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I woke up to soft arms cradling me carefully against a slowly rising and falling chest. Warm puffs of air blew along my hair and the nape of my neck, creating a trail of goosebumps. I listened to the steady beat of a heart as it thumped against my cheek.

Where was I?

Flashes of being carried across the hall invaded my mind. Someone put me in their bed. Considering the short distance, it was probably either a guest room or Anna's.

I inhaled slowly. This person smelled like... sunshine and flowers. Warm, comforting, safe.

I peeked open an eye to find pale freckled skin and a cascade of orange hair. I blushed when I realized we were both in our underclothes, and every uncovered inch of our skin were touching.

My heart thudded painfully hard when I realized how this might look to people. Two sisters lying together, practically naked, in the same bed? Yeah, that would look pretty bad.

"Y'alright, sis?" Anna slurred sleepily and I jumped slightly. "Yer heart's poundin'."

"I-I'm f-fine." I stammered, pulling away from her.

Her arms only tightened around me and pulled me closer. "Don't leave..." It sounded so broken and desperate. My heart tugged unhappily as I settled back into her small frame.

"I won't, Anna." I whispered.

She kissed the top of my head and fell back into a deep slumber. My heart pounded even harder and I fought to keep my breathing steady.

I peeked out the window to see it was just barely dawn. The sun was beginning to light the dark sky.

I wondered why the clouds were gone. The storm was completely finished, leaving not a cloud in sight.

Love with thaw, that voice inside my head reminded me.

I flinched.

A few hours passed by with me being wide awake and with Anna hugging me close to her as she slept.

I was stuck in my imagination, thinking hard about what I wish I could do, what I have to do, and what I'd rather never do. All my thoughts were scattered and always ended up turning to Anna.

Then memories of the dream came flooding back.

I remembered how her chest rose and fell rapidly with every gasp for air. How flushed her cheeks were, how dark her eyes were behind her low lids. How wide open her mouth was with each moan of pleasure –

A quiet moan broke me out of my trance.

I felt her breathing pick up and I pulled away slightly to look at her. Her cheeks were flushed pink and her lips were slightly parted.

Another almost inaudible groan escaped her lips and my eyes widened.

What was she dreaming about?

"Elsa..." she whimpered.

I pulled away even more, nearly falling off the bed.

I had to go. I probably had a lot of royal business to take care of thanks to my absence yesterday.

I gently pulled her arms off of me and got out of her bed.

"Elsa...?" she peeked open a sleepy eye.

"Shh, go back to sleep, Anna." I smiled soothingly, pulling the blankets up to cover her body

"But where're you..."

"I have to take care of some things." I kissed her forehead softly. "Go back to sleep, snowflake."

She smiled and drifted off again.

I had a long day ahead of me.

Anna's POV

I woke to a cold, empty bed and immediately my heart began to race. Where was Elsa? Was she okay?

And that weird dream I had about Elsa... that was certainly new. I never had a dream like that before. It was really nice, but also terrifying. It left a weird stirring in my chest and lower stomach.

But I had to put it in the back of my mind for a moment. I had to find Elsa.

I tried to climb out of bed but I ended up tripping over the blanket and landing on the floor with a thud.

"Crap," I muttered, struggling with the demon blanket.

My arms and legs flailed uselessly as I struggled with it. The offending thing finally released me and I quickly got dressed and hurried down the halls.

I nearly ran into Kai, one of our servants, in my rush and he looked at me with worry.

"Are you alright, Princess?" He asked.

"F-Fine," I panted. "Do you know where Elsa is?"

"She just went into the study. She doesn't want to be disturbed."

"Thank you, Kai." I ignored his warning as I rushed towards the door of the study.

I paused to listen. There were no screams and nothing was breaking. Yet.

I knocked softly. All those times I'd knocked before, the door had remained shut. Would it open this time?

The door opened, to my surprise. I slowly examined my sister. Her disheveled platinum blonde hair had lost its usual sheen; her skin was, once again, a ghostly pale; and under her dull blue eyes were heavy purple bags.

"Elsa," I smiled gently at her. "Can I come in?"

Her eyes widened and for a second I thought she was going to run, but then I remembered I stood in the way of her escape.

"No running," I stated firmly, making sure I was blocking the entire exit. "We have to talk."

She bit her lip and thought hard. For a second I thought she was going to slam the door in my face. But instead, she stepped aside and let me walk in, shutting the door behind me.

"Alright," she sighed after a second, settling down at her desk. The entire surface was covered in ice, snow, and small spiky icicles. "Let's talk."

I sat down opposite her and thought about where I wanted to start and how to approach it.

The kiss? No, that's a little too quick and I might scare her off again. The cuts? No, no...

"What's wrong with you?" I blurted. She looked both offended and uncomfortable. "Oh, no, I mean, nothing's wrong with you. I mean, not like that. You're gorgeous – wait what?"

Elsa giggled, amused by my word vomit.

I took a deep breath. "Okay. Um. Pretend I never said any of that." I blushed deeply. "I mean, uh... you seem a bit... er... tense lately."

"Tense?" Her eyes widened.

"I mean – you sort of locked yourself up in your room and you've been screaming at dad's portrait and you ran away to your castle and I was just wondering what's bothering you that's all. Jeez, I ramble a lot..." I blushed even more. "Is it hot in here or is it just me?" I laughed nervously.

The temperature dropped noticeably.

"Better?" Elsa smirked.

"Much," I nodded as the cool air soothed my heated cheeks. "So please... tell me what's bothering you. Maybe I can help?"

She smiled for a brief moment before looking away with sad eyes. "You really can't... I'm sorry, Anna."

I felt annoyance raise up in me once again, but forced it down this time. "Then at least tell me why you had those cuts on your wrist?"

She looked at me with wide, fearful eyes. "You saw those?"

"I had to clean them when you fainted last night. What were those? Who did that to you?"

The queen looked down with shame. "I-I did..."

"What?" I gasped.

She couldn't have... right?

Elsa's POV

"I-I did..." I murmured.

"What?" Anna gasped. She was looking at me with utter disbelief.

"I made those cuts." I watched a pool of tears fill Anna's beautiful teal eyes.

"Why, Elsa?"

"Because I just... I needed some sort of balance of pain. Emotional and physical. The emotional pain was just becoming too much and I... I couldn't handle it... I just wanted to be numb." I lamely excused.

"Elsa, that's no reason to hurt yourself." The redhead reached across the cold table and grasped one of my hands. "You're working too hard, that's all. You need to take a break every now and then."

"But Arendelle is under so much financial debt and it's all my fault." My vision blurred with tears as I met her eyes. "I destroyed our home, Anna. The farmers can barely grow crops and people can't afford to fix their houses and it's all because of me."

"Elsa we can get through this. Mom and dad would want you to work hard, but they wouldn't want you to overwork yourself to the point of complete exhaustion." She squeezed my hand tightly, as if I could disappear at any moment. "You need a break. As your sister, I demand that you go on a picnic with me so you can relax."

"You demand me? The Queen?" I teased lightly.

"Yes. Now that we talked about that, we have to talk about something else." She looked at me expectantly.

My stomach dropped.

Oh no.

She wanted to talk about the kiss.

"Can we not?" I begged. "I-I... it was just a moment of weakness. It meant nothing. I mean, it did but – shit. I mean." I put my aching head in my palms. "Okay. I mean-"

"Elsa," she put a gentle hand on my forearm. "It's okay. We won't talk about it."

I relaxed. "Thank you."

She stared at the paperwork that I was reading before she walked in.

"What's this?" She reached for one and I stopped her by grabbing her wrist.

"Anna, you really shouldn't read that."

"Why not?" She looked offended.

I bit my lip nervously. I better tell her now, or she'll just find out on her own. "Because... Hans is coming back to Arendelle."

*gasp* PLOT TWIST. Don't worry, this cliffhanger will be answered soon by Chapter 5 (which I'm already working on, fyi)

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