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Chapter 9: reconsidering

The next morning Anna woke up to a knock on her door. "Anna, are you in there?" It was Kristoff. "Ah, yeah, I am in here," Anna replied. "Sounds like you just woke up," Kristoff observed. "No, I have been up for hours," Anna responded, still very tiered. "Hours? Anna, it is only 5 in the morning," Kristoff said. "Why did you wake me at 5 A.M?" "We have big news for Elsa, remember. She is at the breakfast table now. She told me has a lot of thinking to do today so she wants to get up early," Kristoff said. Anna came out the door wearing her best dress- the one she wore for Elsa's coronation day. "Wow! You look amazing," Kristoff said. "Thank you," Anna responded.

At the breakfast table Anna and Kristoff sat across from Elsa and Hogler. "Anna, I have something I need to tell you," Elsa said. "Me too, sister," Anna added. "I was asked if I want to get married," Anna and Elsa said at the same time. "What," they remain in simultaneous verbal contact. "What did you say," Elsa asked. "I said yes. Kristoff and I are getting married. How about you, Elsa," Anna asked. "At first I said no but now I might be changing that answer," Elsa said looking over at Hogler. "So you have reconsidered," Hogler asked. "I am reconsidering," Elsa answered, "Nothing is said other than that!"

After breakfast Elsa wanted to talk to Anna in private. The girls went to Anna's bedroom. "So he really asked to marry you," Anna asked about Hogler. "Yes, and I do not know what I should answer. It is a hard time for the kingdom," Elsa said. Anna remembered right then what Pabbie warned Kristoff and her about the other night. "It will only get darker from here," Anna said. "What," Elsa asked quickly. "Kristoff and I went to see Pabbie at the valley of the Living Rock last night. It was there he asked me to marry him. He told me some stuff about what is probably going to happen." "Like what?" The queen asked. Anna thought for a moment. If she answered honestly it might prevent or make her sister not want to marry Hogler. She did not want to do that but she also did not like lying to her sister. It was going to be a tough choice. "I will tell you when you need to know," Anna said mimicking Elsa's answer to Olaf a few days ago. "Anna, if it is about my kingdom I need to know now," Elsa told her younger sister.

"Do you know about the separation of Arendelle and Excallia?" Anna asked. "Excalli, isn't that the kingdom to our west," Elsa asked. "No, that is Corona, across the Fjord. Excallia is south of Arendelle. According to Pabbie, it is a kingdom that rebelled against Arendelle and became its own individual kingdom in the early years of our family's reign in Arendelle! So, now here's the big shocker. There were captives taken from Excallia and one of those captives is a servant living in the castle even today as we speak," Anna said quickly letting her excitement to inform her sister about the situation show a little too much.

"Anna, how can someone who was alive at the very beginning of our family's reign still be alive? It is not physically possible!" Elsa remarked. "Pabbie did not exactly tell us that detail, even though we asked the same question as you just asked there," Anna said.

Elsa looked outside the room. Gerda was standing outside the room sweeping the hall. "Gerda, get my royal horse ready. I have a special visit to make to an old acquaintance," Elsa said. Anna noticed Elsa's careful choice of words. acquaintance? When had Elsa ever said that before in her life?

Elsa rode alone to see Pabbie, even though both Hogler and Kristoff offered to ride along her side. She told them that this was a personal trip and not a royal one. Hogler was harder to convinece than Kristoff, because he did not understand the situation.

It was about noon when Elsa arrived at the Valley of the Living Rock. "Trolls, hear me. I have come to speak to the wisest among you- Pabbie. Where can I find him," Elsa asked. Bulda, Kristoff's "mom", was the one who answered. "You looking for Pabbie? Well, seems you just missed him. He went to the river to mediate. He has been under a lot of stress lately for some reason," she said. "I have been too. That is one of the reasons I must speak with him. I am the queen of Arendelle- Queen Elsa," the queen said.

Just then an old troll walked up to Elsa's royal horse. "Queen Elsa, what are you doing here?" "Pabbie," Elsa asked. "Elsa, you were so young last time we met," the troll said. "I was eight. It was thirteen years ago. Now I must talk to you. It is about something Princess Anna told me," Elsa told the troll. "Oh, so you know what is to come. I assume she told you about your child," Pabbie said. "My child? I have none," Elsa said. "Come, we have much to talk about. Time is against us," Pabbie told Elsa. That did not sound too good.

"Elsa you will give birth to a baby girl- Elsa the second of Arendelle. Your joy will be great. However, your joy will be turned to hatred soon after the birth. You see, you trust too many and some do not share affection you show them. There is someone who wishes to end your family's reign forever and ever!" Pabbie said. "Who," Elsa asked. "Follow me," Pabbie answered leading her to the river where she assumes he meditates often. "Look in the river and tell me who's reflection you see," Pabbie ordered. "Mine," Elsa answered like Pabbie was asking a trick question. "Look deeper. You need to look much deeper than what you can see," Pabbie told the queen. She laughed a little but tried to see beneathe the surface of her reflection. "I only see me," Elsa said sadly. "And that is a bad thing, queen," Pabbie asked. "Is it," Elsa questioned. "No, it is what you were meant to see. The reflection you see is the one who controls everything that happens from here on. You make the future. Use your powers to make a better world. If you do not control them they will control you. The one you saw underneath your own reflection was not actually you- it was your other side. All nature has 2 sides- a good and an evil. Right now your good is prevailing but if you are not careful there were be a day where you will allow the bad to take over," Pabbie warned. Elsa felt her sweat begin to freeze. She was very afraid. "Do not fear. Like I told you- the future is in your hands. You decide which path to follow- the path of good or the path of evil. Elsa, you cannot control circumstance but you do control reaction. Your circumstance will often be bleak. Just have faith in those you love- in Anna and in Kristoff and in I think you know who," Pabbie said. "Hogler," Elsa asked. "Especially him," Pabbie agreed!

Elsa rode back to the palace trying to keep her emotions and powers under control. It was harder than ever. Something in her wanted to take control but she did not let it. The time had come to begin writing the true Elsa legacy. She knew her path now. It would not be easy but she had to follow it.

Elsa got back to her castle late. She saw Anna and Krsitoff were still up talking but she could not stay up any longer.