Her body stiffened on impact with the icy water. Limbs went numb but she was compelled forwards, downwards. The Nokk called her father, deeper, she could do nothing but follow. The eerie songs of the ice grew louder, thoughts escaping her. Suddenly air rushed into her lungs. "I will drown," she thought "this is death coming to take me back". But death never came, she kept breathing. Water entered her body, saturated her skin but its weight was lost on her. Now she was the pulling force, the Nokk came to her. The Nokk froze to ice, its new state floating it to the surface of the water, and on the way up, she could see her reflection. Blue, transparent, she was part of the water.
The fjord was filled with tears.
Anna woke in a cold sweat. She was alone in bed, the morning sun beamed through the window, casting across the room. Anna had never had a dream so vivid, so real. She was sure that she did not fall into the fjord again… but the sight of the Nokk. It was all too real, it must've been.
Slowly, she got up, trudging across the rugged floor. Without the energy to get dressed, she settled for throwing on the nearest robe. It swallowed her but she did not notice. Anything, she found, did little to keep the cold out.
Knowing that her sister would most likely be in her study, she ignored the thoughts of breakfast. The visions of the Nokk, her dream was still fresh on her mind and if anyone could help her understand them, it would be Elsa.
Passing by the hall windows, she could see Kristoff in the courtyard with Sven and Olaf. They were helping to set up decorations for Anna's "awakening" festival. Bright flowers were perched on every column and beam and coloured like her hair. There were tables set out for guests and unlit candles and flowers clustered in the centre of evey one. Anna stopped walking as she watched Kristoff bound around from task to task. He was full of life and his expression was comparable to the sun's. Every step he took was brisk and confident. It almost looked like he was dancing. There was a weight back in her shoulders but she did her best to carry it further down the hallway to where she knew her sister would be.