A/N: Heey~ So, this is my attempt to write a sequel to Frozen, in my own way of course. A few things you should keep in mind. I wrote this under the assumption that Elsa and Anna are only a couple years apart. So, 2 years after Elsa came of age, now Anna is as well. And also, for the first chapter, I wrote separate parts for both girls, Anna normal and Elsa in italics, at least at first, at the same time. I may keep this trend if it works with the writing. May add a third, underlined... but, spoilers! Enjoy.

The legend goes, the land shall be shrouded in darkness and cursed with unending winter. The people of Arendelle never believed it, never had a reason to believe it, until their ice queen rose to the throne and nearly froze the land. The prophecy appeared to be coming true, but, it wasn't complete. Everyone focused on the unending winter, but forgot about the darkness. The future the trolls predicted still may come true, but, so long as there is light, the people of Arendelle rest easy.

Ships arrive in the port everyday, bringing new faces of travelers and goods from all over the world. The once small town grew three times its size, more and more families settling down. But, even the Queen and the Princess both know that the peace can't last. Each new family brings the potential of more crime to the town. Though nothing big has happened since the snow in summer incident, they brace themselves for whatever may come.

"Oh my gosh! This is terrible!"

Even if it is the most ridiculous.

"I know it, I saw it! It can't happen now!" Princess Anna stood in front of her vanity mirror, staring at her own reflection, a great frown creasing her face. She pulled her bangs to the side, brushing her hair this way and that, "Oh its no use!" she exclaimed, sitting on her stool with a huff, "There's no time before the party and I know I saw a gray hair!"

"Your highness? Is everything alright?" a voice called from the hall outside her bedroom door. It was the butler, he'd been waiting for her to finish her freak out for roughly twenty minutes, "Should I fetch the Queen again?"

"No!" Anna responded, almost too quickly. She sighed, wrapping her hair up in a bun, "No, she's busy enough. I'm on my way down now. I promise this time!"

The butler sighed silently, but smiled despite himself, "Very well, miss. Don't be late now."

Anna sighed as he walked away, leaving her in the quiet. She stared at her own reflection again, this time seeing the time that had flown by. It had been 2 years since she had truly reconnected with her older sister. Where had the time gone? She smiled, brushing a piece of hair back, and stood.

"Can't let anymore time slip by." she told herself as she slipped into her evening gown and opened the door.

"Anna!" a voice called as she started to walk down the hall. Glancing back, she noticed the little snow cloud first, and smiled at the little snowman with the big carrot nose as he ran up to her with his one tooth grin, "I've been looking everywhere!"

Anna just smiled at him, "What is it, Olaf? Did you lose another coal button?" she teased him.

Olaf hesitated just a moment, then looked down at his little body, "One, two." he counted the coals. He looked up at her and smiled, "No, they're accounted for."

"Then what is it?"

"Kristoff was looking for you."

Anna couldn't help the blush as she smiled. Yes, the two years with Kristoff really had flown by, too. He lived with them in the castle, but still spent more time, especially in the winter, in the mountains with his troll family.

"He came back? Where is he?" Anna asked, sounding just a little too eager.

Olaf laughed and turned, "I'll show you!" he exclaimed as he ran off down the hall, his snow flurry above him keeping up effortlessly.

Anna giggled and ran after him, only tripping a step before holding her dress as she ran. The two ran faster down the hall, towards the center of the castle. Olaf led her through rooms, down staircases, and back up again. Two years and even he still gets lost, Anna thought with a giggle.

As they ran, the euphoria began to wear off, Anna wondering where the little snowman was leading her. When he stopped outside a door, her heart all but stopped. Olaf turned to her and just smiled, "He was in here. I think he still is."

Anna stared at the doorway. Since the town was nearly frozen alive, they had dedicated the first second floor, west wing to the sick and injured, as a sort of makeshift hospital. There weren't many doctors, but there were enough to keep the people healthy and safe. Staring at the door, Anna felt a fear she hadn't for so long.

"Well? Aren't you gonna go in?" Olaf's voice pierced through the darkness in her mind.

She quickly shook her head and hesitantly opened the door. She pushed it open and peeked inside. There were a few helpers hurrying back and forth. One sitting beside a couple of filing cabinets in the front saw Anna and just pointed down the row of beds. Anna looked down, her fear growing as she walked down the path. All of the beds on this side were empty and neat, except one near the end. Anna stopped at the end of the bed and gasped.

"K... Kristoff?" she whispered, tears welling in her eyes.

His face and head were completely wrapped in bandages, cuts covering his arms and legs as a nurse tended to him. His left leg was bent out awkwardly, and his breathing seemed shallow. Another nurse rushed over with a doctor and they both took each side of his leg.

"We have to set his leg straight. Do you have the splint?"

"Yes. Ready when you are."

"On three. One... two... three!"

There was a sickening cracking sound, as well as a couple of screams, one from the man in the bed, and one from Anna as a hand grasped her shoulder.

Everything has to be perfect, Queen Elsa thought.

She stood alone in the ballroom, spinning here and there as little snowflakes decorated the walls and hung suspended in the air. It was beautiful, and magical. The kind of decorations worthy of this party.

She thought back over the two years that had passed. It had been hard work to get her kingdom stable again, but with Anna and Kristoff at her side, they managed to keep the peace day in and day out. Since they had lost their biggest trading partner in Weselton, they had lost a lot of the money that had been coming in and going out. Even now, they were still suffering from cutbacks.

"Don't think of it now, Elsa." she mumbled under her breath. She tried to take a deep breath, but the stress began to well up in side of her again. She ended up with a sigh and shook her head. She quickly turned, walking out of the ballroom as the floor began to turn icy under her feet. Even knowing how to undo the problems her freezing abilities cause, Elsa still found it difficult to control her emotions. Each day she was doing better, thanks to Anna's support, but, as stress built up, she couldn't help wondering what she would have done if it weren't for her sister.

She shook her head again as she walked down the hall. No negativity! She scolded herself, Everything must be perfect!

"Your majesty,"their butler, Castor, approached then, bowing a little.

"Has she emerged yet?" Elsa asked, a smile breaking the fog in her mind.

"She has. Sir Olaf managed to get her to come out. But, there is something else."

Elsa looked at him, keeping her cool head, "What else?"

"A young man was brought down from the mountains. His dressing appeared quite regal, but no one can seem to identify him. He's been injured quite terribly."

The curiosity popped up inside Elsa. She nodded, "Alright. I will go and see him then," she looked ahead and proceeded down the hall, towards the infirmary.

"Very good, miss." Castor said, bowing his head again.

A young man in regal clothing? Elsa thought, Brought down from the mountains? There wasn't anyway that any normally royalty from other countries would just be wandering around up there unless they were hunting. Which, even then, they would have had to come through the port first. Unless they came from the other side of the mountain.

Elsa straightened up, could it be someone whose come to spy on them? Someone who wished to take the kingdom away by force, as the youngest prince of the Southern Isles had tried years earlier? No, surely word had spread by now that that would not be wise at all.

As she reached the infirmary door, she saw Olaf standing outside, peeking in. She smiled, "Keeping watch, Olaf?"

Olaf looked up at her and smiled, "They won't let me go in because I'm so cold."

Elsa couldn't help but laugh just a little, "I know." She patted his head and pushed the door open, stepping inside. As she did, she heard a couple of terrible screams, one male and one female. She blinked, recognizing the woman, "Anna?"

Just as she began to wonder, Anna came hurrying back up the aisle towards her, "Elsa! Oh its so terrible!" she sobbed, throwing herself—or tripping, it was hard to tell the difference with Anna—into her arms.

Elsa just held her up as she cried, trying to calm her down, "Easy, easy, what is it Anna? Whats wrong?"

Anna rubbed her eyes, looking up at Elsa, "Elsa... Kristoff... he..." she sniffled, tearing up again.

"What about me?"

Anna blinked and stood up straight, looking back. Elsa looked up too as Kristoff walked up to them from the direction Anna had run from. He looked confused, a little banged up, but otherwise fine.

"Kristoff! You're alright!" Anna exclaimed in relief, hurrying to him and hugging him tight.

Kristoff smiled, laughing a little, "I tried to tell you," he said, holding her close, "but you screamed in my face and ran off. What were you doing down there anyway?"

Elsa glanced over their shoulders to the bed with the man in it. The doctor was busy wrapping his leg up tight and bandaging the rest of his wounds. She stepped a bit closer to get a better look. He did indeed wear noble clothing adorned with golden buttons and a coat of arms on his shoulder. It was clear even to her that he was wealthy, despite the ragged condition he seemed to be in.

"Olaf said you were in here. I saw this big guy all wrapped up and I guess I panicked."

Elsa smiled, rolling her eyes. Anna always had a way of exaggerating. Of course, her worry could have been clouding her judgement. The one in the bed was nowhere near as muscular as Kristoff. But, he had black hair. How could she miss that?

"You think that scrawny little twig looks like me?"

"Well... at a glance..."

Just then, the man groaned in pain. The doctor turned to them, "I'm sorry, your majesty. But, he does need to rest."

Elsa nodded, "Let me know as soon as he is well enough to speak."

The doctor nodded and Elsa led Kristoff and Anna back out into the hall, "What was he doing up in the mountain?" Elsa asked Kristoff, leading the way down the hall towards the study.

Kristoff shrugged, "I couldn't tell you. I found him all beat up, figured he was here on business or something."

"What were YOU doing up in the mountains? Visiting your family?"Anna asked, her curiosity coloring her tone.

"Yeah, Grandpa Troll wanted to talk to me about something. And, I actually should tell you both."

Elsa glanced from side to side as they turned down a side hall. She looked at a servant who was passing, "We will be in the study. No meetings unless they are urgent." The servant nodded and went back to his work. Elsa stepped inside the door and looked at the two of them, "Tell me what he said."

Kristoff folded his arms, "Well, he said pretty much the same stuff, about the prophecy and the sword sacrifice, I don't know, it doesn't make much sense."

Anna looked confused, "But, I thought after we stopped Elsa from freezing the world that that would have proven the prophecy was wrong?"

Elsa closed her eyes, controling her sudden fit of irritation at Anna. She knew she was just making a point, but she hated to be called the prophecy. She was clearly not the one who would plunge the world into an unending winter. She just had to try harder to control her power.

Kristoff shook his head, "That's just it, he says this is a prophecy that is more definite than the coming of tomorrow. It is going to happen, and its going to happen soon."

Elsa looked at him, "Okay, so what exactly does the prohpecy say?" she asked. This was all getting out of hand, there had to be some sort of loophole to the whole thing.

Kristoff cleared his throat and looked up as he recalled the whole thing, "'Your future is bleak, you kingdom with splinter, your land shall be cursed, with unending Winter. With blasts of cold and dark arts, and a ruler with a frozen heart. Then all will perish in snow and ice, unless you are freed with a sword sacrifice.'"

Elsa tensed a little, keeping her eyes on Kristoff as he recited the prophecy. It was clear to her why everyone seemed to think she really had been the prophecy. But, it all sounded so ridiculous.

"What's a sword sacrifice?" Anna asked.

Kristoff shrugged, "I'm not a hundred percent sure. To me, it sounds like," he stuck his tongue out and slid his thumb across his neck.

Anna blinked, "What?! That's complete madness!"

Kristoff shrugged, "I don't really believe its true. Dark arts and a frozen heart? If not for Elsa's powers, this could be some fictional story."

Elsa looked at him, narrowing her eyes, "Are you saying you think it could be me?"

He shook his head, "N-No! I mean, that is to say... You're cold... but not in a way that you hate your people! Your powers are just incredible."

Anna nodded, smiling at her sister, "And besides, we won't let you get to that dark place again. You have control over your powers, and we intend to keep you that way," she teased her with a laugh. Elsa cracked a smile, but she couldn't laugh with her. The whole situation was very unsettling. There had to be something else. There had to be something they were missing. Why wasn't the prophecy fulfilled before? What was missing that could be around now?

"Anyway, I left Sven outside in the market. I better get him something to eat before he eats the farmers out of house and home."

Anna smiled at him, the way anyone would as they watch their loved one return home from a war, "You won't be far, right?" she asked him.

Kristoff smiled back at her and ruffled her hair, "Don't worry, I wouldn't miss this party for anything in the world." he kissed her forehead and headed out the door.

Anna sighed, melting in her dress like ice in the sun. Elsa couldn't help but smile at her. Naive as she was, she had to admit that Anna did have everything she dreamed. Friends, a guy who paid attention to her the way she deserved, and her sister in her life.

"Oh, before I forget," Elsa turned and walked over to the desk, pulling the drawers out as she looked for something. Anna watched her curiously, her head tilted to the side. After a few more drawers, Elsa pulled a box out and walked back over to her, smiling warmly, "For you. Happy birthday, little sister."

Anna smiled, "Oh Elsa, you know you don't have to do that!" she looked down and oped the box, immediately gasping, "Oh its beautiful!" She took the chain out of the box, a small crystal hanging from the end.

Elsa smiled, "Its a real ice crystal. You know, the kind that doesn't melt against your skin. And look," she pulled her over to the window and let the crystal hang in the light, as it cast rainbows against the wall shaped like snowflakes, "the magic comes from the light," She tied the chain around Anna's neck.

Anna smiled and hugged her, "Thank you, I love it!" she gushed, "It reminds me so much of you. Now, I can have a piece of you all the time! Well, you know, not LITERALLY a piece. But... Ah, you know."

The girls both laughed. The awkwardness of the moment was comforting to them both. It was the kind of feeling they were used to. Even though they had both been separated most of their lives, that never stopped them from being able to reconnect. And things were all going well.

"Come on, the guests should be arriving soon." Elsa said, locking her arm with Anna's.

Anna smiled and nodded, "Right! Just be careful I don't drag you down. I think this dress is a bit too long."

Elsa just smiled, "You look beautiful."

"Even with the gray hair?" Anna frowned, still focused on that hair she saw.

Elsa shook her head, "Anna, you haven't had any white hair for years now."

Anna smiled at her, "Oh, Elsa! I love you."

They both laughed and giggled as they walked towards the ballroom. They could hear the chatter coming from inside now. Few guests had managed to arrive earlier and were chatting among themselves. As the servants opened the double doors, Anna blushed in embarrassment and smiled around the room.

"Happy birthday, Princess Anna!"