Elsa was never known to be a lier you can imagine the pain she bore, caused from the dissonance of doing so. It ripped her heart open every time she wrote something promising that she would return.
When she put down her quill, that's when it hit her; the utter peace surging through the still air. Her stomach held a swirling vortex inside her. Nothing seemed right. It was much too quiet. She's heard moments of silence that were louder. She folded the letters and slid them into an envelope and called out for her messenger bird her and Anna were using to communicate with each other. She let the bird take it into it's talons and then Elsa carried it outside and the moment she stepped foot outside the room it spread its wings and flew away behind her, away from the gathering clouds.
"Would you like us to lay anchor here, and take the boats to shore?" Her captain inquired quietly, seeing how disturbed she looked.
"He has to have seen us by now. We're not a surprise,but he is. We keep moving. Always, from here on out, just keep moving forward. There is no time to look back where we're going."
"Yes, your majesty." The captain responded then turned to go back to the helm. Elsa kept her hard gaze upon the looming mountains, and how they scraped the sky with their spiky precipices.
Anna was walking out of her room, wanting to go see of another letter had come for her yet, but a powerful blast of premonition coursed their her tired body and she stumbled over herself as she fell to the ground.
"Anna!" Kristoff jumped off the bed and raced over to his fallen wife. "Are you alright?"
"Yeah."Anna grunted as she clutched to her stomach.
"What'd you trip over?"
"Nothing... Nothing, I just... fell."
"Well, can you get up?"
"I think so." Anna gradually rose to her feet, Kristoff holding on to her to give her support. "That was weird."
"What happened?"
"I just got this feeling that something terrible is going to happen. I need to go!" Anna hurried out of the room and away from Kristoff's guarding hands.
"Wait! Where?!" Kristoff shouted after her as she sprinted away madly.
"The bird tower!"
Together they dashed through the halls, bounding down every corner, avoiding everyone they could because they weren't going to slow down or stop for anyone. Kristoff needed to stop desperately to catch his breath but Anna wouldn't yield. She had too much at stake, liker her sanity and plain metal health. He didn't.
Finally they arrived the the big wooden doors outside to the bird tower and Anna threw them open with complete ease and bounded up the spiraling staircase, and only then did she feel how sore she was from all her running before, but she still wouldn't allow herself to slow down. Up and up and up she went, until she came upon the top floor and flung open its doors, startling all the resting birds, save one. It was just flying in the window. Kristoff passed on the offer of running up stairs, and simply walked the whole way, not wanting to leave his frenzied wife alone, but he knew he wasn't going to beat her up there so he didn't even try.
"Give it here." Anna gasped, throwing out her hand to retrieve the letter from the bird's feet. The bird flew over to her as she came running towards him and dropped the envelope straight into her hands. "Good boy." She praised the bird grinning and then she tore open the envelope viciously, and almost tore the letter in half with how hard she yanked it out and open. Her eyes grew wide and more wide with each word they passed over as they devoured the page.
Dearest Anna,
We all shall be arriving to our destiny today. Please send every prayer you can. We are so close to these mountains, and Anna, all those fairy tales, why they don't nearly pay enough justice to the true size of these colossal things! I thought the North Mountain was pretty big, but it's like a pebble compared to this place. I wish you could see them to really understand what I'm talking about. I don't wish you were here though. As much as I would love to have you by my side, this just isn't a place for cheerful people like you.
I had a dream last night I want to tell you about. I was all alone at first, in this very dark place, but I could see just fine. I don't know how to explain it. I just started walking around trying to find where I was, but there was jut a bunch of nothingness all around me. Then I heard a noise, so I turned around to see behind me and I saw this massive gathering of people there. They were dressed rather strangely, in clothes fit for before the medieval period it seemed. Anyways, they were all falling to their knees, and they had their arms and hands outstretched towards me. I just knew that they were beckoning to me.
I started to walk over to them, and the closer I came they started shrinking. Pieces of them started flying off into the wind, the nonexistent wind, like dust. I grew worried so I started to run towards them and that made them fade away faster, but I just had to get over to them, to make them okay again. They were all crying out something as they blew away in the air, and by the time I finally reached where they used to be they were all gone. There wasn't a single trace of them ever being there. It left a horrible, ominous feeling in the pit of my stomach. I could never quite understand what they were saying before they all vanished, and that's what been haunting me for the past hour since I woke.
I just really needed to tell someone, and no one around here cares. I know you do.
And, since we'll be arriving at the shore at any moment I think it wise to tell you that this may be my last letter for a while. Wow, I didn't think that would hurt me so much to say that. You feel a lot farther away now after having actually seen the words. I don't like this feeling at all.
Please know that I love you more than anything though, Anna. There is not a single thing that I would not do for you. You are the best little sister anyone could ever dream to have. You have made me so strong, and I only wish I could have made you stronger as well, or at least had the chance to be strong for the both of us. I can't imagine how it must feel to be so strong like you, but right now I wish I could. I wish father was still alive to handle this for me. I don't want to do this anymore.
I'm so tired of all my regrets. They have worn my heart thin over these past three days on this damn ship. I regret obeying our parents order to stay away form everyone, including you. I regret ever hating the sweet sensation of being hammered drunk. I regret ever falling in love. I know that's a terrible thing to regret, but warm hearts have trouble beating in the cold, and it's freezing here. It's been a very long time since I've ever felt the cold. I've simply grown used to it.
With every last ounce of myself do I love thee,
Your loving sister, Elsa.
"Me too." Anna whimpered into the morning, surrounded by birds happily eating their oats. Kristoff had just reached the door by the time she finished.
"You too what?" He asked gingerly, like his word were going to shatter the fragile glass surrounding her.
"I love Elsa with every ounce of me. I never thought I'd miss her this much." Anna answered, and then wiped away a falling tear. She wasn't going to cry. She had vowed to not cry until this was all over as well, just like her big sister.
"Well, would you rather miss her, or just hate her like any other sibling would do?"
"Why would I ever hate her?" Anna spat out as she spun around.
"A lot of little siblings hate their older ones. It's normal." Kristoff raised his hands to aid his defensive words.
"Nothing is normal about hatred. You have to actually think about and force your mind to do it. Normalcy doesn't take any effort, it just happens." Anna argued, stepping closer to him.
"I'm sorry! I was just trying to make you feel better. At least you love her and you don't hate her is all." She just continued coming closer, glaring at him, but she ended up hugging him tightly, genuinely.
"Thank you then." She sighed. "I love you so much."
"I love you too Anna."
"What's this?! Hugs?! Without me?!" Olaf shouted angrily from the doorway, and both Anna and Kristoff turned to look over to him, smiles lacing their faces. He had seen them whizzing by earlier and decided he ought to be concerned, and went off after them as fast as his stubby legs could carry him.
"Well get over here then!" Anna shouted back and the snowman all but happily obliged and wobbled over on his tiny legs and joined them for a group hug. Elsa's letter still tugged on Anna's mind. The dream Elsa wrote of, it sounded very much like the one she had last night too. Anna heard what the men in her dream said quite clearly though. As they were dying they wailed over and over, "We cannot save her. We cannot save her. We cannot save her."