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"Open Water"
Anna felt it was time once again to venture out to the big scary outside world. She figured that she had been cooped up long enough. However, when she stepped foot outside the castle, It was blistering hot on this particular day and she immediately regretted her decision. She looked around through the heat waves radiating around her, and spotted a small boat in the distance. She immediately smiled, knowing it was the royals' fishing boat. It was a present for her father when he was still alive; the sad part was, though it was maintained and kept in good enough condition, the king had never had a chance to use it; as it was given to him right before he left for Corona on that fateful trip. So, Anna decided it had been docked long enough – it was time for an adventure.
And who better to bring with her than her sister, who she knew had simply been working too hard?
Anna walked around the castle, looking around for wherever Elsa might be. After a few moments of simply walking around and briefly forgetting what she was doing in the first place, she spotted Elsa turning the corner and walked into her.
"Ahh! Anna, what are you doing?" Elsa slightly rubbed her head from where they accidentally head-butted.
"Ohh…" Anna groaned and rubbed her own head, "Uh…what was I doing…oh yeah! I was actually trying to find you! Want to go on a swimming trip with me?"
Elsa stared blankly at her sister and sighed, "I'm not sure, Anna. I'm pretty busy today, and plus…I'm not too good with water. I never really learned how to swim."
"You don't know how to swim?"
Elsa just rolled her eyes a little and let out an irritated huff, "Well, it's kind of hard to learn whenever you're a kid, and every liquid you touch instantly freezes".
"Oh…well, now that you can control your powers better, you can come! I'll just push you in so you can learn how to swim! And don't worry about all your work, I'll just send Kai to do it."
"I don't know, I don't like just springing my work on people with such short notice…And Anna, I swear, if you so much as lay a finger on me, I'll freeze every one of them off."
"That's why I'll tell Kai for you, this way you won't have to! And please, I think I can handle some frozen fingers. It's all worth it to see you graduate from land-lubber to guppy."
Elsa just chuckled and sighed, seeing how Anna's twisted logic was…well, twisted. But, she somehow made sense in a weird way. Also, she was giving Elsa that look that pleaded with her very soul; the kind of look your dog would give you when it wants that treat oh so badly. The kind of look that said, "Hey, want to make up for thirteen years of abandonment issues with me?"
Needless to say, after that thought had crossed Elsa's mind, they were off towards the boat.
"Alrighty, here we are!" Anna squealed with excitement and glee, presenting the boat as if it were a prize they had just won from a contest.
Elsa gave the boat a questionable look, "Papa's old boat? Is it even safe? I mean, it's just been sitting here for three years, what if the wood is rotted out or something?"
"I remember Kai telling the maintenance workers to keep it up to par, in case of any future use or some mumbo jumbo like that. Anyways, stop stalling! Let's go!" She eagerly yanked her sister in, noticing Elsa's light squeak of shock and hopped aboard. They wobbled a little bit, seeing as to how the boat wasn't terribly big. Elsa fell into Anna's arms at first, but then got her sea legs and managed to stand in place.
It was a bit bigger than an average rowboat, comfortably sitting three people if need be. Anna got settled in and grabbed the oars, and, with a few eager claps of her little hands paired with some giggles, started rowing towards the end of the fjord. She rowed toward the opening between the mountains that let out to sea, and awed at the sight of the mighty ocean. She looked over, and even saw her sister managing a smile as she too looked out at the grace and beauty of the open water.
Elsa just realized the thought that just occurred to her.
Open water.
She had never really been the type to over-think things, (with the exception of her powers as a child), but she was well aware of the dangers of open water – currents sweeping you out to where you can drown, swells of random waves, fatigue from swimming with nothing to rest upon, and not to mention the recent increase in the amount of sharks.
Elsa occasionally visited to the town markets to buy little trinkets of things for herself: little nick-knacks, presents for her sister on occasion, bits of chocolate and fruit because she just loved her apples and oranges. Plus, getting out every so often was good for her, she reasoned. She had taken Anna's advice about getting out more often and making the effort to learn better social skills.
In doing this, however, she often passed by the fish market every now and again, seeing the vast arrays of fish; and, on occasion, (though more often nowadays than past times), some sharks. There were a variety of smaller sharks, and slightly bigger ones. There was one in particular that the fishermen feared, though; the Great White Shark. They weren't terribly big most of the time, often being juveniles. But upon closer inspection, she saw their razor-sharp teeth, seeing that they definitely weren't something someone would want to go up against. She took comfort in the fact that the Great Whites hadn't been spotted in more than a few months though, suspecting they had been hunted out of the region – at least that's what she over-heard one of the fishermen say one day. This gave her some relief, knowing the bigger ones were gone. But, let's just say this: to her, no matter what the size, they still managed to look like something out of a very fierce nightmare.
Anna had quit rowing, and started to disrobe into her undergarments. Elsa had developed a look of fear from all of her overthinking as Anna simply just jumped into the refreshing sea. They were still in the fjord, but farther away from the land than Elsa personally felt comfortable with.
"Elsa! Come on in! It feels sooooooooooo good!" Anna laughed as she spat water out of her mouth at her sister, causing her to grimace in disgust slightly.
"Anna, I'm not too sure I can do this…"
Anna rolled her eyes, "Come on Elsa! You've got a great body! Besides, no one can really even see you!"
Elsa's face turned a light shade of red upon hearing this random statement, and did a double-take at what he sister said and retorted, "What?! No! That's not why at all!" Great, as if the dangers of deeper water weren't enough, self-awareness started to set in a little bit. She now blushed heavily and started to feel all kinds of self-conscious, holding her arms against her stomach and her chest.
Way to go, Anna. Way to go.
"Oh… sorry, hehe…" The princess just kind of swam there for a second looking away from her sister awkwardly before speaking up again, "Why are you not coming in, though? You can't just sit there all day and watch me swim, Elsa. That's no fun at all! Not to mention kind of creepy."
Elsa gave a nervous chuckle and supposed Anna was right. Besides, if all else failed, she could just push Anna towards the sharks to distract them while she got away. Not that any were even around them, right?
Got to love those irrational fears.
"Fine…but if I die, you're coming with me."
"Yay! Now get in here miss paranoid-pants!" Anna slowly swam out of the way as she saw her sister dissolve her ice dress into an ice-swimming suit. Elsa sighed and jumped in plainly, feeling the coolness of the water and briefly smiling at the relief it provided. She had to admit, it was unreasonable hot outside. She felt her chest jump slightly realizing how truly deep the water was, for when she jumped in there was nothing for her to land on. But, after swimming upward and seeing her sister grab her arms and help her swim with more ease, she started to feel more relieved.
They had a good time for around the first 15 minutes. Splashing commenced, (started by Anna, of course), and they had an all-out war of dunking each other. Then, Anna suggested seeing who could hold their breath under the water the longest, and Elsa eagerly agreed, positive that she could definitely beat Anna in this simple, harmless little challenge. They grinned at each other slyly, sucked in as much air as they could in their lungs, and bobbed under the surface of the sea. They managed to open their eyes to stare at each other, Anna making funny faces in an attempt to get her sister to laugh and mess up, causing them both to surface and lose the challenge. After that, they went back under. Anna stuck out her tongue this time. But, upon tasting the salty seawater, she quickly yanked it back in and had a look of great disgust on her face; causing Elsa to laugh and swim back up to the surface. She was the first to speak up upon bobbing upwards,
"Wow, I have to admit, that was too perfect! Losing is totally worth it to see that!" Elsa hated losing, but she had to admit: Anna getting cocky and tripping over her own feet was just priceless.
Anna just scowled in a playful frustration at her sister, "Hey, best two outta three wins! READYSETGO!" With that, she quickly dunked under again. Elsa laughed to herself, knowing that she was bound to win this round, because she had a plan. However, plans have a way of changing suddenly and abruptly.
The second Elsa looked briefly glanced past Anna is when when she saw it.
Something that she thought she would never see at least for a good long while.
It was a Great White shark, about twenty feet in length. It looked like it was just harmlessly swimming along, gliding gracefully behind Anna about forty feet away from where they were. She saw its teeth, though; teeth that could easily rip the two of them apart without batting an eye. Elsa's eyes widened greatly in fear, and she quickly shot up to the surface. After she got up, she saw Anna's head bob out of the water, her sister laughing hysterically, knowing she had won the challenge.
"Aha! I beat you! AGAIN! The mighty Anna reigns supreme over the Snow Qu-"
Elsa slapped her hand over Anna's big mouth, and whispered fearfully, "Anna. Don't. Make. A. Sound."
"MMMPHPMPM" Anna tried to speak, err…shout underneath Elsa's hand. She quickly swatted it away. "Hey, what's the big idea?" Anna asked in a semi-hurt hushed voice.
"Don't over react when I tell you this…but there is an enormous shark swimming approximately 35 feet away from you." After saying that out loud, she realized: 'How can someone NOT over react to this?!' She tried to say it in the calmest way possible, but found she was struggling to keep her emotions under control. However, when there's a twenty-foot long shark swimming within your vicinity, all sensible emotions kind of tend to fly out the window.
Anna just scoffed at her, figuring she was just trying to scare her. She dunked her head under water, just to find Elsa was wrong; the shark was now about fifteen feet away.
For once, her sister was wrong about something.
Anna poked out of the water, her face in a fierce state of shock and fear, and she almost started crying. The boat had drifted slightly, and was now roughly 10 feet away from them. Elsa started up first, speaking in a hushed and anxious voice, "Anna, listen to me. If we're quiet and quick, we can make it to the boat. Now, let's start moving." Anna quietly nodded her head, as she started to whimper slightly.
The sisters started to quietly swim to the boat, but started to swim faster once the boat was within 3 feet of them. Anna was the first to get in, quickly pulling herself over the side of the boat. She looked back, seeing the dorsal fin of the shark approaching fast towards Elsa, as if it were trying to see who had the nerve to be in the same water space as it was.
Elsa was trying to pull herself up onto the boat, but slipped on some algae, and fell back in. she went under for just a brief second, as the shark caressed her legs with its rough skin. She let out a brief shriek, as the shark made eye-contact with her once it past her before turning back towards her direction. Once it was closer and about ready to pass her again, its nose and mouth lightly brushed against her foot, making her shoot out of the water and practically jump into the boat.
Just the motivation she needed.
Anna quickly scurried over to where her sister had landed, and looked at her. She didn't feel it at the time, but the shark had actually grazed one of its teeth against her foot, slicing it open just enough to make it bleed. She looked up at Anna, whimpering in sudden pain and shock.
"Oh no, Elsa, are you okay?" Anna was practically in tears.
"Yea…yeah, I think so." Elsa just sort of leaned up against the side of the boat, struggling to gain some composure as she began staring at the shark now casually circling their boat. Anna began to row back to shore, slowly and surely. Elsa's foot was still bleeding lightly, so she tried to put pressure on it. She sighed in annoyance, thinking how she just knew she should have just opted to sign papers all day.
Lesson learned.
Anna looked down at Elsa's foot, and back to Elsa. "So uh…I suppose this is when I apologize for dragging you with me?" She did feel bad; after all, all she was planning on doing was push Elsa in eventually. Not have her become a potential snack for a monster shark.
"No, there's no way that you could have predicted this. Don't feel sorry; in spite of this, it did feel good to have even just a little fun – especially with you."
Anna smiled at this. "Aww, look at you being all sentimental and stuff!…So…what do we do now? Oh! I know this is a stupid idea, but later on we can come back out here and play marco-polo!"
Elsa glared at Anna and laughed sarcastically to herself, "Yeah, that's a great idea!" With that, she slapped Anna playfully upside her head. "Well, I suppose we should just try and row cautiously back to the castle?"
It was Anna's turn to laugh, "Yeah, once we're both done getting hurt from nature; seriously, what does outside have against us?!"
They shared a chuckle at her question, and continued to row the boat back to Arendelle.
Elsa peered over to the side of the boat to notice that the shark was staring up at her with big black eyes. She shivered at the sight, and scurried back towards Anna. "Anna, do me a favor please?"
"Yeah, what is it?"
"The next time you want to invite me to do something outside with you that is not within the castle gates, don't do it."
Anna just sighed and agreed, figuring that Elsa was emotionally scarred enough from their childhood. She didn't want her older sister to suffer from hating everything that had to do with the outside world.
By the time they had gotten back to shore, the shark was still following them, as if it was a puppy following its master. Several fishermen gasped at the sight of it, beckoning for their spears and crossbows. However, by the time they got to where the boat was the shark had started to swim back to the sea, and was soon out of sight. The fishermen all just sighed, knowing they had missed a great catch.
After their failed attempt to kill the shark, the fishermen guided the queen and Anna off of the boat, and immediately took Elsa to the castle to the infirmary. After they had been taken to the hospital wing, Elsa's foot was wrapped up nicely and she was quickly guided to her bedroom for some rest. Anna eventually came by her room, and entered after knocking shyly. She just sat there next to Elsa for a while in silence.
"So, Elsa…what do you want to do now?"
Elsa just kind of dead panned, looking at her sister with a look of, 'you've got to be kidding me', "Well, I was going to go and get some lunch, but I think I'll pass today."
"Aww, why? I think it's your favorite!"
"It was, until the events of today occurred."
"What were they having again, anyways?"
Elsa sighed and fell back into her pillows, "A seafood buffet…"
Well, that was fun to write. I honestly have NO idea where this came from, but I felt like it was an interesting thing to write about; so I did.
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