"Elisier!" At the sound of my name being called.. Again.. It didn't come as a surprise but the shouting bit, on the other hand, did. Following the voice, I find myself locked into the eyes of a mysterious figure holding my only sister's hand. "May I introduce Prince Hans of the Southern Isles." I cock my head, he looks strangely familiar. "We'd like your blessing." The guy kept interrupting her sentence which seemed odd but what was worst was how it finished "-on our marriage!"
Marriage? I'm sorry, I'm confused." That was to say the least, my head's spinning a thousand times an hour. Was this the SOMEONE she was talking about just earlier? You've got to be kidding me Sis.
"Well, you see we haven't got all the details worked out ourselves just yet but we will in time. Oh, so we'll need at least a few days to plan the ceremony and of course we'll have to plan the frozen ice-cream cake- oh wait, you can live here! We can invite all our-"
"Wait!" In all honesty I didn't intend to shout.. I could hardly get a word in, since when did my sister stop breathing in between words? "Slow down, did I hear twelve brothers? Anna, you have no idea what you're saying. No one's brothers are staying here and NO ONE is getting married today."
"No big bro! Not today you see, we meant just in the general broad future." Her eyes were again staring back into mine with that sharp sense of innocence and hope like all the world depended on my answer.
"You, cannot marry a man you JUST met." I try to give her a stern look but she just looks puzzled. She replied with a mumbled answer about 'true love', I was suddenly aware of all the eyes staring at the confrontation between us. "Anna, what do you know about true love?"
"More than YOU. All you know is how to shut people out, you've never been there for me and now you're refusing to give your blessing on the one thing I've asked for in a decade? Who are you?"
"Look Anna." I can tell she wants to go on, "You've asked for my blessing and my answer is no. Its final too. The party is over, close the gates!" The rush of panic everyone felt suddenly electrified my anxiety. My cheeks were mad red from all the attention and my feet were exhausted beyond reproach. Anna, without warning lunges at me, tearing my over cloak, leaving me more exposed than I had been for years. The crowd began to shrink at the sight of me, I had failed them in their eyes. My small stature made Arendelle look imputent and inferior in the face of all these distant lands. Not shocked in the slightest, Anna again lunged, I step back to face her and she grabbed hold of my arms as I backed off. I had to get out of here except, my blistering fingers were now rawly exposed to the public's eyes.
"Why do you shut the world out! What do you have to hide, don't you see you're hurting me as well as your own people!" She seemed almost out of breath. I've never seen her say this much before in my whole life of knowing her, my very own sister.
"Anna, you're naive, you don't know what you're talking about."
"What DO you have to be so afraid of?"
I was the spare puzzle piece which didn't know where to fit into the world. Even when venturing alongside the animals of the amazon (the garden) I never felt as distant and detached from reality as I do now. my world was cradled in desperation to seek out of this man-trap. All these people knew Ell and yet I could not put a sentence together. Bodies upon bodies crushed up against me, squeezing sweaty palms against their own smoothed edges. I had nowhere to go as I didn't even know where I was to begin with. my distinguished light began to fade and my soul wept for all my comfort diminished. These foreign aliens consumed Ell as I took on all their anxieties and omens. my world became a disordered picture of hell in which I was the only foreigner. I was the new kid all over again.
I didn't mean it, but I felt as if I were going to explode. I moved away which the people used only to get closer to him. I shouldered myself off from the rest of the world as I always had but to no use as the swarms of people only horded together like a pack of hungry wolves. my face twisted in slow motion, the urge to exit was becoming overbearing. I felt a tug and my instincts reacted before I could even gather my thoughts. The pounding of my heart filled my ears as heat radiated from my balled up fists. Heat bearing inside of him, I could no longer control myself. But, the voice was there to comfort me, to guide me. It sang in stiff wailing voices the same thing as always: "Keep it in, have control. Let no one know, that should be your only goal. Take a stand, avoid the hands, be a man and try to understand that we love you, from above we watch so watch the clock and keep track, never turn your back." But I had, I'd turned my back and now not only was I exposed but I had put everyone here at risk.
"You have to trust me to do what's best for both of us!" I could feel my anger boiling, people were becoming afraid as my voice grew tall. I outstretch my harm in an authoritive manner. "Now, please, hand my gloves back." I have the same intensity of fear as when my parents left for their final voyage. I begged them to stay, 'do you have to leave?'
"You won't give me the one thing I've ever asked for. I can't live like this anymore." Anna wined.
'Yes, there isn't enough room for the two of you together' the voice swooned
"Then leave! Just go. Go." My face falls, I can no longer retain my emotions. The raw hurt on my sisters place is just too much for me right now. I turn, away, like always. Hoping that somehow she'd find a way to forgive me. I need some control, a distraction. I can't control my emotions right now, I can't let the worst happen again, like it had many years ago.
"I never asked for one thing! Not a single thing! If this is the kind of person you are, I'm glad I never got to know you." The man held her from behind, she began to regain her composure, taking somewhat shaky breaths. There was a low gasp from the crowd, our quarrel had caused much attention from the crowd – all unwanted from both parties. She cried "What did I ever do to you you stupid selfish jerk? What did I do that was so wrong! No why do you shut me out! Why do you shut the world out, why are you hiding us away, what's there to fear the world is a great place!" Anna's positivity was anything but infectious. She was inching closer and closer and clo-.
Until "I. Said. Go!" I growl. Screams emit into the air and Anna pulls away to the 'safety' of her man or whatever. Everything turns a violent tinge of red.
"Sorcery!" The chicken man squeals, he blabs on about how the land is cursed and what not. I can't handle this right now. "I knew something crude was going on here! MONSTER! I'm heating up!" And indeed he was, in fact he was on fire! "The King has cursed the land, he's a fraud.
If she won't leave then I will. I can't deal with her petty decisions, why should I have to do everything on my own, she should pick up the slack around here too! They called out names, 'monster' 'beast' 'possessed' I'd talk to them kindly about it but I couldn't think straight. My mind was foggy and everything was just a blur so I ran. I left all the negativity behind and tired my hardest not to look back. I sprint across the frozen river, it fell away as I ran. There was no turning back from here on out, through the doors I ran, leaving everything I ever knew behind.
