Chapter 10
This is a pretty short chapter and I thought I should about how Arendelle has been doing since Anna and Elsa were gone.
Disclaimer: I don't own Frozen, just my own characters.
Arendelle was in denial. Everyone in the kingdom refused to believe that the remaining members of the royal family had gone missing. After Queen Elsa and Princess Anna's disappearance the kingdom was in havoc and the counsel men set the guards out into the woods to search for the two missing girls, believing that they were kidnapped. Many village men volunteered, as well as Kristoff, to help the search party while the servants of the castle were grieving over their disappearance. Two particular servants still had high hopes that the girls would turn up soon. Kai and Gerda were the first to notice that the sisters were not in their rooms the morning after they had done the spell(without anyone's knowledge of course). They dismissed it and thought that they were taking stroll through the village or the royal gardens before they had to sit through a day full of meetings. Kai presumed that Anna had convinced Elsa to go with her early in the morning. Anna being the ever caring little sister, would be presumed that she had either talked her older sister into it or dragged Elsa along without giving her choice.
But then hours passed and they immediately informed the guards. Some believed that they ran away and fled to another kingdom but others weren't convinced that they would just get up and leave. Especially since they had no reason to. Queen Elsa had many things to finish and work on but she had Anna and the royal council to take some of the work off her hands. Anna had no reason either, her life had certainly improved since the great thaw of Arendelle. Her relationship with her older improved, she made some friends and she loved visiting the village whenever the weather was nice. Some people questioned if the princess wasn't entirely pleased with her friendship with the royal ice master and deliverer, thinking that she wanted something more with the young man. Many thought that she couldn't take the heart ache, so she fled with the queen right beside her. People made up endless reasons as to why the sisters would flee but many were worried about who would run the kingdom.
Since Queen Elsa wasn't married and had no children and her sister was presumed to be with her, the council had called to the girls' only remaining family members in Corona. The kingdom had sent Rapunzel and her husband, Eugene, to care for Arendelle while they searched for the queen and princess. Gerda was worried sick and often lost hours of sleep due to the whole situation while Kai tended to Rapunzel and Eugene as much as he could so he could distract himself. The two servants cared for Elsa and Anna deeply and were like a second set of parents to them their whole lives. They were there when the girls were born, when they said their first words, took their first steps and even helped Anna clean up her mess when the red head had crashed into one the suits of armor in the castle's hallway. They were there for many important things in both of their lives and they hoped Elsa and Anna were alright, where ever they were.
Gerda was getting ready for bed and knelt beside the dresser in her room, preparing for another prayer. Yes, she has been praying for the girls to be safe and to be protected ever since their disappearance. "Dear Lord," she said in sorrow, "listen to my prayers. Please, look after those girls. Protect them when they need it the most." After repeating it, she stood and climbed onto the mattress as she knew that the night would be another sleepless one. She sighed and turned on her side as she watched the dull white color on the bedroom wall be lit by the moon's light.