Chapter 11
Elsa sat by her window. It was warm outside, and the last bits of snow leftover from winter were melting away. She sighed sadly. She always hated to see winter go. Part of her wanted it to though. Winter always seemed to cause Anna pain. If only her parents hadn't had to leave for two weeks. Then she wouldn't have to feel as lonely while Anna was stuck in her room. The queen was always paranoid when it came to her daughters' health. She had insisted before she left with the king that Anna take time to lie down in her room for a while every day, and the servants were making sure this happened. Elsa felt less alone when she could hear Anna roaming the halls. Now there was only silence.
Silence, however, allowed every little sound to be amplified, so Elsa heard the stable door open. Kristoff emerged from the stables and glanced around. Elsa was up in a flash. She would make him hurt the way she hurt. He probably didn't feel guilty, but she would make him realize what he had done. She was out in the back courtyard and practically ripping off her gloves as Kristoff leaned Anna's bike against the wall of the castle.
"How dare you show up here," she said; catching him off guard. Kristoff took one step backwards and fell on the ground. Elsa glared at him with a fire in her eyes he would not expect to come from someone with ice powers. "You let my baby sister get hurt, and then you have the nerve to come here and-" Elsa cut herself off as Kristoff stood up. Kristoff was at least half a foot taller than her.
She wasn't afraid though; just confused. He looked sadly at her, and he seemed to not fear her either. "I came to return Anna's bike," he mumbled. "I thought she might want it back." Then he turned to leave. Elsa, quickly losing her chance to get back at him, blocked his path with a mound of snow. He turned back to face her, and she realized what she had just done.
"I... um... I-"
"There's no need to explain. I know you have powers." Kristoff stepped closer, and his voice lowered to a whisper. "I know what happened. I know you feel guilty... because it hurts so much. I know that it was my own fault Anna fell, but is it not punishment enough that she doesn't remember me?" Elsa didn't say anything. No one had told her any of this. Kristoff pushed down the snow pile she had made, and went back out through the secret passage. Elsa put her gloves back on, and hurried back to her room. As she closed her door, she heard Anna's open. She quickly locked her door, and stayed still. She could see the shadows of Anna's feet under the door, and Elsa waited to see if she would knock.
"Your highness?" a maid's voice called. Then came the sounds of more footsteps as the maid approached. "You, and your sister need to come downstairs. The captain of the guard wishes to speak with you." The maid then knocked on Elsa's door. "This is important Miss Elsa, you must come down with us." Elsa slowly opened the door, and closed it behind her. Then the maid lead them down the hallway to the staircase. They went down without her; neither one of them making eye contact with the other. Anna kept her head held high; something that seemed out of character for the young princess.
All Elsa could see was the healing scrape on the side of her little sister's forehead. She suddenly felt horrible for yelling at Kristoff. He had never done anything to hurt Anna, and yet she still wanted to blame him for what had happened. She needed to blame someone though. Someone had to know her pain.
"Greetings," the captain said as he bowed to them. When he rose again Elsa could see the sadness in his eyes. Something was wrong. He was brining bad news.
"What's wrong?" Anna blurted. Then she clamped her hand over her mouth. "I mean... What do you need to tell us?" Anna could've slapped herself. That didn't sound much better. The captain sighed.
"I'm sorry to say that your first question was right your highness," he said. "I am the bearer of bad tidings. ... There was a storm at sea, and... the ship the king and queen were on was capsized. There were... no survivors. I'm sorry." Anna and Elsa stood paralyzed in a state of shock. Anna was the first to break. She fell to her knees in a crying heap, and two of the servants quickly came over and took her away. Elsa remained still though, and no one dared touch her. The captain eventually bowed again and left. Everyone left Elsa alone in the room, and she sat down on the bottom step.
Then a tear finally slipped down her cheek. She had failed her mother, who had told her many times that she would love to see her daughters together again. She had failed her father, and she was failing him still as ice began to grow around the room. Elsa dashed into her room and let it ice over. The prison she locked herself away in was the only thing that kept the ice within her contained. She had failed her father. She could not conceal. She could only feel.
I AM SO SORRY. THIS WAS HORRIBLE. UGGGHHHH! I JUST NEEDED A CHAPTER TO RESOLVE THE THING WITH ELSA AND KRISTOFF, AND GET OUT THE FACT THAT THE KING AND QUEEN DIED. I'M SORRY! LEAVE ME A REVIEW THOUGH PLEASE. THEY WILL HELP ME GET BETTER AGAIN.
P.S. I may not update till later this week. Sorry! :(