Disclaimer: I do not own Frozen. But I do own the DVD and soundtrack for it...
"So, Elsa built you? Have you met her?" I asked the little snowman.
"Yeah, I saw her. She was pretty happy. I don't think she realized I was alive, though," Olaf answered.
"Considering that was her first time using her powers in awhile, I'm sure she didn't," I agreed.
"She seemed like it was something she did every day," Olaf said. I was surprised by this. There was no way she did that every day. She was afraid of them - it was obvious on the coronation. We arrived in an ice tunnel, where there were many spikes sticking out.
"So how exactly are you going to stop this weather?" Kristoff asked. That was an easy question.
"Oh, I am going to talk to my sister," I said.
"That's it? My ice business is riding on you talking to your sister?" He asked.
"Yep!" I answered. It seemed easy enough.
"So you aren't at all afraid of her?" Kristoff asked.
"Why would I be?" I asked. She was my sister. There was nothing to be afraid of. Like I told Hans, she would never hurt me.
"Yeah, I bet she's the nicest, warmest, gentlest person ever," Olaf said. Because he was walking backwards, he didn't realize that his body had gone right through an ice spike. "Oh, look at that. I've been impaled," he chuckled at the thought. I pulled him out of the spike while Kristoff grabbed his bottom part, and together we were able to put him back together.
We arrived at the North Mountain about an hour before sundown. I looked up the steep mountain. "What now?" I asked, even though I already knew the answer. With no other choice, we had to climb up the steep mountain. I walked over to it, not waiting for Kristoff's advice, and began examining the rocks. I could do some rock climbing. The ledges didn't seem that far apart.
"It's too steep," Kristoff observed. "I've only got one rope, and you don't know how to climb mountains." But by then, I had already started climbing it.
"Says who?" I asked, thinking I was actually making some real progress up the mountain. Kristoff must not have noticed me at first, because it took him thirty seconds to ask me what I was doing. What does it look like I'm doing? I thought, but decided to hold back that harsh question, and instead said, "I'm going to see my sister." All the words came out a bit strained as I was pulling myself higher up the mountain.
"You're going to kill yourself," Kristoff said, but I pretended he didn't say anything and looked for where to go next. "I wouldn't put my foot there," he said just as my foot slipped.
"You're distracting me," I told him, and tried looking for a different spot. Right as I found one, Kristoff butted in, and my foot slipped again. I kept trying to pull myself up, though. Then Kristoff stopped giving me advice and started asking me questions.
"How do you even know Elsa wants to see you?" He asked.
"You know, I'm just going to block you out because I gotta concentrate," I said, slipping again. This was much harder than I thought.
"You know, most people who run off into the mountains want to be alone," Kristoff continued, as if I hadn't said anything.
"Nobody wants to be alone!" I called back, knowing how boring it was to be alone from my thirteen years of not being able to talk to anyone. "Except maybe you," I add.
"I'm not alone. I have friends, remember?" Kristoff said.
"You mean the love experts?" I asked.
"Yes, the love experts," Kristoff responded. I noticed a ledge a little ways to my left and tried reaching my foot there. Unfortunately, it was farther away than I thought, and I was now almost doing the splits.
"Please tell me I'm almost there," I said in defeat. Wow, was it hard to breathe. "Does the air seem a bit thin to you up here?"
"Hang on," Kristoff said, but before he could do anything, I heard Olaf talking.
"Hey Sven, not sure if this is going to help, but I found a staircase that leads exactly where you wanted to go," he explained. I let out a little cheer. Climbing this mountain was hard.
"Thank goodness!" I said, glancing up the mountain. It seemed like I wasn't even close. Good thing the little snowman found that staircase. Before I could reflect on it much, I prepared myself to jump. "Here, catch!" I called to Kristoff just before I pushed myself off of the mountainside...and right into his arms. "Thanks," I said, patting his chest before running after Olaf. "That was like some sort of crazy trust exercise." We rounded the corner of the mountain to see an ice staircase that led up to an ice castle. "Woah," I said in amazement. It was gorgeous. I wished I could have seen more of this throughout all my years. I pushed back the thought and just admired the castle.
"Now that's ice," Kristoff said, amazed. "I'm gonna cry."
"Go ahead," I said to him as I walked to the staircase. "I won't judge." I climbed up the staircase, with Olaf in the lead. I didn't pay much attention to what was going on below me. As we reached the top, Olaf stopped and I walked in front of him, right up to the doors. I made a fist, prepared to knock, but hesitated. What if she denied it like she had done for thirteen years?
"Knock!" Olaf urged on. "Just knock," he continued when I hadn't knocked yet. "Why isn't she knocking?" I heard him whisper. "Do you think she knows how to knock?" I took a deep breath and knocked on the doors three times, just like I had done after our parents died. Much to my shock and amazement, the door actually opened.
"It opened!" I exclaimed, then added mainly to myself, "That's a first." Then I remembered who had accompanied me on this journey. "Oh, um, you should probably wait out here," I told Kristoff. "Last time I introduced her to a guy, she froze everything," I said, shrugging.
"What? Oh, come on!" Kristoff exclaimed. "It's a palace made of ice! Ice is my life!"
"Bye, Sven!" Olaf said, waving and heading into the castle, but I quickly grabbed one of his twig arms, stopping him.
"You too, Olaf," I said. I didn't want Elsa freaking out at the sight of a living snowman. I had to tell her about Arendelle.
"Me?" Olaf asked, obviously confused.
"Just, give us a minute," I told him, before biting my bottom lip and walking in. The place was amazingly beautiful. There was a frozen, sparkling waterfall in the middle, with two staircases on either side of it that connected and then separated again. I looked up at the ceiling, where there was some sort of chandelier hanging from it. I remembered I had a job to do, and walked over to one of the staircases. "Elsa?" I called. "It's me, Anna!" Right then, I slipped, stopping right where the stairs started.
"Anna!" I heard someone call, and I quickly looked up. This person didn't look anything like how I remembered her from at the coronation. Was it really my sister? It was my sister alright, but she looked way different. Her hair was in a side braid, she wasn't wearing a crown or gloves, and her coronation dress was no longer there. Instead, it was a light blue, sparkly dress that cut off about an inch below her shoulders, but covered her arms. A long cape dragged behind her. It was obvious that had all been made with ice.
"Woah, Elsa. You look," I tried looking for the right word. "Different. It's a good different!" I quickly added, then directed my attention back to the castle. "And this place. It's amazing!"
"Thank you," Elsa said. "I never knew what I was capable of." I grabbed hold of the railing and stepped up. Much to my disappointment, she inched away. Not again!
"I'm so sorry about what happened," I said. Maybe that would help her calm down. "If I had known-."
"No, no. It's okay," Elsa quickly said. "You-you don't have to apologize. But you should probably go. Please." I could tell she was still scared of hurting someone.
"But I just got here!" I protested.
"You belong down in Arendelle," Elsa said, walking backwards.
"So do you!" I insisted.
"No, Anna, I belong here. Alone. Where I can be who I am...without hurting anybody." Did she know? I figured not.
"Actually about that," I said, but was cut off by someone counting. I turned in the direction of the noise.
"Wait, what was that?" Elsa asked, scared. Why was she so worried? Did she think I would bring along someone who would want to hurt her?
"Hi, I'm Olaf!" The little snowman exclaimed, running up to my side. I looked up at Elsa with a comforting smile. "And I like warm hugs!" Olaf added.
"Olaf?" Elsa asked. She must have recognized that name, too. Olaf arrived on the same step as me and looked at the Snow Queen.
"You built me. Remember that?" Olaf asked.
"And you're alive?" She asked.
"Um...I think so," Olaf said, examining his arms. I suppressed a laugh. I noticed Elsa was looking at her hands. She was obviously amazed and shocked at what she could do. I kneeled down next to the snowman.
"He's just like the one we built as kids," I said.
"Yeah," Elsa said, although I could barely hear it.
"Elsa, we were so close," I said, looking up at her again. "We can be like that again." I saw her slightly smile, but then she silently gasped and had a scared look on her face, as if she was remembering something. Then she came back to reality and shook her head.
"No. We can't. Good-bye, Anna," she said, turning and walking back in the direction that she had come.
"Elsa, wait," I said, standing up. I motioned for Olaf to leave, which he got the hint. This argument didn't involve him.
"No! I'm just trying to protect you," Elsa said, not looking back at me.
"You don't have to protect me. I'm not afraid!" I said, walking up the staircase. "Please don't shut me out again! Please don't slam the door. You don't have to keep your distance anymore!" I said, although it became more like a song. I had noticed that she looked to see if I was still following her before she ran up the staircase. She was really persistent on keeping that safe distance from me. I continued to sing, hoping I could make things easier for her. "'Cause for the first time in forever, I finally understand. For the first time in forever, we can fix this hand in hand. We can head down this mountain together! You don't have to live in fear! 'Cause for the first time in forever, I will be right here." I finished singing. We had reached the top, and I was leaning up against one of the posts, and rested my hand over my heart. However, this didn't help out any for Elsa. She turned around and sang to me.
"Anna, please go back home. Your life awaits," she began. I could tell by her expression that she was happy to see me, but at the same time scared because she was trying to protect me. "Go enjoy the sun and open up the gates!" That only continued to confirm my suspicions that she didn't know what was going on.
"Yeah, but-," I began, but she cut me off.
"I know! You mean well, but leave me be," she said, turning away and walking to the doors on the other side of the room. She opened them up to reveal a balcony. "Yes, I'm alone, but I'm alone and free!" She said. She was obviously happy about living up here. Maybe if it wasn't for the eternal winter, I would leave her be like she wanted, but many would die if the winter wasn't thawed by Elsa. "Just stay away, and you'll be safe from me," she said, walking back into the room. She had seen me almost right next to her on the balcony and panicked. I let out an inaudible sigh, but followed her back into the room. I thought for a few seconds how exactly I would explain this to her. This was much harder than I anticipated.
"Actually we're not," I said. She turned to face me. That got her attention.
"What do you mean you're not?" She asked. Yep, she didn't know. I could tell.
"I get the feeling you don't know!" I continued, which was followed by Elsa rolling her eyes and pushing her cape backwards.
"What do I not know?" She asked, irritated. I cupped my hands together and decided to tell her.
"Arendelle's in deep, deep, deep, deep snow," I explained. She was at first confused by this.
"What?" She asked, the fear showing.
"You kind of set off an eternal winter everywhere," I clarified. This scared her even more.
"Everywhere?" She asked.
"But that's okay, you can just unfreeze it!" I said, being the optimistic girl I was.
"No I can't!" Elsa said. "I-I don't know how!"
"Sure you can! I know you can!" I said, then beginning singing again. "'Cause for the first time in forever, you don't have to be afraid." I could faintly hear her begin singing, but the swirling blizzard blocked it out. It was surrounding us, and seemed to be getting stronger as time rolled on. "We can work this out together. We'll reverse this storm you've made." Elsa turned around to face me, although she was pretty blurry through the thick snow.
"Oh, Anna, please, you'll only make it worse!" She turned around again, but I continued trying to comfort her.
"Don't panic! We'll make the sun shine bright!" I encouraged, but Elsa turned to face me again.
"You're not safe here!" She said, all of the fear visible in her voice.
"We can face this thing together!" I said, trying to get closer to her. I had to put my gloves up to fight against the raging snowstorm. "We can change this winter weather! And everything will be all right!" But as I said that last word, Elsa shouted, "I CAN'T!" and the next thing I knew, the storm was gone, and there was this piercing pain in my heart. I groaned and tried keeping my balance, having my hands cover that spot. Soon enough, though, I couldn't stand up any longer, and I fell onto my knees, keeping myself up with my hand. I heard Elsa gasp, but she didn't have much time to do anything, as I heard Kristoff call my name. He slid over to me and helped me up.
"Are you okay?" He asked.
"I'm okay," I said, standing up with his help. "I'm fine." I didn't want Elsa worrying, but it seemed it was too late, based on the look she had on her face.
"Who's this?" She asked, scared. I wanted to tell her that it was all right - that Kristoff wouldn't hurt her, but she quickly began talking again. "Wait, it doesn't matter. Just...you have to go," she urged, backing away and keeping her hands close to her chest so they couldn't cause any more trouble.
"No!" I shouted. "I know we can figure this out, together!" I said. Why couldn't she see that I had faith in her? Then she turned back to me.
"How? What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?" She asked. I knew she had a good point: I didn't have any powers. The ice around us began to crack, and Kristoff pulled me.
"Anna, I think we should go," he urged, but I pushed myself out of his grasp.
"No! I'm not leaving without you, Elsa!" I said.
"Yes, you are," Elsa said, and flicked her hands against the ground. Kristoff put a protective arm around me and pulled me away. In the middle formed a giant snow monster whose eyes glowed, signaling it was alive. This snowman did not look very friendly, and I knew this wasn't turning out well.
A/N: All right! Here is chapter 9! :D This song is my third favorite one from the movie! I really enjoyed writing it, and I hope you enjoyed reading it! This chapter was actually the very first one I wrote, and then when I found out someone was actually wanting to read it, I started writing the first chapter, and got hooked and have been doing amazingly well with updates, if I do say so myself! :D Now, there is a sad part to this: with all the updates, the story will be over before we all know it! :( But, not to worry! I'm planning on making this a trilogy! :D There's just one problem: I do not know what to do for a sequel! D: My idea was to have it take place sometime between where this ends (where the movie ends), and when they all have kids (which will be the storyline for the third story). If you have any suggestions for a plot for the sequel, let me know through the reviews or by messaging me! I'd love to hear them! Thank you all so much for reading this story! You make me so happy and make me want to write more! Sorry for the long message. :P See you all next chapter! Don't forget to review and favorite/follow! :D Bye for now!
