A/N: hope everyone is enjoying this so far, I'm enjoying writing it :) so here's chapter 2 finished for you all and I'm writing chapter 3 as we speak.

WARNING: same a last time will contain traces of incest, don't like, don't read.

PS: for those who haven't read the inheritance cycle I have borrowed the word Brisingr which means fire in the ancient language. Nothing associated with frozen, and in this case the inheritance cycle, belongs to me its all property of the original creators etc, I'm just using their characters and stuff for my own use :P

Chapter 2: Weak ember

It wasn't long before Anna was wondering round the town square, looking for any signs of her best friend. As she walked past, people addressed her saying "good morning princess", "it's lovely to see you in town princess" and "fine weather were having".

She scoffed at the last comment and thought to herself, 'yeah great weather if you want to know what it's like to be a cooked goose'. She smiled in response and continued her search which took her to the other side of town without a single trace of Kristoff or the others. Anna crossed her arms and pouted, 'where are they? We agreed to meet up early' looking around in front of her, she was too busy getting annoyed that she didn't hear the clip clop of hooves behind her before it was too late.

"Gotcha!" Kristoff laughed as he hugged Anna from behind, Sven jumped around behind him in excitement at seeing the strawberry-blonde and Olaf next to him giggled to himself.

Anna couldn't help but laugh at her friends silly antics before freeing herself from his grasp and turning around to see him properly. "Finally! I thought I was going to be waiting forever, come on let's go! I can't wait to go on another adventure!" she grabbed his hand and started pulling him towards the town gates.

Laughing at her eagerness he allowed her to pull him along, "Ok I'm coming, let's go Sven, Olaf we have an adventure to go on!" he turned his head to shout to the others, who followed along after him and out of the town.

In no time at all, they were in Kristoff sleigh on their way into the mountain's wilderness, the temperature dropped ever so slightly but it was hardly noticeable. Anna looked longingly at Olaf with his own personal flurry, it was a good job her sister had done that for him or he would have definitely melted by now. How she wished she could have her own cold flurry, with ice-cold snowflakes to cool her burning skin. Becoming lost in her little daydream Anna grinned to herself and sighed peacefully.

Kristoff raised an eyebrow at her actions, snorting he questioned, "you ok over there Anna?" she jumped at hearing her name which caused him to laugh, and her to mockingly scowl in response.

Lightly hitting his shoulder she responded, "It is not nice to pick on people!" the reference caused them both to burst out laughing for quite a while before Anna could answer the original question, "yeah, I'm fine, I was just imagining how lovely some cold snow or ice would be right now".

Kristoff groaned in agreement, "I could go for some snow now as well, why don't you just ask Elsa to make you some?" he looked over confused waiting for a reply.

Anna blushed and sheepishly replied, "Well I have and she just can't, it's too hot even for her, every time she tries the ice just evaporates" she felt bad talking about her sisters secrets, Elsa didn't want anyone to know she was unable to use her powers at the moment.

Kristoff looked shocked, "wow, if the heat wave is affecting Elsa like that then it must be hot!".

Anna nodded her head and looked up to the clear sky, "yep, I just wish there was some way we could help shift this strange weather".

Kristoff also nodded his head in agreement; Sven did the same thing, the heat really affecting him with his thick fur coat, "you and me both" switching his concentration to the wilderness around him he directed Sven, "to the right buddy, towards that clearing". Sven adjusted his direction and continued through the clearing. "Won't be long now, we're nearly there" Kristoff explained and relaxed back against the hard wood.

Anna smiled at her friend, she was glad she had met him that day because without him she probably wouldn't be here, and she definitely wouldn't have been able to get close with her sister again. Just thinking about how close the two had gotten recently caused her to smile widely and daydream again.

Kristoff couldn't help but laugh at how adorable Anna was being, he nudged her and teased, "I know that look, you're thinking about a pretty girl aren't you?".

The strawberry-blonde in question blushed deeply and in her defence pushed her friend away by the shoulder before stammering, "I was not! It's just really hot, and I'm really excited to see this lake, w-we could probably go swimming, you know cool off a bit, and even if I was, so what?! I can think about who I like" she was running out of things to say and in the process, was making the situation worse for herself.

Kristoff smiled at his friend and put a hand up to stop her rambling, "hey I was only joking, it's ok if you were thinking about a pretty girl, I'm ok with you being who you are don't worry about me" Anna made a sigh of relief and relaxed, her blush paling slightly.

It was only the other week that she had told Kristoff she was confused about her sexuality, and even though she had told him months ago that she didn't actually like him (it was just the huge amount of emotion she was feeling over those few days that drove the kiss, and made her want to believe she did love someone) it was only when she said she might not be into guys that it hit him, he wouldn't have a relationship with her past friendship. He was cold about it at first, the he realised he was being un fair, she couldn't help who she was attracted to and she only told him because she trusted him whole heartedly being her best friend. In the end he apologised for his behaviour and swore to make up for it, and ever since the two haven't been closer.

Kristoff pulled back on the reins slightly and said, "whoa there Sven, there's a good boy, now hang on a second and let me detach you from the sleigh, we don't want you dragging it into the water again like last time" he got up and off the sleigh, then turned around and held out a hand for Anna to take and in a mock fashion bowed and put on a ridiculous posh accent, "my lady, we have arrived".

Giggling at his actions she copied him and put on the same ridiculous accent, curtsying before taking his hand and getting of the sleigh, "Why thank you kind gentleman" she took a few steps away from him before turning quickly and nudging him in the side, shouting, "tag!" before running away as quickly as she could.

Sven started jumping up and down wanting to join in, but was still strapped to the sleigh. Kristoff shook his head in amusement and quickly untied Sven, who ran after Anna as soon as he was released. The blonde boy looked to the back of the sleigh were Olaf and the picnic basket where and shrugged, he guessed the food could wait, he ran after Anna who was laughing hysterically trying to keep far away from her friend.

Olaf, who had been daydreaming the whole way there, heard his friends laughing and turned to see them running around playing. He jumped up to his feet and had the biggest smile imaginable on his face, he laughed and jumped down running after them, "Hey guys wait for me!".

"Hey watch it Sven! You're going to get the food wet!" Kristoff scolded the reindeer who was shaking his fur of the water clinging to it. He had just gone for a swim in the crystal clear lake and when Kristoff and Anna started to unwrap food, he just couldn't help coming over to see what was available.

The reindeer slumped down and hung his head in shame, a hurt look on his face. Anna couldn't watch him like this, so went over and gave him a hug before scratching behind his ear, "its ok Sven, don't listen to the big bad Kristoff" Sven happily accepted the petting and made soft grunting sounds.

Kristoff just shook his head and said, "Alright sorry for snapping Sven, now come on let's eat I'm starving!" he motioned to the blanket covered in food from the basket.

Anna laughed and sat back down next to her friend, "Ok let's eat" they started distributing food for the two of them and put some aside for Sven, no one knew if Olaf did actually eat anything so they just made sure there was something for him if he wanted any. The snowman in question was too busy running around admiring the beautiful scenery to be concerned with a minor thing such as food.

They sat in a comfortable silence for a while as they ate and enjoyed each other's company, occasionally sharing a remark that caused the other to laugh and giggle. Kristoff picked up his cup of water and downed the whole thing in one, pulling at the neck of his shirt and wiping the beads of sweat of his forehead he asked, "Man is it hot, did it suddenly get warmer or is it just me?".

Anna nodded in agreement, fanning at her face with her hands, "It's definitely warmer than it was a few seconds ago" she was just as confused as he was.

They didn't have to wonder what was going on for long, when Olaf shouted, "Hey guys, looks like we have a visitor!" they looked over to Olaf who was at the lake side, he was pointing to across the lake at a large orange figure. It seemed to be lying on the floor, and the rise in temperature seemed to be coming of in waves from the figure.

The two friends got up and made their way to Olaf's side to get a better look at whatever was on the opposite bank of the lake. Squinting her eyes and covering them from the sun, Anna could make out that it was an animal of some sort, a large animal, around the size of a brown bear but was shaped more like a dog, maybe a wolf? But its fur was shades of bright orange and reds, and was constantly shifting never staying in one place despite the lack of wind. She didn't have time to wonder more on this subject as when she looked over it again she gasped in shock, the creature was injured, badly.

Anna rushed back to the picnic blanket and started putting various meats on a plate making it easier to carry, and grabbed a bowl for water, before starting to walk along the lake edge towards the creature. Kristoff was caught up with trying to figure out what the creature was that he didn't notice Anna was gone until she was almost half way around the lake. Running to catch up he shouted, "Anna wait! Stop, wait for me!" she didn't stop walking but slowed down enough that she knew Kristoff would be able to catch up with her.

A few minutes later and Kristoff was walking next to Anna trying to catch his breath, once he had he started to argue, "Anna are you crazy! You don't know what that thing is, or how it will react with people, you can't just go over and expect everything to be fine!" he tried to show his concern by putting a hand on her shoulder which she just shrugged off.

"I have to do something Kristoff, whatever it is, it's hurt, badly!" she shrugged off his hand and turned to face him, her face full of determination before turning back, quickening her pace. Kristoff groaned and followed after her, he knew there was no stopping her when she got like this, at least he could be there to help her if anything went wrong.

As they got closer to the creature the air around them got hotter, it seemed like the creature was emitting heat from its whole body into the space around it, Anna couldn't help but wonder if this was the source of the heat wave. They were now only metres away from the large wolf like creature, now that Anna could get a good look at it; she confirmed her assumption that it was indeed some sort of wolf. However it was unlike any wolf she had ever seen before, larger than a brown bear and covered in continuously moving fur of shades of orange, red and yellow, 'just like a flame' she thought. Its whole body rippled with energy that was concentrated around a large gash on its side, which travelled the whole length of its body from its shoulder down to its thigh.

She slowly edged forward slightly, testing to see whether it knew she was there yet. The wolf lifted its head and turned to face Anna directly, two golden orbs that were its eyes stared directly into her own. Her whole body relaxed and she took a deep breath, in that instant she knew she was safe, she didn't know why or how she knew, she just did. Slowly walking up to the magnificent being, she started to kneel down beside it when Kristoff grabbed her arm and tried to pull her back, his voice thick with concern, "Anna! You can't just do that, it might attack you, after all it's a wild, injured animal!".

Anna put the plate of food down on the floor along with the bowl, then placed her other hand on top of Kristoff's, she reassured him, "Kristoff it's ok, nothing going to happen, trust me" she smiled up at him waiting for him to reply.

"Ok Anna, I trust you" he let go of her arm, "but if anything does happen, you can tell Elsa it was you're decision!" he crossed his arms and gave her a serious look, which she knew was just to make it all the more amusing.

Anna laughed and nodded, picking up the bowl again, she asked, "I will don't worry, now could you fill that with water please?" he took the bowl without saying anything else and went to fill it at the lake. She turned back to the wolf, who had been watching the friends exchange closely, now watched her every move with interest. She took a deep breath and inspected the wound, it was deep but wasn't life threatening, at the most it would just take a lot longer to heal. From what she could see it was no longer bleeding, and was quite an old wound, 'poor thing, how long have you been like this' she thought as she looked at the wolf with a pained expression.

The creature whimpered in response and looked from her to its wound. Anna understood what it was trying to say. Kristoff was back with the water when he saw Anna ripping off the end of her dress, he was about to ask what she was thinking; when he saw her ripping it into a make sift cleaning cloth and potential bandages. He handed Anna the bowl without question and simply sat back and watched as she cleaned the wolf's wound slowly. The creature never stirred the entire time, simply watching as Anna helped it. It made the occasional whimper when she pressed too hard but never showed signs of aggression.

"Shh it's ok, nearly done now, don't worry we will have you better in no time" Anna softly cooed to the wolf as she carefully cleaned the dried blood from its body. Once she had done that she petted its back softly, which resulted in the creature purring quietly in response, she smiled, "there all better". She picked up the plate with meat on, and moved around so she was sat by the wolf's head, she placed it in front of the creature, "You hungry? Go ahead its ok". The wolf looked into her eyes again and she could feel its gratitude, it then happily devoured the food placed in front of it.

While the creature ate Anna continued to pet its thick fur which was pleasantly warm to touch, it was only then that she realised the temperature had started to drop, rather than it being boiling hot, it was only warm. She also noticed that as the creature ate more it seemed to glow more brightly, the colours of its fur becoming more vivid. Once it had finished the creature stood up and sat down in front of Anna and Kristoff.

'I thank you both for your kindness' the wolf looked between both Anna and Kristoff, 'I am most grateful, if not for you I would have surely perished' it bowed its head and bent down on its left paw for a few seconds before sitting up again, 'I am Brisingr the wandering flame, who might you be?' the wolf just watched them waiting for a reply.

Both Anna and Kristoff just gawped from Brisingr, to the other person and back. They were speechless. Sat there, in front of them, was a magical wolf, who could use telepathy. Olaf decided it was now safe to come over happily said, "hi there, I'm Olaf, this is Sven" he pointed to himself and the reindeer behind him, "and this is Kristoff and Anna" he then pointed to the other two.

'It's a pleasure to meet you all, how can I ever repay you?' the wolf barked softly at them and tilted its head to the side.

"aww you're a cutie aren't you" Anna said without thinking, then realised and covered her mouth with her hands, a blush creeping up on her face, she coughed then continued, "umm sorry, I mean it's fine you don't have to do anything honestly, it's my job as princess of Arendelle to protect anyone and everyone in the kingdom…" she stammered over her words again but was interrupted.

'Princess? Wait of course you're Princess Anna, sister of ice queen Elsa' Brisingr bowed his head again in respect.

Anna smiled, "yeah that's me, but how do you know about me and my sister?" she was rather intrigued at this point.

'I've been wandering the woods surrounding the town for days now; you hear things as you pass' the wolf lifted its paw and started to lick it clean.

Kristoff asked, "How did you end up here? I've never seen any creature like you before, and how did you get hurt so badly?" he flinched when Anna hit him on the shoulder.

"You don't just ask something like that, it's rude" she scowled at her friend, then smiled back at Brisingr, "I apologise for my friend he doesn't mean to sound offensive". Kristoff just shakes his head and waits for an answer.

'It's quite alright; you will never see another creature like me for I am the only one of my kind, I am the being of fire, the protector, the wielder, the essence' his fur began to glow brighter and the heat radiating from him grew fierce for a few seconds before returning to normal, 'The reason I am here and not in an environment more suited for my name, is because another elemental has been born, much like your sister' he looked at Anna, 'and its part of my job to watch over and see to it that the elemental is safe as this elemental no longer has a family' he stopped licking his paw and sat up straight, 'however on my travels I ran into a group of men, hunters, collectors if you like'.

Kristoff's curiosity got the better of him, he asked, "what do they collect?".

Brisingr looked into his eyes, 'prizes, such as my fur due to its unique qualities'.

"Oh" was all Kristoff could bring himself to say.

'Anyway, they tried to stop me and in the process managed to catch me with one of their swords, I got away though and ever since I have been slowly making my way past Arendelle and into the mountains' he looked to Anna, 'I wouldn't have survived another day without food and my wound would have become infected, so I thank you for that, and I apologise since it's my fault your weather has been strange, I can't control the energy inside me when I'm severely injured'.

"Oh so that was you! Well now it all makes sense, especially why Elsa couldn't use her powers if the temperature was due to magical reasons" Anna exclaimed loudly with a smile.

The wolf barked softly, 'Yes that would explain that, speaking of magic, I wish to give you a gift Anna'

Anna looked intrigued, what could this magical wolf possible have to give her? Curiosity winning she nodded her head and said, "If you so wish, I will accept this gift".

Without another word the wolf stood up on all four paws, now that it was standing it towered over both Anna and Kristoff, who both gasped at its sheer size. Brisingr walked forward until he was stood directly in front of Anna, he bent his head down and touched Anna's forehead with the tip of his nose. As soon as he did waves of energy expanded from the point causing Kristoff, Sven and Olaf to be knocked over, and where Brisingr's nose touched Anna her skin glowed white hot. Just like that it was over before it had even begun, Anna dropped to the floor exhausted and Brisingr turned around and ran gracefully, moving like a living flame into the forest.

"Anna!" Kristoff shouted as he got back up and ran to her side. He gently picked her up and cradled her in his arms, he flinched when his hands made contact with her bare arms, she was burning up. He stood up and hurriedly carried Anna back to the sleigh, "we need to get you back to Elsa fast!".

"My queen is everything alright?" Kai asked as he went about clearing Elsa's still full plate of food from the table, since it had been there for a good hour.

Elsa jumped out of her daze, "huh, oh yes thank you Kai, everything is fine" she smiled at him while sorting out her paperwork, "I'm just looking over the final details of the upcoming visit from Prince Eldric".

He raised his eyebrow, "you mean Prince Eldric from Northwind?".

She laughed, "Yes Kai that Prince Eldric, his father King Albert wants to sort out some sort of trading arrangement between our two kingdoms".

Kai smiled, he still wasn't used to the new Elsa who laughed and was more open, "Well you be careful around him, I'm sure you've heard the stories, no Queen or Princess is safe from his charm, if he doesn't have you swooning he will use his trickery to cheat you in that deal".

Elsa shook her head and waved her hand, "I'm sure I can handle it, after all he's the one who should watch out".

Kai laughed in response and Elsa couldn't help but laugh with him. They were interrupted by the sudden gust of wind that came through the window, blowing the papers all over the floor. Kai stopped laughing and rushed to pick them up, "It's about time that the weather shifted, now maybe we can get some real work done around here, what do you say Queen Elsa" he stood back up with the papers held out for her to take, but she wasn't in her chair anymore, she had stood up and moved to the window looking out into the mountains, "urmm my Queen, is everything alright?".

As soon as the wind blew through the room Elsa had felt it, she now understood exactly what had been happening, the strange heat wave, her powers not working. There was other magic at play, and it had just been released, hopefully to never return to her kingdom. For she didn't know where the magic was or who it belonged to, she just hoped they didn't want to bring harm to Arendelle.