Finally, it is the day before the big celebration, and Elsa is in the great hall. She is there to make sure that everything is ready for tomorrow. Decorations are being place and furniture is being arranged to accommodate guests. During this time, Anna comes walking into the room.

"Hello, Elsa," says Anna as she approaches her sister. "I see you haven't let up on the preparations."

Oh hello, Anna," replies Elsa. "Yes, I'm just making certain that we haven't forgotten anything."

"I'm certain that we haven't," adds Anna. "In fact, I think that we may have even added a few things as well."

Elsa smiles as she replies, "You may well be right about that. We certainly got a lot accomplished these last two weeks."

"I am aware of that," says Anna. "And that is starting to make me worry a bit."

"What's this?" asks Elsa. "Are you having second thoughts about marrying Kristoff?"

"No, it's not that," replies Anna. "It's just that… um…. Elsa, can we just talk somewhere else?"

"Of course, Anna," replies Elsa as she makes a small gesture for Anna to lead the way.

So Anna begins to walk and Elsa walks alongside of Anna. Once the sisters leave the great hall, Elsa asks," So what is troubling you, Anna."

"I'm hoping that it is nothing, but I am just starting to worry about you," replies Anna.

"You are worrying about me?" asks a puzzled Elsa. "Why would you be worrying about me?"

"Before Kristoff's proposal, you have been getting overly involved in your duties as queen," replies Anna. "I figured your preoccupation with work was because Kristian had left. That is why Olaf and I tried to have some fun together with you."

"I know what Olaf and you were trying to do, and I am grateful for your attempts," replies Elsa. "Both of you did help to improve my mood."

"I'm glad that we were successful," says Anna. "I even thought that Kristoff's proposal was just the thing to brighten you up. Yet, now I'm beginning to think that all you have done is replace your royal duties with the preparations of the celebration."

"In a way, I suppose that I have," replies Elsa with a slight smile. "But I have replaced my sadness over the absence of Kristian with the joy of your engagement. I would think that you would be pleased with my improved state of mind."

"It is a bit of a relief to hear you say that," replies Anna. "However, I think you have been putting too much time into the celebration concerning Kristoff and me. Don't forget, the main reason for this celebration is to celebrate your first full year as the Queen of Arendelle. Kristoff and I should only be a footnote in the day's festivities."

"Nonsense, I was going to make the celebration nearly all about you," says Elsa. "My one year reign is just a formality. However, your engagement is a unique event; and it should be treated as such."

"Simply announcing my engagement will make it a unique event, Elsa," replies Anna. "However, the person that matters the most to the people of Arendelle is you. I may be important to Arendelle, but you are Arendelle. You literally are what make this kingdom what it is. So celebrating your one year reign is like celebrating the Kingdom of Arendelle, and I think that is the more important thing to honor."

Elsa stops walking after hearing this from Anna. She needs time to put what Anna has said into perspective. Elsa has always known that she was important to the Kingdom of Arendelle, but she had never correlated the fact that she and Arendelle were considered to be the same entity. "Perhaps I have gone overboard on focusing the celebration on you and Kristoff," says Elsa. "I just wanted to make this event special for my only sister."

"Even if everything goes wrong, Elsa; the day will be wonderful," replies Anna. "Not only will I be engaged with a man I have great affection for, but I will now always have a day that will mean as much to me as it means to my big sister."

"Every day that I have to spend with you will always be important to me, Anna," says Elsa. "We already lost so much time in the past, and I hope that we don't waste too much more."

"Elsa, no matter what happens in the future, I will always love you," replies Anna with a smile. "So please stop trying to make up for lost time."

Elsa begins to laugh. Then she says, "I'll try, but that is not going to be easy." Then both sisters begin to burst into laughter.

While they were laughing, Olaf comes running up to Anna and Elsa. "Hi guys!" says Olaf. "I see you're both in a joyful mood."

"Oh, we were just having a little talk about tomorrow's celebration," replies Elsa with a smile.

"Yes, and the talk centered on how Elsa was going over the top on my engagement," adds Anna.

"So you came to an agreement that was agreeable to the both of you," states Olaf.

"Well maybe not an agreement, but at least an understanding. We can work on the details from there," replies Elsa.

Then Anna speaks. "Olaf, you came into the room in a bit of a hurry. Is there something that you wanted to tell us?"

"Oh, ya!" replies Olaf. "Someone important to us has returned to Arendelle!"

Elsa starts to become excited and a little snow begins to fall in the room. "Kristian has returned!" exclaims Elsa as she begins to run towards the main doors.

"Wait Elsa!" calls out Olaf. "It's not Kristian!"

Elsa stops near the door of the room, and she turns back to look at Olaf. "It's not Kristian," says Elsa as her mood sinks from making the wrong assumption. "Then who else would be important to us?"

"Well, I thought that the presence of Mattias would be important enough for you to know," replies Olaf.

Once again Elsa's mood improves. "Yes, Mattias is an important individual to welcome back," says a smiling Elsa. "So if Mattias is back, then maybe Kristian cannot be far behind. Let's see if Mattias is able to give us some more information."

So Elsa quickly begins to head out to the courtyard of the palace, and Anna and Olaf follow right behind her. As Elsa steps out into the courtyard, she hears a bird screech. When Elsa looks in the direction of the sound, her eyes fall onto Mattias sitting on top of the stone wall of the courtyard.

"Mattias!" exclaims Elsa happily as she stretches her arm out to the firebird.

In response, Mattias screeches; and he then spreads his wings. Then Mattias flies down to Elsa and lands on Elsa's outstretched arm.

"It is good to see you again, Mattias," says Elsa as she strokes the back of the firebird. "So is Kristian in Arendelle as well?"

In response, Mattias ruffles his feathers.

"If he is not in Arendelle, is Kristian at least coming?" then asks Elsa.

To this question, Mattias screeches in the affirmative.

"That was a good response," says Olaf as he walks up alongside of Elsa. "Kristian must be on his way here."

"Kristian must have sent Mattias ahead to let you know he was just about to Arendelle," adds Anna.

"I need to find how close he is," replies Elsa excitedly.

So Elsa lifts her arm up into the air, and Mattias then takes to the air. Once Mattias has left Elsa's arm, Elsa quickly runs to the light house of Arendelle. She is followed there by Olaf and Anna. Once Elsa reaches the top of the light house, she looks out in the direction of the open sea. For a moment she just stands there looking. Soon Anna and Olaf join her at the top of the lighthouse.

"Elsa, Kristian's ship could still be hours away. You could be up here a long time, before you are able to see the ship," says Anna.

"That is not the reason why I am up here, Anna," replies Elsa. "I'm up here because it is the best spot to watch for a response."

"A response to what?" asks a puzzled Anna.

Then Elsa begins to generate a sphere of magical energy. Then Elsa says, "A response to my signal."

With that said, Elsa releases the energy high into the air. This energy climbs for several seconds until it is almost as high as the North Mountain. Once this energy has reached this height, it disperses through the air creating ice crystals as it does. These crystals then float down through the air, sparkling in the sun as they fall.

For a few seconds, everyone on the lighthouse watches the horizon. Then off in the distance, an orange light is seen climbing into the sky. Once this light reaches its peak, it erupts into an exploding fireball with a low sounding boom.

"There's Kristian!" exclaims a happy Elsa.

"He will be here sometime today," adds Anna. "It will be at least an hour by my guess before his ship will be in view."

"I think this is going to be one of the longest hours of my life," replies Elsa. "Yet, it will mean that tomorrow will be a day I will never forget."

In little over an hour, Kristian's ship comes into view of Arendelle. A smile comes to Kristian's face as he sees the village. "It's good to finally be back here," says Kristian.

However, as Kristian says this, his hands begin to flare. Then a man made of total flame appears to be standing on the water. This man is just a vision of Tollak. Then Kristian hears Tollak speak. "Fulfill your duty to me and you will obtain power that is unimaginable. The barrier to this goal and all your other goals is the creature that wields the magic energy over the cold. Destroy the ice witch and you shall find the peace you are looking for."

"No," says Kristian as he lifts his flaming hands up in front of him. Then Kristian closes his eyes. "Stay calm. It is just a vision. Just keep it under control. Don't let Goran's curse control you. You can control it."

With a few more deep breaths, the flames on his hands subside; and then they disappear. Once the flames were out, Kristian opens his eyes; and the image of Tollak is no longer there. With his powers back under control, Kristian lets out a sigh of relief.

Now it takes several more minutes before Kristian ship is pulled up to the docks and secured. As men were busy tying the ship to the dock; Kristian can see Elsa, Anna, and Olaf waiting for him. All of them are waving to him, and Kristian waves back.

"Welcome back!" shouts Olaf from the dock.

"It's good to be back!" replies Kristian to Olaf.

Soon a plank is put into position and Kristian is able to disembark from the ship. Once Kristian is standing on the dock; Elsa, Anna, and Olaf come up to great him.

Olaf is the first one to greet Kristian as he comes trotting up to him. "Hey Kristian! Everyone has been missing you," says Olaf.

"Hi Olaf," says Kristian as he sits his pack onto the dock. "I think you might be exaggerating there. I don't think everyone in the village would be missing me."

"OK, so I haven't asked everyone in the village if they were missing you; but I do know that a lot of people were," replies Olaf. "I know the blacksmith would like to have you around again. Also the baker and the palace cooks wouldn't mind having you around either. I can think of several kids that would like to see both you and Mattias as well."

"I didn't realize that I was such a popular guy," says Kristian with a smirk.

"You shouldn't sell yourself short like that," says Elsa as she nears. "You are liked by many people here, including me."

"Hi Elsa," says Kristian as he looks at the Queen of Arendelle. "I have certainly missed seeing you these past few weeks."

"I was missing you before you even left Arendelle," replies Elsa with a smile.

"I hope my absence has depressed you too much," says Kristian with a smile.

"It was a challenge to keep Elsa happy, but Anna and I did our best to help the time pass by" chirps Olaf.

"I will admit that there were a few difficult days, but it was hard to be sad for very long," adds Elsa. "Anna was always there for support, and Olaf is always ready to have a little fun." Now Elsa steps forward and places her hands on Kristian's shoulder. Then she says with a smile, "But right now I don't need them to cheer me up any more."

Kristian smiles, as he places his hands onto Elsa's lower back; and then he leans in and kisses Elsa. In return, Elsa responds favorable to Kristian's affections. For a few seconds, things seem to be going well. Then suddenly, Kristian pushes Elsa away from him.

Elsa is surprised by this. "Kristian?" then asks a puzzled Elsa.

However, as she finishes speaking, a flash of fire comes from Kristian's torso. "No!" exclaims Kristian as he strains to regain control of his magic.

This sudden flash of fire strikes Elsa hard and it causes her to take a few steps backwards. Elsa also cries out in pain as the fire hits her. However, Elsa own magic responded to the flames, and her magic kept the flames from doing any serious harm. Meanwhile, Kristian steps backwards, and he ends up falling to one knee as the fire recedes and fades away.

"Elsa!" exclaims Anna as she comes running forward to aid her sister. As she places her hands onto Elsa, Anna asks, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine, Anna," replies Elsa. "But what about Kristian?"

Everyone looks at Kristian as he is kneeling on the dock. His fire had just faded away, and Kristian looks exhausted from his ordeal.

"Hey Kristian, are you OK?" asks Olaf as he comes right up next to him.

"I hope so Olaf," replies Kristian as he regains his composure. "I've just been having a little trouble with my fire lately."

As Kristian gets back to his feet, Elsa comes walking forward. "Kristian, if I had known, I would have acted differently," apologies Elsa.

"Elsa it is not your fault," replies Kristian. "I thought that I could manage it, but I guess that I couldn't. My journey back home took a bigger toll on me than I thought it would."

"I should have realized," says Elsa. "You need to rest after your long journey. Once you have been properly refreshed, then we can become reacquainted."

"For safety concern, Elsa; I would suggest that we avoid any physical contact for the next few days," adds Kristian as he goes to pick up his pack.

"I understand," replies a slightly dejected Elsa. "I hope that means that we can still be able to talk to one another."

"I don't see why we can't," says Kristian as he begins to walk back to the palace. "We just need to maintain a safe distance."

Elsa also begins to walk back to the palace. She walks along side of Kristian with Olaf walking in-between the two of them. "At least that is something," replies Elsa as she smiles a little. "So was your trip home successful? Did you manage to retrieve everything that you wanted to get?"

"Yes, I got my treasures and then some," replies Kristian. "Thanks to the King of Weselton, I was able to bring back a few more things as well inside a chest. I'm having the chest delivered to the palace."

Elsa stops walk, and out of surprise she says, "Wait, the King of Weselton actually helped you?"

"I can't believe that either," adds Anna who has been following Elsa and Kristian. "After the way the Duke tried to have Elsa killed and his banishment from Arendelle, I wouldn't think the king would have been very forgiving."

"Him being forgiving might not have a lot to do with his help," suggests Kristian. "I think his desire to reestablish trade with Arendelle has more to do with it. I even have a parchment from the king in my pack that he wants me to give to you."

"I can understand the king's motives, but I thought that you were going to avoid such contact," says Elsa.

"I was trying to avoid as many people as I could, but there were times where contact just couldn't be helped," replies Kristian. "One time just happened to get me face to face with the Duke of Weselton again."

"Oh, not him again," groans Anna. "Every time he gets involved, problems always seem to arise for Elsa and Arendelle."

"Well this time the problem arose with me," replies Kristian. "In simplest terms, the Duke captured me and he brought me in front of the king."

"I hope the Duke didn't treat you too harshly," says a sympathetic Elsa.

"It wasn't pleasant, but at least seeing the Duke being chastised by the King of Weselton made up for it," replies a smiling Kristian.

"I wish that I could have seen that," says a smiling Anna. "That little man needed to be taken down a peg or two."

"Yes, the look of shock on his face was kind of enjoyable," replies Kristian with a smile. "Anyway, the king wanted to make up for the Duke's action so he lent me the use of a horse. I think he also wanted to give a positive impression to Elsa as well. Since Elsa made me a royal emissary."

"Then I am glad that I was able to help you on your journey," says Elsa as she begins to walk to the palace again. "And I will give full consideration to the king's parchment for his favorable treatment of you."

Soon this group enters the front doors of the palace, and Kristian is able to see all the activity going on in the palace. Many decorations are being put up, and royal banners are being displayed everywhere.

"The palace wasn't this done up for the spring festival," says Kristian as he marvels over all the preparations. "You must be trying to make your coronation anniversary into a real important event."

"Yes, I was trying to make the day as special as I possibly could," says Elsa with a big smile.

"Aren't you getting a little full of yourself, Elsa?" asks Kristian with a slight smile. "I mean ya, it is an important day; but so are many other days during the year."

"I wasn't trying to make the day special for me," replies a smiling Elsa. "I was trying to make the day special for Anna and Kristoff."

"Anna and Kristoff?" asks a puzzled Kristian.

"That's right!" chirps Olaf. "Tomorrow's celebration is going to be serving a dual purpose. Tomorrow will also serve as the royal announcement of Anna's and Kristoff's engagement!"

"Anna's engaged? So Kristoff actually proposed then," replies Kristian.

"Yes he sort of did," replies Anna with a grin. "It wasn't in the way that he wanted to propose, but he did manage to get me a beautiful engagement ring." Now Anna holds up her hand to show off the ring.

Kristian looks at the ring on Anna's hand, and he is impressed with the ring. "That's quite the ring Kristoff got you there. It must have taken him a long time to pay for it," says Kristian.

"He did put in a lot of extra time working to pay for this ring," replies Anna. "I would have been happy with a simpler ring, but it is still wonderful to have something to remind me of Kristoff's love."

"You must be really happy for your sister then," says Kristian as he addresses Elsa.

"I'm extremely over joyed for Anna," replies Elsa. "Perhaps I have even been too overjoyed. Just today Anna has told me that I have been putting too much into hers and Kristoff's introduction."

"Well Elsa has always thought of others before herself," interjects Anna. "I wanted to make sure that she knew what tomorrow was all about, her coronation."

"Yep, and that is why tomorrow will be doubly special!" exclaims a cheerful Olaf. "It will be double pleasure and it will be double fun, as two things are celebrated in one!"

Everyone begins to laugh, as Olaf finishes making his statement.

By now it was late in the day, and Kristian spent most of the rest of the day settling back into his room at the palace. Afterwards, Kristian was able to have a pleasant meal with Elsa, Anna, and Kristoff. During the meal, Kristian was able to tell everyone about his journey through the Kingdom of Weselton. Kristian was also able to hear about the events that had unfolded in Arendelle while he was away.

Soon, it was getting late and Kristian had decided to head to bed early. He was still fatigued from his trip, and Goran's curse was not helping matters much either. Once Kristian got to his room in the palace dungeon, he works on getting ready for bed.

One of the first things that Kristian does was to roll up the mattress that was on the stone slab. Kristian knew that the likelihood of him blazing in the night was going to be quite high, and he didn't want to cause more damage than he needed. Next Kristian uses an old blanket to make his bed. The palace has many old blankets, but these blankets were still in very good shape. Finally, Kristian settles down and drifts off to sleep.