A/N: This took a bit longer than my normal upload time huh? Sorry guys, I caught a cold (I Swear my cat gave it to me) and i was laid up in bed for like two days straight, couldn't even taste food it was so bad. But i'm feeling better, so back to writing I go.
GeekFun: aww, ty, you're gonna make me blush. Seriously that was nice to say =).
Laryssa1234: Glad you're enjoying. I'll tell you a secret. Writing the Elsanna moments is a guilty pleasure of mine. Sadly I can't just rush them into a relationship or else things would be moving way faster.
Nara375: I can't respond to any of your suspicions on where the story is going, or else I'd be spoiling lol. I will say that Elsa teaching Anna more than just words will definitely be a challenge. Guess we'll have to find out in the future.
DreamWalker: Yes, just what is Gaston up to?... well of course I know, but i would never spoil something for my dear readers =D. Poor Kristoff, beaten in his own home without even knowing it.
Thanks for those lovely reviews guys, I wasn't feeling too great about last chapter and can't say this chapter feels so great as well. But this could just be me transitioning from Anna's village to the town and feeling like its not action packed enough or tense enough. I'm sure i'll get over it as I move along in the writing. Enough talking though, on with the chapter!
Kristoff was kind enough to gift Elsa a few coins to buy clothes for herself and Anna. Elsa's own clothes were torn from her earlier encounters in the village, and Anna had shredded her own animal hide during the last escape. The cloak Anna wore was hardly enough to keep her warm, even if she tried hiding the fact from Elsa. Elsa, being a bit of a knowledgeable shopper, had managed to not only find them decent clothing, but to knock down the price on it as well.
It helped when the store owner wouldn't stop staring at Anna's slit eyes.
The two were in an alley, away from the eyes of the public while they changed. Elsa had wanted to go home, to change with comfortable knowledge that no one would peek at them. She doubted however that she could explain such a… person like Anna to her parents and siblings. So instead they were in a dark alley where no one seemed to venture.
"No, that's for your legs." Elsa told Anna as she tried to put her arms through the pants.
Anna grumbled, wondering how Elsa had dressed so quickly. Anna was not interested in wearing such strange clothing, but it was cold, and it would only be so long before Elsa noticed her shivering. Not to mention she walked around barefoot, stepping in the light snow all around them. Things were much different in the thick forest, seeing as a lot of the snow was caught in the trees.
"No, not like that." Elsa said. "No it's backwards." Another comment. "How did you turn them inside out?" A baffled look.
Anna grew frustrated and threw the pants down, growling all the while. At one point Elsa might have jumped away, might have been intimidated by such a display from someone like Anna.
She giggled, hand coming up to try and hide it.
"It's not that bad Anna, here let me help." Elsa said as she picked up the pants.
Elsa bent down, getting Anna to lift a leg as she brought the pants up. It reminded her of dressing her younger brothers when they were still small. Elsa slid the pants up, a bit before getting Anna's other leg inside. She pulled them up, somewhat proud of herself.
Eventually she came face to face with something she'd rather not have seen.
"Oh!" Elsa blushed, backing away.
A growl of curiosity.
"N-nothing! You can pull them up now." Elsa gave her own pants a tug upwards to indicate what she wanted Anna to do.
Anna obliged, sliding the pants up and over her bottom until they were snug around her waist.
Elsa rubbed at her face, trying to rid it of the blush after what she'd seen.
She really is just like a normal girl. Elsa thought, feeling embarrassed at what she'd caught sight of between Anna's legs.
"O-okay. Now the shirt." Elsa said.
The shirt went just about as well as the pants incident. As much as Elsa tried to avoid it, she caught sight of two perky orbs that she learned held a few freckles, just like the ones on Anna's face. Luckily it wasn't as embarrassing as what she saw before. She managed to get Anna's shirt on without blushing too much. The girl showed obvious signs of discomfort, constantly picking at her clothes.
"They'll keep you warm, and that's what matters." Elsa had made sure the clothes were thickly made for winter. They would be okay for now, but if it got any colder, which Elsa imagined it would, she would need more layers thrown on. "I suppose you can keep the cloak." Elsa shrugged at the old thing wrapped around Anna.
Anna grumbled as she picked at her clothes.
"Well… C'mon, we don't want to be late." Elsa said beginning to walk away and gesturing for Anna to follow.
Kristoff had gone ahead of them, going to the castle to explain the situation involving Elsa and Anna. Elsa was, at the end of the day, still a soldier and would be expected to rejoin the army. The problem lied with Anna. No one could expect Elsa to leave Anna alone, no one would be there to take care of her, and Anna needed to be taken care of. Elsa wasn't a fool, Anna seemed docile around her, but she knew the girl wouldn't hesitate to hurt someone if she felt threatened. It was humans that were fools. They would see her as a monster, attempt to provoke her because she was different.
They would look for excuses to murder Anna.
Elsa took a look at Anna as they walked out of the alley and back towards the main road to the castle. Around them, people backed away and muttered to themselves. Most of them, if not all of them, must have been at the gallows to see Elsa save her friend. They were smart enough to stay away, cautious enough to think Elsa didn't have full control over Anna, to which they would be right. Elsa was almost willing to bet that Anna had more control over Elsa then the situation in vice versa. The best Elsa could do was throw her body in the way if Anna got upset and pray that Anna didn't accidentally tear her to shreds.
Part of her still wondered what it would be like if Anna's temper turned towards herself.
Anna picked at her clothes as she walked, wondering why these people dressed uncomfortably. She was much more used to animal skins that were just thrown over the body, skirts that gave her legs much freedom to move. This thing on her legs now was, while warmer, much more confining. She felt like she could move in them, but not with the same mobility as her animal skin. The top portion was just as bad, she could feel the material move every time she raised her arms. Anna's mind had a hard time grasping why Elsa had put her in these clothes. Anna could easily hunt for her own clothes. In fact, that made Anna wonder why they were here anyway. Now that the two had met up and found one another again, why not leave? There was much forest out there, much that Anna's people had yet to discover. They could live there and Anna could provide for Elsa. It would be easy.
"Elsa." Anna said, brows furrowed when Elsa looked to her. She had no way of knowing how to say what she wanted.
"Something wrong, Anna?" Elsa asked.
Anna shook her head in frustration, now hating the language barrier right now. Sure, she loved when Elsa would sit down to teach her, to show her those happy expressions. That was all she really wanted. She just wanted Elsa to be happy.
She saw Elsa smiling at her and realized that maybe Elsa was happy with her own people.
Anna let out a small growl before looking away.
She didn't like the smell of this place, nor the people. Everything was so different from the more natural setting she was used to. Still, if Elsa wanted to be here, than Anna would be here for her. It wasn't as though there was anyone who could challenge Anna anyway.
The two walked to the castle, both stopping in front of the guards who watched Elsa leave earlier. Neither of them paid attention to her however, both of them staring at Anna and her rather strange looks.
"Um… I'm Larsa. Sir Kristoff went ahead of me, he wanted-"
"Oh… yes." One guard interrupted her, his grip on his spear telling both her and Anna that he was afraid. "Sir Kristoff would like for you to wait in the waiting room. Go straight until you find the statues of the old king and queen, then take a left. It will be the first door on the right." He told her, eyes never leaving Anna.
Anna gruffly tilted her head up at him, a quick and rough noise in the back of her throat. She was questioning him, questioning if he was challenging her.
Luckily he didn't say anything and cowered back instead.
Elsa never noticed the exchange, too busy thanking the guard and making sure Anna stayed close to her as they passed through. Elsa followed the instructions, moving until she saw statues of the previous queen and king. Both of them had passed away, their death being something Elsa knew little about. When they had died, Elsa was busy working the farm, having no time for gossip, or the care to give for people she didn't know. From what she knew, they were kind though. Now Elsa's people only had a queen, a queen who had yet to take a suitor. From what Elsa had heard, she was a little… strange.
Elsa made it to the waiting room, dragging Anna inside as well and closing the door. Even the waiting room, Elsa found, looked quite expensive. Once again her worry over destroying something came back, twice as much now that Anna was looking around and touching things.
"Wait!" Elsa whispered harshly as Anna picked up some strange knickknack that looked like a small wooden knight. Elsa quickly snatched it from Anna and put it back where she'd found it. "Don't touch." Elsa wagged a finger at Anna as if she were a dog.
Anna blinked at her.
"Doonn't touch." Anna pronounced out.
"That's right. Don't touch." Elsa pushed the knickknack further back on its shelf just in case.
Anna picked it up again.
"Hey!" Elsa nearly growled.
"Don't touch." Anna put it back.
Elsa pushed it further back again, worried that Anna would go for it.
She was right.
This time however, Anna found herself pulling her hand back as Elsa gave it a light smack.
"No!" She glared.
Anna smiled as she seemed to understand fully. "No." She repeated, understanding that 'no' meant something along the lines of her doing something wrong. Anna however, while understanding, thought it was funny that Elsa got so upset over such a small item. Anna wondered if it was a trophy of some kind. The moment Elsa turned her back, Anna picked it up again.
"Elsa." She called, mischievous smile on her face.
"Anna!" Elsa reached for the wooden knight.
Anna pulled back.
"Give it to me, Anna! You could break it."
Anna backed away.
Elsa stepped forward.
A step back.
Another forward…
Elsa lunged, only to grasp at air. Anna ran away, jumping over the couches placed in the room, all the while holding onto her prize. She knew not to break whatever it was, seeing as it was important to Elsa. Still, she couldn't resist teasing the blonde when she suddenly got so upset. It was something she used to do to kids whom she knew she was stronger than as a child. Sometimes they would challenge Anna, so Anna would run circles around them in a duel, playing with them, not really wanting to hurt them, but quite enjoying teasing them.
She hadn't played like this for some time now.
"Anna!" Elsa growled literally.
Anna stared at her for a moment, she blinked lazily once before bursting out in a laugh. It really was like when she was a kid. Elsa was challenging her, perhaps not a duel that would end in bloodshed, but still challenging her over the item.
"I mean it, Anna!" Elsa reached for the item.
Anna took a small breath before giving Elsa a brief roar. Though Elsa knew her beast form was much more menacing, she had to admit that Anna's human form still roared in a manner that could rival any other normal animal.
The smile on Anna's face told Elsa that she was only kidding of course.
Not that it mattered to the one who entered the room.
"Oh… wow." a feminine voice said.
Both Anna and Elsa turned to find a strange, blonde woman in the room. Her hair was long, extremely long, so long that it trailed behind her. It was more golden than Elsa's paler color. Her eyes were green, skin light, and she was dressed like a royalty. Elsa imagined she must have been of high class with clothes like that.
"Don't panic! She's only playing!" Elsa quickly let out, worried that the woman might scream and rile Anna up.
"Is that so?" She asked.
"Yes." Elsa said before looking at Anna who was distracted by the blonde. She snatched the wooden knight away and placed it back on the shelf. "She thinks its funny." Elsa grumbled, glad that the knight had not been damaged.
"So… she is the Half-Beast that everyone is talking about." The woman tilted her head. "Hmm." A hum of thought. "They made her out to be scarier than she is."
Elsa remembered Anna's less than happy moods when defending her.
"You should see her when she's mad." Elsa commented offhandedly. "Oh er- not that she is trouble. I can handle her!" Elsa quickly said, not wanting a person of high class to think Anna was dangerous. Who knows how far this person's influence went. Kristoff did say he had to convince the commander of Arendelle's army if she wanted to continue working as a soldier and keep Anna.
The girl who entered the room had yet to take her eyes off of Anna, the same could be said about the beast girl herself.
"What makes her mad?" The woman questioned.
Elsa blinked at her. "Um… she's very close to me, so she doesn't like it if anyone threatens me." Elsa felt this was good knowledge to pass around. She didn't need people coming at her about Anna and expect Anna to remain docile.
The woman nodded at this. "Is that so?" She hummed again, deep in thought for the briefest moment before, "I shall have your head!" She suddenly yelled, stepping menacingly towards Elsa. Truthfully Elsa didn't find it very frightening considering the girl's size and the fact that Elsa had been attacked by beasts not very long ago.
Elsa just stood there, confused. She backed away instinctively, mind wondering how she got into this sudden situation.
A fierce growl.
Suddenly Anna was between the both of them, close to Elsa. She puffed out her chest and bellowed mightily, making her earlier growl seem weak in comparison.
"Anna, wait!" Elsa grabbed her, pulling her back, but Anna wouldn't budge from her spot.
"Wow, you weren't kidding." The woman said, looking quite surprised, but not shaken.
Suddenly there was clatter outside, the sound of many suits of armor rushing towards the room. Elsa was unable to budge Anna, but she did step in front of her instead. She imagined that many guards were coming after that ferocious noise. The door burst open with several armor clad guards bursting in. Immediately the girl with the fine dress was surrounded, those in front of her aiming their weapons towards Elsa and Anna.
"Are you alright your highness?!" Someone questioned.
Elsa nearly swooned at the words.
"Down boys. We were only playing." The girl said- no, the queen said.
Elsa felt like an idiot. There was no one in Arendelle that had not heard of the queen's distinct feature that was her long and luscious hair that was as golden as a sunflower. She had been standing in front of the queen this whole time.
She let Anna threaten the queen.
Elsa fell to her knees, not knowing the proper protocol when in the presence of the queen.
"Your majesty, my queen, uh, your royal highness. Please-" Elsa struggled to get out, frightened that both she and Anna were about to have another trip to the gallows.
She never got to finish whatever she was going to say as Anna grabbed her under her shoulder and pulled her back to her feet. Anna growled at her, looking very upset. It didn't take a genius to figure out that Anna didn't like Elsa showing weakness to anyone. The only problem that Elsa found with that logic was that this was the queen, the ruler of Arendelle. One wrong look and Anna would be fighting off every guard within this castle. Elsa had faith in Anna's strength, but to fight off an entire castle of guards?
Not to mention Anna was still injured from before, even if she didn't show it.
The queen rolled her eyes. "Let's not get all wound up now that you realize who I am, I found things much more fun before you realized." She smiled.
"Your majesty!" One of the guards half-scolded.
"Alright gentlemen." A new voice said.
Everyone, except for a few guards, turned their attention to the entrance of the room, where a knight stood, looking like he owned the world. Elsa, once again, knew he was a knight because his armor was so similar to Sir Kristoff's and Sir Gaston's.
"When the queen says down doggie, you wag your tails like good little boys, await your treat, and then walk off once she's done with you." He told them, confident smile in place like he had no fear of any repercussions.
"Sir Eugene..." One of the men growled.
"Ah!" He suddenly let out a small outburst. "That's Sir Flynn Rider to you, my good sir." He told the guard, walking in with all the suave that he was sure he owned.
"Eugene has a point." The look on 'Flynn's' face was priceless at the use of the name by the queen. "I am not harmed and I do not require any assistance now that my personal guard is here. Please, gentlemen if you would please exit the room." She told them somewhat sarcastically.
One guard tried to argue but he was quickly cut off by, "There is also the master of the animal in person, yes? She is highly skilled in the art of training exotic pets. I'm sure I will be fine so long as she is present." She said, now looking towards Elsa.
When Elsa realized she was awaiting in answer, she began to blubber.
"Y-yes, of course. She would not harm a fly so long as I order it." Elsa told them nervously. Truthfully that fly would be torn to bits and pieces if it threatened Elsa, but she couldn't tell them that.
"You see?" The queen asked the guards. "Now back to your normal duties." She shooed them away with a few flicks of her wrist.
The guards hesitated, most of them looking at Anna as though she were going to lunge at them at any moment, They left the room, one of them seeming absolutely done with the entire situation as he called out to 'Sir, Eugene', telling him to have fun with the queen.
Elsa might have found it a bit comical as he tried to figure out just who had said that name to him, demanding that they come back and face the whips or be hanged, however Elsa was more worried about the fact that the queen herself was standing there, looking at both her and Anna, though mostly Anna. Eugene eventually did walk over, looking Anna up and down himself for a moment.
"She certainly looks… human...ish?" He asked, receiving a elbow to the ribs from the queen, though it didn't do much since all she hit was his armor.
"Don't be rude to our future soldiers." She scolded.
Elsa blinked.
"Soldiers?" She asked.
"Soldiers, yes. Is this not why you had Sir Kristoff come and ask that you be a part of the army?" She seemed confused.
Elsa remembered that she had indeed let Sir Kristoff go ahead of them to explain the situation. Had he talked to the queen? He had told her he would be talking to the general of the army.
"That is why, your majesty. I wish to continue serving in Arendelle's military." Elsa did her best to sound formal, to not ruin the queen's ear with her peasant tongue.
"Absolutely not!" Another voice entered the room.
Elsa watched as a rather intimidating man stepped into the room, armor full of medals and not an inch of him, besides his head, not covered in steel. Trailing behind him was Kristoff and Gaston, both showing proper respect in his presence. Elsa already knew before he opened his mouth, that he must have been the general that Kristoff went to. Who else would wear such armor and command the respect of the knights themselves like that.
"As the general of your armies, I cannot allow us to just allow beasts and…" He stopped and stared at Elsa. "Boys into the army." He stated, looking at Elsa and seeing nothing but a scrawny little peasant boy that had likely not even been ripped away from his mother's tit properly. He looked too young, much too young. What would people say when they learned that Arendelle, during a war, was desperate enough to recruit small boys into their army.
"She's no beast." Elsa slipped, her defense of Anna coming automatically.
The general looked at her with contempt. "And just what does a beast make for you? I see claws, horns, a beasts eyes, who knows what else she's got going on." He scoffed.
Anna bared her teeth in a snarl.
"My point taken." He rolled his eyes before looking to the queen. "Your highness if I may, we are doing well enough against the southern isle's assaults without employing beasts and children." He told her.
"General Rourke." The queen turned to him. "While I agree with what you're saying for the most part, what if these rumors about the southern isle's is true?" She raised an eyebrow at him.
The commander laughed a hearty laugh. "Your majesty you cannot be serious in believing such things."
The queen gestured her head towards Anna. "I'm staring at a living rumor right now. Whose to say the southern isle's is fake as well."
The commander looked stunned for words, mouth opening and closing as he tried to come up with some come back.
He couldn't.
"Hmm. And if these rumors are true, I believe we could use the talents of one such boy and his… friend." She corrected herself, almost saying pet, but realizing that Elsa may just be a bit more sensitive to the girl than she originally thought.
"This is crazy. No one would take them. I will not force one of my commanders or captains to take this boy and his dog!" He said finally, the entire situation being ridiculous to him.
The queen sighed at this, before looking to Elsa and Anna. "You're right. No one would take them, and I'd hate to have to force your hand when I seem to be the only one to agree with the idea." She nodded solemnly.
The general looked taken aback. "Really?" He coughed. "I mean yes, you're absolutely right. I'm glad your highness has seen reason." He turned to Elsa and Anna. "Now if you two would like, I may escort you out of the-"
"I guess we'll just have to make them special rights bestowed by the queen herself." She suddenly said, completely cutting off the general.
Flynn chuckled at that, while the general looked completely baffled.
"That sounds familiar." Flynn said.
"Special rights?" The general asked.
"Yes, special rights. They will be my special units, ones only I will command. Such a thing is not new for me, and they will not be a part of Arendelle's army. Think of them more as servants at the queen's beck and call. If I just so happen to deploy them somewhere the army is going… well." The queen shrugged, doing her best to look dumbfounded by the idea, but knowing full well she was inciting the general's wrath. "I take it you have no problem with this? You will be paid of course." The queen asked Elsa.
Elsa suddenly felt very grateful, but she knew not to make a scene here and now.
"Yes, thank you your majesty. I will serve you so long as I am required." Elsa felt that was very well said.
"He's a peasant boy! Sir Kristoff himself said that the boy comes from a farm!" The general nearly shouted.
The queen hummed. "All the more impressive that he has tamed himself such a friend, yes?" She looked to him now.
The general shook his head, ready to say something else. However he realized that he was arguing a losing battle. The queen was known to be strange and to do what she wanted, there was nothing he could do here. For all the power he had, it was nothing before the Queen who had the most power in all the kingdom.
"As you wish." He gritted out through a clenched jaw. He made his exit, leaving both Gaston and Kristoff to stand there.
Flynn watched him go before shrugging his shoulders. "That went about as well as expected, nicely done princess."
"I'm a queen now." She corrected. "Anyway, your new duties will require you a place in the castle so that I am able to call upon you when needed." She turned to Sir Kristoff and Gaston, who both stood upright once her gaze fell upon them. "Sir Kristoff if you would be so kind as to find them an empty room in the special sector, that would be lovely."
"Yes, Your majesty." Kristoff said with proper protocol and posture.
The queen turned to Elsa.
"Welcome to Arendelle's military might, Larsa. May you benefit us as much as we benefit you." She properly curtsied, though it was completely unnecessary.
Elsa stared back, giving a peasants bow, one without the correct posture or level. She looked to Anna who was too busy staring down the others in the room, keeping an eye on them. Elsa sighed as she realized she had gotten herself into a whole new mess.
Special units to the queen… She thought, already imagining various ways this could end up messy.
Anna just scratched at her chest, bored now that the one who seemed so hotheaded had left.
After the very concerning first meeting with the queen of Arendelle, Elsa ended up walking alongside Kristoff and Anna to what was going to be her new room.
"From peasant to a special officer that the queen calls upon… not everyone gets to say they accomplished that." Kristoff said, armor clinking as he walked down the halls.
"Is this...normal?" Elsa asked as she walked alongside him, looking to the knight for answers.
Kristoff chuckled. "The queen isn't exactly like every other queen out there. Not that I've met any besides her." He shrugged casually. "But to answer the question. Your the third person to receive special treatment from the queen."
Elsa took in this information, wondering if she was special in some way to receive such an honor from the queen herself. Elsa remembered the strong girl beside her, the one who had been through many more battles than Elsa, the one who survived because of her strength. No, Elsa was not special, but Anna was. Anna was the reason she was receiving this special treatment, Anna was the reason that Elsa was going to be able to continue sending money to her family.
Anna, ignorant to Elsa's thoughts, let out a yawn as she walked beside the blonde.
Well… there was something different, something that Elsa had that she had seen no one else with.
She looked to her right hand, concentrating solely on the fingertips.
Nothing happened.
She shook her head. What was she thinking? Had she forgotten so quickly about the past? She shuddered at the thought, remembering the frosty chill that spread throughout her body, the way her veins turned to ice, her blood freezing within. She recalled the pain, a pain worse than any winter's cold. She had become cold incarnate, yet she was not immune to the pain that came with it.
She had already died once to the cold.
"Well, here we are." Kristoff suddenly spoke up, tearing Elsa away from thoughts she'd rather forget.
Kristoff opened a door that lead into quite a lavish looking room. The trio walked inside, Anna immediately smelling the room, trying to figure out just who it belonged to. Kristoff seemed unimpressed, while Elsa looked like she might pass out at any second.
"I don't suppose its possible to… downgrade a little?" Elsa asked, nervous about the expensive looking room.
Kristoff laughed.
"Don't worry, I felt the same way when I got my room in the castle. Just don't destroy anything on purpose and your fine." Kristoff told her.
"What's your room like?" Elsa questioned, reaching over and rubbing her hand across the mahogany surface of a wardrobe.
"You should know, you slept there for three days." Kristoff shrugged.
Elsa looked at him for about three seconds before blushing slightly.
"Oh… well, thank you for that." She didn't know why she felt embarrassed with the knowledge that she had slept in Kristoff's bed. It also explained why this room seemed so familiar. It was shaped nearly identical to Kristoff's, however there were small differences to be made out.
Kristoff gave another shrug. "It's the least I can do." He turned to leave. "My room's across from yours if you need me. Just a heads up though, I spend more time in my family home than the room given to me by the queen." He told her as an almost afterthought.
Elsa gave a nod.
The door closed and suddenly it was just Anna and Elsa again.
Elsa heaved out a breath and collapsed to the floor. She was a special person to the queen now, someone to call upon. She was being given special treatment even though she was just a normal peasant girl. She wondered if she could even accomplish anything. It was Anna that was special, it was Anna that they would rely on. Not her. What could she do that deserved this kind of treatment.
"Elsa." A call from her newest friend.
Elsa looked up to find Anna offering up the same wooden knight that was in the waiting room.
"What is- Anna!" She suddenly stood up, taking the wooden knight from her. "You stole this? What is wrong with you? There is nothing special about this! It's just a-" She stopped.
It wasn't special. There were probably hundreds of little knickknacks like this around the castle. No one would notice it was missing. It was like Elsa herself, just another object in a sea of them. She looked at the little knight that had his sword drawn, ready to slay whatever foul creature that dared to stand up to him. It wasn't special.
However it seemed special to Anna.
Maybe that was it. Maybe Elsa was special to Anna, and so Elsa was the only one who could get Anna to help Arendelle in anyway. If Elsa wasn't here, Anna wouldn't be either. If Elsa died, Anna would leave back to the forest. She was here for Elsa and she would fight for Elsa. No, Elsa wasn't special, but to Anna she was.
"I suppose we have to keep him now." Elsa half smiled, placing the knight on the desk where several ink jars and feathers were kept.
Anna just smiled, not really understanding Elsa's thought process. To Anna, the knight meant nothing. However, seeing Elsa so protective of it, made Anna think it must have been special to Elsa. She'd taken it when no one was looking, wanting to give it to Elsa later so she could keep it. She knew she made the right choice when Elsa smiled at the little knight.
The knight was not special, but Elsa and Anna's thoughts about the other seemed to be.