Chapter 2

In the city of Arendelle, things couldn't be warmer, or sunnier and after two years the whole kingdom was at peace, following the great thaw and the start of the reign of the Snow Queen Elsa.

Throughout the kingdom people were walking around and minding their own business as they went about their everyday routines with big smiles on their faces as they talked amongst themselves. Several children race down the pathway laughing as they played their games while the animals sniffed the beautiful and recently bloomed floors and sighed blissfully.

All in all everything was peaceful and everyone had already accepted Elsa for who and what she was and loved her for it.

As for the now twenty-three year old Queen herself, she still spent most of her time in the castle but also sometimes went outside and used her power to entertain and dazzle her subjects nonstop. At the moment, she was standing on the tallest tower of the castle and leaning over the railing looking somewhat bored.

While everything was peaceful in her kingdom Elsa gazed out toward the horizon looking bored as she continued to lead against the railing of the balcony.

As she continued to look outward with a thoughtful look in her eye, she idly floated a marble sized snowball between the fingers of her left hand, a smile on the corner of her lips at the joy of not having to hide anymore. She stopped and looked down as the sound of laughter seemed to be coming from the courtyard below.

Just as Anna had been trying to make up for lost time with her by spending as much time as she could with her, so too did Anna seem to want to make up for all the time lost in the world. Right now, she was doing that by playing with the local children in the courtyard.

There seemed to be a dozen children in the courtyard, all of them chasing a laughing and now twenty-year old Anna. She stood and admired her sister's dexterity as she flipped, spun, and jumped out of the reach of delighted children. It was only till the pack of children split up were they able to corner Anna and dog pile her. Several shrieks of laughter later, and Anna was able to pull herself free and waved goodbye to the children who chased each other back to town. Elsa smiled, as she knew where Anna was going to next.

Sure enough, a couple of minutes later, a flushed and sweaty Anna was near the front doors of the castle panting a bit as Elsa approached her smiling.

"Did you have fun?" Elsa asked her sister innocently. Anna laughed and darted forward to grab Elsa's hands and twirled both of them around.

"Oh Elsa! You bet I did! All those happy faces, the laughter… oh it was amazing!" she exclaimed. "Why couldn't we have always lived like this?"

Instantly she stopped twirling them and the light faded from her eyes when she realized what she just said. "I mean... umm... I didn't... I'll shut up now," she stuttered.

Elsa giggled a bit. "It's ok Anna, I understand," she assured her before sighing. "It's just so nice to finally be in hiding anymore…"

"Yeah, hard to believe we managed to get everyone used to it in under two years huh?" Anna remarked.

"Yeah, it is." Elsa agreed. "I only wish I had known the secret to controlling my powers long ago…"

"Oh come on, Elsa, you can't blame yourself." Anna tried to assure her.

"Maybe… maybe I already knew… when I was little… but after I…" Elsa said, before her voice trailed off on a sad note.

"Elsa… the trolls… they gave me back my memory of those days." Anna admitted. Her older sister turned to her surprised. "They told me about what happened… and I'm sorry."

"What? Anna, what do you have to be sorry for? I'm the one who did that to you, simple as that." Elsa tried to tell her sister.

"It was an accident. And it wouldn't have happened if I had just stopped moving so much and listened to you… I never should have woken you up in the first place…" Anna said, full of guilt. "Everything's that happened to us… that's happened to you… it's all my fault."

Anna turned away with a guilty expression while her older sister approached her and put her hands on his shoulder comfortingly.

"Oh Anna… you shouldn't blame yourself, this was my fault as well." Elsa told her. "I couldn't control my powers back then and you got hurt, so I am to blame as well, simple as that."

"But I…" Anna began.

"No Anna, I told you not to blame yourself for something you had no control over." Elsa said, sternly. "Listen, you cannot change something that can't be changed. The past is the past and we both must stop dwelling on it and look to the future."

"I know but… I still feel responsible." Anna admitted.

Elsa sighed before stepping back and speaking with a small smile. "Anna listen," she said as her younger sister turned to her. "Our story may not have such a happy beginning but look at how it all turned out in the end; the kingdom is at peace and the gates are open for good, you have Kristoff, Olaf and Sven by your side and I no longer have to hide who and what I am anymore. Doesn't that mean anything to you?"

Anna sighed, with a look on her face that said that her sister was completely right. "Yeah… I guess it does," she smiled. "Thank you, Elsa."

"Always here to help." Elsa nodded. "After all… you're the only family I have."

Anna nodded sadly as they both turned to the covered up picture of their parents, who died out at sea nearly five years ago

"You think they would be proud of us?" The Snow Queen wondered.

"I know they would be." Anna nodded with an encouraging smile, which her sister returned. Then Anna frowned hugged her sister gently as the two sisters both embraced in a sad hug. Anna then spoke with tears in her eyes. "I miss them…"

"I know Anna… I do to." Her older sister nodded.

The two of them stood before their parents sadly as they both comforted each other and held each other close till they finally stepped back.

"So anyways…" Elsa said, attempting to change the subject. "How are you and Kristoff doing?"

"Oh, we're doing great! He says he has something really special planned for today." Anna replied, smiling.

"Well I'm just glad you found someone who makes you happy." Elsa smiled also.

"Thanks. And I'm sure you'll find someone who makes you happy too someday." Anna assured her.

"You think so?" Elsa asked, hopefully.

"Come on, when have I ever been wrong?" Anna inquired with a confident face and folded arms.

"Well…" The queen began."

"Sorry, don't answer that. Speaking of making people happy… where's Olaf?" Anna inquired. They both looked around for the little snowman but couldn't see him anywhere until they then heard a little cry coming from the hallway.

They turned and saw a laughing Olaf the snowman entered with Sven the reindeer chasing after him and his own personal flurry still over his head. He seemed to be holding a tasty looking treat in his woody branch hands and waved it around playfully as Sven tried to take a bite out of it, only for Olaf to pull it away.

"Come on, Sven! Get the tasty looking and somewhat disgusting treat!" Olaf called out with a laugh as they ran all over the room not noticing the two royal figures close by. Until Olaf's head ends up turning the other way around after Sven knocked it back. "Oh! Hey, guys! How's it going?"

The girls laughed a bit as the two continued their antics, seemingly believing that they weren't even in the room.

"Hey Olaf! Uh… what are you doing?" Anna asked.

"Oh me and Sven are playing tag and I think it gets Sven more motivated when he's trying to kiss something that looks like my nose!" The snowman said as he waved the carrot in the air again and pulls it away playfully before Sven could bite it.

"Well, be careful, ok little guy?" Elsa told him. "Don't want you getting hurt."

"Aw, don't worry, I never get hurt!" Olaf stated, happily as he unknowing leaned against a suit of armor and caused to collapse on him after he added a little too much pressure. The two royal sisters winced a bit before Olaf popped up with a helmet on his head. "I'm ok, guys!"

"Uh… hey Olaf?" Anna asked.

"Yeah?" The snowman asked.

"Do you know where Kristoff is?" she asked.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well… can you take me to him?"

"Yeah, why?"

"I'll tell you why, she wants to know what Kristoff has planned for her today." Elsa said.

"He has a plan?" The snowman inquired. The Snow Queen nodded. "Hmm… you know, I think he mentioned something like to me earlier… something important… something life changing… something he specifically told me not to tell you or else he'd melt me. Ooh! I know what it was! Its…"

Anna quickly stopped him before he could finish. "Whoa there, Olaf! Let's this be a surprise, ok?"

"But I thought you wanted to know."

"Yeah, but now I think it's better if I let him surprise me."

"Good idea." Elsa nodded. "Otherwise then it wouldn't be a surprise."

The snowman gasped sharply. "Your right! The surprise would be gone!" Olaf realized. "And really? Who wants that? Whoo! It be worse than yellow snow and you do not want to be the same room as yellow snow? Am I right?"

Sven just nodded in agreement.

"Don't worry Anna, your secret's safe with me!" The little guy promised. "I promise I won't tell Kristoff that we've been talking about him and his secret at all!"

Just then, Arendelle's official ice master and deliver AKA the now twenty-three year old Kristoff Bjorgman walked into the room, whom Sven greeted warmly.

"Hey, boy! Good to see you" he said, happily. "So, what are you guys talking about?"

"Your secret." Olaf then blurted out, the sisters and Sven gave him an annoyed glare. "Oops…"

"You told her!?" Kristoff exclaimed.

"No! Just that you had a secret, and you were waiting for the right and that you were going to…" Olaf began before Kristoff quickly covered his mouth.

"Uh… hey Anna, what you say we get started on our little 'romantic picnic', huh?" he asked.

"Sure! I'm up for it!" The Princess said as she walked arms and locked arms with him.

"Then let's go." Kristoff smiled as he and Anna walked off with Kristoff holding something in his other hand.

Elsa turned to Olaf, folded her arms and gave him an amused smiled plus a raised brow, while Sven just continued to glare at him.

"What? At least they're having a romantic moment right?" The snowman said.

"Yes… and best of all… the kingdom is at peace and everyone is happy, especially Anna." Elsa said, warmly. "Olaf… I think the worst is finally behind us."

"Yeah… Olaf sighed. "So you want to play catch the carrot with us?"

"A little later, just got to take care of a few things first." Elsa assured him as she began to leave.

"Ok!" Olaf cried. "Come on Sven! Catch the carrot!"

Olaf then began to run off with the carrot he was holding in his stick hands trailing behind, Sven panted and licked his lips as he chased after it.

Little did Elsa know that 'the worse' had not arrived just yet and everything that came before was merely a foreshadowing of the dark times that were still to come. A upcoming danger was coming… darkness was coming.