This is a little bit more of Questions, the short story in the last chapter.


Anna was lying in the infirmary bed, awaiting her sister's arrival. Oh how much trouble she was going to be in! Elsa was all the way in another kingdom when she learned of Anna's condition.

Anna yawned and looked out of the window. Her stomach grumbled and she was reminded of the untouched bowl of soup on the table, but she wasn't hungry. She had grown used to not eating.

Elsa burst though the door, panting heavily. She had run- yes, run- all the way from the docks and was now out of breath.

Anna tore her gaze from the window when she heard the door open. She saw Elsa approach and sit next to her.

"Anna," She breathed. "What's this I heard about you not eating?"

"It's nothing Elsa."

"Nothing?! Oh it's definitely something! I didn't come all the way from-"

"I didn't tell you to come, I'm fine!"

"Well look where we are!"

"Just leave me alone! You wouldn't understand." Anna pulled the blanket up over her head.

Elsa sighed and pushed the blankets back. Anna's normally chubby cheeks were no longer. "Snowflake, you know you have to eat."

Anna crossed her thin arms. "I do not." She pouted.

Elsa picked up the cold bowl of soup. "The doctor might not have been able to force you to eat but I can. Open your mouth."

Anna shook her head, mouth closed. Elsa put the soup down with a sigh. "Tell me, why have you stopped eating?"

"I'm not hungry."

"The real reason, Anna."

"...I wanted to be skinny, like you."

Many emotions filled Elsa. She was angry at Anna for starving herself. She was angry at herself for making Anna feel that way. She was saddened that Anna felt she had to go that far.

"Why?" A simple word. That was all she could manage to ask, but it was enough. She held Anna's hand, her bony fingers, in hers.

"I'm in your shadow, Elsa. No one takes me seriously. When you were gone I arranged a meeting with the council. When I proposed an idea, they all laughed at me. I thought, if I wanted people to take me seriously I'd not only have to act like you, I'd have to look like you."

Elsa let out a heavy sigh. "I leave for one month and this is what happens. I should probably start bringing you with me." She didn't mean to make it sound like joke, for this was a serious matter. But Anna took it as one anyway.

She narrowed her eyes in disbelief and turned her back on Elsa, tears stinging her eyes. Instead of turning Anna back around, Elsa got up and walked around to the other side of the bed. Sitting in front of Anna, she brushed a few strands of hair out of Anna's face, noticing how it was thinning.

"This is about more than those men not taking you seriously, isn't it?" Anna nodded weakly. "Tell me."

"When those men laughed at me it made me feel...insignificant. I felt that way those thirteen years you shut me out. I know now why you did it, it was to protect me, but I didn't know that then. I made up reasons why you didn't acknowledge me anymore, but one stood out over all. I thought I wasn't worth your time. I thought you saw me as a worthless spare and when those men laughed at me, I realized that's how everyone sees me. I wanted to change that and that meant I had to be and look like you."

Elsa was crying. She couldn't help the tears that flowed down her face when she heard her sister speak so badly of herself.

"Anna...," She started, voice cracking as she did, "Why?" There it was again, that simple word. That simple word that had so much meaning.

Anna furrowed her brow. "Why what?"

"Why are you so insecure?"

Anna opened her mouth but no words came out.

Elsa continued. "You don't have to be like me, you shouldn't want to be like me."

"People respect you. Everyone sees me as the goofy princess who doesn't take her responsibilities seriously. But I can be serious!"

"You don't have to change the way you look to convince people that. And good heavens Anna, you're already skinny, do you want to look like a skeleton?!"

Anna giggled. "No."

"That makes two of us." Elsa slid down beside Anna and cuddled her. Anna sniffled against Elsa's chest as Elsa kissed her head.

"I don't understand how you can feel that way about yourself. You mean the most to me. I love you."

"Love you too Elsa."

"Now," Elsa sat up quickly and got out of the bed, walking back around to the other side. She picked up the bowl of soup as Anna rolled around to face her. "Am I going to have to force feed you? Or are you going to obey?"

Anna giggled and sat up, allowing Elsa to feed her the cold soup.


Short but (hopefully) sweet. Guest requested this one.

MathMaster45: I'm not sure if its going to take that long, it depends on how fast you read but I can tell you that I have over 5000 words and I'm still adding some to it. And about the epilogue, I'm still thinking about it.

Guest: No, Anna and Elsa don't share a room. That was a one-shot and anything that happens in a one-shot will stay there. I may reference a chapter from time to time but that's it.

Rubis: I'm not perfect. Far from it. I know I write Anna a bit under her age but I'm working on it.

If you had any questions that you asked that I missed, ask again! I'll happily answer your questions.

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