You’ll Love Me At Once
I know you, I walked with you once upon a dream I know you, that look in your eyes is so familiar a gleam Once Upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty "Oooh I've got to sleep, I've got to sleeep. But...there's one more chapter. Just one more and I'll be done." Anna mumbled the words to herself, pushing herself to keep going. She sat on Elsa's bed, on top of the covers as her sister lay sleeping beside her. She'd been out for over an hour, every now and then letting out an extremely soft snore that made Anna smile softly. Anna had made a habit of climbing into her bed every evening. It used to be she left when Elsa fell asleep, but after she herself knocked out in the big cozy bed, she decided there was no point in leaving every night. The bed was big and Elsa had space and Anna was able to not accidentally kick her.
Often she and Elsa each read a book together, finishing and trading so they could talk about the stories. Anna loved that; she loved any little action that connected her with her once mysterious sister. Even if Elsa fell asleep with the book on her stomach, Anna was pleased to continue with her own in some low candle light, wrapped in a blue and purple blanket while wearing her green nightgown.
She was turning the page when she felt a sudden chill and saw something from the corner of her eye. It was something white and sparkly and...
Icy.
Anna turned her head to look past Elsa, toward the other side of the room where a figure was forming. It was certainly Elsa's powers at work, but what were they doing? Anna tilted her head and watched intensely.
"Woah," she breathed out when the final, iced and glimmering figure was revealed. It was....Elsa. It was Elsa in her coronation dress with her hair worn in that braid she'd become so fond of. She looked incredible, beautiful, and Anna swallowed.
There was no way she could miss the figure of her sister, the curves of the cold ice forming her hips and the shining of her breasts as she walked away from the wall. Anna's cheeks colored as she thought about it, and how badly she wanted to touch even if the cold might hurt her palms.
A quick glance reassured her that her sister was still asleep, eyes shut and breathing steady. Anna didn't know what she was nervous about. If Elsa woke up to see her admiring icy curves she would probably be more amused than anything. She knew how much Anna loved everything she made of ice, and a version of herself was no different...right?
The ice-Elsa's glowed a soft blue, but not at all in an eerie sense. It was calming. There was a confident gleam in those eyes and Anna enjoyed it as the figure circled the bed and...and held out her hand.
Anna's eyes went wide in confusion and she finally put down her book, pointing at herself. "Me?" she squeaked out, surprised that she was being...invited? She wasn't sure.
"Dance with me."
Anna startled and looked back at her sister, who had sleepily muttered the words though her eyes were shut. She was talking in her sleep! And...manifesting! "But it's me-it's Anna." Surely in her dream Elsa was dancing with a charming suitor from a far-off land.
"Anna, dance with me, please?"
Slowly Anna dragged her gaze back to the form offering a hand. Then...she took it, and slid from her blanket, leaving the bed. "Oh!" she yelped when one hand landed on her hip and chilled her through the thin gown. She shivered, both from the cold and how much she liked the touch.
Then she had to bite back another sound when a frozen hand palmed her cheek and her gaze met the blue glow. Her face was so very cold...but she didn't mind too much. Because where it connected with her skin she felt warmth as well, different than any she knew.
"Anna.." Elsa's voice behind her, but Anna didn't turn. She let ice-Elsa slide an arm around her waist and take her other hand. She stepped back, leading Anna away from the bed and to a more open space where she whirled her around in a great circle. She drew Anna closer to take her in proper, graceful steps as Anna tried not to trip over her own feet.
And it was - it was difficult. "Okay, I got this...there! ...Oh, oh Elsa I'm sorry I stepped on your-that didn't even phase you, its ice...oh I think I got it..!" Eventually, she did. It may have only been a minute as they danced to music only the sleeping Elsa could hear, but it felt like it took forever for her to grasp it.
Anna was thankful that the ice-Elsa didn't notice her missteps, had no reaction to the way Anna clung to her with a slippery death grip and kept bumping her shoes. All in all, it was a very awkward dance - but the way ice-Elsa smiled and kept going as the real Elsa sighed happily made it all worth it.
How long they actually danced Anna wasn't sure. She gradually got better. Her footing became more sure and she managed to support herself with Elsa's arms even if they were slippery too. She wished there was real music playing but she did well enough with the tune she hummed in her head. They twirled around the room, Elsa giggling in her sleep while Anna held back snorts of amusement.
Then they stopped with ice-Elsa's face close to Anna's, closer than it had ever been. "Come to my room," Elsa said softly and Anna's eyes went wide as dinner plates.
"W-what? What...how do you..." The way she asked did not feel normal. It was almost - it implied something. It was suggestive as the ice hands ran down her sides, pausing on her hips. Elsa pulled Anna's body in closer and as Anna breathed she could see fog forming on Elsa's cheeks.
"My room...my room...mmm.." Elsa continued and Anna heard rustling. She turned her head quickly and saw Elsa rolling on her side with a sigh, evidently still asleep and dreaming, if that's what that was. It had to be.
The cold began to fade from Anna's overheated body and when she looked, ice-Elsa had developed scattered areas that erupted in bright glows. Then her body began to slowly fade into glittering snowflakes, her back going first and eventually from her hair down to her shoes. It was beautiful but Anna felt...
She felt sad. It was like seeing her dear sister fade away, watching her disappear, and she didn't like that. It made her heart hurt.
Anna bit her lip and stepped back, before whirling around and climbing back onto the bed as fast as she could. With the feeling of the dance still holding to her along with the sight of Elsa becoming nothing but flurries, she had to get close to her sister.
After blowing out her candle she slipped under the covers as efficiently as she could, not wishing to wake Elsa. It appeared she hadn't as Elsa didn't move at all, her breathing not changing. She seemed comfortable, content. Maybe she didn't even know she'd had a dream. Anna didn't know if she wanted her to remember or not.
What she did know was how she wanted to hold Elsa's real, warm body against her own. Whatever had just happened was magical and amazing, and she never wanted to let it go.
