Hey everyone! I decided to post my next story, completely unrelated to my prior stories in the matter of continuation, in honor of Frozen coming out today! I originally planned to wait till my last story was completed...but I just couldn't be patient anymore. I hope you all enjoy it. I have been working on this for the last few weeks and I am very excited to write my first rated M fanfic. Reviews are loved and I wanted to thank all of you for your support! Here we go!

-Talk Pillow

Anna had begun her life as a Princess but her heart screamed to be a warrior. Growing up in the large castle walls of Lianna with her strict parents, the King and Queen, kept her far from that dream. When the redhead was born she resembled everything her parents had hoped she would be; beautiful, quiet and the splitting image of what was supposed to be a pure authentic Princess. But as time grew on and the wild child started to emerge out of the once quiet like baby, the royals knew they had a problem.

On her fifth birthday the Queen caught the girl wrestling with Prince's from other kingdoms, besting them easily and causing chaos among the guests as they eyed the now dirtied girl holding one of the boys in a headlock as he cried out in pain. Both parents were ashamed, embarrassed at best, and had to write several apologetic letters when the event came and went. A talk between both of her parents settled that matter until she was eight, when she demanded to take horse riding lessons. Both parents thought this would be a wonderful opportunity to show her the beautiful as well as graceful sport and to show her how to properly ride the beast as a Princess should. Anna gave them a good week of proper behavior and then she was asking her teacher about riding off into battle, using weapons and riding with both legs on each side of her horse. Lessons were cancelled shortly after.

The girl reached ten and they tried to introduce her to other girls, Princesses mostly, to help her behave more ladylike. "A Princess shouldn't hang around boys too often anyways, this will help Anna find her feminine side more easily." the castle's advisor sang, seeing as it was her idea. Both Parents were pleased as Anna seemed to truly enjoy the other Princess' company, especially one in particular that they believed would become her best friend in her coming years. On one occasion the royals cracked open Anna's doorway to sneak a peak at the two girls playing, horrified as they glanced on the two kissing. It was innocent enough until Anna declared the girl was her girlfriend, ending that friendship quickly. As well as the advisors job.

Her parents tried to discuss with her about her duties, tried urging her to behave more ladylike but the growing girl would have none of it. She came down in Lianna history as the tomboy princess, refusing her title for a more suited life as a warrior, or at least in her mind. She tried effortlessly to get out of her lessons, somehow picked up a foul language system and often her nurses had to check her room for hidden weapons she used to practice in the evenings. As the only descendent of the King and Queen, they worried they would have to leave the kingdom in the hands of an appointed supervisor over their daughter. Whom clearly was not ready.

"Perhaps we can arrange something..." the new supervisor spoke, warily, recalling how the last one had lost her job when she made a bad suggestion. The King and Queen both looked his way, eyes flashing as the three of them stood about in the throne room. The supervisor licked his lips and held his breath, ready to make the announcement, "Why not arrange a marriage for your little Anna, that way...you can combine your kingdoms together and you can have a more experienced man take on the job of running your kingdom?".

The King didn't look too thrilled with that idea, glaring at the man to continue, while the Queen sighed softly. "No man will want our daughter, she is clearly blessed with beauty but making up for the lack in her behavior." the Queen laughed, "I am sure any man would fall for her but would leave her the second she headlocks him!"

A small chuckle arrived from the supervisor's lips, recalling the memory of a now thirteen year old Anna punching a stable boy in the stomach just hours ago. Upon further examination he had truthfully deserved it after calling her some sort of slur that insulted the princess by her appearance and her behavior. Anna didn't mind being called a boy sometimes but being rude was something she wouldn't tolerate, ever.

"That's the thing about an arranged marriage, they don't necessarily have to like each other..and I am sure there is a kingdom out there who has several boys in their family that need a kingdom like this to run, Anna will be a small feat for them." the supervisor explained, this time earning a smile from both of the royals. "If anything we can just send out the news, see who is available and go from there!"

So it was. The next week kingdoms of all kinds came to show off their sons, who all ranged from ages eighteen all the way down to ten. Most to all of the boys were second or third in line and just as the advisor had stated, needed something to do with their future. Anna watched from the sidelines, arms crossed and giving an evil look to any boy who dared stare a second too long at her. She hadn't received the news from her parents yet but seeing the long line didn't spell anything good out for the girl, especially as she got older. A boy was picked by the end of the day, named Hans, and he was brought forward to meet Anna respectfully. "Anna, this is Prince Hans of the Southern Isles...he is a dashing young.." the King, Hans Father, stopped when Anna took a step forward and raised her hand up to silence him. Much to her parent's horror. Hans had a chipper smile on his face as he eyed Anna up and down, bowing respectively before her. The two 's first meeting made her Parents sweat nervously, hoping she didn't do anything to mess up their plans or Lianna's future.

"Hello Miss Anna, its a pleasure to me...augh!" Hans wailed as Anna's foot slammed down on his and he stumbled back onto the ground in agony.

"Anna!" her Mother yelled as Anna took off out of the throne room and out of sight, earning a shocked look from all of the attendants there. She had indeed expected this from her daughter, her facial expression as well as the King's hardly faltering until they went to the boy. "Your Majesty, I assure you she will not behave this way again..are you alright Hans?" she asked as the boy was lifted, dusted off.

"He is fine, Hans if I see you fall to the ground like that again.." his Father warned, his eyes bulging out as if he were the one at fault. Hans nodded, fearfully and bowed to the King and Queen offering his apologies. "I understand this is big news for Princess Anna...we will be on our way, we'll visit another time during these next few months." the man said, causing Anna's parents to smile in relief. Hans and his Father went quickly out of the door then, never looking back for a second as the doors fell behind them. The Queen, King and supervisor all sighed loudly in relief, glad Anna's moment with the boy hadn't ruined anything for them. This boy and his kingdom was the only chance they had with Anna.

"She will marry him, he is well suited and didn't even lash out at her when she attacked him!" the King commented, acting as if Anna's behavior was something the Prince should grow used to. "Prepare the wedding papers as well as the guest rooms, we must have Hans visit as much as possible!"

The following years became repetitive with the group. Summer came, Hans visited all three months, winter came, he left but wrote often to his new bride. Anna often ignored the boy and continued to do her own things, especially now that her parents had seemed to give her more freedom to do so during the months Han's was gone. When he returned, it was like she was fighting them all over again. "He has no idea what he's getting himself into..." The Queen commented as she watched her daughter effortlessly climb a tree, high away from the boy, the lad gazing up at her in confusion and then sitting down on the ground to wait for her. The King nodded, knowing that if he suggested what they were both feeling that they may as well disband the kingdom. They needed the boy to stay by Anna, they needed her to fall for him.

When she was sixteen they all sat down for the big discussion, one they always knew they'd have but hoped it would take as long as it needed to happen.

"Anna, your going to have to marry Prince Hans...in a years time." her Father started off, avoiding her eyes as the girl stared harshly back. She was dressed properly today but her hair hung down in messy pigtails and her sleeves were rolled up to her arms, mud caked the bottom of her shoes and she sat very unlady like in the chair as her parents delivered this news. She had always hoped the situation with Hans would change, clearly it would not any time soon.

"I don't like Hans that way." Anna said simply, messing with a braid of her hair as she started to tap her toes loudly. "He constantly talks about how I am going to have kids and how I will be taking care of them and other boring stuff, while he gets to have all the fun ruling the kingdom and going to war!"

Her Mother looked at her Father and sighed, "Thats the idea Anna, women don't do these things..especially Princess', Hans is very fond of you.."

"I was very fond of Esmerelda."

Silence, they didn't talk about that girl anymore. Anna knew this.

"We don't talk about her anymore, especially since her Father has banded us from doing trade because of your curiosity Anna." her Father nearly spat, remembering how they caught the girls kissing during one of Anna's play dates. An innocent one, that on any other circumstance might have been overlooked. But for the Queen and King, they knew Anna's mind worked much different than what the Princess was thinking the kiss would be. All of Anna's moments were always on the verge of something they had worried about their daughter for years. "You will grow on Hans." her Father said, standing to make a point that he had said his final words. Taking his wife's hand the two started to leave, stopping just as their hand rested on the door, Anna was standing and her eyes burned with an intensity that was like fire.

"I will never marry him or any man..that I can promise you." Anna spat back, her voice shaking as her parents turned to look at her. Shock waved over them and then disappointment.

"You will if you want to live here with us Anna..this is what you are doing or you will not be welcomed here anymore." her Father breathed, rushing out the door and avoiding his daughters eyes. The Queen waited a moment, feeling guilty about his words. Her eyes trailed over to Anna's form, which was a bad decision in itself, as she took in the girl's broken figure.

"Mother, I can't marry him...I don't love him.." she said, quietly. It was the first quiet thing she had ever done since she was born, making her Mother feel bitter inside as she fought her inner struggles. "Mother I don't like men in general I only like.." Anna started to say but was cut off with her Mother's whimpering voice.

"Stop, just stop Anna!" she yelled, startling the girl. She had never raised her voice in such a harsh way to the girl, even in her angriest of times. Anna swallowed the lump in her throat and she watched as her Mother did the same, "Please just do as your told..please marry Hans, its your only choice."

With that the woman was out of the room and Anna was left to her thoughts, between what she wanted and what her parents wanted. The Princess wiped at her eyes and she turned to face her bedroom window, looking out at the world, so vast and large. "I don't want to marry him...or have children or even.." she breathed out quietly, "be a Princess...". The confession startled Anna, sending her mind into the world of options she now realized she had with the spoken words. She didn't want to be a Princess, that was indeed true, but what could she be then? She was only sixteen, barely even considered a young adult to some. The world was a dangerous place, far different from these castle walls she had grown to despise. Despite whatever her mind was trying to say right now, she couldn't just run away and go be a knight somewhere? "A knight..." Anna whispered out, quickly going to the edge of her bed and pulling out a long sword. She had hidden it from her parents for some time now, just barely between the maids searches and her Parents protests. It glistened as she examined it and held it out before her, puffing out her chest and smiling boldly. "A knight..." she sang and turned to the door, "If I can't be what I want to be here...then I will indeed leave."

The next morning was when it all happened. The missing Princess, the fear for the future of the kingdom and the breaking of the marriage contract. It all went by so quickly neither of Anna's parents had time to process it before it was all completely over. Hans was sent back to his homeland, bitter and angry, while the kingdom sent out guards and messengers around to search for the missing Princess and hopefully alert the neighboring kingdoms.

But then a week went by, followed by a month and into the next year. Some wondered if the Princess was dead somewhere, taken hostage and killed by some band of thieves. Others wondered if her Parents were indeed the murderers, or perhaps they sent her off in the middle of the night. Some of the kingdom saw it as a blessing while some saw it as a bad omen. Regardless of what anyone thought, the kingdom continued its search under the King and Queens command. The two bent on finding their daughter, Anna the missing Princess of Lianna.