HELLO MY DEAR READERS! Now, I know this update has taken longer than usual so I would like to explain myself :) After uploading the last chapter, I really needed a break from writing for a few days and once I was ready to start writing again, life got in the way and I was just swamped with responsibility and such. I did plan on uploading this on Wednesday but I was just far too busy and far too tired to have it finished by then. Anyway, here it is. Here's where the adventure really starts! :D I'll be back to uploading once a week now so look forward to the next chapter next weekend! Hope you enjoy!

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For the second time in a row, Elsa was awoken by a knocking at her door. This time, it actually was her bedroom door.

"Miss Elsa?" She faintly heard Gerda's voice from the other side. Elsa groaned and turned over, not yet ready to face the day. She stretched her arm out and rested it on top of Anna, who was still sleeping soundly next to her. Before Elsa could even understand what was happening, her door opened.

Her eyes shot open at the sudden realisation of the scene her maid had just walked in on. She sat upright in bed, using her bedsheets to cover her still naked body.

"Honestly, Miss Elsa! I've been stood outside knocking for a good five minutes!" Gerda said as she came into the room and closed the door behind her. She looked over towards the bed where Elsa was sat petrified and Anna was still snoring lightly beside her, smiling fondly. To say Elsa was highly confused at the woman's reaction would be an understatement. "And this must be Anna, yes?"

At the sound of her name, Anna sat herself up suddenly, still half asleep with her bare chest on show.

"Yes, hello, Anna is here," She said groggily.

"Gerda, I-" Elsa started but the maid held up her hand to shush the younger woman.

"It's okay, Elsa. I know what's going on."

"But... how? How do you even know her name?" Elsa asked, still utterly bewildered.

"Who knows my name?" Anna asked, not yet fully awake.

Gerda chuckled at the young redhead and continued.

"I know about the letter, dear. I do come in to change your sheets frequently, you know. I noticed it a while back and recognised it as the one that was sent on your birthday. Naturally, curiosity got the better of me and i just had to know who it was from and why you kept it. I must say, it brought a tear to my eye knowing someone out there cared for you so. And I am happy to finally meet her!"

Well, that at least made sense as to how she knew who Anna was, Elsa thought.

"But... Gerda I don't understand?" Elsa asked. Judging by the sun just peeking over the horizon and into the bedroom, it was still very early in the morning. Why was Gerda in here so early and with such a smile on her face? Anna, meanwhile, had her head drooped down by her chest and was snoring once again.

"Well... last night I heard a banging coming from your bedroom door, so I needed to come and see if everything was okay. As I walked up the hallway I heard... ahem... a certain... noise coming from within. So I left you to it and pretended I hadn't heard a thing."

Elsa blushed furiously at the thought of Gerda hearing her and Anna having sex.

"Oh dear, don't be embarrassed! Everyone does it! Even I-"

"Gerda, please!"

Gerda chuckled again, before hurrying around the room. Elsa didn't even take note of what she was doing, too preoccupied with how today was going to turn out. She was supposed to be getting married today. She couldn't go through with it. Somehow, she had to escape this wedding.

After a few minutes lost in thought, Elsa looked up towards her maid. She was rooting through the wardrobe, picking out many an outfit and storing it into a large bag.

"Gerda? What are you doing?"

"I'm packing you a bag." She answered simply.

"Wait... what?"

Gerda sighed and turned towards Elsa, suddenly looking very serious.

"Miss Elsa... I have known you your whole life. I have helped to raise you and I have seen you grow from a mere newborn and into this beautiful young woman sitting before me. I have come to love you as if you were one of my own. And because of that, I can not and will not let you marry that man today.

Everybody else may fall for his charms but I know his type. I see through him, Miss Elsa, and I can tell what an absolutely horrible man he is. As is the rest of his family. And I have seen how the past few weeks since your birthday have affected you. You've been miserable since the engagement and I refuse to just sit back and let you be married off to him."

Elsa was speechless as Gerda carried on. "When I learnt about Anna-"

"I'm awake!" Anna had woken up once again, properly this time it seemed. It took her a few seconds to realise where she was and who was here. Before long, she managed to make out Gerda stood before them and with an embarrassed yelp, pulled the covers over her head and collapsed on the mattress next to Elsa as she attempted to hide from the intruder.

"When I learnt about this lovely young lady here," Gerda gestured to Anna, who was now peeking out from under the covers. "I knew that there was someone out there who would take care of you. And last night when I was made aware of her presence, I planned to come wake you at sunrise and send you both on your way."

"Both of us?" Elsa asked.

"Why yes, of course, Miss Elsa! I'm not going to send young Anna away and let the wedding commence. Not if I can help it. So, I am packing you a bag and giving you the chance to get far away from here. Please, Miss Elsa... If you want to go, you must hurry. The both of you get dressed right away and go. Your mother will be awake soon and she will be in here straight away to help you prepare for the wedding, you know how eager she is about it."

This was all quite a bit for Elsa to take in. As for Anna, who had slowly re-emerged from under the covers, she was just sitting there, jaw dropped and eyes wide. She never thought trying to rescue Elsa from this wedding would be so easy.

Once Gerda had finished preparing a bag for Elsa, she then laid out her outfit for that day. "Come now, girls! Post-haste!" She ushered as she threw Elsa's shift in her direction. Elsa made no delay in putting it on as she quickly pulled it over her head and got out of bed. She then proceeded to hand Anna her clothes from the night before so the other woman could get dressed also. Anna managed to dress herself quickly in everything but her corset and boots.

Gerda made her way to exit the room saying, "I will go and find your mother, make sure she is delayed. Hurry and finish dressing. I will be back in thirty minutes."

Once Gerda had left, Anna made her way straight to Elsa, who was looking a little lost. She took her face gently in her hands and made her look at her.

"Elsa? What are you thinking?" She asked softly.

Elsa's eyes were wide with fear. Snow started to fall from the ceiling as it had done many a time before.

"I- I don't... I don't know... I just... what is happening? What do I- Oh Anna, what am I to do? Everyone is expecting so many different things from me today... what do I do?" Elsa asked, her voice shaking with anxiety.

"Elsa, you listen to me. You do only what you want to do. You don't need to give in to anyone's wishes other than your own. Don't listen to your parents or that man and get married to him just because they tell you to. Don't listen to your maid and leave just because she wants you to. Don't even ask me what I want you to do. You know I'd have you leave with me this second if I had my way. I wouldn't let you go through with this wedding if I can help it. But it isn't up to me. It's up to you. Now... what do you want?" Anna asked her sincerely.

"I want you," was all Elsa could whisper. Anna smiled in response which eased Elsa a little.

"Okay. And are you okay coming with me on my ship? Are you okay leaving behind your home and your family? Because it is a big sacrifice, believe me." Anna wanted to make sure Elsa knew what she was in for. She needed her to know that no matter how much she wanted to be with Anna, life on that ship would be more difficult than she could imagine.

"Just take me with you, please Anna. I can't stay here any longer, I just can't!" Elsa pleaded.

"Okay, Elsa. We'll leave. We'll finish dressing and leave this place. As long as that's what you want."

Elsa leaned her forehead against Anna's and closed her eyes, feeling the warmth from Anna's hands on her face.

"It is."

Anna leaned up and placed a quick kiss on the taller woman's forehead.

"Then come on, we need to put some clothes on!" She laughed, looking down at Elsa who was only wearing her shift and stockings. "Come on, you'll need to help me with this," Anna stated as she picked her corset up off the floor.

The two women quickley dressed, helping each other where needs be, Anna getting repeatedly frustrated with Elsa's corset.

As Elsa was just pulling her gown on, a more simple one compared to what she was used to, Gerda re-entered the room.

"Quickly girls, your mother will be here soon."

They each put their shoes on and Anna placed her hat on her head. Elsa turned to Gerda and embraced her for what would most likely be their final time.

"I will miss you, Gerda." Elsa spoke, trying to hold back a sob.

"And I will miss you too, child. It has been honour to serve you, Miss Elsa."

"Once I leave, I will need you to go to my father. Run to him and tell him you came upon my room just now, empty. Say to him that I must have left in the middle of the night and do not let on that you had any knowledge of this. I will not have you get in trouble for me, Gerda. And... thank you... for everything!" This time, Elsa did sob.

They pulled away, tears falling down both of their faces.

"Now hurry! Go!" She ushered the two girls towards the balcony doors. Anna had Elsa's bag over her shoulder and took Elsa's hand in her free one. She gave it a quick reassuring squeeze as she smiled up at her. Elsa, in that moment, somehow felt that everything would be okay.

"Good bye Gerda," Elsa said as she opened the doors and made her way on to the balcony.

"Yeah, bye Gerda! It was nice to meet you!" Anna called out.

"Good bye, girls! Be safe! And you make sure you look after her now, Miss Anna!" Gerda said as she made her way out on to the balcony also. Anna was now helping Elsa across the balconies and to the tree. "I will have to go see you father now, Miss Elsa, so please, do hurry!"

Elsa looked back and nodded, smiling. As the two women climbed over the wall and landed on the other side, they heard screeching.

"OOOOHHHHHHH MY LORD KRISTIANSEN! ELSA HAS GOOOOONNNEEE! WHAT IF SOMETHING AWFUL HAS HAPPENED TO HER?! WHERE IS SHE? OH MY LORD, SHE HAS DISAPPEARED! WHICH I KNEW ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ABOUT UNTIL RIGHT THIS VERY SECOND! OH WHAT ARE WE TO DOOOOO?! CALL THE GUARDS! CALL THE NAVY! CALL SCOTLAND YARD! CALL THE KING! OH I NEED TO LAY DOWN!"

Elsa rolled her eyes at Gerda's dramatics and she brought the palm of her hand up, covering her face.

"Really, Gerda? Really?" She said, more to herself. Anna giggled at the occurence and took Elsa's hand once more. They ran down through the market and towards the docks. The two of them were in such a hurry that Anna couldn't stop herself when she ran passed a young boy and actually knocked him down with Elsa's bag. They had to stop momentarily in order to help him up. As Anna lifted him to his feet, she realised she actually knew this boy's face, but couldn't remember his name or where she had seen him.

"Oh, Miss Anna!" He exclaimed as he, too, recognised her. Anna tried so hard to place him but before she remembered, he jogged her memory for her. "It's me! Olaf!" He said, beaming excitedly.

"That's right! Olaf! what are you doing here?"

"Once I came to deliver Miss Elsa's letter I didn't leave. I liked it here so much, so I've been staying at the Inn. Oh, this must be Miss Elsa!" He turned towards the blonde woman in front of him and wrapped his arms around her. Elsa stiffened in his grip, not prepared for the sudden physical contact.

"Olaf!" Anna yelled, laughing. "What do you mean you didn't leave? Don't you have a home to go to? Parents or anyone?"

"Nope!" The boy replied, still embracing Elsa strongly. Elsa was looking more and more uncomfortable by the second.

"Hey, Olaf?" Anna asked, suddenly having an idea. "If you've nowhere to go, no one to go home to... do you want to come with us?" She asked.

"OH YES, MISS ANNA!" He shouted, letting go of Elsa and hugging Anna tightly. "YES PLEASE! WHERE ARE WE GOING?!"

"Nowhere in particular... Just... away from here... and quickly! We need to go right now, okay Olaf!"

"OKAY!" The excited boy let go of Anna and ran in front of them towards the ships that were ported in the docks. He managed to run a good few feet before turning around and running back to the two women. "I just realised I have no idea which ship we go to so you'll have to lead the way."

Anna giggled at Olaf, knowing he would be an absolute pleasure, if not a bit annoying at times, to have on her ship.

Once they reached Anna's ship, she led the two new passengers on board and found Kristoff sitting on the floor, leaning against the mast, sleeping in the early morning sunlight.

"Kristoff, wake up!" Anna shouted, awakening her best friend from his slumber.

"Wha-!" He mumbled as his eyes half opened and he tried to focus on the three figures in front of him.

"Yeah, Kristoff! WAKE UP!" Olaf shouted at the groggy young man on the floor.

"Huh? Who's this guy?" Kristoff mumbled, obviously unimpressed by his rude awakening.

"Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!" Olaf introduced, attempting to hug Kristoff but failing as the large man held him at arm's length.

"Please don't hug me," Kristoff deadpanned, taking a dislike to this annoying boy Anna had invited onto the ship.

"Kristoff, ready the crew, we're leaving now." Anna ordered as Kristoff let go of Olaf.

"What? Right now?"

"Yes! Right now! Wake everyone up and get ready to leave."

"Yes, Captain!" Kristoff answered as he ran down below deck and shouted for the rest of the crew to wake up.

Anna led Elsa up to the quarter deck as the crew came up above and took their places, readying the ship to leave port. Kristoff made his way up to Anna, questions filling his mind. Elsa stood rather awkwardly a little ways behind Anna, wanting to keep out of her way as she prepared to leave.

"Oh!" Kristoff finally realised the other new presence on the ship. "Is this-?"

"Elsa, Kristoff. Kristoff, Elsa." Anna introduced the two as quick as she could. Suddenly, Kristoff did the unexpected. He bowed. He bent his body forward, one hand behind his back as he did so, his head lowered as far as he could to the ground.

"Your Majesty."

Anna couldn't stop herself from bursting out laughing. Tears streamed down her eyes at her best friend's antics while Elsa just stood and stared, not knowing how to respond.

Kristoff looked up at Anna, displeased at her laughing. "What?!" He replied as he stood up straight.

"She's not the Queen, you idiot! You don't call her that!"

"Well I don't know! She's an important person! I've never met anyone like that before. For all I know, she could be royalty!" Kristoff attempted to argue.

Elsa brought a hand up to her mouth to politely stifle her giggle at the young man in front of her.

"It is a pleasure to meet you too, Kristoff," She said to him as she lowered her hand "I've heard... wonderful things... about you."

"What?! What's that supposed to mean?! Anna, what have you told her?!" He cried, distraught at the thought of Elsa knowing all his embarrassing antics of the past.

"Ugh! You big buffoon! I haven't said anything, calm down. Now get ready, we need to go." Anna was eager to leave Arendelle as soon as possible. "Raise the anchor!" She commanded to the crew.

"You heard her, guys! Raise the anchor!" Kristoff repeated, more forcefully than Anna.

Olaf watched in amazement all around him as the ship sailed out of the Arendelle docks and made way for the open sea. He turned his head up towards the rigging as crew members climbed up and down, when he noticed something wrong with the ship.

"Hey, Anna? How come your ship doesn't have a flag?" He asked as Anna steered the ship through the sea. Elsa looked up also as he asked this and noticed the distinct absence of flag atop the main mast. Elsa immediately guessed the reason why, knowing how Anna had come to obtain her own ship, but waited to see how she would explain this to the young, naive boy who had now taken occupancy on it.

"Well, you see, Olaf... this ship... hasn't always been my ship. And when I came upon ownership of it... that flag was, well... it wasn't the flag of my country, so I had to remove it, you see?" Anna tried to explain.

"Ohhhhhh... so you stole it, then?" Olaf said blatantly.

"What?! Noooooo... I didn't steal it per say... I just..." She tried to find a reasonable excuse other than the fact she had indeed stolen it.

"Oh come one, Anna... just tell the kid the truth." Kristoff said. "We stole the ship and took the Spanish flag down. Because we're not Spanish. Simple as that."

"Oh I get it!" Olaf's face lit up in realisation. "You're pirates! This is a pirate ship! And you haven't got your black flag yet!" The young, excitable boy seemed reasonably well considering he had just found out he had taken residency on a pirate ship. In fact, he seemed rather pleased about it. "Oh does that mean I'm a pirate?! Is Elsa a pirate too? Are we pirates now?! Can I get an eye patch and a sword and a parrot and-"

"Olaf, slow down!" Anna interrupted. They had just about reached the open sea now and Arendelle was becoming smaller in the distance as they left it behind. "First of all, you don't need an eye-patch, both of your eyes are fine. Where on earth are you going to obtain a parrot? And no you are definitely not having a sword. You'll poke your eye out!"

"Then I can get an eye-patch!" The young boy piped up.

"Olaaaffff!" Anna moaned. Maybe inviting him on the ship hadn't been the best of ideas. But if he had no home and no family then, where else did he have to go? All he did was travel alone delivering people's messages and packages. At least now he had company, he had people to look after him.

"So... if the ship is getting a new flag, does that mean it has a new name too?" Olaf asked. Anna thought for a moment. That was a very reasonable question. With everything that had happened, she hadn't even thought about it's name. After a few seconds she answered.

"Yes... as of this moment, I deem this ship The Snow Queen." She smiled over to Elsa as she renamed her newly acquired ship. Elsa blushed as Anna looked over to her as she blatantly named the vessel after her.

"Kristoff, can you take the wheel for a while?" Anna called over to him. The blonde man nodded and walked over to the helm, holding on to the wheel. "Come on now, Elsa. Follow me." Anna took Elsa's hand gently, picked up her bag which she had previously put down on the quarterdeck floor, and led her down below.

Elsa was taken to the Captain's quarters below deck where Anna resided on the ship. It contained an oak desk and chair, a small wardrobe, a large map of the world taking up most of one wall, a double bed, and even a copper bath in one corner.

"It's not much, compared to what your used to," Anna explained as Elsa had a look around. "But it's pretty extravagant compared to where I used to live." She chuckled nervously, awaiting Elsa's reaction.

"I think it's wonderful." Elsa replied in a small voice, amazed at how nice it was inside the ship. She had never been on a ship before, having never travelled out of Arendelle, and never expected it to be so nicely furnished

Anna placed Elsa's bag on the bed and sat down on the edge of it, watching as Elsa stumbled around the quarters. The ship was gaining speed now, Anna could feel it. She was used to the swaying of the ship on the waves by now and had never been much affected with sea sickness. Elsa, on the other hand, seemed to be having trouble.

She walked over to the bed where Anna was sitting and sat down next to her, not too gracefully.

"Sorry about this," Anna said as she placed a hand delicately on top of Elsa's. "It does take a bit of getting used to the movement but after a while, you won't even notice! And I'll make sure we don't spend too long on your first trip at sea, okay! We'll port soon somewhere close, I promise. I made plans weeks ago to travel to England as soon as we left Arendelle. I wanted to dock in Plymouth as it's on the way to where we'll be heading afterwards but Connor warned me that it was a Navy city so, as a pirate ship, we definitely need to stay clear of that place. We'll be heading around to the West coast and docking in Liverpool, where Connor is actually from. He says it's a great city and we can rest there for a couple of nights while we gather a lot of supplies and maybe hire some more crew. I don't really have a big crew at the minute but... I'm working on it!" She explained, rambling a little in order to inform Elsa everything that was going to happen.

Anna squeezed Elsa's hand softly and looked her dead in the eye, seriousness all too obvious. "If, at any time, you want to go home... any time at all... you just let me know and I will turn this ship around. Any time, anywhere. You just say the word."

Elsa smiled softly at Anna's willingness to do that for her. She was too good to be true.

"Thank you, Anna." She whispered. "Thank you for everything. For taking me away from that life. I will truthfully miss my parents and Gerda terribly but... that was no life for me. I was trapped within my own home and about to marry a man who had threatened me. He was cruel and I could not go through with it. You saved me from that life and I can never thank you enough for that. And despite the sudden sickness that has overcome my stomach from the motion of this ship, there is nowhere else I would rather be than right here with you."

Tears were threatening to fall from Elsa's eyes, the happiness of that moment hitten her all too suddenly. Anna leaned over and placed a gentle kiss on Elsa's cheek, her lips lingering there for a while before pulling away just an inch.

"You're welcome, Elsa." Anna whispered into her ear. "I couldn't let you go through with that marriage. I would have done all within my power to stop that wedding if you so wished it. And I will do all that is in my power now to give you anything you wish, take you anywhere you want to go, and do anything you wish to do. The world is ours."

Elsa wrapped her arms around Anna tightly and they fell backwards onto the bed from the force, giggling with pure happiness. They clung to each other, smiling, happy just to have each other in their arms.

After a few moments passed, they heard a knocking at the door. Anna calmed down her excitableness and called out, "Who is it?"

"It's Connor, Miss Anna. We have a small predicament." The two women heard through the door to the Captain's quarters. Anna got up and walked over to it, opening it to reveal the distressed young man.

"What's the problem, Connor?" Anna asked, her mind going haywire as she thought of all the worst possible scenarios of what could be happening.

"It's Hamilton, Captain." Connor replied. Despite her worry, Elsa couldn't help but smirk at someone referring to Anna as 'Captain'. "He's not- woah!" Connor stopped abruptly mid-sentence as he noticed Elsa sitting on the bed in the Captain's quarters. His face immediately turned red and he started fiddling his hands together nervously. "Hello, Ma'am." He said to Elsa, a shyness in his voice that Anna had never heard before. She also noticed he didn't make eye contact with Elsa, instead looking awkwardly around the room at anything but her. Anna smirked at the realisation of what was happening as Elsa replied to the young man's greeting.

"Good morning, young sir."

"This is Elsa," Anna started. "Now... I know she's beautiful but-"

"What?!" Connor replied, his face darkening. "I never said-! I mean... not that she isn't! But-! Ummm..."

Anna laughed at how worked up he was getting.

"Calm down, Connor, relax. She's going to be staying with us for the foreseeable future so... be nice to her!"

"Yes Miss! I mean... Captain! Yes Captain!" Connor said, stumbling over his words.

"Anyway, what were you saying about Hamilton?" Anna asked, her demeanour becoming more serious.

"He's not on the ship." Connor said simply, his tone changing as he told her of the situation.

"Not on the ship? What, did we leave him behind? Was he still on the docks when we left Arendelle? I mean, it's not all that big of a loss really, is it?" Anna said, not all that worried about leaving Hamilton behind.

Connor's distress heightened as he tried to convince Anna that it was indeed a problem.

"The thing is, Miss Anna, Hamilton was on the ship when you returned. He was down below with us and he came up on deck when Kristoff called for us to get to work. He knew we were leaving port and he got off the ship before we had a chance to do so. He purposefully didn't want to leave Arendelle and didn't tell anybody why. Kristoff and I are worried he might be up to something."

"Up to something? Like what?" Anna was intrigued now, but still not as worried as Connor was, glad to be rid of Hamilton in all honesty.

"I don't know, Miss. I just got a bad feeling is all." Connor rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly, not feeling too good about Anna's lack of seriousness of the situation.

"Well, he's gone now and we've left him far behind. He can't be much trouble to us now he's not here. Good riddance, I say!"

"Um... If you say so, Miss- uh... Captain..." Connor replied. He supposed his Captain was right. If Hamilton wasn't here, there was nothing he could do to cause trouble for them. "I'll... umm... I'll get back to work, then. Sorry to have bothered you, Miss Anna."

"Connor! Don't worry about it!" Anna said to him, light-heartedly. "Trust me, it's not a problem. And if it is, we'll sort it out when we need to. Try not to worry so much, you'll get wrinkles!"

Connor laughed, thankful for Anna's constant high-spirited nature.

"Ahhh, I guess you're right, Captain. Me and Kristoff reckoned you ought to know about the lack of crew member. He can't really be much trouble where he is, though. Sorry to be a bother."

"No bother at all, Connor. And you tell Kristoff to stop worrying. He's already got enough wrinkles as it is!"

Connor laughed again as he nodded and walked away.

Anna closed the door and turned around as she walked back towards Elsa, a smile on her face.

"Now, where were we, Your Majesty?" Anna smirked at the joke as she took Elsa's face in her hands and placed a soft, loving kiss on her lips.

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