Okay, so a guest by the name of Alese222 posted this review to my fanfiction "Big Sister": "Awww cute ending I hope we get a oneshot where the sisters read the journal hmm say after the whole eternal winter debacle."
So, Alese222, you will actually be getting a two-shot. The first chapter is the sisters recounting the night they were told Julie and their parents were dead, and the second is when they find the journal. It may even become a multi-chapter that ships Elsa with an OC and brings back a certain title character to life... that is, if I get enough reviews. Everyone, please enjoy. :)
Anna's POV
My sister, Julie, was one of the only people I looked up to. Well, besides Elsa, but then she shut me out and everything, so... yeah. And I was devestated to learn that she was dead.
When she said good-bye to me that day, I should've suspected that she was really saying good-bye. She even told me her secret, that she had the power to see the future, and that she had seen that someone would die. I guess I wasn't smart enough to figure out that the someone was her.
When Kai called me and Elsa down to the throne room with a worried voice, I immediately knew something was wrong. I remember how his voice shook as he told us, "Princess Elsa... Princess Anna... the ship that your... your parents and your sister were on... it was lost at sea." Elsa and I had exchanged worried looks. "Well, just because they're lost, that doesn't mean they're dead, right?" I asked, trying to stay optimistic.
Kai shook his head mournfully. "Your Highness, the ship was caught in a storm... the boat was overturned by a huge wave..." he informed. "I'm sorry... Queen Julie, and your parents... they're gone." I remember hearing a small gasp from Elsa before I completely stopped functioning for awhile. Not a sound escaped my mouth. No heartbeat. There were only four words swimming within my head: Julie. Parents. Ship. Gone. And once I came back to my senses, I saw my sister fleeing the room, shouting, "No!"
"Elsa!" I called after her. Heavy tears began to come down my cheeks as I ran after her. "Elsa!"
"Please, just leave me alone!" she screamed, and before I knew it, her bedroom door was slammed in my face. "ELSA!" I shouted, banging on the door. But I could hear it being locked from the inside. I could've sworn I heard something fall and break, too, unless it was just my imagination. Was she really this upset?
Well... actually, she probably was. For the first three years of Elsa's life, it was just her and Julie. They stuck to each other like glue. And besides, when Elsa had begun to shut me out, Julie was there to soothe her and keep her company.
Knowing how bad my sister was hurting, I kept my ear against the door. I needed to be there for her, no matter what. Elsa's heavy breathing was audible through the door. "Elsa?" I whispered through the keyhole, a bit guilty I had been shouting and trying to break into her room; the key here was to be gentle. "Elsa, I'm sorry. I'm right here..." I never got a response, and I don't know how long I was outside Elsa's room, but after awhile, I began to hear crying.
It was weird to hear Elsa cry. I mean, when I was a kid, I made her cry, but that was apparently from happiness and not because... you know... someone died or anything. Then she shut me out, and I always thought that she had become cold and emotionless. Obviously, that wasn't true because she had started playing with me after Julie's coronation. (It hurt to bring up my oldest sister, but I had to finish the thought.) Now, that kid from long ago was definitely getting proven wrong: Elsa wasn't emotionless, and she cried and grieved when she hurt.
"Elsa?" I called again, but all I heard were sobs. "Elsa, I'm not leaving you..." I heard footsteps behind me, so I turned around to see Kai standing there. "I'm not leaving her," I told him with all the conviction in my heart.
"Anna, maybe she just needs time," Kai spoke. And that's when I realized he just called me "Anna," no "Princess" before it. He opened his arms, and I could see that he wanted to comfort me. I let the full reality of losing my parents and my sister take hold and ran to him, like a little kid, and wept into his chest.
After crying my eyes out, I felt somewhat better. Kai led me to the kitchen and let me eat all of the chocolate I wanted... well, to the extent that I wouldn't get into a sugar coma. Over the course of the next few days, Elsa wouldn't come out of her room AT ALL. Not to eat, and certainly not to talk to me. I couldn't sleep most of the time, so I'd find myself wandering through the castle in a dreamlike state or either in my parents' or Julie's room.
All I would do is stroke the sheets on the bed and whisper, as if my parents or Julie could hear me. I'd have a pretend conversation with my deceased loved ones, and I'd feel a little better. A couple of times, I could've sworn I heard someone walking towards the doorway. But then I would hear the footsteps retreat, and I'd remember once again how alone I was.
Elsa's POV
Julie was everything to me. When someone says they have had everything taken away from them, they usually mean that they've lost friends/family, their home, or even their sanity in rare cases. Well, my sister was all of those things, so literally everything was taken away from me the day she died.
When she said goodbye to me before she boarded that ship, I noticed she was acting a bit strange. Even the night before, she wanted me to sleep in her bedroom with her. We talked about all the good times we had together before we fell asleep in each other's arms. I remember her words before she left the castle to go overseas: "You know, I keep forgetting how much you've grown. You're not that little kid anymore..." We hugged, and I had asked her, "Do you know when you'll be back?"
Julie gave me a serious look, and I could tell from the way her blue eyes were staring at me that the question had caused her some distress. "Soon," she finally said. "Soon..." I had sent her a nervous smile, not knowing how long "soon" meant. My sister hugged me again, assuring me, "You'll be fine, Elsa," which is actually what our father had said not a minute ago. "I love you so much..."
But it turned out it wasn't soon. Not too long after my parents and Julie left, Kai called me and Anna down to the throne room. I had heard the worry in his voice and immediately knew something was wrong. Anna and I met on the staircase, peering anxiously into each others eyes. We had an entire conversation, asked so many questions, just by that glance.
"Princess Elsa... Princess Anna... the ship that your... your parents and your sister were on... it was lost at sea."
Those were the words that automatically made my heart heavy with dread and shock. Anna and I looked at each other nervously. My little sister, of course, tried to stay optimistic about the whole situation, but I knew even before Kai told us that our parents and Julie were gone for good.
I gasped softly. Surely this was a dream. That had to be it! I pinched myself, hard, but nothing happened. I was still sitting here, while Anna remained stagnant with shock beside me. No. Julie, you couldn't be dead. You couldn't!
"Elsa..." Kai said softly, reaching for my hand. I reacted quickly and jumped up from my seat. I was shaking my head, still murmuring in denial, "No... no, no..."
"Elsa?" repeated Kai, but I took off running. I just needed to be in my room, to be alone. Besides, my powers would've started acting up. My chest was heavy with both grief and trying to hold my powers in.
"Elsa! Elsa!" I heard Anna's tearful voice shouting after me.
"Please, just leave me alone!" I called over my shoulder. Finally, I got to my door and, without intending to seem rude, slammed it shut. "ELSA!" Anna was screaming. I turned the lock and backed away, with my sister still trying to break down my door.
Finally safe in my room, thick ice immediately spread out from under my feet and covered the entire room. As I backed further away from the door,I slipped and bumped into my dresser, which caused a vase to fall over and break. I sank to the floor and buried my face in my hands. All I could do was just sit there, breathing; I really couldn't move and I didn't want to. Cold winds allowed the snow falling from the ceiling to swirl around me.
No... no, Julie. You told me that night, so long ago, "No ice is going into my heart. And even if it did, I would still live...Because I have too much to live for. I have you and Anna..." Well, Anna and I are still here, Julie! So why are you dead? Weren't we your reason to live? I guess maybe I wasn't a good enough reason.
And it was that thought that finally made burst into tears. I hugged myself, crying, wishing that I'd never been born. So I wouldn't have made my sister die, so Anna could've had a better life. So I wouldn't feel this pain. This agony.
Julie's voice echoed in my head, "Because it's what we feel that makes us who we are..."
Shut up! I screamed in my head, still weeping. Shut up!
I had actually managed to compose myself in the next hour or so. Still, I refused to let myself leave my room, which was now a frozen landscape, but it wasn't like the cold bothered me. For the next few days, I heard Anna outside my door, trying to offer me food or just to ask to be with me. Even so, I couldn't eat anything. I just wanted to be alone.
And if I managed to fall asleep, I'd wake up thinking Julie was still alive and wound up running to her room or our parents' room. But then I'd see either servants dusting in there or Anna sitting on the bed, stroking the sheets tenderly, and I'd come back to reality. Once I remembered what I happened, I'd lock myself back in my bedroom, lay on my bed, and cry until the wind from the blizzard that my emotions had caused lulled me back to sleep.
