A/N- Hey guys! I know, I know..I just updated Monday! I'm trying to get back into the Wednesday and Saturday updates; I was thrown off by some busy weekends! But sad to say *spoiler!* this chapter will be ending on another cliff hanger! Ha ha *end spoiler*. Anyways…

el-sana: I wrote you but I figured it best to post this as well. Readers..the scene in the last chapter where Elsa had a bad dream was in fact just that, a bad dream. Henrik has never 'raped' Elsa, although I would still consider it such for the attempt, and therefore the events of last chapters scenes were only written to show her 'fear' in it happening. Not that it actually ever happened. THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION! This topic needed to be discussed!

Hei-Feng: Henrik is a very mean man, anything is possible!

Jahaira- I get chills when I write Elsa's 'mean comments', sometimes I even allow myself to cry. I always keep a spare laying around for the coldest moments in my fics 8D

Piratechief- THE HORSE IS OKAY! Maybe a bit tired, but okay! Although this is the last chapter for this horse…;_;

Brunhe- I have actually written 50 chapters of this story so far…I typically write out all my stories first or at least get halfway through them, then I start posting! I get stressed easily sometimes and I couldn't imagine starting a fic and not being able to finish it! Just to help ease my mind, I make sure I have the story before I post! (Also I know I said somewhere around 50 for this series…looks to be a bit more guys…sorry!)

Alright, enough chit chat! Here we go!-Talk Pillow

p.s *spoiler*-(OMG I AM SORRY) The cut on her lower lip is a reference (shout out) to a web comic I've read! I wonder who will figure it out…:)

"Anna what are you.." Elsa breathed out as the girl held her tight against her, pushing both of them off the horse and onto the slope that fell deep within the forest. Anna twisted her body so that she would hit the ground first, the impact slamming into her back as she held onto Elsa. The back of her head hit the forest floor and for a moment she saw stars before the two tumbled down the slope at an alarming speed. Rocks and other sharp foreign objects slashed at them as they fell. Anna could feel the Princess grabbing onto her with all of her might, her nails digging into her back as the forest threw them around. The sound of hooves grew distant and the light started to fade deeper into darkness, deeper into the woods.

Anna felt like they tumbled at least a hundred more times before they finally stopped, the floor reaching them as they both slammed into it. Anna bit her lip as she fell on her back, just as she started this decent, and her head tried to focus her eyes on the spinning world. Leaves and sticks lay around and atop them, fixing themselves in their clothes and hair as Anna went to pull a stray stick from the Princess' hair. It doing little to fix the overall mess they both were.

"That was not the best idea..." Anna croaked out, her heart stopping when the woman did not respond.

She sat up, slowly, and looked around to see Elsa was still clutching onto her. The girl's heavy breathing gave Anna a sigh of relief as the fair Princess, peeling herself off of her guardian, looked up and caught Anna's eyes. The guardian let out a small gasp, barely audible as she took in the girl before her, her heart thundering loudly as she did. Elsa looked fine, shaken and a little frightened, but fine overall. Everything that is, except for her lip.

"Elsa your bleeding.." Anna gasped out, glancing down at her lower lip. There was a cut, small but deep, and blood spilled down the front of her as it eventually fell over her chin. There was a chance that it would scar, a permanent reminder of what she had allowed to happen. A permanent guilt setting on Anna's already burdened heart.

The cut itself wasn't anything to be alarmed about, especially since it was neither life threatening nor could it possibly have hurt the girl much. But the cut was another addition to her face that was previously unmarked, the bruise atop her forehead being the first of two that was done to her by Anna's choices. Something the Princess, before meeting Anna, had never experienced. Something her pampered life in Adlai had never called for, the woman experiencing pain. Anna wondered for a brief moment if her guards, or any of the strong men that could have taken on her mission, would have allowed this to happen to her too. The thought quickly erasing as Elsa brought her hand up and touched her lip, wincing as the pain finally found her.

"Elsa I…", Anna was about to reach forward to wipe away the blood when the sound of hooves snapped her out of her trance. Elsa turned and looked up, only to be brought back down by Anna's strong hands. "Stay down.." Anna commanded, moving over the girl in an effort to protect her from any attack that may fall down.

Both women held their breath as the sound of hooves thundered through the forest, stopping suddenly right at the curve of the path. Anna sunk down lower, pressing her body into Elsa's, praying to the Gods that they didn't look down. Anna's outfit was of blue and black, something hard to see in the darkness of the forest, but the large snowflake imprinted on her back was another story as well as the bags that were strewn everywhere. She felt Elsa's hands wrap around her again, this time her fingers shaking violently against her back as the two wished they could sink into the ground.

Words were spoken, garbled to the girls as they fell upon the silent forest. The captain pointed in both directions and had one group of men go forward while the other went back; unfortunately he stayed and looked around. "Damn it.." Anna breathed, knowing her tactic was childish. He was going to figure out where they were, whether it is in the next moment or in the next few hours, he was going to do so. He was much smarter than the other guards Anna always fought, clearly as his ranking was captain.

The captain looked around mindlessly, teasingly, as if he already knew where they were and wanted to prolong his actions simply on the choice to agonize them more. He wandered over to the ledge and Anna instinctively brought her hand down to draw her sword, cursing herself when she realized she had given it up to free the bags. The movement seemed to alert the captain and he suddenly was staring down at them. Anna's heart beat rapidly in her chest as he did, bouncing off of Elsa's as a small gasp escaped her. The man stared, hard, as Anna and Elsa stared back. The darkness of the forest below them was the only thing concealing them and Anna questioned if the man had actually saw them or if he was trying to see them as they tried to keep their bodies completely still.

The next thing he did surprised Anna, confusing her even. He took a step back, then another and eventually he was gone from their view as he walked away from the ledge completely. Anna stared for a moment, unsure why he had decided to move. It wasn't logical, nor did it mean they were safe. But the man had possibly seen them and was choosing to let them go. Anna didn't believe it, not for a second.

The guardian felt Elsa move beneath her, obviously uncomfortable, and a small intake of breath sounded from her lips. She turned to quiet her but found herself silenced as the two fell inches away from the other's face again. Elsa was mid sitting up and was looking deeply into Anna's eyes; her mouth fell open as she realized her personal space had been invaded. Much to both of their surprise; she didn't move away. The blood had been wiped away, possibly from Anna moving over her and the Knight had to fight off the urge to move forward, pressing her lips against the Princess'.

"Wait what?" Anna mentally stopped herself, eyes widening at what she had nearly done. The look she was giving the Princess seemed to take the royal out of the same trance, the girl's eyes shooting to the side, a blush falling across her face generously. Anna opened her mouth to speak, unable to explain the moment. The words in her mouth dying as a sharp pain shot into her leg.

Dropping them again, Anna clenched her fists tightly and chewed on her lip to keep herself from screaming as the pain throbbed up and down her leg. Glancing up the man had returned with a bow and a few arrows, mindlessly shooting arrows below them and catching the girl right on the leg. It seems the man indeed hadn't seen them, or maybe he had, either way planning on sending down as many arrows as he held in his quiver. Anna forced herself to keep her eyes on where the arrows were landing and not on the one embedded in her leg, knowing the next could be fatal.

Three more arrows fell down, one dangerously close to Elsa's head as Anna pulled her down just in time, and the man ceased his firing. "There...that should kill them.." he snickered, turning towards his horse. Something was retrieved from his bag and he blew into it, emitting a loud horn call. The sounds echoed and then were followed by another horn call, back from whence they all had come. The man climbed aboard his horse and quickly took off back towards the noise. The women waited, their breathing labored, as another set of men came through and disappeared. The men were leaving, for good.

Anna pulled herself up and off of Elsa, immediately missing the warm contact as she fell to the soft cold ground and looked at her leg. There was indeed an arrow, caught in the back part of her leg as she predicted although nothing could prepare her for the blood that was seeping out. "Shit...oh no...oh no.." Anna spat, going to lightly touch the arrow. The small amount of pressure she felt on the wound exploded in pain and she nearly passed out then and there.

Elsa immediately went to her leg, placing her hands on her knees. "You're hurt.." she breathed, her eyes were on the verge of crying.

"Yeah...but that comes with being a guardian." Anna laughed, although she felt like she was going to cry as well. This was one of the few major injuries she had ever experienced, one being a shoulder wound on an adventure with Kristoff. That injury had never happened in the middle of nowhere, with something imbedded inside her skin. "We have to find the horse..the sooner we do, we have small medical supplies that can keep me stable till we reach the next town." Anna stated, remembering how she tore at the bags. Unsure if she was actually successful in dropping the medical supplies, quite possibly still being with the horse. "Hopefully we managed to drop some…but..I'm unsure if I was able to tear the bag enough." She concluded, standing slowly.. Elsa held her hands out, looking as if she wanted to help, but ultimately retreated. Anna didn't blame her for that.

"How are you going to get up this hill?" Elsa asked, eyeing the slope as if it were a mountain now. Coming down was easy, incredibly so, but going up were going to be difficult even for someone who hadn't been injured. Anna wobbled on her good leg, the right, and took the slope in. She wasn't sure herself how she was going to manage.

Sighing she looked around for another option. All around them the tree's grew thicker and thicker, offering no easy path and threatened of all sorts of dangers. They could run into a pack of wild animals, could end up touching a poison plant or even make her injury worse as it got caught between the tree's roots or other plant life. Going up meant a path, meant the medical gear or at least a blanket to wrap around her leg. Even though doing this wasn't going to be easy, no way in general were going to be easy.

"I'll manage.." Anna laughed, it doing little to please the Princess.

"Anna.."

"I will be, I can do this...Princess Elsa, don't worry!"

The words fell between them and Anna started to head towards the slope, "I need you to try your best to get up here on your own, if you can't then I will help you." Anna said, holding out her hand. Her leg was burning then as she stood on it, trying to be brave. But she couldn't worry the Princess, this wasn't her decision to fall off the horse into the slopes nor was it her to hide in the forest in general. She chose every choice up until now; she was going to try her very best to get them out of this. Regardless of her injury. Elsa seemed to disagree with Anna's thinking as she stared at the girl's hand for some time. Then without warning she pushed it out of the way and started to climb, earning a smile from Anna.

"Okay.." Anna thought, looking up as Elsa already managed to get a few good steps above her. "I can do this.." she breathed and took the first step, leaning on her bad leg. She could have sworn blood was pouring out of her as she did and her face grew pale, the pain rising up inside of her. "Gods.." she cursed, pulling herself up as she prepared herself to use her injured leg this time to take the next step. Pushing off with her right leg and stabling herself with the left injured one wasn't nearly as bad as when she used her injured one to push off. She felt her world go black for only a second and she gasped as she slammed into the slope, pathetically.

"Anna.." Elsa called out, looking down as Anna struggled.

If it weren't for her leg, Anna would have been beyond excited the Princess had called out to her. Worried about her in the position she was in. But the pain in her injury forced her out of the bliss she was feeling, urging her to focus on the bigger issue.

"Keep going.." she said through clenched teeth and forced herself up again. Elsa stared down at her, her eyes searching for her to change her mind before continuing on. The next few steps came and went, a small line of blood was following Anna and she laughed bitterly at the design it made on the grass with each step. Elsa had made it to the top now and was looking down desperately as Anna made it about half way there. "This is so easy, like baking a pie.." Anna laughed, trying to ease the girl's troubles as she stared at her. "Of course I always sucked at baking..." she thought, the image of a little Anna helping her Mother bake came into her mind. The image was quickly replaced as pain came through her leg again, halting her in her advances.

Elsa clenched her fingers and she opened her mouth to say something, silencing as Anna shook her head. Anna was being stubborn now, she knew this, but hearing the girl worry for her was something she couldn't hear in that moment and time. She felt special, like the girl was actually afraid of loosing her, and she couldn't let her mind wander to the possibilities of that fact. She had to focus on moving, biting through the pain.

"Almost there.." she cheered herself on as Elsa took a step back, allowing the girl extra room. Anna used her good leg to push as hard as she could, propelling her forward as she clutched the edge of the slope. Using the last of her strength she lifted herself up and collapsed on the solid flat ground; completely drained. Elsa was at her side immediately, laying a hand over her arm. The two stared at her hand for some time before Elsa ultimately brought it back to her lap, the touch being something she wasn't sure she could handle.

"Are you able to walk..?" Elsa asked, her eyes trailed down to her leg and she bit her bloodied lip. Anna wondered if that was how she managed to cut it so.

Anna sat up using her arms and nodded, although she felt like walking was an impossible feat after everything she had just done. "Of course..let's gather everything and find the horse..he couldn't have gotten too far if the men haven't found him." Anna breathed, her chest falling and rising as she struggled to speak. She weakly rose, suppressing a small growl, as she switched weight back and forth from her good leg to her bad. Elsa held her hands out, should the girl change her mind about needing help, eyeing her up and down as she walked towards a blanket that had been torn from the bag.

The items were collected, re-wrapped and placed into a pile. They had managed to save the food bag, the clothing bag and a few blankets from the tent pack. But the medical supplies as well as the actual tent had managed to stay on their horse, neither girl finding a trace of the contents anywhere. The horse was no where to be seen as well and Anna was sure after practically an hour of whistling and searching for it that the men had successfully taken him. Her sword was gone, adding to the bad situation, making Anna feel powerless for the first time since leaving her home.

They stood there, the two of them, looking down at their small supplies they had. "It doesn't matter anyways.." Anna thought as she realized she would have to wait for medical attention. "The pack was meant for minor injuries or illnesses..not a giant leg wound.." Anna sighed, looking down at the bloodied arrow as it stuck right in her leg. "We'll have to find help.." she added, bringing her hand up to scratch her head. "But where do we even go..?"

She reached down to look at the map, pulling it out with a dismayed look. The map had been torn, dirtied by the fall, completely useless. Although Anna did know her way around these lands, she had no idea where they could go now that wasn't days of travel, she needed medical help now.

"Elsa...I.." Anna started to say, turning to the Princess as they stood there silently. The girl looked at her and Anna lost herself in her eyes, the deep swirling blue seeming to shine brightly in the darkness of the forest. "I..." she stuttered, "I'm sorry..". The confession seemed to startle the Princess as she immediately looked away, for a reason Anna wasn't sure why. She felt terrible, useless, and she questioned if she really had the gift to be a true knight.

The fact that she even thought furthering herself and practically kissing Elsa in a time where she could have been killed made the girl disgusted with herself, knowing that if she had pushed that line that it not only would have caused her life to be in danger but she also would have kissed an engaged woman. She would have kissed a woman who practically hated her, only for the breathtaking moment that they were alive.

"I'm supposed to be your guardian and in the last two days I managed to do everything except protect you... I ended up getting us in deeper trouble than I have ever had in my life..I even got you hurt..twice" Anna spat, bitterly as her eyes took in Elsa's bruise on her forehead and her cut lower lip. "I can see why you can't trust me...I don't even think I trust my own judgment anymore..", she felt her eyes grow teary and she wiped at her nose, begging herself not to cry. "I'm sorry I got you into this..but I promise I will try my best to find a way out alright?" Anna added, a tear running down her cheek.

The Princess stared at her for some time, unsure what to say. Her eyes fell on Anna's wound and then to her cheek where the tear had fallen, her breathing coming in heavy breaths. The two fell into a silence and Anna wished she hadn't made herself look so foolish before she found Elsa turning to look her in the eyes, "Anna you saved my life both in Calon and here...I don't know why you're trying to apologize..." she spoke quietly. "I appreciate your apology and I thank you for..everything but..." the girl's voice trailed off as her eyes widened, coming forward towards Anna.

Anna's mind grew confused why the girl was doing so, why she suddenly was finding it hard to see and why she felt her body tumble forward. But then she was on the ground, Elsa's cries loud in her ear as she slowly slipped into unconsciousness.

Orelia pressed down a random key in the center of the piano, the noise echoing loudly in the quiet castle. It was amazing that for as quiet as Elsa was, her presence that was gone for only a few weeks now seemed to do so much to everyone living under this roof. The staff didn't seem quite the same, almost longing, and the two royals found themselves distant from the day to day rituals they had normally found so exciting. "Perhaps it is because Elsa is not here with us..?" Orelia thought, pressing another key down, this one low.

"Thinking of her?" Fannar spoke out, startling the Queen as she turned to see her husband in the doorway.

She smiled, "Yes..I do hope she finds the time to write us soon, somehow.".

Fannar nodded, walking over to join the Queen at the piano. The very piano that she used to force Elsa to play almost every single day, morning and night. Both of them chuckled slightly at the memories of their silent daughter working her fingers over the keys with a distasteful look upon her features. They knew she hated it, thought it to be a useless trait, but her Mother insisted. And Elsa, who always wanted to please her parents, silently agreed.

"Do you think she hates us?" Orelia questioned, startling Fannar this time.

"Hates us?"

"Yes...for sending her away..?"

"My dear, we gave her the choice.."

"Did we?" Orelia asked, stilling the man in his words. "Or did we force her away..like we forced her to take piano lessons?" she questioned, her eyes falling on the keys. "Elsa has never once went against us..but as I have had time to ponder..I have realized, perhaps we never allowed her the chance to go against us?".

Fannar was silent once more, bending over to kiss his wife on her head. The Queen allowed it, closing her eyes as she felt his warm lips on her skin. "Orelia...Elsa needs this.." he breathed, watching as his wife nodded her head. "If she cannot...if she will not make her own decisions than we must do it for her."

Once again Orelia nodded her head, bringing her hand up to take her husbands. She knew this; she knew Elsa needed to make her own decisions. That regardless of what they presented her, she was the one who had agreed to it. As long as Elsa was willing to go along with their plans, they would continue to push. She was indeed, unfit to be a Queen.

"Fannar.." Orelia said, suddenly remembering the last night of their lessons. "Did Elsa ever tell you about the story of the thief...stealing away inside the Princess' castle?" she asked, watching as Fannar raised his eyebrows up.

"Not at all, why?" he laughed, curious.

Orelia smiled, "I wanted to know what happened next..."

"What happened next...whatever do you mean?" his eyes seemed curious, confused with the woman's words. Orelia knew he wouldn't understand, obviously as he wasn't there for their conversations. Still she smiled and pressed another key down on the piano, remembering the look in her daughter's eyes.

"Their story, I wanted to know about what the Princess thinks of the thief now?"