Frozen
The Dragon Princess
Rise of the Guardian Dragon III
"Elsa?" Anna gasped as her older sister opened her eyes. They were the same beautiful crystal blue, her skin was the same alabaster white with the barely noticeable freckles, and that's where the resemblance ended. Instead of her usual bun, Elsa's hair was down in an elegant braid that trailed over her shoulder, and she was dressed in a skin tight black dress that hugged her swiftly developing curves. The sight made Anna blush, and she felt even more the fact that she was wearing pants and a shirt with bandages over her arms, a habit that she had developed after finding that they supported and braced her arms and hands against blows.
"Elsa?" Anna asked, her sisters eyes blinked and she stared…no glared down at Anna.
"Well, well, look what we have here" Elsa sneered, an ugly look on her face that Anna had never seen before.
"Elsa, what are you doing here?" Anna asked as she leapt up the stairs and faced her sister.
"So this is what you've been doing? While I've been a prisoner in our home, locking myself away to keep from hurting you, you've been gallivanting off who knows where, putting yourself in every kind of danger. Tell me Anna, have you had fun?" Elsa asked in a voice as cold and still as the mountaintops outside.
"Elsa, it isn't like that. I've been working to fix things, to make us a family again" Anna said. Elsa looked at her and laughed. It was a high cold laugh full of scorn that sent a shiver down her spine.
"You? Tell me dear sister, what can you ever do? All you've ever been is the spare, and not a very good one considering the state of your lessons. The poor little hanger on who can't bear being ignored. Please Elsa come play with me. Whatever I did I'm sorry. Pathetic. Why can't you at least try to act like a royal and endure it gracefully like the rest of us?" Elsa spat. Anna took a step back with each sentence, feeling like each word was a slap.
"Anna get a hold of yourself. This isn't your sister" Ask said in the back of her mind.
"Poor pathetic little Anna, always so selfish, never thinking that others may be suffering too" Elsa continued, but her words struck a nerve in Anna's mind.
"Maybe I would know you were suffering if anyone would tell me anything" She hissed.
"Hm, what was that?" Elsa asked.
"I said I would know you were suffering if you told me anything, but no, don't tell Anna anything, she's just the spare, she doesn't deserve to know anything. You even had my memories stripped from me" Anna said stomping back up the stairs.
"You and mamma and papa live in your own private little world of secrets, so you tell me, who's pathetic?" Anna shouted into her sister's face.
"You insolent brat" Elsa snapped and Anna felt a sting on the side of her face before another sharp pain in her gut. She found herself flying off the dais and skidding into the snow.
"We took you're memories so my magic wouldn't kill you, so you wouldn't beg and plead to play with it like your own personal toy. It was you who caused this. I told you to slow down, but no, you wouldn't listen and for that I was punished. I've been locked away, living in fear, constantly having to suppress my own powers while you've been living a life of adventure and freedom. It's not fair" Elsa hissed stalking down the steps. Anna pushed herself to her feet and chuckled darkly.
"Really, you've been punished? I had my mind invaded and my memories stolen. I was robbed of all the fun we had together, of our entire relationship. You could have fought, you know. You could have told momma and papa no when they decided to lock you away" Anna said, the anger she had kept buried ever since she had regained her memories boiling to the surface.
"And you know even hiding your powers, your still the perfect one, the smart one, the heir that everyone dotes on while I'm the one they ignore, that everybody shuts out" Anna growled as a ring of fire surrounded her. (AN for those of you who watch fairy tail imagine the dragon slayer theme playing. For those of you who don't look it up, it's a cool theme).
"Instead you shut me out too and I never knew why. But now I do. I'm going to find the eye of infinity, and I'm going to fix our family, and no two bit shadow of you is going to stop me" Anna said.
"Now disappear and give me the stone" Anna shouted. Elsa only smirked.
"I'm sorry dear sister, but it doesn't work like that" Elsa said and raising her hand formed a sword of ice in it. It was an intricately beautiful rapier made completely of ice. Elsa dropped into a fencer's stance and fast as thought closed the distance between them in a lung. Anna barely dodged to the side, leaping away but Elsa followed with almost supernatural speed.
"What's the matter Anna can't stand to draw your blade against your own sister?" Elsa asked as she continued to stab at the younger girl managing to graze one of her arms and legs. Anna rolled back, sliding into a kneeling position, her arm and leg on fire from the frigid blade.
"How pathetic. No wonder mother and father prefer me over you even with my curse" Elsa said lunging again.
"ANNA!" Ask shouted. Reacting on muscle memory Anna drew him and blocked the strike, the ice blade skidding past her ear.
"Hmm, so you can defend yourself" Elsa said then hit Anna in the gut with another kick sending her careening backward again. Anna plowed into the ground, gasping for breath.
"ANNA" Jack cried flying toward his friend.
"No Jack" Tooth said flitting in front of him.
"This is not your fight" North said.
"Anna pushed herself up to her knees"
"Anna, pull it together" Ask said.
"I'm trying" Anna said.
"What's wrong? That's not Elsa; I know it's not, so why can't I fight?" She screamed at herself.
"Poor little Anna, always second best, always need someone to hold her hand. Never able to get by on her own" Elsa said aiming another kick, only to be caught by Anna's hand.
"Your right. Compared to you I'm always second. A spare. I'll never be able to live up to you, but you know what, I don't care about that" Anna said her fist tightening on her sisters leg.
"All I care about is making things right!" Anna shouted and surging up hit her sister in the gut with a hard punch. The older girl skidded back on the ice gasping in pain.
"I made a mistake when we were kids, and I've spent my life trying to fix it" Anna said.
"Fix it? What can you fix?" Elsa asked rushing forward again. Anna lunged forward to meet her, their swords clashing.
"I don't know, but I have to try. I don't care if you hate me, or think I'm stupid, or a failure. As long as I'm doing something, anything, that's all that matters" Anna said pushing into the sword lock, and shoving her sister back. Anna surged forward to meet attack again and Elsa raised her hand, sending a beam of white energy at her. Anna dove to the side at the last minute, the beam passing an inch past her.
"What are you doing?" Anna shouted.
"What, we never said we couldn't use magic" Elsa said smirking as she sent another blast at her. And dove and dodged the blasts, hearing the cracking as ice came into being around her. Elsa sneered and sent a blast into the ground, generating a wall of ice that raced toward Anna. The younger girl planted her feet and gathered fire into her fist. Just as the wall hit her Anna struck it with her fist shattering it. As soon as the wall disappeared she slashed with ask, sending her magic through him. A wave of fire shot out toward Elsa who raised another wall at the last minute, the fire striking it without doing any damage.
"Anna you can't keep pulling your attacks" Ask said.
"I'm trying" Anna snapped back as the wall parted.
"Is that it?" Elsa asked.
"I don't want to hurt you Elsa. Please, give me the stone" Anna pleaded.
"Hmp, you know I've gotten so tired of your begging. Why don't you grow up and act like the noble you are. We don't ask for things, we command them" Elsa said firing another blast of ice magic at her. Anna dodged the magic and rolled to her feet.
"The Elsa I remember, she would never say that. She was always kind and courteous to the staff. She always asked for things, just like momma and papa taught us" Anna said and transformed. She looked down at Elsa from her advanced height and roared.
"Now give me the stone or else" Anna said. Elsa looked up at her and laughed.
"Very impressive Anna, but don't think turning into a monster can bring you victory, not when I can conjure monsters of my own" Elsa said and stomped her foot on the ground. The ice under her feet glowed a bright whitish blue and rumbled under their feet. Then out of the ice a clawed a dragon made completely of ice. It was a mirror of Anna's own body, down to the silver claws. The dragon gave a deathly howl before it let loose a freezing breath that left a thick sheet of ice where it touched. Anna leapt back before the breath could touch her. Anna saw Elsa standing on the ice monsters back, holding reigns made of ice in her hand. Anna surged forward and swiped at the dragon with her claws hitting its head. The dragon swung back hitting her in the head with its claws. She felt cold sear into her soul from the strike but she shrugged it off and struck again, feeling her claws shriek against the ice. She blocked the next strike and crashed into the dragon but it slipped out of her grip and dove back onto her, crashing into her from behind. Anna managed to roll onto her back avoiding the icy claws and breathed fire into the dragons face. The ice dragon eased up enough that she could transform back to human and slip away. She raced out of the cathedral and back the way she had come, everyone else following her.
"I have to come up with some kind of plan or I'm toast" She thought as they emerged back out in the open. Unfortunately she didn't get a chance to come up with any kind of plan before the mountain opened up and the dragon flew out of it. Anna looked up at the dragon floating in the sky and then at the overcast clouds, and an idea hit her. Transforming she shot skyward into the cold air and clouds. The ice dragon and its rider spotted her and gave chase, but Anna was already using her magic to thicken the clouds and warm them at the same time. It was hard in such cold air but she managed to get enough warmth going to make the clouds do what she wanted. She felt lightning and thunder crackle in the air, and drew on some of the now self perpetuating energy to replenish her magic.
"Anna where are you?" Elsa asked in a sing song voice.
"I so used to love when we played hide in seek" Elsa said sending burst of ice magic into the clouds. Anna sent her own heat into them as well, and the natural forces built up even higher. Anna drew more energy into herself, and took hold of it, pressing it down and focusing it. She climbed higher, and higher, feeding as she went until she was above the clouds. Taking a deep breath of the cold thin air, she dove down back through the clouds at top speed drawing all the power into her having shaped it into one lightning bolt. She felt the power burn through her as she came out of the clouds, the ice dragon appearing in her sights. Raising one clawed fist, Anna hit the dragon with all the power she had gathered. A crash of thunder shook the heavens as the dragon was ripped apart. Momentarily stunned Anna fell through the sky. She saw Elsa fall past her and snapped out of her daze, diving to try to catch her. As the older girl turned and saw her she fired a blast of ice magic. It grazed her wing and Anna growled in pain as she was knocked off balance. She managed to right herself as she saw Elsa form a mountain of snow that cushioned her fall. Anna struggled to land and transformed back, her shoulder aching.
"Elsa?" Anna asked when the mountain exploded in a whirlwind of white. It vanished leaving Elsa standing unharmed on the ground.
"Impressive Anna, but not nearly good enough" Elsa said as she gathered energy in her hand. Anna tried to dodge but found her feet were frozen to the ground. Elsa fired a blast of ice magic toward her and Anna who brought up her arms and threw her magic out in front of her. The ice magic hit her and bounced off, though the impact felt like a punch to the gut of her soul.
"Anna are you alright?" Ask asked as she fell to her knees.
"That really hurt" Anna gasped
"You have to resist, Anna, you have to endure" Ask said, making Anna's eyes widen. Slowly she stood up, picking Ask up out of the snow and sheathing him. Taking a deep breath she slowly crossed her arms in front of her in a v shape. (for those of you who have seen Kill la Kill, Anna is taking the exact same stance Ryuko did against Non Non).
"So this is your final act? That's a pretty pose, it will make a beautiful statue" Elsa said as she gathered energy in her hands and fired it. Anna stood still as the beam hit her.
"No, Anna" Jack shouted when he saw the ice magic separate.
"Exhausted by my beliefs, without being able to leave this closed world. I sat down alone for a long time, even though the door wasn't locked or anything."
Anna stood in front of the ice magic, a magic barrier holding it back in a swirling pattern.
"My magic isn't having any effect?" Elsa asked.
"It's not that it's not having any effect, it's that you're neutralizing it. You're using your own fire magic to synchronize with the ice magic amplify it, and turn it back on the caster." Ask explained in wonder.
"If everybody realized "Hey, all of us actually have wings!" then this world might actually change so"
"Yeah, it's like you said. I'll endure this cold, no matter how bad it gets. I won't let it bother me" Anna said.
"I'll sing the hymn of the dawn with my heart. If we set our sights on the bright tomorrow and take the first steps out then surely there's nothing we can't accomplish, so there's nothing to be afraid of. Inside my heart I'll sketch a fantasy that's still unseen, because your smile remains inside me."
"Now, let's send this cold back. Fire Dragon Magic, Frost negation!" Anna shouted and the ice magic began to be pushed back.
"Continuing to live this dream I haven't awakened from I'm growing, growing, growing."
"She's trying to push me back? I don't think so" Elsa shouted back putting more power behind her magic.
"Turn the dreams that are overflowing your hands into wings. The time for leaping into the future is right now"
"You're cold doesn't bother me anymore" Anna said the cold being pushed back further.
"You stupid, useless little spare!" Elsa shouted.
"Enough just give it a rest already" Anna shouted and with an explosion of heat and light, the ice magic was blown back.
"THIS IS IMPOSSIBLE" Elsa shouted
"They hymn that rings out across the dawn. The sound of life itself singing"
"Anna, you've completely overridden Elsa's winter magic with your heat, now's your chance" Ask shouted.
"If we set our sights on the bright tomorrow and take the first steps out Then surely there's nothing we can't accomplish, so there's nothing to be afraid of"
"Right, let's go" Anna shouted as her blood sang in a way she had never felt before, heat and light coursing through her veins. Her tattoos flared and erupted into life, wings of fire spreading out of her back propelling her forward, white flames engulfing Ask's blade.
"I'm going to melt that frozen heart of yours right now Elsa!" Anna shouted as she shot toward her sister like a comet.
"Inside my heart, I'll sketch a fantasy that's still unseen, because your smile remains inside me."
Anna swung her burning sword at Elsa, and both were engulfed in a searing white light that surged off the mountain and into the distance. The smoke and mist cleared to see Anna standing with Ask pointed forward still aflame, flaming wings flickering on her back. The wings slowly died away, and the flame on the sword faded out. Anna turned to look at where her sister had been standing as the dust settled.
"Continuing to live this dream that I haven't awakened from I'm growing, growing, growing!"
"You're strong Anna" Elsa said as she appeared out of the smoke, a warm smile on her face. When her body appeared she was wearing a bright blue dress that glittered like snow.
"But then, you've always been strong. Much stronger than me" Elsa said as her body began to flicker and dissolve like melting snow.
"Elsa?" Anna asked, tears forming in her eyes. This was her sister, the warm, loving person she remembered.
"She's not really your sister, just an illusion created by the darkness in your heart. You have now faced that darkness and purified it" Ask said.
"I love you Anna, and I know you'll succeed at what you're aiming for. You always do" Elsa said as she vanished completely, the heart of water dropping to the ground. Anna walked forward and picked the stone up, tears pouring out of her eyes.
"I will Elsa, I promise" Anna said holding the stone close to her. A bright light caught her eye. She turned and saw the clouds were gone and the sun was rising over the mountains.
"Anna!" Jack shouted colliding into her and wrapping her in a tight hug.
"That was awesome" He said grinning at her.
"Thanks" Anna said blushing.
"You did very well dragonborn" North said clapping her on the back.
"So what are you going to do now?" Tooth asked.
"I'm going home" Anna said.
"I need to talk to Elsa, and my mother and father. I need to tell them I love them and try to mend our bonds" Anna said.
"But what about the eye of infinity?" Jack asked.
"I'm still going to find it. I know exactly what I want to wish for" Anna said, tightening her grip on the stone. Suddenly she was hit by a wave of exhaustion and before she could think was dragged down into darkness.
"Anna hey!" Jack said as the girl fell into his arms.
"She is alright" Ventia said appearing out of thin air.
"She promised that after this battle she would go someplace far away so that she could recover both physically and emotionally" Ventia said.
"You still as tyrannically caring as ever Ventia" A new crystalline voice said. A tall, thin, very feminine looking man appeared next to Ventia.
"Aquaras" Ventia said, her eyes tearing up as she embraced him.
"So, this is the little warrior who released me" He said.
"Yes" Ventia said kneeling down and running a hand fondly over the girl's brow.
"So where are we taking her?" Aquaras asked.
"I already have a place" Ventia said taking out Anna's crono stone. Aquaras knelt down and picked the girl up easily. Ventia put her hand over the hand that was cupping the girl's legs and the stone began to glow.
"Wait, will I ever see her again?" Jack asked them.
"Maybe, and who's to say you haven't met her before" Ventia asked winking.
"Wait, what?" Jack asked, but they were gone.
Okay, not one but two new chapters. For those of you who have seen kill la kill I did kind of lift the battle between non non and Ryuko for this, including the insert song sanbika. I apologize for the bad translation; it was all I could come up with. Next chapter will be big hero six where Anna spends an enchanted summer with a younger Hiro.
Updated with the correct lyrics for sanbika.