"Anna-"

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!"

"It's just your registration card. It's not-"

Anna finally stopped dancing in place as she closed the space between them "Kristoff. I have been waiting to hold this card in my hands for years. Let me enjoy this"

Kristoff sighed, shaking his head "How about we take your enjoyment outside first then?"

It was then that Anna finally realized how many people were looking at her. Her cheeks burned as she held the card to her face.

A moment later however it was forgotten as the room chilled and the door opened. "In walked one of the city's few A rank adventurers. Elsa. There were rumors piled on top of rumors when it came to her. Some say she was royalty. Some say she was a foreigner on a self imposed exile. But no one knew for sure. The one who knew the most was probably the woman behind the counter or perhaps the guild master.

Anna's eyes were stuck on the woman. Completely enclosed in clothes. Long sleeves hid what she imagined were slender arms. A hood hid a mask apparently. She was mysterious and Anna just had to know more.

Kristoff knew that look in her eyes and held her shoulder lightly but firm enough to catch her attention. "Anna. I know that look. You can't just go up to an A rank."

She pouted a little "Haven't you worked with them before?"

He rolled his eyes at that. Anna was talking about last year. A dragon had decided to make the nearby mountains it's roost and a collaboration of all C and above rank adventurers had to work together to fight it off. "Yeah. As little more than cannon fodder and SHE didn't work with us. Went off and froze the dragon's wing off. Left us to finish it off. She's NOT the kind of person that gets along well with others."

"Oh don't be such a negative Nancy, Kristoff. Sure she's a little cold- in more ways than one- but she could be a really nice girl! I'll prove it!" She yanked her hand away and went up to the counter where Elsa was handing a job in.

"Thank you again Elsa."The receptionist said, though her lips were a little tight and teeth chattering slightly. "I assume you want the usual subjugation quest?"

Elsa nodded before quirking her head as she felt someone pulling at her sleeve.

"Hey! I'm Anna! Nice to meet you. I just wanted to say "Hello!" from a new adventurer to a veteran one." Anna was nothing but smiles and warmth as she extended her hand.

Sadly for her that was the opposite of the woman next to her. "I see." Her voice had a chill to match the aura around her.

Anna's smile dropped as the tall woman simply turned away and left with the paper the receptionist was about to give her. She watched Elsa until the door closed behind her.

Kristoff put a hand on her shoulder and shook his head "I told you. She's… well, Elsa" He looked towards the door with a frown.

There was a sigh behind them "She's been like that since I can remember."

"Oh! Sonia! Can you tell me-"

"Let me stop you right there Anna. Even if I knew anything about her. Personal information is strictly confidential" Sonia said with a waggle of her finger. "Besides, I don't know anything about her. She's even got that creepy mask so I don't know what she looks like." She said with a little shiver. It seemed that it wasn't just the cold that caused her reaction earlier.

"Come on Anna. Let's grab a herb gathering quest and get started." He said with a nod towards Sonia who went under the desk and grabbed a piece of paper. A well used and reused common quest.

"Here you are. An F rank herb collecting quest." She said as she pushed the paper towards them "I just have to see your registration cards." She said with a smile as they pushed them back towards her.

Anna looked back with a grin. She might have been downtrodden by Elsa's reaction but she wasn't going to let herself be put out by it completely. Nothing would ruin her excitement of taking her first Quest as an adventurer!

As they walked outside they were greeted by a large horse. "How many times have they told you that Sven should be tied up?" Anna asked with a smirk.

Kristoff rolled his eyes as he rubbed Sven's neck "Probably about as many times as you've been told to keep that dog at home"

"Hey, now. Olaf is a free spirit. I can't hold him up at home" She defended

"Well there you go. Sven is the same way" He defended as Sven lowered "But let's get on up. It doesn't have much of a time limit but we don't want to be working on it in the dark"

Kristoff should have realized that a quiet herb gathering quest was impossible. It'd started out well enough. She asked what herbs to collect. He kept her from collecting dangerous stuff.

But soon enough.

"What's she like?"

Kristoff stopped and sighed. "Ugh… You're not going to let this go, are you?" upon her grin and shake of her head he rolled his eyes. "Look. No one really knows much about her. But I know enough that I don't like her"

"The dragon thing?"

"Of course the dragon thing! Dragons are just as dangerous on the ground as in the air. We just got lucky with it." He could see curiosity on her face "Dragons are generally elemental based. They can breathe. Fire, ice, Poison and the like. We got lucky because it's throat was damaged - and before you make assumptions. It looked like the damage was done by another dragon. Not ice." He said, causing Anna to close her mouth.

"Ah…"

He sighed at her expression. He hated seeing her down. "Look. I know you want to see the best in people but she's just… not. She's cold and uncaring. She doesn't care and only does what she has to."

Anna frowned before sighing "Yeah… I get it." She mumbled as she half-heartedly pulled another herb