Chapter 23

Princess Anna and Donny sat in the middle of a wagon practicing together a dog trick she had been trying to make the dog perform.

„You just have to fall down and close your eyes as if you were sleeping,"

„What is the point of knowing this?" Questioned Donny tilting his head making Anna sigh.

„You're so stubborn," Commented Anna watching Donny wag his tail, which made Anna cackle afterward. „This wasn't even a compliment…...Come let's try again," Anna asked.

Hans, who sat at the door looking at the outside watching the surroundings looked back at Anna with a neutral facial expression, then observed her pretend to choke and fall on the side, dropping out her tongue, followed by Donny moving his head back confused at Anna's behavior, which led farmer Hans to grin.

„She's really one of a kind," Spoke Hans watching Donny approach Anna with his nose to analyze her, afterward she moved her head to look at the dog.

„I know you don't understand it, but you know how awesome it would be if you could pull off one of these tricks? Just imagine you're being hunted by someone and your only way to survive is to pretend you're dead," Spoke Anna sitting up again to see Donny paying attention to her. „You know what this makes me think of? I had read this one book about a Collie heroine who was defending her human from a bad guy and played death leaving the villain to believe she had died and you know what she did afterward? She bit the villain on the nose. All that just to trick him,"

„And all she did was, what you did?" Questioned Donny making Anna nod. Donny looked at the ground, then dropped himself on the ground closing his eyes as if he was going to rest, then Anna shrugged her shoulders.

„Well it's a good start," Commented Anna, then looked at Hans, which had been watching the two, shrieking the former prince, which returned his head to the outside. Anna moved on her knees down to the prince, then sat beside him.

„You're alright?" Questioned the strawberry-blonde making the man nod.

„Yes I am," Responded Hans, then Anna noticed on the landscapes, that they were approaching a village and smiled at seeing houses after a while again.

„That must be Falsterbo, right?" Asked Anna making Hans nod.

„Well Falsterbo is more in the front, this is Skanor so far I know,"

„You will be happy when you're back at your farm. You'll finally have it legally its ownership,"

„Indeed," Spoke Hans." You….you know you can always pass by when you can. Eventually, if you find the one who helped you break the curse as well if you feel like we both could meet,"

„I don't know. I feel like doing this to you would be terrifying," Confessed Anna. „I would rather just pass by and mention, that my curse was broken so that you would know about it,"

„The only thing I want for you now, is that you break free from the curse," Commented Hans, then Anna leaned herself on the man's shoulder.

„Last night was great. How did this not work?" Questioned the woman annoyed, making Hans sigh softly.

„I don't know," Commented the brunette man.

Donny sat beside the duo, afterward glanced at the adults.

„What will be about Oscar, which offered you to give you the farm back when you would bring Anna home?" Questioned Donny, then Anna looked up at Hans, which moved his head out at the outside.

„It's up to you, Anna. If you think he's not worth your attention, you can refuse it. Out of the village, you'll find other guys as well,"

„Sure, if not I would have to look for a way to get back to Arendelle or figure out how to find a magician to help me out. I believe after what my sister experienced I won't be really trustful with other magicians," Stated the princess making Hans nod.

Donny began to use his nose as he picked up a familiar scent, then the humans looked out of the wagon to see them approach the inner part of the village, then Anna got up and held herself on the side to look at the end of the railway, where it was the final stop and at the station, Anna recognized a blonde woman in a green dress following a group of men out of the platform leaving the place and Anna shut her eyes wide recognizing her older sister.

„Elsa! I'm here!" Cried Anna obtaining Hans' attention, which got up and squinted his eyes to see, what Anna had seen and recognized Prince Oscar as well and understood, that he might have taken contact with the Norwegian queen as they were spotted by him right now.

„Prince Oscar!" Yelled Hans, followed by a loud whistle, but they didn't react first. „Prince Oscar!" Yelled Hans along with the princess. Donny barked loud as the humans kept calling the prince, hoping to be able to help out the humans. The husky howled loudly shrieking the Danish man, which glimpsed back at the walking group, and Prince Oscar looked in their direction and stopped Queen Elsa to show her the trio on the train, then Elsa got excited at finally seeing her sister.

„She noticed us! She noticed us!" Anna extolled, then jumped at Hans' arms causing the two to fall off the wagon down on the ground leaving the husky back on the train.

„Woah!" Cried Hans after having landed on his back, then Anna grinned embarrassed as she lied on top of the friend in a less appropriate manner

„That wasn't my idea," Commented Anna stepping aside to get up, then watched Elsa run over the grass towards her and Anna raced towards the direction of her older sister. The two Norwegians got into each other's for a tighly, long embrace to reunite together after the amount of time they were split from one another.

„I had no idea you were here too," Whimpered the younger sister, feeling the blonde shove her fingers through the woman's hair. „I could really use your help,"

„What happened?" Questioned Elsa watching Hans stare at the moving locomotive, where Donny stood looking down at the ground, then lied down in fear of the moving vehicle. Hans sighed, then ran past the princesses to get behind the dog and Elsa glimpsed back at the strawberry blonde.

„What's with the dog?"

„I don't know. I think he's frightened from the height," Spoke Anna, then the Weselton trio approached along with the Falsterbo one to meet the young woman.

„This is Princess Anna?" Asked Osmon, then all men bowed down, shrieking Osmon, which copied them all.

„Good day everyone," Greeted Anna polite, then looked at Elsa, which grabbed Anna by her hand.

„Did you have a good trip?"

„Besides, that we took a little longer because we lost our carriage due to an assault I'm fine. I have defended ourselves from the pirate's hands," Stated Anna proud making Elsa smile and a few men curious.

„Hans stated this in one of the letters," Confessed Oscar. „You don't look as tough,"

Anna chuckled a little, then looked at her sister again.

„About the curse…..is it true, that the only thing I have to do to break the curse….well what has to happen between me and the other person is, that we have to fall in love naturally,"

„Both of you have to," Mentioned Elsa. „Did something happen between you two during the ride?"

„We both have fallen in love with each other," Spoke Anna looking at Hans, which had pulled out of the train the case and the husky both on each arm. „There is just this problem. Nothing has changed. I didn't feel anything change on me, not on my looks nor inside me,"

„And how do you know you're in love with him? Or how do you know he loves you back?"

„I don't know how I should explain this…..my heart seemed to beat faster during the moments we both stood closer to each other and understood each other. And yesterday we dined together under the stars all alone and ended up sharing a kiss," Told the younger sister getting flustered.

„And that didn't work at all?" Questioned Elsa curious, then Hans returned with Donny in his arms, then Elsa glimpsed at the farmer.

„Your majesty…."Spoke Hans dropping the bows along with the dog to bow down at the woman.

„I told Hans about the curse and regardless of what happened, he is alright with letting me go. Even though it hurts both of us in a way," Commented Anna while Hans rolled his eyes down at the ground sad.

„I haven't thought about her curse after our dinner last night, just this morning she mentioned that it might not have worked and I know how much it means for her to get rid of it. Which I understand. What's the point of staying beside her knowing she's going to lose her life in a couple of months," Hans explained making Elsa nod, then held out her hand at the man.

„I want to thank you for bringing back my sister safe and sound. I owe you something," Said Elsa making Hans smile, then look down at Donny, which was looking at the two sisters while moving his tail.

„I'm fine for now, your majesty. It was an honor getting to know your sister," Commented Hans, then looked at the princess. „She's one of the bravest women I have ever met," Concluded the farmer making Anna smile, then Hans picked up the barrel bag with the arrow to hand it over to Anna. „You bought this one, keep it for further needs,"

„Thank you," Said Anna, then Oscar approached Hans to show him a roll of a document.

„Hans, here you've got your farm back and this is now officially. You're now the rightful owner of it. There's no need of testament or anything,"

„Thank you," Responded Hans taking the roll, then looked at the sisters and noticed Anna look at him glad he had received his farm back. Hans approached the woman, then looked down at Donny, which observed the two curiously.

„What are you up to now?" Questioned Hans making Anna shrug her shoulders, then Oscar moved up his hand to have their attention.

„Short interruption, your sister already knows, but this wizard that cursed you was here and he planned to come back because of you. We could use help,"

„Did he threaten to hunt the villagers?" Questioned Anna watching Elsa shake her head.

„Not yet, but there's a chance he might do it again. We have to talk about, what we should do. Giving the entire leadership over to Sigmund isn't a good idea either. The villagers are most likely to suffer under his power or worse," Explained the queen making Anna nod.

„And he told about the resting time of your curse and the amount of time it would take someone to fall in love, depending on the persons," Commented Oscar making Elsa nod.

„Oscar also wanted you for the kingdom. Apparently," Spoke Elsa rolling her eyes at him unimpressed making Oscar look at her in shock.

„Why did you tell her that?" Questioned Oscar stern.

„Would you have done it?" Questioned the queen making the prince sigh. „Of course not,"

Hans raised up his hand, then Elsa looked at the farmer waiting for him to speak up.

„Is there a chance we could all come together and fight this wizard together?" Suggested Hans. „Is that a possibility?"

„Defeating Sigmund would only work if we would all be capable to have magic powers and use them against him," Answered Garth, „Yesterday he almost injured us when he attacked,"

„Let's all just talk with him, when we see him. We'll take this one step after the other, if necessary," Suggested Princess Anna, making the prince look at the others, which exchanged looks with another, then agreed.

„It's worth a try," Commented one of the duke's bodyguards.

„Good, so let's get back to the center. The king would love to meet the two Arendelle sisters," Announced Oscar watching each guard offer the princess to guard them during the walk, then Oscar looked back at Hans, which observed the group leaving with an empty look. „I hope you'll have fun at your farm," Commented Oscar watching Hans look down at Donny, which moved his head towards Anna and moved it up at the farmer.

„Why aren't we going with them?" Asked Donny, then he heard the prince unfold a sheet he had in his pant to open the letter, which was sent by Hans, then turned it around for the farmer to see, which gasped in surprise.

„You're wanted, aren't you?" Asked the prince making Hans sigh and nod. „Okay, look you've done a great job. You haven't hurt her or anyone else to my knowledge, so this will be our little secret. You go back to your old life and I to mine, just as we have discussed,"

„Are you threatening me?" Asked Hans curious.

„No, are you threatening me?" Questioned the prince. „What was the point of you writing a letter on a wanted paper with your face on it?"

„What happened back there is years ago. It was an accident. I was on the roof with this prince from Finnland and as he was about to fall down I tried to hold him up, but he slipped off my hand. The only mistake I did after this was…..running away," Commented Hans remorseful, then Oscar shove the poster back into his pocket.

„Well, this isn't important at the moment. Important is to solve this issue with the evil magician. A real prince would stand up for his own kingdom or in my case any kingdom," Commented Oscar, then followed the group leaving Hans back with the husky, which began to growl beginning to understand that the prince didn't seem like a decent person at all.

„What a dumb bone," Commented Donny, then looked up at the farmer which turned around to walk home. „You're okay?"

„I'm alright, Donny. Don't worry about me,"

„Do you think he will do something about your past?" Questioned the dog making Hans shrug his shoulder and stop.

„I really have no idea. Frankly, I don't even know if this should matter me or not,"

„I'm your friend, Hans. I want you to feel happy," Stated the husky earning Hans' attention, which observed the dog look at him, then Hans smiled and got down at the dog.

„Don…..you're a fantastic, little guy. No wonder many people call your species the human's best friend," Spoke Hans making Donny pant. „You know what? I have lost my horses before on our trip. At the moment my competition as a farmer is tough and I think I should start to focus on myself only and eventually if you're interested…..I'll let you stay at my place, for the rest of your life," Offered Hans.

„I'll be your dog?" Questioned Donny making Hans nod.

„It will at the moment just be the two of us along with the chickens, the cow…..but having a best friend there will surely be better than none,"

„Awesome!" Barked Donny jumping at Hans to lick him on his cheek, then spin around excited. „I have my own human!"

Hans laughed at seeing the excitement of the puppy, thereafter heard a voice call his name and he saw Princess Anna ran towards his direction.

„Anna?" Questioned Hans, then Anna leaped onto his arms.

„I have found a new home!" Stated Donny out loud, then Hans led Anna back down observing her look down at the dog.

„Who did give you a new home?" Asked Anna, then Donny looked up at Hans, which smiled.

„I think after this trip I couldn't get used to not having this furball around anymore," Commented Hans, then Anna leaned her forehead on Hans' rolling her eyes down worried.

„Will you come back and see us again? I don't want this to be the last time I see you. I want to know if you're alright too,"

„You've got a specific time I should pass by?" Questioned Hans making Anna shake her head.

„The moment you want, as long as I'm around," Stated Anna. „In case I have to leave, I'll let you know," Commented Anna making Hans nod. „Thank you so much for everything," Thanked the princess making Hans smile a little.

„You're welcome," Responded Hans patting Anna's hands with his thumbs while she leaned on him. „Take good care of yourself,"

„I will," Promised Anna then pecked Hans on his cheek and departed to return to the group leaving the male duo back.

„You, I still don't understand how it comes, that the curse hadn't broken yet," Commented Donny, then glimpsed up at Hans which nodded.