ELSA
I watch Anna sleeping face as she lies there peacefully, trying to memorize every detail; freckles, nose, lips, eyes and all other things about her. I don't want to ever forget anything about my baby sister.
I sigh heavily to myself. This is isn't at all fair! Not fair for both of us! I've just gotten her back for the last 2 years! Only 2 years after 13 years of shutting her out. Now I was going to go down that path I feared I would have to go again.
I brush away a stray hair on Anna's face. Oh Anna. My sweet, innocent, little sister, please understand I'm doing all this because I love you. I'd do anything for you, baby sister. I mentally say to myself, feeling my eyes beginning to go moist.
"I love you so much." I give her one long soft kiss on her forehead and look at her beautiful face one last time before I quietly make my way to the door. Before I step out from the room, I take a final glance at her, "Sweet dreams, my angel." I whisper lovingly to her, wishing that what was about to transpire was never going to happen.
I walk out from the Inn with tears on my face and I fight with myself don't look back, Elsa. Don't look back! You're doing all this for Anna to keep her safe. It's all for Anna.
"Elsa?"
I jump a little when I heard someone call my name. Kristoff.
"Elsa, where are you going? What happen? Where's Anna?" he asks, having walked out of the stables and spotted her leaving.
Slowly, I turn to face him and give him a sad smile, "Kristoff, remember what you've promise me, okay?"
It takes him a while before he understood what I try to tell him, and almost immediately he was unhappy with it.
"No! Oh, no, no, no Elsa!" he protests firmly. "You can't do this. Not now. Anna needs you. Elsa, you..."
I cut him off "Kristoff, they know we're here." I say to him and the expression on his face changes from firmness to a mixture of shock and worry. "The man you saw earlier, behind the stall, he's one of them."
Kristoff did not reply at first but stared at Elsa with disbelief lingering in his eyes. After a moment, he finally snapped out of it and continued. "But Elsa, you can't just leave your sister like that!"
"I have to, Kristoff. I really don't want to, but I'm the big sister and it's always my responsibility to protect my younger sister." I tell him vehemently.
Kristoff just stared at Elsa as if lost in a trance, his mind going completely blank over what she was telling him. He shook his head in disbelief; his mind continually thinking "No, she can't be doing this! She really can't be doing what I think she is!"
"You- you not going to turn yourself in, right?" he asked, his voice stammering a little in worry.
I let out a very heavy sigh.
"I'll do anything for her, Kristoff, anything!" I reply. "Now, listen, I don't have much time. I want you to take Anna away from here first thing tomorrow. Take her far away and start new life. Don't ever, ever, come back for me or go back to Arendelle."
"I-I... Elsa..." Kristoff stammers, shaking his head in pure disbelief over what he was hearing.
"Give her everything she wants, okay? Make her happy." I smile a little, remember Anna's happy smile but mine quickly falls from my face when I realise that I won't be seeing her again.
Kristoff takes my hands in his, his face now holding an expression of seriousness "Elsa, how can I make her happy? All she ever wanted is you; her big sister. You know that!"
I squeeze his hand and give him a small smile and reassure him. "She'll understand one day, Kristoff. Trust me. I'm doing this for her."
"Elsa…please, don't do this!" he said to me again, trying one last time to plead with me to reconsider but I shake my head and hold up a hand to silence him.
"No, that's the last I will hear of it." I say and then I hug him tightly. "Thank you, Kristoff, for everything." I say to him, my voice sad to the point of tears.
With a heavy sigh, Kristoff embraced me back. "Elsa, take care of yourself, please." He mumbled to me, though it was loud enough for me to hear it. "I'm sorry I couldn't convince you otherwise," he added, a hint of guilt in his voice.
I break the hug and step away from him. "Don't be sorry. You've done enough and I owe you greatly for it."
"Hey guys!" a happy voice chirrups from nearby and we look to see Olaf walking towards us, having also exited the stables after playing with Sven. I glance at Kristoff and then approach the little snowman and he stops, seeing the sad look on my face.
"Olaf." I say to him, kneeling down and wiping away my tears.
"Where are you going, Elsa?" Olaf asks me, looking at me worryingly with his big snowman eyes that just made his small frame so darn cute. "Why are you crying? Let me give you a hug." He said and embraced me tightly.
That must have triggered some reaction inside of me because the next thing I knew began to cry my heart out.
"There, there, Elsa." Olaf says soothingly, patting my shoulder "What's wrong, Elsa?" he asks me.
I manage to compose myself and break the hug, though I remain kneeling down and look into his eyes with a gentle firmness. "Nothing, Olaf. But can you do me a favour?" I reply to him.
He nods "Anything for you, Elsa."
"I need you to take care of Anna when I'm gone. Can you do that for me?"
"Of course I will. But, where are you going?"
I look over my shoulder at Kristoff and he gives me a sad helpless look, knowing that news would be heart-breaking for the little snowman. I sigh heavily again and turn back to Olaf and give him a kiss on his snowy forehead and stand up.
"I have something to do," is all I say to him and turn away from him and Kristoff. "I'll be taking my leave now." I add and with that, I walk away from the two men, not once glancing back over my shoulder.
KRISTOFF
There's nothing I can do now I tell myself as I stand here and watch helplessly as Elsa walked away into darkness; it absorbing her as if she had been devoured. Olaf looked on with confusion and sadness on his face; not understanding what was going on. After a moment or two, he looks up at me and I look down at him.
"What should I do now, Olaf?" I ask him.
Olaf did not reply but instead looked back to where Elsa had disappeared into and I sigh heavily in sadness. For the first time, the bubbly talkative snowman is lost for words and If that has happened, then whatever situation we were in had to be very bad.
I look over my shoulder up to the window of Anna's room sadly. I'm sorry, Anna is all I can mentally say to myself.
The next morning
ANNA
I wake up to the sound of bird chirping outside my window; so peaceful and relaxing. With a yawn, I sit up in bed and look over my shoulder. "Good morning, Elsa!" I greet her ecstatically, only to be met with shock.
She was not there. "Elsa?" I call, getting up from the bed "Elsa, where are you?" I call again as if expecting her to pop up out of thin air.
I begin to get concerned after I hear no reply and so I walk over to the bathroom door and knock loudly door "Elsa, are you in there?" I ask, hoping for a reply.
No answer is all that greets me and I start to get even more worried. "Elsa, this is not funny! Where are you?" I cry, frantically looking around the room in desperation.
It's when I turn my head towards the desk that my eyes fall on two pieces of paper; both with writing on them. I walk to the desk and sit on the chair, picking up both and begin reading.
There's two letters; the first beginning with the following across the front.
'To: The Queen of Arendelle.'
As soon as I read this, I immediately rip it open, hoping that there would be something, anything to suffice for an answer to where my older sister was.
Dear Queen Elsa,
I know where you are right now. You really don't think that you can escape from me that easily, do you? How's that little sister, Princess Anna? Tell her I said thanks for the scar she give me on the back of my head. I'll pay it back to her later when we meet again, something I will be looking forward to; and I will make sure it is Even Worse than what she did to me. I promise you that.
But! I know how much you love her and am willing to do anything for her. So, as kind hearted I am, I have an offer for you, my love.
Turn yourself in and I'll spare her and all the people of Arendelle and those around it; including those two little girls you two met the other day.
Oh my lovely Elsa, you can't ever get away from me.
You have until midnight to make up your mind, or else innocent people, your innocent people, will have to pay for your slow decision making. And this is not mentioning what terrible things that are going to befall your beloved little sister. HAHA!
Have a good day, my Lady and look forward to seeing you soon…that is, if you're willing to show yourself.
HANS.
"Oh, Elsa!" I gasp, tears flowing down my cheeks like a broken dam.
My hand is shaking as I throw away the letter into the bin under the table, my heart feeling like it will stop then and there after what I have just read. For a moment, I just cannot comprehend anything at all and even feel like breaking down and crying loudly over this.
Pulling myself together, I take the other letter; getting a strong feeling of what to expect now. I'm pretty sure I know where Elsa is but I don't want to believe it.
The second letter read 'To my lovely little sister, Anna' across the front and, like with the last one, I rip it open and begin reading it, seeing a few dry tear marks across the sides of the paper.
Dear my beloved baby sister, Anna.
I know that you must be looking for me right now once you've read this letter. But trust me, sweetheart, I did all this for you. I want you to be safe. I'll never forgive myself if anything bad happens to you.
Anna, I know this will be very difficult to do but please, please promise me that you'll never come after me like what you did when I ran to the North Mountain. This time it's different, Anna. These people are crazy and dangerous and I want you to be safe. I've spoken with the mayor of the town and we both agreed that if something happen to me; you and Kristoff and Olaf and Sven are to take little Anna and little Elsa away. Go away, far away from Arendelle and start new life! Kristoff will take care of you; I've made sure of that. If you miss me, just look at Olaf. We created him together. There's a part of me, inside of him so I will never be far from you.
As for me, you don't have to worry. I'll be okay as long as I know you're okay. You know why? It's because you are my life, my world and my everything! You're my baby sister, Anna, so I need to make sure you're safe.
I'm sorry for the 13 years of shutting you away, of not talking to you and treating you like you don't exist. But believe me, I did it to protect you and it hurts me now as much as it hurts you. I got to spend two years with you and if those two years are to be the last years of my life, then I know that they were the happiest of my life and I will have no regret at all even though I've lost Arendelle. You're way more important to me than my kingdom. Sister comes first before Queen.
I wrote this letter because I need you to understand why I have to leave you. I hope you'll forgive me one day. I will always love you, you know that right? I love you more than anything or anyone. Please, don't forget about me and all our memories together. I will always remember you as the best little sister I could ever have asked for.
Goodbye Anna. I love you so, so much.
Elsa.
As soon as finish reading the last few sentences, my breath suddenly gets caught in my throat and I shake my head in disbelief, not wanting to believe what I've just read.
"No. No Elsa. No! I cry out loud. "Elsa! Please, no!" I cry on as tears begin to run down my face
I heard footsteps outside and a second letter the door bursts open and Kristoff appears. "Anna, what's wrong?" he asks me and I shoot up from my chair and embrace him tightly.
"Elsa... Kristoff... she left me!" I choked through tears.
I don't know what to do or to think. I'm lost. I feel like my world is breaking around me, as if there is nothing left to live for.
"Anna." I look up and see Olaf standing behind Kristoff in the doorway, a worried look on his face. I run to him and hug him tightly, tears falling more from my face now.
"Olaf, Elsa is gone. She left me!" I cry harder clinging to the snowman as he patted me on the back and embraced me back.
Then someone else comes from the corridor behind Olaf. Looking up, we saw it was the mayor; a low and sad expression on his face.
"Princess, I'm sorry to disturb. But we have to go." He said to us, his voice grim.
Kristoff looks at the mayor, a confused look on his face "Mayor Fudge, I don't think..."
The Mayor cut him off however, "I know what happened to the Queen, I saw her last night. I know what's happened to her."
I let go of Olaf and get up, suddenly full of adrenaline and energy "What?"
"I'll tell you about it later, Princess Anna. But now we have to move. They'll be coming back for you."
I shook my head, anger and determination suddenly gripping me "No, I'm not going to leave Elsa!" I protest vociferously.
"Princess, we'll get the Queen back!" Mayor Fudge argued back firmly. "I promise you, but to able to do that, we need to make sure they don't get you!"
"No, there has to be another way!"
"There is no other way!" Fudge almost shouts at us, momentarily drawing a few looks from several people at the end of the corridor to his right but he shooed them away and looked into Anna's eyes with a firmness that told her he meant what he was saying. "Princess, I'm sorry, but we have to go. We cannot stay here!"
I look at him in the eyes before I sigh heavily and nod my head, tears falling from my eyes once again; I still being unable to comprehend what has just happened. "Come on Olaf, Kristoff." I said to them as we left the room and followed the mayor out towards the foyer.
I'll save you, Elsa. I promise. I promise to myself.
BACK AT ARENDELLE
ELSA
I open my eyes and at once I feel a stabbing pain emanating from my head. My vision is blurry and I try to move my hands but they were stuck. After a few seconds to let my vision come back to its normal sense, I realize that I was actually chained to the wall with some huge kind of metallic object wrapped around my hands. The same had happened to my feet and I sigh; knowing now I cannot move.
A chuckle emanates suddenly from nowhere, or actually somewhere within the darkness that had evaded the dim light coming in through the window. "The Queen is awake, finally." It said and my eyes widened in realisation as soon as I heard it.
"Hans!" I growl, my eyes narrowing as a form appears out of the darkness. Yep, it was him and he smiled sinisterly down at me.
"I'm honoured to know that you still remember my name." He said with a smirk.
My teeth grit hard to the point of breaking as I glared up at him. I hate him and I just want to freeze him and smash the ice sculpture of him to pieces, but I quickly remind myself I can't. Plus, I was worried that I would inadvertently reveal something to him in an angry state and so I try to calm myself; my need to keep Anna safe becoming first priority.
Conceal. Don't feel. Remember your sister, Elsa. Remember Anna. I chant to myself mentally.
"What you want from me, Hans? Why don't you just kill me?" I dare to speak to him.
He lets out an evil laugh and kneels down in front of me, his face just inches from mine. "Don't worry, Elsa. We'll get to that part eventually. For now, I need to go back to the village and get the princess!" he said to me and I glare at him again; the fiery anger bursting within me once again.
"No! You promised me that you'll spare her!" I cry, feeling the blood boil in my body.
Hans just smirked with a shake of his head and held my chin with his gloved hand "Queen Elsa, you never learn do you? One thing about politics is that some people, I included, are never true to their words; I just want revenge for the humiliation you and that little sister of yours dealt me! So, I'm going to catch that little sister of yours and I'll make sure she suffers a painful death right in front of your eyes!" he says the last few words with a grin that was akin to the devil's, only angering me even more.
"You are a MONSTER!" I scream at him; the room starting to freeze and I try to move my hand but with the chain and cover around it nothing happened.
Hans just smirked. "Don't waste it, your Majesty. Your magic won't work here. I have my own sorcerer and he has been very helpful in combating your magic." He says and then forcefully kisses me, crashing his lips against me whilst grabbing hold of my chin hard.
I bite his lip and he yelps in pain as he jumps back, my bite having drawn blood. For a moment, he just pricks the wound and see's the blood on his fingertip. Then, glaring at me, he storms back over.
"You bitch!" he shouts angrily, slapping me across my face and I can taste blood in my mouth and a few tears run down my face. "I'll get you back and your sister going to pay for this! Just you wait!" he snarled, the last three words having an icy tone to them.
With that he storms out from the dungeon, slamming the door shut behind him.
Even though he was gone and our encounter was brief, I can feel something building up inside of me. Anger and hatred. Yes, that is what they were and they both get the best of me as my protectiveness of my sister and my hatred for Hans boil over like an overflowing, bubbling cauldron. I can feel them now and, strangely, I like it. I'm going to let my power shows it true face, and Hans will be the first to see it.
No one can touch my sister, Hans. No one! I mentally snarl to myself as I stare up at the door with gritted teeth and narrowed eyes that could have struck fear in the bravest of people.
