These past few months were the longest of Elsa's young life. She felt like the baby was never going to come! Gerda promised her that babies take a while to get here, and that she just had to wait a little longer. Elsa didn't see her parents all that much, but it has gotten even more scarce for her to even see them in passing anymore. It seemed that the closer it came for the baby to arrive the more her parents disappeared. Elsa didn't really mind though. She still had Gerda and Kai to play with and follow around the castle as normal. And they even let Elsa help add the baby's stuff into the room! She got to pick the colors and what kind of toys! She never picked pink. She just knew the new baby, boy or girl, just wouldn't like it. She picked a lot of greens for the baby. She just knew that it was perfect for the baby. Though there was one toy that she personally had added to the crib, a little stuffed bear that was colored and looked like a sun burst. It was a little orange bear with yellow paws. It was like a little sun spot in the crib surrounded by the field of greens. Gerda and Kai joked that with Elsa's side of the room being all blue and the baby's room all green with the little sun bear peaking from inside the crib that the room looked like the sea and the grassy hills. Well Kai said her side was the sea, while Gerda said that her side looked more like the sky with all of the light crisp blues that Elsa seemed to prefer.
Elsa got up and wanderers once again to the baby's side of the room. She climbed into the crib to fix the small bear that had fallen over in the crib. She had just climbed out again when Gerda came into the room with the largest and warmest smile on her face.
"Princess your parents have requested your presence to present to you the new baby."
IT WAS FINALLY TIME! Elsa quickly spirited over to Gerda and continued to follow her to her parents room.
"Gerda? Did they tell you what the baby was? Or what its new name was?"
Gerda grinned at the excited young princess. She personally didn't understand her parents aversion of her. She was a very sweet young girl. Sure her curiosity got her into trouble sometimes, but she really wasn't a troublesome child. Elsa just wanted to be around others, so the castle staff had gotten used to her following them around and even helping them with their duties. Majority of the time if one wanted to find the young princess she was either following behind Gerda or Kai. Gerda slightly shook her head and refocused on the sweet young girl beside her. She grinned down at her,
"I'm sorry princess, but your parents did not tell me saying that you were to be told before everyone else as was your right as the crowned princess. "
Elsa nodded but was slightly muffled that she didn't know what was waiting for her behind her parents' door. Why couldn't they have told Gerda? She didn't understand it, but decided to let it go and was re-excited to meet her new baby sibling. Once they got to her parent's door Gerda knocked on it and then guided Elsa through it to meet her new sibling. The door closed behind Elsa, and she didn't like that Gerda did't come in with her, but quickly discarded that though when her eyes narrowed in on the bundle that she saw in her mother's arms. Though her concentration on the small bundle was broken when she heard her father.
"Come here Elsa, and meet your new baby sister, Anna."
Elsa's grin spread across her face as she quickly (well as quickly as appropriate under her parents watchful eyes) over to the bed her mother was laying on. She was startled when her father picked her up and placed her on the bed beside her mother. She crawled over to peak over her mother to see the small bundle. Her baby sister was so small and cute. She had the smallest little button nose and her face was sprinkled with freckles. The little baby yawned making the sweetest noise Elsa had ever heard, and then the baby locked eyes with Elsa. The same colored eyes stared back into her own. The little bundle gurgled and tried to move closer to Elsa shifting the blankets finally showing the tuffs of auburn hair at the top of her head. Elsa had never loved anything so much and completely.
"Hi Anna." Elsa spoke softly, "I'm your big sister Elsa. I'm so 'appy to meet you."
She slowly reached out to stroke Anna's cheek, but she was quickly moved by her father.
"Elsa let's not touch the baby yet."
Anger flashed through Elsa so quickly, and she never wanted to yell and scream at her father so much as in that moment. He moved her away from her Anna, and he referred to Anna without using her name like she was a thing and not a person. Her anger dissipated as she heard Anna wail at the top of her lungs. Elsa's heart broke at the noise, and concern filled her small body as she quickly darted around her father and scrambled back onto the bed to get to Anna. The moment Anna saw Elsa again her wails stopped as she just stared at Elsa. Elsa smiled down at Anna.
A knock filled the room, and then Gerda stepped into the room.
"Your majesties, the nursery has been properly prepared and ready for the young princess to be moved to. The wet nurse has been set up in her new quarters, and the physician is now waiting to look over the princess in the nursery."
Elsa tuned out the rest of the conversation between her parents and Gerda, her full attention was on Anna. She was smiling down at her when Gerda called her name.
"Princess Elsa it is time to go back to your room and get Princess Anna into her new crib."
Elsa grinned up at Gerda and nodded her head. She then turned back to Anna and whispered,
"Don't worry Anna, Gerda is really nice. It time to go to our room now."
She then scrabbled down from the bed and over to the door and waited for Gerda to join her with Anna now in her arms.
When they got back into the nursery there was a flurry of activity, and small Elsa was shadowing behind whoever had Anna. She couldn't find the will power to part from her little sister's side. Whenever Anna seemed to start to fuss, Elsa quickly rushed closer to her and started to talk to her and reassuring her that everything was okay and that she was right there. It worked every time like a charm. Anna immediately calmed down and just stared and gurgled at Elsa. Once the physician gave Anna a clean bill of health she was passed to the wet nurse for a feeding. Anna seemed to have a very large appetite. After her feeding was done, she was finally passed back to Gerda who sat in the rocking chair and began to try to rock baby Anna to sleep. That now was showing to be an almost impossible task. Anna may have taken to eating with zero issue and probably eating more than she needed, she was defiantly not completely sold on the sleeping concept. Elsa had long since been tucked into her bed by Gerda, and she was still watching Gerda trying to lull little Anna to sleep still. Elsa tried not to giggle at her stubborn sisters antics. She knew by looking at Gerda she was tiered and was hopping that the young princess would fall asleep soon. Quietly Elsa climbed out of her bed and then went over to Gerda.
"Can I sit on your lap with you and Anna?"
At this point, Gerda agreed because after seeing how Anna reacted to Elsa all through out the day she figured that if anyone could get the young princess to sleep it probably would be Elsa. Elsa quickly scrambled up onto Gerda's lap. Gerda repositioned the girls so that Elsa was basically cradling Anna on her own lap with Gerda's arms around them both. Anna immediately made a gleeful squawk when she saw Elsa. She started cooing and waving around her arms making Elsa smile back down at Anna, and making Gerda chuckle.
"I think Princess Anna is trying to talk to you."
Elsa was delighted that Anna seemed to like her. Elsa leaned down and kissed Anna on her little nose. Anna immediately grabbed her face like she was trying to keep her her close. Elsa was easily able to slip from Anna's small hands. Elsa quickly started to stroke Anna's face and talking softly to her. All of this combined with Gerda rocking the chair the three were sitting on was finally lulling Anna to sleep.
"Princess Elsa I think it is official. You have a very special connection to your sister."
Elsa turned and grinned at Gerda.
"You really think so?"
"Yes Princess I really think you do. I think you both might complete each other."
Elsa was so happy to hear this. Gerda then smoothly shifted Princess Anna to one arm to let Elsa then slip off of Gerda's lap. Elsa climbed back into her own bed and watched as Gerda placed Anna into her crib. After Gerda had Princess Anna settled in her crib she went over to Elsa's side of the room and re-tucked her in. She kissed Elsa on the her forehead and then reminded her to either find her or the wet nurse if Anna woke her up and was crying. Elsa quickly agreed and wished Gerda goodnight. This turned out to be the nightly routine between the three of them. It seemed to be the only way that they could get Anna to agree to fall asleep again. Sometimes during the night Elsa had to get Gerda or the wet nurse for Anna during the night, but mostly Elsa was able to get Anna to quickly stop crying and fix whatever woke up Anna during the night. At this point the only thing that Elsa couldn't help Anna with when she woke up crying in the night was if she was hungry, then she had to find the wet nurse or Gerda to get something for Anna. Elsa had taken to fixing everything else, even changing Anna's diapers. Gerda had unknowingly showed Elsa how by changing Anna enough times with Elsa near by.
This night for whatever reason Anna was crying and Elsa just couldn't get her to stop, and she was about to go and get the wet nurse or Gerda, but every time Elsa got up to leave Anna wailed even worse. Elsa didn't know what to do. She was starting to panic, but then quickly thought of an idea. What if I finally showed Anna my magics? She obviously had told Anna that she had powers at this point in her many one sided talks with Anna, but she had yet to actually show her in the few months of Anna's life. In the few times her parents visited them the point was constantly made to Elsa that she was not to do her magic anywhere near Anna. But maybe Anna will like it and will stop crying. So Elsa made some snowflakes over Anna in her crib. Anna immediately stopped crying. She stared in wonder and her eyes seemed to grow large as she cooed at her sister's magic. Elsa beamed. Anna liked her magics! It didn't scare her at all like her father had told her it probably would. Anna seemed to stare in wonder at her magics. Anna then started to giggle and tried to reach for the snowflakes. Elsa never felt lighter. She had made her little sister happy and she seemed to enjoy Elsa's magics too. That night Elsa stayed in Anna's crib with her. She didn't care that somehow during the night Anna was somehow laying on top of her or had her hair in her mouth and sucking on it. Elsa was happy.
