A shadowy figure followed Elsa and her sister Anna down to the docks as they bid their parents farewell. The figure was curious about Elsa for he had never seen her leave her room, let alone the castle before. Wondering what it might mean, the figure decided to follow them. Elsa was silent as Anna attempted to talk to her about what they might do when their parents left.
"We could go up and visit North for the day. Maybe we could build a snowman!" Anna said excitedly but upon her sister's silent demeanor quickly followed with, "or we could stay inside the castle and stuff our faces with chocolate, or we could watch the ducks in the castle garden, or we could…"
"Anna, you know that your sister needs to study the rules and regulations of being a ruler" The king said as he cut her off. "Also, you know that Elsa does not enjoy leaving her room or getting her gloves dirty. Right Elsa?" To this Elsa only nodded but kept up her poker face.
The shadowy figure then decided to step into the light as the family went farther away and he could no longer hear the conversation, after all it wasn't like anyone could see him anyway. As he stepped into the light he threw off the hood of his white cloak which caused the light to dance along his white hair the same way the sunlight dances upon ice in the wintertime. He stood there for a moment making sure that no one here could see him until he remembered that no one believed in him so he quickly hurried to catch up to the strange family that ruled this country.
Elsa was walking along silently not even bothering to keep up with her sister Anna's chatter. Before her father and mother had gone ahead of them to the ship, her father had paid her a visit to remind her to stay in her room or she might hurt someone and he had also dropped off another large stack of books that covered everything from trade agreements with Wessleton (a rather boring subject) and the genealogy of her family which she had taken to researching for fun in the hopes of understanding that the power that kept her in her room might be explained. Tugging on her gloves in order to attempt to make them fit better, Elsa became aware that someone was following her; she quickly turned around and noticed a man with snow white hair, not unlike her own, and piercing blue eyes who was wearing a cape that looked as if it were made out of snow.
She is looking at me, he thought before dismissing the thought. But then again, her eyes weren't looking through me but rather it looked as if her eyes were studying my features. I hoped that she could see me but at the same time I was fearful of what her parents might do to her. Realizing that she might get locked up for forever, he quickly glided up to where she stood and whispered in her ear,
"If you can hear me then don't say anything. No one else can see me but you. I'd like to meet you and talk to you so if you leave your window open tonight I will come and visit you."
Elsa was surprised that the boy was talking to her but what he said made sense after her father informed her that she was staring at nothing. Elsa resolved to leave her window open tonight. She then quickly hurried down to the docks to say goodbye to her parents once last time.