A.N. First time published February 23rd 2016. Prompt: Trial and Error.
Growing up can be a hard thing, or actually living in general. Every day consists of many smaller fights and struggles. Some people struggle with big fears, some with problems that are hard to solve, some struggle with them self. No matter where you live or what your background is, once in a while everyone has his share of this thing.
Anna was never a person of giving up easily. Even as a toddler she could bring her nanny to cook from anger, when she used to scream and cry until she got what she wished for. When she learned how to walk the trouble would start from a whole new level. Running through the castle, through the halls, the garden and the courtyard would only mean new possibilities how she could hurt herself. The whole castle staff, her nanny, her parents and especially her sister Elsa would try their best to shield her from bigger harm, but small injuries became a daily thing. How often- it was not possible to count- did she fall down and tear her dress while playing. Her knees where always at the end of the day covered in blue and yellow and green, her hands had bruises and scratches.
Once when she fell down really bad from climbing a tree, her mother had to comfort her very long until the tears stopped to flow down her cheek. For days since then she would just stand at the bottom of the tree and look up into its high green branches. She would play for a while in the grass, but then suddenly she would not be able to take it anymore and climb again in the same tree until she would be able to reach the top. This was the way it was for her. Down and up again.