Chapter 5

Anna had sat waiting at the breakfast table for her sister and Ellie. She felt a bit guilty for leaving her sister all alone with Ellie last night. It had been Kristoff's first night back from the mountains and she had really missed him. Besides it was just for one night, during the day Anna would take Ellie to play so Elsa could go to her meetings.

Anna's thoughts were disturbed by the sound of laughter coming from down the hall. Looking up, she saw her sister and Ellie turn the corner, walking towards her hand in hand. Anna's jaw dropped in awe. They looked so comfortable with each other. Ellie who had been scared of her own shadow last night now had a smile on her face. While she had flinched away form Anna's hugs yesterday, she was now holding Elsa's hand. How in the world did Elsa manage to get Ellie to trust her so soon? Her sister, who even after four years, was still a bit apprehensive of touch, was holding Ellie's hand like the possibility of freezing her wasn't there.

'Good morning', Elsa chimed cheerfully.

Though Elsa seemed extraordinary happy Anna thought she should apologize for last night just to be sure.

'I'm sorry for…' Anna started her apology.

'That's okay, everything went fine!' Elsa interrupted her.

'That's good to hear! So I thought maybe I could take Ellie to…'

'No need, I cleared my whole schedule today so we can go to the meadow were we used to picnic when we were little.'

Anna eyed her sister suspiciously. She had cleared her whole schedule?! That was really rare for Elsa to do… Anna knew that Elsa saw Arendelle as one of her top priorities so there had to be something special about this trip to the meadow.

After breakfast Ellie went off to help the servants bring the plates to the kitchen so Anna took her chance to talk to her sister about her uncanny behaviour of this morning.

'You seem so happy today', Anna commented.

'That's because I am happy.'

Anna couldn't keep it in anymore, she just had to know how Elsa had gotten Ellie to trust her so fast.

'How did you do it?

'How did I do what?'

'Get her to trust you, hold your hand? I tried to hug her last night but all she did was flinch away from my touch, while my hugs are famous for being the warmest and nicest hugs in Arendelle!' Anna exclaimed the last part.

'Aren't you…'Anna hesitated before continuing, 'Aren't you scared of freezing her?' She hated herself for having to bring this up but she just didn't want either Ellie or Elsa to get hurt.

'Because I can't, freeze her I mean.' Elsa answered still with a smile on her face.

Out of all the answers Anna had expected she never expected it to be this.

'What do you mean, you can't freeze her?'

'She's like me. Not just in appearance, she's like me in every way.'

'Do you mean she has… powers too?'

'Yes, she accidently froze my room last night. That's how I found out. Oh Anna, they did horrible things to her. They locked her up in an attic because of her powers. They made her think she was a monster. She even thought I'd banish her from the kingdom when I found out. She was curled up in a ball in the corner just so afraid to hurt anyone.'

That sounded an awful lot like someone Anna knew very well but she decided to let that go.

'Why do you think it is that you can't freeze her?'

'I don't know, I just felt it. I think it has something to do with not being able to get hurt by our own element or something. Just like I never feel cold.'

Anna guessed that made sense. She looked over at Ellie, who had re-entered the room, and looked at her with different eyes now. Now that she knew Ellie had powers too, the girl's actions from last night made a lot more sense as well. After all you had to have a very good reason to refuse the best hugs in Arendelle!

'Ellie', Elsa addressed the girl, 'Is it okay with you if Anna comes to watch our power practice too?'

So that's what they were going to do on that meadow.

'Sure', Ellie answered shyly.

'So Anna, do you…' Elsa started but before she could finish Anna had already let out a squeal of excitement. She loved watching Elsa use her magic so wouldn't miss watching Elsa teaching her mini-me for the world.

'I take it that's a yes', Elsa remarked sarcastically.

When the three of them arrived at the meadow Anna saw that it was indeed a good spot to practice magic. It was on the edge of the forest high on the hill with a view of Arendelle. It was a place where no one really came so it was perfectly safe to practice there.

'Remember what I told you', Anna heard her sister say to Ellie. 'Don't be scared, just let it go. You can't hurt anyone here. You already know you can't hurt me and Anna will stay at a safe distance.

Anna held her breath in amazement when she saw Ellie begin making movements with her hands. She started out quite uncertain but when Ellie saw the perfect little snowball that had formed in her hands, a smile spread on her face. Ellie's movements became more elegant while she started making random mini snow blizzards appear, much like Elsa had done when she had first let it go on the North Mountain.

Anna watched as her sister taught Ellie to stomp her foot on the ground to make ice appear. She would always be amazed at their ability to run on ice without slipping.

Anna looked at her sister and was amazed of how happy she looked. Her eyes shone with happiness and joy and so did Ellie's. Anna realized that this was probably the first time Elsa didn't have to hold back with her powers. With Ellie Elsa could just be herself in every aspect that was Elsa. She didn't have to explain or apologize anything related to her powers because Ellie knew.

It was the first time Anna saw her sister using her powers for fun without being the tiniest bit scared. Anna had seen her sister use them as a weapon, to help others by putting out fires and to bring joy to others by making skating rinks in the summer. But never had she seen Elsa like this, so at ease.

Normally Anna was the one to make Elsa happy. Her hugs never failed to bring a smile on her sister's face. The smile Elsa wore on her face now was a whole different smile though. It wasn't a better smile, just a different one, good different. Anna realized that Ellie coming into their lives meant that she wasn't the only one who could bring Elsa pure happiness anymore. She wasn't jealous though, as long as her sister was happy she would gladly share that ability with Ellie.