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Chapter 28-Day Twelve, Part 4

Later that evening in Elsa's room after they had arrived back home from fixing the park (Elsa left the ice top hat on Top Thrill Dragster though since the original track was snapped off), Anna asked Elsa what she'd meant by saying she had an idea regarding Dragster but that she needed Anna's help to make it work.

"You know the Annual Crocus Festival is in nine days, right?" Elsa asked.

"Yeah…"

"And remember how we were talking about me maybe making an ice-ride for all the children to ride?"

"Uh-huh…"

"Well, what if I made more than one ice-ride for the festival? I could make a facsimile of Dragster if you really wanted to ride something like it," Elsa said. "Also, the reason I didn't want to make an ice-ride for the festival before was because I wasn't sure if I could make it a hundred percent safe. After visiting Cedar Point, I see all the flaws in the design I used when I made that ride in the hallway. I know how to make my ride designs safe now."

"That sounds really awesome, but why would you need my help to do it? I don't know anything about that stuff, and I sure can't help you build them," Anna replied.

"Blueprints." Elsa's laconic reply and smile told Anna exactly what she had meant.

"You want my help drawing up ride design blueprints?!" Anna wasn't thrilled by that idea; she had tried to draw blueprints before and gave up when they turned out messy or completely implausible. "Elsa, I know you like drawing blueprints for fun, but it's not my thing…"

"Anna, you don't have to do all the calculations and such, just the actual drawing part. Actually, I have the overall designs pictured in my head right this moment," Elsa said.

"Then why can't you just make it and voila, nobody has to draw any blueprints at all?"

"The designs have to be tested on paper first," Elsa said patiently. "Look, I wouldn't mind drawing them myself-in fact, I would actually enjoy it, but I can't with my arm out of commission. My writing skills with my left hand aren't precise enough to draw blueprints. Either you help with the design blueprints, or there will be no ice-rides at the festival."

"Oh, all right. Just don't be mad if my drawings turn out crummy," Anna said.

"They won't be 'crummy'. It's easy and fun to make good blueprints with the right tools and math skills. The only possibly bad thing is that it can be very time-consuming," Elsa replied. "And that last thing is definitely not bad when that's one of your main reasons for doing it in the first place, when you're too much of a coward to be able to leave your room," she added almost inaudibly to herself.

Anna caught Elsa's words and remembered something. "Hey, Elsa, hold on, I'll be right back. I've got something I think you should see."


Before Elsa could reply, Anna had run out of the room. A minute later, Anna came back holding a very worn-out looking paper. Anna sat down next to Elsa and handed her the paper.

Elsa stared at the paper in her hand. "Is this…is this one of my drawings? It looks like my writing…it's the castle's floor plan…"

"Yeah, Elsa, don't you remember? You gave that to me the day after your sixteenth birthday. I've kept it safe ever since. I love it! Your drawing even convinced me to try doing one myself…that didn't work out too well, though."

"I gave that to you?" Elsa suddenly remembered exactly how she'd ended up giving that to Anna. I remember now…the day before that was so rotten. Anna got in my room because I forgot to lock the door and she tried to help matters by talking to our parents…and it didn't help in the least. We just got in trouble instead. And I ended up exploding at our parents and freezing almost my whole room…I asked Gerda to give Anna that the next day in the hopes Anna would understand when I didn't reply to her knocks again. Elsa began to shake with suppressed sobs, and the room's temperature began to drop. "Anna…please… just take it away…"

"Elsa? I was trying to make you happy! You don't know how many times I looked at that drawing and just knew you still cared about me even if you didn't show it. And you were not a coward. A coward is a person who lacks the courage to do or endure dangerous or unpleasant things. That was and is DEFINITELY NOT you." Anna started to give Elsa a hug; then changed her mind, not wanting to hurt Elsa's arm.

Elsa shifted herself over a little and let her head lean on Anna's shoulder. "Thank you Anna," she said, sniffling. "Forget about my dumb arm; I…I…I want a hug anyway."

Anna gave Elsa a gentle hug, careful not to hurt her.

"Anna, you don't have to help with the ride design blueprints if you don't want to," Elsa said suddenly. "I'll figure out something else."

"I changed my mind-I want to. But you might have to, um, kinda explain things a lot!"

"That's okay. I don't mind. I drew blueprints all the time before by myself; it will be nice to share the activity with someone," Elsa replied with a small smile. "Who knows, maybe you'll decide it's a fun leisure time activity too!"

"That I highly, highly doubt! But I'm sure it'll be at least sort of fun since we're going to do it together," Anna said.

"Sisters together?"

"Sisters forever!"

Elsa started giggling. "Anna, do you realize how corny we just sounded?"

"Who cares? Sisters together; sisters forever. Sisters together; sisters forever!" Anna chanted, for no reason other than 'just because'. And 'cause Elsa thinks it's funny and I want to make her laugh.

"You know, Anna, I can always count on you to get me out of a bad mood. I was crying not five minutes ago and now I'm laughing. Thanks, Anna," Elsa said.

Anna hopped off the bed and began capering around the room as she continued her chant rather loudly.

"Anna, do you…know what time…it is?! You're going to get…someone up here…to see what all…the noise is about!" Elsa managed to say between giggles.

Just then, Gerda opened the door and Anna ran right into the open door. "Ow! Oh, hi Gerda," Anna said.

"What was all the noise about in here?" Gerda asked.

Elsa sent an 'I told you so!' look at Anna before saying, "Gerda, I have a note on the door."

"I thought someone should tell Princess Anna to be quiet so you can rest."

Elsa sighed. "Gerda, Anna is fine. She is not bothering me in the least. I am resting, thank you very much."

"You don't take care of yourself enough…you should do that more. And you always excuse Anna's behavior. You even excused Anna for being the main reason you ended up with a broken arm…"

"Anna is not behaving inappropriately. She's in MY room, and I say she can jump around like a monkey in MY room if she wants to right now. Believe me, I do not always excuse Anna's behavior. You can ask her." Elsa sounded annoyed. "And what happened to my arm was not Anna's fault. It was the Kryptonians' fault. No, Anna should not have followed me into the park, but she was just trying to check on me to make sure I was okay."

"Yeah, Elsa's right. She fusses at me sometimes when we're in public or something," Anna jumped in, and sent Elsa a grateful look.

"Good night," Elsa said, hoping Gerda got the message that she and Anna wanted to be left alone.

Gerda smiled as she left the room. She still thought Elsa should take better care of herself, but it was certainly nice to see her and Anna together after all that time in the past.


The moment the door was shut, Elsa said, "Now, Anna, I really don't mind if you act silly up here right now, but please be a little quieter so we don't get bothered again."

"Ok. I get it," Anna whispered.

"Well, you don't have to whisper…"

"I know," Anna said in a normal voice. "Can we play chess or checkers?"

"First let me see your face where you ran into the door. Then we can play, but I'm warning you I might fall asleep in the middle of our game."

"Oh, all right." Anna came back and sat down next to Elsa.

"Great job, Anna. I bet you gave yourself a nice shiner to match mine. We're going to look a sight at the festival." Elsa frowned. "Anyway, ice will help you even if it doesn't me, so here," Elsa gave Anna a small piece of ice.

"Thanks, Elsa. So…what'll it be-chess or checkers?"

"I don't care; you can pick," Elsa said. "Excuse me," she added when she yawned.

Ok, so maybe we should just play tomorrow, Anna thought. "Um, Elsa, can we play tomorrow? I'm kinda tired."

"That's fine. Please turn out the lights when you go to bed. Good night, Anna," Elsa replied sleepily.

"Oh, Elsa, don't sleep like that. You'll be all achy in the morning. Here, let me help." Anna helped Elsa take off her sling, then lay down and prop her arm up with pillows.

"Thank…you, Anna…good night…" Elsa said.

"I'll turn out the lights when I go to sleep. I just want to read awhile. Good night, Elsa."

"G'night, Anna."

A/N: Next chapter coming soon:)