Elsa quietly entered her sister's room and sat on the bed next to Anna's sleeping form. She swept a strand of hair out of her sister's mouth and back into the tangled fireball of Anna's hair.
"Anna, it's time to wake up." Elsa said, gently shaking her sister's shoulder.
"Time. What time is it?" Anna asked groggily, still sleeping.
"It's before breakfast, Anna."
"Just give me five...five more minutes." Anna yawned before falling back into her light snore.
Elsa stood and went to the bedroom door. "Just don't take too long, or I will have to build a snowman all by myself."
She closed the door and leaned against the wall nearby, waiting. Seconds later, Anna burst out of the door wearing a blue winter dress with a pink cloak. "Come on, Elsa, you are wasting time!"
Anna grabbed her sister's hand, practically dragging Elsa to the garden where they planned to build the snowman. The first natural snow of winter had covered everything in a white blanket disturbed only by the sister's footsteps as they entered the garden. The predawn sky was alive with the light of aurora borealis as the sun had barely begun to crest the horizon.
"It's beautiful." Anna said as she took in the sight.
"Maybe if you wouldn't sleep in you'd see it more often." Elsa teased.
"Well I, like other normal people, love our full night's rest." Anna countered.
Elsa saw her sister's face fill with regret over her comment about "normal people". Elsa knew what Anna meant and gave her sister a reassuring chuckle. Anna dropped a bag she was holding and knelt down to the snow before forming a ball of snow in the palms of her mittens. Elsa followed her lead and set her ball of snow on top of Anna's larger one. Elsa then started on the snowman's head while Anna took two pieces of coal, two twigs, and a carrot from a bag slung over her shoulder and finished their snowman.
"Do your thing, sis." Anna stepped back as Elsa twirled her finger causing wisps of snow and ice to circle the snowman before bringing it to life.
"Olaf!" Anna cried as the snowman gave her a warm hug.
"Olaf, what happened?" Elsa asked.
Olaf released the princess from his hug and faced the queen. "Well, I...uh my snow got dirty and I knew that when people get dirty they take baths so I tried to wash myself and I melted."
"Olaf, even freezing cold water can melt snow, if you get dirty again just come see me and I will help you. We were worried sick when we could not find you."
"I'm sorry." Olaf looked down at the ground and shuffled his foot in the snow.
Elsa knelt down and hugged the snow golem. "You don't need to apologise, you didn't know any better."
The trio was interrupted when the castle's seneschal, Kai, greeted them with a bow. "Your majesties, breakfast is now being served in the dining room. Sir Kristoff is already waiting for you there.