It had been six months since Elsa closed the door on me, and she still wasn't out. I began walking sadly down the hall, just like I always did, when I noticed something. I ran up to the window to confirm my thoughts. Yes, it was snowing! This would be a great way to get Anna out of her bedroom. I ran up to the door.

"Elsa?" I called, before knocking on the door: two slow knocks, two fast, and then one more. "Do you want to build a snowman?" I asked, my hands cupped together like I would do when I was physically asking someone for something. "Come on, let's go and play! I never see you anymore," I sang, sliding down the door, before looking under it. "Come out the door. It's like you've gone away!" I walked away from the door and grabbed the two dolls Mom had made to look like us. "We used to be best buddies!" I said, playing cheerfully with them, but then stopped, bored as always. "And now we're not. I wish you would tell me why!" I walked back up to the door and, peering through the door hole, asked "Do you want to build a snowman?" I then pursed my lips up against the keyhole, saying, "It doesn't have to be a snowman." Elsa began talking, which I grinned at, since it had been awhile since I heard her say anything. But the response broke my heart.

"Go away, Anna," she called. I frowned and slouched down.

"Okay, bye," I said, walking away from the door. This was really upsetting, not being able to talk or play with Elsa. I continually asked her to build a snowman with me, but she continued to refuse.

*****4 Years Later****

I noticed it was snowing again outside. I quickly put my hair in two braids, then ran over to Elsa's door. I did the same knock, but this time didn't call her name.

"Do you want to build a snowman?" I asked, then grabbed a bike from the closet, and began pedaling it while standing on the seat. "Or ride our bikes around the hall?" The bike went down the stairs, and I landed in the knight's metal arms. "I think some company is overdue!" I said, jumping off of the knight. I turned around, said "thank you", to it, then ran into the picture room. "I've started talking to the pictures on the walls!" I said, flipping over the arm of a couch and laid down on it. That had been a trick I had mastered a year ago, from being so bored. "Hang in there, Joan," I said, winking at the picture of the woman. I sighed, bored of talking to them now, and walked up to the library. I began playing the chess game, but got bored trying to beat myself, so I laid in front of the grandfather clock. "It gets a little lonely, all these empty rooms, just watching the hours tick by!" I clicked my tongue at the rhythm of the pendulum's ticking, following it with my eyes. My parents were nowhere to be seen that day, and I assumed they were with Elsa. They would go in there at least once a week to help her with whatever she was doing in there. I sighed and sat up. I had to do something. I walked over to the bookshelf, looking through all the books, trying to find one that was interesting. Upon finding one, I grabbed it and laid down on the couch, spending the rest of the day reading it. My days soon became just reading and talking to the pictures on the walls, and that's how it was for six long years.

Shortly after my fifteenth birthday, my parents told me that they were leaving for a couple of weeks to go attend a wedding. When their departure day came around, I slid down the hall, ready to say good-bye. I slowed down as I passed Elsa's room, debating whether or not I should knock, but decided against it. I ran into my parents' bedroom and hugged them tightly.

"See you in two weeks!" I said. "

You take care of yourself, Anna, and don't bother your sister too much," my father ordered.

"I won't," I promised, before walking out of their room and into my own bedroom again. About 15 minutes later, I watched from my bedroom window as they walked onto the boat. 'See you in two weeks,' I thought to myself. I ran down the hall, almost running into Elsa. What was she doing out? Oh, well. I didn't care. "Hi, Elsa!" I said. "Do you want to-?" But before I could finish my sentence, she ran into her room and shut the door. "Of course." I sighed and walked to the library to read more books.

Two weeks later, I woke up early in the morning and got ready for their arrival back here. I slid down the halls and on the stairwell, arriving at the door within two minutes. But, to my great disappointment, they weren't anywhere to be seen. I sat down on the stairs outside, waiting for their arrival. The sun began to sink below the horizon when Kai and Gerda walked up to me, sad expressions on their faces.

"Where are Mom and Dad?" I asked, but deep inside I didn't want to know.

"I'm so sorry, princess, but it seems your parents died in a storm out at sea," Kai answered. I gasped in shock, and felt the tears begin to form in my eyes. My parents were dead?! The only people I ever really talked to, and now they were gone. I sat down on the nearest chair and began crying. My crying only briefly stopped when Gerda took me up to my room.

"We'll be holding a funeral tomorrow at noon," she told me before walking out of my room. I just gave a faint nod, but my mind was spinning. What now? Mom and Dad were dead, Elsa refused to come out of her room. I basically had no family, and no one to talk to.

The next day, I put a black cloak on and walked downstairs, riding in a carriage to the cemetery. The ritual went on, and then I was back home. I pulled on a strap of my cloak as I walked down to Elsa's room. I hesitated, but then knocked three times on her door.

"Elsa?" I called. "Please, I know you're in there. People are asking where you've been. They say have courage, and I'm trying to. I'm right out here for you. Just let me in. We only have each other, it's just you and me. What are we gonna do?" I slid down her door and asked sadly, "Do you want to build a snowman?" Of course, there was no answer. I covered my eyes with my arms and cried. How would I be able to go on through life knowing my sister hated me and I had no one to talk to now? When I lifted my head, I saw Kai walking by.

"Oh, princess!" He said. "I didn't see you there. I'm really sorry about what happened, but maybe things will turn up on your sister's coronation day."

"My sister's...coronation?" I asked, confused. That's one term I hadn't heard before.

"Oh, yes. When your sister turns 21, she'll be crowned the new queen. The gates will have to be opened, and people from all over will come to watch," Kai explained. I brightened at the thought. The gates would be opened? There would be people here? I gave a weak smile, and watched as Kai walked away. Even though it was three years away, it was something worth waiting for.