A/N: After a looooooooooooong time writing fanfics about human, finally the dark side called me to write something about some awesome animated pairing. I've always wrote a modern!AU, but I wanna try something medieval-ish, or maybe it's more something like fantasy-18th-century. lol.
Oh well, happy reading. :)
Dawn of Blizzard
Prologue: A Calm Night
'Don't shut me out.'
'I'll embrace the cold with you.'
'We'll face the sunlight after the blizzard, together.'
My kingdom, known as Arendelle, was a quiet inhabitant of calm-mannered yet joyous people; it was located inside the Fjord but not hidden from the outside world.
I was the princess of my kingdom –the youngest, as I was the last one after my older sister. There'll be no successor for my father though. One of us has to stay single to be able to rule the kingdom without any kind of threat that the kingdom will be mistreated, or overtaken.
But both of us had not the slightest thought of marriage; we are young after all. No presence of a brother, and father was the only person we knew as a perfect example of an opposite gender. Nevertheless, we didn't spend time that much with him.
I was 5 and my sister was 10. There were times when we'd stand in front of the window and saw how the snow from the heavy blizzard hit the ground below. I was always excited when the blizzard came, a weird impression it gave my parents as they thought that the snowstorm would scare someone my age –my sister heard my excitement with a small chuckle.
"I wonder if it'll hurt us if we stand below, right before the grey cloud." was what I said as I looked at Elsa, her calm gaze shifted slightly to mine and turned back to the window after. "Even if the snow is soft, it'll hurt us by the cold, Anna." her black pupil widened slightly behind her blue eyes when the sky gets darker, Elsa's position didn't budge even after a long while that her elbow was like chained into the windowsills and her gloved palm never moved away from her pale and thin face.
The light contrast from the well-lit room and the dark outside made me able to see a close and faint reflection of my green-brownish eyes and Elsa's slightly sleepy eyes. "Are you… Tired?" I asked her and she nodded slightly. "The thing that I've done earlier this noon, it worn me out." she finally moved from the seemly exhausting position, "I'll skip dinner and sleep first before I let my head fall into mother's soup." Elsa yawned quite loudly.
"Oh… Alright then." my tone sounded a little bit disappointed, maybe. A dinner alone with my parents was alright, but without my sister's presence it's just kind of hollow. When I looked back into my reflection on the window, my face was unbearably frowned.
When I thought Elsa already stepped out from the place we stood, she's actually right behind me. She lifted me up and I could feel the cold tips of her fingers, even when it should be warm as she wore a pair of thick gloves. "You may just say that you wanted to be with me, Anna." her long arms lifted me high enough to be able to saw the crown of her head; Elsa sure was taller than me.
Elsa smiled when she saw my sour face, she placed me down into her embrace when I used my hands to reach for her and she carried me down to the end of the hall, to her room.
I didn't understand why and I didn't know why I was not bothered by her cold arms and body; might be Elsa's slow beat from her bosom that brought me to sleep. I didn't care and I won't. She knew and always be able to calm me down.
The midnight moonlight awakens me and it shone on Elsa's pale silver hair, her calm face was just a little bit in front of me. I always wondered why, the colour of our hair was different and why her hands are always covered in gloves.
I was curious, of course. But my small mind was clever enough to have the thought; Elsa might be angered if I remove her gloves without permission. So I stopped and let the cat spared from the blade. Maybe later, I'll ask her nicely and politely.
And so I stared at her beautifully transparent skin, until I fell asleep into a warm dream, as that's how it felt like in my reality.