The bells rang, making Elsa smile. Today was the day. She waited by the doors. A few minutes passed, but she didn't show up. Elsa began to pace back and forth. She could hear the people inside the doors begin to murmur. She peered inside. He looked nervous. What could be taking her so long?

Jack appeared at the end of the hallway, and quickly flew towards Elsa. "She won't come out," he stated. Elsa sighed, and quickly followed Jack to the room. When they got there, the door was closed. She looked to Jack.

"I got this. Go wait by the doors," she instructed. He gave her a hopeful smile and left. Elsa raised her hand and knocked on the wood four times. "Anna?" There was no answer. "Anna please, I know you're in there. People are wondering where you've been. Have courage, just try to. I'm here for you. Just let me in," she pleaded. Slowly, the door opened. Elsa rushed inside.

"Elsa, I'm not sure I'm ready for this," Anna said. Elsa smiled softly.

"Of course you are. You've been planning this for months."

"Then what if he's not ready for this?"

"If he wasn't then he wouldn't be standing at the end of that aisle," Elsa pointed out.

"You're right. Okay. I can do this. I'm ready. I was born ready!" she grabbed Elsa by the hand and started to leave the room. Anna stopped abruptly and began to back up. Elsa groaned. They were so close.

"What now?"

"Elsa, are you sure you give your blessing?" Elsa laughed.

"I've told you one thousand times, yes."

"But what if it turns out like… like Hans?"

"It won't, I promise."

"What if he doesn't think I look pretty?" Anna looked down at her dress with a concerned look and pushed a piece of hair behind her ear that wouldn't stay in her bun.

"You look beautiful." Anna eyed Elsa skeptically, noting the beautiful blue dress with an intricate snowflake pattern on the bodice that she wore.

"But you look beautifuller. I mean, not fuller, of course not fuller, just-"

"Anna!" Elsa said, stopping Anna's panicked speaking. "Please, stop being so nervous. Everything will be fine. You look amazing. Although maybe a just a small touch up…" Elsa raised her hand and blew a steady stream of sparkling snowflakes, showering them onto the bottom on Anna's dress. Anna gasped and twirled around, watching her dress sparkle and glow. She lunged herself towards Elsa and gave her a big hug. The girls laughed.

"Now I'm ready." Together they made their way down the hall to the room where everyone was waiting. As the large double doors opened, the music started to play and all the occupants stood. Elsa, in place of her father, walked Anna down the aisle. She smiled as she passed Jack, who was sitting in the pews.

The look on Kristoff's face as Anna and Elsa floated down the aisle was the loveliest thing Elsa had ever seen. He looked stunned, and like the happiest person alive. Elsa couldn't be more pleased or more proud. The room began to spin, and her vision blurred. The image faded.

Elsa was in a room, her room, looking out at the village beyond. A hand was on her stomach and a smile was on her face. But she was also nervous. Shouts of children were heard, and feet pounded through the hallway, followed by Anna's voice. Elsa smiled again.

Anna entered the room, followed by a small boy with red-blond hair. She came and pulled up a chair. Elsa looked from Anna to the small child running around the room and laughing.

"Is being a parent hard?" she asked Anna.

"Of course it is. But it's the best thing in the world. Watching your child grow up, raising him, it's fun. A challenge, but a fun challenge." Elsa rubbed the bulge of her stomach.

"I hope I'm ready. What if they don't like me though?" Anna gave a soft laugh.

"Of course your kid will like you! How couldn't they? Having an ice queen as a mother and the spirit of winter as a father? You're going to have one amazing kid."Elsa grinned. She hoped so.

The room began to spin around her once again, grasping her and taking her from it. She struggled against her own mind, trying to take herself back there, but she was losing the fight. Suddenly, she was back at the ice castle, standing with Jack.

"I don't care! I can't leave Anna there! Take me back, Jack!"

"No!" Jack yelled back.

"Why?" Elsa challenged.

"Because I love you, Elsa!" There was silence. The images began to dissolve, and she was taken from the memory and stranded in the darkness. I love you, Elsa… I love you, Elsa… the words circled around her head. She desperately tried to fight her way back to those future times, wanting to see Anna get married, wanting to see her child, but she couldn't get back. She began to realize the terrible truth. Those weren't memories. Only mere daydreams, only wishes. And they left her for the darkness.

Elsa… Elsa… she heard her named called and immediately knew who it was.

"Jack! Jack!" she tried to call back, but her voice was lost in the blackness around her. She felt herself fading. She was losing herself. Giving into the darkness.

Then suddenly she felt something tugging on her, dragging her out of the dark. Harder and harder it pulled. A sharp pain exploded in her abdomen. The pain was unbearable. The dark didn't seem so bad compared to the pain. Brightness exploded all around her.

"Elsa! Elsa! Elsa!" a voice called. Slowly, her eyes opened, bringing her back into reality, retreating herself from the recesses of her mind.

Her vision began to focus. Jack was kneeling next to her, frantically shaking her shoulder and calling her name.

"Elsa, please! Stay with us."

"Jack," she choked out weakly. A look of relief flooded his features.

"Oh Elsa, I thought you were gone!"

"Jack," she said again. "It hurts."

"I know, I know. We're going to make it go away though. They'll fix you and then you'll be better," he tried to reassure her. He grabbed her hand and gave it a loving squeeze. Her skin was burning hot and her hands were shaking in his.

"Elsa you're burning up!" he told her. It was the first time she's ever had a fever.

She shook her head. "I'm… I feel ice cold. It's… it's so cold." She had never felt so cold before. The cold had never bothered her. Jack gave her a worried look. His eyes darted between her eyes and her terrible wound, the blood still trickling out of it. He had to get her to the safety of the castle where someone could help her.

"I'm going to take you back to the castle, okay? They'll be able to help you." He put his arms around her and tried to pick her up, but she gasped and shook her head.

"It hurts too much, Jack. Please, just leave me here."

"No. I won't leave you. I'll never leave you again. I promise."

"Promises don't mean anything anymore, Jack. You promised you'd stay with me and take me with you, but you lied. Your promises mean nothing." He turned his head away. Her words stung, but he knew they had truth to them. He had lied to her and now she was dying. It was all his fault. Tears filled the brims of his eyes, but he blinked them away.

"I'm so sorry, Elsa. I will never lie to you again. I love you more than I've ever loved anything before. I love you more than winter itself, and I will never stop loving you." She reached a shaky hand up and brushed his snowy white hair out of his eyes, then laid her palm on his cheek.

"I love you too." She attempted a weak smile. He put his hand over hers and smiled back, a tear sliding down his face. She moved her hand and wiped the tear away.

"Don't cry. I don't want you to be sad."

"Then let me take you back to the castle," he pleaded with her, but she shook her head again.

"No, Jack. They won't be able to help me anyway. Please, just leave me be. I'm a nuisance to everyone. It'll be better if I'm gone. I know I'm going to die. Just promise me one last thing and please, keep this promise. Don't leave me until I'm gone, okay? Promise me you won't leave me." He laced his fingers with hers and squeezed her hand.

"I will never leave you again." She took a deep breath, and instantly regretted it. Pain shot through her body.

Anna and Kristoff ran up.

"Elsa! Elsa!" Anna yelled frantically. Elsa raised her eyes to meet Anna's.

"Anna…" she whispered with a smile. Anna rushed to Elsa's side and knelt down.

"Elsa, we have to get you back to the castle!"

"There's no point, Anna. I'm dying and there's nothing you can do about it." Tears welled up in Anna's eyes.

"Elsa, no."

"You can't deny it. I'll be… dead… within m...minutes…" Elsa tried to explain, but her voice was growing weak.

The tears began to fall in a steady stream down Anna's cheeks. Kristoff put his hand on her shoulder, and looked at Elsa with sad eyes.

"You can't leave me, Elsa. I spent so much of my life without you. I just got you back. I can't spend the rest of my life without you, Elsa. I need you."

"No, Anna. You don't need me. You grew up to be a beautiful young woman without my help. You don't need me." Elsa shook and cringed as another wave of sharp pain ran through her body. Salty water wet her cheeks. She looked from Jack to Anna, imprinting their faces into her mind, knowing this would be the end.

"I...can't… believe this is… the end…" she said in barely a whisper. "Anna, I was supposed to walk you down the aisle at your wedding… I was supposed to help you with your dress… Jack, we were supposed to be forever… our children… we were supposed to…" her voice was fading. Anna sniffed as the tears kept coming. Jack held her hand tight.

"I'm… I'm free…" she said and her eyes slid closed.

"Elsa, Elsa please!" Anna pleaded, her crying getting heavier.

Jack finally let his tears fall freely. He hadn't wanted Elsa to see him cry. He put his head to her heart, but found to beat. Just an empty silence that would haunt him for the rest of his life. Kristoff picked Elsa up, and carried her in her arms as he and Anna made their way back to the castle. Jack stayed where he was, frozen. It felt as if an ice cold dagger had pierced his heart.

"Elsa," he called through choked sobbs. He fell against the cold ice. "Elsa…"