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Chapter 5
Elsa's head was going into overdrive, as she looked down at her sister. The little girl waiting patiently for her sister's reply. Was she to lie?
"Our parents have gone away, they're not coming back for a while" she said slowly, trying to think of a way to explain her parent's absence to the little girl. Anna face was crestfallen, as disappointment crossed the young girls face.
"But Mama and I were going to make a tasty cake" a pout growing on her lips and her cheeks puffed out
"We can make a chocolate cake, if you're a good girl" Elsa said lightheartedly, trying to lift the girl's mood, she knew mentioning the word chocolate would boost her sisters spirit. At the mention of chocolate Anna tumbled of her sister's lap.
"Really!?" She said with so much excitement, she began to dance around the room. Forgetting the conversation they had about their parents. Elsa was glad the girl didn't press the issue of their parents. As she watched her sister dance around the room, she couldn't help but feel so much love for the girl. After the whole shutting her sister out for 13 years and freezing her heart. Maybe this was a sign for making it up to Anna, as she did miss most of her sister's childhood.
But Elsa knew it couldn't last, even if she wanted it too. She felt slightly guilty at this thought as she knew it would be selfish of her too want to keep Anna in this form. She had to for the sake of her sister find out what happened to her and return her back to her teenage self.
Elsa was brought out of her thoughts when, Anna grabbed her hand and started to drag her towards her door. Having slight De-ja-vu of teenage Anna doing the same.
"Come on Elsaaa, we've got a cake to make" Before the two made it out the door, Elsa had a sudden realisation. How was she going to explain this little dilemma to her kingdom and Kristoff?
"OMG, Kristoff! How am I going to explain this to him?" She could feel about the hundredth headache coming on. This day was getting more stressful by the second. Sighing and shaking her head in defeat she was dragged along the halls by Anna, making sure she couldn't see anyone in sight.
As they entered the kitchen Elsa was relieved to find no one in there. She saw Anna pull up a stool reaching for the cupboard containing the chocolate. She figured her sister would go straight to that cupboard. Just as Anna was about to take the chocolate out of the cupboard she managed to slip on the stool, making her tumble to the ground. She let out a little yelp as she felt a cold hand supporting her from behind.
She turned around to see her sister supporting her; she gave her sister a cheeky grin as she than began to eat the chocolate she acquired.
"Anna be more careful, and stop eating the chocolate before we're actually made the cake" the older scolded. She cringed, as she sounded too much like her mother for her own liking.
When they got all the ingredients they needed together, they started to make the cake. Well mainly Elsa doing the work, Anna was covered in cake mix as she was eating the mixture out of the bowl.
That was until Elsa felt something hit the back of her head, she slowly turned her head around to find her sister looking innocently around the room, with what looked to be a handful of flour in her tiny hands.
At this, a smile crept along the lips of Elsa's, she gathered a pile of flour for herself and began to throw it at her sister. Soon they were having a full on food fight.
"Elsa you have a bad aim" Anna giggled as she dodged another one of her sister's lame throws.
"Oh do, I missy" Elsa retaliated as she hit her sister square in the face, if someone was to walk in now and see the Queen covered in flour they would have a heart attack. She really missed spending time with her sister. Anna stumbled back a massive grin playing on her face; she looked at Elsa and the bowl that the cake mix laid in. She grabbed the bowl, as she made her way to her sister.
"Oh no no no, Anna don't you dare" she looked between the bowl and her sister and stepped back a few steps, knowing how determined Anna can be when it comes to pranking people.
Next thing she knew she was covered in head to toe in chocolate cake mix, her face turned hard, as she felt the mixture matted in her hair and dress. She looked over to her sister who was now rolling around the floor laughing uncontrollably; she let out a slight smile at seeing her sister so happy. A slight smile.
"You're in so much trouble young lady" Elsa said with her best Queen face, she wasn't mad, a little miffed but not mad, as she was going to give her sister some slack, as she had the mind of a five year old now
Anna looked up from her place from the floor expecting to get a scolding of a lifetime; instead she was engulfed in a warm hug. Anna snuggled into the loving embrace of her sister, as all Elsa's worries were washed away.
When they separated, Elsa heard the door of the kitchen, they both turned around expecting it to be one of the staff. However a young handsome man with blonde hair and brown eyes entered the kitchen with a confused look on his face, as he saw Elsa hugging a small girl with strawberry blond hair
"Ermmm Elsa, whose that?" he asked in his gruff voice, a unsettling feeling pooling in the pit of his stomach. Staring on in confusion at the little girl in the Queen's arms, he turned to look at Elsa. She couldn't really lie to him.
"This is….Anna" She said as the girl gave the young man, Kristoff a toothy smile. He scratched his head in confusion.
"B-B-But…how?" he tried getting his head around the fact that his best friend was now in fact a child, confusion was a understatement.
"Is that your boyfriend Elsa" This statement made both Elsa and Kristoff turn away in embarrassment
"N-No, we're not together, sweetie, he's just a friend" 'Your best friend she mentally noted to herself'
Kristoff made his way over to the two girls, a blush still present on his broad cheeks. He introduced himself to the miniature Anna.
"My name's Kristoff, what's your name princess?" He said bowing in a playful manner, as he tried not to show his shock in front of the little girl. Elsa was taken aback at how well Kristoff was taking this, however she knew she had to talk to him about the matter.
"My name's Anna, silly" He couldn't help but smile back at the little girl grinning back at him
"Anna, dear, Kristoff and I need to talk. Will you stay in here like a good girl and eat your breakfast" Elsa said gently as she placed Anna in one of their many chairs. She then proceeded to prepare a bowl of cereal for Anna to eat. When she was done, she motioned Kristoff to come and walk down the hallway with her.
As soon as they were in the hallway, Kristoff broke the tension in the air.
"What the hell happened, Elsa!?" He exclaimed, normally he was calm and collected. Elsa was not surprised at his reaction however; as she knew he cared for Anna so much. She and Kristoff became closer over the 6 months they have known each other, for, she saw him as a brother and someone who cared for Anna like she did.
She sighed heavily, something she has been doing a lot lately; she wasn't sure what happened herself
"I don't know Kristoff, one minute she was sleeping soundly, the next minute I know she's a child. I don't know what to do!" A tear streamed down her pale face. She felt hopeless not knowing what happened.
"Hey, we're going to sort this out okay" He gently placed his large hand on Elsa's shoulder to reassure her. She looked into his warm brown eyes for reassurance; this made her relax a bit.
She than remembered she had a busy schedule ahead of her, how was she meant to look after a child by herself while she ran a kingdom. She held her head in her hands. Kristoff saw this and knew what she was thinking.
"I can look after Anna, for today while you attend to your duties, I'm in Arendelle for a few days" He was quite interested to see what a 5 five year old Anna was like. Elsa was quite relieved at this; she nodded her head slowly in confirmation
"Thank you Kristoff, please keep her safe" They both walked back towards the kitchen, as they opened the door ajar, they both stared at little Anna as she ate/played with her food, contemplating their next steps.