HAPPY BIRTHDAY LORIDHHP!
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You deserve it! Since ya helped me a lot.
Thanks in advance! :*
The Ice Behind Bars
Chapter XXXIV: Punishment
After a moment, they both felt that they just couldn't let go of each other. They discovered that they found real solace in each other's arms. Relief and Comfort; How could they ever let go if that's what they had been wishing for their whole life? Their bodies did reunite. But not their conscious minds. Both still had secrets to tell each other, but both were afraid to do so. Can a mother dare reveal a secret that would most definitely let her daughter leave and despise her? Or can the latter even dare say that she was a murderer to a woman? They didn't want any catastrophic results, so they kept their mouths shut… for now.
As they hugged each other, Aphrodite let out a chuckle and used all her willpower to break the hug. "I'm sorry…" She started when she sat back from Elsa and quickly wiped her tears, "I got caught up in the moment."
Elsa quickly turned her head with a weak chuckle too while wiping her own tears. That was really awkward for both of them but mostly to Elsa. "I-It's alright. I didn't mean to... just hug you like tha-"
"It's fine, really." Aphrodite waved her hand dismissingly, "I… I really don't mind it." Okay… That was really creepy if they were strangers. Luckily, they were unknowingly a family.
They both laughed at each a bit before they fell into silence. Aphrodite gazed at those cyan eyes she adored so lovingly, marveling at how much her daughter had grown to a point where Elsa became slightly taller than her. Look at you… She thought fondly while smiling radiantly at each other. Beautiful as ever. She saw how much Elsa looked like her as if she was the spitting image of her, and she couldn't feel any more proud.
While Aphrodite happily gazed at cyan eyes, the daughter was staring at a hooded face. Elsa was wondering why Leanna always kept her hood on. The hood was really killing her. She felt as if this hood was a barrier to something incredibly important. But what? She brushed the idea away, wanting to respect the woman's privacy. "I uh… Can I ask you something?" Elsa suddenly asked.
Aphrodite's face turned happy and curious at the same time. She nodded and beckoned her to speak with a hand gesture.
Elsa bit her lip for a sec and fidgeted with her hand like a nervous child, "Can you… Not be mad at Anna? She really didn't mean to…" She trailed off and moved her injured shoulder a bit to show her point.
Aphrodite's smile grew. She cares too much for her sister. She leaned a hand and place it on Elsa's well shoulder. "I'm not mad at Anna. I know she didn't mean it… but sometimes I really have to teach her some important lessons 'cause if I don't, I'm afraid she'll turn this fort into ashes… Literally. In which I can promise you that she really can!" Aphrodite joked and laughed a bit. It has been a great while since she has done that… A very great while. "Now I can promise you that I won't punish her for your shoulder," Aphrodite started again with a smirk while raising a finger, "But I have to for the sake of the food they all wasted." Her smirk grew and she removed her hand off of Elsa's shoulder and leaned back, "Don't worry… She won't be alone. There's forty people with her in the punishment."
Punishment…? Elsa thought fearfully. She was really worried since Anna was about to be punished. She could never forget the punishments she had received. She bit her lip hard and her face turned a bit afraid and concerned for Anna. "Y-You won't… H-Hurt her, right?" Elsa asked worriedly.
Aphrodite's eyes widened, "Oh God no! Not like that! A punishment's like… For example: Having her spend the rest of the upcoming two days -with every single person who joined her in the food massacre, at the field to help the farmers tend to the crops." She felt a bit worried since she knew that Elsa definitely had faced Punishment in her husband's own way and she quickly shook her head, not wanting to start crying again since it was clear what Punishment meant for Elsa. According to Elsa's body condition and scars, she could guess what it was, and that made her heart split in half.
Elsa's face brightened again in relief. "Thank you!" She lunged herself at Leanna and squeezed her in a crush hug, "Thank you thank you thank you for not having Anna punished and hurt!" Elsa said gratefully.
Aphrodite had her eyes wide and was taken a back a bit before she smiled widely, "Y-Your welcome…?" She awkwardly said and hugged back, feeling so jubilant, knowing that her daughter was so kind-hearted and really did care for her sister. "But I'm telling you… She will work at the field along with the others." Aphrodite said with a smirk.
Elsa broke the hug and nodded excitedly, "Okay, okay!" She didn't mind if Anna worked at the fields. To her, it was quite fun and not that big of a punishment at all comparing to the ones she used to receive.
Aphrodite laughed at her daughter's excited behavior, "Go on, now." She said while motioning to the bathroom, "You should go wash yourself up. Ferga will bring you the hot water in a few minutes." She said through giggles and removed a piece of broccoli in playful disgust from Elsa's hair. "Ugh… I hate broccoli." Aphrodite said.
Elsa scrunched her nose cutely at the sight of the broccoli and Aphrodite head shot back with a laugh at the look on Elsa's face. "I-I presume you hate broccoli too." She said through her laughs.
Elsa felt her heart skip a beat at the woman's carefree laugh. Leanna laughed as if it was the first time of her life. Elsa smiled shyly and nodded, still looking in disgust at the tiny piece of broccoli in Leanna's hand.
Aphrodite shook her head in amusement, "I don't blame you." You got that from me, anyway. She thought in silence with a fond smile. She then playfully tapped Elsa scrunched nose and brought her back to attention, "You should probably wash yourself now. We still need to change those old bandages." She informed with a gentle and soft voice.
Elsa nodded then moved to go to the bathroom.
After a while, Elsa had finally washed herself up clean, and Aphrodite wrapped up the new bandages, but this time only on Elsa's torso, shoulder and broken arm. Her lower body was in no longer need of any bandages since the injuries were pretty well healed. Aphrodite then helped her get dressed and was insisting that Elsa would rest for tonight and tomorrow in bed.
"You should stay in bed for tonight and tomorrow too, Elsa." She said while packing her medical kit.
Elsa was laying on the bed and under the covers, enjoying the warmth and especially that she got rid of the horrible food smell off her body.
"You need to rest." Aphrodite said and finished putting the last tool in her bag. She then lifted her head and smiled fondly at her daughter, "You'll be alright, okay dear?" She reassured and glared playfully at her while pointing a scolding finger, "You are not to move out of the bed. Do you understand, Missy?"
Elsa smiled and nodded in reply, "Alright. I promise." She assured.
Aphrodite nodded back and moved to leave.
Elsa bit her lip, wanting to say something for the woman who saved her life many times. "Wait." She called, holding her hand up.
Aphrodite's hand froze above the door handle and she turned to her daughter in confusion, "Are you okay?" She asked, worried that Elsa might still feeling pain.
"Yeah, yeah! I'm fine… It's just…" Elsa slowly sat up in her bed, making sure her injured shoulder was okay, "I… Wanted to thank you for helping me and-… I really do forgive you. I-I know you didn't mean to call me that." Elsa nervously said with an honest smile.
Aphrodite smiled back, at the edge of joyful tears, "You don't have to thank me, dear." She said softly. "Know that I would do anything to make you feel better and I won't let anyone ever hurt you again." She promised. But can you forgive me if you discover what I've really done to you?
Elsa smiled gratefully and fondly back. "Goodnight, then."
Aphrodite nodded slightly in acknowledgement, "Good night, Elsa." She said with a smile. Goodnight, my little snowflake. She turned and opened the door to reveal a huge crowd waiting outside, all cleaned up and neat. Her face wanted to turn stern again, but how could she after what she just finally experienced with her long lost daughter. She just went outside wearing a radiant and satisfied smile in the fort public for the first time in her life, and closed the door behind her.
Leanna was smiling. That was a shock that could have definitely gave a heart attack. Everyone stared with a jaw slack at her when she went out of Elsa's room. They presumed that she went Coocoo or that the ice princess has frozen her brains.
Aphrodite stared at them, not realizing that she still had a wide smile, "What?" She asked confused.
Before anyone could answer, Aphrodite was nearly tackled by her younger daughter, Anna. "GOD! I'm so glad that you're finally out! Tell me everything! Is she alright!? Is she gonna live?! Is her shoulder broken?! Did her wound reopen?! IS SHE DEAD?! – OH MY GOD, NO! What have I done?!" Anna was about to cry and showered her mother with questions and didn't allow her to answer since the queen was staring with wide eyes and stuttering words.
"ANNA!" Aphrodite shouted with an amused smile at her daughter's incredible ability to ask all these questions at the same time, "She's fine." She assured slowly while motioning for Anna to calm down. "It's not broken."
"REALLY!?" Anna jumped in happiness and crushed her mother in a hug that sent the air out of the poor woman's lungs. "That's great! I need to see her!"
Everyone let out a loud exhale of relief.
"Thank God." Aiden breathed and placed a hand on his forehead.
"Someone looks happy." Flynn noted while smirking at Aphrodite.
Aphrodite rolled her eyes and turned her focus on Anna again. "You are not getting in there before I talk to you all." She informed sternly.
Oh god… Where did the smile go?
Anna's eyes widened a bit in fear. Uh-oh… "W-We can talk later if ya want…" Anna started, wanting to avoid her mother as she tried to walk pass her to go into Elsa's room, "I need to check on he-"
But Aphrodite caught the back of her collar and pulled her, "Oh no you won't." She said while dragging Anna behind her. "I need to speak to all of you, right now!" She shouted a bit angrily at everyone to hear.
Everyone cowered a bit before they nervously followed her.
Anna only groaned in frustration and crossed her arms with an angry pout while still being dragged on her heels by her mother.
"This… isn't going to be good." Rapunzel said while following everyone.
"Tell me about it." Kristoff said nervously while fidgeting with his hat.
Aphrodite led everyone away from Elsa's room and into the messy dining hall. The tables and chairs in the dining hall were tossed randomly, and everything-including the walls- was stained with food. Shattered cups and plates were scattered around the floor and food was dripping from the candle chandelier in the middle of the ceiling.
"Can you let go of me now?" Anna asked with a raised eyebrow and an angry face.
Aphrodite let go of her, "Now…" She turned to everyone and brushed her hands together as if removing invisible dust off of them. "You see this?" She asked while pointing around the food massacre.
Everyone- all of the forty guild members including Anna and her friends- folded their hands behind their back, lowered their heads like scolded children and nodded slowly, feeling ashamed.
"Well," Aphrodite stared at them with a cold and stern face while crossing her arms. "Do you know how much food you've wasted?" She asked.
Without daring to look up to see her intimidating gaze, they nodded.
"Do you know how much hard work the farmers have put themselves into so you could eat?! Only for all of their hard work to be thrown away and turned into a play day for you?!" She shouted angrily.
Everyone winced at her tone of voice and felt utterly guilty.
"Not just that, but the only person who wasn't responsible for all this ended up with a swollen shoulder. Can you imagine what would have happened if your reckless behaviors have broken Elsa's shoulder?! Do you think she needed any more injuries than she already has!?" She asked again, piercing them with her green emerald eyes that flared with irritation.
Everyone shook their head sadly. Anna was feeling the guiltiest now.
"Well?!" She asked louder, wanting them to say it aloud, still crossing her arms.
"No…" They all said slowly in unison.
"Alright then," She said and her face softened from a glare into a cold one. Which wasn't any better. "You are all first to clean the whole hall of the mess you've made. For two days, you won't be having dinner. Then tomorrow and after, you are all to go work at the field and help the farmers with the crops."
"WHAT?!" They all asked, shocked.
"But that's a lot of work!" Anna protested.
"Then you should have thought about it before you started all this silliness." Aphrodite replied flatly and turned to leave. "And nearly broke Elsa's shoulder." She added.
"No wait! We can't! We have to stay with Elsa." Anna argued.
Aphrodite turned again at them. "I reckon that Elsa can spend her time tomorrow and after, with Zoey. She needs to rest. Zoey can keep her company while you work your punishment off. I'm sure she'll be fine."
Anna opened her mouth to speak but-
"My decision is final." Aphrodite said with a determined wave of her hand and turned to leave without a word, smashing the door behind her as she went outside.
Everyone winced at the echoing sound of the door closing since it clearly showed that Leanna was pretty much irritated.
"Well…" Rapunzel started aloud, everyone still staring at the door that Leanna just went through seconds ago. "We should probably start. This hall won't clean itself!" She said cheerfully while waving her hands around to show the extremely now-sloppy and food stained dining hall.
Everyone groaned in frustration before-with a lowered and ashamed face- went in different directions to start cleaning the room and tidy it up.
Flynn was walking towards a table to bring it back up from the floor but he was stopped.
"Don't step there." Aiden said while fixing the chairs up.
"What? Why?" Flynn asked, confused.
Aiden only pointed at the ground.
Flynn furrowed his eyebrows in misperception and looked underneath him to see an ant. He frowned, "It's just an ant."
"It's Elsa's ant, Olaf." Aiden casually said.
Flynn gave him a ridiculous look, "And how did you know?"
Aiden only shrugged his shoulders, "I don't." And continued fixing up the chairs.
Everyone around heard him and now they were all avoiding stepping on ants as much as they could, learning from Elsa that they should treat creatures-tiny or big- with equal kindness.
After they were finally done, Anna and her friends headed to Elsa's room.
Elsa was toying with a thread from her gloves, distracted by the thoughts of Leanna's behavior with her. It was only then did it dawn on her that both acted so calmly and happily with each other as if they've known each other for a long time. She suddenly felt as if she really wanted to see her again. To spend so much more time with her. Leanna's hug wasn't like Anna's. Anna's was great! No doubt what so ever. All full with warmth and fondness. But there was something about Leanna's that had so much more. She sighed in the silent room, realizing what really happened.
A knock on the door startled her from her thoughts.
"Elsa?" Anna's voice called and Elsa felt a wave of happiness and comfort wash all over her.
The door creaked open a bit and Anna poked her head from behind it, wearing a tired but happy face from all the work she just did. And the horrible thing was, that Anna knew it was just the start of the punishment. "How're ya feeling?" She asked a bit worried and feeling guilty.
Elsa nodded, "I'm fine." She said with a happy face.
Anna opened the door and entered, followed by Rapunzel and the other three men.
"Hey, Elsa." Rapunzel greeted gently as she approached with Kristoff.
Elsa smiled at back, "Hey."
Aiden entered last, and when he saw her bandaged shoulder he winced and felt his heart rip in two. It was killing him to know that she might had been in pain. He then lifted his eyes to see her radiant face. Strangely, her hair looked brighter than before and her cyan eyes looked livelier. He didn't realize he was staring until Rapunzel elbowed him with a smirk.
"Snap out of it, Oafy. You're drooling." She joked with a whisper and he gave her a frown before he quickly shook his head. This… Really HAS to stop! What the heck is happening to me?! He then realized that Elsa looked really happy and his smile couldn't go any wider. If your Mama keeps you happy like that then let her always stay with you! He thought jokingly to himself. He then walked beside Flynn and they leaned next to the bed on the wardrobe.
"Surrender, Oafy. She has your heart." Rapunzel joked again and he wanted to slap his forehead since it didn't came out like a whisper and Flynn was able to hear since he had the most wide eyes and evil smile. Oh great. Aiden thought and wanted to bury himself.
"He got it haaard!" Rapunzel whispered to Flynn in a sing-song and they snickered with each other.
"Okay, stop it!" Aiden whispered… loudly.
"What's wrong with you three?" Anna asked as she sat next to Elsa, raised a suspicious eyebrow at the three and snapped them to attention.
Aiden turned bright red.
"Oh, nothing. We're just happy that Elsa's okay." Rapunzel saved the day.
Anna mentally shrugged and turned her attention to Elsa.
Aiden threw daggers with his light green eyes at the couple that now both knew his secret crush, and now he realized that a nightmare of mocking and teasing was about to begin. He was barely having enough with Rapunzel alone! But the two together?! They were like devils!
"How's your shoulder?" Anna asked as she brushed a hair strand from Elsa's face and tucked it behind her ear.
Elsa sighed a bit and relaxed in bed. She looked at her bandaged shoulder and shrugged with her well one, "It's good, really." She honestly said with a smile.
Anna bit her lip, "Oh god, Elsa. I'm sorry that this happened to you. It was stupid of me to start all this chaos and I forgot that you were still healing."
Elsa shook her head with a smile, "Hey, don't worry. I'm fine now, I swear." She assured.
Anna smiled apologetically, "Do you forgive me?" She asked shyly.
Elsa's eyes widened a tiny bit, "Of course!... You never even meant it. It was just an accident, right?" She paused for a moment before her face turned suddenly worried, "Olaf?" She asked shyly, feeling silly.
Anna furrowed her eyebrows in confusion, forgotten who Olaf was. "Who's Olaf?" She asked and the moment the question left her lips, she remembered, "OH! The ant?! I uh…" I have no idea.
"He's alright." Aiden's voice came out and they all looked towards him. He chuckled a bit, "We made sure not to step on any ant while cleaning the hall." He said feeling even MUCH more silly.
Okay that was weird.
Flynn leaned closer to whisper in Rapunzel's ear, "What is he saying? It's illogical not step on every single ant! The room was crowded with people! Who knows how much ants were squi- OOF!" Before he could continue, he received an elbow from his girlfriend, shushing him up.
"Don't say that in front of her." She whispered back through gritted teeth while smiling and looking at Elsa.
"We're just glad you're okay, Elsa." Kristoff started. "We were all worried about you."
They did? Elsa thought, surprised.
"I can see you're surprised." Anna said to Elsa with a smirk.
Elsa snapped back from her thoughts. "I'm… I'm…"
"It's okay! I understand." Anna said gently, "But can't you see that ALL of us care for you?... And not just me?" She asked.
Elsa thought for a moment but didn't answer.
"Well… Hopefully someday you will." Kristoff hoped, giving her a sympathetic smile. "You can't deny that we didn't have fun with Sven, Maximus and Ebony, right?" He asked a bit worried for her answer.
Elsa remembered how Kristoff was kind to her. He might had spooked her out of her pants at first, but then he made her laugh and showed her that Maximus or any other horse didn't fear her. He also-and most importantly- didn't think she was a monster. He didn't hurt or hit her… at all.
She remembered when she spat wine at him and the silly look on his face. And most importantly, he admitted his crush for Anna to her. So then, Elsa suddenly found herself trying to stifle a smile but definitely failed.
Kristoff and everyone leaned closer to look and wanted to make sure if their eyes were deceiving them!
"I see a smillleee!" Anna sing-songed with her own radiant smile.
Elsa snapped from her thoughts and looked around to see them all leaned closer at her and watching her smile. She furrowed her eyebrows and gave them a weird look.
Their eyes widened since they definitely spooked the poor girl at their sudden behavior. They all quickly leaned back and began to laugh.
"One point for me, baby!" Kristoff shouted happily. "I earned a smile. I'm in tie with Rapunzel." He said and pointed a thumb at himself proudly.
Oh, but this time, Elsa smirked at him directly and sneakily pointed at Anna with her eyes.
Kristoff's eyes widened and he turned bright red. Oh no you won't!... Don't you dare! He knew what she was going to do.
Elsa turned to Anna and opened her mouth to speak but Kristoff quickly shot up from his seat, "I THINK w-we have something to tell you!" He shouted to Elsa.
Elsa closed her mouth and stifled a giggle.
Everyone else stared at him as if he was a lunatic. "Are you okay, Kristoff?" Anna seriously asked and placed a gentle hand on his arm in concern.
He started to stutter, "U-Uh… Y-Yeah yeah! I-I was just telling you guys that we should tell E-Elsa that she will be spending tomorrow with Zo-"
"Tomorrow she'll be resting." Anna noted.
"Then after tomorrow with Zoey!" He said happily, trying to remove the attention off of him. "Isn't that lovely, Elsa?" He awkwardly asked and gave her a wince, pleading for her not to say a word.
Elsa's smirk grew, "Oh! Yes, yes that would be great." She acted as if she was innocent, "Thank you for tell me, Kristoff." She formally and teasingly said.
Anna and the other men were totally surprised at Elsa's strange behavior, but not Rapunzel.
Rapunzel was trying to hide her laugh and she slapped Elsa playfully on her knee. You are one sneaky, sneaky girl, you know that? She thought before she tried to hide a giggle with Elsa, though Elsa had a simple and calm smile and was able much more to control her snickering as she stared right back at Anna with an innocent smile. Yet that innocent smile was slyer on the inside.
"You two are creepy." Anna said as she skeptically watched Elsa and Rapunzel.
"Are we?" Rapunzel asked teasingly with a raised eyebrow.
"Yes." Anna said eyeing them carefully, "Yes, you are." Poor girl. Totally oblivious that she had an admirer. But yet… Who said that her sneaky sister wasn't too?
The next day, Elsa felt much better. While Anna and the others worked their butts off in the fields under the hot summer sun, Elsa stayed in bed, remembering that Leanna insisted that she should.
The second next day, Elsa was going to have her play day with Zoey and the children, and she actually felt excited just as the children were. She was the first to wake up since she was used to do so early. She sat up on her bed with a sigh and tried to rub the sleep from her eyes. She then looked over to find Rapunzel sleeping peacefully in her bed.
Anna on the other hand… Well, let's just say that was a fun sight to see. Elsa saw Anna's weird form, sleeping in the weirdest position a human could ever make. Her libs were shot in every directions and drool was trickling from her mouth from all the exhaustion she felt yesterday at the fields. Her hair was a bizarro! And Elsa giggled a bit at her.
Poor girls… She thought, smiling fondly at the two. Last night they entered the room only to throw themselves, face-planted on their bed with groans of exhaustion.
Elsa got up from her bed, approached Anna, slowly sat next to her and tried to find her face under all that crazy fiery hair. "Anna… Waky, waky..." Elsa cooed at her to try and wake her up so that the redhead and the blonde Rapunzel wouldn't be late for their second day of work at the fields. But Anna only snored very loudly in reply before she stirred and had her butt up while her face was planted in the pillow, "Num, num… Carrots… Broccoli… Plant them…" Anna mumbled in her sleep and went back to her snoring.
Elsa closed her ears and winced since the woman was snoring like a dying pig! She wondered how the hell Rapunzel wasn't waking up from the horrifying sounds.
Elsa then frowned, "Anna..." She called again, "Today's the day with Zoey!" She said excitedly but Anna snored again and turned on the other side so she could have her back at Elsa, "Elsa… Snow… Sister… Do the magic…"
Elsa heard her mumble and muffle something from underneath the pillow but she only heard 'Snow'. Elsa then realized that Anna wasn't going wake up. She frowned then moved to Rapunzel.
She sat next to her slowly and saw how the blonde was smiling in her sleep, "Rapunzel?" Elsa called but Rapunzel only stirred, "Love you too, Flynn…" Rapunzel mumbled and Elsa giggle silently a bit.
She poked the blonde's shoulder, "Rapunzel… We need to see Zoey." But Rapunzel smirked in her sleep and brushed Elsa's hand away, "Oh Flynn you silly boy… Stop it…"
Okay. That was really disturbing for Elsa. She poked Rapunzel's shoulder harder in irritation for her to wake up already, "Stop it, Flynn… Leave it for later… I said stop it!"
Poof!
"Oof!" Only for Elsa to receive a pillow right at her face that nearly knocked her off from the bed before she quickly steadied herself with the bed post.
Elsa was glaring now. She removed the pillow off her face and huffed her bangs ad feathers off her face in irritation. She waved her hand at both girls dismissingly, giving up on waking the two since it was hopeless. She stood and walked towards the rose so she could give it its daily water.
Elsa held the jug and poured some for the rose. After a moment, her hand froze and her face turned evil. She turned at the two sleeping women then look at the water jug in her hands.
Anna was mumbling random words again and she had a happy face, "Higher, Elsa… Higher!… Snowman… Olaf… Olaa-AAAAHHH!"
"WATER FOR A FLOWER!" Elsa shouted before she poured the water on Anna.
Anna jumped off from her bed, startled. "OH MY GOD! Coldcoldcoldcold!" She shouted as she tried to warm and stop herself from shivering underneath her soaked nightgown, hopping in place.
At Anna's shout, Rapunzel woke up, "What?! Who?! Where?!- WOAAH! OOF!" Rapunzel lifted herself and asked random questions before she fell off from the side of her bed, face first.
Elsa made an Ooo with her mouth, feeling Rapunzel's pain, before she suddenly burst out into carefree and light-hearted loud laughter.
"Y-You could have… J-J-Just woke us, you k-know!" Anna said while trying to warm herself.
Elsa shrugged, "I tried!" Elsa said while wiping her laughter tears from her eyes and stopped laughing for a moment, only to remember Anna's face when the water hit her and to burst into new fits of laughter again.
Rapunzel groan in pain and lifted her face from the floor and rubbed her forehead, "Ow…"
"You used a pillow!" Elsa accused playfully and pointed at the blonde woman on the ground.
Rapunzel sat up, still rubbing her forehead, "What…?" She didn't understand at first but then she guested that she might has hit Elsa with a pillow while she was trying to wake her up. "You used the whole FLOOR!" Rapunzel accused back and giggled a bit.
Elsa shrugged as if she was innocent, "I thought you two had work at the field today." She reminded.
Anna and Rapunzel eyes shot wide, "THE FIELD!" The two shouted to each other in unison.
Anna quickly ran to dry herself, "We're late!" She said while wiping herself with a towel. "Mum will kill us! I won't have another two more days at the field for being late!"
Rapunzel quickly got up, and moved to run but she had her legs tangled in the bed sheets and she fell back-face first AGAIN!- on the floor. "SERIOUSLY!?" She shouted while still having her face squished.
Elsa was really crying from laughter now. Joyful tears rushed to meet her cheeks as she gripped her stomach and tried not to laugh at the morning comedy show.
Anna was brushing her teeth while combing her soaked hair and she poked her head from the bathroom, "Elsa you better stop laughing!... And go dress or else you won't have your day with Zoey, Lori, Matthew and the other children!"
Elsa quickly shut her mouth and stopped her laughs, "Okay." She then moved and helped the dizzy Rapunzel up on her feet by letting the blonde lean on her well shoulder.
"Elsa… Is that you?" Rapunzel said while swaying a bit and Elsa quickly steadied her and held three fingers in front of the dizzy woman's face, since she saw Anna do that to Flynn when he slipped on a puddle five days ago.
"Quick! How much are these?" Elsa quickly asked.
Rapunzel rubbed her forehead and opened her eyes groggily, "Whaaa… Six?"
Elsa looked at her fingers. What was six? What was seven? And was three anyway? Since she wasn't educated enough to count, she shrugged her shoulders, "Yup! You're good."
