Anna, Kristoff and Sven were on their journey. Kristoff, since then, had never stopped babbling with Anna. Anna just got along with him. Kristoff joked, and she would burst out laughing.

"So, uh, what made she curse us?" Kristoff asked another question.

"I don't know," Anna shrugged. "But I still remember though, I asked for her blessing for my marriage with Hans that time." She recalled the time at the coronation.

"Hans?"

"Prince Hans. I only just met him. But now, I knew him better, we could just get married now, if it wasn't because of Elsa!" Anna crossed her arms. She still felt angry for Elsa.

"Still, do you want to have a wedding celebration in darkness? That's silly." Kristoff chuckled mischievously.

"No, I mean, if she gave me the blessing, Hans would just have been my husband right now." Anna explained, giving a glance to Kristoff who was still laughing.

Kristoff's laugh slowly faded. "You're a lot into him, do you really love him?" Again, he let out a small giggle.

Love Hans? I don't know, it feels like I don't get the exact feeling for him.

Anna narrowed her eyes for what she had thought. Would she tell Kristoff that? "Of- of course I love him," She hesitated. "Why?"

"If you love him, why are you leaving him?" Kristoff smiled sheepishly.

"Dummy, I am a princess. I shall do something to save my falling kingdom. Even the queen herself doesn't do her jobs. So I need to leave, not want." Anna answered with annoyance.

Kristoff nodded. "I see."

There was a short silence from both Anna and Kristoff.

Feeling bored, Anna started to speak. Well, Kristoff. What kind of job you are working on?"

"Oh, I am an ice harvester." Kristoff shortly replied.

Anna let out a 'whoa' sound. "Ice harvesting must be an adventure, really?" Anna was eagered to know.

"Yeah. There's one time, when I was cracking a small frozen pond, my back felt warm. I didn't why the heck it was warm, extremely warm, around me was snow! So I turned back, and I saw that behind me was a lake of lava." Kristoff told his story confidently.

"What the-" Anna raised her brows.

"I know right. So I sneaked, looking for what's behind me. And I freaked out because the lava didn't touch the snow beside it. You see, that place has two seasons, side by side. Weird, but it's true!" Kristoff said, with his hands gesturing everything. His face was just as real as he could be.

"Whoa, whoa. Wow." Anna giggled quietly.

"And there are rumors that the Queen lives on a rocky mountain between those seasons." Kristoff concluded, crossing his arms.

Anna quickly alerted by what Kristoff just said. "Is that even true?" She questioned.

"Who knows, what if?" Kristoff just shrugged.

What if it's true? Elsa might be capable of anything.

Kristoff looked around. "Well, now, I guess it's already dawn. We need a place to rest." He said. The sky was still the same, nothing changed. So everytime could be nights.

"We can just lay down mats and slept under the tree?" Anna gave out a not-so-good idea.

"Nuh uh, that's not safe." Kristoff shook his head.

Anna sighed. "I wish there's a house, or a homestay, or some fine places for us to stay-" While her eyes were far looking around, even it was dark, she saw something. "Kristoff!" She yelled, tapping on the ice harvester's shoulder.

"What?"

"There it is! Look, a house!" Anna pointed to a gleaming place not too far from them. It had chimneys, which she was sure enough was a house.

"Alrighty," Kristoff nodded as he heed the house. He conducted Sven to go to the right way.

As they reached the house, both of them stood frozen in front of the door. It was not a house, just a small cottage.

"A cottage." Anna claimed.

"A shimmering cottage. Full of torches on every corner." Kristoff examined the whole cottage. Torches were everywhere, from corners to corners. Might be the shinest place in Arendelle.

"Yeah." Anna nodded. "I'm going to knock." She stepped forward, lifting up her arm, but stopped by Kristoff.

"No!" He said. "Why not?" Anna questioned with both eyes widened.

"Because, I am going to knock." Kristoff chuckled and knocked three times. Anna just gaped and rolled her eyes.

"Heheh," Kristoff giggled.

The door was not open for a moment, before finally, it creaked.

"Oh, hello." There out a woman, with brown hair, hazel eyes and seducing red lips. "What can I help you?" Her voice was just as sweet as sugar, asking the two funny people.

Anna and Kristoff were surprised by the woman's appearance. "Well, hello, miss. Sorry for bothering you at this kind of time. We were just passing by, and do you mind if we can get a stay here? We can pay, if you wish us to." Anna explained, smiling widely.

"Oh, I see." The woman paused. She looked around, and lastly turned her gaze to Anna. "I couldn't bear to let you two sleeping in this darkness, so I give you a stay as long as you want. Besides, I live alone here." She smiled.

Anna gasped. "Oh my, thank you, miss!" She thanked the woman and bowed.

The woman just giggled. "You're very welcome. Come in, the food's almost ready." She opened the door a bit wider, and welcoming her guests into her house.

"Carrot stew is ready," The woman came out from the kitchen with a tray of food in her hands. They were two bowls of carrot stew. Kristoff and Anna looked delighted, as the stew was still hot.

"Eat how much you want, I know you guys need much energy for resuming your journey." She said, passing the bowls to the hungry Anna and Kristoff.

"This is more than enough, we don't know how to thank you either." Anna thanked again.

"No problem. Just stay here like your own's house." The woman replied. She looked at Kristoff. "What's your name, young man?" She asked.

Kristoff was about to eat, but he stopped. "Oh, I am Christopher." He faked his name.

"Hmm, Christopher... How 'bout you, pretty girl?" The woman turned to Anna.

Anna, don't tell her your real name, she might rob you if she knew your actual status.

"I'm Anne." Anna answered, faked. "Anna?" The woman misheard her. "No, Anne, Anne Anderson." Anna protested.

"Oh, well." The woman let out a whine. "Finish your meal up, I'm getting your beds ready. If you need anything, just call me." She kindly said. She was about to walk into the hallway.

"One thing, miss," Anna said. "What is your name?" She asked the woman.

"The name's Elliote. Just call me Elly." Elly answered.

"Elly, cute." Kristoff praised.

"Why, thank you..." Elly smiled as she walked into the hallway.

Both Anna and Kristoff stunned by the way Elly walked. They both then looked at each other and continued eating their meals.