Later that night, after the autumn feast, everything had been cleaned up and carefully stored away. Soon, the villagers had retreated back to their homes and prepared to retire for the night.
Finally, another successful day of festivities in Arendelle.
...
Meanwhile, back at the Arendelle castle...
"Grrrrr!"
As night fell, it was time for Anna and Elsa's favorite pastime together since the opening of the Arendelle castle's gates. It was charades night, and they decided to invite Kristoff, Sven, Olaf, Tintin, and Haddock to play along.
And on this night, things were going to get...interesting.
"Lion!" Kristoff cried out, trying to guess what Anna was acting out. Anna held her hands up in the air, making them look like claws, and mimicking a growl. "Grizzly bear!" Olaf shouted. Anna kept on acting out the part. "Uh, monster!" Kristoff guessed. Anna shook her head. "Brown bear!" Olaf guessed. "Pirate!" Haddock yelled out. "Is it...Is it a tiger?" Tintin exclaimed.
Anna nodded her head no. "Angry face?" Kristoff guessed. "Black bear!" Olaf shouted. Anna shook her head again as she continued. "Um..." Kristoff started to say. "Hans!" Olaf said. "Unredeemable monster!" Elsa shouted out as Anna kept on acting out. "Biggest mistake of your life!" Kristoff exclaimed. "Wouldn't even kiss you!" Olaf shouted.
Finally, Anna had to give in.
"Villain!" she said. "Oh, I almost had it!" Tintin exclaimed. "Woulda helped if ya didn't keep shouting random words at the same time," Haddock told him. Snowy, meanwhile, gave a happy bark.
"You're up, Tintin," Anna said as she sat down next to Kristoff.
"All right. Now watch how it's done," Tintin said, getting up. Approaching Sven, who carried a basket in his mouth, Tintin then grabbed a piece of paper. "Okay, here we go," he said. At that moment, he held up his hand, displaying two fingers.
"Okay. Two words!" Anna said. Tintin then held up one finger. "First word!" Then, Tintin lifted his leg. "Flamingo!" Anna guessed. Tintin shook his head. "Oh, oh! Stork!" Olaf shouted. "Puppet!" Kristoff guessed. "Um...tree?" Haddock guessed.
Tintin shook his head again. Then, he began skipping around on the floor a little. "Oh! Dancer!" Anna guessed. Smiling, Tintin shook his head yes. Then, he began to twirl like a fool. "Ballerina dancer!" Elsa exclaimed. "Yes!" Tintin exclaimed.
The others clapped. "Thank you, thank you," Tintin said, smiling as he gave a bow.
Now it was Olaf's turn. "Okay Olaf, you're up," Kristoff said. "Okay!" Olaf said, eagerly walking to Sven. "So much easier now that I can read." He took a piece of paper from the basket and smiled. "Lightning round!" Olaf said. "Boys against girls." "Okay, I'm ready," Kristoff said. "I'm ready." "All right, hit me!" Tintin said, rubbing his hands together.
At that moment, Olaf rearranged his body into different shapes. First, he rearranged himself into a horse. "Unicorn!" Kristoff yelled out, for he noticed that Olaf used his carrot nose as a unicorn horn. Then Olaf made himself into a different shape. "Ice cream cone!" Kristoff guessed. Olaf then made himself into a castle. "Castle!" Kristoff and Tintin both shouted.
Another shape. "Oaken!" Tintin shouted as Olaf rearranged himself to look like the shop owner Oaken. "Teapot!" Kristoff shouted as Olaf made himself into a teapot shape, spitting out his rock buttons. "Mouse!" He guessed right as Olaf made himself into a mouse. Then, Olaf put himself back together, mimicking a dance. "Ooh, Elsa!" Tintin exclaimed, laughing as Olaf mimicked Elsa.
Anna leaned over to Kristoff. "I don't think Olaf should get to rearrange," she whispered. "Hmmm. Tough luck, ladies," Tintin told Elsa, who smiled at him. "Okay, now it's girls' pick!"
"You're up now, Your Highness," Haddock told Elsa. Elsa then got up to start.
"Okay, this is gonna be a cinch!" Anna said as Elsa read her card. "Two sisters, one mind." Elsa then readied herself. "Thank you," she told Anna. "You got this, Elsa," Anna told her. "Anytime. Just do it with your body."
Elsa then began to wave her hands slowly. "Nothing," Anna guessed. Elsa then spread her arms around. "Air!" Anna guessed again. "No no...Tree! People. Oh, treeple!"
"Is that even a word?" Tintin asked. "No wait, that's not a word," Anna said. "It's okay! You're doing amazing, honey!" Tintin told Elsa. Elsa smiled as Tintin said this; she knew she could count on him.
"Uh...shovel boy?" Anna guessed as Elsa kept trying to act out her part. "Teeth?" Elsa then tried to wave her arms around. "Oh, doing the dishes!" "Polar bear!" Olaf shouted. "Hey!" Anna said. "Olaf, remember you said this was girls' pick," Tintin said. "Sorry," Olaf apologized.
Elsa smiled. "You gotta give me something," Anna told her.
Before Elsa could keep playing, she paused.
She heard the voice again!
As Elsa turned around to look, Anna glances at her. She thought she was still in the game. "Um, alarmed?" Anna guessed. "Distracted! Worried? Panic?" She then lit up. "Oh, disturbed!" Anna guessed. "Oh come on, you look definitely disturbed!" "Anna," Tintin whispered. "I don't think she's acting it out."
By then, the game was over. "Hey, we won!" Kristoff said. "I know," Tintin said, still staring at Elsa with a concerned look, even though he went ahead and gave Kristoff a high five. "Rematch?" Anna asked.
"Oh," Elsa said. "You know what? I think I'll turn in for the night."
"Are you okay?" Anna asked. "Yeah. You've been on edge since the feast earlier," Tintin said. "You keep waiting for something, and you just keep brushing it off as nothing." "No Tintin," Elsa told him. "I'm just...just tired." She turned around and walked to the door. "Good night."
Elsa then left the room, leaving the others confused.
"Yeah, I'm tired too," Olaf said. "And Sven promised to read me a bedtime story, didn't you Sven?" Sven gave Kristoff a confused look. "Did I?" Kristoff asked, acting as Sven's voice.
"Oh, you do the best voices," Olaf told Sven. "Like when you pretend to be Kristoff and you're just like, 'I'll just go talk to some rocks about my childhood and stuff..." Olaf then climbed up on top of Sven and rode on his back as Sven walked out. "I think I'll turn in as well," Haddock said, stretching his arms out. "I'm pooped." He then got up and walked out the door.
"How about you guys start without me?" Kristoff asked as soon as Olaf and Sven had left.
By that time, Anna and Tintin were busy cleaning up. "Kristoff," Anna asked, "did Elsa seem weird to you?"
While Anna and Tintin were turned around, Kristoff then raced over to the woodpile and thrust a few logs of wood into the fireplace. Then, he strode over to the mint plant by the fireplace and bit a mint leaf to freshen his breath. Then, he pulled the ring out of the pocket of his bedrobe.
Now seemed like the right time to make his move. And he had to lighten the mood.
"Well, she..." Kristoff said, "she seemed like Elsa." "No, this is different," Tintin said. "She's been acting kind of...how do I say this? Um...anxious."
"Yeah," Anna said. "That last word really seemed to throw her. What was it?" While Anna still had her back turned on Kristoff, Kristoff then got down on his knee and prepared the ring.
"I don't know," Kristoff said, "but, uh..." "No, no, no," Anna said, thinking for a while.
As Tintin helped her pick up the cards, Anna took a look at the card that Elsa got. "Ice?" she questioned. "Oh, come on. She couldn't act out ice?" At that moment, Anna threw her hands in the air and accidentally bumped into Kristoff, causing him to drop the ring and let it roll under the couch.
Scrambling to the floor, Kristoff reached for the ring and stood back up before Anna noticed.
"Says the girl who thought 'treeple' was a word," Tintin said. "Ha ha, very funny," Anna told him.
"I better go check on her," Anna said. "Thanks, honey. Love you." Before Kristoff could speak, Anna then gave him a quick kiss in the cheek and left the room. "I'm going too. Night, Kristoff," Tintin said as he picked Snowy up and left the room as well. "Come on, Snowy. Let's get you to bed."
"I love you too," Kristoff said in a hushed tone. Now he was all alone.
"That's fine."
...
Meanwhile, Anna and Tintin walked over to the bedroom. Anna knocked on the door. "Come in," Elsa said from inside the room.
As Anna opened the door, she found Elsa standing by the windows, watching the northern lights dance in the night sky. A purplish red shawl was draped around Elsa's shoulders. "You all right, honey?" Tintin asked. "Yeah, something's wrong," Anna said.
"With you?" Elsa asked.
"No, with you," Anna told her. "You're wearing Mother's scarf. You do that when something's wrong." Elsa then walked over to the bed and sat down. "Oh, did I hurt your feelings?" Anna asked. "I'm sorry if we did. You know, there are few people that are actually good at family games. That's just a fact."
"No, that's not it," Elsa said. "Then what is it?" Anna asked. "Yeah. Come on, tell us," Tintin said as he sat next to Elsa on the bed.
"There's this..." Elsa tried to find the right words, but she turned away. She didn't want to let them down because she wanted to tell them about the voice she kept hearing. "I just don't want to mess things up," she told them.
"What things? You're doing great," Anna assured her as she got up on the bed. "Oh Elsa, when are you going to see yourself the way I see you?" "Come on, honey," Tintin told Elsa as he clambered onto the bed. "Ever since you and Anna opened the gates, the whole kingdom's been happy again."
Elsa smiled a little. "What would I do without you two?" she asked.
"You'll always have me," Anna said. She smiled for a little. "I know what you need," she said as she extended her arms toward Elsa. "Come on, come here. You too, Tintin."
"What?" Elsa asked as Anna brought her in close to her. "It's Mama's words," she said. "Cuddle close, scooch in." "Mmhmm," Elsa said. As Elsa and Tintin scooted themselves closer to Anna, Anna stroked Elsa's hair gently.
Then, she opened her mouth and began to sing.
"Where the northwind meets the sea," Anna sang, "there's a river..." "...full of memory," Elsa and Anna both sang together.
"I know what you're doing," Elsa said, yawning a little.
Tintin didn't know this, but even he was beginning to fall asleep himself. "What is that song called?" Tintin yawned. "Oog...You know what? I think I'm going to retire now, I..." Before he fell asleep, Tintin then got up and went for the door, leaving the sisters on the bed.
"Sleep, my darling, safe and sound," Anna kept singing,
"For in this river, all is found..."
Before she could sing some more, Anna fell asleep as she laid next to Elsa, who slept peacefully.