"And that's why they call this guy Skippy!" Kristoff says, Anna and her family all laughing at the outrageous tales he told. Amongst them all laughing, Anna always laughed the hardest. She loved spending time with her brother. He always had so many stories to tell, and she thought every single one of them were hilarious. It had been such a great day.

Kristoff had come to visit Anna and their parents during a free weekend from college. After 3 years of being away from home, he finally had found time to come back and see his family. Anna could not have been happier. She finally got to see her brother, and they were going home after eating at one of her favorite restaurants, Oaken's. The night had been full of laughter, their parents asking question after question about Kristoff's times at college. Anna loved how he always seemed to be able to answer each question with a funny story.

When they had finished and were walking to the cars, Kristoff asked Anna if she wanted to ride with him on the way home. After all, they were going to the same house. She said yes enthusiastically, a bright smile on her face as she wrapped her arm around his and dragged him to his car as fast as she could, giggling the whole way.

"I'm riding home with Kristoff!" She shouted over her shoulder to her parents. Kristoff looked back at them just long enough to let them know he would follow them home. After 3 long years, he wasn't as familiar with roads as he used to be.

The two siblings got in the car, and waited for their parents to get in theirs and start driving. Anna wanted to ask her brother a million questions, and wanted him to tell her about everything he had done while he was gone. He was only there for the weekend, so she had to make the most of every moment, of course. She looked up to him with a quick breath, and he shook his head with a smile, knowing he was about to be pelted with questions.

The roads had iced over while they ate. The winter storm had rolled in without a warning, enveloping the town. A quick 10 minute drive home turned into a 30 minute crawl, moving slowly, avoiding every other car, while trying not to slide off the road. Anna had given up on questioning her brother, focused on the cars around them. They were almost home, this was the last intersection.

"Anna, wake up."

Suddenly, the world slowed, everything coming to a halt. Anna looked forward, her parent's car starting to turn out of the intersection, almost home. Something isn't right. A sinking feeling in her stomach grew. "Kristoff, wait. Don't move." Her brother looked at her in confusion, opening his mouth to say something, but stopped when he saw the look of fear in her turquoise eyes.

"Anna. Wake. Up."

Kristoff, noticeably shaken, watched as Anna turned her head forward. Following her eyes, he looked up to their parent's car. They were turning left, not having any idea what was about to come.

"It's just a dream, you're safe."

Anna dropped her jaw as she saw it coming. A white Hummer, sliding out of control... On a collision course with her parents. Agonizingly slow to her, although it happened in the blink of an eye, the vehicles collided. The noise was probably sickening, but Anna didn't hear a thing. Her world shattered, right before her eyes. She wanted to run to the car, to pull her parents out and hug them, being relieved that it was such a close call... But she knew. There was no way either of them could have possibly survived. Tears streaking down her face, her eyes wide open in a look of pure agony, she screamed.

"No!" Anna shrieked, bolting upright in her bed, almost throwing her brother into the wall. She had had the nightmare again, of the night her parents died. Kristoff had heard her crying in her sleep, and he immediately knew what the problem was. He hurried into her room, meaning to wake her up and calm her down. Unfortunately for him, she hadn't expected him to be there. He scrambled back up, and climbed back next to her, putting his hands on her cheeks.

"Anna, you're okay. Deep breaths. You're home, you're safe, everything is okay." He said in a soothing yet serious tone as he looked her in the eyes. She looked around wildly, in a panic, realizing where she was. Anna threw herself against her brother, burying her head into his shoulder, tears flowing. He sat there and held her, whispering words of comfort into her hair.

That night had been a recurring nightmare for her. What would have, could have, and by all means SHOULD have been a perfect night, had mutated into a moment that would haunt her for the rest of her life. Anna was torn. Destroyed. She didn't go back to school that week, and Kristoff stayed with her, knowing he couldn't leave her alone. After a week though, he knew he would have to go back to his school. But what do I do about Anna, he thought.

They had decided she would move in with him, the only other person who could legally take her in, at least that she was comfortable enough to live with. Arriving at his apartment a few days later, they brought whatever she felt she needed. After all, this was home now.