A.N. Originally published February 24th 2016 on Tumblr. Prompt: Bold.
"Elsa? Can I ask you a thing?"
Elsa looked up from the poem book she just started to read and drew her attention completely to her sister, who somehow nervous stood in the door.
"Well, sure. What´s the matter?"
"Do you think I´m aggressive?"
This made her speechless for a second. Oh, no. What has Anna done now? Knowing her sisters temperament this could only mean something bad. Hopefully nobody was hurt.
"What?"
"You know, I had a argument today- actually a few arguments- and somehow I always got the feeling people think I´m a walking disaster. I mean, I know I´m not perfect or anything like that and sometimes I may say things that are not appropriate, but never less, wouldn´t you think…"
"Hold on a second. I´m confused. About what are we talking right now?"
"Maybe I should start from the beginning."
"That would be nice."
Elsa gestured her little sister to sit beside her, because knowing Anna´s way of telling a story, this could take time.
"So, this morning I woke up as usual and because you already ate breakfast- because you are a early bird and I´m not- I decided to go down to the kitchen and grape a small thing. On the way there I met Martha- our new kitchen maid- and she was all in tears. So I asked her what the matter is and she said that it was nothing, but I would not let go and asked her how I could help. She told me than that one of the stable boys said mean things about her, how she eats too much and such things. And you know that made me really mad, so I did not go to the kitchen but instead right down to the stables. There I saw Per of whom I knew that he liked to make bad jokes of people. And while he was cleaning up one of the boxes, I pushed the cart with… well, you know what in it… I pushed the card a bit too hard- remember I was really mad- and it rolled towards him and he stumbled and fell right into it."
"Anna!"
"I apologised right away and it turned out it had not been him who made fun of Martha because he actually is secretly in love with her… You can imagine how embarrassed I was. So I thought the day can only get better from there on. I grabbed a thing to eat- I was already starving- and decided to go meet Kristoff in town. But I did not even make it to the main square when I saw two men fighting aloud. First I wanted to ask them politely to stop and not disturb the other people, but one of them said I should back off, and I got angry and grabbed the first thing my hands could grab- I think it was salmon- and punched him with it in the face and…"
"Anna, what got into you today?" This was getting better and better.
"Again I apologised right away and than Kristoff turned up and dragged me away and said that they were not fighting but actually haggling… I felt so stupid. Why do I always do things before I think?"
"At last you had an interesting day."
"It´s not funny!"
To see how Anna looked at that moment was actually funny. Sitting cross-legged, looking at her big sister and all that with a face red from embarrassment and anger. Poor Anna.
"Sorry. No its not. Anna, acting before thinking can be very dangerous, you know that."
"I know…"
"But on the other hand… sometimes I wish I could be a bit like you"
"Wait, what? Aren´t you going to ground me for causing public distrubulence or something like that."
"Anna, listen. You are bold, valiant, firm, strong, brave, sometimes rash and foolhardy, but one the whole you are good and all of your intentions are good. To be fierce enough to stand up for the right thing is never a negative trail mark of a person."
"Thank you."
"…But never less, punishment must be. Do you know how pitiful Per looked when I saw him later the day? And making a scene on the market place, I mean you are a princess! And then…"
Anna could already feel her stomach turn and twist by the though of one of her sisters long talks. This could take a while and was a punishment not to be underestimated. But somehow she deserved that…