Frozen: The Dragon Princess

Anna woke up with an ach in her head and an even bigger ach in her heart. It had been a week since Elsa had moved into her room and shut her out. Anna had tried to get her or her parents to tell her what she did wrong, but Elsa had snapped at her to go away, and her parents had eventually become cross enough with her to tell her to forget it, that this was the way things were now and to stop asking questions. That had made her cry for almost a day, but when she found her parents wouldn't budge on telling her anything she had given up, even if she hadn't given up on asking Elsa to come and play. She knocked every day, rain or shine, even when she didn't get an answer. She then took to exploring the castle, flipping and flying over furniture, and even reading. There was no one around to tell her off when she climbed over things as she hardly saw any servants, and her parents were busy most of the day with "stuff" that her mother didn't even read to her anymore, so she had slowly improved her own skills by herself, and found she actually like reading, as long as it wasn't anything boring. She loved adventure tales where the hero traveled to far off places, fought evil monsters and saved people, mostly princesses. Instead of imagining herself as the princess, Anna like to imagine she was the hero, saving a handsome prince that had been ensnared by an evil witch. Today, with her head and heart heavy, she needed that fantasy now more than ever. She went to the library and began looking through the books. They were mostly histories and boring tomes her father had collected, but there were a few adventure stories, probably from when he was young. She absently fingered the spines of the books running her hand along the shelf, when her finger seemingly became stuck to one of the books causing her to trip and fall on her behind. Since she did this two or three times a day she wasn't even hurt, just confused. Standing up she looked at the book that had caught her finger like glue, which still at a hold on it. She looked at the spine. "The Dragons Way" it read. Anna tried to take her finger off the book, but it was still glued to it, and all she did was pull it off the shelf where it hung of her finger. The book was small but rather thick and heavy, and she had to put her other hand under it to hold it to keep it from hurting her finger. As her other hand took the book, it let go of her finger.

"Okay Mr. Book, you've got my attention" She said and took the tome over to one of the comfy chairs. She sat down, opened it and began reading. Usually she had to struggle to read most words, but this book seemed to put the words into her mind as soon as her eyes skimmed over them.

"If this tome has come to you, you are about the undergo your first change. Do not be afraid, for this is a natural process of being a dragonkind."

"What's a dragonkind?" Anna asked, and the book seemed to answer as she continued reading.

"Draonkind are a rare breed of individuals who possess the blood of dragons. Though this blood can pass down through many generations, only a select few will ever undergo their first change. This change will grant you the ability to transform into a dragon, to fly, and to cast magic" the book explained.

"Silly book, there's no such thing as magic" Anna said, but kept reading.

"As you undergo your first change you will encounter certain physical symptoms. Your body temperature will rise as if you have a fever but you will feel fine. As the change approaches markings like tattoos will appear on your body. This will symbolize your power as a dragonkind" The book said. By this time Anna's stomach rumbled so she closed the book and decided to take it back to her room before going down to lunch. After a lonely lunch where neither her parents nor sister ate with her, Anna returned to her room and continued to read.

"Your first change will be painful. You will know when it is coming when the area your marking appears begins to hurt. Do not be afraid, the first change is the hardest. Once the first change is complete you will be able to change from your dragon to human form at will without pain" the book said and Anna slammed it shut.

"Creepy" She said and left it on her desk as she went to play. She was in the middle of playing with her dolls that looked like herself and Elsa when her shoulders started to hurt. She whimpered in pain as she got up to go find her parents or a servant. As usual no one seemed to be around as her shoulders hurt worse and worse, until she dropped to the floor in too much pain even to cry. She found herself in the middle of the ball room, the portraits staring down at her as the pain in her shoulders built up to a point where she wanted to let out a scream but all she could do was whimper. Then the pain stopped as she felt herself explode. It didn't hurt, but felt as if she expanded all at once like a long stretch after being curled up in a tight place. Most importantly the pain was gone. She tried to stand up, but found that she was still low to the ground. She turned her head to find that her neck swung in a long arc, moving around to where she could see her back, her red, scaled back with a wing coming off it. She looked down at her feet, to find that they had become claws with red scales and gold talons. Anna moved around and felt something on her back brush across the floor as her claws clicked and scratched the polished marble.

"Oh no, ohnoohnoohnohno" She though frantically and began breathing hard until one of her gasps shot a burst of fire that almost set the couch on fire. Anna forced down her fear and tried to calm down, until she heard a call

"Anna" She heard her mother call and heard her footsteps. Anna closed her eyes and as she heard the door open waited for her mother's scream.

"Anna, are you all right?" Her mother asked. She opened her eyes and looked at her hands. They were hands again small and pink.

"I'm fine" Anna said giving a nervous smile and picked up her dolls.

"Are you sure?" The Queen asked as she picked up her youngest daughter.

"Sure I'm sure" She said.

"Well, let's give you a bath before dinner" She said and carried the girl toward the bathing room where Anna convinced her mother she could take her own bath. She agreed with a laugh but said to call if she needed anything. Anna undressed and before getting into the full tub looked at her back in the mirror. She found that black markings trailed down her shoulders and across her back in the shape of a dragon, with the head on one shoulder and the tail on the other.

"Wow" She breathed before jumping into the tub. That night her mother and father ate with her (Elsa didn't join them). Anna was happy that they ate with her, but they were both quiet and subdued, not like how she remembered when the four of them ate together, laughing and loving. In some ways it hurt worse than when she ate alone. After dinner they both left and a servant came to put Anna to bed.

"Their probably going to spend time with Elsa" she wondered and felt a flare of jealousy and anger for her elder sister. She stopped playing with Anna; completely ignored her and she got all her parents attention. It just wasn't fair. She pouted about this as she was put in bed, and as soon as the servant was gone Anna put her ear to the door to make sure no one was out there. She didn't hear anyone. Outside her window the sky was awake with color as she slipped out of her room, her book under her arm. She didn't bring a candle. She had never been afraid of the dark and the light flooding through the window seemed brighter than usual. Her hearing and smell also seemed to be sharper, warning her of footsteps coming toward her, and three scents, the lavender of her mother, the musky cologne of her father, and a light icy scent she couldn't place but tickled her memory. She dove into a closet but kept the door open, one eye peeking out.

"I know it's hard, but you have to keep your distance" He heard her father said.

"But I'm lonely, and I miss her, and it gets harder to ignore her every time she asks to come and play" Elsa whispered.

"Then we'll tell Anna to stop asking" her father said as they walked past the closet, Elsa between her parents.

"Walt, we can't that would be cruel" Her mother said.

"Crueler than tempting Elsa every day?" Her father asked.

"I don't want her to stop. I won't answer, but please, it's the only time I feel close to her" Elsa said as they stopped and she looked up pleadingly at her parents, her eyes wide.

"Alright" Her father said and Elsa smiled sadly. The moved off, and Elsa closed the door softly and holding the book to her chest cried softly into it. Right now it seemed her only friend.

Okay, this is my first Anna with powers story. If the parents seem cruel, I think they were having robbed Anna of her memories, and then shut her out and away from Elsa. I'm sorry, but that has always seemed the cruelest part of the movie, and to me makes them the real antagonists. For those who are following my Assassin's creed story, be patient. I'm trying to keep the characters personalities true to the movie and keep OOC ness to a minimum, not easy when you turn the somewhat bumbling princess into an Assassin. So the updates for Frozen Creed might take some time, but I will update. Reviews wanted.