Elsa looked up from the letter she was in the middle of writing, and frowned slightly at the grandfather clock against the wall. It had only chimed once, and she couldn't quite believe the morning had gone by so fast.

No one had come by her room in hours; not even Anna.

Admittedly, she'd asked not to be disturbed, but her sister hardly ever listened to her when she requested to be alone so that she could catch up on her work, and she was actually a little disappointed that Anna hadn't been to see her.

With a deep sigh, she set her quill down and closed her eyes as she leaned back in her chair. Her eyes were in desperate need of a break from writing.

Concentrating had been considerably more difficult these last few days; Anna occupied her thoughts more than anything else. She had been in her study for four hours now, and she'd only managed to write three letters. She kept pausing for minutes on end as her mind wandered and began thinking about her sister's kisses. They had been as discreet as they could, but it was difficult to steal precious moments, as they had to constantly be careful not to be in any room that more than a few items in; Anna's powers were still not under control, and there were times when all they had to do was look at each other and paintings would fly off the wall.

Her sister's new powers were also the reason why they were no longer sharing a bed. That first night, after Pabbie performed his magical rite, they had gone to bed as usual, and within seconds there was such a ferocious whirlwind in the room that the windows cracked, and the furniture broke. That had been two nights ago, and Elsa hadn't slept properly at all since.

Of course the upside of not sharing a bed, was that Anna had been so upset by missing Elsa during the night, she'd become very determined to control her magic now.

And this was the letter she was currently in the middle of writing. The Troll had given Elsa the name of a woman that could help; unfortunately she wasn't for hire, this woman was apparently very selective about those she would help. She hoped Anna was one of those people, and there was only one way of finding out.

Elsa straightened up, and picked up her quill, dipping it into the ink and tapping carefully on the well.

She had almost finished writing the letter when she heard a knock on the door, and her heart skipped at the thought that it might be her sister.

"Come in."

"Your Majesty." Kai acknowledged as he strode in, and her heart sank at seeing her House Master.

Elsa glared at the books in his arms, and then at the ones that were already piled high on her desk. "More of them?" She asked; trying not to sound like a petulant child.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, you did ask for all of them."

"Yes." She sighed. "Put them with the others, would you?"

"Is there anything else you need?"

It was a simple question that he asked, but the answer to it was very weighted.

Kai was one of the most loyal people she knew, he had always been there since she could remember, even when she felt like she had no one else. And in these last few days he'd been nothing but a Godsend. He was also the only member of staff to know about her relationship with Anna. He had told her outright. He had said that 'he wasn't to judge' but they should be careful, as others might not be so accepting. She was very grateful that he was on her side; he was right, if someone else found out, she could be forcibly removed from crown, perhaps even Arendelle.

"There is." Elsa gave him a quick nod, and opened the top drawer of her desk then pulled out an envelope. "Here." She handed it over to him.

"Who will be receiving it, Your Majesty?"

"You."

The House Master looked down at the envelope, and squeezed it slightly with a flicker of a frown.

"I am entrusting that money to you." She said.

"For what purpose, Your Majesty?"

"There was some... damage done to Arendelle after my... After the sudden winter. I'd like it if you were to use the money to pay for any repairs that were needed- or still need to be done."

"Of course." He smiled.

"I should have done this weeks ago, but you know how the council members get." Elsa shook her head. "They were determined not to let me do this, and honestly they're still not happy about it, but they're just a bunch of greedy, crotchety old men."

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kai answered with a stifled chuckle. "Your father said much the same thing."

"I think they only agreed because I told them that I would ask you to make sure everyone was treated fairly."

"And, of course I will."

Elsa looked him in the eye and smiled. "Thank you, Kai. You have been a great help to me. Could you tell the staff that I will be having lunch? I've just realised that I'm quite peckish."

"Certainly."

"And could tell Anna? Do you know where she is?"

"She's right outside Your Majesty." He pointed to her window.

"Oh, in that case, I'll tell her myself."

"I will let the kitchen know immediately." The man bowed deeply, and exited the room.

Elsa stood up from her chair and stretched out her arms as she walked over to her window and opened it up wide, then sat on the window seat. She watched Anna having another lesson with the guards, and she smiled at how her sister was back to being bundled up in layers of armour, like she had been at the start of her training. Only now it was for a very different reason.

Anna had decided to jump right back in with her training, she said that she had an excess of energy now, and she needed to get rid of it somehow. However, her education had been hindered by the fact that she kept ending up in different places whenever she moved to avoid being hit by the sword. She'd gone to the guard house roof when she'd meant to side step a counter attack, or she'd suddenly be in the dining hall when all she wanted to do was parry. Once she got as far as the docks.

The men had tried to think of something to stop her from moving so fast, and they had come up with 'Weigh her down' and it seemed to be working; along with Anna having to force herself to go much slower than she felt natural.

She still moved pretty quickly though.

Guard Captain Gunnar stood beside the window, and nodded at her. "Your Majesty."

"How is she doing?"

"Do you recall that I said she would be one of my best soldiers?" He gave her a sideways glance. "If, of course she was not a princess."

"I do." Elsa smirked.

"Well, I'd like to amend that. I think now, she wouldn't just be one of my best soldiers, but one of the best soldiers in all of the kingdoms."

"Really?"

"Indeed." He puffed out his chest. "That's quite the trick she can do."

"Yes."

"She's moving so fast, she's actually giving my boys quite a bit of - dare I say - much needed exercise."

"I'm glad you didn't give up on her after she regained her magic." She said, placing a hand on his arm. "She enjoys herself so much out here with all of you."

"Wouldn't dream of giving up on her!" He blushed. "She was a slippery one before we put all that leather on her though."

"Well, we're hoping that she'll be more in control of it soon."

"The boys will be glad of that, Your Majesty. I'll go and let her know that it's time for lunch. We're due to unwrap her anyway, otherwise she'll overheat."

"That would be very much appreciated. Thank you, Guard Captain." She said, and made her way over to the bookshelf in the corner of the room, and began to pace.

She didn't have to wait long before a head poked through the window.

"I'm hungry." Anna said as she hauled herself through the gap, and only almost fall over this time.

"We'll be eating soon."

"Good. That's good." Her sister stood awkwardly for a moment or two, before she closed the window, then walked over to the door to lock it. "How long do you think it will be?" She asked as she moved towards the blonde slowly, biting on the corner of her bottom lip.

Elsa could feel the heat rising to her cheeks. "It'll be several minutes." She answered.

"Good. That's good too." Anna grinned.

When her sister had reached her, she looped her finger into Elsa's waistcoat, and pulled her gently towards the small, recently emptied storage room. "I've missed you this morning." Elsa whispered, once they were inside.

"I'm sorry." Her sister said apologetically, wrapping one of her arms around the blondes neck, and pulling her down so that they're lips were barely touching. "I lost track of time because I kept having to get in and out of that leather."

"Did you have fun?"

"Mmm hmm." Anna lifted herself up slightly and kissed her softly, then she trailed down to her chin, and then onto her neck. A warm tongue brushed along her increasing pulse and she held onto to her sister's tunic so tightly, she thought her knuckles must be white.

The last thing she saw before demanding Anna's more passionate kisses, was snow swirling wildly around them.