Okay, so I decided to revise this chapter and delete the prologue, don't worry though, that will be the second chapter so expect an update either again tonight or tomorrow. Also, a message to all of you reading this courtesy of Elsa because it was requested and we need lightheartedness to help balance out what will prove to be a very dark fanfic. If people like it, I shall continue these messages from characters.
Disclaimer: The author does not own ANY of the characters. It's also illegal to own people but Disney does technically own them.
Hello readers, the author of this story asked me to talk to you, the viewers and first of all I have a message for the anonymous person who helped the writer revise this chapter. I approve of the idea, but it is incredibly spooky, which I guess is slightly appropriate seeing as we have Halloween coming up later this month. Second of all, to all of the reviewers and readers: the author has accepted constructive criticism, which is the reason for the revisions and now, the readers who see these chapters. Please review, even if you remain completely anonymous, it greatly benefits the author because then they know whether you like the story or not. Without further ado, here is the first (revised) chapter of How to Thaw a Frozen Heart.
Woah!" Anna's exclamation pierced the cold night air. Elsa reacted quickly and caught her mere centimetres before Anna would have hit the ice below. Elsa had always been at ease on the ice, but Anna however had not.
"Are you ok?" Elsa asked, "We can stop if you want to." Anna shakes her head.
"No! I'm just getting the hang of it!" The next thing Elsa saw was her sister sprawled face down on the ice. She gave a resigned sigh and started walking away from her. Elsa repeated her offer to go inside. Poof. She felt something soft hit the back of her head. She turned around sharply and saw the aforementioned redhead now standing up, grinning gleefully holding another snowball. Elsa narrowed her eyes in determination and conjured up a snowball three times the size of the one Anna threw at her.
"That's cheating!" Anna exclaimed. Elsa stuck her tongue out at Anna and dissolved the snowball into thin air. She bent down and scooped up a handful of snow. With almost perfect precision she hit Anna square on the cheek. Anna laughed, throwing a snowball at Elsa, and missed by several centimetres. They continued like this for half an hour, exchanging snowballs and mock insults at each other.
"Do you want to stop and go inside?" Elsa asked.
"No… can we… stay out here… a few more minutes?" Elsa could see that Anna was fighting a losing battle with fatigue. She rolled her eyes playfully.
"Come on, to bed with you." Anna knew it was pointless trying to struggle, so she let her older sister drag her inside and push her onto her bed. Elsa gave a contented sigh as she looked down at Anna, now fast asleep.
"Goodnight," She whispered as she pulled the blankets over her sister. "I love you."
As she walked through the dark hallway to her own room, Elsa reflected on how far her relationship had come with Anna after the great thaw. Late night snowball fights like the one they had recently been engaged in were not uncommon now. As Elsa reached her door, she opened it and immediately saw what she could have sworn were a pair of eyes staring straight at her. After closer inspection, she satisfied herself with the explanation that they must have just been the eyes of a small animal in a tree. She closed her door behind her, carrying a candle and set it down on a table, and began to ready herself for bed. She carefully unravelled her platinum blonde hair from its usual braid with her fingers, crept under the covers and blew out the candle. She closed her eyes and fell into a deep sleep.
Meanwhile Hans, who was the owner of the pair of eyes Elsa saw, opened the window carefully and climbed through it. His feet hit the floor noiselessly and snuck up to the silhouette of the now sleeping queen. In one swift motion, he leapt up onto the bed, rolling Elsa onto her stomach and covered her mouth. Elsa was immediately alert and restrained herself just enough to not scream.
"It seems we meet again, Snow Queen." The last two words out of his mouth laced with malice. Elsa's blood runs cold at the familiar voice.
"Who are you?" She asks with slight uncertainty in her voice, praying the voice she hears does not belong to the body above her.
"Oh, I think you already know." The moonlight shone on Hans' face, then revealing his true identity to Elsa, and her greatest fear materialised in front of her.
"What do you want?" Elsa shakily demanded.
"My intention has not changed, but my method has." Hans pulled out a dagger and placed it against Elsa's throat.
"Marry me or your sister will be killed."
Just to put it out there, I am 14 and the lovely anonymous friend helping me write this fic is 15. So be nice, even though I know all of you viewers will be. And please review! I know I keep saying it but it really motivates me to write! And well, the queen of Arendelle just asked you to so please?