I apologize for the extremely late update. I was on a retreat with my graduating class yesterday and most of today. I had the next chapter written out and ready to post on Wednesday, but my computer didn't save it and I just…really did not want to work on it after that.

For those of you who didn't get the message, this letter is from Anna to Elsa as a change of pace. Every tenth letter will be like this. After every fifteen letters, there will be a time jump of about six months in the narrative.

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February 19th, 1798

Dear Elsa,

Where are you? No one has seen you in days, and now everyone is starting to worry. Yesterday, Mother and Father sent out search parties to every corner of the kingdom, but no one has found you yet. Our parents don't talk about your disappearance around me, but I know they think you did it of your own accord. That's not true, right? You wouldn't leave us like that, would you? You wouldn't want us to worry.

You obviously left for some reason, because you can cover your tracks better than anyone I know. Remember that time when we were little and you stole chocolate from the pantry and blamed it on me? I got in trouble because it was my word against yours-my older and altogether more perfect sister. No one suspected that you had anything to do with the chocolate, or that you shared it with me afterwards. You always were good about sharing your chocolate.

Did you leave because of something I did? Did I say something wrong when I talked to you at that dinner a couple weeks ago? Did I take too long getting the drinks? Gerda said that it takes a while to make proper lemonade-and she really likes making proper lemonade. I'm sorry that you had to talk to that Nickolas kid all by yourself. Did he say something mean to you? You could have told me. I would have punched him into the middle of next week.

Father is looking over my shoulder as I write this. He just got done with a meeting with the rest of his cabinet of advisers, about-you guessed it-your disappearance. He said that I shouldn't write things like that. Little girls, especially if they're princesses, shouldn't have violent tendencies. You would certainly never have violent tendencies.

I think that everyone wishes that I was more like you. I had my first full decorum lesson with Madam Dania yesterday. She taught me how to properly serve tea, but I had a miserable time. First of all, the proper method of serving tea is boring at best. Secondly, the steps kept rearranging themselves in my brain so I kept making mistakes and tripping over chairs and tables. Madam Dania yelled at me for quite a long time. She said, Your sister was naturally gifted at the art of serving tea! She never had this much trouble! What's wrong with you, Anna? Why can't you be more like her?

What they don't understand is that I really try to be like you in every way I possibly can. I used to sit outside your door for hours, waiting for you to come out and play. When I got older and couldn't sleep at night, I would create lists of questions I would ask you when I got a chance. I knew you'd be able to understand things that no one else could. You would never make me feel worthless.

I don't want you to think that I'm not good at anything, though. Sir Karl says I'm the best fencing student he's ever taught. When I accidentally hit him really hard in the stomach with my wooden sword, he just laughed it off. He said that I didn't know my own strength. Do you think he's right? Maybe my awkwardness is good for something…hopefully it's just a phase I'm going through. Father said he went through one when he was my age and he turned out fine. Maybe I will, too.

I'm supposed to be studying Geography right now, but Geography is boring-especially when my big sister is missing and I can't help look for her. I also don't see why I need Geography. I mean, if I ever need to travel, my chauffeur will know where I'm going. Shouldn't he be the one learning Geography instead of me? Do you think that chauffeurs go to a special chauffeuring school where they learn where all the countries are and how to get there, or do you think they just ask for help as they go along? I could probably never memorize all the countries in the world, even if I studied for a hundred years.

I tried explaining all of this to my teacher, but he just got mad at me and said that 'little girls should listen to their elders and not use such smart remarks.' I honestly wasn't trying to talk back. I just wanted to explain to him why I think Geography is unnecessary. Instead, I got extra homework. I'm not going to do it now though. I'm going to write to you, because maybe then you'll come home-if you know that we all want desperately for you to return.

You are coming back, aren't you? I mean, you have to. Who's going to comfort me when I have nightmares or take me to see the Northern Lights? I haven't gone in years, not since you last took me, because it isn't the same without you. Who's going to help me with my French (I took my textbook back because Mother and Father got really upset when they heard what I did. They said that you aren't to be disturbed because you have to mature and maturing takes a very long time)? Who's going to help me sneak chocolate? I haven't given up on you yet, Elsa. I think it's just a matter of time before you're done maturing and we can go play again. Won't that be amazing? I can't wait. I hope there's snow outside so we can have snowball fights and build snowmen and snow forts. My friends don't make good snow forts like you do. They put too much weight on the roof and it caves in and snow gets into all of our winter clothes.

My teacher just came back into the room to see what I was working on, so I had to hide this letter really quickly. I…might have gotten a little bit of ink on it. There's quite a stain on the top right corner of the page. It almost looks like the flower on our country's flag.

I'm going to hang this letter on my wall so I'll see it until you come back. Maybe it'll help me stop worrying. I went outside today to look down at the village and I saw a snowdrop-definitely the first one of the season. It's too early for snowdrops, and that one will probably freeze the next time there's a freezing cold night, but for now I'm taking it as a sign. You'll be back soon.

Then we can build snowmen together.

Love,

Anna

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