Sunday. Elsa and Anna.

The day dawned bright and cheerful. It was one of those glorious, brisk November mornings that made you want to get out and go running and singing through the streets for joy! Or shout out your window, proclaiming your happiness to the world! Elsa however, did none of these things. Instead she started her morning routine by making her bed. Despite having many servants who could and would do the job for her, Elsa had grown accustomed long ago to making her own bed and tidying her own room. True, this was mostly due to her isolation, but Elsa had always had a natural bent towards neatness and organization.

This was a stark contrast to her sister Anna. Anna's room looked like a tornado hit it or an explosion, with books, clothes, blankets, pens, inkwells, papers, and all manner of things scattered about, carelessly discarded wherever the Princess happened to be at the time. This made it very difficult for her to find anything when she needed it. Add to that her natural tendency for being somewhat easily distracted, and you can imagine the pandemonium that ensued whenever Anna's voice called out, "Has anyone seen my…"

Elsa was just finishing her braid when that very voice called out, "Has anyone seen my turquoise riding dress? I was sure I left it on that chair."

Elsa sighed and made her way to her sister's room. She knocked her signature knock (which was two staccato raps followed by a normal knock) and walked in. The sight before her was worse than normal. There were piles of clothes in one corner, a pile of books in another, and a whole mound of various odds and ends in yet another. This was Anna's 'cleaning' state. Elsa soon spotted the redhead tossing clothes about, then shoving them back in the pile only to repeat the process.

Elsa shook her head and chuckled.

"You'll never make any headway like that." she said stepping over to her decidedly organizationally challenged sibling.

"Ah! But I've perfected my own unique method of finding things in my room." said Anna taking out the desired dress, but after a quick glance was about to toss it over her shoulder.

Elsa caught the dress and asked, "Isn't this the one you were looking for?" with a smile on her lips.

Anna looked startled at first, but after a closer examination, realized that it was indeed the desired article and took it saying, "I told you I perfected my methods. I just didn't expect to find it so quickly." she said walking into her wardrobe and changing.

Elsa shook her head. "You really should try to get in the habit of keeping your room organized, Anna. Then you'd know where everything is." she said, grinning at the thought of Anna ever becoming organized.

Anna stepped out of her wardrobe clad in the riding dress. She had a small scowl on her face.

"I've tried." she said. "I don't know why, but for some reason, I just can't seem to get the hang of it. How do you do it, Elsa? It's so effortless for you, why isn't it for me?"

Elsa had been going around the room, organizing and putting things away with the effortless grace of her mother. She stopped and surveyed her work, then sat down on the bed patting the spot next to her for Anna to sit on. Anna walked over and plopped down beside her sister and looked at her expectantly.

"I don't really know why it's so easy for me to be organized. I've always had a tendency towards neatness and I've always liked having a place for everything and everything in its proper place. I guess, part of it I inherited from Mother, but I greatly suspect that later on it was one of the few things that gave me a sense of control at a time where I felt like I had no control over anything in my life." Elsa sighed.

Anna wrapped her arm around Elsa's shoulders and gave her a comforting squeeze. Elsa smiled and hugged her back.

"Enough of the past!" she declared. "What shall we do today?"

"Wait what?" Anna said looking confused.

"It's Sunday, remember? I have the whole day off to spend with you." said Elsa smiling wider.

A grin slowly spread across Anna's face as the news sank in and her imagination started working. Elsa started to get the distinct impression she was probably going to regret this. Anna seized her sister's hand and led her out to the stables. Elsa gulped as they entered the stables. She wasn't afraid of horses, but they were afraid of her powers. In fact, most animals were wary of her, except for predatory type animals and Sven the reindeer of course. Anna on the other hand, was great with all kinds of domestic and prey type animals.

Elsa pulled away from Anna and said, "Don't you remember what happened last time I tried to ride a horse?"

Anna looked confused.

"I got thrown off. Into a brier bush I might add. I was picking thorns out of my back side for a week." said Elsa rubbing that region of her person with a look that clearly told how well she remembered that day.

Anna burst out laughing. Elsa was annoyed at first, but saw the humor in the situation and laughed along with her sister.

Anna straightened up and said, "In that case, we'll just have to find you a horse that won't spook at your powers."

She grabbed Elsa's hand again and led her to each horse in the royal stables in turn. However, none of the horses seemed to want Elsa for a rider. Eventually, even optimistic Anna had to admit defeat.

"Ok. Riding is out of the question. How about a hike?" she asked.

Elsa shook her head. "Uh-uh. The kidnapping three weeks ago is still way too fresh in my mind. I still can't even enjoy a cup of cocoa." she said, looking sour.

"Humph! Well, we could play chess in your room." suggested Anna.

Elsa looked at her incredulously. "You can't seriously want to challenge me to a game of chess. I have twice your patience and years of practice." she said.

Anna bristled. "I can be patient and I have years of practice too. Come on! It'll be fun!" she exclaimed, smiling and dragging Elsa into the castle. "Ok, so maybe this wasn't such a good idea." said Anna after Elsa had won her eighth game in a row.

"I warned you. Best out of nineteen?" asked Elsa.

"No way! Humph! Who knew it would be so hard to find something to do together." said Anna looking frustrated and sad.

Elsa felt bad for her little sister. She knew how much Anna loved spending time with her and how she always wanted their bonding time to be perfect. Elsa put away the chess board and sat beside Anna on the bed.

She pulled Anna into a hug and said, "We could just talk."

Anna looked up at Elsa and grinned, hugging her back and saying, "Thanks, sis. So, what do you want to talk about?"

Elsa released Anna and looked thoughtful. Anna read the look at once, so she wasn't surprised when Elsa said, "I think it's time for another family history discussion."

It was dark. Lightning flashed and thunder rolled. The ten year-old Crown Princess of Arendelle cowered under her blankets, trying to vanish further under them. But it wasn't the thunderstorm that was scaring Elsa. It was the shadow that moved outside her window. It had horns and claws and big bat-like wings.

"Kruzuld." Elsa whispered the name of the creature in terror.

Suddenly, sharp clawed hands grabbed the Princess! Elsa screamed!

She jerked awake screaming, ice covering everything. Elsa looked frantically around her room for the kruzuld, but all she saw was her room covered in a thick sheet of ice, again, and the storm outside. She sighed.

"A dream. It was only a dream. A nightmare." Elsa shivered.

She knew there were no such things as kruzulds, but the dream had been so real! But then again, most nightmares are until you wake up. Elsa sighed. She was tired, yet her brain refused to let her sleep, the nightmare was too fresh in her mind.

"I want Anna. Or Mama or Papa." the young Princess cried softly to herself.

She was so lonely in her room all the time. No one except her parents, Kai, and Gerda came near her anymore, but even their visits were brief. Elsa knew they had a lot of work to do, but still, she was lonely. Anna did come to her door, but Elsa never dared respond to her sister's oh, so tempting pleas for her to come out and play. She was torn between her loneliness and her fear of hurting her sister again. The fear was stronger.

Just then, Elsa heard a loud shrill scream!

"Anna!"

For a moment Elsa forgot everything except comforting Anna. She ran from her room, somehow managing to break through the ice and racing to her sister's room. She threw open the door and rushed to her sister's side.

"It's ok, Anna. I'm here. It's only a thunderstorm." said Elsa, crawling onto the bed and holding her trembling little sister in her arms.

Anna just whimpered and snuggled into her sister's chest. The King and Queen soon arrived in their youngest daughter's room, having heard the scream. What they saw warmed their hearts. Elsa was comforting Anna and had, for the moment, forgotten her own fears. It had been far too long since they had seen this that they didn't disturb the girls and tried to sneak out of the room.

Unfortunately, Elsa saw them and was frightened again. She gently lay the now sleeping Anna down and got off the bed, walking towards her parents with her head hung in shame. Her parents saw this and their hearts broke. Elsa thought she had done something wrong, when in fact she had done everything right! Agdar and Idun took their eldest daughter in their arms and hugged her.

"You didn't do anything wrong, Elsa." said Agdar gently.

"You did the right thing, sweetie. We're proud of you." said Idun, kissing her on the forehead.

"How did you come to be awake, Princess?" her father asked, sensing his youngest daughter wasn't the only one plagued by nightmares this night.

"I had a nightmare." was all Elsa said.

"What about, precious?" asked her mother.

"A kruzuld." said Elsa.

"Oh, sweetie. You know there are no such things. Come, it's late and we all should be in bed." said Queen Idun, walking Elsa back to her room, her arm wrapped lovingly around her.

The Queen tucked her eldest daughter in, kissed her forehead again, and bid her goodnight. Elsa felt better and snuggled under the covers, quickly falling asleep.

"So, you did leave your room. I vaguely remember that night, I thought I dreamed that you came and comforted me, but it turns out it was real!" said Anna. Then she remembered something. "You still had nightmares about kruzulds when you were ten?" she asked incredulously.

Elsa blushed a little. "I still have them from time to time. Like, last night." she admitted.

"What?!" Anna could not believe her ears.

Elsa glared at her. "I know kruzulds don't exist! But whenever I have a particularly bad experience, I always have a nightmare about one coming to get me. And I don't understand why." said the Snow Queen, a sour look on her face.

"Oh, this is all my fault! If only I hadn't dragged Hannah off to the forest, we all would have been together and none of this would have happened." said Anna.

"Hush! You know it wasn't your fault. There was nothing you could have done anyway. They were prepared." said Elsa, hugging Anna.

Anna hugged Elsa back and said, "I know. But how did they manage to capture all of us the way they did?"

"Johan Fitzburg helped them in regards to stopping mine and Alexa's powers and Jezebel, one of the under-maids, helped them drug us and get in and out of the castle." said Elsa.

"Why?" said Anna.

Elsa shrugged. "People fear and hate what they don't understand and some choose willful ignorance." said Elsa.

"Some day, huh?" said Anna sourly.

Elsa smiled. "Come on. Let's see what's for lunch. I think Gerda's made one of her special chocolate cakes." said Elsa standing.

Anna's face at once brightened and she bounced up and followed her sister.

Author's Note: Wow! What is with the gloomy chapters? I guess it's because college is just one week away and I'm stressing because I haven't been in school for a while. Speaking of college, this chapter may or may not be the last one before I start school, so updates will dramatically drop and may even cease all together until spring. School takes top priority, so I won't have much time for writing. My apologies, dear readers, but that is the way of life.