Hello!

This is a short story I've had on my mind for a while but only had the chance to start writing now. Originally it was meant to be a one-shot, but since I changed the structure, the exact number of chapters is still unknown to me.

Please note that the events from this story take place in two different timelines - present and past (written in italics).

DISCLAIMER: The characters Jack Frost and Elsa belong to DreamWorks and Disney respectively. I only own the plot of this story.

ENJOY!

PROLOGUE

Life is unpredictable and full of surprises. No matter what plans you make and how much you calculate, at any given point your life could flip on a 180° and throw you in a whirlpool of confusion and panic. Then it is once again all up to you to figure your way out… to survive. The exciting part is that you always end up in a place different from the one you've been forced to leave behind. And sometimes it is a place you have not imagined in your wildest dreams.

Elsa knew all about that first-hand.

Born into an upper middle class family, she had lived a typical suburban life. Her father had worked as a financial advisor for several large companies – a well-paid job which had enabled him to provide a comfortable life for his wife and two daughters. Her mother, on the other hand, albeit a fully emancipated woman, had chosen to let go of her medical career in favor of taking care of her family. She had devoted herself to being an excellent homemaker, always making sure their two-story house was in an impeccable condition – nothing short of clean and tidy, worthy of the front page of any home décor magazine. As a result, for Elsa and her little sister, Anna, life had been a bliss. The two of them had had the privilege of growing up in a stable, loving home, where everything they had ever wanted or needed had been readily given to them. Their only responsibility had been to do well in school and extracurricular activities.

The future had never been much of a concern for Elsa. For as long as she could remember, she had wanted to pursue a career in photography. Her father, however, had managed to convince her to look for a more serious occupation, while photography remained something she would do in her spare time. Under his guidance and influence paired with the benefit of attending a private school, Elsa had abandoned the idea of pursuing a future in the artistic world and had instead focused onto making her way into a prestigious university and, later on, into law school.

At the age of nineteen, she had been steady on her path of becoming a lawyer. Once the subject of education and vocation had been pushed in development, topics regarding other areas of life had surfaced. Thoughts about marriage and children had often crossed her mind and, as she had glimpsed into the not so distant future, she had imagined the only life she had considered acceptable – one featuring a good husband, a couple of kids, and complete with a neat, two-story, suburban home.

Life, however, had had other plans for her which had become obvious when everything she had ever known had been brutally ripped away from her in a single night. That unforeseeable event had thrown her into a scenario which, until then, she had thought possible only in a movie…

A/N: I've had the plot bunny for this story for months and I can't believe I'm finally writing it! I'm really excited about it and I hope you guys will like it too!

I have a few people I'd like to thank for helping me out with this, but I've decided to give credits at the end of the final chapter :)