"So," Elsa said, as the guards let them in. She dismounted Icecile and handed the reins to a guard, watching as her horse was lead into the royal stables. The same was with Anna's horse. Elsa rubbed her hands together, "Our training starts now."
Anna blinked in surprise, "Now?"
Elsa nodded, "Yes. The sooner the better."
"Okay," Anna said as she went into a fighting stance, "I'm ready."
"Not yet." Anna paused and looked at her sister, "you're not going to use your magic yet."
"What?" Anna asked, "why not?"
"One of the benefits of controlling any magic is not only keeping your emotions in check, but for fire and air magic, to learn how to breathe properly," Elsa said, "for fire relies on air to thrive, and air needs other air to support it and let it grow."
Anna blinked again, "Where did you learn all this stuff?"
"I have a set of textbooks in my room," Elsa explained, "and I studied when I had nothing else to do."
"Oh."
"Yes. Moving on... I want you," Elsa explained, "to slowly breath in and out. First I want you to breath in through your nose and realease that breath through your mouth slowly."
Anna sighed, but obeyed. This was going to be a long practice session.
Two hours later Anna was still breathing the way Elsa had instructed. "Good," Elsa praised. "Still breathing the same way- and no speaking, Anna, I want you to just breathe- hold a hand out and make a flame." The citizens above watched the red haired princess as she held her hand out.
Breath in, breath out. A tiny flame sparked to life in her hand and as Anna breathed in and out, and got bigger slowly and steadily. Anna looked at the fire with wonder, as did the rest of Arendelle.
"Good, good," Elsa praised, taking a scroll out of her boot and forming a sparkling ice quilt. She crossed off something at the top of the list and rolled the scroll into her boot again, tucking the quill behind her ear, "Do you think you will be able to make a bigger flame?"
Anna nodded, "Yes." And she continued breathing. Eventually she started tossing the flame from hand to hand and extinguished it. Then she made a fireball and kicked it around, being careful not to set her dress on fire.
"Very good," Elsa praised. Her sister bent over on one knee, kneeling on the ground, and allowed herself to catch her breath.
"I think I have control," Anna said, and looked at her sister, "is my training complete?"
"Yes," Elsa nodded, "but one last thing." Anna looked upat her sister. Elsa looked back at her, "Always have control over your emotions. Think of something that'll trigger a certain emotion, okay?"
Anna smiled and walked up to Elsa, hugging her sister. Anna was fire hot, while Elsa was ice cold. "Thanks Elsa."