Authors note: We all know what Elsa and Keahi would be doing during this quarantine. (͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)


The ship that King Eirik procured for them was three times the size of the one they sailed here in. Elsa stepped onto the large deck, eyeing the men that worked to get them ready to set sail. Nervousness gnawed at her stomach and she wrung her hands together.

Her nerves stopped when a small child zipped past her. Blinking wildly, she followed the shriek and watched as Jarrah and Keahi ran across the deck with a yellow dress.

"Pips get back here!" Keahi heaved, resting an elbow on the railing. Jarrah leaned on her, laughing.

He tapped her lazily on the side, leaning way too hard on Keahi and nearly causing her to slouch forward from his weight. He tapped Keahi's stomach, chortling. "All that domestication got you soft. Too much laying on your back — oomph."

Keahi popped him right in the gut as he doubled over, somehow timing Pips whizzing by them and Keahi grabbed her, putting her under her arm like a small sack of potatoes. The girl was giggling uncontrollably.

Elsa covered her hand over her mouth before going over. "What...is going on?"

"She decided she didn't want to wear a dress." Keahi set the nude child down.

Pips puffed up her cheeks. "I want pants. Like you." She signed promptly, pointing first to Keahi and then to Elsa. "I hate that dress."

Elsa gave a questioning look to Keahi who just made a face at Pips, who in turn, made the same face back before Keahi looked at Elsa and hitched a thumb. "She apparently doesn't like dresses."

"Then let's give her some pants? She can't run around naked." Elsa arched a brow and waved a hand, blue frost starting around the girls' feet and covered her body.

Short leather midnight blue boots, periwinkle thin cotton breeches and a tunic similar to Keahi's appeared on the girl. Frost symbols glittered on her boots and and a slightly too big belt clasped over the tunic at her waist, dangling lopsided.

"Ah, there you go!" Keahi crouched down and offered her hand for a high-five. Pips gave a toothy grin and smacked her hand to Keahi's. "Now let's not get naked anymore?" Keahi asked as Pips ran across the deck to practically leap on Olaf who's laughter drifted over the deck.

"We however, can get naked anytime." Keahi waggled her eyebrows as she prowled around Elsa.

She scowled and pushed Ki's cheek away as the woman made kissing noises. "Is that all you think about?" Elsa jokingly huffed.

"I have the libido of an eighteen-year-old boy I can't help it." She complained, "It's been so loooong." She jokingly whined, taking Elsa by the hand and swinging her around the deck.

Elsa rolled her eyes, but lowered her voice with a soft blush. "It's only been since this morning."

"Too long." Keahi quickly retorted with a wolfish grin.

"You two are gross." Saphire huffed as she walked by, rolling her eyes and setting down a small crate of supplies.

Elsa and Keahi exchanged a look before both of them chuckled. "So, what are we going to do with the kid?" Keahi finally asked.

Elsa watched her playing with Olaf. It looked like they were playing tag. "I haven't figured that out yet."

"You guys named the puppy so you have to keep it." Jarrah announced, coming over to them both.

"You aren't actually calling her Pips?" Elsa asked slowly.

Keahi gave a dumbfounded look, "Well she comes to it and she seems to like it."

"See? Puppy." Jarrah chimed.

Elsa gawked at the two, "She's a child and you can't possibly name her Pips."

"Why?" Once again, Keahi gave a blank expression.

Elsa opened her mouth, shut it, thought about it, then started again. "Because you shortened Pipsqueak to 'Pips'."

"But she is a pipsqueak." Keahi grinned. "Besides Pips is a cute name and she likes it no one has to know how we came up with it."

"We?" Elsa crosses her arms and cocked a hip, raising her brows.

Keahi leaned over to give her a kiss on the cheek in response before grinning and swooping away to go help with the rest of the morning's tasks.

They spent the rest of the morning getting the ship ready to set sail. Elsa chewed on her thumbnail, watching as the storm brewed closer.

As the ship rocked and swayed as it set off, Elsa felt her stomach quench and she went below deck. Anna had a small room right across from hers, while further down the narrow hall it opened up into a wide room with swinging cloth hammocks that the soldiers slept in.

She tapped against the door to Anna's room, waiting for Anna to give her permission before she opened the door and it creaked open.

Anna was pacing the room, her eyes shifting to Elsa nervously. Anna rarely looked worried, she always had that optimistic courage and charisma, and Elsa drew strength in it.

But she looked frightened, and Elsa hastily walked to her and swept her into her arms to comfort her.

"I was fine when we were crossing before. But the storm is making me nervous…" Anna whispered, trailing off.

She didn't need to say it, Elsa was thinking it too. Their parents died at sea during a storm and with everything going on, this was about to be a voyage that was bumpy. "I won't let anything happen to us." Elsa whispered, pulling back and holding Anna at arm's length. "So I want you to relax down here, okay? How are you feeling?" Elsa's eyes ventured to Anna's stomach.

It was odd, thinking of Anna having a baby. Just yesterday she felt like they were scared and confused kids that had no idea what their place was in the world.

It was just something else precious that made her fight harder for their future. "Do you need anything?"

"No, I'm okay." Anna strummed her fingers absently on her stomach, pacing more. "Oh, boy, what happens when we get through all of this? What if I will be a bad mother? What if I'm not ready?" Anna sat down heavily on her bed.

Elsa crouched in front of Anna, putting her hands over her sisters and smiling tenderly. "You will be the best mother. And that, I have no doubt." She stood, kissing Anna on the forehead. "Now relax and trust me and Keahi, okay?"

Anna's eyes brimmed with tears and she closed them, vigorously nodding her head. "Okay." She sniffed, "I am getting tired. And hungry. And hormonal." She admitted through sniffles.

Elsa chuckled quietly, "I'll get someone down here to get you something to eat." She finally told before closing the door behind her and heading above deck.

The Southern Isles were already starting to drift out of view as the sun dipped behind the clouds as colors of twilight caressed the sky above the city.

When she turned to where they were going, wispy black clouds stretched across the sky as lightning flashed across. A red light lit against the clouds and Elsa took a deep breath in as a salty breeze swept across the ocean and deck of the ship.

Laughter drifted around her and Pips ran behind her, peeking her head out from the safety of Elsa and sticking her tongue out.

"Now that's just rude," Keahi whined, Jarrah flanking her side.

Pips just gave a grin and hugged Elsa's leg.

"Okay, now you're just milking it." Keahi sighed, but she was signing with one hand to relay what she was saying to Pips. "Besides that blonde in blue is mine to hide behind." Keahi joked, not signing that last bit.

Elsa scowled, but before she could say anything, Jarrah took out his lute and played which caused Pips to run back out from behind her.

"Hey look like a Pip'd Piper." Jarrah sang.

She smiled as she watched them. She tried to relax for the rest of the day, but the clouds made her feel on edge. Even as she watched Olaf and Pips, and the jolly sound of Jarrah's lute stroked the air. Soon the sun completely cast from the sky so that only the blue water and the canvas of stars shone overhead. Luckily, the clouds didn't obscure its beauty for the time being.

But the lapping of waves had her stomach-churning once more, and she walked to the railing to clutch it. Soft boots clicked behind her and she didn't have to turn to know it was Keahi. "You okay, Snowflake?"

Elsa tried to smile despite the bile that hit the back of her throat and threatened to come up. "I decided I hate boats." Elsa ground out.

Keahi chuckled, rubbing her back, "You just haven't got your sea legs yet."

"I don't want sea legs." She concluded with a groan.

Keahi just chuckled, wrapping her arms around Elsa and drawing her into a hug where Elsa rested her head on Keahi's shoulder.

"Let me take your mind off of it." Keahi kissed the top of Elsa's head as they looked off into the expanse of the ocean. Keahi talked about the constellation again, helping her take her mind off her stomach. After the constellations, Keahi showed her more sign language.

"Hey look, like this," Keahi whispered, making a motion with her hand, "Closer," Keahi pressed, Elsa scowled as she leaned in more. Keahi reached up and pluck her on the nose. "Gotcha." She snickered.

Elsa scowled and rubbed her nose, subtly pushing Keahi on the shoulder.

Pips came over and yawned, rubbing one of her eyes with the back of her hand and tugging first on Elsa's and then Keahi's pant leg.

Olaf followed loudly in Pip's footsteps. "Boy, I'm tired!" He yawned dramatically.

Keahi and Elsa exchanged a look before rolling their eyes. She leaned over and picked up Pips, who looked like she was about to pass out standing up.

They all went below deck and Elsa set Pips down, who ran towards the swinging hammocks where Jarrah lazily swung with one foot over the edge of the hammock and quietly played his lute.

The melody was peaceful and somber, a gentle lullaby that already put a snoring Saphire to sleep.

Pips grinned and tried to get into the hammock across from Jarrah.

"Hey Pipsqueak, we have a room for you." Keahi hitched a thumb over her shoulder, crouching down and resting her arms on her knees beside a struggling Pips. When Keahi realized she wasn't getting her attention, she popped her into the hammock.

"It's okay, she just wants to hang out with Uncle Jarrah, right?" He grinned, "Me and Saphire are here, she's fine."

"Annnnnd meee! Sleepover!" Olaf announced, running and also attempting to get into one of the free hammocks.

Elsa came up to them. "Don't you want to stay with Anna, Olaf?"

"And miss the swinging beds?" He gasped as Keahi helped him into the hammock beside Pips.

"Man, I wish I would have been as enthused about these arrangements when I was a kid." Keahi responded, standing up and placing her hands on her hips.

The soft lullaby drifted across the room and everything save for the soft rocking of waves against the boat stilled and quieted. Gentle breathing came from Pips and Olaf's hammock.

Elsa watched Keahi, finding it endearing how Keahi fretted over Olaf and Pips.

She was parent material.

Oh, gods. Why did she think about that? Anna's hormones were rubbing off on her.

But it was so incredibly attractive, and she casually laced her hands against her to stop from reaching out.

Why was she suddenly thinking about marriage at a time like this? They were ill-timed thoughts, but thoughts that made a bubble of happiness cloud over the apprehension and fear for the future. Everyone was getting on Keahi's case to propose before all of this happened. It wasn't fair to assume Keahi would be the one to propose just because she was a little more aggressive and tomboyish.

She inwardly smiled.

When Keahi was done fretting, Elsa held her hand out to Keahi who took it gingerly as they went back to their room.

They needed to get whatever sleep they could before they hit that storm.