Came a time when a kingdom thrived in the south of the land. It lay near the sea, next to a fjord. Away from the high altitudes and snowy mount tops. The kingdom's name was Aredelle. It meant The Valley of Eagles in the tongue spoken in the region. Eventually, the kingdom came to be ruled by a royal couple – King Agdar and Queen Idun. They were good leaders; beloved and revered by the citizens. Not long after they came to power, the king announced that the queen was expecting their first child. A future head of state was to come into the world. Their fellow countrymen celebrated the happy news.
During one evening in winter, the pregnant queen decided to take a walk through the Arendelle village. Palace guards, who guaranteed safety to the royal couple, escorted her on her stroll. While walking the narrow streets, the queen found herself in a wonderment of the calm and loveliness that surrounded her. She watched the snowflakes whirl in the air, then land on the cobbled walkways and slanting rooftops. But what she didn't know was that very soon the calm and quiet would be over.
Because a few hours ago, a snowstorm had started in the mountains. Winds came together and flew at a huge speed. The swirling winds raked the snow. They picked up a shard that had been lying in the snow for ages. A shard that used to be a part of the enchanted mirror. The winds carried the shard all the way to the fjord and the village of Arendelle. When they reached, the shard flew right into the eye of the Queen Idun.
'Oh,' exclaimed the queen, as she stopped, startled.
The guards rushed to her.
'Your majesty! Is everything good?' The main guard asked.
'Yes, it's only that…' She rubbed her eye with her hand, and then said: 'Something fell into my eye.'
She then looked around. The snowflakes weren't calmly falling from the sky any longer. They were spiraling and wheeling. The wind was strong and howling.
'I would like you to take me back to the castle now,' she told the guards. 'It looks like a storm is about to begin.'
When back in the castle, the queen took off her winter coat and boots, and walked into the bedroom. There she looked into her eye in front of the mirror. But she didn't see anything in it. The queen assumed that whatever had fallen into her eye was by then gone. The eye still itched for a bit after that. But soon the queen forgot about it.
