Ch2-Old habits die hard
THIRD PERSON
(YEARS LATER)
They all accept me…
That was all Elsa could think at the moment.
Pure happiness washed over her as Elsa, the newest Queen of Arendelle, stood there in the middle of the castle grounds, ready to start the winter festival. The townspeople cheered for her.
It has been 2 years ever since Elsa had accidentally froze Arendelle over. But even if, she did not get over the happy fact that she had the ability to control her powers. Best of all, everyone accepted her for who she is. No more 'conceal don't, feel'. No more gloves. She never really liked those things.
She felt happy and content. Arendelle was now a well known city since because the trading was very sufficient. Plus, they had a whole battle army plus a very powerful Ice Queen who protects it.
The townspeople liked her, she was a very caring woman, they would say. Very beautiful, in fact. So it wouldn't be a surprise if Elsa had a whole line of suitors every now and then. But Elsa's taking her time.
The gates were open. Elsa felt free.
"Are you guys ready?" Elsa said, the townspeople cheered in response
Elsa felt the familiar cold feeling in her veins as she stomped her foot, creating a soft laying of ice on the ground. She waved her hands around, making a giant snowflake in the air in which erupted into millions of soft white flakes. The townspeople cheered as they glided around the ice.
Elsa felt something bump against her leg. She softly gasped as she lightly jumped. She looked down and saw her 6 year old niece, Annie. Her short strawberry blonde hair bounced around and her golden brown eyes shone like the sun. She showed her aunt a toothy grin.
Anna and Kristoff were a lovely couple. They had their daughter but they weren't married yet. They will be though, soon. Elsa loved her niece like her own daughter.
"Oops, sorry auntie!" Annie said cheerfully
"Its okay, Annie. Having trouble skating?" Elsa said, helping her niece up. Annie nodded
"Well, let the master of ice skating teach you!" Elsa said
"Who's that?" Annie looked at her, curious
"Me!" Elsa beamed, proudly. She softly grabbed Annie's arms and they both skated on the ice, with Annie in a chorus of giggles.
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"See, Annie? It's not too hard to skate!" Elsa said as she watched her niece glide rather gracefully on the ice
"Yes! Thank you for teaching me auntie!" said Anna, who hugged one of Elsa's legs
"Anytime champ," Elsa ruffled her niece's hair
"Annie!" Anna called, she waved at their direction
"Coming mommy!" Annie glided over to her mom, with Elsa at her trail
"Well, seems like Elsa taught you how to skate here?" Anna said as she picked her daughter up, the child nodded
"Yeah, she's a lot better than you when I was going to teach you back then," Elsa joked
"Hey! I was a good skater!" Anna pouted
Elsa was going to say a retort, when she noticed the sun was going to set. The orange ball of light sank below the horizon, giving the sky a soft glow of pinks, reds, and oranges.
"Okay everyone! The sun is setting! The festival is over!" Elsa announced. She heard a couple of disappointed groans. "Don't worry! The next one will be much better!" she added, the groans turned to happy cheers
"Come along, Annie. Daddy's waiting for us inside." Anna ushered Annie inside the castle, and Elsa was left alone
She waved her hands and the ice floor soon returned to a normal stone floor. She waved her hands once again and the snowflakes that were descended in the air collided against each other, forming a giant snowflake in the air. Elsa made the snowflake disintegrate.
Elsa had taught to appreciate her powers more. Love was the answer. It was so simple, for years she pondered about it and the answer was just around the corner. But she never went to that corner yet, since she was scared that she might hurt someone.
Now she can control the gift she had. Yes, the gift, she used to call it a curse but it's more of a gift to her now. She can bring joy to people and she plans on doing that until the day she dies.
She walked inside her castle, her ice cape fluttering behind her. She strutted down the hallways and into her study. She closed the door, but not locking it. She made it a resolution to never close on a door to anyone anymore.
Elsa sat on her chair, staring at the pile of papers on her desk. Being Queen was a great opportunity, but it could get tiring. Plus, the town of Weaseltown- I mean, Westleton kept on inquiring if the title between them as 'trading partners' would still be revived, Elsa always refused. The kingdom of the Southern Isles kept on offering gifts such as gold and other important stuff to ask for forgiveness of what their Prince did. Elsa refused that, too.
Elsa went over to her dresser to change to her night clothes. She opened the front doors and a brown cloak dropped to the floor. Elsa bent over to pick it up, when something in her dresser shined under the piles of clothes she had. With cloak still in her hand, she dug around her dresser until she gripped something solid. She pulled it out and came face-to-face with the necklace she had found years ago. She eyed it carefully; it still looks in very good shape. The metal was cold, like it was made out of ice that would never melt. She never found the owner of it so she kept it as her own, but she rarely wore it.
She glanced at the window; the sky dark was blue from the night sky as the moon shone in a bright circle up in the sky.
She thought about what she was going to do.
With a sigh, she put the necklace around her neck. Then, she draped the brown cloak around herself and headed towards her door. After all, old habits die hard, right?
A/N Hello there my beloved readers! So, this is the new chapter. Annie will play a very important role in this story, so always remember her! Anyways, got 6 reviews and a couple of follows! The next chapter will be pretty interesting! So stick around! Questions!
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