Anna happily strode through the village, taking in every sight as if it were her first time seeing them. It was sunny and pleasantly cool, and a lot of townsfolk were out doing some shopping.

"Good afternoon, Your Highness," one woman greeted her, walking up to Anna with her young daughter.

"Hi, Princess!" the little girl said cheerfully, waving at Anna and sporting a big, toothy smile.

"Hey, sweetie!" Anna replied, donning a cheesy smile of her own. "Enjoying the sunshine?"

"Sure am! Momma and I were just going to see the ships!"

Since the incident with Hans, Elsa had ordered to cease all communications with The Southern Isles, and for good measure, the navy was strengthened. All the new ships were the pride of Arendelle, and the residents loved to go look at them.

"Sounds like a fun day! You two enjoy!" Anna said to both the girl and her mother.

"Okay! Come on, Momma!" the girl said, tugging her mother along. The woman waved a quick goodbye at Anna as the girl pulled her away.

Anna smiled and continued on her way to the chocolate shop.

"Hello there, Princess!" the shop owner said as Anna walked in, a little bell over the door chiming, announcing when a customer entered. The shop was busy, bustling with people out and about, grabbing some chocolate or a pasty to take along with them as they strolled through town.

"Hey, Birgiton!"

"What can I do for you today?" he said, polishing a coffee cup.

"Three hot cocoas to go, please!

"Three?" he asked, starting to prepare the order. "You and the Queen having company?"

"Well, not exactly. We have a new maid, and Els- er, the Queen, thought we'd treat her to a cocoa and get to know her," Anna explained.

"Ah, how nice! Anything else for ya, since I'm on a roll?"

"Um, now that you mention it, how about a bag of the Queen's favorite chocolate?"

"Sure thing!" Birgiton didn't need a specification, he knew which chocolate was Elsa's favorite. It was even labeled for sale as "The Queen's Choice". Birgiton put the to-go cups of cocoa on the counter, and started bagging the chocolate. "How's that?" he asked, filling the bag and holding it up for Anna to see.

"Perfect" she answered, placing a handful of coins on the counter and putting the chocolate in her satchel.

"Can you carry all those alright?" Birgiton asked.

"Yup, got 'em!" Anna said, balancing two cups in one hand, and comfortably taking the remaining cup in the other, then gliding out the door.

"I"m baaaack!" Anna sang as she arrived back home.

"Oh, hey Anna, we're in the family room," Elsa called. Anna walked in and found Elsa and Callan sitting in some chairs in front of a small fireplace. Upon her entering the room, Callan stood up and sped-walked over to Anna.

"I'm so sorry, Your Highness, let me take those for you," she said, taking the two cups of cocoa from Anna's hand.

"You're okay," Anna giggled. "One of those is for Elsa, if you wouldn't mind handing it to her." she added, throwing her satchel over by where Elsa was sitting. Watching Callan walk over to Elsa's chair, Anna noticed how thin she was. It was almost troubling, but then again, Anna and Elsa were pretty skinny too, so Anna didn't give it much more thought.

"Come sit with me!" Elsa said, scooting over as far as she could and patting what was left of the seat of the chair. "Callan, you can sit down too, you know." she added lightheartedly, pointing to where she had been sitting before Anna came back.

"So what have you girls been talking about?" Anna asked, plopping down into the same chair as Elsa.

"Oh, not much," Elsa answered, squirming around, trying to adjust to the new seating arrangement. "Just kind of about how things usually work around here." She took a sip of cocoa. "Mmmm…"

"Good cocoa, huh? Oh! Look what else I brought!" Anna picked up her satchel and dug around for the bag of chocolate. "Ta-Daaaa!" she sang, showing the bag to Elsa.

Elsa gasped and took the bag from Anna. "Yes! I love you!" She took a piece of chocolate out of the bag and threw it into her mouth. "Do you want one, Callan?"

"Oh, no thank you, Your Majesty," she answered quietly.

"You look worried, Callan. What's the matter?" Anna asked, taking one of Elsa's chocolates. "You're not afraid that Elsa's going to freeze you, are you?"

"No! No, of course not!"

"Good, because I would never do that. That's our thing," Elsa smiled, poking Anna in the cheek, leaving a small patch of ice.

"Hey!" Anna yelled, defensively stuffing a piece of chocolate into Elsa's mouth.

"Okay, okay, that's enough," Elsa laughed, taking another sip of cocoa. "Callan, why don't you tell us about yourself?"

So she did. She told them all about her family, and how she grew up. How she was the oldest one out of seven children, and the only girl. She explained her how mother became very ill and passed away, leaving her with her father and six younger brothers. She quickly mastered the role of woman of the house, learning how to cook for and clean up after six growing boys.

"Wow," Anna said. "So what made you leave all of them and come here?"

"My father knew I had this opportunity. He told me to go after this, and that he would take care of things." Callan answered.

"I bet you'll miss them," Elsa said.

"I will. But I trust my father," Callan said, a little more relaxed now.

"Good. Trust is a good thing to have," Anna said, looking over at Elsa and placing her hand on her knee.

"Sure is," Elsa said, a little too loudly, turning to Anna and smiling awkwardly. "So, Callan," she continued. "What else should we know about you?"

"Nothing, I think we've covered it all," Callan said.

So Elsa began telling Callan about her favorite books, all of which were on a special shelf in the library.

"Elsa has all of the books sorted in two piles. Her favorites, and the ones she hasn't read yet!" Anna joked.

The three girls talked and talked until it was late at night. Anna yawned, and Callan stood and walked over to the chair that the girls were still sharing. She collected the empty cocoa cups, and the empty bag that was once full of chocolate, and walked to the kitchen to dispose of them.

"I think we should be getting to bed," Elsa said when Callan returned, standing up and stretching her legs.

"Oh! Hold on a second, Callan," Anna said, hopping out of the chair and running out of the room. She came back a couple minutes later carrying some clothes. "I don't think we have nightclothes your size yet, so you'll have to borrow a pair of mine," she said.

Callan took the neatly folded pile of clothes form Anna. "Thank you," she said, looking down at the outfit. Anna had given her a dark green skirt, and an oversized white and purple button down shirt.

"You'll be taking Hilde's room once she leaves, but for now you can have her show you where can sleep," Elsa said. "I'm going to my chambers for the night, so goodnight you two!"

"Yeah, me too. Goodnight Callan!" Anna chimed, following Elsa out of the room. Callan nodded, then went to go find her room.

Elsa woke up in the middle of the night and walked downstairs for a glass of water. All the chocolate made her throat very dry. When turning the corner to walk into the kitchen, she saw Callan exiting the kitchen carrying a small glass of water.

"Callan? What are you doing up at this hour?"

"Oh, Your Majesty!" Callan said, startled. "Just having some water. What about you?"

"Same thing. I should have grabbed a glass before I went up to bed. Are you okay Callan? You look weak. Are you... shaking?"

"I'm fine. Here, Your Highness, take my water." Callan wobbled over to Elsa and handed her the glass.

"You can hardly walk! Are you sure you're okay?" Elsa said, taking the glass out of Callan's shaky hands.

"I'm okay, Your Majesty, really. I'm fi-" Callan's eyes closed and she began to fall forward.

Elsa gasped, dropped the glass, and caught Callan just before she hit the floor.

"Callan?" she said, gently shaking the girl's limp body. "Callan? Callan!"