Yup, back to writing fanfiction. No, I haven't forgotten about the other one. Anyway, I hope you enjoy. This one I plan on writing over spring break, let me know what you think. I rarely laugh while writing, but I was sure laughing when I wrote the opening scene with Anna and Elsa.

FACT OF THE DAY: For those who are new to my fanfics, I do post a fact every day about a variety of topics at the beginning of each of my new chapters. Those are actually what I think keeps people coming back. So fact of the day in honor of pi day. Pi is an irrational number in that it doesn't repeat and it never ends. (Other irrational numbers include the square root of 3.) There are actually competitions where people see how far they can memorize the number and some have gotten hundreds of digits long. Me? I've memorized up to about the 26th digit or so. How far have you memorized it? Let me know in the comments section.

"Psst...hey," said Anna after she tipped toed into the bedroom that formally belonged to her parents and now occupied by her sister. She peaked over the bed before gently trying to shake her sister awake. When Elsa only replied with a small groan, she slumped down on the ground in a semi-pout while thinking of something else. That was when she saw the wash basin on the night stand. "Cold might not bother you, but let's see if sloshing cold does."

Anna threw the pitcher on Elsa's head, which caused the queen to wake with a start. "Anna!" she immediately shouted as water dripped down her face.

"Yeah, I knew that would work," said Anna. Her laughing stopped the moment she realized Elsa was crafting a giant snowball in retaliation. "Whoa, hey... Elsa." She ducked barely in time, causing the ball of snow to shatter against the door the princess was now retreating to. "Ha! Nice aim... ow!" Another, smaller snowball pegged her square in the face. And as it melted Anna could see Elsa laughing with her hand over her mouth. "Uge... that had an icicle in it."

"Sorry," giggled Elsa, "But you should have thought of that before you threw water on me."

"It was a joke... And you needed to get out of bed. Gosh, it's got to be high noon. Even I don't sleep that long," said Anna.

"Right. You sleep longer."

It took Anna a moment to realize what Elsa just said, and found herself lost for a good retort. "Besides, can't I sleep in once in awhile?" said Elsa.

"Yeah sure. I guess. I mean you're the queen and all. That means you can do what you want," said Anna as Elsa crafted herself one of her "ice dresses."

"The only thing I have going on today is a some kind of a big party or something or another," said Elsa.

"Wait party? Are we having a party? Why didn't anyone tell me? I love parties."

"Because it's not your kind of party."

"Well, what kind kind of party is it?"

"Well, you know it's the boring kind. The kind full of stuffy people that aren't particularly your type."

"What do you mean 'not my type?' Elsa those sound exactly like my type of people!"

Just as she said that, Sven poked his head in the slightly ajar door, with his tongue hanging out, drooling all over the floor. Then the reindeer bolted the minute he saw Kristoff coming after him, covered head to toe in what appeared to be mud. "Hey, hey, hey, come back here boy!" He darted in view from the doorway, and a few seconds later a heavy crash was heard somewhere in the distance. A helmet and a gantlet rolled by from the suit of armor that was displayed at the end of the hallway.

"We're okay," said Kristoff's voice from the distance. Elsa gave a chuckle through her sigh and she patted Anna on the cheek.

"Go have fun with Kristoff today."

Elsa caught a glimpse of the aftermath of the chaos. Sven was tangled up in a curtain and Kristoff had a helmet stuck on his head with Kai doing what he can to try and help the ice master out of it.

"Sir, I don't think I care to know how this happened," said Kai, finally yanking the helmet off, then handing it to Kristoff as though he would know what to do with it. Kristoff starred at it, scratching his head when he finally noticed the queen walking down the opposite end of the hallway.

"Hey, Elsa... I mean Queen Elsa," said Kristoff taking off after her. She stopped a moment, waiting for him to gain his composure. She was particularly patient with his lack of mannerisms when greeting royalty, but she figured after what he did for the kingdom, she owed him at least that. She nodded, indicating he had her ear and could continue. "Um hey, you're okay with me... and... you know... your sister..."

"I never said I was okay with it," said Elsa in a stern authoritative voice, "I'm only tolerating it."

"Oh... uh... Okay... I..."

"I'm kidding, Kristoff," she said. "What do you need?"

"Oh. Okay, kidding. I get it. Very funny. You know how I'm the official Ice Master and Deliverer. And you know this is really the big season for ice harvesting and all and that means I'll probably be gone for weeks right when Anna and I are getting to know each other and I was thinking..."

"You were thinking perhaps I'll make you a load of ice so you can spend more time with Anna instead of going to the mountains and working for your living?" said Elsa.

"Uh, yeah," he said sheepishly, realizing how foolish that sounded when Elsa put it that way.

"Okay. And that way the price of ice will drop and the market will collapse," she said.

"Oh... Is that a joke?"

"No, that's actually reality," said Elsa. She sighed and placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder, "Kristoff, I would love to help you with that, but commerce is very important to Arendelle. My father was able to gain so much because he let the markets control themselves and didn't panic if things went in a bit of a slump now and again. I have to follow the same thing if I wish for prosperity to continue. But I promise Anna isn't going anywhere. You're much too important to her. I'm not sure if I feel the same way, but I'll allow it. And maybe you ought to see it as an opportunity to prove to her that you're not an idle man."

"Right, thanks," said Kristoff half convinced.

-o-

Elsa actually only slightly was telling the truth about the party. True, there were the stuffy older type rulers that were more interested in the free wine than anything else. But every single one of them had brought along all their single sons they had still hanging around the house. This was perfect opportunity for Anna to play matchmaker with her sister, and quite frankly Elsa found the game rather tedious.

It wasn't as though Anna was immune to any of the overly eager parents looking to have their children wed. It wasn't exactly public that Anna was currently in the throws of a mountain man who harvested ice for a living. As a result, she had more than one prince literally shoved into her by a mother hoping that the "accident" would spark a conversation that would bloom some kind of connection.

"Hello, my Queen," said a young prince with a bow. Elsa rolled her eyes as she thought to herself, Here we go... "I-I... don't know if you remember me."

"No, I apologize. I'm afraid I don't."

"Well, we never actually met. I wrote you a letter once. Several, in fact. My goodness, you are more stunning than I thought..." he stuttered.

"And let me guess, I wrote a pretty sharp reply back," she said. The man's face turned beet red and he looked down at his toes and shuffled his feet. She smiled, reassuring him a bit, "I'm sorry, but at the time I really wasn't interested..."

"Of course not... I've learned since then about your... your..." he said struggling with the word. "Condition" is what they called it back where he was from and they made it sound like a disease.

"Magic."

"Yes, magic... yes, yes that's it. My name is Prince Aleksy. I'm absolutely thrilled to be speaking with you here," he said.

"Prince Aleksy," said Elsa trying the name. She tried to think. Yes, she had received his letters, and about a thousand others like it. There were many many suitors during her time in isolation as Anna had not come of age just yet. She even met a few of them brave enough to approach the castle, and some attempted to court her, which normally lasted for only an hour walk, and then Elsa retreating back into her room for a few days. Elsa was always relieved when her father would take them in for a "manly" chat and inform them that he had "other plans" for his daughter. Of course, what wasn't so nice was when the king would visit her to tell her they left. His eyes always seemed full of pity for each suitor he turned away from her, and Elsa never understood it until recently: each suitor served as a reminder to her father that his eldest could never have a normal life.

"Your majesty? Are you okay?" Aleksy asked when Elsa became completely lost in thought. She didn't realize it, but thinking about her father caused several snow flurries to hover around her head, and Aleksy was visibly disturbed by it.

"I'm fine," she said, waving her hand to make the snow disappear. "What were you saying?"

"Um... Nothing, your majesty. It's a pleasure to have met with you," he said before he retreated back to his friends.

Elsa sighed a moment as she rested her head in her hand. True, she wasn't interested in him and couldn't be more relieved he left, but his face wasn't one she could shake the feeling of. Somehow she sensed through the white noise of the party, and could catch words that people were saying. "Snow Queen... froze her kingdom... was she cursed? Who knows where it comes from... Heard she tried to kill her sister...dangerous..."

"Guess who?" Two hands immediately covered Elsa's eyes, but the owner was so painfully obvious, it wasn't even like it was in the slightest bit a challenge.

"Anna?" said Elsa wiping her head around.

"Thought you could have a party without me?" said her sister plopping down on the throne next to her.

"I guess not," said Elsa. "I thought you were with Kristoff."

"I was, but then he needed to get some more ice from the storage which is a four-hour trek for him. The season has been really busy this year now that the castle is open again," said Anna. "Of course he wouldn't have to if someone would make some ice for him."

"Anna..."

"I know, I know. You can't do it because you don't want to interfere with people's personal trade. But you know we're just getting to know each other, and it would be nice if we could spend a little more time together," said Anna.

"I've ruined a lot of things for you Anna. I'm not going to interfere with someone who... well... makes you happy," said Elsa.

"Elsa, you didn't ruin anything for me. And yeah, Kristoff makes me happy, but you make me happy too," said Anna.

"Thank you," said Elsa.

"You're welcome. Now, there's a boatload of single guys here and I think I heard one or two of them talking about you," said Anna dashing off. It didn't take her long to return with one of the princes on her arm, half being dragged. After a hasty introduction where Elsa didn't even catch his name, she shoved the young prince into the queen and told them to take the next dance.

"Anna, wait," said Elsa grabbing her sister's arm before the princess could make her get away. "You know I don't dance."

"Oh right... that's one of the things we're going to work on but never got around to. Well, go for a walk then. It's not that hard," said Anna.

"Fine," said Elsa more out of defiance than anything. She turned to the prince. "Shall we?"

"Uh sure..."

Probably the most awkward walk Elsa ever took. The man was stiff as he had Elsa's hand on his elbow, and didn't say a word. In fact, Elsa was pretty sure he wasn't even breathing, he was so tense, with his face looking like he ate a dozen lemons. Finally, Elsa got sick of it, let go of his elbow and said in a very calm voice.

"I'm not dangerous, you know," she said.

"Uh... no no... Of course not... her majesty is not dangerous," said the prince.

"It's Elsa if you would. Or Queen Elsa," she said.

"Yes, your majesty." Elsa gave a heavy sigh. This was not working at all. The way the man escorted her, he kept her at a distance as though she was something dangerous or caustic.

"Look," she said. She began to form a snowflake in the palm of her hand. "It's just snow."

The man looked at the display with a lot of curiosity, as though he never saw anything like that in his life. Of course, he hadn't. Few had. And while the stories of Arendelle's Snow Queen was well circulated, people typically underestimated it until they saw her powers in person.

"How... how do you do that?" he said, as his finger touched the flake.

"I don't know actually. I was born like this," said Elsa feeling relieved that this man seemed to be catching on.

"Could you make a big blizzard?"

"What?"

"A blizzard."

"Why would I want to?" said Elsa.

"Not that you would want to. I was just curious if you've ever tried it," he said.

"Never mind," said Elsa coldly as she closed her fist so the snow went away. "Enjoy the rest of the party."

The only one who caught Elsa retreating from the party was Anna, who immediately excused herself from telling jokes to a bunch of old men. While Elsa had taken up the master bedroom as her permanent residence after her coronation, she never went there if she wished to retreat. She went to her old room, where she locked herself away for thirteen years.

Anna wished more than anything that Elsa would just freeze that room closed and never go there again. Elsa kept the room cold, completely covered in frost like when their parents died and Anna hated it. She felt it a terrible step back for her sister who needed to be moving forward, not falling into the past. But that was a point Anna wasn't really ready to fight with her sister about.

"Hey," said Anna gently knocking on the door, then slowly opening it. She knew in this place, she needed to be careful. This was her sister's territory as evident by the many ice sculptures where it appeared Elsa tried to make something out of her powers. And when Elsa was in her territory, she had no boundaries. "May I come in?"

"Sure," said Elsa.

"Is everything okay?"

"Anna tell me... Does everyone just want me to be normal?"

"Um... I don't know... Maybe the better question is, do you want to be normal?"

"I don't know... I thought I was okay with being... different... but," said Elsa looking at one of her ice sculptures.

"Well, I don't think that you can change this," said Anna. "I'm sure if you could, our parents would have tried it..."

"And that's what's been bothering me so much. Parents are supposed to understand more than anyone else... But if they didn't understand me, how is anyone else suppose to?" said Elsa.

"I understand you..."

"Do you?" asked Elsa skeptically.

"Sure..." said Anna with much hesitation.

"Really? You understand this? What it's like to be this?" said Elsa gesturing to the frozen walls.

"Well no, but..." Anna felt absolutely defeated. "Look, I might not understand... but... What I'm trying to say is that... well maybe..."

"It's alright. You weren't born this way."

"But..."

"Just, please leave, if you would. I'd like to be alone."

"Fine," said Anna with a bit of frustration. She stopped at the doorway before turning towards Elsa. "You know maybe I would understand if you weren't such a hard head about it all and actually tell me what's on your mind from time to time without me having to force it out of you."

With that, Anna slammed the door.

-o-

Heavy boots trampled down on the stone streets of the city now laying frozen. As the man walked, a trail of ice followed behind him, leading straight to Arendelle.