Author's Note: Hi guys! After reading a lot of fanfics, I finally made my own! It has a working title, unless anyone likes the title. So speak up! Feel free to point out corrections and criticize my work. I just ship Jelsa so hard. Ahahhahahha okay.
Elsa
The duties of the queen was one of the things that now kept Elsa close to isolated. But, of course, Anna would be there to bother her or bring her some papers.
But this time, it was different. "Hey, Elsa." She smiled, handing a letter to Elsa."Olaf found this at the foot of the gates, aaand it seemed to be addressed to you."
"Hmm?" Elsa smiled and faced her sister, taking the letter. She opened it, read it once and read it out loud. "To the queen of Arendelle,
"Greetings, your majesty. I write to you now to inform you of a great presence to come your way, and even go for a visit. I wish to tell you this so that you would not be too surprised of his arrival. He would probably pass by the day after tomorrow." Was all it said. No address, no signature, but a splat of black at the edge.
"So, who is it from?" Asked Anna curiously as her sister folded the paper and placed it on her desk.
"There wasn't any signature." Elsa said. "That's odd. Don't you think?" She continued.
Anna shrugged and suddenly smiled. "So does this mean we're having a ball?" She asked excitedly.
Elsa laughed at Anna's giddiness. "We're not sure if it's an official letter yet" She said as Anna shrugged and smiled at her.
"I hope it's real" she laughed, and skipped out.
Elsa looked at the letter, as Anna left, and felt a pang of anxiety wash over her. What if this was actually a joke? What if this wasn't? What "great presence" is the letter talking about?
She took a deep breath and looked out the window. Arendelle was covered in a blanket of snow. It wasn't her doing, since it was actually winter. She admired the beauty of her kingdom. The children played in the snow, people cleared paths, and others drank hot chocolate.
"Real or not, we'll just prepare a ball." She whispered to herself. Besides, it's been a long time since their last ball. She smiled and touched the window, tiny spirals of frost coming out of her palm.
Elsa looked shocked, and withdrew her hand quickly. She had never done that before. What shocked her the most was the writing on it: Hello
She held her hand to her chest and walked away, stupefied of what happened.
A ghost? she thought walking to the ballroom to inform the servants of the ball. No. Don't be ridiculous, Elsa. There's no such thing as ghosts.
Her trail of thoughts were cut short by Anna's excited squeal. "We're having a party?" She asked, beaming at her sister.
Elsa smiled back nervously and nodded.
Anna tilted her head as her smile faded "What's wrong?" She asked, seeing through Elsa's smile.
Elsa sighed "It's nothing, Anna, really" she went for the smile again.
She looked at her suspiciously "Hmm.. If you say so." She said.
"Yes. Now, what are you doing here?"
"Oh I was looking for Kristoff, have you seen him?"
"No, not at all."
And with that, Anna was off. Elsa walked to her room, as the strong wind made her hair fly behind her.
She continued to walk until she reached her room. That's when the realization hit her. how was there strong wind in the hall?, she thought. Another strong wind rushed in her room just before she fully closed the door.
She nervously laughed at herself "I'm just probably ima—" She saw a wisp of white by her balcony door. She stood frozen in place. "W-who's there?" She demanded.
No answer.
"Show yourself!"
Still no answer.
Elsa sighed, calming down. So it was her imagination.
There was a knock at her door. "Elsa? Are you okay in there? You're acting weird." It was Anna.
"Yeah. Yeah, I'm okay." Elsa said through the door.
"Umm, can I come in?"
"Oh sure, go ahead."
There was a click on the doorknob, and it opened revealing Anna and Olaf. "So," she smiled at her. "Me and Olaf had decided that we'd plan the ball! You really need a break sometimes, Elsa. I mean it's been three years since you've got to be... Well, free."
The idea of taking a break was wonderful, but she still had a lot to do. "Don't be ridiculous be ridiculous! I've had a fair share of brakes already," Elsa laughed.
Anna raised an eyebrow, and crossed her arms. "For example?"
Elsa opened her mouth to give one, but she had nothing. "Besides, I still have a lot of papers to go through." She reasoned.
"You said you were already ahead!" Anna complained. "You need to go outside sometime, maybe go to the ice castle or something." She Whined. "Me and Olaf would take care of things."
"Yeah! And you could be back by the day after tomorrow, right in time for the party!" Olaf said, smiling "And Marshmallow misses you!"
Anna took her sister's hands."It'll be alright. We won't mess things up. I promise."
Elsa felt another rush of wind and remembered the ghost. "Well... Okay, but I'll be back shortly."
Anna jumped and beamed at her "You want us to bring you there?"
"The party, Anna."
She giggled. "Okay, okay. I promise it'll be just perfect!" She clapped her hands together and said excitedly, "Ooh this is going to be great!" With that, she was off.
Elsa rubbed her temples, grinning slightly. "Oh Anna," she chuckled.
Marshmallow suddenly awoke from its deep sleep at the sight of its creator, the Snow Queen, Elsa. "Hey there big guy, how've you been?" Elsa said as she walked up the stairs to her castle.
"Hello," it said, with what looked like a smile on its face.
"Nice to see you," she smiled, reaching her hand out to the giant snowman.
"Mhmm," it nodded as if to say, nice to see you too, and placing his finger on Elsa's palm.
Elsa continued to walk up the steps and got in, waving at Marshmallow. The doors shut close and she turned around, just in time to catch a glimpse of the same white hair as the one she saw at her room.
She gasped and quickly ran to follow the figure. Once she got by the stairs, it disappeared again. "What?" She tilted her head.
She shrugged and calmly climbed up the stairs to the balcony. She felt a series of memories rush into her mind as she saw the broken chandelier still lying where it had broken three years ago.
Elsa's face turned sad and she remembered the two men who tried to kill her. The spikes were there, but they were cut off to get the man out of it, she supposed. The door to the balcony was still broken, a huge block of ice near the edge of it. She remembered the storm in Arendelle, and how Anna sacrificed herself just to save her.
The room was still blackish yellow. Elsa felt snow swirling around her. As the years passed, she learned that the flurry that appears around her when she's upset was a protection.
She thought of how she was all ready to die. She remembered hearing Hans unsheathe his sword, and her not caring if she died. She thought she deserved it then, it was for Anna, who—she thought— was dead. She remembered the warm rush of blood as she heard Anna's voice, and the fear she felt when she saw Anna frozen before her. She would've never forgiven herself if Anna never went back to normal.
She shook the memories off, inhaling deeply and exhaling once. "The past is in the past," She reminded herself "All is well now." She reassured herself.
With a wave of her hand, she fixed the chandelier, thawed out the spikes, and fixed the door and the balcony itself. She added some few touches, some furnishing to make the place more livable. A table and some chairs, a new bedroom. Sitting down on the bed, she took in her surroundings, admiring her own work.
Nothing could possibly disturb her now. Elsa looked at her hands."Why do I have you? Why do i have these kind of powers? Is this a curse?"
If there was anything that the ice castle did, it was remind her of her past. Her parents, and Anna. She again reminisced her past, getting the horrible news that her parents didn't make it. Then it struck her — What if their parents were still actually alive? What if they didn't actually drown? They never actually found the body, didn't they? But she shook her head and dismissed the nostalgia.
She created human-sized ice statues of herself, Anna and her parents at the side of the room. "If only you were still alive," she whispered, looking down on her feet.
She tried to make them move, but only succeeded on making the Elsa statue move. She sighed and laughed. It actually felt nice to be at the castle.
"Impressive," a male voice said.
