Disclaimer: I don't own Frozen.
A/N: I decided I'm putting The Wolf's Beautiful Winter on hiatus for now. I think I had a general idea for this story so I'll put it up. Hopefully, this will be a good start for the continuation of Frozen Heart. Also, I will try my best to incorporate some suggestions from the fans for the sequel particularly from Alese222 and JYFrozenAddict. But if anyone else has ideas as this story progresses a little bit, don't be shy and let me know what you think.
A warm breeze settled through the air as a pair of sisters picnicked on a grassy knoll not too far off from their royal home as they enjoyed the last bits of the warm weather fall had to offer. Queen Elsa and Princess Anna had made this a regular occurrence twice each month for the past two months since they got over their whole ordeal of Anna misunderstand that Elsa would want to replace her with Karen. Since that event has passed and things were fine between the two royal families, they would on occasion receive word of what's been going on with their friends Kirsten and Karen back in Denmark and they had begun to share a room together again.
At first when Elsa and Anna decided to share a room they debated on who would move in with whom. They were tempted to share they old room together that was, at the time, Anna's room, but ultimately decided that it would be best if Anna moved in with Elsa as it was clear her bed chamber was much more roomier-since it was fit for a queen after all, and they knew that the bigger room was a more appropriate accommodation for two grown adults.
When Anna moved in, things were awkward. They had to get used to certain routines that the other had. It's not they didn't mind or had quibbles over minute things, it was just a whole lot awkward considering Elsa readjusting her routine and for Anna, well she was just being Anna- awkward as ever. But it didn't take long for the sisters to get used to each other and actually a sort of bedroom chemistry-whenever one needed something from the other they would simply makes small gestures and sounds for the other sister to understand what they wanted help with or borrow. It was as though they were meant to share a room and developed their own set of sub-languages between the two of them. If they were in the bedroom they used bedroom-language and if they were in the bathroom they used bathroom-language, and so on and so forth.
Presently the two sisters were enjoying the scenery before them as they relaxed on the blanket of their picnic area. Anna leaned against part of Elsa's shoulder and front as she watched innocent children play in an open space down where the village lay. She sighed feeling perfectly content with the scent of Elsa's flower crown swirl in her nose and imagining how she and Elsa would be like if they were like the normal children they saw playing with each other.
"It's a beautiful day, isn't it?"
Anna looked up at Elsa's serene face.
Elsa kept her eyes glued to the peaceful scene before her off a few yards away. "It is."
Anna was a bit surprised when she could feel Elsa pull her closer to her by the shoulder. She glanced over at her right shoulder and saw her sister's hand there. When had she wrapped an arm around her shoulder? Anna concluded that she hadn't noticed her sister's hand moving to her shoulder probably because it felt so natural for her hand to be there on her shoulder. The red-headed princess looked back at her older sister who she looked up to as her role model and personal hero.
"Elsa?"
"Hm?"
"Is there something else you need to do later that will occupy your time?"
Elsa looked at Anna. "Are you asking me if I have anything else to attend to that will keep me away from you until dinner?"
A light dusting of crimson colored the already vibrant freckles of the younger sister's cheeks.
"Well, when you say it like that it sounds kind of…."
Elsa pressed a finger to Anna's lips effectively preventing her from self-bashing.
"It's alright, Anna. I know what you mean."
Then the platinum blonde beauty removed her finger from her sister's lips.
"So, what do you say? If you have work to do, then I won't bother you unless there's something I could do to help you."
Elsa lightly chuckled. "Oh, Anna. You don't have to worry about a thing. I'm taking the day off."
"Why didn't you tell me? I couldn't have arranged something for us to this morning."
"I wanted to surprise you. Besides, I did have some paperwork to finish up on from last night. I'm free for the rest of the day though."
"Wow. I don't know what to say."
"Say what you feel right now."
"I love you Elsa and you're the greatest. Right now, I want to just relax for a little longer before we do something else."
Elsa smiled. "Me too."
The two sisters remained in their reclined sitting positions as they watched the children play and look for where their parents could be. At one point a little girl had been accidentally knocked over by some boys rough-housing and just before her little body could be bruised by the hard ground, Elsa conjured a pile of soft snow to break her fall. The children gasped in amazement when the y saw the pile of snow and looked around for their beautiful and kind Queen Elsa, but they could not find within seeing distance. They figured she must have passed by as she was on her way to some place. They turned back to the girl in the snow to ask if she was okay in which she positively replied and then they shouted in joy realizing they had a new thing to play with.
From a distance on the grassy knoll, Anna smiled at the sight. She was pleased to know that the little girl was okay and that Elsa was diligent in keeping a watchful eye on each child. And then a thought occurred to her: she and Elsa were like the children's angel guardians or secret nannies-always looking after them in any way they could. This was especially a prevalent occurrence when they would go into town and buy chocolate or went to greet their subjects and ask them if they are any concerns about the economy, job market, or any agricultural supply and demand. But sometimes they just went into town to take a walk and see the children. Seeing their cute smiling faces gave Elsa and Anna so much joy. Their innocence was infectious to say the least.
"It must be nice being able to do that with your powers, Elsa."
"You mean making small piles of soft snow to break a little kid's fall?"
"Or make a snowflake crown."
Elsa chuckled. "I made the crown for that girl a weak ago because you and I did not have enough flower crowns for the little girls. And as for the snow pile, I just want to ensure the child's safety even if I am too far away to prevent any injury to them."
"I know, but it still seems nice to use your powers in such a way."
Elsa's eyes and voice darkened. "Well, it's the least I could do after I had unwittingly unleashed a perpetual winter on the kingdom back in summer."
Anna whipped her head up and narrowed her eyes.
"Now, Elsa, don't blame yourself for that! It's not your fault that happened. It was an accident."
Elsa turned her head to Anna and as she did so she was about to make a counter argument, but as soon as she saw her sister's stern face, she stopped herself.
"I suppose so."
Anna's expression softened. She reached up to press a gentle palm on her sister's left cheek.
"Don't blame yourself for something you didn't know how to handle and control. You've proven to the people, our people that you're not a monster. You just had to believe yourself so that the kingdom saw you the way you saw yourself: something so kind, gentle and wonderful."
Elsa leaned into Anna's hand and pressed her own hand over it while her eyes closed and a smile slowly curled on her face.
"Thank you, Anna. Sometimes I forget what I've accomplished. I'm just trying to make up for the damage I left behind on the kingdom itself and on the bond we had as children."
With the stroke of Anna's thumb, Elsa's eyes fluttered opened and stared at the pair of blue eyes in front of them. Anna's eyes were just as blue as Elsa's except they had a hint of green of them which distinguished them from the queen's icy ones. Anna gave her sister a smile before dropping her hand back to her side on the blanket.
"Anytime, Elsa. I'll always be there for you."
"And I will always be there for you too, Anna."
At that very moment bot sister simultaneously leaned forward and pulled the other in a warm hug. It was tender yet firm; intimate yet friendly. After a good while, the two royals pulled back and returned to their previous positions. Elsa looked at Anna's head and saw that her flower crown was a little lopsided, so she fixed it before relaxing once more into her preferred reclined position.
Unbeknownst to them, the two sisters had unexpected visitors watching them settle back in their sitting positions leaning against each other. The two visitors walked up them and covered their eyes.
"Surprise!"
Elsa and Anna were in complete shock. At first they were scared of who had crept up on them, but as soon as they heard the voices chorus "surprise" to them, they relaxed a bit falling into a sudden familiarity. They couldn't quite pinpoint the voices at the time, but they knew the sounded familiar.
To Be Continued…