I honestly can't believe how supportive and happy everyone has been with this story. Thank you guys so much for all your lovely words, It's given me great motivation! I need to go to bed soon, so I just uploaded this one without revising it, I might reupload a revised version later. I apologize ahead of time for any errors. Also I may have misquoted a few things, so I'm also sorry for that.

The door to Anna's room opened slowly, a frigid breeze entering the room.

"Go away Elsa!" the princess called with a cracking voice, her back to the door as she lay on her bed, attempting to wipe away the tears so Elsa wouldn't see them.

"I don't see Elsa anywhere."

Recognizing the voice, Anna sat up and turned to look at the snowman who gazed at her in concert, his head turned cocked to the side in confusion. "Olaf, it's you."

He waddled towards her, "Anna why are you crying? Do you need a hug? Hugs always make me feel better when I'm sad."

"I do." She leaned down and hugged short snowman she had made with her sister, and shivered at the contact, but it made her smile none the less. "Olaf, would you like to go see Kristoff with me?"

"And Sven?!" he said excitedly.

Anna smiled, "And Sven."

'The sky is awake and so am I.' Elsa thought, gazing up at the twinkling stars out the window of her study as she sat with her, what…fourth, fifth glass of wine?

She hadn't let go this time, she had completely lost it. If Anna had been harmed out of anger, it would have been the end of her. The thought of losing Anna was more than she could bear. The little she had gleaned from Anna's self image during their time apart was that she thought herself the lesser of the two, the forgotten one, the spare. To say they had some further growing to do was an understatement.

Elsa took another drink from her glass. It had been so wonderful that first week they had returned to the castle, before reality set in. Elsa closed her eyes, remembering the day she had frozen the courtyard to create a skating rink….

Oh Elsa they're beautiful, but you know I don't skate.

She had been so proud to make those skates, unlike the ones she'd made for the peasants, Anna's were adorned with minute details, encrusted flowers and interweaving vines set into the ice.

Come on!

They had skated around together, Anna holding onto her tightly as she tried to keep her beloved sister from slipping, keeping her balanced and safe. Her sister was always so warm, her touch, the way she smiled, the way she spoke to others. Yet she had a fiery and almost spastic personality that made her fun to be around, never a dull moment. At least that's what Elsa had thought. She had made her judgments too quickly, Anna was also very sensitive, sometimes to the point that things that seemed completely benign would upset her, and other times you could tell her, in detail of a serious matter (like their current financial position after cutting off trade with Weaseltown), and she would fall asleep. And beside that, Elsa new next to nothing of the little things that made Anna who she was. Her favorite color, was it pink or green? Her favorite book? Did she even like reading? What did she want for her next birthday? What was her favorite food? It was frustrating to admit that she really didn't know her sister.

The Queen of Arendalle downed the rest of her glass and made her way (swaying on her feet just a bit) out of the study and down the hall towards Anna's room.

"I mean, can you believe her?! She said I had bad judgment!" Anna flung her arms out to emphasize her words as she walked with Olaf through the woods, "It's my bad judgment" she said, stabbing a thumb at her chest, "that saved her from Hans! I love her, I know I do, but she's spent so long trying to protect me, she's forgotten that I'm a person, that I need attention!" Anna sighed heavily, "At least you listen to me, right, Olaf?"

Anna looked around her, making a full three sixty circle, "Olaf?" The snowman had disappeared. She could have sworn he was standing right beside her a minute ago.

"Olaf!" the princess groaned in frustration, "Olaf come on this isn't funny! It's dark!" She waved her lantern around looking for her friend. Where had he disappeared to? "Olaf?! OLAF?! Okay, Anna he probably just saw a rock or a flower or something like that and got distracted, Olaf wouldn't just leave you. Everyone else might leave, but Olaf wouldn't, he's just a little airheaded." She tried to backtrack the way she'd come, but realized she had never actually been in the woods alone, the few times she had come were with Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf. Elsa of course never came with them, but that's because she had always been too busy to visit the trolls with them. They had never come at night though. Panic was beginning to set in, what if the wolves found her? "Then you'll just scare them away with your lantern! Yeah, you can do this. I think I remember the way to the sauna, I could just wait there."

Anna began making her way in the general direction she thought the Oaken Sauna was in, but slipped in the dark over a fallen tree and dropped the lantern, the flame quickly dying out. "Ooh why did I come on foot!" Why had she come at all? She just wanted to go see Kristoff, she should have just gone with him when he invited her along and skipped dinner with Elsa completely. Sitting down with her back against the tree, Anna put her head in her hands, "Oh, Elsa…"

Elsa extended her fist, preparing to knock, paused for a moment, then rapped lightly on the door with her knuckles. "Anna?"

No answer.

"Anna…I don't know if you're asleep or…just ignoring me, but I just wanted to tell you…I'm sorry for earlier. I was out of line when I said those things."

No answer.

Sighing heavily, the queen lowered herself, to sit on the floor, her back against the wooden surface of Anna's bedroom door. She pulled her knees up to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. "The truth is…I'm scared of getting too close to anyone just to lose them again." The alcohol was making her a bit more talkative than usual, and it helped her confidence, of course she wasn't even sure if Anna was conscious. "I want so badly for us to get to know each other. You're the most important person to me. And…" Did she even dare to voice those odd thoughts and feelings that were beginning to form? "I love you. I think about you all the time."

"Do you want to build a snowman?" Elsa fell silent for a few moments. "Anna, will you forgive me?"

Still no answer.

"Anna?"

The ice queen pulled herself off of the ground, still a bit unsteady. She opened the doorknob and cracked open the door. Anna's room was almost too dark to see anything in since the drapes were pulled close. Tentatively, Elsa entered the room. Something felt…wrong. She edged closer to the bed, her eyes adjusting to the light.

Anna wasn't asleep in her bed.

Elsa strode quickly to the windows and tore the drapes open, looking around the room hurriedly, "Anna?!" The queen half ran out of the bedroom and down the staircase, Anna had gone to bed without nearly anything to eat, perhaps she'd made a late night trip into the kitchen. There were a few servants awake and working in the kitchen, all of them bewildered by her presence.

"Y-your majesty?" one of the boys began.

"Has my sister been in the kitchens tonight?" she said, fighting to keep her queenly composure as a terror began to build in her stomach. The boy shook his head vigorously.

Something was very wrong.

Crying again. Apparently that's all she could do anymore. "G-get ahold of y-yourself Anna." It was so dark she couldn't see the hand in front of her face. She must have walked farther than she thought, it was getting incredibly cold, meaning she was way closer to the mountain than she had meant to be, and therefore pretty far away from the castle.

"Okay! Time to get off my butt and find a way out of here! Maybe if I just start walking in a straight line I'll end up…somewhere." So she began to walk.

Maybe she had overreacted just a tad when Elsa had talked about Kristoff. If she had to admit to herself, she was having doubts that she loved him as much as she had thought. He was really sweet, and great to be around, a fantastic friend, but nothing...clicked? And if he loved her then it was just that much worse if she didn't love him. She would have to disappoint him in the worst way, and after all he had done for her. Would they still be friends? Could they still be friends? She was pretty new to having friends. If she had been lonely over these past years, Elsa must have been…like a hundred times lonelier.

"AGH!" there had been a sudden drop in the ground and Anna lost her footing, slipping and falling down a hill, screaming as she scrambled around, desperately trying to find something to latch onto, and branches and bramble slipping through her fingers, and finally finding a small, thin tree she clung to it and was finally still. There was a sharp pain down her arm and uncomfortable warmth was spreading across it. Once she was sure she was still, she touched her other hand to the hurt arm, they came back sticky and covered in something dark. Blood. Anna looked down at her arm in the darkness. There was a lot of it.

"Is this where you last saw her, Olaf?" The queen demanded, forcing herself to sound calm. The snowman shook his head, "Yeah, she was walking so fast it was hard to catch up and then she was just gone. Do you think she's alright?"

Instead of answering Elsa turned to the guards she's brought with her, "Fan out around this area, go in groups of twos, if you find her blow the whistle." The captain nodded to her and began directing the men. It was so dark.

"We'll let you know immediately when we find her, your majesty. Would you like an escort back to the castle?"

"No." I'll find her myself if I must. Anna, please be safe.

She was getting colder by the minute, but it felt different from when she almost froze to death. It was like her body was getting farther away from her mind. I wish Elsa was here.

"ANNA! ANNA! ANNNAAAA!"

No answer.

The dog they'd brought in their search team began to sniff the ground with vigor, then lifted it's head and gave a bark.

One of the guards lowered his lantern to where the dog was sniffing. It was blood. Elsa froze in horror. No. No no no no no. The ground beneath her beginning to freeze as well, the wind picked up and a snow came down in earnest. The guard flinched back from her as she grabbed for the dog's leach, ice forming a layer around it, but the dog continued to lead her along the trail of her sister's blood.

The wind was searing against her exposed skin, it was downright freezing, but Anna barely felt it. She was light headed and couldn't bare to stand any longer. And she must be hearing things too because the wind was beginning to sound like her name.

Anna.

Anna.

Annnaaaaa!

ANNA!

"Anna!" Elsa called, she could now see her sister just a short distance away and letting go of the dog leash ran towards her as fast as her feet could carry her, the guards coming up behind her with lanterns.

"E…Elsa..?"

The queen grabbed her sister to her, horrified by the amount of blood that ran down her clothes, "Anna!"

She turned to the men, "A blanket and a horse! Quick, she's lost much blood!"

"Elsa…I'm so glad you're here…but I'm so sleepy…" she was barely hanging on, but she had to apologize before she shut her eyes, "I'm sorry about…about the fight, I…"

"It's okay, Anna, just stay with me stay…."

But Anna had drifted off already.

THERE WILL BE NO CHARACTER DEATHS! Just making sure that's clear, I'm sorry it got a bit dark, I swear it will get better soon. Thanks for reading!