Visitors – Canto III

By

Rogue Amazon Boo

"Hi Mama! Hi Papa!"

Anna crested the hill at a run and then came to a screeching halt. She almost tripped and fell into the stones, but she caught herself at the last minute.

The vivacious red head never did anything as mundane as walking. She cantered, she galloped, she sprinted, she sashayed…but she never walked. She happily plucked down the basket she'd brought and took out the flowers. She placed a bunch at the base of her mother's marker and the other at the base of her father's.

She sat down cross legged and leaned back, a smile on her face.

"I'm sorry I haven't visited in a while but there has been so much going on. I have sooooooo much to tell you."

She leaned forward and took out the sandwich Greda had packed her. She took a bite and spoke around the mouthful.

"Elsa is doing great as queen. Those snotty old stuff-shirts that make up the council were berating her for cutting of trade with Weselton and the Southern Isles. So she made an even more lucrative trade agreement with the kingdom of Corona. That shut them up."

She paused and took another bite.

"Kristoff and Sven are doing great and the new sled is working out beautifully. I'm really glad he likes it so much and he even lets me drive sometimes. Olaf has decided to be the goodwill ambassador to the kingdom's children so they wouldn't be afraid of Elsa's powers. I didn't have the heart to tell him that it's never children who are afraid of Elsa."

She put the rest of her sandwich away.

"Me, I'm doing all right. I'm just trying to not make Elsa's job harder. I think I even help sometimes. I don't know though. I'm not good at this like she is…she's just so…perfect you know? I mean she is smart, she is graceful, she is beautiful…she is all the things a queen should be. I-I just don't know if I'm all the things a princess should be. I mean let's face it, I'm not graceful, I'm not stupid, but I'm not smart in the way Elsa is, I'm kinda average looking…I mean I'm not gonna scare small children, but I'm not really anything to write home about. I'm just…so normal."

She stood up and started pacing.

"I wish you were here still. I know what you would say. You would tell me that I'm special too. I just don't always feel that way and I'm not jealous or anything of Elsa. I mean she basically spent thirteen years alone and hiding her powers and that had to have been…awful."

She stilled for a glimpse of a second, but being Anna was in motion again almost instantly. She shrugged a little helplessly.

"It's just, how useful am I really to someone who is so amazing?" A choked sound came from behind her and Anna turned. She turned beet red when she saw who was standing there.

"Oh E-Elsa…hey…how are you doing? Standing right there…how long have you been standing there just…you know…out of curiosity?" The young queen said nothing; she simply crossed the field and pulled her sister into a tight hug. Anna made a muffled sound as her breath was forced out of her, but she wrapped her arms around her sister. Elsa spoke fiercely.

"You are the most precious thing in the world, don't you ever forget that."

Anna felt warmth expand in her chest. She was going to say something, but Elsa continued.

"There is nothing normal about you. You are sunshine and love…and I would still be lost in my own desolate world of ice and snow without you. You saved Arendelle the day you saved me. So please Anna, don't ever think for one moment that you are anything but the most remarkable princess Arendelle has ever seen."

Anna felt tears threaten and a smile blossomed. She pulled back from her sister, linked her arm with her, and turned to face the stones.

"I think they would have been proud of us," she said.

Elsa replied. "I know they would have been proud of us. And of you. You are the most courageous person I know. And I-I want to thank you for never…n-never giving up on me all those years that I shut you out."

Anna's heart melted and she nudged her sister with her shoulder. Elsa smiled.

"Of course I wasn't gonna give up on you. You're my big sister. And that's just what little sisters do."

They both smiled at each other and faced the stones again. Anna was still for the moment and the moment stretched as the sun dipped behind the horizon. If one were to squint and look closely one might see the ghostly shades of the past smiling at their two special girls. The wind blew gently and whispered that they were happy and yes, they were so very, very proud of the young women the two royals had grown into.

And there was peace.