OK, not going to lie here. I think I'm starting to get burned out with this story, because this chapter almost felt like a chore to me. I don't think that this was my best work, and therefore I am disappointed with it. I'm sorry if I am upsetting anyone, but thats just how I feel. But I promise you, I will finish this story.

TPFR- Ha Ha. You know me so well!

Jaffa- Don't worry, I will show that in a later chapter. but that won't come for a while.

JFK- If Anna is pregnant with Rangers baby, it will only serve to hurt everyone because there isn't a reason why Anna should be pregnant with Rangers baby. if its Kristoff's then she wouldn't have anything to worry about.


Ranger walked onto the ship, a trudge in his step. He knew that despite he felt about Marco's fate, it was not a comfort compared to what was waiting for him back in Arendelle. He didn't want to think about it, but he didn't have much of a choice. He loved Elsa too much to keep something like that from her and even if he did, there was no chance in the world that Anna would hide it from her, unconsciously or not. He might love Elsa but even as her lover, he knew that there was no one closer to her than her own sister. That being said, he felt any chance at mercy from Elsa stood at an all time low. He had never seen her mad before, but he doubted anything he could come up with would be anything compared to what she was actually capable of.

Then again Anna had yet to get any retribution on him, which actually might end up being worse due to how unforgiving she could be over Elsa, if anytime she mentions what's his face from Elsa's coronation incident was an indication. But if that guy had been number 1 on Anna's hate list before, Ranger was certainly at most number 2 now.

As he managed to get onto the deck of the ship, he heard movement nearby. Turning his head, he saw Anna, looking at him with a cold look in her eyes. He stiffened. he had seen that look many times before on his mothers face. Only now that look seemed even more terrifying coming from a woman he actually loved. His heart sank, the feeling of guilt an anger growing in his heart.

Ranger turned his head away, unable to look at her. The time of their capture had past. Now he had to find a way to reconcile with her, or be lost to her forever. The question was would she accept him? Ranger walked across the ship, before making his way to an empty room, where he intended to be for the entire duration of the trip.


To say that the trip back was awkward was a bit of an understatement. Neither Ranger nor Anna could bear to be around one another during the entire boat ride back to Arendelle, with the two constantly avoiding one another. Even going down the hall's of the ship, one or both would turn down another hall or slip into a room in to avoid looking at one another or being within a few feet of one another. At dinnertime, Ranger would not even go into the dining room the crew had graciously set up for him and his family, instead requesting that any and all meals be taken to his room. In his spare time all he did was try and come up with the most heartfelt apology to Elsa, knowing that it was the only thing he could do right now.

For Anna, things weren't going much better. Despite spending each waking moment with Kristoff, she was constantly plagued by nightmares and even flashbacks of what Ranger had one to her and thinking about how the next night she erased any trace of him by becoming intimate with Kristoff. She would wake up in the night whimpering from the nightmares, thankfully not waking up Kristoff or anyone else for that matter. Kristoff was none the wiser to Anna's pain, as she never told him and while he was awake. While she was next to him, she was all smiles and optimism, as if she had never been raped. Only Ranger could see that look in her eyes, the silent pain that she was holding in. the only reason he knew that was because he was feeling the same thing.


After about two weeks the trip from hell came to an end, with the trio docking into Arendelle very late in the night. Ranger was the first one to leave the ship, all but running down the port and as far away from Anna as he possibly could. With tears streaming down his face, he zoomed across the town, inciting screams as he pushed his way through the crowd, ignoring everything but the overwhelming pain in his heart.

Instead of going into the castle though he made his way past the castle running towards the Cliffside that held the graves of Agdar and Idun, collapsing in front of the graves, his body shaking with the sobs he held in for since the day he killed Marco. The sobs heavily racked his body, tears spilling on to the ground. He stayed there for a while sobbing, before he was able to stop himself, or the tears in his eyes just finally happened to run out. He felt lucky that he was able to do this privately. Taking a moment to catch his breath, Ranger raised his head, looking at the tombstones. From where he was sitting, he felt as though the ghosts of the long since dead monarchs were looking down on him with disgust and contempt. Not that he would have blamed them if they were still alive.

"I… I failed you…" he choked on his words as began to speak. I… I don't deserve her. Or to be a part of your family." The last part struck a chord in his heart, knowing that after what had happened it was more than likely to be true.

He didn't even have the heart to face Elsa right now, instead he was crying his eyes out complaining about how miserable he felt to a couple of tombstones dedicated to people that he never met. If anyone could tell him that he was absolutely pathetic, now would be the best time to let him know.

Ranger stayed there a while longer, before standing and trudging over the castle entrance. He dint know how long he had before all hell would end up breaking loose, but he knew that it would be best to come up with ways to tell Elsa before Anna did. That is if she hadn't already.

However as he was entering the courtyard he heard a rather loud scared feminine scream "AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" in a voice that definitely sounded like Anna's. That was odd. She sounded like she had been scared of something. But what could she possibly be afraid? He got his answer when there was an even manlier yell, most likely Kristoff. Not even back in Arendelle for a full hour yet, or so it seemed and everyone seemed to be in a panic or was already managing to get into trouble. But what pray tell would have anyone all in a twist already? Guess he would find out when he actually got to wherever Anna was. Little did he realize that what he would see would make him just as confused as Anna currently was, as she was staring at a new arrival that she certainly hadn't been expecting to see today let alone at all.


Elsa sat in her chambers, gently rocking Elise and Luka in her arms, the little tykes having finished another meal. It seemed to Elsa like they were always hungry. "Haven't you two had enough yet?" she cooed gently, before placing kisses onto the babies' heads. In response Elise and Luka popped off of their mother, looking up at her with wide innocent smiles, before gurgling, milk dribbling down their chins. Elsa giggled "oh you" she whispered, before placing them on her shoulder and patting their backs. After a few minutes, the twins let out identical burps. Elsa smiled before walking over to her bed and setting the children down on in and going to the wash room grabbing a towel that she had in one of the cupboards and going back to her twin children. Taking Elise in her arms, she gently wiped the infants chin, cleaning it of any milk before doing the same with Luka. Elsa smiled before going to her door "Gerda!" she cried, calling for her head maid. Within seconds Gerda arrived, a rather pensive look on her face.

Elsa looked at her surprised. Elsa never seemed this pensive about anything before but before she could ask, Gerda's face broke into a rather wide smile, and Elsa felt her heart stop the moment she heard Gerda's next words. "Elsa…. they're back."

Elsa stood there for a moment, taking time to process Gerda's words, before she all but jumped for joy hugging Gerda uncontrollably, before letting go, quickly saying "take care of the twins, before bolting out of the room, all but racing towards the castle doors, the most likely place she would find Anna. Leaving Gerda to look after the children

Gerda took a moment to look at the Queens retreating back, before turning her gaze to the children on the bed. "Has she…" she wondered, before shaking her head. Gerda would find out soon enough. The twins had a sense of timing that was for sure, and they usually went off while their mother wasn't in the room.

Elsa could barely breath as she ran through the castle, her heart racing with every step she took, eager to run towards her sister and envelope her in the tightest hug ever known to man. It had been almost a month since her sister was taken and despite the impending war that Ivar had threatened her with due to Vidars death, she could think of little else, despite her troops preparing for the coming war and her sending out requests for support to her neighboring kingdoms to assist in the fight. It wasn't her first choice, but As Arendelle lacked an army sufficient enough to defend against an invading force, there was little hope for anything else that they might be able to do. The only thing that Elsa cared about in regards to Arendelle was making sure that her people were safe. She would give up (almost) anything to maintain that goal

However now that Ranger was back, perhaps he would be able to explain to Ivar what had happened. Maybe she was getting her hopes up, but there had to be something that he learned while saving Anna that was worth mentioning to Ivar or at least was important enough. Then everything could go back to the way it was. No doubt no politics, no war. Just Elsa and her family spending the rest of their lives together.

She smiled. A month without any of them was extremely taxing. Kristoff had even left, even though he was supposed to return weeks ago. If anything, Elsa was touched by how much Kristoff loved Anna and the lengths he was willing to go in order to keep her safe. If he played his cards right, Elsa just might give Kristoff her blessing to marry Anna in a few years. Or when Anna matured, whichever came last. Elsa laughed at the thought. The words Anna and mature didn't belong in the same sentence at all. But Elsa knew that Anna had it in her to not stay childish completely. But given the situation that she had just been through, Elsa wouldn't mind seeing that little spark of vivacity in Anna's eyes for a little while longer. The thought alone was enough to make Elsa race towards the castle doors even faster, her legs aching for rest and her heart yearning to see her sister again.

Then there was Ranger. He had saved her little sister from whatever gruesome fate that her kidnapers had planned for her (or so she would hope. She would learn about everything that had happened soon enough.) She grinned. She was going to make a feast for him and thank him profusely. Preferably later on in the evening. Behind locked doors.

Her cheeks flooded with heat at the thought, and she shook her head. Now was not the time for that. She just needed to see her sister first. Unfortunately, she heard her sister first, as a loud scream echoed in the castle. "ANNA!" Elsa screamed, running faster, determined to get to Anna before something happened to her.


One would think that having met Olaf in a rather similar fashion, Anna wouldn't be surprised to see a living breathing (if they even needed to breath) talking rock woman who practically glowed with heat nestled in Olaf's arms, kissing him lightly while strangling him with her stick arms, almost completely unaware of the audience until Anna screamed with shock. But no, all Ann had been doing was walking with Kristoff in the hallways, when they turned the corner and the next thing she knew, she was seeing a rather intense make out session between Olaf and a stranger.

Cue the screaming.

The diminutive creatures broke apart, a goofy smile on Olaf's face and a heavy glower on Stella's face. Needless to say, they had extremely different emotions going through their minds at having been interrupted by Anna and Kristoff, who were still too dumbstruck to say anything.

So of course, Stella being Stella had to break the awkward silence "are you idiots going to keep gawking or are you expecting a meal to zip into those pie holes of yours?" she snapped.

Kristoff clamped his mouth shut, his face turning red from anger. This little… he stopped himself from saying something he shouldn't particularly in front of Anna, but he had never met a stranger that was this rude before. He clenched his fist, ready to give the rock woman a beating. Luckily, he wouldn't have to, as from around the corner came Elsa, panting heavily, looking like she had been running a marathon. Which considering that the castle was huge and Elsa didn't have a lot of stamina to begin with, made a lot sense now that Kristoff thought about it. But still, that left Elsa to have a bit of explaining to do.

As soon as the snow Queen saw her sister, Elsa ran towards Anna, passing by Olaf and Stella (whom she ignored completely) and wrapped her arms around her, hugging her so tightly, Anna was sure that Elsa had successfully managed to crack if not break, her entire rib cage.

Ann grunted in pain, but otherwise responded in the exact same manner that Elsa did in the same situation. She wrapped her arms around her older sister and proceeded to cry. After the hellish ordeal that they had both been through a little tender loving care was but the first of many things that the Arendelle monarchs needed.

"oh Anna…" Elsa said, pulling back and stroking her sister's cheek, with her finger. Before grabbing her cheeks and peppering her face with kisses, causing Anna to laugh at her sisters out of character moment. Not that she was complaining mind you. She really missed her sister. Even Kristoff couldn't help but smile at the sight.

Olaf of course, being Olaf, immediately bounced with joy, a goofy grin on his face as he jumped for joy "yay! Warm hugs! Anna we missed you!" he cried as he went over to give Anna his own warm hug.

Anna quickly broke away from Elsa to give Olaf a smile and crouched on one knee allowing the little snowman to give her a warm hug. Afterwards she stood back u and looked at Stella "Elsa… who is that?" she asked rather bluntly

Stella frowned deepened and her eyes flashed with annoyance "the names Stella little miss Chocoleta. Don't let Momster here ever let you forget that." she growled to Anna, folding her little stick arms in a manner.

"Huh buh wah!" Anna blubbered "Chocoleta!" she screeched before stomping over to Stella and bending down, glaring straight into the rock woman's eyes "call me that again you twisty prancing hood ornament!" she yelled

Stella grinned "chocoleta." She said stretching out the word slowly as if she was talking to a child.

Anna roared with fury, but before she could do anything, Kristoff took her shoulder "Anna we just got back. I don't think Elsa would want you to get into a fight so soon." He said, pulling Anna away from Stella. However before he could even think to turn around he heard Stella chuckle "that's right chocoleta, just listen to Carrot cake over there and all will be fine."

Kristoff stiffened before looking at Stella, then sighing and dragging Anna away from Stella, and back to Elsa's side before Stella could say anything. Anna looked at Elsa with a look that clearly asked what was Stella doing in the castle, but Elsa shook her head instead looking at Kristoff "can you take Anna to her room? I want her to get something to eat and get some rest." Kristoff nodded, before looking at Anna "Ready to go?" he asked

Anna nodded and the two left, Olaf following them, clearly wanting to talk to Anna more.

Elsa looked at Stella before saying "what have I told you about calling people names Stella?" She asked, giving her a pointed glare that usually went ignored by the molten woman.

The molten woman shrugged " since when have I ever listened to you?" she asked with a cheeky grin.

Elsa shook her head, before giving her ward a smile "why don't you go back to the guards. I'm sure they miss you." she said, knowing that during the month since Stella arrived, she had found a place with the guards of Arendelle. Stella smiled before walking away.

Elsa shook her head "she is going to kill me one day." she whispered, before turning and following Anna back to her room, a smile on her face.


Ok I'm not going to lie, this might be the last chapter you get for a while, not only for the reasons stated above, but I start a new job soon. so until then!