Flowers that Bloom in the Winter
Chapter 1 - Today's the day
Today is a special day for Arendelle. All of the townsfolk were busy preparing for a certain celebration. They were all singing and dancing for this wonderful occasion. The people gathered around the town square and set the decorations all over the kingdom. Hundreds of ships from different kingdoms arrived at the port. And they waited until the grand gates were ready to be opened for the celebration.
Meanwhile inside the castle…
Anna's POV
The head of the royal butlers, William, knocked at a certain strawberry-blonde colored hair princess.
"Princess Anna… please wake up already and get ready for this special day. The guests will arrive in a few hours. You need to be ready by then and you still need to organize a few things."
"Haaaa? a few more minutes… Willy…" I yawned and went slowly back to sleep
"Princess Anna"
"Huh, what? I'm up…. I'm haaaa-up…"
"Then we shall be waiting for you downstairs, please get ready as soon as you can"
"Huh? Get… ready for.. what?"
I blinked a few times, trying to rub off her sleepiness, and stared at the sparkling beautiful long white gown. Her eyes were opened widely, realizing what today was.
"Ah! IT'S MY WEDDING DAY!"
I got dressed to her usual black bodice with off-the-shoulder dark green sleeves, a black satin-laced necklace with a gold pendant bearing Arendelle's symbol and an olive-green skirt. Then I got out of my room and ran fast towards my sister's room. As soon as I was facing the door of my sister's room I knocked at her door.
"Elsa, are you up?"
No one answered. That's weird is she still sleeping? She always wakes up early, she's never late to wake up especially on an important day… usually it's me who's late
I opened the door and peeked at Elsa's room to see if she was there. "Elsa, I'm coming in…." It has been a long time since I last came here. A lot has changed since the Coronation Day. Elsa stop concealing herself from me, from the people, and from the world. We even made a whole bunch of snowmen to make up for the time we lost.
I went inside but I saw that the room was empty, the bed was already fixed and cleaned up, and my sister is no where to be found in the room.
I roamed around the empty halls and looked for my sister. All of the maids, butlers and staff were busy preparing for the big day. The maids were cleaning every single spot of the castle that one can see their own reflection in the floor.
When I entered the kitchen she saw the chefs were cooking all of the dishes to be served at the ball. I also saw a huge wedding cake that has about fifty layers. It has chocolate frosting, flower shaped chocolates, oh how I wanted to eat it all up already, and on the top, were Kristoff and me wearing our wedding outfits
I entered the ballroom and saw everyone decorating the place. The tables, covered with snow white cloth, were placed on the sides; each having ten chairs. On top of each table, there were vases filled with white roses. The crystal chandelier was being polished up by the staff. Curtains were opened to see the beautiful scenery of the kingdom. The chefs then entered the room to set up the buffet table. I then saw Marissa, the head of the royal maids, who was supervising and organizing the progress of the work to be finished in time before the wedding.
"Excuse me, Marissa?"
"Good morning your highness"
"U-um yeah, hi to you too" I lived here my whole life yet I'm still not used with such formal greetings
"Is there something that you need, Princess Anna?"
"Yeah, have you seen Elsa? I went to her room to check up on her but she wasn't there."
"Oh, Queen Elsa, I believe that she's setting up the courtyard"
"Ok, thanks Marissa"
I immediately left the ballroom and ran towards the courtyard where I would hopefully find my sister.