"Elsa!" I heard someone say softly as they jumped on me. "Wake up!" I heard more clearly as the bounced as the shook me. As I registered the voice to be Anna's a small smile spread across my face. "Anna, go back to sleep," I mumbled as I snuggled back onto the pillow.
"I just can't," I heard her say as she flopped on top of me, making me groan from the weight. "The sky's awake! So I'm awake! So we have to play!" Anna exaggerated, making me smile at her childish behaviour. I may only be two years old then she but she was a lot more childish then I was.
"Go play by yourself!" I told her as I pushed her off my bed. I heard a satisfying thud and released a small sigh before curling back into the blankets. I had nearly gotten back to sleep when I felt Anna move. "Do you want to build a snowman?" A small grin came onto my face as I jumped out of the bed. "Be quiet," I whisper to her as she dragged me out of our room and down the hallways.
"Come on," Anna repeated over and over, no matter how many times I tried to hush her. We pushed open the doors to the ballroom, Anna running to the middle of the room as I closed the door behind me.
Anna came over to me and dragged me to the middle, swinging my hands around. "Do the magic! Do the magic!" Anna giggled loudly as she bounced on the spot. I motioned for Anna to come closer as I made little snowflakes dance around my hands. "Are you ready?" I asked her expectedly. Anna nodded franticly in response. Lifting my hands up, I let the little ball of snowflakes into the air, Anna watching in amazement as they fell from every inch of the room.
"This is amazing!" She had exclaimed as she jumped from foot to foot as she tried to catch the falling flakes of snow. I grabbed Anna's arm softly and stilled her. "Watch this," I exclaimed, pulling up my nightgown and stepped on a fallen flake, making the whole floor of the room turn to ice. I let go of Anna and let her slide around for a bit, but she kept falling over because of her clumsy feet.
After the snow started to build up I made a snowman for Anna and named him Olaf that liked warm hugs. Olaf, Anna and I skated around the room with using my powers and Anna and I slid down a slope I had made together. "Catch me!" Anna yelled out to me as she jumped. I quickly made a ledge for her to land on but she was going too fast for me to keep up.
"Wait! Slow down!" I yelled, worried about what will happen. Anna wasn't listening and continued to go higher and faster. I stepped forward but I lost my footing and slipped as Anna jumped again. "Anna!" I yelled to her as I tried to make another ledge, missing completely and hitting Anna's head.
"Anna!" I ran to her and hugged her tightly. I saw a strip of Anna's hair turn to a blonde, the same colour of my own hair. I felt the warmth leave Anna's body as I hugged her tighter. "Mama! Papa!" I yelled out, choking on my sobs. I felt my power grow and start to freeze the floor, expanding to roof.
Hearing bashing on the door I tightened my grip on Anna, hearing the door open and my mother gasp. "Elsa! What have you done?" I heard papa say, looking at Anna with sadness. "It was an accident," I cried, holding Anna tighter to me. I could hear papa's voice but I couldn't hear what he was saying. Mama took Anna away from me and Papa took my hand, taking me to the library.
Papa searched through the books that Anna and I weren't allowed to touch because they were so old.
As Papa flipped through one of the books quickly, he hadn't of noticed that something had fallen onto the floor. I reached out and picked up the piece of paper gently, noticing that it was quite old. "Papa? Is this it?" I asked him softly, keeping my head down, fearing the look he will give me.
The King of Arendelle was known for his kindness but there was more than kindness inside of him. Papa took the paper from my hands and ruffled my hair as he walked past. I looked up to Mama who was holding Anna tightly to her chest. After a small shake of the head Mama walked after Papa, leaving me to follow slowly behind them. Papa had already gotten the horses and helped Mama and Anna onto a horse. "Hurry Elsa," he called, looking at Anna with worried eyes.
Rushing over to Papa he lifted himself onto the horse before picking me up also. Mama and Papa shared a look and we were off into the night. Looking towards the feet of the horse, I noticed that ice was forming behind us.
Papa finally slowed the horse at a clearing after galloping through the woods. Papa leaped off the horse and helped me down before helping Mama down while she held Anna. Mama looked up at Papa sadly, her eyes pleading for help. "She's ice cold," Mama whispered, gripping Anna closer to her body. Papa took both Mama's and my hand and walked into the clearing. "Please! Help! It's my daughter!" Papa called out, his voice breaking slightly. Hearing a strange noise I looked behind me and gripped onto Mama's dress.
Quite suddenly the rocks had surrounded them and transformed into trolls. "The King!" Was heard all around us before the trolls had moved out of the way as another one rolled towards us. The rock transformed to look like one of the oldest troll she had seen so far. "Your Majesty," the troll said with a bow. The troll reached out for my hand and flipped it over, still looking at Papa. "Born with the powers or cursed?" I looked up to papa as he went to respond but stuttered. "B-Born, a-and getting stronger," he replied quickly, looking towards Mama. Mama kneeled beside me and held Anna out.
The troll let go of my hand and touched Anna's head. "You are lucky it wasn't her heart, the heart isn't as easily changed," he said softly, looking towards me quickly. "But the head can be persuaded," he looked back too Mama as he shrugged his shoulders. "I suggest that we remove all magic, even memories of magic," he told us as he started to change Anna's memories. "But do not worry. I will leave the fun," smiling towards us he put back Anna's new memories.
I looked towards Anna sadly, holding onto her hand. "So she won't know I have powers?" I asked the troll softly, a bit sad that I will never be able to show Anna my magic again. Papa gripped my shoulder softly and sighed. "It's for the best," he told me gently, looking at me with sad eyes. "Elsa. Listen to me," the elderly troll called, bring up an image of an older version of me. "Your powers will only grow," he said softly, but the image had started to deform. "There is great beauty in it but there is also great danger," he warned, the image turning pink. "You must learn to control it, fear will be your enemy," he told me, the pink in the image consuming the older version of me.
Gasping softly I turned towards Papa as he hugged me. "No. We'll protect her. She can learn to control it, I'm sure. But until then, lock the gates. We'll reduce the staff, we will limit her contact with people, and keep her powers hidden from everyone. Including Anna," he told the troll. With that Papa picked me up and thanked the trolls before returning to the castle.
Once returning to the castle Mama and Papa had already commanded the staff to move all of my things from Anna's and my room to a separate bedroom. In the next week Papa had already fired most of the staff except for a few chefs and cleaners, and I had already excluded Anna from my life. I stayed in my room and ignored Anna, I didn't dine with the family anymore either. Papa always said to me that it was for the best.
I tried to play with Anna but the staff always found us and took me away from her, until I finally learned to ignore her, no matter what I wanted or felt.
I had to protect her.
