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CHAPTER 5 – A Sister's Duty

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"Destiny, Unity, Duty," Lillian, the Queen of Arendelle said to her two daughters, Anna and Elsa.

"It's so rhyme-y!" a five year old Anna happily said while bouncing on Elsa's bed. Elsa only giggled in response.

Lillian smiled and shook her head and she caught Anna with her arms to sit her down.

"Now remember well, these three virtues important," Lillian said and her daughters nodded. Lillian smiled at this. "Good girls!"

"Destiny represents the predetermined purpose or course in life. A constant among the variables in life," Lillian started and Anna looked confused. Elsa seemed to fare better but she still didn't grasp it fully.

Lillian gave them a soft smile before continuing. "It means that there are special purposes waiting for everyone, and it is up to them to reach it!" Lillian poked Anna's nose and she screamed in delight.

Elsa then looked at her hands and willed snowflakes to form. "Is it my destiny to have this power, mama?"

"Yes dear," Lillian placed a hand on Elsa's shoulder and Elsa turned to her. "You have a great and wonderful destiny waiting for you, my little Snow Princess!"

Anna clapped her hands enthusiastically at this. "Yay! Elsa is awesome!"

Lillian and Elsa smiled at this.

"You have your own destiny too, Anna," Lillian said and Anna's eyes widened at this.

"Really? Really? What is it?" Anna hurriedly crawled to Lillian's lap.

Lillian laughed at this. "I don't know! That's the thing about destiny; it is mysterious until the right moment comes,"

"Like a present?" Elsa said and Anna nodded.

"Just like a present," Lillian smiled and her daughters returned the smile.

"That is destiny. Now Unity is about the importance of being united and doing things together to accomplish many things. After all, it is easier and better to succeed together than alone, " Lillian asked.

"You mean like when Elsa and I build snowman together?" Anna asked and Lillian nodded.

"Yes! It also means being united through bonds of friendship, family, love and many more," Lillian said and Anna jumped at this.

"We are family!"

"Yes!" Lillian and Elsa giggled.

"And now, finally, Duty. It is a task, job or responsibility that everyone has and it is important to do it well," Lillian explained and Anna looked sad at this.

"You mean like papa?" Anna asked and Lillian patted her head.

"Yes. As a king, he has a lot of duties. But that doesn't mean that's all the duty he has. He has his duty as a father too," Lillian explained and Anna perked up at this. "Have your father neglected his duty to you girls?"

Elsa and Anna shook their heads.

"What about me? Have I neglected my duty as your mother?" Lillian asked again. Her daughters shook their heads again and hugged her.

"No! You are the best!" Anna said and Elsa nodded. Lillian giggled at this and hugged her children as well.

"I have the best duty in the world," Lillian whispered to them.

"But, you have your duties too," Lillian separated from them and placed her hand on her daughters' shoulders. "Your duties to each other, as sisters,"

Anna and Elsa looked at each other with a smile before Anna hugged her sister's waist. Elsa giggled as she could only hug Anna's head. Lillian waited for them to part before giving them her final advice.

"Now remember. United by Duty. Bound by Destiny," Lillian said and her daughters nodded.

Just then, the door to her daughters' bed room opened and Walt, the King of Arendelle walked inside.

"How are my little princesses doing?" Walt said with a smile.

"Papa!" the princesses said in unison.

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Anna stood in front of the large painting of her parents as she remembered their advice. Luckily for her, after her freezing and thawing, she managed to regain back her original childhood memory.

Unfortunately, it also made her realize the pain that she had caused her sister during their isolation.

"Do you wanna build a snowman? It doesn't have to be a snowman,"

"Go away Anna!"

Ouch.

Anna internally cringed. Well, it wasn't her fault! Okay, not entirely her fault but she didn't know the truth back then!

Oh well, at least building a snowman wasn't a painful experience for them any more.

Anna took a deep breath and faced the painting of her parents.

"Papa, mama, here I am again!" Anna started. "Now, don't worry, I still remember the virtues!"

Anna then started to pace around. "About my destiny, well, I'm still not entirely sure about that. I know that we can have a lot of destinies, like my destiny with Kristoff! Well…I hope my destiny is with him," Anna looked crestfallen at this for a moment before she perked up again.

"But! That's for later! My destiny isn't that great compared to Elsa's anyway. Anyhow! Unity! Well, I'm happy to report that Elsa and I are still united even after all the crap that we've been through!" Anna said happily.

"Especially the crap that I gave her…," she added slowly and looked away for a moment before turning to look at her parents again.

She could imagine her father giving her a sigh while her mother only shook her head with a smile. "I know, I know, I've told you guys about it before, but I can't help it! I feel bad when I remember about it," Anna said with a sigh.

"Okay! Moving on! I'm also happy to report that our sisterly relationship is improving! Much better than last time for sure! No more awkward talks during meals or when we do other stuff!" Anna reported happily.

"Well…except that I still haven't managed to convince her to bathe together," Anna rubbed her chin in thought. "Don't worry mama, I'll work on that!" Anna flashed her mother a grin.

Anna imagined her father shaking his head and her mother giggled at her.

"Okay, now on to duty! I think I did a good job in doing my duty as a princess!" Anna said and her chest puffed out with pride. "I acted as an intermediary between Elsa and the people! I often go out, play with the kids, meet the people and hear about their problems and oh…" Anna leaned in closer and whispered, "…gossips too!"

"I even help Elsa with royal affairs too! I would entertain the officials from other places when Elsa got caught up in a meeting or doing other queenly duties," Anna said with smile.

"But that's my duty as the princess! Now, I have my duty as her sister!" Anna sad in a rather serious tone and she crossed her arms. "Ever since we got the proposal from the Vikings, she's been restless, nervous and worrying herself sick,"

Anna imagined her parents giving her a worried look as well.

"But don't worry! I know what to do!" Anna said and saluted the painting. "And so, I shall embark on a mission to cheer Elsa! Wish me success!"

Anna nodded and turned around crisply before walking out of the door to begin her mission.

If the painting were alive, Lillian and Walt would have smiled, knowing that their daughter have each other to face any challenges that would come.

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"There she is, look at her!" Anna whispered to herself as she peeped through the keyhole of Elsa's bedroom.

Elsa has been trying to make herself busy…okay, busier these past few days to distract herself from the Viking issue at hand. Since the date of the Viking's arrival was drawing near (they could arrive tomorrow), Elsa has become much more restless. Elsa never looked as bad as this before…well except when that Eternal Winter mishap.

Unfortunately, Elsa liked to think that she hid her worries well.

"She thinks I don't know about her nightmares? She thinks she could hide it from me and Kristoff while it is so obvious? She thinks she could push me away, again?" Anna said with a vengeance in her voice and manic look on her face.

In the two years since Anna got her family back, their life didn't just magically become perfect for them like some kind of fairy tale. There were bumps on the road to recovery but they managed it together just fine, until now that is. The Viking issue was a huge bump in their life but Elsa decided to tackle it alone instead of discussing it with her or Kristoff.

It just pissed her off! They had agreed that there will be no more secrets between them! No more locked doors! It was Elsa herself that decided Anna to be included in the meeting about the Viking issue and now suddenly, she locks her out from it?

Anna grumbled incoherently when Gerda, who had the luck to walk in on Anna while she was busy doing her…reconnaissance, gave her a weird look. Not that Anna noticed anyway.

Gerda cleared her throat but Anna only gave a quiet 'what?' in response.

"My dear, what are you doing? I thought you stopped peeping on her a long time ago," Gerda asked.

Anna stood straight and faced Gerda. "It is time for the Royal Entertainment Master to do her duty!"

Gerda gave her a small smile. "Ah, so that makes you the jester then! Do you want me to fetch your jester outfit before you do your duty?"

Anna's face went red and she pouted.

"I-I'm not a jester! Forget what I said! I'm going!" Anna huffed and turned around to face the door and Gerda chuckled.

Anna opened the door and marched straight to her sister's desk. Gerda gave the sisters a smile as she closed the door.

Elsa didn't even give her a look when she addressed her. "Hello Anna. Quite a ruckus you made in front of my room,"

Anna looked crossed and placed her hands on her hips. "Get up,"

Elsa didn't look up when she replied. "What for, Anna? I'm bu-"

"Get. Up. From. That. Chair," Anna said dangerously and this got Elsa's attention.

Elsa gave her sister a worried and scared look. She wondered what has gotten into her. "Are you alright, sister?"

"I'm fine. It's you who are not," Anna said and Elsa knew what she meant.

Elsa sighed and leaned to her chair. "Look Anna, I'm fine-"

"Tut tut tut! No words from you!" Anna wiggled her finger at the Queen. "Only actions! Now get up!"

Elsa was still in her chair as she eyed her sister for a moment. "Anna, I'm very busy-"

"No you're not. I know that you've finished your paperwork for the day and you've been drawing shapes instead!" Anna countered and Elsa flushed at being caught. She quickly covered the evidence with her hand, however futile that was.

"Now, we can sit here all day long and you can throw all the excuses you can think of and I can counter them just as easy. But that's not fun. So get up!" Anna said, her eyes blazed with determination.

Elsa gulped and sighed. How she wished one of her officials would come in and pester her with work. At least it would save her from a determined Anna and determined Anna is scary.

After all, she did brave the blizzard that Elsa (unknowingly) created to get her sister back home. And she did it alone at first and while wearing her royal dress too!

"Alright?" Elsa meekly said and slowly got up.

"Now get away from that desk and get over here," Anna ordered and pointed at the spot near her. Elsa hesitantly complied, not wanting to leave the only thing that could stand between her and Anna.

Once Elsa has reached her destination, Anna quickly went behind her sister.

"Anna? What are you doing?" Elsa asked as she got goose bumps in anticipating what her sister would do.

Suddenly, a pair of slender, yet strong (Elsa thought that Anna might have spent too much time with Kristoff) arms wrapped around her body. The next thing she knew was that she was flung into the air (quite high too!).

The room then was filled with Elsa's startled screame as she flew for a second and landed on her bed, with her chest facing down.

She turned quickly and was about to scold Anna when she screamed again as Anna jumped on her.

The sight of Anna jumping on her was short but Elsa would remember for her entire life. It was the look of a maniac!

Anna landed on the bed on her knees and quickly sat on Elsa's lap to prevent her legs from moving too much. Elsa wanted to push Anna away but Anna's left hand expertly grabbed her arms and pinned it over her head.

Elsa was now Anna's prisoner of war.

"Anna?" Elsa asked quietly, her voice quivering with anticipation and little dash of fear. She had never seen her sister like this before.

Anna narrowed her eyes at Elsa before answering. "You owe me a lot of things, sister dearest! Hugs, snow related activities, baths, tickles and many more!"

"Wait, tickles?"

"And I demand payment, with interest!" Anna said and she showed her right hand's wriggling fingers at Elsa.

Elsa could only look at the offending hand in fear. "Anna, don't do this! We can talk!"

"Nope! Don't want to talk!" Anna said with a happy face.

And then she cracked her neck.

There were many things that Elsa regretted in her life…and allowing Anna to go ice harvesting with Kristoff was one of them.

"Now let's do this! The tickle monster demands a sacrifice!" Anna said as she attacked Elsa's side.

The result was spontaneous as Elsa laughed and squirmed as she tried her best to escape and all the while begging for Anna to stop.

Of course, Anna, or the tickle monster wouldn't listen! If anything, it fed the monster even more!

"Coochie-coochie-coo!" Anna said with a sinister smile on her face. Oh, she was enjoying this! After all, it wasn't fair for her sister to get all the fun.

After a few minutes, the tickling stopped and Anna watched the result of her work. Elsa's face was flushed, her hair was a mess and she was breathing heavily. She looked so vulnerable!

Anna's face went red at seeing her sister like this. It made her question her sexuality for a moment. If only she didn't have Kristoff and Elsa wasn't her sister…

Wait, what was she thinking? Focus Anna, focus!

Anna shook her head and a sinister grin formed on her face. "Hmm, I wonder, are your armpits ticklish?" Anna asked the rather rhetorical question and wriggled her fingers again.

"Of course!" Elsa could only say as Anna tickled her armpits and she laughed again.

Anna stopped the assault and brought her hand in front of Elsa. "Now, which one should I tickle next, hmm?" Anna said and brought her hand to Elsa's left armpit.

"No, please…" Elsa weakly said as her head followed the hand.

Anna raised an eyebrow at this and brought her hand to Elsa's right and her head followed. She chuckled before resuming her attack again for a short while. After that, she repeated the same thing; Elsa's head would follow her hand no matter where it goes, as if it could stop the offending thing!

It was so funny! She could make Elsa shake or nod her head if she wanted to! Oh, why must her sister be this cute?

Of course, this won't spare her sister from the tickle assault and Anna continued again. This time however, her face was above Elsa's.

Elsa realized something in between her laugher and pleading; Anna has a rather large (and perverted) grin on her face! It wouldn't be that bad if it wasn't aimed at her or when it was above her face.

"Anna!" Elsa tried to say. "Anna, you're-" she laughed again. "-drooling!"

And then, Elsa saw it with horror as a thin line of drool made its way towards her face.

"KYAAAAAAA!"

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"That was disgusting!" Elsa said as she wiped her face with the sleeve of her dress. Anna was clutching her sides as she laughed in response.

Elsa wanted to say more but she was content with hearing her sister's laughter and she smiled. It took a minute for Anna to stop laughing before she panted in exhaustion.

"Oohh, why am I'm the one laughing so hard?" Anna asked and Elsa huffed. Anna chuckled before poking her sister on the side.

Elsa let out a small 'eep' before glaring at her sister. "Stop that! It hurts now because of you!"

Anna made a funny face and stuck at tongue at her sister. Elsa realized this, quickly grabbed it with her now really cold hand.

"Agh! Col! Col! Col!" Anna flailed around as Elsa chuckled.

"What was that? I don't understand you. Cold got your tongue?" Elsa said with a grin and released her hold. Anna quickly withdrew her tongue and she pouted. Elsa laughed at this and Anna smiled before joining in.

After a minute, the laughter died down and both sisters sighed.

"So, what's next?" Elsa asked and Anna only grinned in reply.

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Anna could be very stubborn when she's determined to do something, especially when it was about her loved ones and Elsa loved that part of her. It was what saved Elsa after all.

Thus, Elsa learned that it was easier to give in to her whims…sometimes. Well, she couldn't indulge her all the time or she'll spoil the girl rotten!

Anna was dragging Elsa by the hand as they were running through the castle, all the while Anna was excitedly talking about their plans for today. Elsa laughed and told her sister to slow down but of course Anna wouldn't listen.

Elsa then remembered the time when Anna would drag her to do activities together when they were young. Anna would drag her for almost everything; to show what she discovered, to play, to what she did and so on.

Elsa smiled as they headed towards the town. "Some things just never change," Elsa thought gratefully.

The rest of the day was spent doing various activities that a normal person would do, which to Elsa, was quite refreshing.

First, they went to the market to see the various items on sale. The market, which was noisy on normal days, became even livelier when the Royal Sisters arrived. Anna would show her items, trinkets, food and fruits from different parts of the world. Needless to say, by the time they were finished at the market, Elsa was wearing different necklaces, bracelets, rings and a flower crown of all things.

She looked ridiculous with the clashing fashion items but she didn't mind. A lot of people chuckled at seeing her and gave her understanding looks when they saw the mastermind that was dragging her.

Along the way, they were greeted by many children and Elsa gave them the trinkets she acquired from the market. The children were delighted and the look on their faces made her smile.

They then went to the clothing store but not to buy expensive clothing that the owner offered, but commoners clothing. The owner could only shake his head with a smile at seeing the sisters being worked up about normal clothes.

They had lunch at one of the cafés in town that Anna hasn't tried yet (Anna had tried almost all the café in town). Their next target would of course be the chocolate store, in which several children had the brilliant idea to follow them in. This meant that the sisters ended up buying most of the chocolates to share with the children, much to their delight and the store owner's.

Of course, having eaten the chocolates, the children were in a rather…active state. Elsa pitied the parents that would have to deal with them but decided to help them a bit. After all, it was partly her fault.

Elsa already knew what Anna had planned for them; a snow day in the town square. Elsa didn't need any more coaxing as she covered the town square with snow and the children squealed in delight as they attacked the snow.

Elsa grinned when an idea came to her. She sent a stream of snow down in her sister's shirt and she squeaked rather loudly, much to her embarrassment and Elsa's laughter. Anna retaliated with a snowball, but fighting against the Snow Queen with her own element?

Elsa stopped the ball mid-flight and sends it back to Anna's shocked face. Elsa giggled when Anna glared at her with a mischievous smile. Anna then rallied everyone against her and soon Elsa found herself to be the target of every snowball in the area.

There was too many for Elsa to stop but she did give them a good fight before she was covered in thick snow herself. However, Elsa decided that she couldn't, no, she wouldn't allow herself to be bested by her own element!

With a wave of her hand, every attacker's body except for their heads was covered in snow shaped like a snowman.

"A Snow Queen is nothing without her snow people, no?" Elsa said with a smile and her snow people laughed.

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"Let's take a bath together!" Anna said excitedly and Elsa just gave her a blank look.

"What? That's! No?" Elsa replied meekly, blush creeping on her cheeks.

But of course, Anna was not to be denied!

"Come on! It has been ages since we bathe together!" Anna said.

Elsa then remembered the memories of them bathing together when they were little. Her mother would like to bathe them together as it was easier and saves time. Sometimes, it was Elsa that has to bathe her sister when their parents weren't around.

While Elsa was visiting the memory lane, Anna had a devious look on her face. She quietly and quickly sneaked behind her sister and wriggled her fingers.

"Or are you scared of showing me your Royal Mountains?" Anna said and promptly grabbed her sister's...Royal Mountains, causing her to squeak.

"You know, I heard people said that Arendelle has beautiful mountains," Anna said with a cat-like smile and wiggled her eyebrows as she squeezed her sister's Royal Mountains a few times.

Elsa's face was full on red now and Anna could feel her sister shivering but alas, she decided to give one final squeeze.

"ANNA!"

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Elsa decided to show Anna what happened if you dared to climb the Snow Queen's Royal Mountains without preparations.

Well, at least Anna got to bathe with her sister again, so it was worth it.

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The last activity that Anna planned for the both of them was just a sleepover.

They used to share a room when they were little. They even shared a bed when Anna got scared of the storm and thunder. Or sometimes just for the heck of it.

They used to share everything back then and Elsa understood that Anna wanted to do the same again. She wanted to but…

Anna has a lot to share and a lot to give. She was warm, had an energetic aura, brave and can brighten a person's life with her presence.

Elsa had nothing to share. She had caused so much pain to her sister and she didn't want to hurt her any more than she could. She had taken so much. By handling her own problems and ensuring that her sister had a good and happy life was the only thing that she could give to Anna.

Elsa sighed but she felt Anna squeezing her hand and she opened her eyes to look at Anna.

Tired from the previous activities, they didn't talk at all and had just settled into Elsa's bed, facing each other. However, the both of them knew that no words were necessary at this point.

"No words from you! Only actions!"

Elsa smiled. Her sister was good at that.

"Thank you," Elsa said softly and kissed her sister's sleeping forehead. Anna only smiled in return.

"But, you have your duties too. Your duties to each other, as sisters,"

True. It was just that, they each have their own way of doing their duty.

Regardless,before today, Elsa was scared of the coming Vikings and she had nightmares about them almost every night. But tonight, she was sure that she would sleep soundly and tomorrow, she would be brave; for her kingdom and for her sister.

Little did she know, her bravery would be tested to the very limit.

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The next day, the Snow Queen finally meets the Viking King...and he was furious.

Author's Note: Hiccup and Elsa finally meets, but at a cliff…if you get what I mean. Am I evil?

Since the King and Queen of Arendelle didn't have a name, I decided to give them. See if you can find where I got the idea for their names from.

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