been asked by the mayor's staff if they would be kind enough to attend the charity event for the sake of bringing in more people. They were wary at going to a public event, but the security was being provided by the NSA, so they felt assured it was safe.

They smiled and took picture with people. Especially the children. Or at least Elsa did. Anna stood off the side. Seemingly forgotten as her sister was getting all the attention. She was happy for Elsa, really she was. Even after nearly freezing the city over the people loved her. She watched as little girls tugged at the ends of her dress and wrapped themselves around her legs in admiration and wonder as they vied for her attention.

And yet she felt a little disappointed no one seemed interested in meeting her. Granted, she'd only been a hero for a few weeks now. While Elsa had been Ice Queen for about a year and this had garnered many fans and admirers. And of course she didn't do this to get popular. But it was nice to be appreciated.

"Excuse me, Firestar?" someone said as she was tapped on the shoulder. She beamed and spun around to an older couple with a little girl and holding a camera.

"Yes?" Firestar said with a wide smile.

"Can you take a picture for us with Ice Queen?" they asked. Anna's face fell. With a sigh she nodded. The couple stood on either side of Elsa while their daughter stood on front of her. "Say Freeze," Anna said. With the picture taken the couple walked off.

Anna sighed to herself as her shoulders drooped.

"Something wrong Firestar?" Ice Queen asked in concern.

Anna huffed and crossed her arms. "No, everything is fine," she muttered with a scowl.

Ice Queen raised a brow. Everything was obviously not fine. "Hey, tell me what's wrong," she said softly as she placed a comforting hand on her partner's shoulder.

Firestar stiffened at her touch before she relaxed. She took a breath through the nose before looking to her sister with a pout. "How come no one wants to meet me? Or take my picture?"

"Hey now that's—"

"Ice Queen! Can I get your autograph?" a young boy shouted as he ran up to the two heroines. She smiled and took his little notepad and pen before signing her superhero signature she'd developed. When she handed it back the boy looked at it as if were gold.

"Hey little boy, I bet you want my autograph too huh?" Firestar said with enthusiasm.

"Nah, I'm good," the little boys said with a wave of his hand. With a skip he bounded off. Waving his book around in happiness.

"See?" Firestar cried as she pointed at the boy. "No one even cares about me. They all love you," she said sadly.

"No they don't," Elsa said dismissively.

"WE LOVE YOU ICE QUEEN!" a group of people shouted in the distance. Ice Queen smiled and waved to them.

"See!"

"Well you haven't been fighting crime as long as I have Firestar. Just give it some time. Besides, we're here for charity anyway," Ice Queen reminded her.

Firestar grumbled and pouted. She crossed her arms over her chest and glowered down at the ground.


Firestar licked at her ice cream cone angrily as another fan club of Elsa's just had to come up and meet her. They were all dressed with T-shirts that read 'we love I.Q.' This was the fifth one. Some had even dyed their hair a platinum blonde to emulate their idol. Ice Queen responded and answered their question politely while signing their shirts autograph books and sometimes the odd and awkward patch of skin.

"Oh and don't forget my partner Firestar, I'm sure you want to meet her too right?" Ice Queen said on her sister's behalf. Firestar turned hopefully to see if they'd want to meet her. But they all declined and walked off, hollering and whooping in joy.

Firestar melted her frozen treat before standing up. She stomped her foot angrily. "I'm leaving," she huffed.

Ice Queen rounded on her. "No, you're not. We agreed to do this for charity," Ice Queen reminded her again.

"So what? It's not like anyone cares if I go. They all came to see the Ice Queen anyway," she said bitterly.

"It doesn't matter. We promised and so we're staying," Ice Queen said firmly.

Firestar glowered at her sister in defiance. But Ice Queen held her gaze with a stern stare and placed her hands on her hips. Her big sister aura must have shown as Anna sighed in defeat. She dropped her head and trudged after Ice Queen as they walked around the park together. And like all afternoon people rushed to meet Ice Queen, commenting on how pretty she was, and how she'd saved them from this and that and blah, blah, blah.

Soon a crowd gathered to watch as Ice Queen shot out bursts of her icy magic that would explode into the shape of a snowflake, hearts, rabbits, and anything else she could think of.

"I could do that," Firestar muttered as sat on a bench a few meters away and watched. She sighed, feeling bored. She wondered what the people thought about her. Maybe they didn't like her at all. Maybe Elsa was just better than her.

"OH MY GOD!"

Firestar perked up and looked to her right to see a small little girl with a bright red wig on. She was beaming at her in delight. Her eyes sparkled with excitement.

"Yeah, Ice Queen is over there kiddo," Firestar muttered as she jerked a thumb in the direction of Ice Queen who was still amazing the crowd.

"But I wanted to meet you," the girl squealed.

Anna's head shot up and she looked at the girl in surprise. "Really? Me?"

"Heck yeah. I saw the fliers saying you were going to be here and I practically ran all the way from my house. But then I forgot my wig and ran all the way back. Then I got thirsty from all my running and went to buy some water. And then I spent hours looking for you. I saw the explosions in the sky and thought you'd be here. And here you are!" she said as she clapped giddily.

Firestar giggled at the girl's excitement.

"Can I have your autograph?" the girl asked as she pulled out a small book and pen. Firestar stood up and took it with a smile.

"You're so awesome. You can fly, shoot fire. I wish I could shoot fire. I like your hair. I think you're pretty. I'm going to start the first Firestar fan club. Is that ok with you?"

Anna smiled as she wrote down her signature in the girl's book. The girl took it and eyed the signature before clutching it to her chest.

"Hey, what's your name?" Firestar asked curiously.

"Chelsie," the girl replied as she beamed up at her.

"Alright Chelsie, watch this," Firestar said with a grin. She summoned her flames. Gathering a crimson fireball into her palm. Then with a flick of her hand she threw it to the sky. She threw her arms out, causing it to explode and leave behind trickling sparks in the shape of Chelsie's name.

Chelsie gasped and squealed in delight.

"Hey, did you see that!"

"It came from Firestar!"

"Think she'll do it again?"

A crowd began to gather around her. Enticed by her display. She looked around in amazement to see the people smiling at her and waiting with anticipation. She looked around before her eyes settled on her sister. Ice queen nodded and waved for her to go on.

Firestar smiled wide. She gave Chelsie a pat on the head before she hot into the sky. The people gasped in amazement as she threw more fireballs into the air, making them explode into dazzling shapes. They cheered for her.

"FIRESTAR! FIRESTAR! FIRESTAR! FIRESTAR!" they chanted with gusto. She smiled down at them.

She hadn't become a hero to be loved or admired.

But she'd be lying if she said it didn't feel awesome.