Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen.
A/N: Thanks to catsmelt who proof read this. All mistakes are still mine, I suppose.
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Anna stared at Olaf in shock.
"Y-You! You can talk?" asked Anna when she finally calmed down.
"Yeah?" Olaf answered, looking at her innocently while nodding.
"And you can walk?" she asked incredulously.
"Yeah?" Olaf answered again with the same innocent look.
"And your name is Olaf…" Anna said slowly, not sure what to think about the situation.
"Yeah, and you are…?"
"I…I'm Anna."
"Hi, Anna!" Olaf said cheerfully, waving his hand at her.
She took a moment to properly look at him and she realized he was missing something. "So, Olaf…" she started as she guided him to the kitchen. "Are you the same Olaf Elsa built when we were kids?" Anna wondered if Elsa knew she was capable of building an animated snowman. The Olaf she built years ago certainly didn't move, let alone talk.
"Oh! I know Elsa built me…but I don't know if I'm the same? Do you think I'm the same?"
Anna rummaged in the kitchen until she found what she wanted. She turned to face Olaf and took a deep breath before plunging the carrot into his face. "Now I'm sure you're the same one," said Anna as she smiled fondly at Olaf, watching him thank the heavens for finally giving him a nose.
"Olaf, are you in any way linked with Elsa? You know, since her emotions controls her powers and she built you with those powers…?" Anna didn't know what to expect, but she still asked anyway. If Olaf was in some way connected to Elsa, then maybe he knew where she was, or what she was feeling.
"I don't really understand what you mean by linked," The snowman replied truthfully. "but I know where Elsa is! Let's go play with her! She's feeling lonely."
Anna immediately ran out of the kitchen and towards the castle gates. "What are we waiting for? Come on, Olaf!"
Olaf ran as fast as he could behind Anna and shouted with concern. "Anna! You're bleeding, Elsa won't like that!"
Anna didn't need to look to know she was bleeding. She already knew, thanks to the pain on her shoulder, that her wound had opened up. Gerda had warned her it was bound to happen and that she had to take extra care of herself when it did, but right now there was no time for that.
"I know and I don't care! Elsa's more important!"
When Olaf and Anna reached the castle gates Anna suddenly stopped, causing Olaf to slam into her. "How could I be so stupid! I don't know how to ride a horse! It'll take days to get to the Northern Mountain by foot!" She never learnt how to ride a horse due to her father's over protective nature.
Olaf only looked at her and said: "I don't have a brain…am I stupid?"
Anna groaned in response. "Olaf, this is serious!"
"What about that reindeer over there? Do you know how to ride a reindeer?"
Anna's ears perked up when she heard the word 'reindeer'. She whirled around and saw Sven trotting around, but Kristoff was nowhere in sight. The strawberry blonde rushed over and hugged Sven. "Sven! Why are you here? Where's Kristoff?"
Tears sprang from her eyes when Sven shook his head and let out a sad sound. Kristoff never ever separated from Sven unless there was a good reason. Oh God, what have I done…Something must have happened to Kristoff and it's all my fault. What if Kristoff…Anna shook her head, trying not to think of the worst; but if it was true how could she explain it to their father?
Olaf gave her a concerned look. "What's wrong, Anna? Why are you crying? You don't want to see Elsa anymore? Or do you not know how to ride a reindeer?"
Anna gave Olaf a weak smile as she dried her tears. "I don't know how to ride a reindeer, Olaf, but one can learn to." At this moment she had no choice; Elsa was the first step into solving everything, and that was what she had to do right now.
"Sven…I'm counting on you to take me over there." She pointed at the Northern Mountains. "Will you do that for me?"
Sven looked at her and nodded, making a grunting sound of approval. Anna hoisted Olaf onto Sven before getting on herself. At least she knew Sven could understand if she shouted 'go', 'stop', 'left' and 'right, simple commands Kristoff had taught him.
The snowman in front of her turned around and looked at her with a big smile. "Ready, Anna?"
Anna sucked in a deep breath and shouted. "I was born ready! Go, Sven!" With that said, Sven started running towards the Northern Mountains.
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After an hour or two of following Olaf's directions they reached a secluded valley. "Over there! We're getting closer." Olaf said excitedly, and true to his words they saw Elsa standing there, surrounded by rocks.
Anna quickly motioned Olaf and Sven to hide with her behind a huge rock. She then raised a finger to her lips in a hush motion and whispered quietly to them. "Don't make any noise, got it?" Both of them nodded.
Right now they were roughly twenty five to thirty feet away from where Elsa was. She peeked out from her hiding spot and saw Elsa kneeling down and saying something. She then deduced that this place must be the Valley of the Living Rock Gerda had told her about, where the troll King that had healed her resided. Maybe Elsa's going to ask him how to thaw this winter…
"I don't know what to do anymore…" Anna heard Elsa say. "Please…help me, King Pabbie."
Anna's eyes widened when the rocks began to roll towards Elsa and turn into trolls. She assumed the one who spoke was King Pabbie. "Queen Elsa, I sense that you are in great pain. How may I be of assistance?"
Her eyes went back to Elsa as she spoke. "Please help me get rid of my memories…of Anna." What? Why would she want to do that? Anna was shocked. Elsa wanted to forget about her?
The troll King shook his head slightly at her request. "I cannot get rid of memories, Elsa."
"Why? I thought—"
Pabbie raised a hand to silence her. "I told the late King that I could only lock the memories away, and that is what I did for Anna. Even if I help you lock away your memories, I sense that your love for her is strong…if you fall in love with her again, your memories could be awakened and it will all come back to you."
"If I don't see her anymore then I won't fall in love with her again! I'll just send her away, back to Romsdal!" said Elsa desperately. "Please help me! I don't want to suffer anymore! If only I knew…If only I had you lock away my memories when I was a child it wouldn't have to come to this!"
The Queen broke into sobs. "If I had come earlier, then Arendelle would be safe! Anna would be safe! I hurt her, King Pabbie! I hurt her again, and I can't live like this!"
Anna's jaws clenched, her hands balled into fist. She couldn't take it anymore and came running out of her hiding spot.
"Anna! How did you find me? What are you—"
"What is your problem?" Anna interrupted. "Don't you think it hurts me as well?" she screamed at a shocked Elsa. "I remember, Elsa! I remember everything! I remember how I got angry that you shut me out, how I pushed you until you couldn't take it anymore, until you lost control of your powers! I remember the sharp ice coming out of nowhere and stabbing me close to my heart! I remember the coldness of the ice that penetrated my flesh, the pain that erupted in my chest and the feeling of warm thick blood flowing out of my body—"
"Stop it!" Elsa shouted. "Just please stop—" Anna ignored Elsa and raised her voice a notch louder.
"—but all I could think about was you!"
Elsa stopped her pleas and looked at her with surprise. Anna was suddenly aware that all eyes were trained on her. She swallowed nervously but was determined to continue.
"All I could think about was you…" she said with a voice smaller than before but still loud enough for everyone to hear. "Funny, right?" she laughed dryly. "I was on the verge of dying but all I could think about was you. That pain when the ice pierced through me…it couldn't compare to the hurt you caused when you shut me out. I was young and I didn't understand why you wouldn't see me anymore, I didn't know how hard you were trying to protect me and how much suffering you went through to do what you thought was best for me… but now I do."
Anna's eyes softened as she stared into frightened blue ones. "You could have just told me, Elsa. It's not like I didn't know about your powers…you could have told me and I would have told you I didn't care, and I still don't care." She tentatively made a step forward, and was happy that Elsa didn't move. She walked up until she was an arm away from Elsa and gave her a small smile. "After all, who wouldn't want a friend who could create snow out of thin air?"
The wind died down as the howling winds turned into hushed breezes that were barely audible. The whole valley was silent, only sounds of breathing could be heard. Anna swore that everyone must have heard how hard her heart was beating.
"You don't have to suffer anymore, Elsa. I remember now, so you're not alone in this pain. I don't care about what happened in the past—what happened in the past stays in the past. From this day forth I'll be with you…always. No matter what happens, I'll be right here for you." Anna wondered what compelled her to make such a promise, but deep down she knew it was what she truly wanted and she would never regret it.
The strawberry blonde watched Elsa as those mesmerizing blue eyes welled up with tears. She never thought anybody could look so beautiful when they were so broken at the same time. Anna could see that Elsa wanted to touch her but couldn't bring herself to do it. She smiled at reached down for her hand and placed it over her heart. "I won't go anywhere."
She bit back the pain when Elsa suddenly hugged her.
"Yay! Look how happy they are, Sven!"
Anna yelped in pain when Elsa tightened her grip out of fear. "O-Olaf!" Anna managed to scold through her gritted teeth. "Don't scare Elsa!"
"Olaf?" Elsa asked with wonder.
"Yeah, and that's Sven!" He pointed towards the reindeer beside him. Olaf then looked at Elsa with concern. "Anna's been bleeding along the way, Elsa. She said she didn't care but I thought I'd let you know."
Anna felt Elsa pull back and examine her shoulder, looking her blood soaked clothes. "Anna! Your wound—! How did I not realize this sooner!" she said, words tainted with guilt. "You shouldn't be out in this condition!"
The strawberry blonde managed a weak smile. "If I didn't…then you'd already forgotten me by now." Anna wanted to assure her that she was fine, but all of the sudden she felt dazed and collapsed to the ground. She heard the trolls gasp and Pabbie rolled over to her side. "Don't worry," he said. "I'll heal her."
Pabbie reached out his hands to Anna, but all of the sudden an arrow whizzed past and struck the ground near where Pabbie was standing.
"Get away from my sister!"
"Kristoff…" whispered Anna feebly.
"Anna!" Kristoff shouted with his voice full of shock. He tightened the grip on his crossbow when he saw Anna lying there in Elsa's arm, slowly bleeding to death. "So it's true! What did you do to her you witch!" The tall blonde screamed with rage, eyes burning with hatred as he looked at Elsa.
Elsa flinched at the last word. "I-I didn't mean to! It was an accident!"
"I don't believe you!" yelled Kristoff, pointing his crossbow at Elsa, finger ready to press the trigger. "I know how you hurt her and I won't forgive you! I'll never forgive you for hurting my sister you monster!" The last word rang out clearly and echoed throughout the valley.
Anna watched as Elsa's expression change and how her eyes darkened. The strawberry blonde mentally cursed her brother because she knew that Elsa now doubted every word Anna had just said. Anna had tried so hard to pull Elsa back up, to get her to open up to her but Kristoff was pushing her back into her shell, just like that.
Sven started making all kinds of sounds, but Kristoff yelled back at him, eyes never leaving Elsa. "Why are you on their side? They hurt Anna, can't you see?"
Anna didn't know if a reindeer could roll its eyes, but if it could she certainly saw Sven do it. Sven charged towards Kristoff, biting his crossbow to direct it away from Elsa. Out of panic, Kristoff's finger slipped and pressed the trigger, causing the arrow to shoot. Everyone gasped as their eyes watching the arrow hit the white snowman.
"Oh look at that! I've been impaled! Hehehe!"
Olaf let out a weird laugh and everyone let out a sigh of relief when they understood that Olaf was unharmed. The snowman glanced down at the arrow stuck in his chest and removed it with ease. He then raised his head and looked at everyone with wide eyes. "Why is everybody looking at me? Shouldn't you be helping Anna instead?"
"Haha…ha…"
Everyone's eyes shot back to Anna when they heard her laugh faintly. Anna didn't know whether to appreciate Olaf's weird timings or not, but she was glad that everyone stopped making a ruckus. She heard the rolling of rocks and footsteps rushing towards her, their sounds quickly becoming incoherent to her mind. She struggled to keep her eyes open, looking at the distorted faces in front of her. She saw something glow out of the corner of her eyes, feeling the warmth spread over her shoulder.
The last thing she heard was Elsa's sobs, and then she blacked out.
A/N:
For the people who might be wonder why Kristoff is talking like that...it will be revealed in the next chapter, so don't worry.
The next chapter will be mainly Elsa's POV and a bit of Kristoff's!
