Little Elsa woke up from her first night of peaceful sleep in a week. She rubbed her eyes and the first thing she saw when she opened them was a boy with white hair and a blue hoodie sitting on her windowsill. Her eyes went wide and she gasped.
"Are you Jack Frost?" she asked. Jack laughed. "You've heard of me?" he asked.
"Yes! My momma told me about you! She said you're like me!" Elsa said.
"Oh, really?" Jack asked. "And how am I like you?"
"Because she said you could do this." Elsa held out her hand palm-up and a small snowflake came out of thin air. Jack was speechless. "Whoa," he whispered. "I've never met anyone who could do what I do before."
"Me neither," Elsa said. "Could you show me?"
Jack held out his hand and conjured a snowflake.
"Wow! That's amazing!" Elsa said. She couldn't believe she finally had a friend. A friend with the same power as her! She felt less alone. She felt seen. And so did he.
Jack came to Elsa's room every night for a while. They were playing in her room one day, and they heard a knock on the door. "Elsa?" It was Anna. "Do you wanna build a snowman?"
Elsa looked at Jack. "Go away, Anna," she said.
"Okay, bye," Elsa heard her sad sister say.
"That was my sister, Anna," Elsa explained to Jack. "She doesn't know about my powers. I'm forced to hide from her here. My parents think my powers are dangerous."
"What!?" Jack said. "Dangerous? They're beautiful and unique! Just like the person who has them." Elsa was taken by surprise by this. Elsa thought Jack was cute, but she couldn't tell him that. He was too old for her. He would think she was silly.
"How many people do you know with white hair?" Jack asked. Elsa laughed. Jack was the only person who made her feel special.
Forget looking silly.
"Jack?" Elsa asked.
"Yes?"
Elsa hesitated. "Can we get married when I get older?"
Jack smiled. "Of course we can."
Little Elsa had hope in her eyes. "Really? Do you promise?"
"Yes," Jack answered.
"Then you'll be my prince!" Elsa said excitedly.
Jack laughed. "Yeah, I guess I will. And you'll be my princess."
"I want to be a queen!" Elsa said. "I'm sure you will make a great queen," Jack said.
"And you'll be a king!" Elsa said.
All of a sudden, they heard a knock on the door. "Elsa! Time to go to bed!" the Queen said. "Okay!" Elsa shouted back.
Jack jumped off of Elsa's window and she watched him fly away. "Bye, Jack," she whispered. "See you tomorrow..."
But she wouldn't.