Chapter 3

Shattered Soul

The castle was quiet, unbelievably so, that even the sound of a fallen needle may echo through the halls and foyers.

A shadow ran through the gate and wake the guards, the bell rang and everyone inside the kingdom are wide awake. "Idun! Idun!" the king shouted in panic, and the queen comes out from her bedroom and run downstairs immediately. "Agdar! You came back!" she noticed the fright on Agdar eyes and realized that Agdar carried someone on his hands, covered with his thick mantle.

"My lord… My dear Elsa…" Idun gasped and saw something unusual happened to Elsa, "She's far colder than ever. She's sick." Agdar's worry got the best of him and he doesn't care even if Elsa's body froze some part of his mantle and crawled into his skin.

"Father?" Anna came downstairs as she heard the loud danger bell echoes inside her room, "What happened to Elsa?" her eyes widened after she saw her sister weak and suffering. Idun stared at her husband and couldn't really found the answer for this chaos. Agdar swallowed the lump on his throat and looked at Anna.

"Anna, I need you to take care of Elsa. I'll get her inside your room and you need to look for her until I come back." Agdar took the step on the long and grand stair, "Idun, you need to follow me. I'll explain after Elsa's safe." he said while cringing at the numbness of his hand. "Quick father, your hands are turning blue." Anna bit her lip and walked beside Agdar, while the king quickened his steps and move quickly until the end of the hall.

Anna opened the door for him, and Idun helped him to put Elsa down to the bed slowly –carefully not to wake her up. "My dear… You already sacrificed your hand to carry her." Idun's voice faltered, "Let's… Let's warm you up." she held Agdar's hands carefully and led him out of the room. "Accompany me to the guards' shelter first; we don't have much time to waste." he turned back and gave a comforting smile towards Anna, "Don't let your sister fall out of your sight Anna." his voice gave Anna a clear believe.

After the king and queen left the room, he explained everything to Idun while warning the guards about an unexpected danger that may come to the kingdom. The queen was not surprised, as she knew that one day, this day would come. They moved into the living room, and the queen told Agdar to sit at the front of the fireplace, so that he'll got some warmth for his hand, other than the thick mantle that she gave him.

"I should've told you, Agdar. I should've warned you before Elsa got swallowed inside an unfortunate event like this." Idun blew a heavy sigh and her eyes were visibly watery, "My dear daughter… The one who possessed my mother's ability." her voice cracked. Agdar couldn't do anything with his immobile frozen limbs, but the sight of his wife truly breaks him apart and it made him guilty at heart. "Idun…?" Agdar saw his wife's shaky shoulder and wanted to move from the fireplace and walk towards Idun who comfort herself in the corner of the living room. But her voice stops him.

"It was not my mother's fault…" Idun whispered, "It was my father… He took my mother's love for granted… He wasted everything for the-woman-he-only-knows just because my mother couldn't bear any son." her tears glistened under the soft light that lit the room, and Agdar fell into a deep silence.

Agdar felt that his hand thawed from Elsa's ice, and he moved to the side of his wife and embraced her. Idun got enough of her worries, and as her husband, Agdar must comfort her.

"We'll figure this out… I know we can do it, I know you can do it." Agdar kept on comforting his wife until Idun finally nods and wipe her tears.

"We'll fight, for Elsa, and for Anna."

She turns round and round, unable to rest properly. Although there's no sweat, but her body turns into a cold force, shielding her from the foreign danger that invades her sleep.

'I want your blood… I want that ruby heart of yours… I want the taste of your cold blue skin… I want to feast on you, descendant of the snow queen.'

'Give me…. Your…. Blood…..'

Anna didn't know what happened, but her gaze was full of worry as she witnessed her sister being weak and frail like that, stirring uncomfortably at her sleep. "Elsa? Elsa?" Anna called for her, but there are only moans and her groans of pain.

Elsa's hands were gripping on the bed, freezing every inch of the fabric and it surprised Anna. She rushed to Elsa's side and clasped her face inside her hands, trying to wake her up. "Elsa?! Wake up Elsa!" Anna knew that there must be something horrible happened inside her unconsciousness, "Elsa? Answer me Elsa!" she said in-between panicked sobs.

'Do not approach me, demon.'

'You're not an angel. You murdered under thirst!'

'No… I won't lose… My blood won't be shed under your filthy power…..'

'No… No…. N-…'

'Elsa!'

Her eyes wide opened and her body jolted up from the bed, her sister's voice echoed on her ears. "Elsa!" Anna called from the side and Elsa gasped when she saw her teary sister, her palms covered with ice-flakes, almost frozen by the cold and fortunately not frostbitten. She looked from side to side, witnessing half of the room covered with ice and snow, the bed was completely frozen.

"Elsa…" Anna sobbed and hugged her sister, worried that she might never wake up and froze everything on her sleep. "A..Anna…" Elsa was surprised and lost for words, her thoughts were jumbled and she tried hard to recall the past event. Being embraced by her sister, Elsa was saddened to saw that Anna got hurt by her power –she might've killed her. Elsa immediately snapped back to her senses and captured Anna's body with all her might and whispered apologies under her shaky breath.

Anna felt the ice around her palms thawed, so the ice around the room also. Elsa's sadness melted everything, and the room has turned a bit warmer than before. Elsa wouldn't lift her head, she's ashamed of herself, to be drowned inside her nightmare and didn't hear the call from her sister, nearly leading her beloved Anna into an icy death. "I'm sorry Anna, I truly am…" she muffled between sniffles and Anna wrapped her arms around Elsa's neck and placed her head on top of hers.

"You don't need to be sorry, Elsa." she said to comfort her, "It's not your fault, it never will." by feeling the warmth from her sister's hand, Elsa stopped hiding her face and stared deeply into Anna's eyes. "How… How could a monster, such a frail being like me still have someone like you?" her words carried guilt, each being weak and fragile.

"I am your sibling, your sister. If you are a monster, then I am too, a monster. Both you and me, we'll share the same bond." Anna's sincere words going deep down into Elsa's heart, her young mind gave the older one an impression that she'll never forget.

Anna was truly, a pillar for her shattered soul.

A/N: I'm sorry if the update is short, but I'm currently having a busy day. And also! This is my first author note after the long chapters. Thank you so much for reading it, even if it's not…. Appealing… Well, thank you for your time too. :)