Frozen
The Dragon Princess
Dragonic summer 9
"Anna, what's the matter?" Selena asked her smile fading.
"What's the matter? You froze the city!" Hiro shouted shivering.
"Oh come on its fine. Just throw on a sweater" Jack said.
"Are you insane?" Anna shouted at him.
"You know I'm getting real tired of you calling me crazy. And I'm getting tired of your attitude" Jack said standing in front of her
"I always heard you were this ever cheerful, fun loving sack of sunshine and light. Maybe everyone was wrong" Jack said sadly. Anna didn't say anything. Chocking back her anger and frustration she transformed and flew back to her house climbed back in through the window, shut it and wrapped herself in her bed.
"Anna?" Ventia asked opening the door.
"I never really liked winter. Now I know why" Anna said.
"Anna what happened?" Ventia asked.
"Jack got Selena to freeze the summer" Anna said.
"You didn't stop them?" Ventia asked.
"It happened too fast" Anna said pulling her covers tighter over her.
"Why would jack do that?" Ventia asked.
"He said he wanted Christmas in July" Anna said
"Irresponsible little imp" She sighed.
"So are you going to do something?" Anna asked.
"Me?" Ventia asked surprised.
"You're a powerful Dragonborn right?" Anna asked.
"Yes, but breaking an enchantment like this is very difficult except for the one who cast it" Ventia said.
"So what do I do?" Anna asked.
"For one thing, stop cowering under your covers" Ventia scolded kindly. Slowly Anna lowered the covers that covered her.
"Now are you concerned about this sudden cold snap?" Ventia asked sitting on the bed.
"Of course, the summer is frozen" Anna said and Ventia shrugged.
"That may be a problem in your time where people are more susceptible to such things, but this is a modern city with heated buildings and ways of dealing with things like sudden winters" She said.
"So, I shouldn't do anything?" Anna asked.
"I'm saying you should step back, be patient and see what happens. See if the people of the city embrace this sudden winter, or reject it. Also, see if the one who cast it can undo it on her own" Ventia said. The news report later that night showed mild concern for the sudden winter only saying that a person of interests with powers had assured that they could end the winter at any time, and that since there was a sudden heat wave coming, the city government had decided that a little bit of winter weather was a good change.
"See, people in this time are little better equipped to deal with things like this" Ventia said as they sat together.
"I'm not looking forward to trekking to school tomorrow in the snow" Anna said.
"You really don't like the cold do you?" Ventia asked.
"I used to like it, when Elsa and I were together" Anna said.
"Now all it reminds me of is closed doors and orders to go away from her and my parents" Anna said sadly.
The next day Anna was trekking to school in the cold and the light snowfall bundled in a heavy jacket, wearing a purple rosmaul sweater underneath with purple mittens on and pretty purple boots and a purple earmuffs. "Anna!" Hiro called. She turned and saw him coming up to her, Amy right behind him. Hiro was wearing a red coat with a red beanie hat while Amy was wearing a powder blue winter coat with the same blue boots and earmuffs like Anna.
"Are you alright. You didn't look to good when you flew off like that" Hiro said
"Sorry. And sorry for Abandoning you like that" Anna said blushing as they continued walking. They entered the school to see the students standing around in good cheer, some even throwing snowballs.
"Nice to know this strange magical winter hasn't dampened peoples spirits" Hiro said.
"And why would it?" Jack asked. Anna took a deep breath and ignored him
"Hey princess, you broke our deal when you ran off like that" Jack said.
"Like I care" Anna shot at him as she felt something cold and wet hit her in the head. She turned and glared at the boy as another snowball hit her. Suddenly warm memories of when she and Elsa played together filled her mind. She tried to shake off the memories and be angry at Jack when another snowball hit her and the memories came back stronger.
"Stop it" Anna growled shaking her head.
"Wow you are a serious hard case" Jack said laughing when another snowball hit her, a normal one. She whipped around to see Selena grinning at her.
"What?" She asked as another snowball thrown by jack hit her, and a laugh escaped her as Selena threw another snowball. Anna scooped up a pile of snow and rolling it into a ball threw it at Selena. She scooped up another and threw it at Jack who easily dodged it. He threw two more snowballs at two other kids and then two more, striking everyone in the school yard one by one, until a raging snow war had enveloped the entire yard. Anna took command of one side of the conflict, Selena the other, building snow forts, though Selena used her powers to make one out of thin air.
"That's cheating!" Hiro shouted.
"All's fair in love and war!" Selena shouted.
"Alright!" Anna shouted and gathering fire in her hands sent small fire balls at the fort walls.
"Hey!" Selena shouted.
"All's fair!" Anna shouted as her side cheered. The war devolved into a battle of magic after that, fire and ice mixed in with snowballs.
"Enough!" A sudden shout echoed through the yard. They all turned to see the entire school staff gathered off to the side of the forts.
"Please, cease and desist and return to your classrooms" the burly mustached principle said. Slowly and with groaning they dispersed and walked into the building, the staff on either side.
"But that was fun though" A boy said.
"Yeah, I don't know what got into me" a girl said blushing. Anna looked up and saw Jack perched in a tree smiling. She snorted and couldn't help but smile back at him.
"Maybe he isn't so bad after all" Anna thought. Everyone took their seats and Ms. Sanada walked in and looked over them all with an amused expression.
"Anna, Selena, the next time you decided to go to war with each other, do it on your own time off school grounds" She said. Both girls blushed as the rest of the glass giggled. Class proceeded normally after that until time for lunch when they found Jack waiting for them on the roof.
"So have fun?" He asked
"It was…a good war" Selena said blushing causing him to chuckle.
"Thanks, but I wasn't really asking you" He said looking at Anna.
"Okay, it was fun, the most fun I've had in a long time" Anna said.
"So are we good?" He asked flipping up and over to her.
"Yeah, we're good. You can be reckless, and mischievous, and a real pain, but you do know how to have a good time" Anna said.
"And it's not over yet princess. I'm sticking around as long as the winter does" Jack said as he leapt into the air and sailed away.
"How long are you keeping things frozen?" Anna asked Selena who laughed. A week went by with the city locked in a wintery wonderland. No one seemed to mind, especially with the news talking about the hundred degree heat wave that hit outside the cities frozen borders, which ironically led to a large influx of tourists escaping the heat. As such Selena became a minor celebrity for her powers, with the other students asking her to do tricks with her powers, which she was willing to do waving her hands and decorating the school with beautiful crystalline ice sculptures out of thin air, turning the rather drab school elegant and lovely. Seeing her revel in her powers, Anna felt equal parts elated for her, but also jealous of her, glorying in adulation of her power while back home Elsa was locked in her room in terror of her own power.
"She's not Elsa" She reminded herself for the hundredth time as she watched Selena create crystalline ice jewels that hung from the ceiling.
"Hello, earth to Anna!" Hiro suddenly shouted in her ear.
"Ow, what?" She asked.
"Dude, I've been trying to get your attention for five minutes" Hiro said.
"Sorry" She said.
"Are you jealous of Selena?" Amy asked echoing her thoughts.
"No" Anna said quickly.
"You are aren't you?" Hiro asked smirking.
"I am not jealous" Anna said.
"Yeah, I don't see why. I mean you've got some pretty kick but magic of your own" Hiro said.
"I'm not Jealous of Selena's powers, I'm Jealous that she's free to use them" Anna said, opening up to her friends.
"Excuse me?" Hiro said as the bell rang.
"I'll explain at lunch" Anna said closing her locker. Lunch came and she found herself sitting with Hiro, Amy, and Selena. Hiro and Amy were both looking at her for an explanation, but she found she couldn't talk with Selena sitting there.
"Is something wrong?" Selena asked.
"Anna said she's jealous of you being able to use your powers but she won't elaborate" Hiro blurted out, and Anna had to resist the urge to hit him.
"Hiro, you can really be an insensitive jerk sometimes" Amy yelled at him.
"What, it's better than sitting in awkward silence" Hiro said.
"Anna?" Selena asked. She looked up at the sky taking a deep breath.
"What if I told you I'm not from around here?" Anna asked.
"We know that much" Hiro said.
"But what if I told you I wasn't from this time" Anna said.
"You mean like time travel?" Amy asked, her eyes going wide.
"I…can travel backward and forward through time at will" She explained.
"So what time are you from?" Selena asked.
"Come on, time travel, seriously?" Hiro asked.
"After everything you've seen, you doubt time travel?" Amy asked raising an eyebrow. Hiro just sipped his drink.
"So, what time do you come from?" Amy asked her eyes bright.
"The 1800s" Anna said causing Hiro to choke.
"Now I know you're lying. You talk and act like a modern girl, not like someone out of Shakespeare" Hiro said.
"For one thing, people back home don't talk with all those thee's and thou's, not unless they want to be seen as idiots. Secondly yes, I don't speak as formally as I should, I know that, and it used to drive my tutors crazy" Anna said offhandedly.
"Tutors? So you're families wealthy?" Amy asked. Anna sighed, realizing her mistake, but decided to be honest with her friends.
"My family are rulers of a small kingdom to the north. It's not very large, but it's very wealthy with a number of trading partners" She explained.
"Does that mean…you're a princess?" Selena asked.
"I'm the second born. My older sister's the heir thank goodness" She said chuckling. Amy got on all fours and crept toward her.
"Um, Amy?" She asked as she leaned back.
"You're a real live princess" She said starry eyed.
"No way, have you seen her eat?" Hiro asked snidely.
"Like I said, I'm pretty much an embarrassment to my family" Anna said looking away.
"I can't believe that" Selena said.
"Believe it. I can't walk right, I'm always rushing around and crashing into things, I can't speak right, I eat like a pig and I'm pretty much pig ignorant when it comes to politics and ruler ship" She listed off.
"So pretty much a normal girl" Hiro reiterated.
"Pretty much which is why I've been given up on as a lost cause" Anna said shrugging.
"Anna?" Amy asked back in a sitting position, the stars in her eyes replaced by sadness.
"Don't worry. I've come to terms with it. After all, I'm just the spare, the replacement anyway so what does it matter?" Anna said.
"Anna, you do matter" Selena said.
"Maybe" She said.
"Not maybe" Selena said turning her to face the other girl and staring her in the eyes.
"Anna without you who knows where I would be right now. You saved me. You matter" Selena said and for a second Anna thought she saw the girls eyes flick to her lips.
"Um, thanks…I guess" Anna said confused.
"Anna, is your sister really that much better than you?" Hiro asked, interested.
"Her name is Elsa, and she's perfect. She's smart, and graceful, and refined and elegant and everything I'm not" Anna said fondly.
"You said you're jealous of Selena being able to use her powers. Does Elsa have powers like her?" Amy asked.
"Actually, the two of you are so alike it's spooky sometimes" Anna said smiling at the other girl.
"What happened?" Selena asked. Anna unconsciously gripped her braid with the white streak in it.
"When we were kids we would play with Elsa's magic. She would create a winter wonderland at any time of year. We had so much fun together." Elsa said tearing up slightly.
"It sounds like Helena and I" Selena whispered.
"Yeah. Except one night it all came to an end. I was stupid and made a mistake, and I got hurt by Elsa's magic" Anna said.
"That's where that white streak came from" Selena said.
"Yeah. After that, my parents separated us. They shut the gates to our home and Elsa shut me out of her life completely" Anna said.
"And that's after they had a troll steal all my memories of her magic" She said bitterly, gripping the braid tightly. Amy put a hand on her mouth, tears leaking down her face and Selena turned her head away.
"Overreact much?" Hiro said breaking the silence. Anna blinked then burst into a snorting chuckle.
"Yeah, I guess you're right" Anna said.
"But don't you have magic of your own. Shouldn't that have protected you?" Helena asked.
"My magic came later, after my memories had been taken and the doors were shut" She said.
"How did you get your memories back?" Amy asked.
"A friend managed to purify the troll's magic and restore them. Part of the reason why I'm here is to take some time and sort out my thoughts and feelings" Anna explained.
"Well I for one am glad you're here" Selena said.
"So am I" Amy said smiling.
"I guess I'm happy too" Hiro said.
"Thank you" Anna said choking on sudden tears.
"What's wrong with me? Why am I bawling like this?" She wondered as a pair of warm arms wrapped around her.
"It's okay" Hiro said.
"I know how I would feel if Tadashi suddenly told me to buzz off" He said softly as Amy wrapped her arms around them followed by Selena. Anna burst into a wailing cry, letting out all the anger at the family who had stripped her of her memories, imprisoned her then abandoned her over an accident. She cried herself out, her tears chilling in the cool air.
"Class is going to start again soon" Selena said.
"I'm okay" Anna said wiping her tears on her sleeve only to have it batted away by Selena who dried her tears with a handkerchief.
"Now that I think about it, you're a lot like Helena" She said amused.
"There's nothing wrong with that" Anna said
"No their isn't" Selena said smiling helping her up. As they walked back to class Anna felt as if a great weight had been lifted from off her chest. She took a deep breath of the cold air and felt refreshed and happy for the first time in a long time.
"Elsa, I'm going to fix my mistake. I'm going to give you back a life of fun and freedom, no matter what it takes" Anna promised looking up at the sky and smiling.
Okay new chapter. Sorry about the wait, but I needed time to figure out where to go. This part of the story is almost done for those of you who don't like it. Also, yes the winter outfit Anna is wearing is a more modern version of her winter outfit from Frozen.