The events of the accident played over and over in my mind like a terrible loop. Anna's blood staining my hands as I rushed her home, Pabbie's calm and serious demeanor as he cleaned and mended her wound. Kristoff rushing about in a panicked frenzy. And finally me sitting in a chair next to her as my blood flowed from the I.V into her arm.
For the longest time all I could do was stare at her, it wasn't until Pabbie told me she was going to be fine did my exhaustion hit me and I fell asleep.
I wasn't sure how long I slept but what I did know was that a song woke me up. I couldn't place the tune but it did faintly remind me of my mother, especially since my head was being patted.
"Anna?" my eyes opened to her smiling face. I acted out of pure happiness and pulled her into a hug as I held on as tight as I could trying to figure out if I was still dreaming.
"Elsa calm down I'm alright." but I had to make sure. I pulled back just enough to see bandages around her sides. I sighed in relief before I noticed the small change in her hair.
"Is this because of me?" she took the strand in hand and smiled.
"I like it, reminds me of you." I didn't know what to say. On one hand I was glad she was safe but on the other I was surprised that my blood had affected her.
"You're alright... you're safe."
"Yeah have been for a few hours now."
"And you stayed in bed with me the whole time?" she laughed a bit and pointed down where my arms were still latched on.
"I tried but every time I tried to leave you squeezed tighter. But I found it adorable, especially when you begged me not to leave in your sleep."
I didn't
But when I saw how tightly I was still holding her I knew she was right and I quickly pulled away in embarrassment.
"So I take it you know my big secret then?"
"Yep. Can you show me?"
"Anna." I knew if I showed her my powers she'd go all fangirl on me.
"Please, just something small. Come Elsa pleeeeeessssaaa." she stared at me with her wonderfully big blue eyes.
Just say no, just say no.
"I'll give you a present if you do."
Stay strong Elsa, there's nothing she can offer you. Not a single thing.
"No Anna."
"What if I give you a kiss, will that change your mind?" Whatever resistance I had crumbled as she leaned over and gave me a quick kiss on the lips.
My body reacted purely on instinct and after a few moments of sending two currents of snow into one massive pile, I heard a voice I haven't heard in ages.
"Hi I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs." I gave my old friend a hug then turned to Anna who was just staring at the talking snowman. One nudge from me and Olaf had crossed the bed and wrapped his two stick arms around her neck.
The second he made contact she let out the loudest screech I've ever heard in excitement as she completely engulfed the living snowman in a hug.
"He's adorable! Oh my gosh, I love him!" He managed to break free of her death hold and after cleaning off his nonexistent dirt turned back to Anna.
"And I love you too random loud lady. Now I don't know where I am but I love it."
He's just like I remembered.
Anna kept looking from me to him and I saw that she was trying to from words but it all ended up excited gibberish.
"Anna meet Olaf, he was my only friend for a long time. Olaf meet Anna." Not wanting to be crushed Olaf offered his hand which Anna immediately reached out and touched, screaming again as she did so.
From down the hall came a rapid footsteps followed by the door being flung open and Kristoff and Pabbie rushing in.
"I heard screaming something wrong..." then his eyes fell on the bed where Olaf had been trapped in another hug.
"NO! Not you again!" Everyone in the room turned to see the massive Kristoff looking annoyed and nervous. Olaf, sensing more people sprang free and jumped off the bed running over to Kristoff who was already making his way to the door.
"Reindeer boy! I missed you."
"Stay away!" he said running from the room followed by Olaf, hell-bent on hugging him.
Once they were gone Pabbie came over and gave us both a quick check up.
"I see you're both active and healthy that's good. But Elsa was it really necessary to summon Olaf? You know how he affects Kristoff."
"Wait you're telling me that Kristoff, a guy we've seen carrying and breaking blocks of ice with his bare hands, is afraid of a two foot tall happy snowman?"
Pabbie and I both laughed at this which made Anna even more confused.
"My dear he's not afraid of Olaf, it's just Olaf snuck up on him one to many times and gave him one too many ambush hugs." I remembered a few times where Olaf had just popped up from out of a snow bank scarring Kristoff before hugging him. But no matter what Kristoff never struck him mainly because he thought Olaf was too innocent to punish.
"So now he avoids him like the plague." a loud crash filled the air followed by a scream and all three of us rushed downstairs to see Kristoff placing Olaf's talking head inside the freezer.
"Are we going on an adventure?"
"We no, but you get to explore frozen leftover city." once inside we heard his muffled voice talking. His now headless body was wandering the kitchen hugging anything it bumped into.
"What?"
Anna pushed him aside and opened the freezer where Olaf was currently talking to a frozen turkey.
"Now I don't know about you but this place is wonderful! So cramped and cold."
"Olaf would you like out of the freezer?" I found it adorable how Anna was treating him like a puppy.
"Only if we can bring my new friend, she's not much for talking but she sure is a great listener."
"Sorry buddy but the turkey has to stay in the freezer." Once reunited with his head he went about exploring the house while we sat and talked.
"So what happens now? I mean have you heard from your parents since you woke up?"
"Yeah I told them not to worry and that I'll be staying here until they can find the security leak. They had a trusted maid send some of my clothes over and made sure she wasn't followed."
A thought occurred to me, if Anna was staying here then she'll no doubt want to room with me.
"And what about the kidnappers, have they been found?"
"Aside from the remains of their truck crashed in a ditch, no. And seeing as they were crazy enough to try it once it makes me wonder if they'll try something like that again. I'll increase security at the school but in the meantime Elsa I want you to be Anna's bodyguard."
"What?" I wasn't opposed to the idea and it made sense seeing as we had the same classes.
"With your powers you stand a better chance to keep her safe." I didn't even have to think about my answer.
"I'll do it."
"Thanks Elsa, I feel safer already."
"Perfect but something about this makes me uneasy. Anyway I have work to do so I'll see you girls later." as he left us I realized that I was now left alone with my number one fan who I just agreed to be around 24/7. And from the look in her eyes it was clear she was going to use every chance she could to get information out of me.
"So Elsa..."
Meanwhile across town twelve men stood side by side as they waited for their leader. Each man knew that they had failed their mission and then some. After failing in their mission they knew what would await them but they couldn't resist orders, no matter how badly the urge to run was.
Finally their boss and source of fear appeared from the shadows, a knife in his black gloved hand and his usual smiling mask now had an expression of unsurpassed rage.
"When I give you orders you are to follow them to the letter!" he moved his knife and one man fell to the ground dead.
"I even made it simple! Break into the castle, steal the valuables, wound the prince and escape. Now I realize I expected too much of you. But that's my mistake for thinking lowly street thugs could be anything more then imbeciles.
"But boss we did just like you asked and wounded him good." he was the next to fall as the knife entered his chest.
"You were supposed to graze him with the gun or at the most break an arm. Not unload a full clip! If he died then my plans would be ruined." two more fell to the knife before he examined who was left.
"But despite your bumbling we've learned something important. We now know that the princess has at least made contact with Ice Queen. And if she truly is the hero she is to the public then she'll be close by to make sure the princess is safe."
"So what do we do now boss?" asked one of the remaining men looking over at the bodies on the floor.
"Now we improvise and find a way to obtain both of them. Now clean this mess up, it's time to move my favorite puppet's strings."
