Did you know, that each and every snowflake is different in its own way? Never are they exactly the same. They are like you and me. All unique in our own way. They almost have lives like us. They form, travel far or near, but they all slowly float down until they hit the ground and eventually melt. I'll tell you a story before and after the one you already know.
The clattering of little feet could be heard as a group of five children ran throughout the streets of Arendelle.
"Your it!" One boy exclaimed as he tapped the kid with the red hair.
"Hey!" He yelled back before he ran after him. Children were running around, doing...well children stuff!
Two girls came out, one was anxious to meet other kids. The other, not so much. She was worried about her powers and what people would think about her.
"C'mon Elsa!" The little one said before grabbing her hand and pulling her across the bridge to the other children. Two brothers stopped to see them from a distance.
"Who are they Wilhelm?" A very young boy asked, he still had a gap in his teeth.
"I don't know Peter. Wizards." Wilhelm shrugged.
The redhead boy finally caught up to a young blonde girl.
"Got you Kath!" He exclaimed.
"But I'm not even playing Chris!" Kath exclaimed.
"In that case, GOT YOU ZACH!" Chris exclaimed before tagging the biggest of the group.
Zach then chased after Chris, he could. Chris kept dodging and weaving before running towards the bridge, that was a mistake. He could outmaneuver Zach, but not outrun him. Zach slowly reached up to him before shoving him to the ground. The redhead slid along the stone floor right up to the feet of the two girls.
Chris awkwardly looked up at the two staring down at him. He quickly stood up and brushed the dirt off him.
"H-Hi." He waved. A bit nervous, he wasn't normally used to being near girls.
"Hi! Who are you?" Anna asked with a smile of her trademark extroverted behavior as well returning the wave.
Elsa gave him a look of her trademark chill.
"My name's Chris." He answered before the rest of the kids came to see what was going on.
"I'm Anna!" She replied.
"Nice to meet you Anna." Chris said.
"And this is my sister Elsa." Anna introduced.
"Cool, this is Kath, Zach, Wilhelm and Peter." Chris returned the introduction, each of the children saying their own version of hello and waving.
"What do you wanna play?" Anna asked. They all shrugged.
"How about a game I'd like to call, snowday." Elsa spoke up.
The game was simple, just have fun with snow. Elsa would make it snow in one particular part of the woods when nobody noticed during the night. The children would sneak out of their homes or wherever they were every night and would wait outside the gates. Then they would sneak to the woods. It was a winter wonderland always.
One time the sisters made the boys have snowball fight for their "fair maidens", (obviously the whole idea was from Anna) The last two standing would then have to fight again and whoever was the last one standing would get a kiss. (Of which some boys hated because of..."cooties") Wilhelm won first and chose Elsa. Zach ended up with Anna. He didn't even really win. He just threw a snowball at Peter as the boy got Chris.
"Everyone close your eyes!" Elsa exclaimed. She was not going to put up with this.
She just held her thumb and index finger out like a pair of lips and put it up to an eyes-closed Wilhelm. Wilhelm thought he just kissed a girl, and a princess! Imagine what all the other kids on the streets would say. Zach stood there like a watching champion. Chris and Peter sat in their defeat and held their eyes closed like ordered. Chris peeked to see Zach trying to keep Anna away.
Another time, Elsa had to stay home. Zach decided to have a snowball fight between redheads and brunettes. Peter, who was a redhead, preferred his brother over Chris and Anna. So now the redheads were down to 2 against 3. Though they were outnumbered and outgunned, Anna and Chris held off the other three and ascended to victory.
"Yay!" Anna exclaimed as Chris did a silent celebration.
"Fist bump!" Anna exclaimed as she held out her fist. Chris replied with his fist out. Anna soon slammed her fist into her friend's.
"Ow!" Chris winced, pulling back his hand and looking at the girl sternly. Anna laughed.
"Sorry, I was just messing with you. Again?" She asked with a grin, gently holding out her hand for a related fist bump.
Chris hesitated before gently returning the fist. Anna smiled. Chris returned a nervous smirk. That was when a close friendship was made. One that lasted until the next event.
On one night, the aurora borealis was about, and the five were were waiting anxiously and patiently. They waited...and waited...and waited. But the two sisters weren't coming out.
"Why aren't they here yet?" Kath asked.
"Maybe they're just getting ready." Wilhelm tried to give excuses.
"Hey! Go away! Don't you know the gates are closed from now on?!" A guard shouted.
"What?!" Chris asked in disbelief.
"You heard me! Gates are closed from now on! Now go away!" The guard snapped before disappearing from their sight.
Peter left, then after a while Zach left too after giving a pat on the redhead as well as Wilhelm. Soon Kath, all with their heads down. Chris and Wilhelm stood, looking at the castle window where the two sisters would normally have their study. Wilhelm patted Chris' shoulder lightly before walking away slowly. The redhead had a slightly furrowed brow with a most blank but noticeably sad expression. He stood there, the last one before slowly walking away. He had no idea Elsa was watching from her study