Well, sadly, here we are, the 7th and final chapter of "Big Sister Elsa". This one also gave me a little trouble, mostly in the length department (what else is new, right?). I already knew how I wanted to end it, but I needed to think of something to help lead into it. But I think what I came up with is pretty good. Think you know how I ended it? Well, you'll just have to read and find out! :) Thank you SO MUCH for all your lovely reviews, faves, and follows! They're what kept me going! Anyway, hope you enjoy the final chapter, and keep reviewing! DISCLAIMER: I do not own the lyrics contained in this chapter.

Chapter 7: The Sky's Awake

Elsa – 8; Anna – 5

It was a blisteringly hot summer day in Arendelle, the hottest anyone could ever remember it being. Most people stayed inside their houses, trying to protect themselves from the excessive heat as best they could. Those who weren't fortunate enough to get to stay home, such as merchants, were in pure agony under the blinding sun. But fortunately for the local ice harvesters, business was booming. So many people were buying ice that they had to make extra trips up to the mountains to cut more. Of course, the very best was always given to the royal family. Whatever was left was given to the villagers. But they didn't care; as long as they had something to help relieve the heat, they really couldn't complain.

Today found Anna and Elsa in their room, trying their best to stay cool in the stifling heat. Both were wearing lightweight summer dresses, but still felt hot, as though they were wearing multiple layers. Normally so bouncy and energetic, it was rare to see Anna sprawled out on the floor, hardly moving. But the heat made her groggy and lethargic, and she didn't feel like doing much of anything.

"Essie, it's so hoooooooot!" she whined, dragging out the word. "Can you please make snow?"

Elsa was sitting on her bed, playing with her doll. "Mama and Papa don't want me to make snow in summer," she said. "Besides, it's so hot, it'll probably just melt as soon as I make it, anyway."

Anna groaned and sat up. She was so bored, but she didn't want to get herself worked up; it was too hot.

"Anna, stop it," Elsa scolded from above her. "If you're so bored, why don't you play with your doll or draw or something?"

Anna sighed loudly. "Don't wanna play with doll or draw," she said. "'Sides, I can't draw good as you."

Elsa sighed and shook her head. She wasn't that good of a drawer, but at least her drawings had some shape and definition to them. Anna's, on the other hand, looked more like scribbles than anything else. Of course, she was only five, so there wasn't much she could draw.

Anna flopped back onto the floor with a thud, but then popped back up almost immediately. "Essie!" she said. "Let's get ice cream!"

"Where are we gonna get ice cream?" Elsa asked, still looking at her doll.

"Gerda has it!" Anna answered.

"How do you know?" Elsa asked, looking up at her.

"I just know!" Anna answered. Actually, she didn't know if Gerda had any or not, but she felt that it didn't hurt to ask. She ran over to her sister and started pulling on her hand, like she had done countless times before. "Can we get some, please, please, please?" But Elsa just sat there, looking at her. Not getting the response she wanted, Anna decided to use her one tried and true method: her famous puppy dog face, complete with pouty lips and big eyes.

Elsa smiled and shook her head. Anna's puppy dog face always did her in. "Okay," she sighed, setting her doll aside. "We can go get ice cream."

"Yay!" Anna cried happily, jumping up and down in excitement. She grabbed Elsa's hand and pulled her off her bed and out the door.

Anna bounced down the hallway, saying, "Ice cream! Ice cream!"

"Anna, hush, we have to be quiet," Elsa scolded gently. "Mama and Papa don't like us making too much noise, remember?"

Anna stopped bouncing. "Sorry, Essie," she said. "I'm just excited! What kinda ice cream does Gerda have?"

"I don't know, Anna," Elsa answered.

"I hope it's chocolate!" Anna said, not really paying attention to what Elsa was saying. "Chocolate is my most favoritest!"

Elsa sighed. Anything chocolate-flavored was Anna's favorite, it seemed.

"Ooh, ooh!" said Anna suddenly, turning around so she could see Elsa better. "I hope there's sprinkles, too!"

Elsa tried not to roll her eyes, but it was difficult. Soon, they came to the door leading to the kitchen. Elsa opened it and immediately a powerful smell of ammonia hit their noses. They clamped their hands over their noses, trying not to breathe it in.

"Essie, it stinks!" Anna said, her voice a bit nasal from having to plug her nose.

"I know," said Elsa, her voice just as nasal as Anna's. "Maybe we shouldn't be here right now."

"Why?" Anna asked.

"'Cause I think Gerda's cleaning," Elsa answered. "Come on, let's go." And she started making her way to the door. Anna, however, didn't move.

"No ice cream?" she said sadly.

"No ice cream," said Elsa.

"Aw," said Anna, and she pouted at the floor before reluctantly shuffling forward to join Elsa, and then followed her out the door.

They had barely crossed the threshold when they heard a friendly voice behind them. "Hello, girls."

They turned and saw Gerda standing in the middle of the kitchen, an apron around her waist, a scarf on her head, and holding a scrub brush.

"Hi Gerda," said Elsa.

"Did you girls want something?" Gerda asked, setting down the scrub brush and removing the scarf from her head.

"Well," said Elsa slowly. "Me and Anna were hot, so we came down for some ice cream. But then we smelled something yucky, so we decided to leave."

"Well, I'm sorry to hear that," Gerda said, picking up the scrub brush again and beckoning the girls farther into the kitchen. "I was just doing some cleaning. See?" She pointed to a wet, soapy spot on the stone floor.

"Oh," said Elsa. "What's that smell, though?" She sniffed again and crinkled her nose in disgust.

"It's a special cleaner that I use for particularly tough messes," Gerda answered. "You see, I spilled something sticky and this cleaner is the best for sticky messes."

"Oh," said Elsa again. "I guess we'll just leave, then. Come on, Anna." She took Anna's hand and started leading her back to the door.

"Just a moment, you two," Gerda called after them. "What about that ice cream?"

"Yay, ice cream!" Anna cried happily, jumping up and down and clapping her hands. "I told you Gerda had some, Essie!"

"I guess you were right," Elsa said, smiling.

Gerda also smiled as she went over to the icebox. Anna hopped along after her.

"Ooh! Ooh! Is it chocolate ice cream?" she asked excitedly.

Gerda couldn't help laughing at the little princess's antics. "No, I'm sorry, dear, I only made vanilla this time. It takes longer to make chocolate ice cream and I didn't have time."

"Aw," said Anna, pouting again.

"But I may have some chocolate sauce to put on top," Gerda said, trying to lift Anna's spirits. "How does that sound?"

"Okay!" said Anna, a smile back on her face.

Elsa just smiled and shook her head. She would never understand her sister's sudden, constant mood changes. But she had never minded it; if her sister was sad or hurt for whatever reason, it never lasted long, which she was grateful for. She hated seeing her baby sister sad.

Gerda opened the icebox and took out a small bucket, which was filled to the top with creamy vanilla ice cream. Anna was once again bouncing around in excitement.

"Ice cream! Ice cream!" she said, like she had done on the way down to the kitchen.

"Anna, sit down, or you won't get any," Elsa said gently but firmly. Anna plopped down into a seat at the long wooden table, followed by Elsa, who sat down a little more gracefully.

Gerda put a bowl and spoon in front of each of them and put a small scoop of ice cream in each one. She put the bucket of ice cream back in the icebox and went over to a cupboard to get some chocolate sauce. She came back over to the table and spooned a small amount onto the girls' ice cream. Anna grinned widely and immediately dug her spoon in, coming up with a big mound. It was almost at her mouth when Elsa stopped her.

"Anna, take smaller bites," she scolded gently.

"Why?" Anna asked, putting her spoon down with a clatter.

"'Cause you don't wanna freeze your mouth," Elsa answered.

"Oh," said Anna, and she proceeded to scoop some of the ice cream off her spoon. "Like this, Essie?" She held up her spoon again, which now had about half the amount of ice cream as before.

"Better," said Elsa, smiling at her.

Anna shoved her spoon into her mouth and sat contentedly, savoring the ice cream. As soon as she swallowed, she exclaimed happily, "Best ice cream ever!"

Elsa and Gerda just laughed.

That evening found Anna and Elsa playing in their room, closely supervised by Nanny Hanne, who was sitting in the rocking chair in the corner. The air had cooled off some since earlier in the day, so it was much more pleasant and comfortable. Elsa was currently teaching Anna a new clapping game, singing along with the beats of their claps.

"One, two, three together,

Clap together, snap together,

You and me together,

Knees together, freeze together,

Up or down together,

Princess crown together,

Always be together,

You and me."

They repeated the song and the clapping and when they were done, Anna clapped her hands together and said, "Again! Again!"

"No, Anna, let's play something quiet now," said Elsa.

"Hmm," said Anna, puckering her lip, pretending to think. "Roll the ball?"

"Sure, we can play that," said Elsa, and she went over to her toy chest and dug out a small blue ball. She sat back down in front of Anna with her legs spread out. "Sit like me."

Anna spread her legs out just like Elsa and Elsa rolled the ball to her. She rolled it back, but a little harder than Elsa did.

"Careful, Anna, not so hard," she said. "Roll it like this." And she rolled the ball gently to Anna, who rolled it gently back. "Good."

But Anna soon got bored with just rolling the ball and decided to bounce it a little. Elsa didn't mind; at least until Anna bounced the ball a little too hard and high, causing it to hit Elsa on the head on its way back.

"Ow, Anna, you hit me!" Elsa said, rubbing the spot where the ball had hit her.

"I'm sorry, Essie, I'm sorry!" Anna said, abandoning the ball and running over to her.

"It's okay, Anna," Elsa said gently. "That's why you need to be careful."

"Essie's head hurt?" Anna asked quietly, not wanting to get Elsa upset again.

"Just a little," Elsa answered, smiling at her reassuringly.

"I'll kiss it and make it better," said Anna, and she kissed the spot on Elsa's head where the ball had hit. "All better?"

"All better," said Elsa, smiling again. Then she suddenly grabbed Anna and started tickling her.

"Essie, stop!" Anna said through her giggles. "No tickle!"

After about a minute or two of furious tickling, Elsa stopped and let Anna sit back up again. "Sorry, Anna," she said, still giggling. "But I had to get you back."

"All right, that's enough, you two," said Nanny Hanne, coming over to them. "It's time for bed."

Nanny Hanne helped the girls into their nightgowns, but Anna insisted that Elsa tuck her in. She climbed up into her bed (with Elsa's help) and crawled under the covers. Elsa tucked the blankets around her and kissed her cheek. "Good night, Anna," she said.

"Night, Essie," said Anna. "Love you."

"I love you, too, Anna," said Elsa, smiling before going to climb into her own bed. Nanny Hanne tucked her in before shutting the lights off and closing the door behind her as she left. The two princesses snuggled down into their beds and were asleep within minutes of each other.

A couple hours later, Anna was awakened by bright lights flashing behind her closed eyelids. She opened them up and looked out the window to see the sky full of the colors of the aurora borealis. She gave an excited squeak, toppled out of bed, and scurried over to Elsa's. She was still sound asleep, but Anna was too excited to let her. She peeked up over the edge of the bed.

"Psst, Essie!" she whispered. Getting no response, she climbed up onto the bed (with a little difficulty) and crawled on top of her sister. "Essie! Wake up, wake up, wake up!" She shook Elsa slightly to get her attention.

Elsa stirred, but only opened her eyes long enough to say, "Anna, go back to sleep."

Anna sighed. "I just can't," she said, flopping on her back while still on top of Elsa. "The sky's awake, so I'm awake, so we have to play!"

"Go play by yourself!" said Elsa, playfully pushing her off the bed and onto the floor. Anna sat there and pouted for a minute, and then she gasped. She had an idea, and she just knew that Elsa would go along with it.

She crawled back up onto the bed, reached over Elsa, and peeled open one of her eyelids. "Do you wanna build a snowmaaaaaaan?" she asked, drawing out the word.

Elsa smiled and opened her eyes. She could never say no to that.

And you know what happens next. They go down to the ballroom to build a snowman but the evening ends in disaster. But I didn't include that here, 'cause this is a happy story! :) I know, Anna says "Elsa" in the movie, but I thought it would be cuter if she continued to use the nickname I created. :)

I sorta based Anna's tiredness due to the heat off myself. Excessive heat also makes me groggy and lethargic.

Did you recognize the lyrics I included in this chapter? They're also from the outtake "We Know Better". :)

Yes, I did base the "Anna kissing Elsa's head to make it feel better" bit off an episode of "Full House", where Michelle does the same to DJ after she bumps her knee.

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