The FROZEN Era

Chapter 3: The First Day of Winter

Ten Years Later . . .

Snowflakes fall gently from the morning sky, covering up the ground with white, fluffy snow. It's the first day of winter in the kingdom of Arendelle. It's been ten years and not much as change. Well, in a way . . .

In the castle, a little boy name Evan looks out of his bedroom window. He's the six-year-old son of Elsa and Roland, so he is Prince Evan of Arendelle. He looks a lot like his father, but has his mother's eyes. He sees the snow falling down and smiles. Evan quickly changes out of his pajamas and into normal clothes before running out of the room.

"Julia! Julia!" He runs down the hall and barges into another room where his sister, Princess Julia, sleeps. Like her brother, Julia has the same color hair, but it's lighter tone and her skin is paler than Evan's. Evan jumps on the bed, shaking Julia's body. "Wake up, Julia!"

"Don't you ever knock?" Julia mumbles on her pillow.

"It's the first day of winter! Get up so we can play!"

"Evan, you can wait a few hours."

"No, I can't."

"Well, I can. So, go away." Julia pushes the boy away and pulls the covers over her head.

Evan tries to think of what he can do to get his sister up. Then, an idea hits him. "Do you want to build a snowman?"

Julia lifts up the covers. "Get Kaley." Evan runs out to get his cousin while Julia gets dressed.

Inside her room, Princess Kaley, the daughter of Anna and Kristoff, sleeps peacefully until a baby reindeer comes up to her, rubbing her nose on the girl's cheek. The reindeer's name is Stella. Kaley sits up in her bed to stretch out her arms.

"Good morning, Stella," Kaley greets the reindeer with a pat on the head. She looks out at her window. "Oh! It's snowing out! I wonder if Julia and Evan are up yet."

KNOCK! KNOCK! KNOCK!

"Kaley! Kaley! Wake up! We're going to build a snowman!" Evan's voice is heard on the other side of the door.

"Okay! I'm coming!"

Kaley is so much like her mother; with her strawberry blonde hair in two braids. She changes into a cute dress and puts on her winter clothes. Julia and Evan are waiting outside. Evan is all bundled up while Julia is not even wearing a coat over her clothes.

Kaley comes out of her room with Stella behind her. "I'm ready."

"Come on, let's go!" Julia leads the way with Kaley after her. Stella lets Evan ride on her back.

Outside, the children play in a snowy meadow near the village. They begin to build their snowman. Kaley and Stella roll up the bottom part, Julia makes the middle part and Evan makes the head. They stack all three parts together; the snowman is about the girls' height.

"Julia! Bring the snowman to life!" Evan begs his sister, "Please?"

"Sure thing, bro," Julia puts her hands on the snowman and with her icy powers, the snowman starts to move. He begins to dance around the royal children.

Kaley claps her hands. "Oh, Julia. He's wonderful."

But the snowman's lifespan doesn't last long. It stops moving.

"Well, he was wonderful," Julia sighs, but she quickly brightens up. "You guys want to see a new trick I learned?"

"Sure."

"Do it!"

Julia rubs her hands together as snow forms. "Ready?" She forms a flat, icy disk (somewhat of a Frisbee) and tosses it in the air. Stella runs after it and catches it with her mouth. "Hey, Stella just gave me an idea. Toss it back, Stella!"

The reindeer tosses the disk back to Julia, then she tosses it to Kaley, and then to Evan. They go back and forth with the disk, playing a game of Frisbee.

Walking along, Olaf comes across the children. He is the snowman that Anna and Elsa built as children. To keep him alive, Elsa used her powers to create a personal flurry to hover over Olaf's head. He sees the unfinished snowman. "Hi! I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!" Olaf hugs the snowman. "I'm going to call you Jerry! Hang on, I'll be right back." Olaf goes to collect some stones and sticks.

Evan tries to toss the disk back to Julia, but it goes to high. Olaf is giving the snowman eyes and arms. He draws a mouth with his finger. Suddenly, the disk flies over and slices Olaf's head off. He begins to laugh. "Oh, what do you know," says Olaf, "I've been beheaded."

"Olaf!" The children run over to help to the silly snowman back to together.

"Hey, guys! You've should have seen it. Something just flew by and chopped my head off."

Julia quickly changes the subject. "That's a nice snowman, Olaf!"

"But didn't we-" Evan begins to speak, but Julia covers his mouth.

"Why, thank you, Julia. His name is Jerry. Say hello, Jerry!"

"Hello!" The snowman, Jerry, waves at the children, which surprises them.

"He talks!" Kaley exclaims.

"Of course, Jerry can talk," says Olaf, "He has a mouth, doesn't he?" Julia looks down at her hands, amazed at her ability.

Evan pulls a big, red sled over. "Who wants to go sledding?"

"Oh, no, no, no" Olaf shakes his head, "I was sent out to find you three and as queen's orders, you need to come home immediately."

"But I really want to go sledding," Evan pouts.

"Come on, Olaf," says Julia, "Just one ride? Please?"

Olaf looks at the children's sad, puppy faces. "Okay. One ride and then we go home." The children cheer and start to make their way up a hill. Stella stays with Olaf.

On a really, really, REALLY tall hill, the children get their sled ready. Evan sits in the front, Kaley sits in the middle and Julia sits in the back.

Kaley looks down at the hill, feeling a bit uneasy. "Uh, don't you think this hill is a bit too high?"

"Nope, not at all," Julia answers, "Okay. On the count of three. One . . ."

"You know, I'm starting to have second thoughts."

"THREE!" With a blast of snow, the sled starts sliding down the hill at full speed.

All of them scream with joy as they slide through the snow. Julia and Evan are having a blast, but Kaley is gripping to the sled with her life.

"Julia! Slow Down!" Kaley screams.

"Go faster, Julia!" Evan encourages his sister.

"You got it!" Julia uses her powers to make the sled go even faster. "Hold on!"

The sled continues its way down the hill. Julia steers the sled to dodge the trees that are in their path. Olaf rides on Stella to keep up with the sled. Kaley looks ahead and sees the sled is heading for the marketplace.

"Julia! The marketplace!" Kaley points ahead. "Do something!"

Julia stomps her foot into the snow to slow down the sled, but it's going too fast. There was only one idea. "JUMP!" Kaley grabs Evan and they jump off the runaway sled, landing safely land in the snow. Julia is about to jump, but she comes up to a ramp of snow. "Oh, no." Kaley and Evan poke their heads out to watch Julia flying off the ramp, heading for the town.

Julia tries to take control over the sled. "LOOK OUT!" She warns the villagers as she slides through the town. Shoppers move out of the way as Julia slides by. The sled knocks over a couple of stands, making the vendors unhappy. Oaken has just opened his shop: WANDERING OAKEN'S TRADING POST. Julia is heading straight for the shop! Oaken runs inside, putting up a CLOSED sign up.

Julia quickly creates an enormous pile of snow, covering the entire shop, so she can land safely without destroying the shop.

"Julia!" Kaley and Evan runs to help Julia out of the snow pile. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah, I'm fine," Julia brushes the snow off her clothes. Oaken comes out of his shop. "Sorry about that, sir," Julia apologizes to Oaken.

"If I were you, dear, I apologize to them." Oaken points at the disaster the princess made. The villagers help the vendors clean up their stands.

Olaf and Stella walk into town. "Whoa! What a mess! Who would do such a thing?"

All eyes turn to Julia. "Well, at least things can't get worse."

"You wanna bet?" a voice comes up behind her. The kids turn around to the Captain of the Royal Guard: also known as Julia and Evan's father, Roland.

"Hi, dad."

"I'm assuming they're your problem, ja?" say Oaken.

"Unfortunately," Roland answers. He turns back to his daughter, "You three are in big trouble when we get back."

The children sigh in defeat as the captain takes them back to the castle for their punishment.

Hey guys. It's me, Creepy.

Sorry about the long wait for this chapter. Since it's the holidays, I've been kind of busy. But thank you for reading the story so far and leaving comments. They always make my day.

Happy Holidays and I'll get the next chapter up ASAP.