Chapter XIX: Like Mother, Like Daughter

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The early morning finally came. Anna slowly lifted her eyelids to find that the sun barely even came out yet. The room had a greyish hue since the sunlight was yet hidden. Anna gave off a yawn then stretched her legs and arms before her eyes widened when she felt a cold chill was radiating towards her back and made her shiver. She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion before she turned to the other side to find Elsa sleeping peacefully at last. It was only then that she realized that she slept in Elsa's bed. Anna smiled at the tired woman, though her smile faded when she remembered how Elsa cried herself to sleep and how she decided not to leave Elsa's side and slept right next to her in case another nightmare trauma took over. On the thought of the nightmare Anna's face turned to a concerned and sad one.

What were you dreaming about? She thought. Who was she talking about? She scratched her head in wonder as she frowned questionably at Elsa.

A quiet knock on the door brought Anna back from her thoughts. She slowly slid out of the bed so she wouldn't wake Elsa up and went to greet whomever was behind the door.

Anna opened the door to reveal Rapunzel whom was standing with a big tray of meals. "Morning." Rapunzel whispered with a smile.

Anna giggled silently a bit, "It's not morning yet." She said while pointing at the barely risen sun from the window.

"I know." Rapunzel replied with a satisfied smile before she walked inside but stopped in her tracks from shock. "Uhm, Anna?... What is this?" She asked with a surprised face while she pointed at Anna's broken bed.

Anna laughed awkwardly while she rubbed the back of her neck, "Yeah, that?... Oh, nothing! It's a long story."

Rapunzel stared at the bed in confusion, "Were you wrestling with Elsa or something?"

"No, no! I was just… Hehe… J-Jumping on the bed." Anna said nervously.

"Were you showing Elsa one of your crazy moves, Miss Feisty Pants?" Rapunzel asked playfully. "You broke your bed for goodness' sake!" Rapunzel said with a laugh.

"I have you know, that made Elsa laugh by the way!" Anna defended proudly while puffing her chest.

Rapunzel giggled a bit, then, "Then let's keep bringing new beds in here so you can break them and make her laugh all over again. How did it even break? I swear you weight like the stick that Elsa holds."

"Ha, Ha. Very funny." Anna said annoyed, and before Rapunzel could continue mocking her, she quickly changed the subject. "Can you please tell me why you're here and holding a tray at such a freakin early hour? It's still dawn!"

"Well, excuse me if I wanted to eat with my best friends. I just thought I'd better get Louis to finish our meals first since everyone will soon wake up and the first thing they'll do is to head to the kitchen. So I got us our share before these locusts devour everything and-" Rapunzel suddenly stopped when she took notice of Anna's exhausted face and the small black circles under her eyes. "Anna, did you even sleep at night?" She asked worriedly while placing the tray on the table.

"Keep your voice down. Elsa is still asleep." Anna said while gesturing to Rapunzel with her hands to keep it quiet. "I won't wake her after she finally found sleep without these nightmare attacks."

Rapunzel's eyes widened, "Was she screaming in her sleep again?" She asked.

"Are you deaf? I'm pretty sure the whole fort heard her!" Anna said with a whisper while crossing her arms.

They both turned their heads to look at the sleeping pale form of Elsa.

"I woke up on her screams. She was kind of… Begging for her father or something. Oh gosh Rapunzel if you just could have seen her!" Anna said sadly, "I tried to call her name but she just didn't even looked like she heard me. I also tried to shake her awake but she started flailing her hands at me." She explained before she snorted then, "I got a fist square in my jaw too." She said while rubbing her jaw. "I got really, really worried cause it took me like a whole ten minutes to wake her. God, I was pretty scared too. I-I didn't know what to do!"

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