Once upon a time, just a day after the Great Thaw...


Emotional Vulnerability was a term Elsa had grown familiar with in recent times. It wasn't a true term per se, but the words fit so perfectly together to describe herself and how she behaved in the past. Thanks to specific events, she had experienced more than thirteen years and seventeen hours of Emotional Vulnerability.. The woman berated herself for that; how she irrationally she'd acted in those last seventeen hours; running away from her life and into the unknown world.

Elsa asked herself all too often why she ran from Arendelle when Anna discovered her...her curse. When Anna stood there with her glove, the queen had simply bolted out of the doors and then into the crowd gathered for her. Instead of trying to calm herself down, Elsa could only think of the damage her curse had done to Anna. And then she traveled across the fjord into the wilderness like an imbecile. Yes, Elsa had called herself that in her mind and believed it. She felt so stupid for rushing into the wilderness blindly, knowing now that she could have been easily found by a wild animal. Or a person or person(s) who would take advantage of her meek and terrified feelings at that time; she didn't show it but Elsa knew she was easily intimidated and a scared person or a person with shaky confidence was easiest to control. A fiend could have discovered her the way a devilish snake could have found a helpless mouse, using false words to soothe her into a fragile sense of security. Then that fiend could have stolen something of value to her, wether physical or in much worse ways. Elsa could have been killed in that forest by a thief, and no one would know of the foolish woman's fate.

And she knew that wasn't the worst part about running away; she put others in grave danger because she was scared of her loving sister's reaction.. In fact, Anna could have died from the wolves of Arendelle in the forest or encounter a fiend that Elsa did not. Anna could have been left with Hans had he been able to convince her to stay instead of leaving to search for Elsa and she would have been married to an abusive, cruel husband that didn't deserve her sister. Arendelle would be held in the grip of a tyrant and an arrogant fool, because of her. The thought of someone destroying her sister's innocence and making her submissive was enough to send a shiver down her spine, to bring the prick of tears to her eyes.

Yes, leaving the grounds of Arendelle was the worst mistake of her life, this she knew for a fact. And Elsa also knew she would never forgive herself for it.

A sudden knock jolted Elsa out of her thoughts, and she suddenly remembered that she was in her dormitory, sitting in the comfy sofa to study a few was all Elsa had done much of since she'd freed Arendelle from a cold death, and she wanted to do it. Most of the papers were concerning apologies to farmers; Farmers who lost their crops because of her wintery curse. There were even a few families that had sickly members pass away because they could not survive the temperatures. There had been at least two riots in the courtyard, and only one of them ended without violence.

The knock was heard again, and Elsa blinked blearily. Before she could speak or move, the door opened and revealed a not too friendly face that walked in. She recognized him as Octavius, her chief advisor as of recent times, as the last chief advisor took for retirement. Octavious was a middle aged man, one with a very tall build and a slightly bald head. His clothing was sharply ironed, while his gaze was a scorning and piercing one. She suddenly wished she'd moved to the door sooner.

"Um...er...Good evening Octavious." Elsa stuttered as usual, watching as he stalked up to her desk and never pulled his eyes off of her. "Is th-there something I can do- I-I mean, help y-you with?"

"Apparently NOT." He spat, gesturing to the papers on her desk with a single blink. "I see you have hardly touched these papers, My Queen."

Elsa remembered the sheets she had to look over. "O-Oh! Right. Heh heh...erm..." She frantically scooped up a sheet, timidly shrinking in her chair under his eyes. "M-My apologies, Octavious...I was distracted b-by d-daydreams I suppose..."

" There was once a king who had angered a mob because he had not signed an agreement over trade. They all stormed up to his door, angry at the king and wishing to dethrone him." The man told her, walking behind her almost arrogantly and placing his hands on her exposed shoulders. "And he told them all that he had merely been lost in thought...and they all left him be...Hmm. Tell me, My Queen, Do you believe that tale?"

While he hadn't done anything to cause harm to shoulders, Elsa wasn't at all comfortable with this. His voice was above her, but she couldn't bring herself to look up at him. She stared down at her desk, quietly and seriously. "...n-no, Sir."

"Precisely. Any Monarch with that response would be dethroned and possibly worse. You would not want to lose your position having gained it so recently, now would you?"

She wished she could sink lower in her chair, so she could escape again in anyway. But escaping nearly killed her before."N-No Sir..."

"And you wouldn't want Arendelle to be without a ruler, would you? "

Elsa bit her bottom lip for a moment, before swallowing. "N-No Sir."

"So you're not going to childishly daydream, and instead you're going to do what you must do?"

"...y-yes Sir."

He made a small sound of approval and released her shoulders, walking over to the door of the room and pausing as he opened it up. He frowned at her, although one could say it was a light scowl. "Do what you're supposed to is what I advise, My Queen. The kingdom has no room for more mistakes... Not after after your recent ones."

He left slowly, closing the door behind himself and making his footsteps more and more quiet as he considered his final words with a dull ache in her chest beginning to grow. She'd realized that this ache was her own heart, after the memories if her mistakes set in. She'd made so many besides just running away and endangering those closest to her. Elsa sighed and reached up to rub the bridge of her nose.


"No, Anna!" Elsa's eyes were brimming with tears as she disappeared from her sister's view. In many ways she wished she could dissapear altogether and never be bothered. "I-I'm just trying to protect you..."

"You don't have to! I'm not afraid!" Anna told her as she jogged up the stairs, smiling softly after her."Please don't shut me out again! Please don't slam the door!"

Elsa noticed Anna had reached the top and began to climb the other set of stairs in a hurry. Why couldn't Anna leave? After all that time she spent away from her little sister, why wasn't she angrier than now? She knew she deserved any harshness her sister through at her.

"you don't have to keep your distance anymooooore! Cause for the first time in forever, I finally understand!" Anna raced after her and elevated her voice."For the first time in forever! We can fix this hand in hand! We can head down this mountain! You don't have to live in feeear!"

Elsa slowed to a halt in one of her rooms, staring out at the balcony from 18 feet away. Elsa stopped at the doorway. Her sibling just didn't understand this the way Elsa did, the threat of her curse and how it acted at random without control. "Cause for the first time in foreveeer, I'll be right hereeee!"

"A-Anna..." Elsa turned around and gave a sad smile, believing that she could perhaps reason with the princess. "Please go back hooome...your life awaits! Go enjoy the sun and open up thee gates.

" Yeah, but —"

"I know. You mean weeeell, but leave me beeee..." Elsa frowned again as she walked towards the balcony and sighed in the Setting sun. She had walked out into the light of day when the sun first came up, and the memory of being so confident came back to her. "Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and freeee."

When Anna came to her side, Elsa flinched and walked away from her sadly before any harm could be done. "Just stay away and you'll be safe from meeee..."

Anna cringed." Actually we're not..."

"What do you mean you're not?" Elsa turned around, her confusement masking the sadness.

"I get the feeling you don't knooow..." Anna gulped.

" And What do I not knoow?"

"Weell..." Anna nervously started. "Arendelle's in deep, deep, deep, deep... snooow."

Elsa trembled with shock and horror. She had been more of a fool than she realized! How could she have disregarded the snow around the mountain as regular snow? How could she have ignored Arendelle in the distance? "... What?!"

"You've kind of set off an eternal winter... Everywhere."

"EVERYWHERE?!" Elsa's heart skipped a beat at those words. The temperature of the room decreased dramatically.

"Well, it's okay," Anna reassured her. "you can just unfreeze it!"

Elsa shook her head and walked away from her sister again, crestfallen. "I-I can't, I — I don't know how!

"Sure you can! I know you can!" Anna began to follow her.

The two now tried to explain to each other of what could and could not happen all at once, singing over each other as best as they could. Frustration was building inside of Elsa's chest, making her face strain with the stress she bore.

"Cause for the first time in foreveeeer..." Anna smiled and tried reaching out for her.

"Oooooooh, I'm such a FOOL, I can't be FREEEEEEE!" Elsa hardly noticed as she moved away, her hands rising and rubbing each other in anxiety.

"You don't have to be afraaaaaid!"

"No escape from the storm inside of meeeee!"Elsa clutched her hands over chest as she felt more pain than before, the pain brought on by the guilt of her curse. It had ruined her life so much now, trying to make her free and threatening lives in the process. She didn't want to hurt anyone, but it was so frustrating to not be able to stop it. She didn't notice a blizzard was quickly forming in the room. Cold wind began push at Anna and slow her movement as Elsa stopped in front of her ice mirror.

"We can work this out together!"

"I can't control the cuuuurse!"

"You'll reverse the storm you've maaaade!"

Elsa whirled around and glared at her sister, staying where she was while the blizzard intensified greatly "OH ANNA PLEASE, YOU'LL ONLY MAKE IT WOOORSE!"

Anna gazed at her worriedly for a moment, but was not deterred by Elsa's snapping and returned the glare in a determined fashion. "Doooon't panic!"

"There's so much feeear!" Elsa's voice cracked, hinting that she could burst into tears at any moment. With the expression on her face, anyone could tell she was going to.

"We'll make the sun shine briiight!"

"You're not safe heeeere!" The Snow Queen stressed to her, her hands becomingfists that glowed distantly.

Elsa's hands came to the sides of her head and her eyes were tightly shut, as if they could stop the tears from escaping. Everything she'd run away from had only crashed back down upon her in a single stroke.

"We can face this thiiing together; we can change this wiiinter weather; and every thing will be all riiiiight!" Anna continued against the blizzard, holding up her hand to try and see past the clouds of white. She was closing the distance between them, but not very fast. She was fourteen feet away...then nine feet...

"NnnnnnooooooooooOOOOOO AAAAAAAAAAAAH-IIIIIIIIIIIIIII CAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN'T!"

Elsa, releasing full tears now, couldn't hold it any longer and whirled around, blasting pure blue magic from her palms. Anna's eyes widened, and Elsa realized what she had done all too late to stop it.

The blast struck her sister's chest dead center.


Once again, Elsa was jolted back into reality by a knock on the door, but this one had a more lively tune to it. The woman blinked at the familar sound and sighed quietly, before she remembered the papers. She grabbed a pen and signed four out of the nine papers as quickly as possible, figuring that she could actually read them better later. She stood up onto her feet and walked towards the door. With a single hand she tugged open the door by it's doorknob, and was greeted with the sight one of happy sibling in her signature red pigtails.

"Took ya long enough, Sis!" Anna spoke in a cheerfully high tone, her hands held behind her back like a small girl. Elsa couldn't help but feel her lips curve into a small smile and stifle a giggle. "I thought you were dead in there."

"No...just looking over a few documents." The Queen told her, shrugging tiredly and rubbing the back of her neck. It sure did hurt a lot. " I guess I kind of daydreamed in there...Did you want something, little sister?"

Anna grinned wider st her, something that made Elsa a bit excited to say the least. It must be really good for Anna to be smiling the way she was. "Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeell, I was gonna ask you something..."

"Yes? Go on." Elsa motioned for to continue impatiently and gazed at her closely.

The princess cleared her throat before she smiled again. "Do you wanna build a snowmaaaaan? It'll be lots of fuuuuuun! "

The Snow Queen's eyes widened; Was Anna singing out her own question the way she always did when they were younger? We can build it youuur way! Come on, I say! Before he dries up from the suuuuuuun!"

The princess glanced behind Elsa, presumably at the papers on her desk before continuing. "I know you're a bit busy: reading That and This, but life iiiis way too shoooooort! Do you wanna build a snowmaaaaan? It doesn't have to be a snowmaaaaaaaaaan..."

A sad smile was the first response to Anna. While building a snowman was something she'd wanted to do first with her sister when she returned, the monarch couldn't help but remember that she had left her to build her own snowmen for thirteen years. How could she begin to make up for lost time and then some? "Well...Anna, I don't..."

Her sister's expression fell instantly, and it felt like someone was stabbing Elsa's heart. "Oh...w-well, that's okay, sis. I know you're busy, so if you don't want to today then-"

"I never said no, Anna." She was told. "I was going to say 'I don't think we have any more carrots'. So, we won't have a proper nose."

"Oh...Truuuuue." Anna instantly perked up and took hold of Elsa's hands with a mischievous grin, one that scared the queen ever so slightly. "But not all snowmen have noses, now do they?"


Anna couldn't stop smiling as she half tugged her sister and half ran down the stairs like a mad woman. When she received the practical yes to building a snowman, the princess simply had to begin right away. Somehow she bounded over four steps at a time and since Elsa was led down just as fast she often tripped over her own feet. Still, she didn't voice any negative opinion aside from shrieking every once in a while.

"Aaaaaugh!" They finally reached the bottom of the stairs, where Elsa caught her breath. Anna took a moment to glance over her sister. She was rather thin, a bit more so than Anna herself, and yet she seemed so much more beautiful. Perhaps it was her age that gave her such looks or maybe her higher position than Anna thatvgave her elegance. Whatever it was, she wished she could someday have it.

"Okay!...Ow...My legs are still intact, I suppose." Elsa groaned, gingerly by testing her calves. Anna broke from her trance once Elsa looked in her direction. "...what?"

"Oh, Nothing. You...You just still look... Beautifuller." Anna cracked a grin, and felt happier when she saw Elsa stifle a laugh.

"Hmm. Thank you, Anna..." Elsa began to walk towards the ballroom now, as if she remembered their times together. Anna was of course happy about this, and decided to make another joke when she noticed Elsa's light limp.

"Hey! What's with that limp?" The princess began while walking backwards while in front of her. "Weren't you able to run up a mountain in like, a few hours?"

Elsa's smile fell almost instantly into a somewhat depressed pout, and she cast her eyes on anything but the princess. Anna's smile fell too once she realized that her joking choice wasn't really something to joke about right now, and she reached out to try and touch her. "I-Im sorry I shouldn't have..."

"No." Elsa flinched away from Anna's fingers, and when the princess stopped walking she walked around her to the ballroom doors. "It's fine. Really..."

Anna sighed sadly and followed her sister into the room. No matter how much she had grown, Anna always found that the ballroom was huge. With the highly priced and furnished floors decorated in the same manner as the ceiling, it made the room so much more enjoyable. Moving her eyes away from the beauty of the designs, she looked towards the elevated ground and spotted the thrones that once belonged to her parents. She tore her eyes away from there reluctantly and back to her sister. "Okay...I guess you can do the whole...thing you do?"

Elsa gazed back, raising her hands slowly, but paused. She looked afraid to move an inch, let alone to create snow. Anna held her hands softly, squeezing them once before letting go. "It's okay...if you freeze the room or you.." She couldn't bring herself to say anything involving hurting Anyone with her powers. "You know, just remember :Love will Thaw."

To her delight, Anna saw Elsa close her eyes and breathe in through her nose. "Love...will Thaw."

With a look of fierce dread on her face, The Queen raised her arms in the air abruptly and a beam of blue energy shot up towards the ceiling in a flash, before exploding into a bigger flash. The tiny blue pieces of sparkling magic transformed slowly to snowflakes, some big and some small and some inbetween. Just like regular snowflakes they were cool to the touch, slow enough to look like floating lanterns and looked completely different from one another. She watched her sister's arms shoot out to the side and a thick sheet of ice quickly surged underneath their shoes before spreading out to every corner of the floor. Snow slopes rose in various areas, cushioning the falling snow and growing tall with each tiny flake.

"You know something...I don't think I'm ever gonna get tired of seeing you do this." Anna smiled, picking up a handful of the powdery white substance before throwing it all into the air. Elsa looked impressed, pleased and soon more confident in a matter of seconds. Which was great for Anna; confidence goes hand in hand with fun."It's...cool, ya know?"

"I'll try and ignore that pun." Elsa shrugged, her smile relaxing into her regular look. "And yes, most of the time it's nice."

"More like all the time." Anna corrected her as if she were an expert on siblings with magic powers. "That's a really neat gift, you know-"

"No it is not." She flinched at the interruption and saw Elsa glare at her hands softly. It wasn't a sight she wanted to see again."This is a curse."

She wanted to disagree terribly with her, but Elsa ended the silence before she could even begin." This has done nothing but cause pain for the both of us. It took away thirteen years of our lives from each other, Anna. It harmed this kingdom and...and it nearly brought you to death itself."

Anna picked up a small scoop of snow from the ground as quickly as she could and chucked it into Elsa's face.

When Elsa was done looking as if she'd been struck by a random object, the princess was holding another and glaring daggers at her. "Anna?! What w-was that for?"

The princess raised her eyebrow,not to mention a pointed finger. "That...was for saying you have a curse!"

"I do have a curse!"

Poomf.

"Hey! Cut that out!"

Anna leaned down to scoop up another handful of snow, and her sister instinctively stepped back from her with arms raised. "And that was for lying about you having a curse again! And this is for making awkward and depressing silence! I don't want you to be depressed, Elsa!"

"Hey! This isn't funny!"

Elsa gasped when she was struck in the ribs by the next snowball, not able to cover the tiniest smile on her face from Anna's eyes. The greatly freckled woman grinned much wider, and picked up two more snowballs. "And this is for not defending yourself! And this is because I want you to smile! And THIS is because I love throwing snowballs at you!"

Finally, She saw a quick flick of Elsa's hands and a rather large snowball shot out at the princess and knocked itself into her stomach. With a yelp of surprise, Anna fell back into the snowdrift.


Oh no...What have I done?!

Greatly horried by her actions, Elsa's hands shot up to cover her mouth. Had she just used her curse against Anna? Had she frozen her heart again by accident? Would this be untreatable if she had? The woman frantically rushed over to her only family and looked over her limp body, afraid to touch it for fear of causing more damage.

"A-Anna?! Are you okay?! Oh I'm so sorry!" Elsa whimpered pathetically. Oh, this is all my fault! I should never have done this. I shouldn't have-

"THAT WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!" Anna gleefully sprang up from her position and dusted her skirt off with her hands. "Oops! There's some snow on mah butt."

"You...Y-Youre not hurt?" Elsa asked, almost in disbelief and confusion. "But, y-you fell..."

"Just because I fall, doesn't mean I can't get back up right?"

The Queen didn't answer her at first, since she was occupied with the analyzing the wise sentence. She supposed that just because of an accident earlier in their lives didn't mean that she should still be worried about it. Elsa was still afraid of doing anything bad towards her, but hadn't she promised to be closer with Anna when she returned? Didn't being close forfeit the safety of others?

"*sigh*...you think too much, Elsa." Anna takes when she didn't answer and somehow face palmed the Queen with a handful of snow. " you should try not thinking most of the day! Like me!"

"...Hmm. Is that so?" Elsa felt a bit awkward, but she gave her a devilish smirk and raised one palm abover her other. A ball of blue swirled inward as if it were a hurricane between her hands and suddenly it was a snowball bigger than the last she had thrown. "Then maybe I won't think about the mercy I should give you in this little game of yours."

Anna looked pleasantly surprised and raced up one of the snowy hills. "Come and get me, Snow Queen!"

"Uh...O-Okay! You're sooo...uh, gonna get chased?" She tried in response, feeling guilty that she hadn't done this in a while. Without another thought, Elsa jogged up the hill after her spunky sibling, leaving small footprints in her wake. It was with these steps up the slope that Elsa remembered a particular moment in her life when she first escaped into the mountains.


"...It's funny how some distances..make everything seem smaaall!" Elsa seemed to obliviously walk up a steep, snowy valley edge before she turned and walked backwards happily. "and the fears that once controlled mee, can't get to me at Aaa-aaall!"

Elsa turned back around 5 feet from the edge, rearing her arms back as if taking a breath. "It's time to see what I can do!" Elsa thrust her arms out, creating a icy tall and spiky staircase to the other side of the short valley, then made her way to it." To test the liimits and break through!"

Elsa stopped short of the first step, noticing the huge spikes. "No right; no wrong-No rules for meeee!" Elsa's excited smile grew wider when she stepped once, and the spikes disappeared to leave a clean, shiny look to it. She looked up, very happy with her discovery. "Iii'm FREEEEEEEEEE!"

"Let it goooo!" The queen ran up the stairs, 'cleaning' the steps and refurnishing them the most detailed designs and sturdy supporting. "Let it gooooo! I am one with the wind and skyyyy-yyyyy!"

It didn't take long to reach the top and the other side. Once she did, Elsa looked at her surroundings, feeling much more impressed than before. "Let it gooo! Let it gooo-ooo!" The Queen shouted/sang. "You'll never seee my cryyyy!"

Elsa took a short run forward, lifting her foot and stomping the ground as hard as possible.

"HERE I STAAAAND!" a gigantic ice snowflake spread out from under their feet like a ripple in a lake. She wiggled her fingers in anticipation and gazed at her hard work. "And here I'll staaay! Let the storm raage ooooon!..."


Elsa halted at the very top if the small hill, and spotted her sister peeking out from behind another snow hill before pulling back behind it with a gasp. Excitement fueling her movents, the monarch snuck down the snowy hill while stifling a small laugh. Elsa hesitantly conjured up a snowball and held it in her hand as she neared the slope. The queen leaped behind it with a a brief yell to startle Anna, but didn't find any sign of her. A snowball hit the top of her head, and a look upwards confirmed Anna had climbed to evade capture. "Wow, Elsa! It's raining snowballs!"

Thinking of a comeback to that, Elsa fanned out her fingers and slowly curled them inwards into a fist. The slope the princess had climbed was now rapidly melting, much to Elsa's delight. "Oh really? Looks like its...raining Annas!"

Anna shreiked loudly as she plummeted a short three feet and almost triggered Elsa's apologetic instincts before she shot up on her feet and scampered off. With a loud cackle, she barely missed Elsa's snowball. "Ha Ha! You missed me! You missed!"

"I so did not miss you!" Elsa giggled back and followed with another snowball in her hand. While she hadnt realized it at all, she hadnt yet had another worrying thought about her curse nor was she actually thinking of anything. Her mind was completely focused on dealing out revenge on the number of snowballs that hit her. When Elsa saw the princess make a mad dash across her field of vision, she quickly hurled another large snowball and this time it hit its target. "Woah! I got you, Anna! I actually hit you!"

"See?!" Anna sat up from the ground, her face covered with snow in a hilarious fashion. "Now youre learning to have fun again!"

The woman nodded in agreement, but then stifled a laugh at her snow covered bloodline. "Hehee! You look like you have a beard!"

"Oh yeah?" The woman watched with careful steps backwards as she scooped up her biggest snowball. Elsa squealed and began to run off in search of a hiding spot. "Well I say lady's about throw one heck of a snowball right at yer head!"

The Snow Queen swiftly ducked behind the first snow slope before racing down that aisle of hills, and climbing one as fast as possible. Even with the smile that she been keeping, the only thing that hurt even slightly and that wasn't going to keep her from some much deprived fun. It was indeed sad that she wasted time that could have been had with Anna, but at least she could forget that now and just...be who she once was.

Anna was lost from Elsa's hindsight for a moment, rounding into her own separate mazes of slopes and climbing over thin walls of snow and other such things that made it harder for her to be discovered. When she began to stalk around and look a bit deeper into the maze she made, Elsa spotted a shadow on the side of a slope just near the entrance to the room. She quickly rushed out and tossed her snowball as hard as she could at the figure making the shadow.

"Ha! How do you like t...th-at...?" Her sentence broke apart before it got out and her face paled.


Anna heard her sibling give out a confident laugh nearby, fueling a freckled smirk and a short sprint across the snowy room. When she neared Elsa, she heard her voice again...but it sounded lower and more worried? Cautiously, the young woman poked her head out from behind the snow slope and winced at the sight: it seemed Elsa was apologizing to the current chief advisor, Octavious.

She herself wasn't very fond of the man, not very fond at all. Ever since he arrived in the castle he'd noticeably been criticizing Anna about her random fun things that she loved to do: speak with Arendelle's citizens, flirt with Kristoff and help with cooking in the kitchen among other fun things. He said those were things a princess had no time to concern herself with, and that she do more royal duties. But those were boooooring, and apparently they weren't mandatory for her.

"Ahem...Good evening, Octavious." The princess forced herself to walk out and up to stand beside her sister, while the advisor brushed himself of snow. She snorted on the inside; Had Elsa hit him with a snowball? That must have been so funny! "What brings you by?"

"Certainly not the want to be hut by a snowball. I've come to once again remind your sister that she has yet to sign all of the papers regarding maintaining the peace in Arendelle." Octavious sneered at the person in question, and Anna narrowed her eyes a bit.

"...M-My apologies, S-Sir." Elsa's eyes were downcast towards her feet, and there was that depressed look on her face again; the expression Anna hated so very much. The Queen's hands nervously rubbed one another as she stammered. "I j-just thought t-that I c-could have a m-moment of time a-alone with my sister...I-It has been a l-long time since I-Ive done this with her..."

"And much longer it should be." He declared, hands folded behind himself. "To think that you and your sister waste your time frolicking when you could be doing what is right for your kingdom..."

"Seriously?" The princess asked incredulously and shrugged. She wasn't a fan of watching while someone berated her sister for enjoying herself. "What's wrong with a little fun?"

"A little fun costs valuable time, your highness. The kingdom would not want to fall because of you two throwing snowballs at each other. "The Advisor continued harshly, casting a glance at Elsa's quivering form. "Do you think anyone here would want Arendelle to be lost because of childish wants? Would your parents want this?"

"Hey!" Anna distantly heard a gasp of surprise from Elsa when the princess stepped in front of her and barked up at Octavious. "I know for a FACT that you don't know what my parents wanted, buddy! They wanted us to be happy!"

"And grow up to be intelligent rulers who know that they duties to perform. " he added, which only added to Anna's anger. Before she could say anything else, she was gently pushed aside by Elsa, who looked up towards Octavious. Knowing that Elsa would back her up on this, she crossed her arms confidently.

"I'm sorry. It won't happen again..."

Anna was shocked; Did she just apologize to him? She had nothing to say sorry for! If anyone should've apologized, it should have been him. She looked st Elsa in disbelief, who remained focused on the man with a an expressionless stare. "I'll get back to those papers...immediately."

"That's better, My Queen. Perhaps you might have time to help things along." He turned on his heel and began to walk off towards the door to open it. Elsa hesiated , for a heartbeat or two, before she followed his footsteps to the door. She briefly flicked her hand and the snowly dissapeared into air. "You should pay attention to your sister, your Highness. You just might learn something from her."

Anna hardly heard him; she was too busy looking towards Elsa, sadly. Why hadn't she backed her up? This was the one time start reconciling with each other and she suddenly helps end it? It didn't make any sense to the princess, Royal duties or not. They would have only played together for an hour so, and then she could have gone back to doing what she was doing. But she never spoke up for herself...

Elsa had only looked toward Anna for two seconds and, as if ashamed of herself, turned her head from her and walked off.


Seven hours later...

Anna lay on her back tiredly, gazing up the ceiling in concentration. It was confusing to her; the way her sister worked. She was timid and easily told soul, but she could be boisterous and fun to be around if given the right circumstances. Anna assumed it was the years of isolation that caused her currently introverted and depressed personality, and whatever caused the old Elsa to come out was...a mystery to her. Perhaps it was what ever she did on the mountain when she ran away; The princess did remember hearing something odd when she traveled up...like distant singing from afar. But that was impossible it seemed, no one's voice could so loud...could they? Shaking that thought out, she returned to the whole 'really quiet sister' problem. There had to be way to get the old Elsa to make a full return, even if there was 2% of new Elsa left in there...it would definitely take some work. And then...would it be possible? Could this much social damage be repaired between them? Did Anna have the strength to do it?

The princess blinked when she heard something small, like a whisper from somewhere. She listened closer and narrowed her eyes as she concentrated. It sound like it was coming behind her, but there was nothing but wall behind her. However, Elsa had moved into the next room when she returned to the castle, so it might have been her. With this in mind, Anna eagerly pressed her ear to the wall and tried as hard as she could to listen. She could hear the sound quite well from her end of the wall, as surprising as it was.

"...n-no...anna...no, p-please..."

Anna cringed sadly; was Elsa having a nightmare?! She assumed they both would have nightmares after what they had been through together, but she hardly imagined that the nightmares would start now. She felt an urge to get up from her bed, rush into Elsa's room and suddenly embrace her; the way her mother would do for Anna when she was little. But Anna didn't dare move a muscle or try to at all, much to her sadness.

Even if she did go, she knew nothing of how to console anyone.


So...wow. My own story kind of got me right in the heart strings. I hope it got you too, because that's the point of this story: to convey some of the emotions that might be seen almost directly after the movie, hopefully at least. I've given the sister's some personalities that are kind of close to canon. Elsa is quieter, and either thinks a lot instead of acting or has flashbacks. Anna is...Anna. She talks a lot, and shows her true feeling as well as a goal for Elsa to be happy again.

I really, really reeeeally encourage some constructive criticism on the plot or characters of the story. Next chapter should involve a certain someone visiting her parents, as well as attempts to help personalities grow. Thanks Again!