Summary: Three years before Elsa's coronation, the kingdom was controlled by a corrupt prime minister and his subjects. Three years after her parents died, Anna didn't always stay in the castle. Now, after regaining the monarchy, they must now try to correct what has been wronged.

Note: Pre-Frozen Chapter 4 of 6, Sorry it took me so long to update. Read later for details.

"I'll break the news to her," Kylos stated, "Or has somebody else done so already?"

"No, sir. She's in her lessons at the moment and the castle staff are waiting until she finishes to tell her," the dirty blonde replied. Kylos looked back at Frida who only stared back at him with sorrowful eyes.

He sighed, "Tell them to tell Anna to meet me in the castle's courtyard. I'll tell her of this bitter incident which has befallen us."

Lise nodded and stepped off Kylos's porch, "I'll make sure to tell Kai. It was nice meeting you Master Kylos, however the unfortunate circumstance. I can see why Anna is fond of your time together."

"Likewise, Lise. Make sure no body tells her until I get there, unless her sister wishes to do so. Goodbye Lise, stay safe. I suppose we'll see each other soon."

The maidservant nodded again, understanding his statement. With downcast eyes, she left the Master-at-Arms's house and made her way back to the castle.

Kylos closed the door, his eyes lingering to the floor before he made his way over to Frida. The two wrapped themselves in an embrace. "Do you want to come with me into the castle? I'm sure nobody would mind."

"As much as I would, Anna needs to talk to you first. I don't know how she'll take the news," Frida said.

"Neither do I."

"Here," Frida broke away and gave Kylos a handkerchief, "She'll need this when you tell her." Kylos took it from her hands and put it in her jacket. "And she'll need you." The couple hugged once more before Kylos walked out of their house.

Kai was a bit surprised to see the Master-at-Arms arrive, but was soon relieved. If he was honest, he did not want to be the one to bring Anna's world down. Though he couldn't fathom why the Master-at-Arms would come and be the one to break the news. He nodded in respect and gave him the letter, explaining the incident. The Master shook his head and Kai led him to the door where Anna was being taught her school lessons, where they met up with the maidservant, Lise. He had pulled the teacher out earlier and told him of the news, but told him to keep Anna busy until they worked up a plan.

"Just through this door?" Master Kylos asked.

"Yes," Kai confirmed as Lise nodded.

"I take it her sister knows?" Master Kylos inquired, folding up the letter.

"She was one of the first to know. She didn't want to be the one to break the news however," Kai explained.

Master Kylos let out a nervous breath, "Prepare the staff and yourself for the changes to come. I have a feeling it will hit the kingdom with a major impact."

"Good luck, sir," Kai said, nodding. Despite only knowing the man for a couple of minutes, Kai could see why the Master was chosen to tell the Princess.

"Thank you," said Kylos, "I'll take her out to the gardens." With that, he signaled Kai and Lise to open the door.

The great wooden doors to the library opened and the three sucked in their breaths, their anxiety getting the best of them. The voices that had been chatting a second ago reached an abrupt stop as two pairs of eyes looked at the intrusion. Kylos peaked inside and took in the sight of the library. It was smaller than he remembered it to be, but he had last visited it 18 years ago.

His eyes landed on the 15-year-old girl and what he presumed to be her teacher. He quickly glanced back to Lise and Kai before stepping inside.

"Master Kylos!" Anna exclaimed in surprise. The teacher got up and walked over to Kylos, his arm stretched out for a hesitant handshake.

Kylos grasped the hand and whispered something briefly into the teacher ear. To Anna's puzzlement, her teacher only nodded before he looked back at Anna.

"Anna, come here," he said. Obediently, Anna made her way to the two teachers. She wore a dumbfounded look as her eyes stayed trained on Kylos. Never had she seen her weapons' master in the castle. They had always stayed at the clearing. Now seeing him here, with Lise and Kai behind him, made her wary. Something wasn't right.

"I need to talk to you," Kylos said. Instantly, Anna felt her stomach drop. Had someone found out their secret lessons? Did someone report them to the castle? But she looked behind him and saw that Lise and Kai wore matching expressions of solemnity. What was going on?

"I'll explain to you once we get to the gardens," Kylos stated, knowing what was going through her mind, "You're not in trouble, but I have to tell you something." Kylos stretched out his hand and waited for Anna to take it.

Anna tore her gaze from the master and looked at her teacher. The teacher nodded as soon as he saw look at him. Wordlessly, Anna took the hand and allowed Kylos to lead her to the gardens.

She was beginning to worry. Well, she had already started to worry. No, she was beginning to get anxious and very apprehensive. So far, Kylos had stayed quiet the whole time they had walked to the library. Anna saw him fidget with a piece of paper in his other hand. Was he being fired or promoted? Was he being banished? Was she in trouble? The questions raced through her mind as they walked through the castle corridors, but she was too afraid to ask them, for fear she would not like any of the answers.

Finally, a few minutes of anxiety later, the two reached the gardens. Kylos lead her to a bench under the huge willow tree and sat her down.

Gathering up the courage to speak, Anna asked, "Kylos, what's going on?"

"Anna, there's some bad news I have to tell you. The others wanted to wait until later, but I didn't want to withhold this from you."

"Kylos, what are you talking about?" Anna lowered her voice, "You're scaring me."

The statement had made everything a thousand times worse. Kylos's heart cracked right there and he knew it would shatter to a million more pieces once he told her the news.

He handed her the paper in his hand and she took it with hesitation. As soon as he saw her reading it, he spoke aloud when he knew she had reached the paragraph.

"Anna, I'm sorry, but your parents… there was a huge storm and… I'm sorry, Princess, but they didn't make it."

…We send our condolences. The King and Queen of Arendelle is confirmed dead. We have not been able to salvage the bodies of the crew nor the royals and we send our personal Ambassador of the Royals and/or the High Bishop of the Kingdom will arrive in two days time to discuss the will of the King and Queen as well as bestow the power of the kingdom to the regent or a temporary ruler if the regent is not of age…

Anna couldn't believe her eyes and ears as she was given the news. She tore her eyes away from the letter and was met with a teary gaze from her weapons' master. Anna shook her head in disbelief, slowly standing up, "No, no, no, nonononono. Y-you're kinding me right. Y-you're kidding?" She felt her voice crack, but she couldn't help feel hysteric. "This is all just a joke. No. This is just a joke." Anna began backing away from Kylos.

As he suspected, his heart did break into a million pieces. He watched the Princess deny the news, but it all but obliterated his heart when she began backing away from him as she accused him of lying. His breath caught in his throat, and the old man reached out to grab the 15-year-old's arms before she could run away. She looked back into his eyes.

"I'm sorry."

And the news finally caught up with her. She couldn't deny it anymore. The barrier finally broke and the Princess broke into a sob as she rushed into the arms of the old Master and clung on as if her life depended on it.

Elsa had seated herself by the window as a blizzard, frozen in time, covered her whole room. All the furniture in the room had at least 3 inches of snow on top of it. She had gotten the news a few hours earlier and she couldn't bring herself to tell her little sister. Afterall, she'll only cause more damage, both emotionally and physically.

She sat by the window in a curled up position where her knees touched her face. She had been crying the whole time she had been given the news, and was (metaphorically) frozen to that spot. She sat in silence, as usual, but this time it felt defeaning. It hurt. The only ones who ever held her were gone.

"Kylos, what's going on?" Elsa lifted her head, ignoring the newly spurring feeling of fresh sorrow. It sounded like it came from outside her window. Wiping the tears off her face, she looked she looked outside, wiping off the frost that had formed on her window.

There she saw something that broke her heart. Anna was seated beside some old man, looking worried. "You're scaring me," Anna's voice came again. She could only see the back of Anna's head, but she knew what her sister looked like when she was frightened. Elsa immediately realized that this stranger named Kylos was just telling Anna about their parents' death. She didn't want to watch, but found herself unable to look away.

Elsa watched the old man give Anna a piece of paper, the one that they had handed her earlier that day. After a while the old man spoke, "Anna, I'm sorry, but your parents… there was a huge storm and… I'm sorry, Princess, but they didn't make it."

She watched as her little sister tried to deny the news, and that all but made the scene more difficult to watch. She knew she should be the one down there, but she'd given up that right a long time ago. Ever since she had struck Anna with her powers. Anna tried to run off, but the old man grabbed her hand. She couldn't hear him, but she knew the two words he uttered, "I'm sorry."

New, hot tears fell down her face as she watched her little sister break into sobs, taking in the news.

She couldn't handle it anymore. She'd failed to console her sister in her greatest time of need. Elsa began to weep again, thinking of all the failures she had committed. Unlike her sister, however, she had no one to hold.

"Anna," Kylos called from outside her door. For the past few days, Anna had locked herself in her room, opening up to no one, not even Lise. Kai and Gerda began to get concerned, so they asked Lise to find Kylos once again. Dutiful as he was, Kylos had left Anna alone, knowing that she would need some time to herself, but after he heard that she had not eaten for 3 days, he immediately set off to the castle.

To their luck, Anna had opened the door for him. He knew she'd been hit hard with the death of her parents, so he didn't prompt her to talk at all. Instead, he only forced her to eat her food, knowing that starvation would get Anna nowhere. At first, Anna didn't want to eat anything. But when he brought over some of Frida's food, she willingly ate it.

It was the 10th day of mourning and the funeral was to take place in a few hours. Kylos had talked to Anna and convinced her to attend the funeral.

"Because if you don't do it now, you'll regret it later," He had said. And as much as Anna hated to admit it, he was right.

Anna opened her door, and Kylos stood still, glancing at her dress. She was wearing all black and wore it with a grave expression.

"Are you ready?"

Anna nodded and stepped into the hallway. "Thanks," she whispered to her mentor.

Kylos only flashed her a sad smile, "Lise and Kai are waiting for you downstairs. They're about to board the carriage." Anna gave no response. "And, Frida is there also. She said she wanted to be with you."

Anna gave a humorless laugh, "I'll meet you downstairs." Kylos bowed his head in agreement and Anna walked off.

Kylos stayed where he stood, waiting until Anna had left.

As soon as she started down the stairs, Kylos set off slowly to her sister's door. He had heard from Lise that Elsa wasn't attending the funeral. At first he'd just assumed that Princess Elsa was going to the funeral, but Lise had delivered the news to him a few hours prior to knocking on Anna's door. Though he could understand, he stood by his statement to Anna. If she doesn't attend, there would be no second chances. During his stay at the castle, his purpose to make sure that the younger Princess ate and took care of herself in the bare minimum, but he had never made contact with the older Princess. Of course, there were rumors in the castle that said that Princess Elsa never has and never will step foot from her room, and he was starting to believe them.

But he had to at least try. It took him a long time to convince the 15 year old to come, and because of his lack of contact with the 18-year-old, he didn't know how long it would take him to convince her. Now, he had only less than 5 minutes before the carriage would leave and take them to the burial site.

Kylos approached Elsa's door and suddenly felt a change in the air temperature. It felt cold, as if it had been isolated from the rest of the castle, and left a nervous feeling in his stomach. But fear and anxiety wasn't a foreign feeling to the Master-at-Arms. Kylos raised his fist, pausing for a moment in reluctance, then knocked on the wooden door.

Kylos waited a few seconds, but received no response. Logical sense told him that Elsa might not be in the room, but his instincts said that there was a person inside keeping silent. Kylos sucked in his breath and knocked once more. Again, there was no response, but the Master-at-Arms couldn't leave it at that.

"Princess Elsa," he called, "I know you're in there. Um…" He let out a nervous breath, "I'm Master Kylos, the Master-at-Arms–or perhaps the former–of Arendelle Castle. I've been with your sister and I need to tell you something, your highness. It's the same thing I've told your sister." He cleared his throat, "If you don't attend, you'll regret it. You only have one chance to go and say your farewells forever. Please take this opportunity, your highness." Still no response. "Your sister is wondering where you are, and she'll need you. She's told me of her lonely life, and, your highness, she needs someone right now."

With that, Kylos left, hoping that Elsa would change her mind and come. Unfortunately, it wouldn't happen.

From the other side of the wooden door, the older Princess was huddled against the door frame in grief. The blizzard that she had caused a few days ago had vanished, and instead a light snow fell from nowhere. She had stopped crying long ago, but the feelings of sorrow were still settled deep inside her.

The older princess had no intention of moving or saying anything, but one of those rules can be broken. She uttered four words.

"Take care of her."

I tried making this as sad as I could, but I'm not very good with these scenes. As you see, I'm trying to follow the story line of frozen, just as a UA (Universe Alteration). Two more chapters are coming up before I bring you to post-movie. I had first intended it to be one, but I realized I needed to split this one chapter and merge two later chapters together.

So a note of my lack of update. Sorry about that by the way. The thing is, I like to keep at least three to four chapters ahead of the story in case I need to make some edits to some chapters before I publish them. I'm writing Chapter 8 at the moment and it has a lot of internal monologue-ing, description, and not much dialogue–something that I unfortunately, have trouble with. On that note, Chapter 5 might take a while to get published. But don't worry, this is one of those stories I'm not going to abandon. Thank you for your reviews and follows by the way. And I promise to get Chapter 5 up, it might be a long wait though.

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