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"Elsa!" I called, running after her when I was done comforting Anna. "Elsa!" When I reached Elsa's bedroom, I raised my fist and knocked gently. "Elsa?" I whispered.
"G-go away!" Elsa sobbed.
"Elsa, please let me in..."
"No!" I sighed, exasperated. How did she expect me to help her if she wouldn't let me in? Maybe it's just because she's a teenage girl.
"Elsa..." I repeated, starting to quietly open the door. Only it wouldn't open. "Elsa, unlock the door!" I ordered.
"It's not l-locked," my sister managed through her sobs. "It... it f-froze... I didn't m-mean to..."
I sighed again, but with sympathy this time instead of annoyance. "Alright, just hang in there," I told her. After backing up to the wall, I sprinted toward Elsa's door and rammed my shoulder into it. I know, not the smartest of moves...
"OW!" I howled as a sharp pain took over my shoulder. "Talk about feeling, not concealing! Ow...!" Whimpering, I tried the door again... and it opened.
Ice covered all of the walls of Elsa's bedroom, and snowflakes fell from the ceiling as she lay curled up on her bed, crying. I immediately shut the door behind me.
"I d-didn't mean to y-yell at Anna..." she wept as I sat at the foot of her bed.
"I know..." I spoke softly, rubbing circles on her back. Sniffling, Elsa sat up and tied to wipe her eyes. I continued to rub her back and her shoulders. We sat in silence for what felt like forever. "You were right, you know... earlier," Elsa confessed. "When you said I was being restrained. I was just.. trying to act normal. Just trying to be normal... and good."
I smiled lovingly at her. "You are normal," I said. Elsa gave me a look. "You know, overlooking your powers," I added quickly. "And you are good. And... you're different. But that's not a bad thing."
My sister gave me a tiny smile as I pointed toward her heart. "This, right here, is what makes us human," I went on, "and the emotions we feel from it. That's why I want you to feel, not conceal. Because... because it's what we feel that makes us who we are."
Elsa really seemed to take in what I was saying. "See, that's my only problem with royalty," I commented. "Everyone wants you to be perfect, to never say what you really feel." I paused. "Says the Queen of Arendelle!"
The both of us laughed. While I had been comforting Elsa, the ice had melted and the last snowflake that fell didn't suffer a long, painful death; I just caught it on my tongue. I must've looked pretty silly doing it, though, because Elsa burst into giggles. We embraced, and I began to sing to her the same song I had always sung to her. The one she sang in my dream all those years ago.
Since the words "Let it go" appeared in the song several times, I was guessing it was the song's title. And I sang it to Elsa all the time, either when she had a nightmare or just needed general comforting. Obviously, she would sing it later in life. But for now, it was important for her to hear.
For the next three years, I followed the plan I made with my parents. They wanted the gates and Elsa to stay cut off from everyone, and I wanted Elsa and Anna to have more opportunities to reconnect, like they did on my coronation. So, we reached a compromise: the gates would stay closed, but Elsa and Anna would get to spend some time together.
I hadn't persuaded my parents enough to have the three of us sleep in the same room again, but at least Anna got to play with Elsa. The two of them enjoyed being together again. And what I said to Elsa about how what we feel makes us who we are? She was really trying to live by that. Hey, I think we dropped the "conceal, don't feel" thing!
Although, a couple of times during those three years, dreams of the future came to me. And I did not like what I saw.