Thank you to W. R. Winters for the fantastic prompt. And no, it wasn't stupid at all
Thank you to everyone that read my story and an even bigger thank you to the people that reviewed. followed and/or favourited the story.
I'm so sorry this took so long, I rewrote it like three times because it wasn't turning out how I wanted it to and I'm a bit of a perfectionist haha and I also had to finish my screenplay for my Drama assessment which was driving me crazy.
Anyway, enough of me talking, onto the story. The prompt for this story is 'Alone'.
It was a beautiful day in Arendelle. The sun was shining, the birds were singing, and poor Elsa was missing out on every single moment of it. She was stuck at her desk, filling out paper work regarding new trade agreements after the kingdom had cut ties with Weselton and was still considering whether to severe ties with the Southern Isles as well.
She was forced to watch Anna play with Kristoff and Olaf though the window and couldn't help but feel a little excluded, even though it was Elsa herself who excluded herself from today's activities so she could focus on her duties as Queen.
She had spent the past few days inundated with work in her private study; catching up on agreements and proclamations that had piled up on her desk due to her spending every waking moment with Anna.
Elsa loved spending time with Anna, but even after twelve non stop hours of Anna, Elsa would crawl into bed at night and couldn't help but feel alone. Not physically alone as she knew Anna was right down the hall, but alone as in she was the only person she knew of in the same situation as herself.
No matter how hard Elsa tried, sometimes she was still afraid of her powers. And every time she let it show just a little, Anna would be there to comfort her, to say "You're not alone anymore Elsa, you've got me to help you through this." But every single time Anna said that to Elsa, she didn't have the heart to tell Anna the truth, that she was still alone. That she was the only one with powers to control ice and snow.
And that made Elsa feel scared sometimes. Scared that maybe she really was a freak. Because if no one else was like her, how could she be normal in anyway?
And Elsa knew that if she told Anna any of this it would break her heart.
A slight knock at the door brought Elsa back to reality
"Come in," she said.
Olaf came waddling in, leaving a trail of snowflakes behind him which immediately melted as soon as they hit the floor.
"Hey Elsa, what are you doing?"
"Hi Olaf, I'm just finishing up my work here before heading to dinner."
"Do you need any help?"
"No, that's okay. Thank you for the offer."
Olaf went over to a lounge chair under the window and sat down.
"You missed out on so much fun today Elsa. We had a water fight and I got to ride on Sven and we picked flowers…"
"Olaf," Elsa cut in. "Would you mind just keeping quiet for just a second? I need to really concentrate on this document."
Olaf nodded, pressing his lips together and did the zipping lips and throwing away the key notion.
The Queen and the snowman sat in silence for a few minutes, the only sounds in the room were the crackling of the fire and the scratching of Elsa's quill.
Suddenly, the scratching of the quill stopped and Elsa gently lay the quill on her desk and put the lid on the ink bottle.
"Sorry to interrupt you before Olaf, I just had to get that done. Anyway, what were you saying?"
"Oh I was just telling you how much fun I had today. But it would have been so much better if you had been there.
"Thanks Olaf, but I'm sure Anna and Kristoff were just as much fun."
"Yeah, but Elsa…"
"Olaf, do you ever feel… alone?"
"Alone? Never Elsa, I have you and Anna and Sven…"
"No, I mean, you're the only living snowman, other than Marshmallow. Don't you ever feel like, no matter how many people are around you, you feel alone. No one understands what you have gone through, what you are going through. And no matter how much anyone says that they are there for you, you just feel that they aren't."
As Elsa spoke a light frost spread across the room
"Well yeah, sometimes I do. But then I remember that whilst I may be alone because I'm a talking snowman, I'm never alone because I have people that even me, even though they may not understand what I am, they accept me for who I am and that's all that matters."
"Olaf," Elsa said, "When did you become so wise?"
"What does wise mean?"
Elsa pulled Olaf into a hug, laughing.
"Please never change."
After a few moments, Elsa and Olaf release their hug and Elsa stands up, brushing snowflakes off her dress and regaining her composure.
"Now, are you ready for dinner?" Elsa said, with a smile.
"Hey Elsa."
Elsa was on her way to the dining room with Olaf when she heard someone call out her name. She looked up to see Anna running up the stairs towards her, pulling up her skirts to ensure she wouldn't trip. As soon as Elsa saw Anna, she hurried her pace and once they met, pulled Anna into a tight hug.
"I love you Anna," Elsa whispered.
"I love you too Elsa." Anna said, laughing and returning the hug. "What brought this on?"
"Just something Olaf said," Elsa said, finally letting go.
"Well I like it," Anna said with a smile. "Now I'm starved. Let's go to dinner and you can tell me about what you did today?"
"You want to know all about my boring paper work?" Elsa asked quizzically.
"Yes, of course! I love hearing about your day…"
"You seem to love it more than me."
"… and I have so much to tell you about what I did today. It was so fun…"
"Anna."
"… And we need to organise what we are going to do tomorrow…"
"Anna."
"Yes Elsa?"
"Do you want to build a snowman?"
A grin spread across Anna's face.
"I thought you'd never ask."
"Now, dinner. The quicker we get to dinner the quicker we get chocolate."
"Oh Elsa, you know me so well."
I am so sorry that this update took so long. I have just been swarmed by homework and I have exams soon so I have had barely any free time.
Anyway, I hope you guys enjoy this. I don't really think it's my best but I'm still happy with it compared to the other versions I wrote. Prompts appreciated :)