I don't own Frozen or any Characters. This story is a continuation of my other story Valkyrie of Arendelle things in this story will assume that one has been read.
Valkyrie at War 2:
Elsa watched Kristoff and Anna leave the library. "Admiral Regar you can come back in" Elsa called out and just as she finished Admiral Regar walked back in from the other room. "Do you think she is right Admiral was the army right on our doorstep waiting for me to leave" Elsa asked.
"If I was a gambling man I would put everything on your sister being right. I didn't think about it until she said but they must have a base near us. She is right the men disembarking from those ships did not act like they had been a week or two at sea. They must have only been on the ship for a day or two, also they were so packed on those ships that the men had hardly had enough room to sit let alone lay down" Admiral Regar explained.
Elsa looked down at the map and asked "Could they attack again Admiral"?
"I doubt it your Majesty. Both countries sent all they had at us and nearly won. I also want to apologize about how Admiral Westerguard acted towards her Highness" Admiral Regar replied.
"You shouldn't have to apologize for him. He should apologize to Anna" Elsa said with a little bit of annoyance in her voice.
"I'll speak to Westerguard this evening. Westerguard is a proud man, and when your father promoted him and gave him Kristinasund base Westerguard said that he would die before letting an enemy attack Arendelle. Now he not only failed in his promise to your father, he missed the entire battle, I was able to defend Arendelle with barely two Galleons, the Princess saved Arendelle by not only fighting but also resupplying the Spirit of Anna in the middle of the battle that allowed me to win when I thought it ended up a draw. Finally, when the Princess basically told us that there could be an enemy base right under his nose, his pride could only take so much. I'll have him apologize tomorrow on my honor Majesty" Admiral Regar took a long drink off a glass of water after he finished.
"What about the show of power against Weselton before offering a peace summit" Elsa asked.
"It was the best idea yet. It made Westerguard and Chorak happy and it ends the war without anyone else dying." Elsa nodded it was the best idea yet. Show their enemies that Arendelle isn't weak but also ends the war before anyone else died. Thinking of the dead and the burials of all the men that died protecting Arendelle gave Elsa a flash back to when she found Anna lying in a pool of her own blood with a spear head in her abdomen and a crossbow bolt in her chest.
"Are you alright your Majesty" Admiral Regar's concerned question pulled Elsa out of her day dream.
"Yes Admiral why"?
"The temperature in here just dropped to nearly freezing and ice is forming beneath your feet" Admiral Regar pointed to the floor. Elsa looked below her feet and saw that Ice had formed on the floor.
"I just had a flash back to seeing Anna in the courtyard. I'm sorry Admiral" Elsa started
"No need to apologize your Majesty" said Admiral Regar.
Anna decided to pay her respects to the men that died protecting Arendelle.
"Are you sure you want to do this; and why the sword" Kristoff asked from Sven's back as they rode to the cemetery, that had to be expanded due to recent events, Anna simply nodded her head.
Anna really only wanted to visit one grave but she couldn't just ignore all the others that died. Anna planned on leaving a flower on every grave but after arriving at the graveyard Anna realized she didn't bring enough flowers. Anna then decided to start out at her parents graves and move on from there. After spending half of the day at the graveyard Anna stood at the one grave she wanted to visit. General Lars's grave was very simple was only adorned with a few flowers. Anna didn't even know if he had family or not, they didn't get to talk about much during the war but Anna owed her life to him. If General Lars didn't jump in front of that spear she would be lying next to her parents empty graves.
"Thank you for everything General. Without you I wouldn't be standing here today" Anna than laid down her last flower and then drew her father's sword and performed a salute that she had seen in the past performed to salute her father, than returned her sword to the scabbard. Anna then turned took Kristoffs arm and they walked toward the exit.
"What do you mean you wouldn't be standing here" Kristoff couldn't help but ask.
"Toward the end of the battle I had already had the spear head in my side. I was dying already but he still jumped in front of me to save my life" this was the first Anna had spoken about it to anyone. Kristoff just stopped them and wrapped his arms around her in a tender loving hug. When they pulled away Anna reached up and pulled Kristoff into a kiss. Kristoff pulled away and they finished the walk to Sven and Anna's horse.
"What should we do today" Kristoff asked
"I feel like I might need a nap. It seems I am still recovering" even though Anna had just got up a couple of hours ago she felt like she could go back to bed.
"Why don't we get something to eat and if you still feel like a nap then you can go ahead and sleep" Kristoff replied as they mounted and headed back to the castle.
Elsa was sitting in the study where she could review all the reports that had been stacking up. Elsa neglected everything but the most important things while Anna slept because she wanted to spend as much time next to Anna's bed as possible. Before Anna woke up Elsa wasn't even sure Anna was going to wake up, now that Anna has been awake for around two weeks Elsa felt that Anna was definitely going to be ok. So Elsa couldn't ignore these reports any longer. Anna was still sleeping in the middle of the day but it was to be expected after being asleep for a week and being nearly dead the day before that.
Suddenly a knock came at the door and Kai walked in and announced Major Chorak.
"Your Majesty I just received a report that a scout has found what appears to be a base of operations in one of the fjords the Princess pointed out. There appears to be very few soldiers most of the people there are ancillary. There are also several merchant ships there and one or two of them might be captured Arendelle vessels" Anna was right. They were hiding right under our noses and they knew exactly when and where to attack.
"Kai call my military council to meet me in the library, which includes Anna" Anna had earned her place on the council. Elsa then grabbed a stack of reports and headed to the library and Major Chorak walked a few steps behind. Anna must have been close because as Elsa turned the corner to the hallway that led to the library Anna turned the opposite corner and walked towards Elsa. Elsa smiled at her sister and Anna gave her a huge grin in return that made Elsa's heart melt. All those years apart and now seeing each other every day and able to embrace was just wonderful.
"Your Majesty" Anna says with a curtsy as was appropriate with Major Chorak looking on.
"We have a message from the scouts sent to the fjords that you pointed out" Anna's eyes got really big with that news. "You will have to wait until the Admirals get here so we only have to hear the report once. But be prepared Admiral Westerguard might not be too happy with it". Anna's eyes had a flare and sparked with a fire that Elsa had never seen before. Elsa headed into the library and sat at one of the smaller tables, waved Anna over and then handed Anna a few reports to help her pass the time.
The Admirals arrived about four reports later and the fire was still burning behind Anna's eyes. Elsa then stood and went over to the table and motioned Major Chorak to repeat what he had told her earlier. Admiral Regar simply nodded his head and looked at Anna with pride, Admiral Westerguard's head fell in disgrace and Anna's eyes flared with a fire that burned white hot.
"So we have to remove the tick that has embedded itself in our lands. We have very few fighting men and ships. How should we go about this" Elsa asked the group. Elsa looked toward Major Chorak who in turned looked toward Anna. Elsa then looked toward Admiral Westerguard whose head was still down looking at the floor. Elsa then looked to Admiral Regar who had moved next to Anna to get a better look at the map. Elsa then looked to Anna and saw that she had a half smiled and her eyes where flicking across the map.
"I think we need to move the whole navy and divide the navy in half and block both entrances into the fjord. It won't allow anyone to escape and we can capture every ship in the fjord" Admiral Regar said pointing at areas he would have his ships.
"What will we need to do with the Army Major" Elsa motioned Chorak to speak but he then looked to Anna.
"No more deaths are what we should do. Arm our men with clubs and maces and attempt to take as many prisoners as possible. See if we can get a few more bargaining chips" Anna didn't even hesitate. Elsa then looked around the room again and came to a realization. Major Chorak refused the promotion to General because he said he wasn't ready yet, but it wasn't because he wasn't ready it was because Anna had already taken General Lars's place in his eyes. Anna was underage and a woman, a battle field was no place for her, as Princess of Arendelle she shouldn't be at the front line in danger. Especially, since she is second in line for the throne, if anything ever happened to Elsa.
"Major I want you to do as the Princess recommended. Men armed to injure but not kill we want prisoners not more dead men. Admirals go ahead and prepare our ships and have them pick up our troops for the attack. Is there anything else" Elsa started to ask when Anna interrupted.
"I want to be" Anna started to say with a raging inferno burning in her eyes but Elsa interrupted.
"No. You need to be here with me to help rule, fix Arendelle and prepare for our power play and peace summit" Elsa said and stared flatly at Anna. Anna looked like she was about ready to say something when suddenly Admiral Regar placed a hand on Anna's shoulder.
"Your Highness remember these men aren't solders and are barely armed" Admiral Regar's words smothered the flames burning in Anna's eyes. "Gentlemen we have our orders" the three men quickly moved out the door.
As soon as the men left Elsa turned to look at Anna; "Are you ok. You looked like you were close to hitting me".
"I wasn't going to hit you. I just" Anna paused and Elsa waited "I just don't know what came over me. I'm sorry" Anna then collapsed into a chair near her.
Elsa just walked over and hugged Anna "You want to be back in battle don't you" Elsa asked as she pulled away to look at Anna.
"No battle is terrible" Anna hesitated "but yes. I felt so alive Elsa, I felt so powerful and I want to feel that again" Anna then hid her face in her hands.
"I think you need to stay here, relax and heal. I was able to fix your wounds but that doesn't mean you are complete healed" Elsa pulled Anna's face up to look her in the eyes. "Please for me" Elsa said looking deep into Anna's eyes.
"Ok" Anna forced a smile at Elsa and Elsa kissed Anna's forehead.
"Thank you" Elsa hugged Anna again.
Anna spent the rest of the day with Elsa making their way through the stack of reports. After the reports were finished Anna walked up the courtyard stairs and watched the fleet move out of Arendelle. The Spirit of Anna was the last ship to pull out of the port and she was still the most beautiful ship Anna had ever seen. Anna was staring off at the ships sailing away so deep in thought that she never heard Kristoff walk up behind her until he wrapped his arms around her.
"You ok" Kristoff asked.
"Yea I just don't know what is wrong with me. I have nightmares about battle but when I'm awake I want to go back and be in battle. I have everything I ever dreamed of, my sister back, I'm in love and the gates are open, but I can't stop thinking about how alive I felt" Anna explained.
"We just have to find another outlet for you maybe. You lived through something you expected to die during and now you don't know what to do anymore. You have grown and changed" something Kristoff said keyed off something in Anna's brain.
Anna turned and kissed Kristoff passionately "Lets go to my room" Anna smiled at Kristoff and he started to spit out a string of incoherent words.
"But I'll get in trouble you are underage and we aren't even married" Kristoff finally was able to speak by the time Anna got to the bottom of the stairs.
"You can say I ordered you and you didn't enjoy it in the slightest" Anna turned and looked at Kristoff with a sly smile and he grabbed Anna and kissed her hard. Kristoff started to pull Anna toward her room this time.
The next chap will skip to the next morning to keep the K rating. I will post what I imagine happened as a one shot that I will post in the next day or so.