applesforanna:

   So it was true. They were all hiding something from her. She’d always felt as such; she could tell by the guilty glances, by that feeling like she was missing out on something, that there was a puzzle piece absent from her life. 

   ”You’re lying,” she whispered, her shoulders tense, her eyes staring at the floor, “this can’t just be Elsa’s secret. You’ve all been hiding something from me, all these years.” 

   It made her stomach twist. Why her? Why did they want to keep something from her? Anna couldn’t help feel that it was because there was something wrong with her. Something about her that didn’t cut it for her own family. 

   And suddenly her hands were cupping Anna’s face, lifting it so she had to look at her. Idun had known that Anna would figure out there was something amiss. She was a bright girl, a smart girl. And she had every right to be angry with them. 

   But Idun couldn’t reveal the secret that was not hers to tell.

   "Darling, I’m so sorry,“ she murmured, stroking her thumbs over her daughter’s cheeks. It was a confession, without saying the words. She couldn’t keep denying things now. "It–it’s to keep you safe. Please, Anna, please understand. None of us wanted to keep things from you.”

   And yet she knew her child wouldn’t take that for an answer. Half of her wanted her husband there to help, and yet half of her knew he would only scare Anna into not asking more questions.