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Valkyrie at War 8:
Rating: K
Characters: Anna
Summary: Anna stands at the side of the Arendelle army to fight for Arendelle. Will her desperate plan of starting an avalanche to even the numbers against Weselton work?
Anna was standing on a hill overlooking a large bottle neck that Major Corak chose as their first defensive line. A group of soldiers will engage the enemy and fall back into this pass. It is only wide enough for about ten men across and it will make the larger armies numbers less of a factor. There are several militia men that volunteered, were good with bows and knew the mountain passes well enough that Anna and several of them will rain arrows down on the enemy at random times to slow them down if the army has to retreat. There are two other bottle neck locations that the army will make a stand before the final area that has been carved smooth from years and years of avalanches. The last stand location is another slight bottle neck that should be just out of the path of the avalanche, at least that is what Anna hoped.
Anna had her mother's bow with her and three quivers of arrows at each bottle neck waiting for her. It was a hard lesson learned at the first battle of Arendelle that she ran out of arrows quickly. Anna could hear the sounds of battle heading up the mountain pass. There would not be a full volley this time just pick targets and fire at your own pace.
Several men in Arendelle army uniforms ran up the hill and they spoke to the Major. "Enemy at the gates" Major Chorak yelled and the army in unison drew their weapons. Anna pulled an arrow out and nocked it in her bow. The sun light gleamed off the golden engraving on her bow and the men looked up at her and started to cheer. Then the rest of the Arendelle attack team came moving into view several of them fell back quickly Anna saw also several men get cut down by Weselton members. The front line of the Weselton army surged like a wave at the Arendelle men.
Anna took aim and fired her arrow flew straight and true into the chest of her target just below the neck above any chest armor and the man fell to the ground. Anna continued as the front lines of men collided. The Arendelle army absorbed the impact of men but gave only a little ground. Anna continued firing over and over again like the night before only this time men fell over and over again. The enemy tried to fire back but crossbow bolts didn't have the range that Anna's bowmen had. All too soon though Anna's second quiver was empty. Anna started to look for officers in the Weselton army some glint of gold or silver on their shoulders something to give them away. Soon she found a target a man yelling at the front line of men, he soon found it hard to speak with an arrow in his neck. Anna could see though that the push of men was too much for the Arendelle line. They kept falling back step by step and soon the pass would open up to a large flatland and they could be surrounded.
A flag started to wave and Anna knew that several lines of men started to move to the second pass. Anna and her archers quickly ran through the second pass and took position above it again. This time they could fire at the enemy before they even made it to the Arendelle line. Anna didn't use all her arrows from her last quiver and three more waited for her at the second position. Anna didn't have to wait long for the Arendelle men to come streaming to the second pass and forming a second line. Anna knew that some men stayed behind and would quickly be surrounded and killed and she said a small prayer for them.
Anna saw that the line or Weselton army was surging up the pass this time very disorganized. Anna's prior effort of killing officers might have helped because instead of a crush of men the first few lines where quickly cut down by Arendelle swords. Anna emptied two more quivers into the mass of men and then again started selecting her target much more carefully. Anna then heard one of the archers with her scream something. Anna turned to look and saw that she had lost herself in the battle and the Arendelle line had been pushed back so far that her escape route was almost cut off. Anna sprinted after the men leaving behind a half full quiver of arrows.
Anna saw the line start to pull back past her escape route but the men saw her running and several of them pushed back. Anna drew her sword and brought it across a man's face and she moved into the line of men. Several hands pulled her to the back of the line though and one man yelled at her to "move to the third position quickly". Anna knew that they were standing their ground and maybe dying for her. So she put away her sword and ran to the third and last position. This last position had a large tree that Anna skillfully climbed. Anna was out of breath by the time she reached a stable limb that she could fire from. It didn't give Anna the height that she would have liked to pick her targets but Anna would have to make do.
Anna realized that they had lost about a third of the army just in baiting the enemy here. The last Anna could see, though most of the army laying siege to Arendelle had moved at least some to fallow the attackers. Anna started to see the Weselton army moving. They were once again organized though so it meant some commanders had moved to the front or some lower ranking men had stepped up to the challenge of leading. Anna started choosing her targets according to if they were barking out orders or about to hurt or kill a man from Arendelle. The organized push however strained the Arendelle line and pushed them back a lot farther then Anna had expected. Anna started to just choose her targets at random because they would be at the bottom of her tree soon and Anna was within easy crossbow range. Anna quickly emptied the quivers and climbed down the tree and started to move to the last stand pass.
The area were the avalanche usually traveled was as clear as day. There were no trees, moss or grass even. The rocky ground was smooth as ice there was not even a pebble in the path. Anna and her archers go to the final stand area the only problem was there was no high ground for this area. The archers would just shoot over the line and hope for a kill here and there. Anna was not going to do that this time. They had sent piles of supplies up to the areas in case of broken swords shields even belts. Anna grabbed a shield and a belt and started to again strap the shield to her left arm. The advantages of having it strapped to you so you wouldn't drop it out weighed the disadvantages. One of the militia archers walked up and aided Anna in strapping it to her arm.
"It was a pleasure to fight by your side today Princess" the man said has he finished the strap. Anna didn't know why but she places her sword in her left hand and laid her right hand on the man's head. Anna then said a silent prayer for him another man quickly took his place and Anna continued on. Until Anna noticed she was no longer laying her hand on militia but actually Arendelle soldiers. Anna still continued until she was staring at Major Chorak in the face, he smiled and Anna placed her hand on his head and said the same prayer that she has said over a hundred times. The break was long enough for Anna to catch her breath.
"What are you doing with that shield and your sword Princess" Chorak asked.
Anna moved to where the middle of the front line would be and turned and said as loud as she could "You once said that these men are willing to die for Arendelle, Queen Elsa and me Princess Anna. Well I am standing here with my men to show that I am willing to stand, fight and die for them, for Arendelle and for Queen Elsa" Anna then raised her sword high above her head. Every man in the area roared and they gathered around Anna so that she was standing in the center. Anna placed her shield in front of her and started to bang the hilt of her sword against her shield as the last of the Arendelle men fall back to the final position.
The Weselton line stopped in it tracks seeing the line of Arendelle men with a girl at the center. They then reformed the line and started slowly stalking toward the Arendelle line. Anna then looked to her right at Major Chorak and nodded her head. Chorak took a horn from his hip and brought it to his lips and many more men did the same and they all blew their horns. The sound echoed through the mountains but no sounds of cracking ice, or any other noise. Anna nodded her head again and they again blew the horns. Still nothing they men were getting closer and started to pick up the pace.
"Once more for good measure Major" Anna yelled out. One last blasted echoed through the mountain range but nothing happened. "Men I am proud to stand and if necessary die with you" Anna yelled out and began to pound her shield with her sword hilt. The Weselton front line began the charge. Anna put her shield up and planted her feet ready to absorb the impact. Crash the impact made Annas entire body vibrate and sting but it wouldn't stop her. Anna struck out with her sword just like before, sometimes meeting flesh and sometimes meeting metal. Anna kept moving her eyes to check her left and right side. On several instances Anna was able to move to the side as a spear would come through where she had just been standing. Anna kept losing ground to the crush of the men in front of her then Anna tried something.
Anna turned to the side allowing several men through to the group of men behind her. Anna then brought her sword and shield crashing down and closed the gap and suddenly the men who thought they had broken the line were surrounded and slaughtered. Unfortunately that only worked two more times before men wouldn't come pouring through the gap. Suddenly a sword came at Anna from the gap between her shield and the next one. Anna moved to dodge it but it caught her across the right shoulder. The wound wasn't bad but it slowed her sword arm and certain actions sent searing pain down her back. Finally an Arendelle man moved in front of her and Anna stepped back from the fighting.
The much needed break only lasted a second before men broke through the thinning line though and Anna charged the hole to try and hold the line several men fallowed her. The first man that charged Anna was reckless and swung wildly at her Anna easily sidestepped the swing and drove her sword into his side. The man tried to turn but Anna turned with him and brought the edge of her shield up caught him across the bridge of the nose with a crunch and the man collapsed into a heap. Anna still brought her sword down on his head to make sure he was dead before moving on to the next.
Anna helped close the whole but the Arendelle line was losing ground fast when a sound came that Anna had never heard before. It was so loud everyone stopped fighting to find the source. Anna turned and looked at the East Mountain. It looked like the entire mountain was collapsing. The avalanche that they wanted to start at the beginning of the battle finally was happening. The avalanche started down its normal path just as they had hoped, but that hope quickly turned to fear as the snow started to roll over the tree covered hills and just continued. Down towards both armies, Anna thought 'O god what have I done'.
Anna than screamed out "Run across the valley". Men use to fallowing orders quickly started to run across the valley in a line that could take them out of the path. Anna started running as well but she was fatigued from all the running and battling from earlier in the day. Anna quickly fell behind the rest of the army. Everyone was running for their lives and no one would notice she was gone until it was all said and done. Anna looked up the hill and saw the wave of snow would reach her soon. Anna stopped and looked at her men and then up the mountain. It seemed to her that the army would actually be clear of the path of the avalanche but there was no way Anna could cover the same amount of ground her legs where to short and she was not in the same shape as the army men. Anna turned one last time and saw that she was wrong someone did notice she was gone.
"Run Anna Run" Major Chorak screamed at her but he must have known she couldn't have made it. Time seemed to slow down for Anna. Anna sheathed her father's sword and pulled her mother's bow out and secured both of them between her and her shield and faced the shield up toward the avalanche. If she had any hope it would be that it would push her body down the mountain and they could recover her family heirlooms as snow started to surround her.
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