Kristoff and Elsa jumped back as Anna's eyes opened. They glowed with the surge of Elsa's magic before fading back to the blue that they were used to. She sat up. Anna's body lurched with the aftershock of what she must've felt as she hit the water. Kristoff and Elsa were back at her side in a second.
"Anna!" they both cried and wrapped their arms around her. She was shaking, her clothes were stiff and she was still in shock. She tried to grasp at both of them while trying to catch her breath. Kristoff fell to his knees and cried tears of relief into her hip. Elsa took her sister's face in her hands.
Anna coughed "W-What's going on?"
Elsa smiled. "I brought you back. You drowned when the dam fell."
Anna looked at her hands, a familiar pattern of snowflakes covered them, Elsa's magic seeping into her skin. "But I-" She started shaking fiercely, panic taking over from the shock of being alive.
Elsa and Kristoff hugged Anna again. "Anna, listen to me," Kristoff said calmly "you need to breathe, ok? slowly and deeply."
Anna nodded and tried to take it all in.
They sat like that for a while. Calm and breathing in unison. The sun beamed down on the three, ice shining brilliantly in the light.
Kristoff helped Anna off the platform and wrapped her in Elsa's coat. She was shivering. But alive. They took her inside to the waking warmth of the castle.
The flag rose from its place at half-mast that day.
Yesterday I died, tomorrow's bleeding