As Elsa slept, she heard it again. That voice, it was beckoning to her. She had heard it before the night their parents died and she began having this mysterious dream: Somebody was calling to her, beckoning her away from Arendelle, saying she was meant for more than just ruling a kingdom. The dream had two outcomes: One where she resisted, another where she followed the voice to her true fate. "No, please! I'm where I need to be!" She muttered in her sleep. But the voice wouldn't stop. "SHUT UP!" she screamed.
"Elsa! Elsa! You need to wake up!" Anna said, shaking her sister awake. Elsa grabbed Anna and held her close. "It was just a nightmare," she comforted. Elsa sobbed.
"I'm scared, Anna! I've heard this voice before the day our parents died and now I'm having the same dream night after night! My power is growing more and more, what did I do to deserve this? Why me?" she cried into her sister's nightgown. Anna did the one thing she knew that would always calm Elsa down: She held her close and stroked her hair.
"Elsa, if it makes you feel any better, my own powers are growing day by day as well, but I'm not having those nightmares or hearing some mysterious voice," Anna said. "Okay, maybe that's not the right thing to say but," Elsa held her hand up.
"Wait, you can't hear it?" Anna shook her head. Elsa's brow furrowed. Both of them had powers but only one of them was hearing a mysterious voice and having bad dreams at night? Something wasn't adding up. Anna could tell this was troubling Elsa greatly, so she tried a trick their mother used: Change the topic of conversation.
"How about we change the topic?" Anna asked. Elsa frowned.
"To what?"
"Well, with your consent obviously, Kristoff proposed to me," Anna gushed. A smile formed on Elsa's face, showing that whatever it was Anna was doing, it was working.
"I take it you said yes?" Anna flashed her hand, sporting an engagement ring on it.
"Does this answer your question?" Elsa nodded.
"Yes, I suppose it does. I'm feeling much better now," she said.
"You wanna try and go back to sleep?" Anna asked. Elsa nodded and let her head fall back onto her pillows, sleeping soundly. The next morning, Elsa stood over her balcony, gazing out over the horizon, when suddenly, she felt her powers acting up again. The voice sounded and again, Elsa resisted. She was content with her life: She had her powers, a wonderful relationship with her sister, and was a highly respected and revered ruler, noted for her successfully stopping not one, but two conspiracies involving attempts at usurping her. Her influence was also notable at subtly convincing Hans to sell out to Arendelle even if it meant being blacklisted from his own kingdom and branded a traitor. And he had become one of her most trusted advisors since the war, effectively redeeming himself for his previous usurpation attempt, so why was she being called away? She had to see the trolls about this. While in her room preparing for the journey, she heard a knock on her door.
"Elsa? You in here?" Anna's voice rang through the door.
"Come in!" The knob turned and Anna entered, seeing Elsa put on her riding boots.
"Going somewhere?" Elsa nodded.
"To the Valley of the Living Rock and before you ask, no, you can't come,'' she said. Anna gasped.
"You are NOT going alone!"
"I have to do this alone! This is obviously tied to me! The voice is calling ME! You said so yourself! Go play or do whatever a princess is supposed to do," Elsa said, gesturing to herself for extra emphasis, hoping that Anna would take the hint and end the needless argument. She felt Anna's hands grasp her shoulders.
"Elsa, no one should have to feel like they need to do things alone. You have me, Kristoff, Hans and the others to help and support you. You will ALWAYS have our help and support. Let me come with you, if not to help you, at least let me support you. Because you are more than just a sister to me. You are my best friend in the whole wide world. So don't you EVER say you don't need me to accompany you, because, like it or not, we're in this together," Anna said, gripping Elsa's shoulders to emphasize her point. Elsa hadn't realized tears were forming in her eyes as she listened to Anna's speech and realized Anna was right: Whenever Elsa felt something concerned her more, she would push others away and deal with it herself, using the "this doesn't concern you" line. It was only that: an excuse. She sighed.
"You're right. It's just, I don't want to be seen as a weak and worthless queen. You know, Grandfather went down in history as the best king in Arendelle's history. Anna, you know we were raised on the stories of the kings and queens before me. I feel like I have a reputation, " she admitted but she never finished what she intended to say because she felt Anna again gripping her shoulders.
"Don't you EVER say those things about yourself. You are NOT weak, you are NOT worthless. Look who loves you. The citizens love you, our handlers love you, your snow creatures love you, Kristoff loves you, I love you! When we went to war with the Southern Isles, Hans betrayed his own kingdom and fought alongside you! If that doesn't show your popularity, I don't know what does. I really hate it when you demean yourself and put yourself down, because the words you use are far from untrue," Anna said. Elsa smiled.
"What will I ever do without you, Anna?" Anna wrapped Elsa in a hug and stroked her hair.
"You will ALWAYS have me, Elsa. Always," she said. Elsa nodded.
"Come on, Anna, let's go see the trolls", she said. Anna nodded.
AN: After giving it a LOT of thought, I've decided to return to Frozen As It Should Have Been, but rather than add on to my previous story (which caused a lot of confusion, because I billed the story as complete but then kept adding to it), I'm activating a new story, but for all intents and purposes, I'm treating this as Frozen As It Should Have Been Season 3 so a year has past since the events of the last chapter and Kristoff and Anna are engaged already, so no proposal gags here. Some events of F2 will be rejiggered or reordered around to fit my canon. R&R!