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Chapter 5 Camping or Ice skating
Anna and Elsa raced through the halls, head to head. "I'm going to tell Mama and Papa first Elsa." "Oh like if. Who's gonna go camping in the woods in the middle of the night?" "We will. And there is no way and I mean no way I'm going to be skating because I can't skate." "Did you even try?" "Yes." "When?" "The day you thaw Arendelle." "Any time else?" "Yes." "When?" "You don't need to know that." "Yes I do need to know that." "No you do not!" "Yes I do!" "No you don't!" "Yes I do!" "No you don't!" Agdar and Idun were coming up the stairs when they heard Anna and Elsa shouting. They reached the top of the stairs and that's when Anna and Elsa crashed into them. They rolled down the stairs, Elsa landed first, then Anna, Agdar and Idun. "Why am I always at the bottom when we crash?" "Who knows why…oh yeah right. Mama, Papa I have something I want to tell you." "You want to tell them something? I have something more important than what you're going to tell them." "Oh like if. Don't listen to Elsa, it's only politics." "No it's something we can do as a family." "No she's lying." "No you're lying." "You're lying." "No you're lying."
"Wait so who's telling the truth." Idun said confused, "I am." Elsa and Anna said at the same time. "Okay so Anna gets to tell us first." "Why Anna?" "Because we go by the alphabet." "Fine." "You were saying Anna." "I was think we should go camping. You know explore the outdoors at night." "Sounds nice, Elsa?" "Ice skating, we've never tried it as a family before." "But I want to go camping." Anna whined, "Here's the deal, your father and I will think about it and in about two days time we'll do the activity we choose and the next day the other, alright?" "Okay Mama. So what do I do in the mean time since Elsa has papers and meetings to keep her company." "Well don't you have that Kristoff person who you always go in town with? Speaking of him why don't we invite him to our picnic?" "But Mama we aren't having a picnic." Elsa said hoping she wouldn't have to come…yet again. "Okay new deal, which activity comes last, Kristoff is invited and no exceptions." "Fine." "Well see you two later, I'm going to take Sunshine for a walk." Elsa had a perfect plan for her activity to win but she had to leave, "Uh…I have meetings to sign…I mean papers to sign." Anna looked at Elsa oddly, 'What is Elsa up to?' "So Mama and Elsa's gone, Papa how 'bout a game of chess?"
"No, I have to walk Sunshine." "But Mama took Sunshine." "I mean Snowflake, sorry I haven't played with them for a while. Bye." "Bye Papa." Anna watched her father dashed up the stairs and soon doing the same but she was most likely following Elsa. Elsa walked down the hallway to her room and heard footsteps behind her, she turned around but nobody was there. Anna tried to tip toed behind her and realized that Elsa stopped walking. 'She's on to me.' Anna dashed in an open room next to her and landed face first on the floor. She looked up and saw Sunshine watching her, Anna noticed that Sunshine had a leash on her, 'Great I'm in Mama's room.'
"Anna? What are you doing?" "Oh I was uh…wonder if you would like me to accompany you and Papa since you two are taking Snowflake and Sunshine for a walk." "Snowflake's here, your father hasn't come for her." "Oh so can I walk her?" "Sure, she is your wolf after all." "Great let's go." "Okay but first, is this a trick to get me to pick your activity?" "No, I haven't spent time with my mother without Elsa and Papa. Is that too hard to ask?" "I guess not." 'Before it wasn't a trick just a getaway from Elsa but since you put it that way sure. If I can't wait for an answer, I guess I have to give you loads of surprises and goods to make you want to choose my activity. That should work perfectly.' Idun snapped her fingers in front of Anna until she broke her train of thoughts. "What were you thinking about?" "Nothing." 'Just a perfect plan to make you choose my activity.' They walked the rest of the way in silence.
"Elsa what are you doing?" Elsa slammed her book shut as she heard Agdar's voice, "Nothing." "You sure?" "Yeah…why you may ask?" "When I came in you looked fine to me and I asked you one simple question and you tensed up." "Really? I haven't noticed." "She lied. "What are you reading anyways." "A book." "About what?" "About…Arendelle's…history?" It sounded more like a question than a statement to both of them. 'Well that came out wrong.' "Are you sure?" "Positively." "Well let me see the book." "No!..." Agdar jumped back at her outburst. "…I mean no." "What's wrong, it's like you don't want me to see the book." "W-what? That's j-just crazy. W-why would I hide things from my father?" during that time she hid the book behind her back trying to take her plan paper out. "Well then, can I see the book?" "Yeah…sure why not." "I mean now." "Like now now or now as in later." "I mean now as in now." Elsa felt the paper slipped out of the book and saw it slide under her desk. She handed Agdar the book and reached for the paper, looked at it and almost screamed, 'I got the wrong paper! Really the wrong paper.' Elsa glanced at Agdar who was just flipping through the book, she let out a squeal of horror as she saw he was a few pages away from her plan. "You said something Elsa?" Elsa shook her head and focused on the paper he was nearing. 'Please don't find it or see it.' "Here." She outstretched a hand to take the book but froze as she took it again once more. "Wait one more page." Elsa held her breath as he turned the page, everything went in slow motion for Elsa as he turned it. Agdar turned the page and saw a paper but it wasn't hers, he looked up and saw Elsa's face paler than before. "Elsa? Are you alright?" Elsa didn't hear one word he said because she was losing oxygen. Agdar shook her in which Elsa almost collapsed. "Are you alright?" "Yes. Want to play chess?" "No." "Why?" "If your mother can beat me at chess then why should I play?" "I'll help you become better at chess and in return you play against me." "Alright." 'Great if I can do this with Mama I'll win.'
"So I guess it's pink?" "Nope." "Aww come on Mama, I've been at it for fifteen minutes." "You give up?" "Yes, I know I used every colour in the world." "It's purple." "I knew it." "Did you?" "No, my turn. What is my favourite...favourite food…no. Animal? No. Colour I guess." "Pink." "No." "Blue." "No that's Elsa's thing, not mine." "Red." "No way. We see it everyday you know." "Yellow?" "No." "White." "Too plain. Last guest." "And I know it's not green, gold?" "Nope and by the way green was it." "Want to go back in and have lunch?" "Sure." 'Maybe if I make a special dessert for Mama and Papa they'll choose my activity.'
"There you go. After somewhat seven tries you won." "Yeah, maybe I could beat your mother. Let's go for dessert, I'm getting hungry." 'I'll make Mama and Papa a gigantic and mouth-watering dessert then they'll have no choice but to choose my activity.' When they entered the dining room they saw Idun sitting alone in the dining room, "Hi Mama, why are you here alone?" "Anna told me to stay here while she had a surprise for us." "Will you two excuse me, I have one thing to do before dessert is served." With that Elsa exited into the kitchen. She was shocked with the mess she saw in the kitchen.
"Hi Elsa, what are you doing here?" "I should be asking you that." "I'm making dessert." "No Anna, I'm making dessert and I insure that it'll be better than what you are making." "Whatever." Elsa and Anna moved left to right in the kitchen, taking, mixing and baking things. Anna was the first to run out of the kitchen with two trays on each of her arms and one on her head while Elsa asked a few servants to help her with her desserts.
"So what do you think they're trying to do Idun?" "I don't know but when she asked me if I needed any company when I was going to take Sunshine out for a walk, I agreed but asked her if it was a trick to get me to choose her activity. She said no and after that she was thinking about something but Anna said it was nothing when I took her out of her thought. Anything strange while that was going on?" "Yes, I walked in on Elsa and saw her reading, nothing wrong there but when I asked her a simple question, she tensed up and slammed the book shut. I asked her to see the book , Elsa stalled until she gave it to me for a reason. I took a glance at her and saw she had a paper in her hands and it looked like she was mentally scolding herself for the paper. I pretended to flip through the paged of the book and out of the corner of my eye I saw fear in her eyes as I flipped through the book and heard a squeal from her as well. I stopped on a page with a paper on the other side but paid no attention to it, I looked up to see her face paler than usual and she almost collapsed when I shook her out of it. then she offered to help me play better in chess which by the way I was hoping to challenge you to a chess tournament?" "Sure." "I kind of think their plan is whoever treats us the best will win and their activity goes first." "Not sure Agdar but it's sounding like one Anna will make, Elsa? Not sure but I for a fact think we should play along to their little game." Anna came bursting through the kitchen doors with five trays on her.
"Dessert is served." Anna took off the covers on the five trays to reveal two blueberry pies, two bowls of chocolate fondue and brownies. "This is really nice Anna." "Thanks Mama." "Delicious." "Thanks Papa." Elsa came out with four servants, two of them carried a big tray that was covered and the other two carried assorted chocolates. Idun and Agdar forgot about their plan as soon as Elsa removed the cover, it revealed a chocolate cake which was covered in vanilla icing and decorated in chocolate flowers and at the bottom of the cake it had 'I love you' written on it. "You made that for us?" Idun said as she felt her eyes brimming with tears, Elsa nodded. Idun walked over to Elsa and hugged her as she whispered, "We love you too Elsa." Elsa couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt in her heart, 'I did this to make them choose my activity but now I feel terrible just terrible. Making Mama cry? No maybe if I keep the plan with Papa, he'll convince her to choose mine instead. Even though Mama's crying tears of happiness I still feel guilty.' "Well let's eat." Elsa said as she broke her train of thoughts.
"This is really good. Did someone helped you with this Elsa?" "Nope, made it all by myself Papa though I wouldn't want to go in the kitchen right at the moment if I were you, it's kind of a mess in there." No one didn't realize Anna disappearance. "You know, maybe I could put you as the head chef Elsa. What do you think?" "Yes but I'm the Queen and think of it a Queen as a head chef? No way, no how in what generation a Queen was or will be a head chef." "Lunch was great, bye Elsa and thanks for the dessert. I'm going to beat your mother in chess." "I doubt it." Agdar and Idun left leaving Elsa alone in the dining room. Only then Elsa realized Anna wasn't there, she walked to Anna's room to find the whole room in a complete mess. Elsa looked around the room to find Anna under a pile of blankets, she cleared her throat which alerted Anna.
"What do you want?" harsh but calm, "Nothing, you weren't there for dessert." "Yeah that's because Mama's precious snowflake was with her." "Anna all I did was bake a cake and brought out a few chocolates." "That's the point." "What's the point?" "You made a cake for both of them." "So?" "That was part of your plan wasn't it." "What plan?" "This one." Anna took out a paper which had Elsa's plan on it. "Where did you find it." "Under your bed when I was coming up from lunch. It looks like your little cake trick work on them, maybe a little too well because I left when Mama almost cried when she hugged you." "I know and I feel guilty for doing it. What are you up to anyway?" "None of your concern." "You said no more secrets." "I know I said that but I don't need to tell you this and before you say anything, no it is not a secret. Anyways I'm going in town." "But it's going to rain." "So why should I care about that?" "Because I care about you..." "And?" "And I want to keep you safe." "I know that and I'm off to town." Anna left.
Anna spent the rest of the day in town, playing with the children, going in the chocolate shops and hanging out with Kristoff, Olaf and Sven. Elsa spent the rest of the day well mostly doing nothing, literally nothing. She lied down on her bedroom floor with Sunshine and Snowflake who were playing with her cloak. Idun and Agdar spent the rest of the day playing chess, Agdar won most of the games then started stalling when he was going to lose some of the games. Idun on the other hand didn't even bother to listen to his stalling, she just continued playing even when he said stop. They played until Gerda called them for dinner. Kai called Elsa for dinner and sent guard to tell Anna it was dinner time. Dinner was quiet, no one even started a conversation. After dinner everyone bid their farewell and headed for bed. Idun and Agdar already had choose the activity they wanted to do as a family but they decided to tell them tomorrow. Two days has passed, Elsa and Anna did nothing to make them choose their activity instead they waited patiently until it was time. It was hard for Anna since she really had nothing to do, she didn't wanted to ask her mother nor her father thinking they'll get suspicious as to why she wants to make something, help them or keep them company but the honest truth was she didn't want to trick them into doing or choosing anything, Anna was just naturally bored.
"So who's having fun?" "We all are, yikes! Okay Elsa we may need some skating lessons." Idun said before she landed on the ground, bringing down Agdar as well. "Sure I would love to, Anna come on and skate with us please." "In the ballroom? No way, it isn't safe." "Since when you cared about that?" "Since now, Elsa what are you doing?...don't drag me there. Elsa!" Anna fell face first on the floor and got picked up by Elsa. "Really Elsa?" "Yes, now follow me." "Alright but I'm warning you, I can't skate." Anna looked away from Elsa and Elsa released her hands from Anna and skated next to her. "Now how hard was that?" Anna looked in front of her to see no one there, "H-hey I'm skating. I can skate."
"Isn't that great. Now why don't you help your Papa skate?" "Sure." Everyone skated for the rest of the morning, sure they fell down most of the time but they still tried. After lunch Elsa froze the courtyard and they skated, even Kristoff, Sven, Olaf, a few guards, servants, villagers, Snowflake and Sunshine joined them in ice skating. They all skated 'til the sun set.