Nightmares

Sorry! I'm so very behind. I'm on the third day prompt: nightmares. Initially I had a cliche idea but this one just popped into my head. I was tentative about this ship- it was on rocky waters, but now it's smooth sailing for Elsanna. This week has been so great, so much fandom bonding. I really love it and feel so lucky to be part of it.

Rated: T, incestuous themes.

Disclaimer: property of Disney, not me.

Takes place two years after the Great Thaw.

It had only been days, but to Anna it felt like weeks. She had been walking around the empty halls of the castle alone for the past four days. Every day she had to hear chatter coming from the throne room- false laughs, foreign dignitaries, and cheerful discussions. But she was shut out, once again, behind a large oaken locked door. After all, no one could bother the queen while she was being courted by suitors.

Elsa had to be wed before her twenty-first birthday. The news had come to Anna a week ago. Elsa had walked into her bedroom, her eyes detached and cold, explaining the situation. It would look odd if she never married. The kingdom needed a king and queen to properly work between their allied provinces in trade and such things. Many royalty wouldn't even deal directly with Elsa; her words and decisions held little weight as she was a woman. To them it was foreign for a country to lack a king. It was for the good of Arendelle, and the future, Elsa had said.

Instead of breaking down, insisting that Elsa reconsider, Anna nodded. She told her elder sister that she understood and dismissed her from the room, collapsing onto her bed and sobbing into her pillows as the door clicked shut.

Kristoff had tried to coax Anna to come out and enjoy the warm weather. To go on small adventures with him to get her mind off things. He even brought her flowers, and wrote her a small silly song with Sven. But she refused, staying inside, dwelling on things to come.

Anna was wandering the halls, sighing as the weight of her childhood memories wore her down.

"Anna!" Elsa's voice echoed from the throne room. Anna dashed excitedly down the hall, unable to keep a smile off her face. She burst the the large doors. They were open! Elsa was finally letting her in!

Anna skidded to a halt in front of her sister. Elsa wore her queenly attire, a high collared blue dress, with a purple shawl- the colors of Arendelle's flag. The smile faltered from Anna's face as she noticed the handsome young man standing next to Elsa by the throne.

"Anna, meet Prince Luca of Detonia. He is to take my hand and the thrown as King of Arendelle."

Luca bowed. "It's a pleasure Princess Anna."

She curtsied. "Quite."

Anna straightened and made sure that Elsa could not miss the pain in her teal eyes.

Elsa cleared her throat, continuing coldly, all business. "We are to be wed in two weeks."

Anna choked back a sob. "Congratulations." Anna couldn't stand the lack of emotion in her sister's eyes. She ran from the room without being dismissed. She could hear Elsa cry out her name, but she didn't care, running all the way to her room and locking the door behind her.

She had just gotten her sister back. Already there were locked doors. Elsa barely had time for her as it was since her queenly duties had started taking over. They had spent every other day together at first. It had dwindled to once a week. Now, if she was lucky she got to see Elsa one day every other week. She was losing her elder sister, again. As if thirteen years hadn't been enough isolation. Anna couldn't hold back the tears that streamed down her face. She was going to be alone again. This was Anna's waking nightmare, and it had just come true.

There's so many stories about Anna crying from locked doors, and Elsa crying from freezing her sister I wanted to attempt something different. Thus the waking nightmare was born. Hope you liked.

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