Reborn

11 - Unlocked

"No! It's not true. It can't be!"

The Evil rolled it's eyes as Anna curled up into a ball on the floor, sobbing her heart out. She was being particularly stubborn about co-operating and listening to what it was trying to tell her. Why do humans put on such theatrics? It let out a frustrated sigh. I don't need this after Elsa breaking free!! "Yes, what I've just told you about your past and parents are true!"

She fell silent and pushed herself to her feet. It just floated calmly there in mid-air. Anna couldn't see it anyway. She wiped the snot and tears off of her cheeks. "I've always wished for magical powers - something like Elsa's - but I don't have them like you claim. I never will."

Feisty.

"Consider this," and with a flick of its invisible 'wrist', a memory appeared infront of Anna, one that had been wiped away.

"Wait! Slow down!"

Elsa suddenly slipped on the ice-covered floor. She sits up, only to see Anna leap off the giant snow pile...towards the ice-cold floor. "Anna!" Elsa's hand shoots out.

An ice blast fires out...

...and strikes Anna in the head.

Anna's body tumbles down. Elsa rushes forward, catching her in her arms. "Anna?"

The older Anna stumbles back, suddenly pale and a hand over her mouth. "What is this?" Anna said, her voice full of daggers.

"Why do you think she shut you out?"

It watched as Anna stared at the frozen image of herself in Elsa's arms, horror and guilt shining on Elsa's face. It saw the pieces of the puzzle starting to fall into place. "Then...then why don't I remember it?" Anna straightened. "If this is true, then why hasn't Elsa told me since the Great Thaw?"

There was a tremor in her voice. A hint of vulnerability. "This is why," and it conjured up another image from the past - when Elsa and her parents took Anna to the Trolls. Anna watched with wide eyes. She collapsed to her knees.

"No..." she protested weakly. She began rubbing her arms. "Please, no..."

It swiped it's 'hand' and it vanished. "Please have taken notice of the fact that the magic Pabbie removed was separate to the memories of Elsa having magic," it said, filling the silence. "Therefore, for him to remove magic from you, you must have had it." It moved closer to her, sensing it was beginning to gain ground. "Your parents didn't think that they could handle two children with powers, so decided it would be best if you had your powers removed while leaving Elsa with hers."

"Speaking of my parents, they are not alive. They. Died. At. Sea."

It heard a spark of uncertainty tainting her voice and realized that Anna was trying to convince herself. "Then how do you explain this?" and the darkness around Anna vanished and she found herself in a field somewhere, surrounding by wheat. Just a few metres away, helping harvest the wheat, were Iduna and Agnarr.

Anna fainted.

No-one paid them any mind - they were invisible to them all.

It reached forward and pressed its 'palm' to her forehead. Focusing, it reached inside her, to her mind. Grand Pabbie hadn't actually removed her powers, it knew. Pabbie had locked them away deep inside of her where they couldn't be brought forth to the surface, couldn't be triggered. Why, it had no idea, but it was grateful.

And it wasn't hard for it to have them unlocked.