So Elsa waited her whole life, and finally it was time for someone other than herself and her dog to visit her home. The plans had been confirmed less than a week ago, and Elsa was, for some random reason, bouncing off the walls in excitement. For the past three days, she had been doing nothing but tidying the place up, regardless of her friend's impediment, and dancing past midnight until her legs gave out below her and she dropped to the floor. Acknowledging it was probably embarrassing for him, Elsa often lifted up Shfix by his two front paws and forced him to join with her. It made her only happier to see that, once he was "tortured" enough, learning to accept it, he began to open his mouth playfully and rapidly wag his tail. Anna was now only minutes away from arriving. The suspense only grew.

She paced and paced. All Elsa could do was think. Shfix looked at his master like she was crazy—all mumbling to herself and whatnot. It definitely didn't help that she was holding a grin the whole time. His eyes gave up after a minute or two of following her. He lied comfortably in a corner near the border of the blonde's bedroom and the kitchen. His eyes slowly shut, hoping to gain a nap, but both his and his master's head whipped up as they heard a knock emitting from the main door. A tiny whimper came out of the dog. He looked at his master and stood. Elsa held her heart, taking a breath. Her feet swiftly carried her in leaps across the room. Before she knew it, the door was open.

"Welcome, travelers!" Elsa laughed, greeting Anna and Iduna. There she was—the redhead standing in front of her. Anna was normal again, healthy, and smiling wide for the world to see. It nearly brought a tear to the blonde's eye. It was like Anna never took that trip to the hospital. She was beautiful.

"Elsa!" the redhead cheerfully replied, extending her arms out and falling into Elsa for a comforting hug. The blonde embraced it instead of feeling so shocked. She realized she no longer had anything to worry about. To think how much Elsa changed from just meeting these two people was astonishing. Never before had she acted this way to someone else—openly cracking jokes without a single hint of hesitation. It was like she always knew them. The shyest girl in the world was gone completely. Even after the two had parted, Elsa welcomed Iduna to do the same. Iduna was just like her daughter in loving hugs and things related.

"How are you both?" Elsa asked, smiling.

Iduna placed her hand on her chest, "We're doing fantastic." She continued the conversation. "Let me tell you, I envy this view you have up here."

Elsa giggled, "Half the reason why I bought it." she proudly stated, rubbing the back of her neck. She saw Iduna's eyes trail downwards to Elsa's right. The mother's face lit up greatly. Her eyes fluttered, and her mouth opened in adoration.

"Aw, and who's this little darling?" The blonde turned and expected none other than her canine companion.

Elsa knelt, "This is my good boy Shfix." holding and petting him. The Border Collie carefully scanned the people above him, not daring to move an inch. His eyes were so innocent and shy.

Iduna's hands were tightly holding her heart. "Oh, what a fine, young gentleman! He's so pretty."

"He's a real cutie, isn't he? Just be slow as you approach him."

Iduna took a step and pulled out her arm at a reasonably slow speed. Still, the dog cowered his head away as her hand neared. Elsa helped by keeping him in place as the woman continued her attempt to acquire his trust. Her hand made it just an inch or two away from his nose. After a second or two, he began sniffing her knuckles and then pushed the side of his face into her palm.

"Oh, you are just a big sweetheart, aren't you?" Iduna said. Elsa looked over at Anna and gently took her hand.

"Here. I'll introduce you to him." Elsa guided the redhead over and led her fingers into his comforting fur. Shfix was again suspicious, but, seeing his master in contact with the stranger, he was not as jumpy. Above all, he did trust his owner. Shfix politely kept still, feeling the woman's hands caress him. Elsa didn't know if he realized, but his tail was wagging quite rapidly after some time. Anna smiled and even giggled. Both of them could feel each other's innocence.

When Anna retracted her arm, Iduna spoke up and announced to the two of them that she would take her leave. All of them said their farewells, and the mother and daughter shared a hug. Iduna walked to her vehicle while discussing that Anna should be home by sunset IF she was not staying the night. Of course, when Elsa heard that, though already knowing of it, her excitement shot up fairly immensely. Elsa waved as the brunette entered her car and started into the distance. Elsa then turned around and welcomed Anna into her little home.

Of course, Anna couldn't marvel at it, but she could feel its warmth and relate/connect with its soundless peace. Elsa directed her around, though there wasn't much to say, since there were only 3 main rooms: the garage, which branched off the house to the left, the bathroom, which was also to the left, and the main room, which held both the kitchen and her bedroom that were separated on either end. Needless to say, the house was intended for only one user.

As the minutes started to pass, they were back to the way they always were. With not even a half-hour reached, the two girls were already burning their obliques in laughter. They gossiped about celebrities, played word games, danced—sometimes hand in hand—to their favourite songs, and even, during the next hour, attempted to bake an apple pie. The idea sounded dumb, but boy, was doing it even dumber. Elsa had found a recipe on her phone and, through halfway completing it, realized they were missing three or more key ingredients. It was irrelevant, though, as the two of them were having a blast the whole time. Elsa even got to take Anna's hands to show her where to put things or do something. Ultimately, it came out tasting like damp cardboard. They decided to give it to Shfix as his dinner. Afterwards, they spent a few good minutes laughing at Elsa for accidentally spilling melting butter on her pants and then accidentally wiping her hair with the exact same fluid on her hands.

The world then began to simmer down. Anna and Elsa sat at the dining table talking and talking. It wasn't a discussion that they giggled about; it was a more heartfelt one—one where they asked questions about each other: their favourite things, food they want to taste, their opinions on what the meaning of life is, and, not until Anna brought it up, Elsa's promise to her that she'd explain her life story. She asked, "So, Elsa… who are you?" as her attempt to start it off. Understandably, though, it took some time.

"…Um… Well, I… I… Uh…" Elsa hesitated. It didn't take long for the redhead to take action and help her through it. To do so, she actually suggested she'd begin first. By this, she hoped Elsa would be more comfortable to tell her side.

"Here. Allow me to start first." The blonde obeyed. Anna put her hands together atop the table. Entirely honest, Anna was even getting a little choked up herself. Guess it had been a while since she, too, had come to terms with her past.

"M-my… My…" The girl paused and giggled. "I'm sorry. I don't know why this is so hard. …My story begins by obviously having this sort of curse to do with my eyes. …I mean, I've been blind as long as I can remember. I-I haven't ever seen anything. I've never seen myself or my mom. …But… that's not the only thing. A long, long time ago, I had a father… but he died on patrol one time as a cop." At that moment, Elsa felt an arrow through her heart. It made her realize again how much she missed her mother. It seems the two of them had more in common than they thought. That would explain why Elsa always only saw Anna and Iduna. She never really acknowledged that fact. "…I… I don't remember much about him… Then again, how could I? I was only four at the time. …I barely remember his voice. Truthfully, that scares me."

Elsa was silent. All she could do was feel sorry and even a little bit guilty—guilty because she made Anna speak up first. It wasn't a good mark on her conscience. The reason why it struck her so deeply was because, in all honesty, Elsa didn't want to have to relive the moment of her mother passing away. Hearing Anna tell of her father touched Elsa in a way only she would know. She realized how distressed Anna must have felt to have to relive that moment the way Elsa feared.

"…Anna…"

"It's fine." the girl said. Elsa smiled at how strong she was. It was impressive. Elsa didn't think she could do the same. "I'm alright. Don't worry. I've had worse." The blonde loved how she could make her smile so easily.

"Now," Anna spoke up again, "I know I don't know what your life conceals, and I know you may not want to-"

"No…" Elsa said. "It's OK." she said firmly. "I'm OK with this." It was Anna's turn to smile.

Elsa was indeed ready to spill her story like a shattered glass of milk, but hesitation and stuttering got the best of her. Granted, it was no longer due to fear but simply because she was a little on the fence of where she should start. The most logical and understandable place, for more than one reason, was her mother's death to show something the girls had in common. Elsa, albeit difficult, finally opened her mouth.

"…I, uh… W-well, Anna, I… There was…" Elsa stopped, knowing she wasn't going anywhere with that one. She tried again. She chuckled to lighten the mood as much she could. "Well, Anna… There's actually something we share very similar…" Elsa halted right there as her eyes floated up just above Anna's head. Her heart pounded hard once in her chest, sending a paralyzing shiver throughout every end of her body. She couldn't believe it and could not surprise herself anymore for not realizing it sooner. There, hanging on the wall—God's definite hint—was that portrait she found in her hands one day; it was the portrait of her and another sitting on that bench she fastened outside. What caused the shock to run through her body was the fact that both Anna and that girl in the picture had red hair and two ponytails. That was when the blonde's eyes opened wide and flickered back between Anna and the painting. "Anna…" she softly said as she stood up, "come with me."

But a moment later, the girls were sitting outside before the drop and the breathtaking world below—though not on the bench, as Elsa, too, thought, but on the piece of land above the cliff so that their legs were dangling off. Though it was unintended, the improvisation actually spoke to Elsa a whole lot more. The sunset was out as well. Elsa sat Anna next to her on the right, whom of which was reasonably confused and asking what was happening. Without stutter or even a mistake, Elsa fluently began to speak. She understood everything in that moment.

"Anna, we share something in common. When I was a kid, all I had was my mother. My father was an abusive drunk, who cared about no one, and I didn't make friends at school. I could only look up to her. She was my only friend… But one day, I found out she had died in a car accident." The redhead let out a quiet gasp. Elsa needed to pause before she continued. "I had no other way to cope with it than to cry. I had no friends to comfort me and not a good enough dad to guide me through it. After that, my life dropped eternally downhill. The loneliness I felt at school turned into pushes and shoves and name-calling. People started bullying me, but I was just being myself. They bullied me because…" Elsa took a breath and knew she couldn't go that far yet. "…I'm sorry… I can't say… Anyway, it was more like a bail to finally finish school. Throughout the way, though, I had already broken the law countless times. I got my license by actually paying a lookalike to memorize my dad's signature and name and all that junk, so I could get it. I didn't really know what I was going to do with the rest of my life, but I sure as hell wasn't staying there. The day that finally changed it all for me, and I'll never forget it, was when my dad and I had our final fight. I say final because I was thrown out of the house. At that moment, I made the decision that would forever alter my life. I snuck back in and stole all the money I could from him. I then rushed to the airport and got on the quickest flight. I didn't know where I was heading, but I didn't care. I was too angry. From then on, I vowed never to trust anyone, never to let anyone else in my life again because I knew people for only hate-filled monsters. To be honest, I don't remember my dad that much, but I hope I forget. I never want to see him again." Elsa stopped and took another breath. "But some good did come from that trip. I found my passion for art and landed here. …And most of all, I met you." Her voice was much happier.

"Besides a few days of living on the streets, I've stayed up on this mountain for my whole new life. From my paintings and whatnot, I gathered enough money to afford a house and an actual normal life for once. …A-and… the only one who had been with me for all these years was Shfix. Do you know why I picked Shfix out of all the other dogs? It was because when I looked into his eyes… I saw myself. I knew he had been through a pain just like mine. He was abused and rescued as a puppy. From that, I knew he was the one I'd choose to spend my life with. And I loved him from the very beginning. His eyes trembled when he looked at me—a person. We were the same; I gave him a chance to love again, and he accepted." Elsa turned to Anna. She smiled. "Anna, you gave me that same chance to love people again. I couldn't be more grateful to have met you. When I am around you and your mother, it's like I've never had that hate in my life before. I'm completely new when I'm with you. You are my first and only friend. That's why I was so scared when I heard you went to the hospital. I don't know how my life would've continued if you never came back. I had already lost my family once. I didn't want to lose another." Elsa wiped a tear that leaked out of her eye. "Throughout all the hell, hate, and despair that has haunted and poisoned my life, you were and are my cure, Anna. You and your mother were the first to ever enjoy my company besides my mom."

The redhead could only tear up as she heard what she did. Anna understood who this girl was now and how broken she was from enduring it all. Just when she thought her life was a bit crooked, here came along Elsa, who had it worse. When she compared the blonde's to all the heartache in her own life, it was logical why she wept as much as she did; although, Elsa didn't truly feel and realize Anna's reaction of woe until she heard her voice.

"I don't get it." Anna voiced. "Why are you telling me this out here?"

There was a pause.

"Because, Anna, I love you. I always will." Elsa kissed the girl on the cheek.

Anna was confused, as the only word to put it. There was something there—something different. She could not make out what it was. She had never experienced this. What was that? What was that thing there? It wasn't that darkness she always knew. It was bright. Anna moved her right hand to feel it, and suddenly another thing moved as well. When she stopped, it stopped. That was the exact moment Anna's heart started pounding. When she closed her fist, that thing closed. When she moved her left hand, another thing on the left moved. Anna was looking at her hands. Anna could see.

"No way…" she gasped. Her head turned towards the sound of a voice giggling. Elsa knew it, too. There was no doubt as she stared into Anna's new diamond blue eyes. They were trembling, though, of course—as would anybody after gaining the ability of sight. There were tears falling out of them, and they were absolutely stunning.

"Elsa?" Anna asked, staring at the figure. Elsa nodded as she continued to smile. There she was—the mystery girl. Anna couldn't believe it. That was Elsa in front of her, and it was indeed no dream. She saw who she was—her blonde hair, gorgeous eyes, and everything. That was the face behind the voice and, as well the person to rid her of her blindness. Anna already knew, from the second she laid eyes on Elsa, she was not only shaking from pure shock, but from also realizing how incredibly beautiful this girl was.

"Elsa!" Anna said again. Elsa closed her eyes and chuckled. "Elsa!" she screamed in joy, pouncing on top of the blonde. She grabbed Elsa's face with both of her hands and dove into her mouth. Anna held the kiss there for a couple seconds. It was enough to comprehend how happy they both were at this moment. Elsa had been bullied and ran from her past, only to find herself here with someone she could finally say out loud she loved. Anna had lived her life always confused and forever seeing darkness. It wasn't until the love from this woman finally cured her. They understood, as if reading an ancient prophecy, bound together, the two of them were meant for each other for the rest of eternity to heal every wound, fill every hole, and rid every demon inside one another.

Anna broke from the kiss and stared into Elsa's eyes. Her tears fell on Elsa's cheeks. "I love you, Elsa!" she said. The redhead was so happy. "I love you so much!" Both of them pulled each other in for another kiss. After they broke again, Anna whipped her head around in every direction, wanting to see the world that she never could. She looked at the mountain and the ground and took quite a bit of time to gawk at the valley way down below them. The redhead raised three fingers to her lips and one the chin as she saw all the different colours. There was the beautiful green of the grass, the light blue of the sky and water, the shadows, and the golden glow of the sunset looking right at them. Anna's arm, as if subconsciously, repeatedly poked Elsa.

"Look, Elsa. Look." the girl said. She couldn't cease tearing. Her hand pointed. "I can see it. There's the lake…! And that's the grass…!" She looked up. "…And there's the sky…!" Anna's eyes fell into her palms to sob. She tried to wipe as best she could away, but they just kept coming. "I can see everything, Elsa… Thank you… Thank you so much…" Anna felt Elsa's body comfortably wrap tight around her.

"Thank you, too, Anna." the blonde spoke up. "You freed me. Now I have someone to love and to love me." The redhead took her hands away, staring down into Elsa's eyes. She held the woman's face once again and kissed her. With their foreheads pressing together, she spoke once more.

"Forever, Elsa, I will. I will love you with everything I have and more."

Gently, the blonde took Anna's hand—pressing softly beneath her ear. "Let's go inside." she suggested, guiding the woman as they stood and began walking.

The door opened to the house, and waiting patiently inside was Shfix. Elsa beamed, gleefully watching Anna kneel down, sounding literal awe when being witness to the adorable creature. Shfix looked at the two of them shy as always but was shortly coaxed into embracing Anna's hug after a quick order from his master. The woman held him for some time and kept looking back at his "little, precious face".

Seeing the dog was, of course, not the only thing Elsa showed her. The blonde introduced her eyes around the house, gave her a taste of her paintings and works and whatnot, and, most importantly, brought her to a mirror. There were no better nor greater words to comprehend the shock Anna felt from all this. All she did was smile and tear and touch the mirror as she repeated "that's me" two or three times. She couldn't get over her freckles, her hair colour, and her blue eyes. Anna wasn't the only one.

After seeing up, down, left, right, and everything in sight, a waiting moment of quiet had crossed into their life. They found themselves conversing across the table they had sat at once prior. They were discussing the holes still unfilled in their stories—mainly, and such as, Elsa's reason for being bullied way back when. Anna gave her opinions on the matter and, just the same as Elsa, concluded that those people were being completely unfair and "total jerks". However, that topic provided an easy steppingstone towards the matter of their new relationship. All that waited was the future and what would inevitably come from it. Hand in hand, they discussed what they needed to.

"So you liked me from the very beginning?" Anna asked.

"From the very moment I laid eyes on you." Elsa replied. "I was so astonished. I… never had that feeling in my heart before, but I knew I loved you. You were so innocent and stunning… A… and to think we could've never met each other if I was just walking on the other side of the road."

"Well, it seems I'm the luckiest girl on the planet to have met you, then." the redhead smiled, squeezing Elsa's fingers. "I would never be sitting here, holding your hands, wanting to kiss you." she giggled. Elsa was so amazed how she could make something so depressing, if interpreted a different way, sound so jovial. Elsa turned red and chuckled. The girl still couldn't fully believe Anna was genuinely speaking words like those to her. Elsa opened her eyes and jerked in fright as she found Anna about half a foot from her face, lying across the table. She smiled as Anna giggled and kissed her.

"So where do we go from here?"

Elsa combed through Anna's hair behind her right ear and replied. "I don't care… so long as I'm with you." Her finger on her other hand gently caressed up the redhead's neck to the underside of her chin, "We'll figure something out of course." said the blonde happily.

Anna grinned, "Why did we go outside?" Anna expected Elsa to pet her when she moved her hand, but the blonde pointed behind her.

"Because of that." The redhead turned around to see a very poetic portrait of two people sitting on a bench. "Do you recognize anyone?" Anna was quick to point out the woman on the left as Elsa by matching their braids. There was a slower, quieter answer that came with the second figure, though. Her voice ceased as she pointed over to the other character. Noticing its hair colour and the two signature braids, Anna's hand gradually retreated from the painting and touched her own locks.

"Is that me?" questioned Anna. Elsa nodded. "Oh, you're so cute. You really do love me. When did you make it?"

Elsa laughed. She was so precious. "A long time before I met you."

Anna looked back in disbelief, "Oh, quit goofing around. We, like, made out already. I'm pretty sure we're a thing. You don't have to hide anything anymore."

"Anna, I'm telling the truth. I actually don't remember making it, though. I-it just… appeared in my hands one day, and I just couldn't throw it out. It means something, Anna. That's us together, and we're here now together. What does that tell you?"

Anna dropped to the table on her back with her head hanging upside-down off the edge. "I don't even have to say." the woman chuckled. She took Elsa's hands and danced them around in no pattern.

"Had I not been so scared to touch you before, perhaps I would've known you were so playful in contact." Elsa looked down at her.

"Well, you shouldn't have been. Fact is, I probably would've loved it. I understand being super shy, though. Heck, if I would've known we were going to turn out like this, I would've done crazy things to your mouth a long time ago. True love's kiss, huh?"

The blonde could not stop smiling. "No kidding." Anna shifted her hands down at her sides to pull Elsa in.

"Mmm!" Anna gasped suddenly, sandwiching Elsa's lips. The blonde, no doubt, lifted and asked what happened. Her heart sank for a moment, thinking she was the one who caused her spontaneous jolt.

"My mom!" the redhead cried. "I have to see my mother!"

Iduna was only casually enjoying soup during a comedy film when she heard a few, soft knocks at her door. She paused her movie and moved for the doorknob. Usually she would have checked who it was, but she suspected her daughter would be home around this time, since it seemed she was not staying the night there anymore. Why Anna didn't just open the door was only faintly confusing, but she answered it nonetheless. It was no surprise to see her daughter standing there with Elsa, except that Anna was in tears and no longer possessed gray eyes.

"Mama!" cried the girl, holding her mother's face delicately in her palms. Her tears sparkled in the sunset rays like diamond rain. "I can see you, mama! Your face is right here in front of me!"

Iduna's response choked in her throat. There was no way she could believe it, but it was too real. There were so many questions that came to mind but only one that got out. "How?" she asked. A gentle smile crept on her face. She shared tears with Anna. "What happened?" Iduna sort of chuckled. "How is this possible!?" Her eyes switched between the two girls for an answer. Elsa just clenched her teeth and pretended to scratch her face to conceal her redness. Anna would take this one.

"I don't know. It doesn't matter. I can see, mama! I can see everything!" She took her mother in closer for a hug. "I finally know what the person who took care of me all my life looks like!"

Iduna returned the hug, wrapping her arms firmly around her daughter. "Yes. You can, Anna…! I'm so happy!" The brunette looked up and met Elsa's eyes. She saw her there standing with a cheerful smile and her hands held together. Before shutting, Iduna gave her a small but discernible grin. She made sure the blonde caught it. No doubt it got her questioning.

Afterwards, Anna did none else than explore her home. The kitchen and living room and whatnot were all normal and within her expectations, but what she really wanted to see was her own room. When planting foot in it, she looked around as if she was floating in space—the cartoony stickers she randomly placed around as stars. She looked at all the toys she used to feel to imagine them. No longer did she have to. That was the beauty of it. Every wish she had was granted. Anna flopped on her bed and turned to look at the ceiling. That was when she heard a small laugh emit from the other two women. Before speaking up, Anna thought hard for the moment about what she was going to say. Though this was her bed, her room, and her house, she could always have another time to spend with her mother. Anna had a different idea for the time being.

"Mom," the redhead sat up, "I know, since this happened, that there's a lot of stuff that you and I need to discuss and catch up on. I know, though, that we have years ahead of us to do that. So…" she looked down at her legs and scratched the back of her neck, "my answer is… I want to stay the night at Elsa's. This all happened at her place anyway, and there's still some stuff she said she wanted to show me that I simply cannot wait to see. Please?"

Elsa's eyes opened as wide as a child's witnessing a calf being born. Elsa was so red she could be mistaken for being sunburnt. Anna was obviously lying about the stuff she supposedly wanted to see, so she knew immediately what she wanted. Perhaps Elsa wouldn't have been so stunned, though, if the redhead's mom wasn't standing less than a foot from her. If she was even a slightly skeptical person, maybe she could catch on. To her luck, it wasn't the case. Iduna had a genuine smile that understood Anna's wish. Elsa sensed something off about it. It didn't seem like an ordinary smile to agree. It looked something more as if what Anna asked was expected. When Iduna glanced back at Elsa, she even giggled. Seems she didn't care about her redness either.

"Oh, of course! I don't mind. I actually thought you two were going to anyway. There's always time for us to talk later. For the meantime, you two go have fun."

Anna sprung up from her bed and bounced over to her mother. "Thank you. I'll see you soon, so we can talk. I promise." the girl hugged her. She let go and took Elsa's hand and led her toward and up the stairs. "Come on! Let's go, Elsa!" And with that, they were gone.

Everything from that point was a complete blur until the two girls were staring at each other underneath the same blankets. They rested entwined in each other's arms. One last kiss was shared between them before, eventually, their eyes faded deeper and deeper into their first slumber together.

Prepare for one final chapter…