"Where do you think you're going?" Anna asked as Elsa walked away from the bustling servants clearing away the extravagant dinner party. Kristoff whispered into Anna's ear that he had somewhere to go anyway, and he let Anna's arm fall away from his and he walked on to Georg's office. Anna rushed over to Elsa who didn't stop at Anna's question.

"Elsa?" Anna called out after her again. Elsa turned her head back to watch Anna hurry to her side. A smile tugged on her tired face.

"Are you alright?" Anna asked as she finally reached Elsa's side.

"Yeah, I'm fine."

"You said yeah... You're not fine. You never say yeah. What's up?"

"I suppose my vernacular is just loose tonight." Elsa responded with a tired smile.

"Why are you so tired? Did you dance too hard or something? With a special someone mayhaps?" Anna playfully nudged Elsa on the arm and elicited a little giggle from both of them.

"No, it's not from extraneous activity. I'm just drained, you know?"

Elsa looked over at Anna to let Anna see how tired she really looked, and Anna suddenly became very serious with worry at the sight of the dimness that occupied her big sister's eyes.

"I guess that's where we differ. I'm never drained." At first Anna spoke timidly, but she didn't like the emotion it stirred within her so she twirled in her steps and raised her arms as she said, "I'm always bursting with energy!"

Another tired laugh came out of Elsa. "Yes, I can see that my little rabbit. Always hopping around, you."

"I'd rather think of myself as a fawn." Anna retorted as she calmed herself down to a walk again. That's when she noticed what direction they were going. "Are you really going to your office? This late at night?"

"Well you seem intent on coming with me." Elsa countered back with a playful smirk.

"Elsa, if you're drained or whatever, then you should go to bed, not to work."

"I just have some small things to attend to. It shouldn't take more than an hour."

Anna gave her a scrutinizing glare, but Elsa raised her chin, keeping her eyes soft and she went on. "You did say Rapunzel wanted us to arrive a few days early, did you not?"

Anna nodded her head and an eager smile spread across her freckled face.

"Then I need to tie up some loose ends still so we can leave soon. You go on to bed. A queen's work is never done my dear."

"Yeah-" A yawn tore it's way out of Anna's chest. "Okay mom."

"Oh now don't go starting that again!" Elsa angrily exclaimed, but Anna only giggled.

"I'm going away! I'm going! Just please, don't stay up too late." Anna grabbed at Elsa's arm then reached for her shoulders to fully stop her motion. She turned her so that they faced each other and she felt how Elsa was slouching against her hands. That was what set in just how far the extent of Elsa's energy was depleted.

"Really. Please, go to bed soon." Anna slightly begged. She got a small nod for a response and then she went to fully envelope her sister with a warm hug.

"Thank you for doing that for Kristoff." Anna said into Elsa's ear before pulling away.

"In fact thank you for just everything. Tonight was just... Well it was marvelous!" Anna was almost shaking from the happiness the memories the past few hours had provided for her.

"You're welcome. And I promise. No more than an hour and I'll be in bed."

Anna gave her a narrow look to detect any lie, but she couldn't find anything more than Elsa's tired expression.

"Okay. I love you."

"I love you too Anna. Good night."

Anna smiled and then turned to go back down the hall. Elsa began to walk on towards her study, but after a few moments she turned back and saw Anna was still in sight.

"And don't even think about staying with Kristoff tonight! Or vice versa!" Elsa harshly chided. Anna waved her hand, disregarding her, but fully knowing what would happen if she crossed her sister like that.

"I mean it Anna! You stay away form him until the morning!"

"Yeah, yeah! Morning, got it!" Anna said behind her in a sing song voice. Her gait became a skip and on she went merrily through the halls.

Elsa rolled her eyes at her sister's giddiness, but she eventually smiled at it too, and then continued to her study.

When she arrived at the door she found it ajar. She stopped and looked around her, looking for the intruder outside. Then she cautiously approached the slightly opened door and looked through the crack to try and see the perpetrator. All she could see was a rather large posterior that oddly looked familiar.

She pushed the door open so that she could come in, but the man didn't look back. "Wilbur?" Elsa called out. Wilbur shot up straight from leaning over. His face became a deep stain of red and his words were strangled in his throat.

Elsa looked from his embarrassed face to the green velvet that Wilbur threw over whatever he was doing something to.

"What are you doing here?" Elsa asked walking towards her desk to see what was under that velvet she knew covered the sabre earlier. Wilbur wanted to stop her from coming closer, but all he could do was stand there and wave his hands as if it was nothing important.

She came right before him and looked once more from his red face to the green velvet, sharp in contrast from the dull color scheme of brown and purple that decorated the whole room. Then she slowly reached her left hand down and grabbed the velvet and keeping her eyes on Wilbur's ashamed face she pulled it off. She regretted looking down at the broken sword.

"I- I'm so... It was my fault your majesty." Wilbur finally squeezed out something. He figured it was better to just take the blame and apologize then to apologize with an excuse.

Elsa sighed heavily and simply recovered it. Then she walked around her desk to sit on her big leather chair behind it. "Just... Tell me what happened."

"I'm not entirely sure your majesty... I put it down for just a moment, and when I got back to it I saw two little boys fleeing from it..."

"So, it wasn't your fault." Elsa said to try and calm Wilbur's very apparent nerves. His forehead was glistening from his nervous sweat. "Some children somehow broke it. It was pretty ancient after all. I'm honestly not that surprised."

"But, I let it out of my sight. It is my fault."

"No, no it's not Wilbur. Just leave it here. I'll deal with it later. I don't blame you. It's just a blade after all. It can be fixed. You just go on and go to bed. Or whatever you need to do. Don't worry about it."

"Yes your majesty." Wilbur quickly bowed and quitted the room. He couldn't believe he had gotten off so easily! Some young hooligans had broken one of the queen's most treasured possession from her deceased father and she simply dismissed him to go onto bed.

Back in Elsa's study though Elsa was fully relaxed into her chair, more so than she wanted to be, but she was just so tired from keeping appearances, and making sure Kristoff was okay all day. Anna was fantastic and all, but introverts need an introverted touch every now and then when they have to deal with extroverts... Like Anna.

She felt her head start pounding from a headache and she couldn't decide if it was from the stress of the day or all the drinks she had. She was out of practice somewhat in holding down her spirits but she was still good at it as proven tonight. She stared out at nothing in particular and imagined what the pounding in her head actually looked like until she saw colors whenever the waves of pain crashed onto her skull.

After a while she remembered that she had things to do. Well, she didn't really have to do it, but it had helped her a lot last night and so she thought she'd do it again tonight.

She sat up and scooted her chair closer to her desk and felt around for the secret compartment hidden on the outside of her desk underneath it. She pressed down on the sweet spot and out popped a drawer that held a journal inside. She took it out and closed the drawer and placed the journal on her desktop. She reached out for her favorite fountain pen. The one with the mahogany body and gold nib. She did't know why she favored it so much, it wrote just as well as any other pen she owned, but this one just felt special for writing in her journal.

She uncapped the pen and put the cap on the end and then she opened up her journal to the next blank page and began to just write down everything that came to mind. For her, it was how she got out her demons these days. There's just no time anymore to go running off, discovering your freedom complex, and creating an entire castle made from nothing but ice.

When she was finished exercising her demons she recapped her pen and put it back in it's pen holder near the front of her tidy desk, to the right of the broken sword covered in luxurious green velvet. She tore her sleepy gaze from the said luxurious green velvet and returned it to the scribbles she had created on the pages before her.

She looked at them at first, then she took to trying to read them all. Maybe she wasn't as good as she though at writing drunk. She couldn't comprehend anything, but she just thought it must be because she's so tired. She felt satisfied at her work and closed the journal and put it back in its secret hiding spot.

She looked up to the clock at the end of the room and right as she could finally read after squinting it tolled midnight. An hour had passed, just like she said.

With one more sigh she pushed her chair away from her desk so she could stand up. Then a rapping at the door caught her attention as she stood halfway up.

"Yes?" She asked, still only standing halfway up in the air form her chair.

The door opened and gave way to Anna, fully donned in her nightgown. "It's been an hour."

"Yes, I know." Elsa stated standing up fully. "I was just leaving. I've finished everything I need to. We're all set to leave in a few days." Elsa stepped out from behind her desk and Anna came up to her and took her arm in hers. Elsa kept going along with Anna in tow to turn off the lamps and extinguish the candles until they were walking out of the pitch black room, save for the light streaming in from the hall.

"Did you really think it necessary to come and check on me?" Elsa asked, looking over to Anna.

"I felt that you wouldn't go to bed unless I made you." Anna said looking straight ahead, with a cheeky grin.

"Well then. You will be happy to hear that I was just leaving when you came in." Elsa looked back in front of her as well as she retorted herself with a confident, if somewhat arrogant attitude.

"Sure you were."

"I was!"

"Well, that doesn't matter now. I'm getting you to bed, and you're going to sleep in tomorrow."

"No I certainly am not!"

"Oh yes you certainly are to! Elsa! You're practically sleep walking right now! Have you not been sleeping well?"

Elsa knew better than to tell the truth. It was only last night she couldn't sleep though, so it wasn't that big of a deal... Just one sleepless night... Full of doubt of meeting Rapunzel... And her parents... After having kept Rapunzel and her husband captive in Arendelle.

"I've been sleeping just fine. I just had a long day. We had a long day."

"Well, that's true." Anna finally relented. She knew it was still going to take some time to make Elsa comfortable to come clean from all her fears to her. Silence befell them in the meantime as Anna continued to lead them to Elsa's room, to fully make sure Elsa got to bed.

"So how exactly are you planning on me sleeping in tomorrow morning?" Elsa asked to try and dissipate the silence the blanketed them.

"By alerting the staff to not wake you up."

"They don't wake me up Anna. You know that, silly girl. I practically get them up!"

"I've order the staff to sleep in as well, and to pay no heed to your commands until at least seven in the morning." Anna spoke with a mocking royal tone.

"And what makes you think you can do that?" Elsa inquired with a growing smile at how her sister was carrying her regal words.

"I am the princess of Arendelle, and I have a voice too. Besides! They were all drooling at the idea of sleeping in four for hours than usual. We all deserve a nice, good, long sleep. Here we are!"

Elsa had moved out of their room to occupy the room directly next door, so that she could spend most nights burning numerous candles at both ends, but she stayed close to allow her and Anna to remain inseparable otherwise.

Anna opened the door and graciously, and quite dramatically, bowed, to which Elsa laughed as she entered her room and turned on the light. Anna then stood back up and followed Elsa in. She was always welcome in.

She immediately went to the closet on the east wall of the spacious and extremely well kept room. Anna always thought is so neat and clean because Elsa was very rarely in here more rather than Elsa or anyone ever cleaning it. Elsa strode over to her bed and promptly began to strip off her regalities.

Anna opened the double doors of the giant walk in closet and went to find Elsa's nightgown drawer. After quickly finding one all neatly folded up just like everything else did the revelation dawn on her.

She walked back out as Elsa was halfway undressed and she placed the nightgown on the bed for Elsa to grab once she was done with her current task at hand.

"Would you like some help with that?" Anna asked as Elsa struggled to force her drunk fingers to bend to her will and loosen her corset.

"If you wouldn't mind." Elsa grimaced as her arms soon tired from being forced into such an uncomfortable position to try and pry off the bloody garment.

Anna strode behind her and diligently loosened the corset and puled it away from her. All Elsa could do was unleash a giant pent up breath from having the constricting thing on all day.

"Corsets are literally from Satan himself. I'm sure of it." Elsa complained as she continued on to further undress.

"Well... I uh see you haven't even started packing though." Anna quietly spoke. The very rare shy tone in her voice was more than enough to make Elsa stopped fumbling with the assorted buttons and strings on her undergarments to turn and look to her sister who was playing with the rigid corset in her hands.

"Have you?" Elsa asked hesitantly.

"Completely, yes."

"Oh." Elsa averted her eyes from Anna's blushing face, presumably from Anna being embarrassed at being so eager to travel. Elsa thought for a few long silent moments before she dared to open her mouth. The night's wine sloshed around in her head, so she knew she needed to be careful. "Well then I guess that leaves you plenty enough time to help me pack."

Anna gasped. "Really?!"

"Of course." Elsa gave her a cheerful, albeit sleepy smile as she sat down on the edge in her bed to take off her boots. She mentally congratulated herself for apparently saying the right thing. She almost said "Why not?", and she felt like that would've have sounded much too condescending. Again Anna came to her aid though as she lost herself to her thoughts and she felt herself dragged back to consciousness as Anna tugged and pulled off her boots for her. "Oh, thank you." Elsa said as she spread apart her cramped toes to stretch them out.

Anna quickly gathered Elsa's clothes and boots and towed them to the closet. She tried to at least fold them neatly. She didn't want to disrupt Elsa's system of how she out her clothes up. She thought Elsa must of had a specific way she arranged her clothes when she first walked into the closet. It seemed strangely organized.

"Oh, just leave them there. I'll take care of that tomorrow." Elsa called out after she pulled her night gown over her head.

Anna didn't say anything and simply came back over to her to see if she needed any further assistance. Elsa was heading over to her vanity to wipe off her makeup. Anna decided to just go and sit on the bed as Elsa sat on the little stool in front of the beauty desk. She looked into the mirror and regretted wearing her good mascara right then and there. It was a pain to get off all the way. She reached for a towelette to begin and wash off her social war paint, otherwise known as eye shadow, concealer for that one stupid pimple she randomly got, blush, and lipstick.

"I got all my stuff into five trunks." Anna stated, wanting to continue on with talk off packing.

Elsa eyed her from the mirror. "Five? My goodness! How long do you think we will be staying?"

"Kristoff joked a year. But you know how terrible I am at keeping my clothes all tidy and clean. I don't see how you do it so effortlessly."

"Simple. I don't go around chasing pigs and crashing though pie contests."

"That was one time! Are you ever going to let it go?"

"Let it go?"

"AUGH!" Anna screamed out in frustration and fell back on the bed and thrashed about in mild anger as Elsa merely laughed wickedly at her discord. "You don't think you're so funny, don't you?"

"Yes, I do." Elsa firmly accepted comically as she was wiping off her sticky lipstick.

"Well, whatever!"

"Don't well whatever me!" Elsa scolded as she spun around in seat to showcase her half clean face, meaning to make Anna howl in laughter and fall back on to the bed. Once Elsa calmed down herself from laughing at Anna's reaction she turned back around and continued to clean her face whole.

"It's too early for Halloween!" Anna spurted out in between gulps of air.

"Funny. That's what Kristoff says after he sees you every morning." Elsa sneered as she wiped away the last remnants of her war paint.

Elsa saw the pillow coming at her form the mirror, but she wasn't fast enough to dodge it. She scowled at the reflection of Anna in the mirror and dropped the towelette from her hand she slowly rose up from her seat, the look of contempt still boiling on her face as she turned around to look Anna dead in the eye.

"Oh. It's on." Elsa declared. Anna giggled and then she sat upright and pounded her chest like Tarzan, inviting Elsa's challenge.

"Bring it sister."

Elsa bent down to reach for the thrown pillow and she primed it in her hands as she stared Anna down. Then in a whirl of pastel colors she flew into a happy rage as she raced towards Anna, leaping on top her her to initiate a short lived pillow fight that she lost to. Anna had almost instinctively grabbed for another pillow behind her when Elsa came sprinting over and she quickly had Elsa panting and waving her pillow around like a white flag in surrender from her soft viscous attack.

"Oh, had enough have you?" Anna asked triumphantly.

"Yes! I cave! Now let me sleep. Isn't that what you wanted in the first place!" Elsa wheezed out as she crawled up to put her pillow back where it went.

Anna replaced her pillow as well and got out of Elsa's way and got off the bed to help pull away the covers for her. "Yes, and now you are one hundred percent assured to sleep well tonight after that brutal beating." She said as she pulled the blankets over Elsa.

"Well thanks for your help, but I would have managed just fine on my own." Elsa quietly spoke as exhaustion swept over her.

"Sure you would've." Anna said and then she bent down and kissed Elsa on the forehead.

"Would you stop being my older sister? It should be me tucking you in."

"Well too bad. The day that I'm too tired to stand on my own is the day you can tuck me in, okay?"

"Okay." Elsa barely got the word out as sleep swiftly overtook her and she subconsciously snugged deeper into blankets and pillows.

"And you call me the silly one." Anna said smiling warmly as she stood back up. She walked over to the door and stepped out of the room and then looked back to Elsa one last time and her smile grew even more warm. "I love you." She whispered as she turned off the light and then shut the door, leaving her sister to dream away.