The Magic Protectors

Chapter 1: Alone

Three Years Later

Anna sat alone in the tavern in a nearby, surrounded by big, drunk men. She got a cup of beer, which she sipped little by little, trying not to get drunk. She didn't want to imagine what ways these men would take advantage of her if she wasn't completely aware of her surroundings.

Anna observed her surroundings carefully, in case someone decided to attack her. She sat by a window, tapping her fingers nervously, and watching the stars outside. The sky was awake.

  Anna smiled at the memory of her childhood, but frowned when she remembered her sister, the angry looks given to her years ago. Her sister had apparently married, according to rumor, a woman named Merida. Good for her.

  Anna sighed, staring at the beer in her hands, which was barely gone. The only reason Anna came into the tavern was to escape the cold of winter air outside for a while. There was no point of staying longer, if it was just as painful.

  Anna wrapped her cloak around her arms and headed towards the door, to brace the cold snow storm. When Anna was halfway towards the door, a hand squeezed tightly around her wrist.

"Where are you going, little girl?" his gruff voice asked.

Anna glared, pulling her wrist out of his tight grip, and shoving the guy away, with her above average strength. Her fear was rising, but Anna could hide fear pretty well.

"Get away from me." she growled.

As she continued to walk towards the door, she felt her emotions rising; fear, loneliness and a little bit of anger. Soon, she felt someone sneak closely behind her, but Anna turned around, and simply punched him in the face, and watched as blood ran down his nose.

Wow, that felt good. Anna thought, remembering the time she punched Hans.

More men continued to come at her, and Anna's fear had reached its peak. She closed her eyes, and held her hands out preparing for what was to come; but nothing came. When she opened her eyes, she saw the men dangling in vines.

What the heck?

"Witch!" Someone cried, and Anna looked around seeing who twisted the vines around the angry men. Magic wasn't a foreign concept to Anna, as she had a sister with ice powers, but for people outside of Arendelle, it wasn't unheard of, but it wasn't common either, and in many places, it wasn't accepted.

  "Witch!" Someone screamed, and Anna noticed everyone looking at her. Were they accusing her of being a witch? She was completely ordinary! Then she looked down, and saw the vines were attached to her hand.

  As her head filled with confusion, her stomach filled with fear, and her heart filled with a desire to get out of there as soon as possible. She stared at her hands, confused. She didn't have powers! That was her sister!

  As Anna looked at her hand, she watched the vine unattach itself from Anna's hand and tie around the men's bodies. How did it do that? I didn't even ask it to!

  As the men struggled to get out, Anna took the chance to run as fast as she could, and get away to think.

  She burst out of the bar, and after the freezing air blasted her in the face, her internal fear turned into a feeling of a relief, and the feeling continued to grow and grow as she ran out. She looked behind her, and noticed a trail behind her, in which the snow was parted. Was that part of her powers?

  No, you don't even know if they're powers, yet. Anna reminded herself, maybe she was just daydreaming! That was the only plausible explanation.

  Your sister has powers, what makes you think you wouldn't?

  Anna groaned at her unrestful mind, and at how difficult it was being. Of course, she thought of the possibility, but she always came to the same conclusion, If I had powers why haven't I discovered them yet?

  This was why she was so confused, and worried right now. If she had powers, why hadn't she ever discovered them? She felt water streaming down her face, as tears of frustration ran down her cheek. She had nobody to go to about this. Her frustration turned to sadness.

  She felt so scared, so confused and everyone she knew turned against her. Her sister, who would hug and comfort her when feeling these feelings of confusion? Hated her now. The man who would put her needs before her own? Left her. She had nobody to go to.

  Soon, her tears turned to crying, and Anna was letting out loud sobs, trying to gasp for breath in between tears. She tried to stop, but her emotions were coming out, emotions that she had suppressed for along time. Emotions Anna didn't even know she was suppressing,

  She was so distracted by her sadness and anger, that she was startled when she heard a woman say, "Are you okay?"

  Anna shook her head, without looking up and not wanting to say what was wrong, "It's a long story."

  The woman crouched beside her, and Anna noticed she was wearing violet, "You also don't want to talk about it? I understand."

  Anna looked up, wondering who was talking to her, and she was shocked when she recognized the face. It was a princess from another kingdom, named Rapunzel. She remembered her having shorter brunette hair, but knew that she had been given,  several times before, long, blond hair. Anna definitely remembered Rapunzel, but Rapunzel didn't seem to recognize her- they only met once after all.

  "Come on, let's get you inside."
***

  A few kingdoms over, Elsa wandered the rooms of the castle, wondering where her wife was. A couple of years ago, Merida and Elsa married, which made their kingdoms unhappy, but they didn't care. One should marry for love, not duty.

  As Elsa wandered the castle, she came across a room, that Elsa had avoided for three years now. It was her sister's room. As she looked at Anna's room, her stomach filled with guilt and regret.

  She remembered being so upset by Anna's actions that she refused to listen to her side of the story...This was why she avoided this part of the hallway, because every time Elsa passed by her room she was reminded that Anna was no longer there.

  Elsa gave Anna's door a quick glance and left it, not giving it a second look. As she walked back to her room, Merida came running toward her, with a panicked look.

  "They chased a girl out of a tavern because she defended herself from drunk men!" Merida exclaimed.

  Elsa simply sighed. She knew it probably wasn't as bad as Merida was making it sound, but she still felt a tingle of worry in her stomach. Being chased out of a tavern was the least that had been happening to magic users lately; people had been getting injured, enslaved and even killed...what if she was next?

  "Do you know her name?" Elsa asked.

  Merida shook her head, "No, nobody knows this girl."

  Elsa tried to assure herself and Merida, "It's probably nothing. Just another rumor."

  Right. A rumor. That's what they said to assure themselves that they weren't in trouble, but both of them knew different.