Chapter 4

"Meeting" Queen Anna

As Hans was led down the halls by Gerda, he couldn't get the reality of her situation out of her mind. This was insane! He, or rather she, was turned into a woman by a crazy old witch, who wanted to teach him a lesson in forgiveness and humility? It was like the plot of some fairy tale! Hans knew that there had to be some way out of this, but even if she left the castle, she was still a woman! There was no way Helga would change her back until she was satisfied with her performance. Knowing there wasn't much she good do, Hans decided to accept her fate. Gerda led Hans to a room, which she said was Anna's office. Upon entering, Hans felt her blood boil at the sight of Anna. Now dressed in a regal dress, surrounded by two guards, she looked quite different from the naïve girl that she met years ago. Still, Hans didn't doubt that Anna was still just as clumsy in her ways. She had a hard time imagining Anna as Queen, especially since she wasn't regal material like Elsa was. When Anna saw Hans step into the room, she instantly got up and walked over to greet her.

"Queen Anna, this is Heidi, your new servant," Gerda introduced.

"It's a pleasure to meet you, Heidi," Anna greeted warmly.

Too bad the feeling isn't mutual, Hans thought.

"Likewise," Hans said.

Gerda coughed loudly, getting Hans' attention.

"Please address Queen Anna as "Your Majesty" and curtsey for her," Gerda instructed.

You got to be kidding me! Hans thought in disbelief. She had seen women curtsy before, so she knew what it looked like, but to actually do it herself was another story. Nonetheless, Hans took both sides of her dress in her hands and curtsied for Anna. It felt so ridiculous doing so.

"Gerda tells me that you're excited to be here," Anna said, happily.

Hans flashed Gerda a look, but didn't bother to admit otherwise.

"Yes, Your Majesty, it is an honor to be here," Hans lied.

"Well, Welcome to Arendelle castle. I know that we're going to work well together. As for now, I have some things that I need to attend to, but we'll see each other later, I'm sure," Anna said.

Anna sounded so formal. Much different than when she first met her. With that said, Gerda led Hans to the kitchens, where she introduced her to the other servants. There was she given a long list of daily chores, which included washing dishes, cleaning, helping the cooks prepare breakfast, lunch, and dinner, etc. Seeing the list really made Hans feel like a servant. She was a Prince; she shouldn't have to do these commoner things! But there was no arguing against it.

For the rest of the day, Hans did all the chores that she was required to do. It was a pain being on all fours cleaning the floors, or washing bedsheets, and Anna's clothes, but what use would complaining do? No one would believe her that she was really a man, so she was stuck with it.

As Hans finished dusting off the furniture in the parlor, she turned around to see a snowman walking towards her. Hans remembered this was the little nuisance that freed Anna when she was locked in the room, she left her in. She tried to ignore her as she put the items back on the table.

"Hello there! You must be new!" Olaf cried.

Hans didn't reply.

"My name is Olaf, and I like warm hugs!"

Hans moved to the fireplace, where she began to scrape out the coals.

"I like meeting new people! You're going to love working in the castle! Anna is so nice, and so is Kristoff, Sven, Kai, Gerda, and wait until you meet Elsa!"

This was getting infuriating. Anna was a pain to deal with by herself, but Elsa and the other degenerates that helped in foiling her plan was too much to bear. And why was this snowman so damn happy!

"You're very pretty!" Olaf said.

At this, Hans clenched a fist. How dare this wretched creature call her pretty!

"You remind me of Anna and Elsa. They're very pretty too," Olaf said.

"Great," Hans muttered.

"You look like you have a lot of work to do, so I'll leave you to it. It was nice meeting you…I don't know your name," Olaf wondered.

"Heidi," Hans sighed.

"I like that name. Bye, Heidi!"

By the time the day ended, Hans ate dinner in the servants' quarters. She chose not to socialize with the other girls, even though they tried to make friends with her. When it came time to go to sleep, Hans found that she couldn't. She had a miserable day, in a miserable body, and it was worse knowing that it would be like this tomorrow. She turned on her side, looking out the window. The sight of the moon was hypnotic, causing her to briefly forget about her predicament. She wondered if her family were thinking about her right now. Probably not, but the thought still crossed her mind. Before too long, Hans drifted off to sleep, trying not to think about tomorrow.