Chapter XIII : A Wronged Thief

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Anna and the others sat in Elsa's bedroom, waiting for the princess to wake up. They already changed her bloody dress into another one that looked practically the same, but the difference was that this new dress had brown off-the-shoulder sleeves instead of long ones, leaving Elsa's scars in plain view. The dress had brown skirt and light beige bodice.

"Do we seriously have no other dress than this one?" Anna asked, annoyed.

"Anna, she's too skinny. All the other dresses are way too big for her." Rapunzel explained.

Elsa slept on a bed placed at the corner just as Aphrodite suggested. She took her usual sleeping position just like the one she was used to, back in the cellar. And that made Anna and the others very uncomfortable and concerned.

"Did you see how she sleeps?" Anna noted worriedly while she brushed Elsa's forehead smoothly with her fingers.

The others understood what Anna meant, but they didn't feel it was pleasant to even say it.

"It's just…" Anna tried to say, but she surprised the others when she promptly started to cry.

"Anna, it's okay!" Rapunzel quickly ran towards her friend and wrapped her in a hug. "It's okay…" Rapunzel comforted again.

"I don't know what's h-happening to me, guys!... It's just not… I… I never f-felt so h-heartbroken!" Anna tried to say through her sobs.

Rapunzel rested her cheek on Anna's head and furrowed her blonde eyebrows before she exchanged concerned looks with Aiden and Flynn.

"Why am I c-crying?!... I don't understand! I barely know her!... but I feel like I've been living with her all my life!" Anna's mind was completely confused. It rolled into different emotions at the sight of her tormented sister, and Anna did not know why. "I don't even know her name!" Anna cried.

Her friends did not know what they could have done to her. Aiden, Flynn and Kristoff walked towards the girls. Kristoff stood right next to Anna, Aiden knelt to her knees again and Flynn stood next to Rapunzel. All of them tried to comfort the clueless girl.

"Anna, she's okay now, can't you see?" Flynn stated. "She's safe now!" He cheered.

"Yeah, Anna! The past is in the past. The important thing is that she is free from that hell." Aiden reasoned.

"I… I guess you're right." Anna said after she whipped off her tears, and pulled back from Rapunzel's hug. She looked back at Elsa and gave her a sad, sympathetic smile. "At least she's resting and not being tortured."

"Yeah!" Rapunzel said happily. "Now, let's just wait for her to wake up." She said with a radiant smile.

"How are we going to stop her from freaking out again?" Kristoff asked.

The others thought for a moment, not able to answer, as Kristoff was probably right. Then Anna spoke.

"She is totally terrified of people. So how about we don't surprise her with too many." Anna said with a smirk.

"What do you mean?" Flynn asked.

"I mean… That you three should get out!" Anna said while she pointed at the three men in front of her.

"What?!" The three men said in unison.

"I mean, look at you! All big, tall and scary-looking… no wonder why she got terrified." Rapunzel mocked before she laughed.

"When she wakes up, maybe Rapunzel and I can calm her down. We don't look that intimidating." Anna said after she pointed at both herself and Rapunzel.

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