Chapter 1

~ Letters to the Princess ~

It was nearly a year after Elsa became queen, I was now engaged and was spending time with Elsa learning how to help her with more royal duties. today i had promised i would be there early to go through some paperwork. I had been in my sisters study for hours she was nowhere to be found and I was growing worried nobody had claimed to have seen her in all hours the hours I've been here. A knock on the door came as a Royal Guard entered the room.

"Princess Anna, this just came. Its from the southern Isles."

Princess Anna of Arendelle,

You probably have noticed by now your sister, Queen Elsa is missing from the Kingdom, but don't fear the Queen is alive. Right now your sister is on a ship heading for the southern isles accompanied by me. As she is absent it is the duty of the next heir to make choices for the Kingdom. Even an underage Princess such as yourself can rule over the Royal Court. If you should ever like to see Elsa again you best follow my instructions.

You are to turn Arendelle over to me, and step down at Princess. You will leave the Kingdom and never return unless you wish to be executed. I shall be waiting your response. You have one month to decide, if a choice is not made by that time. I will have your sister Queen Elsa, executed under my orders. As well as if you are to send anyone to attempt to retrieve her. Remember Princess your sisters survival depends on your choice. If she dies her blood is on your hands.

Best Regards,

Prince Hans.

I screamed slamming the letter down. Looking at the guard who had just handed it to let Hans kidnap the Queen!" I glared. "How could you! She's the Queen of Arendelle how hard is it to keep one obnoxious Prince away from the most important person in the Kingdom!"

"Princess Anna, please consider..."

"We are retrieving Elsa at once." I made my way to the door.

"You're underage, Princess Anna and The Royal Court have a chance to address this topic before a decision is made It might be too risky to chance saving Queen Elsa, the southern Isles cannot come into possession of Arendelle."

I glared at him. "She is my sister! We will retrieve her now, I don't care what the Royal Court thinks. You failed to protect the Queen and now you will go get her back."

-late last night-

It was late in the night I woke to somebody throwing my out of bed and shoving me to the floor. I could feel cold metal press on my neck. "Any sounds, any use of your powers and I will kill you, and I will kill your sister while I'm at it." the voice hissed.

I tried so hard to keep quiet as the man tightly tied ropes around my wrists. A cloth around my mouth, He pulled my hair back shoving me back onto my feet. "Hello Elsa."

Now I could see his face, Hans. I was shocked at how he was able to get into the castle let alone my room. But he had managed somehow. The Prince dragged me over to the window and I struggled trying to free myself. "Remember." he whispered. "I can still kill you."

Hans opened the window and I could see two of his men on the ground. Staring up at us. There was a rope hung from the window but instead of climbing down with me he threw me out and I landed on the cold ground. Whimpering watching through blurry eyes as he climbed down safely himself. My whole body ached from the fall and if it wasn't for the cloth tied so tightly around my mouth the screams would've been heard by the whole kingdom.

"Oh Elsa." Hans bent down. "You haven't even suffered yet." he smirked letting out a cruel laugh. But I was far to weak to retaliate in anyway. I fluttered my eyes shut, the agonizing pain from the fall causing me to fall asleep.

- 3 days later -

"Anna!" I raced over to her quickly after hearing the news.

"Oh, Krisoff..." Anna sobbed into my shoulder. "They said they can't go after Elsa... That... That's it's too dangerous..." The Princess hugged me tight. "They're going to let Elsa die."

I held Anna close to me. "Anna, why won't they try to retrieve Elsa? She's the Queen? Don't they need her?"

Anna shook her head sobbing. "The Royal court ruled against it. Even though I tried to convince them, they... They can rule over me because, I'm underage right now Hans lied in that letter he said they'd have to listen to me! and if Elsa were to be gone I would have to take over... since I'm married to you. You would end up being King, and... if there's a chance for a male heir to be crowned..."

"They rule over a female heir" I finished her sentence

Anna began to speak sadly. "So they don't need Elsa, and they don't want to risk lives of men to save her." Anna said through tears. "I...I can't believe this Kristoff I love Elsa so much."

"So, right now... I get to act as King?" I say thinking of a plan

"Well, I suppose..." Anna managed through tears.

"Then I can rule over the Royal Court, I can tell them they have to go retrieve your sister!" I looked at Anna but she didn't smile.

"Kristoff, Even if you did" Anna looked at me like her heart sank. "They sent the letter of this morning in response... that we've made our choice... We're not getting Elsa back." Anna was in tears and she clutched onto me tight. "I...I... lost her... I lost her again Kristoff." Anna sobbed.

I pushed Anna away from me. "No, no you didn't." Kristoff wiped tears from Anna's face. "I'm going to get your sister myself, okay? I promise I will bring Elsa back to you i'm going to leave right now and I will save Elsa"

"But the letter said that if anyone..." Anna began speaking.

"I know what the letter said, but I promise I will bring Elsa back to you." Kristoff hugged her once more quite tightly. "Be good." I said pausing to take a deep breath "take care of yourself."

Moaning loudly I tried to put a hand to my head but my wrists were still tightly bound together I started feeling extremely sick. I was rocking back and forth in the little room, from the smell I could guess I was probably in the cells of a ship. My head ached with a pounding pain, but my entire body screamed In agony even when I breathed, the cloth in my mouth was not making it easier either. My ribs were probably broken... I couldn't see well in the dim light but I could tell large bruises were formed all over my body.

"She's awake." I heard a male voice call one that I had never heard before.

"Oh good."

That voice, I knew that is belonged to Hans. He spoke in such a malicious tone it couldn't belong to anyone else. The ginger haired man opened up the cellar door. "Hello Elsa." he walked over to me bending down and forcefully gripping my chin with his hand. "You don't look so good." He smirked pulling the cloth from my mouth.

"Thanks to you!" I hiss angry but next Hans glared moving in close to my face kissing me softly to which I reacted by biting his lip so hard until I could taste blood. Before I knew it my cheek stung in pain and my head wash smashed against the wall.

Hans just laughed putting two fingers to his lips looking at the slight bit of blood I drew from biting him. "Oh Elsa..." he smiled still at eye level with me. "I'm so not done with you." I closed my eyes. Hoping that the Prince did not have some sick obsession with me.

"We will be in the southern Isles soon. Not that it matters the conditions you'll be in there aren't much different from here." Hans laughed "Maybe if you're lucky I'll give you a cell with somewhere to sleep... but I think I'd much rather see you crying on the floor." The Prince stood and locked me back up again. My mouth hurt from the tight cloth that had been tied around it, my wrists were burning in pain and bleeding from the rope rubbing against them, and now that Hans was gone I let myself start crying, sobbing from all the pain. It was just too much at the moment.

I didn't care that there was one of his guards standing before me at the doors hearing me cry. I could even begin to think what Hans was going to do to me. I hid my head and drew my knees up. Trying to hide my face, not that anyone could see me curled up in the dark corner.