The last time Elsa had a headache this bad, she was drunk out of her mind.

The headache itself wasn't the worst part. Her entire body felt like it went through some sort of exercise torture. She never felt so warm- no, hot- in her entire life. The most bothersome thing of all was the loud, dull sounds every so often that throttled her head. Elsa didn't even bother opening her eyes since she gained consciousness. If she was even still alive.

Elsa made a groaning sound to test her voice, and found that she was thirsty and sore. Of course she knew these things already- wait, did she? As she strained to remember when she knew about how thirsty she was, more questions followed.

Questions like Where am I? And What happened to the vampire? And Is Anna safe? The Queen braved herself for the assault her eyes were sure to receive when she opened them. Yup, that definitely hurt. After some time of letting her eyes adjust, she could make out the bed that she was laying in. The room seemed familiar to her for some reason…

"Your Majesty, are you awake?" She could hear the servant call from the door, realizing that was the incessant noise she's been hearing.

"Yes, ah… yes I am. Thank you." It took her a few moments to piece together the hints, when she finally realized…

"Uh… am I in the Princess's room?" She managed to squeak out, wiggling her arm out from under the sheets to check her temperature on her forehead. Yup, definitely burning up.

"Yes, your Majesty. Her Highness found you out in the courtyard unconscious, and dragged-"

"She WHAT?!" Elsa screamed, sitting up far too quickly and hurting herself in the process. Wincing, she questioned her servant: "Where is Anna? Is she ok? If anything happened to her I swear-" She spoke a mile a minute, grimacing through the pain all the way to a sitting position. The servant rushed to her side, attempting to get her to sit back down. Elsa didn't like it, but her body did and eventually gave out.

"Her Highness is fine, your Majesty. She simply dragged you away from the battle, nothing more-"

"The vampire! What happened to it? And what about that fiery thing? Is that still around? Oh, the prisoner probably escaped! This is horrible, I have to warn everyone-"

"YOUR MAJESTY!"

Elsa was stunned. No servant dared to scream at her. She almost wanted to cry she was so hurt. The servant ran her fingers through her hair before she spoke again.

"Your Majesty, you don't give your workers enough trust to do things. Please. You are injured- you just fought off a gigantic beast for crying out loud! Let us take care of this, for once. It's why we are here." She took a deep breath, blushing. "Uhm… Sorry for having to yell, your Majesty, b-but you needed to calm down…" She began fidgeting, trying to hide that she was scared of the Queen.

Elsa sighed deeply, letting the tension out. She thought back to all the times she felt the need to take over for the servants for silly things; cooking breakfast, sorting books in the library, setting up meetings with her advisors and foreign diplomats, and folding her laundry. She chuckled lightly, covering her mouth. Eventually she burst out laughing, not caring that her guest was mortified.

"I… suppose I do get carried away sometimes, don't I?" She said, after settling down. The servant nodded her head, tears welling up in her eyes. Elsa chuckled again. "Now now, there's no need to cry, uh… what's your name?"

The girl sniffled, wiping away a tear before answering. "My n-n-name is T-T-Tania, your *sniff* Majesty."

"Tania, huh? Tell me about yourself Tania."

"W-why would you w-want to know m-more about me?" Tania stuttered out, looking like she wasn't staring at the face of death itself.

"Well… I suppose I have been rather distant from the people who practically raised me. Besides, I need more practice being more, er… open? Friendly?" Something to do other than beat myself over Anna…

"Well… *sniff* If your Majesty demands it…" She chuckled, and began telling Elsa everything she could.

Elsa found she was a good listener, as Tania let her know constantly throughout their conversation. She learned all about what it was like growing up outside castle walls. About growing up dirt poor, and having to be an apprentice to the royal nurse to make ends meet for her large family. Her hobbies include knitting, sewing, quilt work, and cooking. Lots of cooking. She has 13 other family members to attend to: her mother, 4 brothers, a baby sister, 3 cousins, an aunt and uncle, a great grandfather, and the family dog. Her daddy died when she was little, but he always supported her in following her dreams. Tiana wants to open up her own soup kitchen with the extra money she got on the side, like making families clothes.

Why did all this matter to Elsa? Why should she care what the life of a peasant was like?

Well, she truly did want to improve her people skills, and Tania was kind enough to let her practice. Of course, eventually…

"Well, your Majesty, I do believe that that's everything you would ever want to know about me. If you don't mind me asking, what was your life

like? Surely you have some spectacular stories, being a royal with magic." Tania looked dead tired from all the talking, but in a happy exhaustion kind of way. Elsa looked out the window and saw the sun was in a considerably different spot in the sky than before they started. A knock on the door kept her from responding. Knock knock knock-knock knock.

"That must be Anna!" Elsa exclaimed, excitedly jumping off the bed to meet her sister at the door. Quickly adjusting her dress to make it look like she didn't just get out of bed, Elsa opened the door, and her breath caught in her throat.

"Elsa! I'm glad you're ok!" Anna hopped in place, smiling so wide it hurt. She tried to hide the fact that she'd been unable to eat or sleep the entire time Elsa was unconscious. "I was so worried about you!" The princess wrapped her queen up in a big hug, squeezing and holding her as tight as possible.

Conceal, don't feel. Conceal, don't feel. It's just a hug, it's just a hug. Elsa was losing air and dignity, turning her face a weird shade of purple.

"Your Highness, please! You're suffocating her Majesty!" Tania pointed out, wringing her hands together. Elsa was suddenly let go, gasping for air. Anna felt like the worst human being in the world, and her body language didn't bother to hide the fact.

"I… I'm sorry Elsa. I was… just so worried a-about you…" Anna bent down to pick her sister off the ground and support her for balance purposes.

"I'm… glad you're so… enthusiastic. Next time, try to let me know using words next time, alright?" Elsa chuckled, standing upright by herself. "How long was I out for?"

"Uhm… half a day?" The queen winced, but remembered what Tania said earlier about putting trust in her workforce.

"Well, I'm sure everything has been taken care of in my absence. I'd still like an update, however." Elsa felt the weight of her crownage, but it didn't feel as heavy before.

"I'm sure you want to know what happened with the vampire and the prisoner?" Anna asked Elsa, whom nodded her head for her to continue. "Well, the vampire has been taken care of, thanks to the prisoner's efforts. After all, he was the only one left when the vampire disappeared. There weren't any bodies though, which is weird, but..." Anna hesitated before continuing, knowing her sister wasn't going to approve of the decision she made. "Now, I know you aren't going to be happy with what I tell you, but I want you to remember that this was all my fault, ok? I thought it would be a good idea, and now I think it wasn't such a good idea now that I'm talking to you- actually I think it's pretty fair- you see the thing is…" Anna put her hands behind her back, and rocked back and forth on her feet.

"I invited the prisoner to dinner."