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Ten

It was quite a beautiful day today.

The Duke and his men were being forced back onto their ship, along with Hans. A french dignitary assured kai that his brothers would take great pleasure in "correcting" him from what he had done. The Duke attempted to demand to see the queen, but Kai smugly rebuked his offer.

Hans sat alone in his cell on the ship, holding himself.

"This isn't over..." he whispered.

The gates to the castle were wide open. In the courtyard, Elsa smiled down at two young children.

"Are you ready?" she asked.

They excitedly nodded. Elsa smiled and transformed, lowering her neck and allowing them to climb on. She spread her wings and took flight with the children happily cheering. Anna and Kristoff watched this from below.

"So, I guess I can't convince her otherwise about the new sled, huh?" he said.

Anna smiled and waved into the air. "Nope. Queen's orders." she told him, winking.

Elsa landed and allowed the children to climb off before noticing Anna. A smirk lit her dragon face and she swooped in, nudging her sister onto her neck.

Anna shook her head. "Elsa, wait. No."

Elsa took to the skies with Anna shrieking the entire time. Elsa smiled back at her sister while they flew higher into the clouds.

Once the initial fright was over, Anna looked around at the white, fluffy clouds. It was a beautiful sight.

"Elsa..." she sighed.

The dragon glanced back at her.

"I like the open gates." Anna said.

Elsa chuckled. "We're never closing them again."

They flew back toward the castle and Anna leaned forward, closer to Elsa's ear. "Mama and papa would be proud of you."

Elsa's smile disappeared.

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It was the first time she'd slept so well.

While Elsa slept in her bed that night, a few voices filled the air.

"So should I wait or just walk up to her?"

"Maybe wait. She's been through a lot."

"He doesn't know that meaning."

"No one asked you, kangaroo."

"Oh, we're going to start that again?"

"Both of you, stop this fighting. Let Elsa have some time to rest. All things need their rest, dragon or not. You can talk to her when the time's right."

"Right..."

"Is she dreaming?"

The sight of golden sand swirled around Elsa's head and she did appear to be smiling happily in her sleep. The sand displayed an image of her childhood as she played with Anna.

"Now that's a nice dream."

"That it is."

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Note - For the curious, this is going to continue on for a little longer. I may introduce my crossover guest shortly as well. ;) That is...unless you haven't already figured that out. LOL.