Elsa Arendelle silently watched the snowflakes fall through the window, attempting to ignore the blabbering girls occupying the table next over. Elsa fixated herself on the window beside her, willing her thoughts to drift anywhere, anywhere but there, but to no avail. Elsa began to wonder what life would be like without her.

She glanced to her little sister, Anna, across the cafeteria. She was hugging her friends and saying goodbyes, tears apparent in all of their eyes.

It had been only two weeks since their parents had passed away, a result of a cruise ship incident. Now the girls were being forced to transfer from their current home in Washington, to live with their aunt and uncle in California.

Its not like Elsa was too upset about the aspect of moving, unlike her sister. It wasn't like Elsa had friends here anyways.

Elsa was pulled out of her thoughts by a light tap on her shoulder. She turned around to see one of Anna's friends, Toothiana. The petite girl plopped down next to Elsa, her multicolored hair bouncing around her shoulders.

"Are you alright? You looked kinda..." The small girl looked like she was trying to find the right word. "...lonely."

Elsa stared wide-eyed at Toothiana. Her eyes were sincere, and sympathetic. Yes, Elsa wanted to say so much, like how she wanted to jump off of a bridge or fall asleep and never wake up.

But then, the words of her father echoed in her mind. "Conceal it, don't feel it. Don't let it show." He had told her gently yet sternly.

"I'm fine. Just tired is all." Elsa smiled, but it wasn't genuine.

Toothiana didn't buy it one bit. Her mouth opened, but was interrupted by the raspy voice of Principle Wessleton.

"Miss Elsa, your aunt and uncle are here." Elsa sighed and stood up, still not out of her depressed thoughts. She walked out the door, refusing to look back as she exited the cafeteria and entered the empty and quiet hallway. She could faintly hear Anna trailing behind her. Anna speed walked until she met Elsa's pace.

"So...W-what do you think the weather will be like?" Anna stared hopefully at her sister, hoping she would speak.

"I don't know, hot. It's California, Anna." Elsa said tiredly.

"Oh. Right." Anna sighed, remembering they were leaving Washington. But Anna loved summer, so she didn't care much. She figured Elsa would, considering how much Elsa loved winter. The awkward silence ended when they turned to the end of the hallway, towards the main entrance.

"Look at you two! All big!" The girls' aunt, Primrose, fawned over them, while the sisters stood, unsure of what to do. Her deep green eyes shone with excitement. "I haven't seen you two since you were this tall!" Primrose took her hand and showed the average height of a toddler. Their uncle, Thomas, smiled at them warmly.

Rapunzel, their cousin, waved at them excitedly. "Your luggage is in the car." She was Anna's age, and was beautiful to say the least. She had the same brown hair as her mother, only it was pixie cut, framing her face. Her denim shorts looked foreign in the late winter weather of Washington. This only reminded Elsa more of where they would be going.

"Alrighty then," Thomas spoke up. "We've got a long drive ahead of us, we should get going." Anna and Elsa took a glance at each other, before following them out the door.

Saying the van was large would be an understatement. It had a grand total of three rows of seats, yet Primrose had insisted they all sit in the same row, with Rapunzel in the middle. Elsa preferred to stay quiet during the drive, but Rapunzel and Anna wear the same age and had a lot in common. They almost instantly became best friends.

Elsa stared out the window, kissing the snowflakes goodbye. She attempted to think of the positives, but found none. Elsa glanced at Rapunzel and Anna, chirping away excitedly about different things. School, friends, things Elsa couldn't catch. Maybe Rapunzel can be the sister Anna deserves.

Ever since the day Elsa was born, she was a burden. She had been born premature, and had had many health problems as a result. Later in her life, the doctors had thought she was... different. Elsa had serious schizophrenia. She saw things, heard things. She remembers seeing snow come out of her hands, and somehow hurting her sister. After that, her parents didn't want her around Anna, but loved her just the same. Over the years, Elsa's daily schizophrenia calmed down tremendously, but only made her annual episodes nearly ten times worse. Whenever Elsa got very stressed or strained emotionally, she would have very long episodes, opting her to stay alone, and choose not to feel anything. Anna knew something was always off, always heard doctors say different things, how her parents had said that Elsa 'Needed to go away for a bit.', and so on. Anna never truly understood the severity of it, and still dosen't.

After hours of driving and a few rest stops, they arrived. Anna and Rapunzel jumped out immediately, Rapunzel blabbering on about things Elsa couldn't catch. Elsa stared at the large house. It was completely stone, and no doubt beautiful, but very different from their old wooden house back home. Elsa grabbed her snowflake print luggage from the trunk and headed up the driveway. Elsa's sweater suddenly felt very hot and heavy in the California evening air.

Their uncle was busy talking on his phone to some business executive, while Primrose talked excitedly about the house, the weather, the neighbors, just about everything.

'Wow, like mother like daughter.' Elsa thought. When Elsa entered the house, she marveled at the interior design. Elsa had always had a deep appreciation for architecture, she had often watched her father design blueprints for different buildings, and was fascinated by it. She didn't have much time to appreciate it before she was yanked by Rapunzel and Anna up the stairs. 'Uh oh. Stairs.' Elsa began thinking about Anna, who always was a bit clumsy. Elsa hoped Anna wouldn't fall anytime soon.

Rapunzel led Elsa to her room and pointed at the door proudly. Elsa gasped at the door, painted with an array of snowflakes in blues, purples, and silvers, with Elsa's name in cursive in the middle.

"Do you like it?" Rapunzel said hopefully.

"You made this yourself?" Elsa whispered as she lightly traced her fingers across the door.

"Yeah..." Rapunzel looked shy. "I love to paint."

"Really?! Anna spoke up. "Elsa is really good at drawing!"

"You are?" Rapunzel looked at Elsa, interest shining in her large green eyes. Now it was Elsa's turn to be shy.

"I-I wouldn't say I'm good..." Elsa hated being the center of attention.

"Oh, whatever, Elsa." Anna said jokingly.

Elsa opened her door and looked inside the room. It was mostly plain, a decent sized bed with a white comforter, a black desk with a lamp, and a large window with light blue curtains.

"I'll let you get settled." Rapunzel closed the door and walked Anna to her door, which was much like Elsa's, only painted with an array of flowers in greens, yellows, and pinks.

"She doesn't talk much does she?" Rapunzel referred to Elsa.

"No, not really." Anna laughed. "I'm surprised you got her to talk at all."

Rapunzel kept her serious tone. Her voice softened. "She's not taking it very well, is she?" It was hardly a question.

Anna's smile fell. "No. She wouldn't even come to the funeral. I thought she was depressed before," Anna let out a sigh of distaste, her walls coming down. Tears began to well in Anna's eyes. "I can't get her to talk to me. She eats less and less, and her eyes, they're just... dull."

"Y'know, I'm no expert, but maybe she needs medical attention. She's so thin... his can't be healthy." Rapunzel whispered.

"Elsa was in a mental hospital when we were younger. Apparently she had schizophrenia, and was 'violent and troubled'," Anna mocked the sounds of the doctors she often heard as a little girl. "Then one day, she... hurt me, I guess, and never forgave herself for it." Anna's voice began to give out, and tears started to fall down her freckled cheeks.

"Hey, now." grabbed Anna's shoulders. "No crying." Rapunzel frowned. "Dinner is in half an hour, we're having hazelnut soup!" Anna sniffed and smiled, hugging and thanking Rapunzel. Anna released her and they parted ways. Anna went into her flower-painted door, and Rapunzel went to her sun-painted one.

Meanwhile, Elsa had just finished putting up her clothes and setting up her laptop. Elsa searched through her bag until she found the little bottle of NyQuill, and downed more then what she deemed was healthy. She closed her eyes and was asleep almost instantly.