Anna was a mouse in the soft darkness. Her feet lifted like two feathers against the carpeted hallway as she made her journey to her sister's room. While her body carried itself naturally to its destination, Anna's mind wandered aimlessly.

The strawberry blonde princess revisited the events that took place after dinner. Elsa had to attend some Queenly duties. Anna offered a helping hand and Elsa politely declined stating that she wouldn't need much help. Anna departed ways with her sister and went off to her room to think of ways to see her sister before the night molded into the early hours of the next day. Time slithered away like a snake in the grass as Anna occupied her mind on what to do. Everything came into place afterwards.

Anna awoke from her subconscious state and found herself in front of Elsa's bedroom door. She stared at the familiar flower pattern and felt an unexpected wave of uneasiness wash over her. She didn't know why she felt this way. There was no reason for her to worry. Anna knew she could enter Elsa's room without being turned away ever since Elsa thawed Arendelle, so it was only logical that she shouldn't fear and her sister turning her away.

Holding two dolls in her right hand, the Princess of Arendelle cleared her throat and knocked on the door. She paused for a quiet moment.

"Elsa? Are you awake?"

Nothing. Just the sweet whisper of the night. Despite being greeted with empty sound, Anna was not deterred. She readied herself for another try. She curled her hand back into a gentle fist and was about to knock the door when it suddenly opened and her fist dropped like curtains after the end of a play. Anna dropped her hand to her side and lifted her gaze to the person in front of her. Elsa. She sleepily ran a hand over the messy, ivory blonde hair to make it more presentable and smoothed out part of her nightgown before squinting her red and tired eyes.

"Anna? What are you doing here?"

"We didn't get enough time together like we planned. May I come in?"

"Anna…"

Anna clasped her hands together in front of her face and pouted her lips glistening in the moonlight like sugar crystals. Widening her eyes as big as she could get them she sent the final blow.

"Please?

Elsa gave in harder than a cave collapsing on itself and opened the door more so her sister. "Fine."

"Thank you", Anna whispered in excitement as she entered her sister's room. Elsa closed the door after her.

Anna made her way to the edge of Elsa's bed and held the dolls close to her chest. Elsa joined her sister on the bed and noticed the dolls. After some examination, Elsa recognized them as the rag dolls Gerda made for them to play with. They were doll Elsa and doll Anna. She looked up at her sister's ecstatic face full of hope and joy.

"Anna, why do you have our childhood dolls?"

Anna didn't stop biting her lip in sheer happiness as she gaily propelled Elsa's dolls in her arms.

"We're going to have a miniature, impromptu sleepover. This means we're going to play with our dolls to make up for lost time."

"Is playing in the snow not enough, Anna?"

"Elsa, thirteen years is a lot of time apart from my only sister and best friend. I promise that the next time we have a sleepover, it won't be impromptu."

Elsa raised a doubtful eyebrow. Anna gave up.

"Fine! I can't promise that all future sleepovers won't be impromptu, but I will promise that I will try so they won't be."

Elsa lowered her eyebrow and awarded her sister a playful and smug smile. "That's more like it."

Elsa quickly glanced down at her doll. She fixated on the flimsy crown on top on her head and the white blonde, yarn hair that were tied in two braids sticking out from the sides of the head. Then Elsa looked over at Anna's doll and saw it had the same hair do and crown.

"Elsa."

Elsa snapped her head up as if it was attached to strings. "Yes?"

Anna lunged her doll afoot away from Elsa's face. "Ready to play?"

Elsa looked back down at her doll and ran her right thumb over the body. Something sparked inside her. The child inside her that had always wanted to play with her little sister but never could woke up like a bear coming out of hibernation. A snowman smile found a home on her milky face. Once more, she looked up at her sister.

"Yes."

Elsa brought her doll up to the same level as Anna's and the two of them played for some time. The moon hiked higher and higher into the night sky nearing the end of a happy day.

The two sisters had to stop playing as Elsa had to get up and light a few candles to illuminate the room no matter how scarce the lighting was. Elsa flicked the flame out from the match before returning to her bed and sitting next to her sister.

"Sorry for that."

"It's okay. Besides, my arms were getting a little tired", Anna confessed.

Elsa placed a reassuring hand on her sister's shoulder.

"I feel the same way. But we did a pretty good job."

Anna's eyes lit up with life. "I know. It was really fun."

Elsa's hand slipped off the shoulder of her sister and a small smile tugged at her lips.

"So, what now?"

"How about we talk about something simple like….dinner."

"Dinner?"

"Yeah. Dinner. What did you think of the split pea soup?"

"I liked it. It was nice and hot and thick."

"Wow."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Anna….."

"Okay, fine. I find it kind of interesting that you like something so hot."

"What? I'm not allowed to like warm thing just because I'm the 'Snow Queen'?"

"You're not the Snow Queen. You're Queen Elsa of Arendelle and that's what you'll always be to me other than being my sister and best friend. It's just that, I don't know, you did mention to me that the cold never bothered you anyway."

"That's true, but that doesn't mean I can't enjoy warm and hot things. I mean come on, Anna, give me some credit. I did create Olaf and he loves all things hot. All my positive feelings went into him when I unwittingly gave him life. Everything that I love was put into his personality…..After all, I'm the one who gave him a voice when we were little. I had decided that he liked warm hugs."

"Well, when you put it that way I guess it makes sense. Okay, so never mind about my stupid comment. I'm sorry. It was stupid."

Elsa let out a small laugh just the way she did before her powers were exposed at her coronation reception-light and warm. "It's okay."

"So is split pea soup your favorite food?"

"No, but it is my favorite soup."

"What's your favorite food?"

"Sandwiches."

"Really?"

"And salmon."

"Oh my gosh. Those are my favorite foods too, Elsa! And split pea soup is also my favorite soup."

"Are you just saying that?"

"No. I really do love salmon and sandwiches and split pea soup. I mean, I knew we both liked chocolate at the reception, but I didn't think that we would more in common when it came to tastes in food."

"Why would you think that, Anna? We are sisters after all."

"Yeah, but that doesn't mean we could have ended up with personalities completely opposite of each other."

"Well, I'm glad to inform you that we're not exactly as different as night and day from each other."

"I'm glad too. I guess it just seems that way on the surface."

"You're absolutely right, Anna."

"And you know what I'm thankful for?"

"What?"

"The Danes."

Elsa raised an eyebrow in amusement. "What do you mean?"

"Thanks to our trade with them, not matter how dated it may seem, they have given us the joy of split pea soup and pastries. I love their pastries."

"Luckily, we'll be visited by the King and Queen of Denmark and update our trade with them."

"I can't wait to see them. It's so exciting."

"I know…."

Elsa's mind went blank for a moment. She felt that she had forgotten to tell Anna one last detail about the royals' visit tomorrow. Then it came to her.

"I just remembered something about their visit, Anna."

"I forgot to mention that the King and Queen will be bringing their daughters with them."

"Their daughters? How many do they have?"

"Two."

"How old are they?"

"I don't know. All I know is that they are coming with the King and Queen."

"You know, Elsa, it could be fun getting to know the Princesses of Denmark."

"I'm sure it will be fun, Anna."

"Maybe when they get here, we should give the family a tour of our castle and then maybe have the King and Queen be entertained by our staff while we take their daughters on a tour of Arendelle. We should especially go into town. It will be good for all of us especially you, Elsa. You need a break and take in some fresh air. Plus, it'll be good for you to come meet our subjects. They are such nice and charming people. I swear, you would feel so proud and lucky to be their ruler, their leader."

"Hold on, Anna. Maybe we will do that or maybe we won't. We'll have to see how things go first."

"I hope so. I really would like to go back into town but with you and our guests and not with Kristoff. I do like spending time with him and Sven and Olaf, but I need to spend time with you as well. I think going into town would be good for the both of us. Don't you think?"

"Of course, Anna. I can't make any promises, but I will try my best to make the trip happen."

Anna cracked a smile on her face. "I knew you'd understand, Elsa."

Elsa warmly smiled back at her sister. Anna looked down at her doll and fiddled with it before letting go of it completely. She lifted her head back up.

"Elsa?"

"Yes, Anna?"

"I'm getting tired. May we go to bed now?"

"I thought you'd never ask. I'm getting pretty tired myself and we have a busy day ahead of us. Why don't you get into bed while I take care of the dolls?"

Anna brought up her hands in front of her face in tight fists and bit her lower lip so that she gave her sister the illusion that she had buck teeth. Without uttering a word, Anna scurried off the bed's edge and looped around to her side of the bed and shuffled inside the sheets. Elsa got up from her current position and gently laid the dolls down on her vanity with their little hands touching together. She smiled at the dolls and then made her way to her bed. She folded a corner of the duvet over and slipped under the sheets. Elsa and Anna scooted closer to each other and Anna curled her head against the crook of Elsa's neck. She stared at the teaspoon amount of lit candles.

"Um, Elsa, what do we do about the candles?"

"Watch this."

Anna focused her gaze between her sister's face and her elevated right hand. Elsa had her fingers spread out and then carefully pulled them back together and dipped her hand into a thin, clasped claw. Within the swift motion, drops of ice formed in mid-air, descended upon each flame of the candles. When the ice made contact with them the candles were extinguished and the ice drops dispelled in an instant.

"Wow."

Elsa dropped her arm at her side and, with the moonlight being her eye's only guide, looked at her sister's face. She could barely see, but Elsa detected a wide smile on her sister's innocent face.

"That was so cool, Elsa."

"I'm glad you liked it."

"How long have you been able to do that?"

"I haven't been doing it for very long. I'm still learning to control my powers though. But I can at least extinguish the candles by using my powers with ease."

"I'm sure you're doing fine. You are Elsa after all."

"What's that supposed to mean, Anna?"

"It's mean you'll always be great."

Elsa blushed from the overwhelming compliment. She felt so embarrassed and caught off guard, but she still accepted her sister's words with an open heart.

"Thank you. And you will always be Anna."

"Meaning?"

"You'll always be my beloved little sister who always knows how to make me feel better. You'll always be the perfect companion to anyone and everyone."

It was Anna's turn to feel embarrassed. A cherry red blush made its way on her face. "Thank you."

Elsa dipped down and kissed Anna on the head.

"Now, it's time for bed."

"Okay."

Anna draped an arm over her sister's body and snuggled closer to her.

"Goodnight, Elsa."

Elsa draped an arm over Anna's shoulder.

"Goodnight, Anna."

Anna smiled inwardly to herself and closed her eyes. As soon as Elsa could feel the soft warmth of Anna's breath on her neck, Elsa allowed herself to fall asleep to her sister's calm breathing.

To Be Continued…