Frozen Creed Requiem
Chapter 4
I don't own Assassin's creed or Frozen.
My sisters Keeper
Anna left Gerda to her duties and walked to her sisters office to keep her company and bring her tea. She went down to the kitchen and had the cooks make her a tray of Elsa's favorites, which included plenty of chocolate. She took the tray to Elsa's study and standing in front of the door Anna raised her hand to knock ignoring the twinge that still hit her even a year after the thaw, the twinge that Elsa might tell her to go away. She gave her signature knock, shave and a hair cut and waited for a reply.
"Come in Anna" Elsa said through the door. Anna opened it and stepped into the study with the tray.
"Hey, I thought you might be hungry" Anna said bringing the tray in. Elsa looked up from her papers and Anna saw surprise and happiness flash across her face.
"I'm starving" Elsa said. Anna set the tray aside and placed a plate and a cup of tea on Elsa's desk in front of her.
"Thank you" Elsa said.
"I live to serve your majesty" Anna said in a mock bow. Elsa laughed though Anna had been half joking. More and more she found that nothing made her happier than helping her sister however she could.
"Sit down and join me" Elsa said and Anna pulled up a chair and got herself a plate and some tea.
"You didn't spend that long in town" Elsa said and Anna shrugged.
"There wasn't that much interesting going on and I would rather spend some time with you, especially since I'm not sure your completely over your cold" Anna said reaching across the desk and putting her hand to Elsa's head.
"Anna I'm fine." Elsa said batting the younger girls hand away.
"And here I thought I was supposed to be the older sister" Elsa joked.
"It's not about being older or younger. Its about taking care of each other" Anna said taking a drink of tea when an urgent pounding came at the door.
"Enter" Elsa said frowning and Kai the main advisor came in followed by a guard captain.
"You're Highness I regret to inform you that prince Rocco has been murdered and his ship burned" The captain said. Anna did her best to feign shock as Elsa covered her mouth.
"Who would do such a thing?" She asked as Anna took a sip of tea.
"The few witnesses we managed to question said that two individuals wearing white robes were seen fleeing from the ship" The captain said.
"White robes? Are you sure?" Elsa asked.
"Yes your Majesty" the Captain said.
"Very well. Keep me informed" Elsa said and the man nodded and left Kai staying behind.
"Your Majesty, do you think it is the assassin?" Kai asked. Anna kept quiet having moved unconsciously to a corner of the room to become unobtrusive.
"I don't know. She hasn't been seen in years. Even after everything that happened during the freeze and thaw and she didn't show herself" Elsa said.
"isn't that a good thing?" Anna asked making both of them jump, having forgotten she was there, which swelled her pride a bit.
"Looks like I'm not as rusty as I thought" She said to herself.
"I mean, if she had shown, doesn't that mean she would have tried to kill you?" Anna asked and saw her sister get a pensive look on her face.
"Perhaps" Was all she said.
"Anyway there's nothing we can do until the guard performs a thorough investigation" Elsa said. Elsa and Anna spent the rest of the day in her office as Elsa did her work with Anna helping where she could, which was mostly writing responses to suitors.
"You're better at dealing with people" Was all Elsa said, which left Anna writing apologetic letters that ranged from friendly toward the brash but gregarious prince of ulster Liam who wasn't shy about stating that he was just here on a vacation and didn't really care one way or another about courting Elsa, to a coldly stern letter to the arrogant Ferdinand of Milan who automatically thought that Elsa and he should be married as soon as possible. Ferdinand wasn't quite as bad as Rocco and was rather handsome, but he was still no prince charming despite being an actual prince, something Anna was coming to accept more and more. Finally they finished as the sun set down.
"I'll say it again. I am so glad that I am nothing more than a…your right hand" Anna corrected as she was about to call herself the spare again and didn't want another scolding from Elsa. She stood and stretched as Elsa stood gracefully.
"If you want to stretch out your own kinks I won't judge" Anna said bending backward.
"I'm alright" Elsa said smiling and laughing.
"You should think about exercising more. You don't want to lose that figure just yet" Anna joked earning a small frown.
"I have you know my diet is perfectly balanced unlike someone I know who lives on chocolate and sandwiches" Elsa shot back as they walked out of her office and down to dinner.
"Yeah but I exercise" Anna said replied earning an eye role.
"Climbing around the castle like a deranged monkey is hardly suitable exercise" Elsa joked.
"Hey, if I'm any kind of monkey I'd like to think I'm a perfectly sane monkey" Anna said primly earning a snort from Elsa.
"As you say" was all she said as they sat down. They idly chatted and laughed together as they ate until a familiar face entered the dining room.
"Captain Olaf" Elsa said nodding her head to him. Anna blinked and looked at the man she had not seen in years. Ever since she had killed the defense minister she had taken pains to make sure they had interacted as little as possible for fear of him recognizing her as he was one of the few people who moved regularly in and out of the castle. He was a little older than she remembered, small lines around his eyes and a little grey in his hair which shocked her slightly.
"Either he was older than I thought when we first met, or these last three years haven't been easy on him, or both" She thought.
"Your highness I have more information on Prince Rocco" Olaf said and reported on the captive women he had on his ship that were basically his sex slaves, a conclusion Anna had already come too.
"I had always heard rumors of the Kingdom of Russo, and the situation of women there" Elsa said with distaste.
"I haven't" Anna said truthfully.
"The kingdom is extremely patriarchal and misogynistic. Women are treated as chattel for either pleasure or the creation of male heirs" Elsa said and Anna felt her anger stoking.
"Then why did we even let that pig in?" Anna said visciously earning a blink from her sister.
"Calm down. Be at peace" Anna thought to herself as she breathed.
"The kingdom is particularly powerful and influential. I didn't have much of choice. In fact, I am worried about the consquences of having the prince murdered on our soil" Elsa said rubbing her hands together.
"Whatever happens we'll fix it together" Anna said taking her sisters hands in her own.
"You're right" Elsa said.
"Thank you captain" Elsa said and the man nodded and left.
"I know he's dead but I'm glad we won't have to deal with him now" Anna joked and Elsa suppressed a giggle.
"Anna" Elsa scolded lightly.
"Alright, skating lessons" Elsa said and Anna didn't have to pretend to groan.
"I've trained to fight on almost every surface imaginable, but ice always beats me" She thought. Still she humored her sister by walking with her to the ball room. With a stomp of her feet and a flick of her wrist Elsa was pulling Anna across the floor, but this time Anna's training kicked in and she found herself gliding somewhat gracefully across the floor.
"I think your getting it" Elsa said holding Anna lightly as they glided across the ice.
"I still can't believe you can do the same thing in heels" Anna joked. After that they built a snow man and just talked, and Anna found herself completely contented.
"Anna?" Elsa asked as she made the ice disappear.
"Yes?" She replied.
"Do you think I could spend the night with you?" Elsa asked nervously. There were some nights, not often but a few where Elsa asked to sleep with Anna which surprised her. Anna was so happy to have her sister back in her life and the doors open that she never suspected when Elsa had come into her room in the middle of the night the first time, crawling into Anna's bed so quietly she hadn't woken up. Needless to say Anna had gotten quiet the shock in the morning, but since then she had never rejected Elsa's request, though this time she was sorely tempted.
"I wanted to go out tonight" She thought, but looking at her sisters eyes couldn't say no.
"Of course you can" Anna said.
As Elsa pulled her sister to her in bed she never felt more content. She needed her solitude sometimes because of her powers, but she never really liked it, especially when it came to her sister. Anna's closeness and warmth chased the storm and cold away, and if Elsa could have one wish, it would be to keep her sister with her forever.
Alright, short chapter with no action, just interaction between the sisters. Most stories portray Elsa as perfect and Anna as bumbling, but especially this time I'm going to try to highlight their strengths and vulnerabilities.