After several weeks of construction, the room that was made to be the nursery for Joseff was finished at last. At the moment, Kai and Gerda were leading the whole family to the room to surprise them, and that included Elsa along with Kristoff, Anna, and Joseff.
Although the room belonged to only Joseff, it was big because it was actually the room that Anna and Elsa once shared. Since Elsa had her own room and Anna now lived with Kristoff in the room he was given when he was first welcomed to Arendelle, the family decided to change the entire room for new inhabitants…and that included any future royal children, such as Joseff.
Once they reached the door to the room, Kai began, "Queen Elsa, Princess Anna, and Sir Kristoff…"
"We present to you the new room of Prince Joseff," Gerda picked up the line and finished for him.
Both servants opened the doors and the entire family stood in awe at the room. Although they had the seen the room while it was under construction, they were still surprised how different it looked from before. Nearly the entire room was previously covered in pink wallpaper or painted pink, had pink carpeting, and a big pink rug. Now that was all changed by having everything reverted to blue. All of the things for Joseff now had a proper place to be put: his closet contained all of his clothes, pajamas, and blanket, a small nightstand contained all of his diapers, and there was a large toy box where he could store all of his toys. The fireplace and window were still there like they always had been, as well as some paintings and portraits. But then, Kai noticed one thing that was missing.
"I see we forgot to put up the portrait of King Agnarr and Queen Iduna. We will go retrieve it right now," he said before he and Gerda walked out of the room.
"I'll go with you, too, if you need some help carrying it," Kristoff offered.
"Thank you, Sir Kristoff," Gerda said. So Kristoff walked behind the two servants after they headed out the door.
Once they were alone, Elsa said, "I think it's a wonderful idea to have the portrait of Mother and Father in Joseff's room, Anna. Joseff may never know them, but at least he can know them by face, and we can tell him about them."
"I know, Elsa, that's why I wanted it here," Anna replied, then she sighed and smiled sadly as she looked down at her son.
"What is it, Anna?" Elsa asked, sensing something was troubling her sister.
Anna sniffled, trying to hold back small tears. "I just wish they were still here, Elsa. I know they'd be proud of you for becoming the queen and woman you are."
Elsa put her arm around Anna's shoulder. "And I know they'd be proud of you for the kind of woman you are."
"Do you think they would have liked Kristoff even though he is not royalty? And would they have loved Joseff, too?"
"I know Father believed in traditions, but he wouldn't have forced marriage on either of us just for that. He was the king, but as his family, our needs came first for him and Mother. And after what Kristoff did for you, how could they not have learned to love him? I did."
Anna looked at Elsa smiled, then Elsa finished, "And how could they not have loved this sweet little prince that even I absolutely adore? Point saying, Anna, Mother and Father would want all of us to be happy, and I don't think we could be any happier than we are now." Elsa paused a moment before adding, "I'm sure that right now, they're looking down on us from heaven, just as happy as they can be."
"And don't forget that you're no longer alone, Anna. We're all here for you when you need us, especially me. And let's make sure that we're here for Joseff whenever he needs us…I think we've all done well with that so far." Elsa gave Anna a small wink.
The sisters shared a small arm-to-arm hug with each other, then gave tiny hugs and kisses to Joseff.
Just then, Kristoff burst into the room. "We have the portrait," he announced just before several servants carrying the portrait walked into the room.
"Terrific!" Anna exclaimed.
Elsa ordered the servants to hang the portrait on the wall above Joseff's crib, which was on the same side of the room as the fireplace. It took a few minutes to carefully hang it up to make sure it didn't get damaged. Once it was in its proper place, everyone in the room took a few minutes to bow their heads to the monarchs in the portrait as a sign of respect.
Once all of the servants left the room, Kristoff, Anna, and Elsa took closer steps to the portrait. Anna was in front, still holding Joseff. Helping him to look upward, she said, "Joseff, you will never know them…but these are Auntie Elsa and my parents, King Agnarr and Queen Iduna." Smiling at her son, she added, "I see you have Father's nose, and Mother's eyes, like mine."
Although he was still much too young to understand, Joseff curiously looked up at the portrait of his late grandparents with his mother. Remembering what Elsa said about their parents looking down on them, Anna felt that placing their portrait over Joseff's crib was the best they could do in them looking out for and protecting their infant grandson.