A/N: This took a little longer to finish and i'm still not very happy with the chapter. It could have been more detailed, but knowing myself, If i start picking things apart i Will just rewrite the whole chapter. Honestly I didn't feel like it =(, sorry if this one isn't as good as others.
GeekFun: Edge of your seat? Wow, now that's a compliment, especially considering its writing and not a movie. Thanks for that!
Laryssa1234: Want to know a secret? Honestly in the original second chapter, they never went to Anna's village. It started off with the two alone and in the forest and they would eventually reach town, the reasoning being that Anna didn't trust her people not to kill her. BUT, i quite enjoyed the idea of giving people a brief look into how Anna lived before shoving the two into town. Oh and yes, the story goes on in winter, i'm just a bad writer who forgot to mention the climate lol.
Guest: Definitely hooked? Oh boy the pressure is on to keep my readers happy now. Look forward to more!
Nemo: Your wait is over my friend, here is the next chapter.
Guest (2): that's right, Elsa has ice in this one. More Elsanna moments? Well we can't do without that, expect more in the future =D.
DreamWalker: Last chapter certainly had much happen, but what shall happen in the city and beyond now? This is the part where I do my evil laugh and make you wait for updates :).
Nara375: I understood your message perfectly =). Yes, Anna does have beast parts. Eyes like a snake, horns that draw back towards her head, tendrils on her back and two nice rows of sharp teeth. You would think she had a tail... huh, I wonder why I didn't include that.
JustAnInnocentDevil: Because i'm a sick person who kills lots of people in my story, that is why you have a bad feeling. Nah i'm kidding, who knows what will happen, guess you have to read this recent update to find out =).
I hope I didn't miss any reviews, you guys have been killing it with that. Now... On with the story!
Elsa awoke to the sounds of training, men making the sounds of grunts and groans as weapons clashed together. She stared briefly at an unfamiliar ceiling. Elsa turned her head to see she was in a room she didn't recognize, and one that looked mighty expensive compared to the modest home she lived in with her family. There was actually carpet, something she'd never seen in a room before. The carpet was a deep red, looking even darker when compared to the painted white walls around her. She noticed a fancy looking dresser and wardrobe within the room as well. A large mirror sat beside the wardrobe, a desk by the window, a finely carved chair pushed in at the desk.
This was definitely unfamiliar.
Elsa arose with great caution, scared that she might break something in whomever owned this expensive mansion, and it must have been a mansion. There was no way a room of this size, that was nearly the same size as her home's living room, could belong in a normal house. She realized she was on a bed, a bed that was quite possibly made from the very clouds themselves. She quickly got off of course, worried that her old and dirtied clothes would stain the sheets. Elsa had never imagined she could be this nervous.
She remembered bloody roars and a fight for her life.
Well… maybe she could be this nervous.
Elsa realized she must have been saved, that she had indeed passed out in front of the city. Where she was now though, she was not sure. She noticed the two large windows with the curtains drawn and made her way over. She moved them aside, taking a look outside. She found herself looking way down, her room apparently being placed on a high floor of the mansion. Only, she wasn't in a mansion. As she looked down and noticed soldiers walking around and some of them training in duels, she realized just where she was.
The castle.
Elsa let go of the curtain, now even more worried that she might ruin something. She failed at an attempt to not touch the carpet with her dirty shoes, looking ridiculous as she lifted her feet over and over and an attempt to float.
A knock at the door stilled her.
"Mr. Larsa?" Someone called.
Elsa didn't respond at first, wondering just who the heck Larsa was.
"Mr. Larsa? Are you awake, sir?"
Elsa nearly slapped herself as she remembered the fake name she gave to the people of the castle, to the soldiers so she could join them.
"Y-yes, I'm awake." Elsa called, voice a bit too deep to sound real.
The door opened.
In walked a balding man who was on the heftier side of body types. He was dressed finely in servant clothes, looking like a butler or servant to a royal.
Elsa stared at his big nose.
"Ah, Mr. Larsa. It is good you are awake. It has been quite some time and people have begun to wonder whether Sir Kristoff has left the castle completely." The man said.
"Oh… um… who are you?" Elsa asked, not really understanding the information he gave her.
"I am Kai, sir. A royal servant." He told her, speaking properly and sounding like he'd done this introduce many times in his life.
"Oh… Hi, Kai." Elsa said, still trying to maintain her manly voice.
Kai blinked at her. "Hello and good morning, sir."
Elsa continued staring at him, wondering if she was supposed to say something more.
"I take it you are confused, sir?" He asked after a moment.
"Maybe a tad." Elsa fiddled with her fingers, for some reason feeling like she was standing in the presence of a real royal. She had never met anyone with such high class. Even Sir Kristoff spoke more like a peasant, usually dressed like one too when not in his knight armor.
Kai gave a simple nod. "You were found some three days ago, right outside-"
"Three days?!" Elsa let out accidentally.
"Three days, sir." He answered, giving Elsa a moment before continuing. "You were found right outside the city gates. You and the captive were brought in. Sir Kristoff just so happened to be running errands, as he does sometimes, and spotted the guards carrying you in. He vouched for who you were and had you brought here, where you've been asleep for three days." Kai finished.
Three days. Elsa had been asleep for three days. Like she was ought to do at times, Elsa panicked, wondering what happened in those three days. She wondered if her family was still okay, she wondered if they had gotten any of the money that Elsa was supposed to make while working in the army. She hoped her father was doing well and not breaking his back looking for several jobs to do. There was also the matter that she had been left for three days lying in a bed. Had someone discovered she was a girl yet? Had Kristoff noticed when he found her? Would she be fired from the army, or worse, would she be hung at the gallows for impersonating a male.
Wait…
"Did you say captive?" Elsa asked.
"I believe that is the exact term I used, sir." He answered.
That could only be one person. "Where is she? Is she okay?!" Elsa asked, suddenly forgetting her troubles and running up to him.
He blinked, surprised and caught off guard for the first time. "I do believe the monster is being kept alive, sir."
Monster. That was what he said. Monster. It was a term Elsa used to use for Anna, something she used to think about her. She knew better now, Anna was no monster, just a loyal friend.
"Where?" Elsa clenched her jaw, so very tempted to yell at him for referring to her as such a thing.
"I would presume in the dungeons."
"Where is that? Take me there." Elsa demanded.
"I'm afraid that is not possible at the current time, sir."
"And why not?"
"She is being prepped for execution." He answered.
Elsa's shoulders dropped, eyes going wide. "Execution?" A weak whisper.
"Yes. The monster is to be executed in front of a crowd at the plaza."
Elsa pushed past him, briefly turning around to ask one question.
"How do I get out of this place?!" She frantically asked.
Kai directed her in a quick manner, though Elsa found out she hadn't listened hard enough when she ended up asking several people she passed by the same question. She got lost for a good ten minutes at one point before finding someone else to ask. She hated to think about how much time it took for her to run through the halls, before she finally exited the doors of the castle. The guards at the front gate watched her leave in a rush, briefly wondering if she had stolen something and if they should chase her down. They both looked to one another and decided.
They weren't paid enough to be chasing thieves down in full armor.
Elsa ran down the main road, knowing that the main road to the castle lead directly to the plaza. Elsa wasn't much for visiting the city, rarely did she leave the small part of home that she knew which sat on the edge of the city. Still, she had heard tales of the way to Arendelle castle. She ran down the main road, feet and legs working just as hard as they did when her own life was in danger. It was cold, she knew, thanks to the way her breath came out as a mist in front of her, but even though she was in simple pair of ruined trousers and shirt, the cold didn't bother her.
She wondered if she was too late when she noticed the huge crowd that was gathered. So many were there that they spilled out of the plaza, a lot of them trying to stand tall to see what was going on. There was a man yelling, gathering the attention of the crowd. The words 'beast' and 'monster' being thrown around like candy to rile the crowd up. Elsa prayed she wasn't too late as she began pushing through people.
"Excuse me, please move, please I need to get through." Elsa recited to person after person that she pushed through.
"The monster comes from the black woods, a Half-Beast true and through. Look at its horns, its eyes, its teeth! Why, I am surprised the beast has no tail. However look at its tentacles! How could we let such a monster into our city and live! So very close to the castle!" A man yelled, standing atop the wooden gallow where people were hung.
Elsa finally got close enough to get a clear view, and all her nightmares came true. There was Anna, looking angry and tired, weak it seems from not only her earlier wounds she acquired helping Elsa, but from whatever torture she was put through in the dungeons. They had given Anna a raggedy cloak to hide her nudity, but it was then and hardly fit for this kind of weather. Around her hands and wrist were thick shackles, shackles that were more effective than the people realized. Elsa knew, had seen the way Anna transformed and knew that the girl could do no such thing with the metal around her. Instead she snapped at them with teeth and claw when they put the noose around her neck. A guard hitting her on the back of the head with the guard of his sword. Anna nearly fell, but was held up by the rope, force to stand and await for them to drop the floor beneath her.
"Wait!" Elsa called.
Her calls were drowned out by the loud crowd, all of them cheering, all of them wanting the monster put down. Elsa pushed through them until a tall and burly man was in her way. Her attempt to push past him was met with disdain as the man turned and told her to watch from where she was. Elsa took a lesson from Anna and growled at him, grabbing his arm and pushing him as hard as she could. Surprisingly he moved, eyes wide as Elsa continued running toward the gallows.
She was unaware of the frost that was left on the man's arm.
"Wait! Stop!" Elsa screamed as she made it to the gallows, being stopped by the guards. The one yelling out and riling up the crowd noticed her and raised an eyebrow.
"Are you mad woman? Stay back before the beast tears into your pale flesh!" He told her.
"She's no beast!" Elsa yelled.
The crowd stopped, no longer being riled by the man and appalled by the statement Elsa threw out with so much confidence.
That was when Anna noticed Elsa.
"Elsa! You, Elsa! Elsa!" She called out, trying to rip away from the rope and break her bindings. Another guard hit her to force her to stop.
"Hey! Stop it! She's not a monster! Let her go!" Elsa yelled.
"You would defend this creature? You are mad!" The instigator told her, a laugh at the end.
"I said she is not a creature!"
"She says that it is no creature!" He yelled to the crowd, garnering hateful cries and a few laughs. "And just what is she then?" He asked Elsa, leaning down as if her opinion really mattered to him.
Elsa stared back, furious, wondering what she could say to get these ignorant people to see reason. Anna wasn't some monster who was going to go on a rampage and eat all of them. She was just a girl, a very strong and scary looking girl, but a girl no less. What could she say, what was believable and what would wipe that smug smile off this stupid man's face.
"She's… She's mine!" Elsa told him.
"Yours?" A baffled look.
"I've tamed her! It has taken me years, but I have tamed her! She was brought to the city on my back and do I look eaten to you?!" She yelled.
Elsa hoped that because no one in the city knew her face, that she could be believed to be some foreign animal tamer from afar. It was ridiculous, a stupid thing to say, but if all they saw was a monster, an animal, then what else could she say to make them see reason.
Surprisingly the man looked thoughtful at this.
"Enough! You lie! There is no way such a thing like this can be tamed. Release the floor!" He yelled.
"Wait!"
That wasn't Elsa, but a new voice, one that held power and sway over the crowd the moment they heard it. The man on stage paused, looking toward where he heard the voice. Shiny armor and a handsome mug left he crowd and jumped on stage.
"If they say they are a tamer, then let it be shown." The new person spoke up.
Elsa did not recognize the man. However she knew a knight when she saw one. His armor was fancy and heavy looking, sword with a glittering jewel in the middle of the guard where it was sheathed at his side. His hair was somewhat long, tied in a small pony tail towards the end. His eyes were blue and his upper torso huge, the man looking like he bench pressed cows on his spare time.
The man gave a look to the guards that held Elsa back, a movement of his head to signal they get out of the way. They did, letting Elsa rush up on stage where Anna was.
"Larsa?!" A voice called.
Behind her someone else emerged from the crowd, yet another knight, this one she recognized.
"Sir, Kristoff." Elsa said.
Kristoff, the hulking blonde, quickly stepped over to Elsa, grabbing her with a gauntlet clad hand and pulling her away from Anna before she could reach her. Anna saw this and growled, lashing out once more, thinking this man was here to take Elsa away.
"Are you crazy?" Kristoff whispered harshly.
"Trust me, and don't blow my cover! She's not what you think." Elsa whispered back.
She went to walk towards Anna again, Kristoff pulling her back once more. The crowd going antsy at seeing Anna fight so hard to get out of her restraints. Cries for 'kill the beast' and 'get that idiot off the stage' were called out.
"Please." And Elsa looked him in the eye, begging.
Kristoff shook his head, letting her go, but keeping his hand placed on his sheathed sword just in case. The crowd assumed Elsa would take it slow, walk calmly over to the thrashing beast. They assumed she would hurt her, to put her in her place to prove dominance over such a creature.
Elsa ran over and gave Anna her first ever hug.
Needless to say, everyone was shocked at the sight of the 'monster' rubbing their face into Elsa's neck, nuzzling her.
"Oh, Anna. I'm sorry." Elsa told her, Anna growling calmly in response.
Anna wished she could grab onto Elsa the same way she was being hugged now. For days, Anna had been in a dark place, people like Elsa coming into the cage they'd thrown her in. All of them spat words at her, but she gave them nothing but growls in response. She did not wish to learn the language from them, only from Elsa. They hurt her, kept her bound to the walls with shackles and tortured her. She wondered if Elsa was even alive. Surely if she was, she would come for her. She had thought Elsa dead, thought that these strange people had tortured her as well, except they would have killed Elsa, the girl not being as tough as Anna. The sheer rise of emotion in her chest at the sight of Elsa bursting through the crowd was something she'd never felt before.
She licked Elsa on the neck, a sign of great affection in her culture.
Elsa giggled at the feeling. "Stop, that tickles."
Anna continued, unable to do anything but this at the moment.
The first knight who had intervened looked to the town crier who had riled up the now still crowd.
"Well? I think we've seen enough. Cut her down and release her bindings." He told the man.
The man and guards did as was told, cutting Anna down and releasing her. The girl had growled at them, but a calming touch from Elsa was enough to get them close enough to release her. When Anna felt her legs and arms freed, she grabbed a hold of Elsa, hugging her back, now that she finally could.
"Thank you." Elsa said when she saw the knight from before circle around them, looking Anna up and down. Elsa couldn't blame him, Anna was indeed exotic looking.
"Perish your thanks, they are not needed. To stand by and watch an innocent be killed, whether man or beast is not something I could do." He told her, devilishly handsome face offering a strong looking smile thanks to his rather adept jaw.
Elsa smiled as he walked away.
Kristoff on the other hand frowned as the knight walked past him to leave.
"Just what are you doing, Gaston?" Kristoff asked.
The knight Gaston stopped, looking at Kristoff with the same smile he gave Elsa.
"Glory does not wait for those who take no opportunities, Kristoff." He told him, laughing as he left. Several of the peasants crowding him, most of them girls, all of them astonished to see the great Sir Gaston.
Kristoff shook his head, not bothering to try and guess at whatever game that Gaston was playing at. Instead he looked to Elsa and… and that beast she dared to say she tamed. Kristoff was no fool. While he did still believe Elsa to be a boy named Larsa, he knew there was no way that she could have spent years training such an animal. In fact he had a pretty good guess as to when they met. Kristoff had learned of the deployment to black woods after it happened. It was too late for him to try and stop anything or to at least volunteer to go. He didn't like the idea of a young boy like Larsa going off into the woods to potentially die to creatures of myth. While he didn't fully believe the legends, it was hard to deny them when there was now living proof on a stage.
He sighed as he walked over.
Elsa felt Anna's growl more then she heard it. She turned to see Kristoff walking over. She felt Anna move at the sight of him. The quick action of hugging Anna tighter was what it took to keep her from lunging.
"Please, Sir Kristoff. If you would, could you not come so close?" She asked, not knowing why Anna disliked him so much.
"Oh… of course." He stopped, looking at Anna's angered face and realizing that it might not be such a good idea to get too close. He took a deep breath before saying, "I believe we need to talk, Larsa."
"Okay." A meek reply.
"Good… well, let's get out of here then."
The three did leave, Kristoff leading them through the crowd, making sure people backed away and gave them space as they walked. It didn't take much when the people saw Anna being led by Elsa. Elsa kept a hold of one of her hands, partially to make sure she kept up, but mostly just to take away one more deadly weapon she could use to hurt someone. She was no fool, sure, she trusted Anna not to hurt her, but she couldn't say she fully believed Anna wouldn't hurt others out of some misunderstanding. It didn't help that they'd hurt her, she'd be amazed if Anna ever trusted anyone besides Elsa.
Anna trusted Elsa.
The thought made Elsa feel warm.
The three left, managing to escape the crowd. Kristoff led them through the city and towards the more modest areas, the poorer areas. Elsa continued holding Anna's hand, the girl loving the feeling of Elsa's softer hand in her rougher one. Anna found she did not like giant blonde, did not like the way he tried to keep Elsa away from her. She also hated the way he grabbed her, how roughly he pulled her back. She growled lowly as she stared at his back. The growl was replaced with a weird feeling in her stomach as Elsa turned to look at her, giving a small smile.
Sometimes Anna wished she understood things better, like whatever this feeling was that Elsa gave her.
"Where are we going?" Elsa asked after she made sure Anna wasn't about to jump on Kristoff's back.
"My home." Kristoff told her.
Kristoff's 'home' was more modest than Elsa's own. It was small, looking like it only contained two small rooms. It was in the poor part of the city, the part where beggars were common and children were abandoned. Kristoff was treated well here however, most saying friendly hellos to him and some asking when he could come over to offer them some help with whatever miscellaneous work that they could come up with. He offered kind smiles and promises of helping later. Kristoff also dropped a few silver coins to a nearby beggar that they passed.
They seemed like kind people, yet they still feared the beast that walked behind Elsa whenever they spotted her.
Kristoff led them into the home, closing the door behind them once inside. Elsa had been wrong in her assumption that the house had two rooms. In reality there was only one room. The living room, kitchen, and bedroom occupied the same space. The place didn't smell bad, but it smelled old, like the wood was only a few days away from giving out and the house collapsing.
"Well, don't mind me. Make yourselves at home." Kristoff told them, though he was mostly talking to Elsa.
The only seats were the ones around the kitchen table that was in the middle of the living room. Elsa took up a seat, bringing Anna with her. The face Anna made at the astonishment of something as simple as a chair put a smile on Elsa's face. The girl was used to sleeping and sitting on leaves, the entire city was quite literally foreign to her.
Anna made a face when Kristoff took the seat across from Elsa and herself.
"I'm sure this is quite the story you have to tell and-" Kristoff suddenly stopped, staring at Elsa.
Elsa raised an eyebrow.
"Has your hair always been that long? You almost look like a girl." Kristoff questioned.
Elsa's hand instinctively reached up to touch her braided hair.
"My uh… mother doesn't like me to cut it. She says girls will chase me for it one day." Elsa quickly made up a lie, not bothering with a deeper voice with Kristoff, considering she didn't try hiding it the first day she met him. It was his mistake after all to think she was a boy.
Kristoff nodded as though he'd had the same conversation with his own mother once. "Right." He sighed, leaning back in his chair that groaned from not only his size, but the large armor he wore. "So… what's this?" He gestured between Elsa and Anna.
Elsa let her eyes slide to Anna, the girl looking like she was trying to melt Kristoff with her stare alone.
"it's… a long story."
And Elsa told it.
She told him about the initial meeting, the way Anna's people killed her entire company, the way they tore into them afterwards, leaving nothing but husks of skin and bone. She told him about her first attempt at an escape. She looked over to Anna as she told the part about how Anna had jumped from an impossible height and landed on her feet unscathed to save her. She told him that Anna's people were savages with low intelligence. However she also told him that even they had children, even they had felt love. She skipped over her rejection of Anna's rabbit, instead telling him how Anna slayed a boar by herself just to feed Elsa. She told him that they created things, such as fire and combs for their hair. She told him that while they were indeed animals, they seemed to show signs of an early civilization. Finally, she told him of the escape, of the way Anna betrayed her people just to save Elsa, nearly dying in the process.
Her first confirmed kill, the one that died to her ice, she left out.
Kristoff was rubbing his jaw by the end.
"That's quite a tale… one so thrilling that I don't want to believe you." He told her.
"But it's true, I-"
"I know." He cut her off before she could defend herself more. "A secondary team was sent to find out what happen to your group. They found blood and broken armor and weapons. I suppose they were lucky not to run into the beasts themselves." He looked at Anna as he said that.
Elsa could feel the tension between the two. She shifted in her seat, not wanting to take a side completely. Kristoff was the one who helped her get a job. He was so kind to help her and she had seen his kindness firsthand. He was a good man who had yet to see Anna's good side. As for Anna, well… Anna had proven time and time again that she deserved Elsa's trust. So she would never completely side with Kristoff over her.
"She's not a leader you know." Elsa spoke up. "She was only following her people into battle."
"I gathered that from your story." His eyes still stared at Anna, looking as though he wanted her to break eye contact first.
Now Elsa began to squirm in her seat. What could she say to get these two to get along.
"She… she likes learning." Elsa suddenly said.
"Learning?"
"Names and stuff. She likes it when I teach her." Elsa told him.
Kristoff thought for a moment. "Now that you mention it, I remember her yelling out something when she noticed you before. Was she screaming 'Elsa'?" He questioned, confused.
Panic, and the sound of Elsa swallowing a lump in her throat. "She has a hard time saying Larsa." She quickly spoke up.
Kristoff just hummed, leaving Elsa not knowing whether he believed her or not.
"Look, just watch. She likes to learn." Elsa turned to Anna, getting the girl's attention by tugging on the hand she had yet to let go of. "Anna, say 'Kristoff'." She told her.
Anna frowned at her.
Elsa pointed to Kristoff. "Kriii-stooo-fff." She slowed it down like she often did for Anna.
Anna looked at her pointed finger at the man.
Now, Anna was not so primitive as to not know what Elsa was trying to tell her. She was trying to introduce the two, trying to get her to learn his name. Anna was confident she could copy the sound and say it properly in one try. Still, Anna just stared at him, angry that he was so close to Elsa. She hated that they were in his nest. His smell was overpowering here, like he was trying to assert to Anna that this was his place of dwelling and that he held the power her. She wanted to challenge him, to prove her dominance, to prove she was stronger. How dare he touch Elsa the way he did and then make them follow him. Anna wondered if he held some sway over Elsa, if he was using her, or controlling her. She didn't trust him or that big nose of his.
"Trophy." Anna uttered.
Kristoff looked confused, and so did Elsa.
"Trophy." Anna said again, this time standing up abruptly. Kristoff reached for his sword, but did not draw it, seeing as Anna was still on the other side of the table, close to Elsa. Anna beat her chest once, then twice, and finally a third time before, "Trophy!" She declared.
Elsa turned pale as she realized Anna was challenging him, threatening to turn him into her next trophy.
"Anna!" Elsa whispered harshly, tugging on the girl.
"Trophy, Kristoff. Trophy." She declared again, another beat of her chest.
Elsa eventually pulled on Anna hard enough to make her take her seat again.
Elsa cleared her throat. "You see? She said your name. She knows now."
Kristoff let his hand off his sword once he realized that Elsa had somehow reigned her in. "What was that about a trophy."
"Uh… she holds you in high regard like you were a trophy." Elsa lied, already figuring out that Anna wanted his head on her wall.
"I see…" Kristoff didn't know if he truly believed that, but the girl did calm back down somewhat.
Anna felt victorious, a smug smile wrapping itself around her face. She had challenged him and he did nothing but sit there. She had proved her dominance over him in his own nest. She was better, stronger, much more fit to be around Elsa then he did.
She didn't know why that last part mattered so much.
"She's a good person… just easily riled up is all." Elsa told him.
"Being a monster and being easily riled up is not a good thing." He countered.
"She's not a monster." Elsa furrowed her brows, angry that everyone seemed to think of her that way.
Kristoff held his hands up in surrender. "You said she attacked your company. I'm just saying she's not beyond hurting someone or worse." Kristoff said reasonably.
Elsa agreed, knowing Anna would, and very much could, kill someone if threatened. Humans are were hostile by nature to anything different, to something that they didn't understand. Anna was humanoid enough to perhaps fit in with time, but even Elsa knew that her exotic features were frightening to those that didn't know her.
She was in the same position once.
"Please, Kristoff. She's good, I swear. I'll make sure she doesn't get into trouble." Elsa promised, though she knew it was something she could only try to do.
Kristoff let out a great big sigh.
"I'll put in a good word for you, but that's all. The first time she injures anyone, even the smallest scratch, I will take those words back and order a hunt on her." Kristoff said sternly, staring Elsa in her eyes to make sure the point was driven home.
Elsa wanted to argue, but found she could only think of one. "At least let her defend herself if need be."
Kristoff shrugged. "If there's proof she didn't attack first, then of course."
Elsa nodded. "Sounds reasonable." Truthfully she didn't like the idea of Anna being hunted down if she hurt someone. It would be hard to teach the girl to only fight back if she was hit first.
"Good." He nodded before standing. "I'll escort you back to the castle. I imagine this will take some explaining if you want to continue being a soldier. Keeping pets is fine, but Half-Beasts are another story." Kristoff told her, making sure not to call the girl a monster.
Kristoff led them out of his house and towards the castle. Elsa wondered how she was going to make this work. Elsa did not 'tame' Anna in any manner. All she knew was that Anna wouldn't hurt her and would protect her. How much she listened to Elsa would depend on her. Sometimes she did, other times she tried to stand her ground and fight like at the waterfall. It took Elsa throwing herself over for Anna to follow. She didn't know if she could do this, if she could teach Anna fast enough and keep her under control until she learned to live like a normal person.
A squeeze on her hand.
Elsa looked to Anna who looked at their joined hands. The girl was smiling, hoping that Elsa hadn't noticed the way she squeezed at her soft hand.
Elsa squeezed back.
Anna looked up, face red when she made eye contact with Elsa. She looked away, trying to act like she was more interested in her new environment than the warmth of Elsa's hand.
Elsa smiled at her.
It would be worth it to teach Anna, of that Elsa was sure.