A/N: Hey! I don't know what to say this time except that maybe chapters will get a bit slower because my brain sucks and I can't think of anything lol. But enough about that, lets get to the reviews 3.
Laryssa1234: Yes, she will be needing that luck.
JustAnInnocentDevil: hmm i'm not sure if this will be a slowburn or not... maybe a Midburn... i really dont know xD.
DreamWalker: Thanks, it helps to know I can take my time a bit.
Lance58: I don't think its too spoiler to say that Elsa is not a Half-Beast. She does have powers though... maybe she's some sort of crazy child born from some sick ritual out in a forest and Anna recognized the scent from the forest! ... okay I'm stretching it, but it could be something interesting like that lol.
Ty guys for the reviews. I'm sorry if this A/N seems really short and I didn't respond as much as I normally do to reviews. However I have somewhere i Have to go this morning, but I wanted to make sure to get this chapter out for you guys instead of making you wait. See you again next chapter guys.
Elsa found out that the trip she was taking involved three different caravans, all of them stuffed with goods. The queen was smart with her plan on this one. Even if someone didn't want soldiers being sent to the village, there was no denying that this caravan would require quite the bit of protection. She walked out of the castle and towards the front gates where the caravans were set up. The sword at her hip gave her little confidence, most of it coming from the fact that it made her look just a bit more intimidating along with the armor. She knew she couldn't wield it properly if worse came to worse, but she could at least swing it.
Her thoughts continued to focus on everything in front of her, doing her best not to think about the Half-Beast that walked beside her.
Anna's thoughts focused on the opposite. She didn't care where they were going or why they were walking towards animals that were hooked up to structures on wheels. She didn't care that there were many soldiers out and about, a lot of them around the caravan and helping to have it filled with goods. All Anna cared about was the mistake she had made earlier. She had been so stupid, so full of feelings that she couldn't control. She didn't think what she did was 'wrong' per say, but she knew that it made Elsa uncomfortable, made her want to not be around Anna. She didn't need to understand Elsa to read her body language. The woman was nervous, avoiding Anna, and suddenly paying a lot less attention to her.
Anna wished she could find another reflection of herself so that she may smash it, hoping that in some way she could punish herself for such stupidity.
Elsa walked up to who she assumed was the leader of this trip, seeing as he was barking out orders to someone. She noted that the man looked foreign, she wondered just where he was from.
"I want these horses moving within ten minutes! Do you understand?!" The man barked out to a cowering soldier.
"Yes, sir!"
"… Well? Move it soldier! Get these caravans loaded!" He yelled at the quivering man.
The soldier ran off, running past Elsa and Anna in a rush to follow his captain's orders. Elsa gulped at the display. She realized that her former captain was truly nice in comparison.
"And just who are you?" The captain asked after noticing Elsa.
"U-um. Sir! I am Larsa, Sir! I was sent by the queen to-"
"So you're the rumored 'Beast Tamer'." He said after a moment, noticing Anna standing beside her.
"Sir!" Was all she said back, posture straight and hands at her side, like she was taught when she first joined the army.
He eyed her for a moment. "Your posture is sloppy, one little gust of wind would knock you over." He said, seeming angry.
To prove his point, he gave Elsa a rather forceful push with two of his fingers, sending her nearly toppling over.
Anna growled at the display.
Elsa quickly shot out a hand to stop her when she noticed Anna take a step forward.
"No, Anna!" She commanded.
Anna obeyed, although reluctantly.
The captain scoffed at the sight. "It seems the rumors hold some merit. Good. Keep your beast in check, I would hate to have to wet my blade on those not flying under the southern isles' banner." He said with the utmost seriousness.
"She'll behave, sir." Elsa responded, feeling a small flame burn in her at his words.
The two stared at each other for a three seconds before, "Well? Are you waiting for mommy's permission, boy?! Get moving and get these supplies into the caravans!" He commanded.
The sudden volume startled Elsa. "Y-yes, Sir."
"It's captain to you soldier. While you are following my troops, you will be under my orders. If this does not sit well with you, then you can tell the queen that the assistance of her select few is not needed." He told her, though even he knew he could not get rid of Elsa so easily.
She didn't know that however.
"Yes, sir- I mean captain!"
"Good. It's captain Shang. Now get moving soldier." He commanded more softly now, satisfied that Elsa would be following his orders.
"Yes, Captain Shang!" Elsa gave a small bow before moving to help others that she saw transporting supplies.
Anna followed suit, but not before eyeing the captain, to which he merely tapped at his blade that was sheathed. Elsa ran over and found the soldiers were hefting large sacs full of rice and barrels of some liquid. She hefted up one of the rice bags, nearly falling over at the immense and rather unbalanced weight. Elsa practically waddled back to the caravan where she dumped it on top of another in a pile.
She ran back to repeat the process, already feeling tired after the first one.
Anna watched her do it two more times before deciding that she was bored of watching. When Elsa came back the forth time, breath heavy, Anna held out an arm to stop her.
"Anna?" Elsa questioned. She tried to move around, but the girl walked in front of her. "What are you doing?"
She watched as Anna hefted three of the bags and placed them over one shoulder. The girl barely gave a grunt as she jogged over to the caravan and dropped off the sacs. She ran back to do it again, Elsa watching with her mouth hung open, as Anna did it again. She wasn't the only one however. The soldiers that were helping to transport the goods had mostly stopped, all eyes on Anna who was hefting more than anyone could carry. Elsa imagined that they may have been feeling a lost of pride at seeing a girl out lift them without breaking a sweat.
She found this to be true when a more stronger man had managed to pick up four of the sacs. He caught eyes with Anna on the way back, smirk on his face as he placed the four sacs on the back of the caravan.
Anna narrowed her eyes at him.
Elsa watched as Anna hefted up six bags and jogged back to the caravan.
The man came back and wrestled up seven of them. Elsa watched with a bit of a smile as he collapsed halfway, dropping the sacs and dropping his pride. Some of the soldiers laughed at his expense, though most seemed unsure if it was okay to laugh in Anna's presence, as if the mere thought of joyous expression might make her come down on their heads. Anna walked by him and snorted, going for more rice sacks.
Elsa wondered how the man could not possibly keep up with Anna, seeing as he was much bigger than her. Elsa looked to Anna, seeing her muscles ripple and move in the new clothing that Elsa provided her with earlier. Elsa suspected that there was more to it than sheer muscle. Perhaps Anna's Half-Beast nature just gave her more strength that wasn't seen.
Elsa noticed there were only a few rice sacks left.
"Anna." She called once Anna came back to claim more. Anna stopped and looked to her. "We can let them get the rest of those, its only a few. You should probably put that strength to the test with something bigger." Elsa said as she walked over to the barrels full of what could have been wine or water.
Anna walked over.
Elsa attempted to pick up a barrel, though it was mostly for show, just so Anna would understand what she wanted her to do next. Anna was quick to shoo her away, thinking this would be another way to impress Elsa. Which she did quite amazingly as she hefted up the barrel that normally took two or three men to move. Elsa could see the strain it had on Anna, the girl not realizing just how heavy it would be. Before Elsa could even suggest offering to help, Anna waddled away with the barrel, not daring to try and heft it onto her shoulder.
Anna wondered if she had embarrassed herself in front of Elsa since she could not easily lift the barrel like she did the earlier items. She found out that this was not the case when she came back after dumping off the barrel and found Elsa smiling at her, even giving a small applause. While the meaning of clapping was lost on Anna, she did understand that Elsa was quite happy with her. She was more than happy to display her power by moving more barrels.
The morning progressed in much the same manner. Anna would move things while Elsa watched, unless of course it was something light that Elsa herself could move. No one seemed to complain either way, if anything they preferred when Elsa just watched Anna, keeping the beast under control. At one point, Elsa had some faith that Anna may fit in someday. A man had walked up, nervous, but wanting to do something he felt needed to be done. He approached Anna and thanked her for hefting the barrels, telling her that it was a job he was glad he missed out on doing. Anna, being Anna, simply glared at him the entire time. It fell to Elsa to respond for her, the blonde telling him that Anna wasn't good with words and so Elsa had to thank him for his kind words. The soldier had shrugged it off, smiling at Elsa and bidding a farewell.
Anna made a rough noise at his back.
Elsa rolled her eyes. "You don't have to be hostile to everyone." Elsa told her.
Anna went back to heavy lifting.
Eventually the caravan's were filled, a lot of progress being made up for thanks to Anna's incredible strength. Some of the soldiers rode with the caravan, but most were preparing to ride their horses. That was when Captain Shang approached Elsa with two horses.
"Mount up, we're leaving." Was all he had to say on the matter.
"Yes, Captain Shang." Elsa responded immediately.
The captain left and Elsa stared at the two mammals presented to her.
One of them snorted at her.
Elsa had not ridden a horse since she was a young teenager at a fair that had come to Arendelle once. Even then the horse was trained to walk for small periods of time per customer. It also was not nearly as big as these horses that stood much taller than Elsa herself. Still, the man that attended the riding session had given her some direction on how to ride a horse, surely this wouldn't be too different. Elsa walked to its side and tried to pull herself up and onto the saddle. Embarrassingly she could not do it.
"Um… Anna, a little help please?" She called to the only person that wouldn't laugh at her.
Anna was staring at the other horse, both locked in a battle of eye contact. Elsa was about to question just what she was doing, but then Anna suddenly growled and lunged at the horse. The scared horse whinnied and ran off, leaving Anna to stand there, smirk on her face. Elsa realized that Anna was messing with the horse, scaring it on purpose to amuse herself.
"Anna!" Elsa scolded.
Anna looked to her.
"Stop that and come help me." She told her, making sure to look angry. She wanted Anna to know that she was not amused by her behavior.
Anna grumbled to herself as she walked over to Elsa.
"Give me a boost." Elsa told her as she tried to climb the horse again.
Anna didn't do anything.
"Anna?"
Still nothing.
"Anna?!" Elsa turned to find Anna standing there and staring at her. She realized that Anna didn't know what she wanted. "Just… here." She took Anna's hands and placed them on her waist. "Now just… boost me." Elsa said, pushing Anna's hands deeper into her waist and pulling them upwards to indicate she wanted Anna to push her up.
Anna gave nothing away to let Elsa know if she understood or not.
"Okay… on three, One, two… Three!" She jumped up to try and get on the horse.
There was a moment of struggle before Anna seemed to understand and pushed Elsa upwards. Elsa went stomach first over the saddle.
"Okay, that wasn't so- Anna!" Elsa blushed.
Anna had her hands on Elsa's rear, still trying to push.
"I'm up, Anna, stop!" Elsa didn't know how to feel about this. She knew Anna wasn't doing it on purpose, but this was the most anyone had ever touched her in such a way. She should have been offended.
It just made her face hot.
Anna took her hands away when Elsa threw a leg over the horse and sat up properly. Anna, not being as ignorant as Elsa thought, had let her hands touch Elsa's posterior for longer than was necessary. At first it was out of curiosity, wanting to know why touching Elsa there made her feel funny, but soon she realized that it was just like the encounter from earlier. She wanted to touch Elsa there, for whatever strange reason. She did eventually let go, worried that Elsa would grow angry at her.
Anna could be smart when needed.
"Okay." Elsa said after sitting upright on the horse. "Now about your-" She paused as she realized that Anna's horse had run off somewhere. "Um… Hmm." She hummed in thought, looking around to see if she could find another horse. "Maybe we can- Anna?!" Once again Elsa was thrown off balance.
Anna grabbed a hold of the saddle and pulled herself up behind Elsa. Anna didn't understand why Elsa wanted to be on top of this animal, but she wouldn't question it. Instead she decided that she would join her, perhaps she would find out for herself what the appeal was.
"Well… I guess we can both ride." Elsa said, figuring this might be better anyway. Anna surely didn't know how to ride a horse, so why not share?
The order to move out eventually came from the captain. Elsa spurred her horse into a small trot like she remembered being taught at the fair. Her horse jostled, moving forward and nearly making Anna fall off. Anna growled at the creature, ready to sink her claws into his hind quarters.
A giggle from Elsa stopped her.
"You have to hold on, silly." Elsa told her, grabbing Anna's hands and putting them around her waist.
Anna found her appeal in riding the horse when she laid her head on Elsa's shoulder and sighed contently.
The ride itself was long, Elsa found out. It took nearly two days of horseback riding to arrive at the village. There were many times where Elsa took the time to get off of her horse and rub at her sore bottom. She didn't know that riding on an animal all day could cause for a sore bum. She figured that Anna must have taken a liking to the animals, seeing as every time she got off to rest, Anna had this look of disappointment on her face as she climbed off as well.
Surprisingly, no one really bothered Elsa. She expected the soldiers to be angry with her for bringing Anna along, but most kept to themselves. Sure, there were a few that threw angry looks her way every now and again, but no one had walked up to her and started trouble. In fact, the only things people actually had to say to her were positive. One man had congratulated her on taming Anna and even inquired as to how it was done. Elsa had brushed the question off, saying something about 'trade secrets' and such. Another man, this one a bit more scared, had asked Elsa about Anna's diet. She clearly knew what he really wanted to know and she assured him that Anna preferred animal rather than humans.
She wasn't positive about that, but Anna didn't participate in eating people before when she was in the village.
Elsa also noticed that the leaves that Anna applied to her before had begun to fall off. At first she tried to keep them on, but realized sometime later that it was futile. She had peeled them off during another break, finding her skin was flawless beneath. No scars, no ugly blemishes, just pale skin. Elsa was amazed to say the least, she had been expecting to be permanently scarred. She had looked to Anna for questions at the time. The girl had offered her nothing beyond a small smile as she rubbed at the unblemished areas.
Elsa wondered if she should ever venture back into that forest someday with Anna, to collect more of these healing leaves.
Perhaps this would have been something that could have been done… If only Elsa hadn't pushed Anna away near the end of the trip.
It was during the last break they'd take for sleep out in the open. Tomorrow they'd reach the village. The night had been particularly cold. Elsa only had the one blanket and she was sharing a tent with Anna. The last night had been simple, Elsa had hogged the blanket, leaving Anna to sleep in the corner with nothing. She had tried offering the blanket up to Anna, insisting they could share, but Anna had scoffed and curled up in the corner. Elsa had shrugged it off and went to sleep. Tonight however was different. The night was cold, yet somehow Elsa had fallen asleep, shivering though she was. Anna didn't seem effected as she dozed in the corner, snores being a constant reminder of her presence.
Elsa had dreamed that night. She dreamed of red hair, pink lips, and muscled arms wrapped around her. Though she wouldn't remember it, the dream was a rather intense one. She remembered lips on her neck, a thigh between her legs, and a constant growl that set her body aflame.
She awoke to find Anna's arms wrapped around her. It could have been the dream that fueled her next actions, but either way she'd have no real excuse to give Anna.
Acting on sheer embarrassment and a bit of rage, Elsa gave Anna an elbow to the ribs. It was accidental, seeing as she was just trying to get out of Anna's arms, but she didn't apologize for it. No, Instead Elsa sat up, cover wrapped around her as she glared at Anna who was holding her side, curled up in a ball. The girl was clearly confused and went to say something to Elsa, but Elsa beat her to it.
"Anna! What is wrong with you?!" She harshly whispered, not wanting to wake anyone else up.
"Elsa… " Anna whispered back, confused at what was going on.
"I-I don't know what you think, Anna! But we can't do these things. It's not right." Then she took the cover and moved as far away from Anna as she could and settled there to sleep.
Anna, for her part, moved back to her corner, looking like a kicked puppy. The girl continued holding her side as she sat in the corner, staring at Elsa's back. Throughout her head, all she saw was Elsa growing angry at her for touching her, saw her move away and reject her. It was just like the rabbit. Anna didn't understand, couldn't understand. Instead she went to sleep, dreams plagued with nightmares of Elsa's angry face, spewing out words she did not understand, but understood the venom behind them.
As for Elsa, she went back to shivering as she tried to sleep. She was angry with Anna. Sure, she had not properly told Anna that they could not pursue such a relationship. However that wasn't okay for her to do what she did. Yes, Elsa had figured out Anna's feelings some time ago. She could deny it all she wanted, but everything led to the same conclusion.
Anna liked her in a way that was more than a friend.
Perhaps she was wrong, but it was hard to deny after everything that happened. She knew very little friends who were so willing to throw their life into danger to save another after first meeting them. She didn't know of any friends who were willing to give up their entire life just to follow someone else into the unknown. The final and most damning evidence was the way Anna acted before they left the castle. Elsa was no fool, she realized some time after that Anna was trying to initiate something very intimate. Anna seemed confused about it, so perhaps she didn't know exactly what she was doing, but the evidence was still there that Anna liked her as more than a friend, whether the girl realized it or not.
She had to be stern with Anna, to show her that… that nearly molesting Elsa in her sleep was not okay.
Of course… after some time to think and the constant shivering keeping her from sleeping. She realized that Anna's intent may not have been the way she thought. Anna was too kind to do something that Elsa would not agree to. Sure, she may try to initiate something, but this was when Elsa was coherent and awake. She would be able to reject her if needed. Elsa realized that it was more likely that Anna was cold and had come looking for body heat. The girl was under the covers after all when Elsa rebuffed her.
A look to Anna showed that the girl did not seem at all cold.
Ah… of course.
Anna had not come over because she was cold, she came over because Elsa was visibly shivering under the cover. She had come over to warm her. Elsa wished she was flexible enough to give herself a good kick in the rump right about now. She was only adding to the list of hurtful things she'd done to Anna. And what had Anna added to the list? Nothing. Anna had not hurt Elsa in anyway. Sure, there was the thing with the soldiers from her squadron, but Elsa wouldn't blame Anna for doing what she did naturally. She couldn't blame an enemy you were at war with for killing one of your friends. You could take revenge, but to say they were wrong… well that was a stretch.
Elsa fell asleep that night, her dreams thankfully blank. However the feeling she had in the morning made her sick when she saw that Anna had already left the tent before her when she normally waited for Elsa to wake up.
Even the rest of the trip went differently. When it came time to mount up and ride the horses, Anna had scared a man away from his horse and climbed atop it herself, forcing the man to hitch a ride on the back of the caravan. Some soldiers laughed about it, some were angry, but Elsa was saddened by it. One soldier questioned her as to why Anna was riding a horse without her, to which Elsa had no reply. Elsa just embarrassingly asked the man if she could help her get on her horse, to which he obliged with a small laugh.
They arrived at the village some few hours later.
"Alright, men! I want these goods sold off within three days!" Captain Shang announced as they entered the village.
Calls of 'yes, sir' and 'yes, captain' rang out.
Elsa dismounted her horse, quickly going over to Anna's horse.
"Come on, Anna. Let's help out." Elsa said as she walked up.
Anna looked to her for a moment before looking away.
"Anna!" Elsa called, beginning to grow upset, though it was mostly at herself for causing a rift in the first place.
Anna began dismounting her horse.
"Beast-Tamer." Captain Shang greeted Elsa as he walked up.
"Yes, Captain Shang?" Elsa stood proper, like she'd been taught.
He glanced at Anna before looking to Elsa again.
"I don't like to mince words, so I will just say it." He said. "Take a break for the duration of this trip."
Elsa blinked at him. "I'm sorry?"
He gestured his head towards Anna who was now standing a bit behind Elsa.
"It's not exactly easy to sell goods when no one is willing to approach us, thanks to your beast." He told her.
Elsa took a look around and saw that indeed there were many people that wanted to walk up to the caravans, eager to trade with the goods from Arendelle's capital. None dared to approach however with Anna being so close by, all of them staring at her in disbelief, not thinking such a being as Anna could truly exist.
Elsa nodded and looked back to the captain. "I see… is it okay for us to walk around?" She asked.
"Do whatever you wish, just stay away from the caravans during our stay." He told her.
Elsa gave another nod before beckoning Anna to follow with a sweep of her hand.
"Come on, Anna." She called.
She felt some relief when Anna followed behind her as she walked away. Elsa had no destination in mind, especially considering she'd never been in this village before. Elsa decided to just show Anna around, to show her the different way that people lived.
"I know its not as fancy as a giant hut in a tree, but this is what people normally live in." Elsa smiled at Anna, pointing to a small, but not too modest home.
Anna looked, then looked to Elsa, then looked to the ground, having no interest in such things, her mind more preoccupied with the dilemma that was getting close to Elsa.
Elsa realized this more or less.
"Right… moving on." And Elsa did move on.
Elsa showed Anna various things, though there wasn't much to see in such a small village. The only thing that Anna took a real interest in was the blacksmith that was hammering away in his shop. Taking an 'interest' may be saying it nicely, Anna in fact looked rather annoyed at the constant hammering. It was Elsa's quick thinking that kept trouble from arising as Anna was about to march over to the poor man.
"You want some food?" Elsa asked, just before Anna thought to leave and confront the man hammering away at steel.
Elsa almost laughed as Anna quickly turned to her. She had taught Anna what food was during their travels, always mentioning the word food whenever she shared her meals with Anna.
"Yes, Food." Elsa said again. "You want some food don't you?"
Anna got to sniffing around, even being so bold as to sniff at Elsa, wondering just where she was hiding it.
"Wait!" Elsa giggled. "I don't have it on me, Anna. I'm sure we can find a nice tavern or something." She told her.
And a tavern did they find.
Elsa walked into the first place where she smelled alcohol and food. Surely enough it was a small tavern that catered to the village. She walked in, Anna in tow, watching as several of the villagers stopped eating or drinking just to stare at Anna. Elsa was halfway to the counter when she decided to make a small announcement.
"She's friendly everyone." She told the people of the establishment.
No one seemed to believe her.
"Maybe it would be wiser to have you wear a cloak everywhere you go." Elsa chimed in, not wanting to hide Anna, but also not wanting to go through this every time she went somewhere.
Elsa approached the counter and took a seat, Anna following and taking her own seat as well. She was approached by a large man, looking like he lifted barrels all day.
"Are you… sure that she's safe?" He asked, thinking about the sword he kept under the bar.
Elsa gave a nod. "I uh… I'm a famous beast tamer from Arendelle. I tame tigers and lions for fun. She's just as easy to keep up with, this I promise." Elsa lied, not knowing what else to say to gain some small amount of trust. "She's a lot easier to deal with once she is fed though…" Elsa told him, letting it hang in the air.
The man cleared his throat, hairy arms coming up to fold in front of himself. "What do you want?" He asked.
"What kind of meat do you serve?" She asked instantly, remembering that Anna seemed to refuse to eat anything that wasn't already alive at some point. It had been a real hassle during the trip here.
"Meat…" He repeated as he stared at Anna who was staring back, though surprisingly in a more bored manner. "She good with chicken?" He asked.
"She's great with chicken." Elsa couldn't recall ever feeding Anna chicken, but meat was meat.
He nodded. "Okay, how about yourself, Ms.?" He asked.
Elsa coughed, her voice suddenly getting a tad deeper. "I'm a guy, sir." She told him.
He raised an eyebrow at her.
"My uh… mother doesn't like me to cut my hair." She tried the same lie from before.
The man shrugged. "Right. What do you want then?"
Elsa thought for a moment before, "More chicken, and something to drink." She paused for a moment. "Actually some water for both of us."
"That all?"
"Yes."
"Right, food and drinks will be out when ready." He walked away, looking to Anna once more.
Anna just blinked at him.
"You're being surprisingly good for once." Elsa pointed out after he had left.
Anna gave a small growl in response, simply letting Elsa know that she heard her.
Truthfully Anna was being good. She had seen the way people looked at her since entering the village. All of them feared her. This, for some reason, made her excited, made her want to chase them just to see what would happen. She didn't of course, deciding that it wasn't worth Elsa getting angry with her. Elsa seemed to get upset whenever Anna challenged someone. She imagined it was because Elsa wanted to protect others like herself. Anna didn't see why she would want to do that, but as far as Anna was concerned, Elsa was strange anyway. So, when confronted by a man that was clearly bigger than her, she only sat and watched. She didn't growl or try to intimidate him into a duel. No, she just sat back and watched. Though it wasn't only just for Elsa this time. This time around she had heard the words food, and she could smell it all around her. This was obviously where Elsa planned to get her food, and Anna would much like to partake in a meal.
She would play good for now.
Quite awhile later, the man did come back out with both food and drink. He dropped both on the counter for Anna and Elsa, leaving them to eat while he attended other customers. Elsa looked down to her food. She saw that the man had given Anna a larger portion, though she couldn't complain about it.
Anna went to shove the food into her mouth.
"No, Anna." Elsa quickly stopped her.
Anna grumbled at her, eyebrows furrowed to show her displeasure at not getting to eat.
"I think it's time we teach you to use utensils." Elsa explained.
She took Anna's hands and placed a knife in one hand and a fork into another. Elsa took her own knife and fork and began cutting away at the meat.
"Like this." And she showed Anna the delicate process of cutting meat into a smaller portion to bite into.
Anna watched her do this three more times.
Then Anna did the most brutal display of food cutting that Elsa had ever seen. She took the fork and stabbed it dead center into the meat, took the knife and forced away meat rather than cutting it. Elsa was nothing but wide eyes as she watched the horrific display. Anna took the large portion that she had ripped away, stabbed her fork into it and shoved it into her sharp toothed maw. Elsa's mouth hung open as she did not realize that Anna's mouth could open so wide. She didn't know whether to scold Anna or be terrified at the sight.
She chomped down on the chicken, giving Elsa a rather unimpressed look as she did so.
"… We'll work on this more later." Elsa said, not really knowing what to say.
The two ate their food, though Anna saw fit to finish hers first and look to Elsa's plate next. Though Elsa made a good effort to defend her plate, all it took was one claw to rip away nearly half of Elsa's meat and have it thrown into the black hole that was Anna's mouth.
"Anna." Elsa growled at her, thinking that the only way to deal with her sometimes was by using her language.
Anna smiled at her and laughed with a mouth full of chicken before slapping Elsa under her chin with her greasy hand that had handled the chicken.
Once again Elsa was thoroughly shocked to have that done to her.
Anna's laugh triggered something in her.
Anna instantly shut up as a pale hand came up and slapped her under her chin. Now it was Elsa's turn to smile, while Anna looked shocked and in full disbelief. Anna made a curious growl in her throat before glaring at Elsa, cheeks stuffed with chicken. Elsa brought a hand up to hide her laugh at the sight. Anna went to slap at her chin, but Elsa was ready and slapped her hand away. She managed to slap Anna under her chin again, making the girl do a double take as she couldn't believe Elsa had done it again.
Elsa laughed a genuine laugh at that.
"Will there be anything else… sir?" The buff man who owned the establishment asked.
"Oh uh… Anna are you still-" Elsa was interrupted by a slap under her chin. "Anna!"
Anna laughed, chicken grease around her lips and cheeks looking like a squirrel's.
"I think she's fine now." Elsa told him, knowing that Anna could probably eat more, but feeling a bit of revenge was in order.
"Right...about the coin?" He asked.
"Oh, of course. How much is it?" Elsa asked as she reached towards her trousers.
The man told his price, but Elsa barely heard. Embarrassingly, she realized that she had forgotten her coin purse. Well, forgotten is what you do when you leave something. Elsa had never brought a coin purse with her to begin with since joining the army. She had all of her money siphoned to her family since joining.
"Uh…" Elsa was looking for an excuse. "I may have forgotten my… coins?" Elsa said, shrinking in her seat.
The man's eyebrows furrowed at that.
"Does this look like some sort of charity to you?" He asked.
"No, sir."
"You think because your some fancy soldier that you get to come in and eat for free?"
"No, sir-"
"Then what the hell are you doing?!" He asked, hands banging on the counter.
Anna growled at him, still chewing her food. His attention went to Anna and instantly he thought of the sword beneath the bar.
"Whoa, gentlemen, please." Someone suddenly called out.
Elsa turned to see a young soldier walk into the tavern. She thought she recognized his voice.
"What's the problem here?" He asked.
"He thinks that he's getting a free meal for himself and this monster here." the burly man said.
"She's not a monster!" Elsa defended.
Anna stood up, seeing as Elsa was also getting angry.
The man would have went for his sword, but suddenly a small pouch of coin was thrown onto the table.
"That's got to cover a little food, and perhaps a bit more for your trouble, sir." The young soldier told him.
The burly man took the pouch, opening it and finding something he liked.
He scoffed at both Elsa and Anna. "That covers the bill, but take your beast and go."
Elsa almost told him to go do something rather unpleasant with himself, however she realized that she did come in with no money and had been bailed out by one of the soldiers from the caravan. Instead of arguing back and potentially riling Anna up even more, she turned to leave.
"We're leaving, Anna." She said, always using this line when she could, to try and teach Anna what it meant.
Anna gave another growl before leaving with Elsa.
Elsa stepped outside the establishment and shook her head. She realized now that the situation could have gotten ugly fast. Despite her claims, she had no real control over Anna. Anna listened at times, but in truth, If Anna wanted to rip the man into pieces there was little that Elsa could do about it.
"Well… that was fun, huh?"
She turned to find the young soldier from before.
"Oh… thank you for that." Elsa said.
"No problem. Consider it my thanks." He said, smiling through his helmet.
Elsa looked confused. "Thanks?"
The man laughed a good laugh. He removed his helmet, showing Elsa that he was indeed young, younger than her. He looked eighteen, with dark hair and eyes. His skin was tanned, his features telling Elsa that he may not have been born in Arendelle, or at least his parents weren't from here.
"Before you got here, I was the runt of the litter." He told her in good nature. He rubbed at his hair with one hand, the helmet in the other. "The names Aladdin." He smiled as he thrust out his hand for a shake.
Elsa obliged in giving him a handshake. "I'm El- er Larsa."
Aladdin nodded. "Everyone who has heard of you calls you the 'Beast Tamer'." He let her know.
"Well… I do tame beasts. I travel Arendelle and conquer the most fiercest of animals." She looked to Anna who was staring Aladdin down. "Anna here is my latest and my favorite conquest." Elsa lied, once again finding it easier to tell a lie than the simple truth.
Well… Anna was special to her, she wasn't lying about that.
"You know I've tried taming one before." Aladdin said.
"Really?!" Elsa was shocked, had he seen another Half-Beast like Anna and lived.
"Yeah. A little monkey I named Abu. It's uh… not going very well." He told her with an embarrassed chuckle.
"Oh… of course." Elsa felt silly.
"Still going to hold onto those 'trade secrets' of yours? I could use the help." He said, not badgering Elsa to tell him, but more bringing it up for a laugh.
That was when Elsa remembered where she'd heard his voice. This was the same young man that had walked up to her and asked how she had trained Anna to listen to her. It explained why he asked now. Well, Elsa still had nothing to give him. Her best advice would be to let the monkey save him a few times and somehow garner its attraction so that it follows you around.
That seemed a terrible way to compare Anna's feelings, Elsa felt bad the moment she thought it.
"I wish I could tell you, but it is a secret." Elsa told him.
Aladdin held his hands up to show he was not serious. "No worries. I'll figure that monkey out if its the last thing I do though." He told her.
Anna watched as the two hit it off surprisingly fast. Soon they were laughing together and then, to Anna's dismay, Elsa and he began to walk off together, Aladdin gesturing somewhere in the distance. Anna grumbled to herself as she followed Elsa. Truthfully, Anna didn't get a bad feeling from this boy. He seemed harmless and easy to beat if it came to it. Elsa seemed to enjoy his presence and that should have been good. The problem was that it bothered her for some reason. She didn't understand why seeing Elsa laughing with him made her want to challenge him right then and there. She could take his head and present it to Elsa, to show Elsa that he was weak, weaker than her at the very least.
She remembered Elsa's angry face from last night and decided against it.
"Her names Jasmine." Aladdin said, in the middle of a conversation with Elsa. "I'm in the army to save up money so that she and I can go on a journey together. I want to show her the world." He said, smiling at the thought.
Elsa, being a girl, nearly aww'd at his proclamation. "I'm sure she'll love it." Elsa was smiling at him, the girl in her loving anything to do with romance.
Aladdin shrugged. "All I have to do is get past her father and her pet tiger."
"Huh?" Elsa responded, looking like they were having a different conversation.
"Oh… it's nothing. Look we're here." He said.
Aladdin pointed to a building. Elsa looked, finding the Inn that he decided to show her. The two had been talking when Aladdin mentioned that the Inn had been rented out for the soldiers to use. Elsa had jumped at the information, wanting nothing more than a real bed under her, instead of the rocky ground of her tent.
She wouldn't mind resting for a bit now.
"I think I'll check in for a bit." Elsa told him.
"I see. Well, you and Anna here take care of yourselves." He told them both, giving Anna a boyish smile that she merely glared at.
Elsa found it nice that he was so quick to call Anna by her name once Elsa had told it to him.
"Wait, before you go." Elsa turned to Anna. "This is Aladdin." She told her. Anna looked to her. "Aladdin." She gestured to Aladdin.
Anna begrudgingly spoke up. "Aladdin." She said, though she looked to the ground, not wanting to make eye contact with the man she could find no fault with.
"Wow… that is cool." Aladdin said. "She's almost like a real person."
"She is a person." And Elsa meant it.
"Right, well I'll see you around, Larsa." He turned to Anna. "Later, Anna." He told her before leaving.
Elsa gave a wave at his departure. "Come on Anna, let's go." Elsa smiled to Anna as she walked towards the Inn.
Anna followed.
The inn keeper was surprised to say the least.
"A famous beast tamer you say?" The woman at counter asked.
"Yes." Elsa responded, reaching up and patting Anna's shoulder for effect. "She is no harm to anyone with me around. She's also been well fed before coming." It made Elsa feel weird referring to Anna as though she were an animal, but it was the only way for anyone to understand.
The old woman at the counter looked to Elsa now.
"Well… I suppose you are with the soldiers. I wouldn't want to cause a fuss between my establishment and the soldiers of Arendelle. No other guests besides the soldiers are staying, so I suppose there is no real problem if she really has traveled with you all together." The woman considered the lodging, finding that she couldn't find a fault with the situation.
"Thank you, ma'am. If it makes you feel easier, place her and me into a single bedroom. That way the only one in any danger is myself should things go wrong." Elsa said reasonably.
The woman nodded, looking into Anna's beast-like eyes.
Elsa found she was given a room all the way at the end of the hall. The room indeed only had one bed, and a window. That was all that was worth noting. Elsa walked over and fell onto the bed, happy to feel its softness beneath her after the two nights of camping.
"Anna, come feel this. It's magical." Elsa nearly moaned at the feeling.
Anna walked over, looking at Elsa and the bed.
The two together only reminded Anna of last night.
"Anna?" Elsa asked, concerned at the look that Anna was giving.
Anna turned away.
"What is it?" Elsa asked.
Anna simply breathed through her nose, a small scoff.
As Elsa laid there, she never did figure out the reason for Anna's refusal to join her on the bed. However, thanks to her worry from earlier, she at least felt the same problem. She remembered the way she pushed Anna away, wondering if the small rift she created would become a chasm. She didn't want that. No, she didn't want Anna to feel rejected, but what else could she do? Two girls being together was not very acceptable. Well, at least she had learned that throughout her life. Sure, there were few same sex couples that Elsa had seen or met, but they were normally shunned by most others. Elsa didn't see anything wrong with it, but because of society she had no choice but to assume it was wrong if a majority felt that way.
Maybe her thinking was wrong.
Elsa sighed as she stood up. She didn't know how she was going to make it up to Anna, but she'd try at least.
"Anna?" She called as she walked behind the girl.
Anna remained with her back turned, still thinking of last night.
"Anna… I'm sorry about last night. I didn't mean to push you away… it's just that you don't understand. You don't know how wrong your feelings towards me are." Elsa said, though she shook her head after realizing this was not what she really wanted to say. "I mean… You're special to me too Anna… just maybe not in that way. I don't know. I've never really… liked anyone before. I'm sure I'm just grateful for everything you've done for me is all." She told her.
Anna turned the slightest bit towards her, head turning to look at Elsa.
"We can't be in that sort of relationship, Anna… but I appreciate everything you've done. I'm going to help you, the same way you helped me. I'm going to help you fit in, to become a part of my life." She blushed at that. "Maybe I said that wrong… I don't know."
Anna turned at the sight of her blush, fully facing Elsa.
"Elsa?" She questioned, hand coming up to rub a reddened cheek.
"We can't be that way Anna… But I'd at least like to show you that I'm happy to stay with you."
Then Elsa leaned forward and planted a soft kiss on Anna's cheek.
It wasn't her intention, more something she felt suddenly and had to do. Looking at Anna's face, she found that it may or may not have been wrong to do. Anna looked shocked, skin going red. Elsa wondered if kisses were not a thing in Anna's culture. She also wondered if she really should have done that. She didn't want Anna to get the wrong idea and chase after her in a way that she just couldn't reciprocate. It was hard to beat herself up about it when Anna suddenly smiled at her, looking straight into her eyes.
"Elsa…" Anna whispered.
Anna leaned forward, to do what? Well, Elsa liked to pretend she didn't know.
A loud yell from outside interrupted them.
"The Southern Isles is attacking!"
Elsa's eyes widened at the information. Anna looked more angry at being interrupted. Elsa's first instinct was to run and hide, that was until she remembered that she was supposed to be a soldier. She was supposed to fight.
"We're leaving, Anna!" Elsa called as she ran for the door.
Anna chased after the blonde that quickly rushed out of the Inn. Once outside, Elsa was immediately assaulted with the sight of a sword plunging into the gut of an Arendelle soldier. A southern Isle soldier, easy to spot thanks to his armor, wrenched his blade from the dying soldier and looked for more to kill. Elsa felt her heart rush at the sight of battle that began around her. Soldiers from the southern isle were filtering in from the back entrance of the village, all of them shouting with swords at the ready. Their force was met with sloppy resistance by the ill-prepared Arendelle troops. The clang of steel upon steel rang out as swords clashed. Sounds of dying were head as soldier after soldier on both sides began to fall. Elsa didn't understand. How could they be here already? Wasn't Arendelle going to establish a defense before any of this could happen?
"Hold the line! Let no Southerner through! As soldiers of Arendelle, you lay down your lives to protect the civilians!" A voice rang out.
Elsa looked over and saw Captain Shang upon his horse, racing towards the front line that had been established to try and keep the southern isle forces from breaking through the back gate and easily pouring into the city. It was futile though, as a few had already broken into the city and were aiming for the civilians. Elsa watched as a southern soldier stabbed his sword into an elderly man who had begged for mercy. She watched with a the threat of vile coming up, as yet anther soldier decapitated a young boy that tried to defend a group of women, a group that was his family.
Elsa wanted to rush inside, to hide away. She reminded herself that she was a soldier, that she had seen far worse. She would not die here, not when she had escaped Anna's village. These people were easy in comparison.
Elsa drew her sword.
With a yell, she ran for the man who planned to kill the rest of the dead boy's family. Steel clashed with steel as she tried to slash away at the man. He raised his sword and easily deflected her attack, Elsa lacking the strength to even make it hard for him. She quickly righted herself, going for another swing. The man let out a yell and swiped at her sword, hitting it so hard that she felt the vibration in her wrist and the pain of trying to hold it. The sword fell out of her hands, Elsa grabbing at her wrist to try and ease the pain. She could hear the cries of the women around her, the ones who were still weeping over the dead boy. The Southern Isles' soldier raised his sword, aiming to cut down Elsa in the same way he had done to the boy.
He suddenly found himself unable to breath as a clawed hand wrapped around his throat.
Anna drug his face to her own and roared, anger flooding her system at the sight of Elsa being hurt and bested in combat. The man tried to raise his sword, but Anna lifted him with one hand and slammed him to the ground. He didn't even have the chance to properly defend himself as Anna ripped into his throat with her claws, leaving him gurgling on his own blood as he died on the ground.
Elsa watched him die for a moment, her mind blank as she realized she'd nearly died so quickly. She shook her head, trying to rid herself of such thoughts. She turned to the family whose only boy had just died.
"Are you… are you alright?" She questioned, feeling sick at asking them something such as this after what just happened.
While most of them wept, two of the girls offered thanks. Thanks to both Anna and Elsa. Elsa was quick to stand after that, feeling sick for some reason. She didn't deserve their thanks. She didn't do anything. Had she been a real soldier, she would have saved the boy before he died.
"I-I must go. You should get out of here while you can." Elsa told them.
The two girls offering thanks repeated it again to Elsa, further increasing her sick stomach. The two girls began to gather their family, trying to get them to leave. They wept though, crying over the body of what was only a twelve year old boy. Elsa couldn't stand the sight of it, so she left. She took her sword that had fallen to the ground and left them. To do what? She didn't know. She couldn't fight, she wasn't a fighter.
Suddenly she was grabbed on her arm.
She turned with a yelp, finding Anna trying to drag her away, claws threatening to pierce skin.
"Elsa!" She called, trying to pull Elsa away, trying to get her to leave.
Elsa realized what was going on. "No, Anna!" Elsa suddenly found some courage. "We don't run! We can't run!" Elsa told her.
Anna didn't understand, but she followed Elsa as she ran off again, charging at another soldier with her sword drawn. Anna couldn't understand, none of this made sense to her as she sank her claws into the neck of another soldier that dared to try and kill Elsa. Why were these humans fighting? What was the point? This was no duel, this was war, a concept that Anna had no inkling of. As far as Anna's life went, it was peaceful in comparison. The most that came in the ways of fighting or even death, came with duels that were fought between two people. War was something she knew nothing about. The chaos, the fact that everyone seemed to be fighting everyone. None of it made sense.
Elsa screamed out.
Anna turned as a soldier had stabbed his sword into Elsa's shoulder.
A ferocious roar was all the man had to hear before Anna jumped on him, tearing off his helmet and slashing away at his face with her claws. She ripped away an eye, his lips and even his nose until he died beneath her. She turned back to Elsa, finding her clutching at her shoulder.
"I'm okay. I'm okay, Anna." Elsa told her.
Anna grabbed at Elsa and tugged her again, wanting to leave. She did not fear for herself, she knew she could take on all of these little humans if need be, but she wasn't so positive she could keep Elsa safe while doing so.
"No, Anna!" She commanded, knowing full well that Anna understood the word.
Anna noticed another soldier running at Elsa from behind. She ran around her and roared at him, successfully startling him as he stood frozen at the sight of her. Anna showed no mercy as she dove onto him, ripped the armor from his chest, and dug her claws into his chest. The man screamed out as Anna hooked her claws into his rib cage and pulled. She ripped away bone from flesh, leaving him dying and gasping for a final breath as he died with a disgusting hole in his chest. Anna threw the bone mixed with flesh away.
She turned back to Elsa, ready to drag the girl away no matter what.
"Larsa!" Someone shouted.
Elsa turned to find what she thought was her mind playing tricks on her. From the gate where she entered, marched more and more Arendelle soldiers on horseback. The knight leading them being none other than Kristoff. He yelled out her false name again, after commanding the soldiers to join the front line and protect the villagers. Kristoff rushed over on horseback, jumping off of his horse to find Elsa standing there, clutching at her shoulder, while Anna stood nearby, hands bloody.
"Larsa! Are you alright?!" Kristoff questioned, his conscious would be unable to forgive him if someone so young as 'Larsa' died on the field of battle.
"I… I'm fine. I can fight. I swear." Elsa told him, not seeming to be at all in her fully right mind. She looked shaken, scared, and hurt from her wound.
"Get out of here, Larsa. Leave with the villagers." Kristoff commanded.
"I can fight! I can-"
"Anna can fight!" He yelled at her. This shut Elsa up. "You… You're just a boy Larsa. Leave the fighting to us. If you want to help, then help the villagers to escape." He told him, trying to not be as harsh towards the end.
"Arendelle scum!" Someone shouted.
The trio turned to find a man exiting a house, his sword painted with fresh blood. His armor and decorations seemed to suggest that he was of a higher rank than a mere soldier. He turned his blade to them and approached.
"Die!" Was all he said.
Kristoff drew his sword, rushing towards him before Elsa could. Elsa had to watch as the two exchanged blows, both clashing swords in a way that Elsa could never mimic. She stared at the exchange for a moment, before realizing that she had a fighter beside her that was doing nothing.
"Help him, Anna!" She yelled.
Anna just looked to her.
"Anna!" She yelled again.
Anna growled and grabbed Elsa by the arm and pulled.
"I said no, Anna!" She ripped her arm free, cutting herself on Anna's claws.
At the sight of Anna's face, you would think she killed Elsa.
Anna pulled her hand away as if she herself had done it, looking+ completely disgusted with herself.
"Help him!" Elsa yelled again, pointing to Kristoff.
Anna looked over, seeing the man fighting with the other. She looked to Elsa again who yelled once more at her and pointed. Anna didn't need to understand her to get the message. She didn't want to however. Kristoff could handle himself if need be, if he died, so what? Anna was more worried about Elsa and getting her out of here.
"Please." Elsa begged, a look on her face that touched at Anna's heart.
Anna growled and for a moment Elsa was sure that Anna was going to drag her away. However, Anna bolted towards her target, aiming for the soldier that Kristoff was fighting with. Unlike what Elsa thought she would do, Anna knocked Kristoff out of the way and onto the ground from behind, before engaging the man herself. The man swung at her, Anna dodging back and coming forward. Her agility was something unseen before as she swiped at the man, successfully slitting his throat. He chocked out words of damnation before falling to the ground, clutching at his bleeding neck.
Anna growled and then roared in triumph.
Kristoff stood, sword still unsheathed. "What is wrong with you?!" He called out to Anna as he approached.
Anna turned to him, blood and carnage still on her mind. The moment he stepped too close, she swung out at him. He backed away just in time, dodging the swipe. He readied his sword when he saw Anna take a crouch, preparing to assault him and claim his body to her count.
"No!" Elsa screamed as she ran between them. "Anna!" She scolded, slapping at Anna's shoulder.
Anna growled at her, but made no move to harm her. Elsa would have had more words for her, but suddenly out of the corner of her eye, she noticed that the southern soldier was not dead yet.
"Damned… Arendelle… learn the power… Of true strength." He choked out.
Elsa turned to him as he pulled a flask of some kind from his hip and drank it. Suddenly he began to convulse violently, body flailing around and loud echoes of pain exiting from his lips.
Elsa watched as something she'd seen before happen again in front of her eyes.
The man's body began to morph, his bones breaking and snapping. His rib cage opened, revealing teeth inside of it, a new mouth. His legs elongated and his arms grew much too long. His head formed into what looked like a bat, mouth opening in a screech. Spikes grew from his elbow, or was it bone that was too far extended? It was hard to tell. His clothes ripped away as he transformed into a large beast of some kind. However this was nothing like with Anna's people. Where they turned into animals, he turned into a monster. His arms were so long that they sat upon the ground as he stood, like some sort of great ape with thin arms and legs. He had grown to nearly eleven feet thanks to his long legs. The mouth that had formed on his chest opened and closed, the old rib cage being seen beside it. His organs seemed to be missing from the chest area, as the mouth opened and closed, almost as though it were breathing and alive itself. The thing that was once a man screeched again.
Beside her, Elsa heard another roar.
She turned to find Anna transforming her painful transformation. She thought to stop her, but realized it was foolish. If there was anyone capable of beating this… thing, then it was Anna in her transformed state. Anna fell to the ground as the pain became too much, her body morphing in its grotesque way.
The creature screeched again.
It brought its arm up and went to swipe at Anna.
"No!" Elsa screamed, realizing that Anna was vulnerable at the moment.
The creature screamed out as Kristoff ran forward and stabbed his sword into its gut, just below the mouth. Kristoff twisted his blade and brought it back out, ready for another slash. The beast swung though, its mighty arm knocking Kristoff off his feet and into a building.
"Kristoff!" She yelled.
The creature turned to her and Anna again and screeched. Elsa readied her sword, not about to let it kill Anna. She felt strange suddenly, felt a tingle in her fingertips as she clutched at her sword.
A roar beside her.
Elsa didn't have time to turn as Anna charged at the beast, now fully transformed. Anna swiped at it with her claws, not going straight in for the kill, seeing as she'd never fought something like this. The monster screeched out as Anna's claws sunk into its flesh. Anna roared, trying to intimidate it. The creature slapped out with a huge arm and knocked Anna off her feet. Anna fell to the ground, a painful growl exiting her lips as she felt something break. The creature walked over to her, ready to slam its arms into her chest and finish her.
"No!"
Suddenly the creature was face to face with ice. A wall had been erected between itself and Anna. The bat-faced monster turned to Elsa now, screeching at her as it took its long limbs and rushed towards her. Elsa ran, going for a nearby house and rushing inside. The monster clashed with the building, slamming onto the roof with one hand, caving it in. Elsa barely avoided being hit by debris as she was revealed to the creature. She tried to rush further inside when she was suddenly grabbed. She screamed out as the creature tried to crush her in its grip. It pulled her out of the house and through the roof. It squeezed with overgrown muscles, screeching at Elsa all the while. Elsa let out a pitiful whimper of pain as she felt her ribs being crushed inwards.
"Larsa!" Someone shouted.
The beast suddenly screeched. Looking down, Elsa saw none other than Aladdin at the base of the creature, his sword stabbed into its leg. Elsa wanted to tell him to run, wanted to tell him to save himself. But the pain she experienced, the threat of death, all of it only let out one small word.
"Help." She cried.
Aladdin pulled out his sword and slashed again, the creature screeched before dropping Elsa and letting her fall back into the building. She hit the ground with a painful thud, ribs aching from before and the feeling of falling in armor. She looked towards the door she came through, able to see outside. She watched in horror as Aladdin tried to fight the beast alone. He swung out once, then twice, slashing away at the creatures thin legs. He dodged a fist that came down to try and squash him. He went to slash again-
Another fist came down, smashing into his body.
Elsa screamed out his name as the hand came back sticky with blood and organs. There was nothing but a pile of crushed armor and guts where a boy named Aladdin used to be. Elsa turned to see the hand reaching into the roof again to grab at her. She pulled out her sword and swung in desperation, successfully chopping off a finger. The beast squealed as it took its hand back. Distracted as it was, it did not notice Anna had gotten back on her feet and was creeping towards it. The creature wailed in despair as Anna bit down on the same leg that Aladdin had so courageously sliced at. Anna's powerful jaw bit down hard on the spindly leg, severing it from the body. The creature fell now, crippled. Before it could get up, Anna rushed over and bit down on its neck, quick to silence and incapacitate it. Elsa ran outside just in time to see Anna snap the creature's neck between her jaws.
The battle was over.
Elsa ran over to Anna, quick to hug her in her enlarged form. She didn't know why she did, she just felt the urge to latch onto the woman.
"You did it, Anna." She told her.
Anna began to transform in her arms, Elsa let her go, let her transform back into her normal form. Elsa was quick to catch Anna as the girl had trouble balancing, clutching at her ribs.
"I've got you." Elsa let her know as she held onto her.
Suddenly there was uproarious noise around them.
Elsa turned, ready to swing her sword, fingertips tingling.
It was the sound of cheering.
Around them, Arendelle soldiers stood, all of them cheering from what seems to have been a won battle. Some clapped, but most were yelling out their victory. One person even thought it a good idea to chant out Beast Tamer. Elsa looked away from them, back down to Anna who looked back at her. The girl was tired, hurt, and needed rest.
Elsa would give her that.
"I've got you Anna. I've got you." And she meant every word.