Always Know Where You Are

How were they suppose to deal with Pitch? For all they knew, he could've gotten more powerful since their last encounter and he probably wasn't going to underestimate them this time.

Anna was now their only advantage. Pitch would suspect a new guardian, but until they would meet face to face, he wouldn't know it was her. Her light could defeat his darkness.

She could see it in the other guardians faces that they knew she was their best shot and she began doubting herself. What if she failed? What if she wasn't strong enough? After all, fighting wasn't something she did often. Two hundred years and all she did was bring a sunny day and brighten someone up when they were left alone in the dark. She'd help someone find their way back home, but fighting Pitch?

"I...I can't." She shook her head.

Jack came over to her and gave her his infamous crooked smile. "You just need to believe in yourself."

Anna sighed. There was still a lot she needed to figure out. "I think I need some air." Before anyone could say anything, she flew off.

"She makes you look mature." Bunny said, keeping his eyes on the gap in North's ceiling where she flew out.

"Do you ever think about the fact that the whole guardian bombshell is a lot to handle?" Jack asked annoyed.

The others looked at him wide eyed.

"But it's an honor." North protested.

Sandy patted North on the knee and shook his head. He then looked at the winter spirit and motioned for him to continue.

"We're not all the same. I can see Anna is lost. I recognize myself in her and its possible that maybe she had a normal life like I did before she became Anna Dawn."

Guilt washed over the guardians faces. Jack had a point. Like him, Anna was still young and innocent. They knew she was once someone. They had been oblivious to the fact that she never knew her past life and over the years they had forgotten who she had been in the past.

"What if I go bring her teeth and help her remember?" Tooth suggested with a hint of excitement in her tone. "It worked for you Jack. It can help her and she'd be able to help us."

Jack raised his eyebrow at her. It sounded like a great idea, but with the way she was saying it, it sounded like Anna would've been manipulated into it and he didn't want that. He wanted her to figure it out for herself.

"I believe..." The guardians looked at him eagerly. "We should let her take her time and figure it out for herself." And like Anna he took off, flying to the one place he knew where she'd be.

The summer sun shone high above the city of Arendelle. Many colourful buildings and the old castle still stood. It stood in contrast against the many new modern buildings in the city. There were still a few old buildings that have been fixed throughout the years.

This place had always felt like a home to her. She had woken up here and somehow she felt this is where a family she never knew had been. The castle had always seemed to be shut and she could only observe from the outside. There was something about it. The royal family had once lived there and they still did, but their social status didn't make them any better than everyone else. They acted as equals to the citizens outside its gates.

When the kids played she smiled. The young girl, Maria had caught Anna's attention. Royal blood coursed through her veins, but she gotten along well with the other children. Her blonde hair was tied in a braid and she was currently wearing an orange t-shirt with brown shorts. The children were playing by the beach. Anna smiled at them. It seemed to distract her thoughts from the guardians.

Whenever a cloud blocked out the sun, Anna waved her hand and moved it away, bringing the sunshine back and wiped the frowns of the children's faces. It can rain another day. They deserved a fun day at the beach without any interruptions.

She sat upon the docks and observed them happily. A familiar draft then blew against her skin and instantly she recognized it and a familiar winter spirit sat by her side.

"How'd you find me?" She asked, not looking at him.

Jack looked at her as if that was a stupid thing to ask. "I always know where you are." He chuckled.

Anna gave him a slight punch in the arm. "No you don't you stalker." She frowned.

"Okay. Okay." Jack said holding his hands up in defense. "But this would be my first choice to look for you."

The summer spirit sighed. Jack knew her all too well.

"Do you wanna talk about it?" Jack asked.

"What's there to talk about?"

He was at a blank, but she had to say something about the matter. "I know you wouldn't want Pitch to bring nightmares and darkness."

"Of course I don't." She exclaimed. "But I just don't think I can handle the pressure. Okay!" The palm of her hands were now on the sides of her forehead.

Jack lifted her head by placing a finger to her chin and brought her to look him in the eye. "Trust me. I promise you'll figure it out. You'll find your centre and together we can fight Pitch." He smiled as he saw Anna give him a smile.

Jack could always make her doubts go away and he believed in her. If he said she could do this, than shecando it.

"Alright then, snowman." She stood up enthusiastically and clapped her hands together. "Where do we start?"

"Tooth Palace." Jack said straightforward.

That could be a start.

"To Tooth Palace then." Anna said.

After a day of playing at the beach, Maria said goodbye to her friends and returned home. The castle was huge and there were a lot of empty rooms. It was sometimes used as a temporary home for people who needed one. She lived in the main wing of the castle, where the main family, her family, lived.

"How was your day sweetie?" Her mother asked.

"It was great. Sun all day long." Maria smiled and then skipped to her room. She was eight years old and rather bright for her age. It still didn't stop her from acting like a child. She grabbed her snow globe, an object that had been in her family for generations and shook it.

Snow then swirled and a little snowman appeared before her. "Olaf." She grinned and hugged him. He was her dear friend. Her family couldn't see him as they were 'grown up'. Her older sister, her mother and father. Her sister, Rebecca did use to see him, but after turning thirteen, she stopped seeing him. Even her mother had recalled having a snowman called Olaf in her youth, that she had long forgotten. She had tried showing it to her friends and even though they believed, they could not see him. No matter, she was glad that at the end of the day she had a friend to talk to.

"Hello." Olaf said in his cheerful voice.

"I didn't see you the other day." Maria pouted. "I shook the globe, but you didn't come. How come sometimes you don't?"

"You're not the only friend I have." He replied.

He'd mention having another friend besides her many times before, but he was always so mysterious about them.

"Can you please tell me who they are?" She pleaded.

Olaf giggled and shook his head. "It's a secret. But she does like to brighten up the day." He hinted.

So it was a girl. She wandered if she would know her.

"Why won't you tell me?"

"It's a secret." Olaf placed a stick finger to his mouth and this made the little girl laugh. "So how was the beach?"

Sometimes she did take him with her to enjoy the summer and sun. He did tend to like anything warm. Odd for a snowman, but he was special and could withstand the heat.

"It was great." Maria started. "I built a sandcastle this big." She raised her hand above her head and stood tiptoe on her bed. She may have over exaggerated that.

"How was the sun?"

"It kept shining and the clouds only blocked it for a little bit." She caught a smile on the snowman's face, a smile that meant he knew why. For the rest of the evening, until her mother had called for dinner, she talked and told him of her day. Once she shut the door behind her, Olaf returned back to snow globe. He knew Anna would be needing him soon. For the time to tell her was now approaching.

AN: And just so you know, Maria's design is similar to a younger Elsa, but with a few differences, like her hair colour is more like Kristoff's, and she sometimes come with olaf to visit her great grandmother elsa in the enchanted forest.