Elsa

Elsa trembled as her hands raised to her ears and she let out a shriek of anguish. Falling to her knees, she couldn't believe what she had done. The blizzard began to pick up around her as her hair whipped about unkempt and snake-like moving with the wind. Looking helplessly at the statue that was once her sister, she raised her hand to touch her but hesitated. This was just like before. She was always hurting Anna who continued to come to her side no matter how many walls she put between them. Curling her fingers into fists, she curled in on herself and began to chant her mantra hoping that her sister would thaw from the ice if she calmed down even a bit. However, a looming shadow presented itself over her and she slowly turned to notice the citizens of her beautiful nation looming over her.

They took in the sight of the frozen princess with astonished faces before turning angry eyes onto Elsa. Her hands curled into fists as they moved closer towards her. Armed with pitchforks, knives, and torches to burn the accursed monster which was Elsa herself. She could have used her magic to protect herself, perhaps even call upon the blizzard that was about her. However, upon looking up at her sister - she knew that she couldn't raise a hand to hurt anyone. Her eyes slowly closed as she refused to look at them in her last moments only wishing to feel the warmth of Anna's hand and hoping that in death, her sister would forgive her.

"Elsa?"

Her eyes slowly opened and she found herself staring into a pair of familiar teal-colored eyes. Emotions overwhelemed and she sat up quickly not minding that her hair was unkempt and falling against her mid-back. She didn't mind that their lips pressed together awkwardly or that their bodies were pressed together. She didn't mind that she was kissing her sister, because she loved Anna. Anna, the only one who look after her. Anna, who traveled to the Northern Mountains to save her. Anna, who didn't shut her out even after her parents locked her away. For a moment everything was still and Elsa came to notice that her sister's eyes was shut as she opened her own. Anna was warm, she tasted like summer. Summer, the warmth and the beauty of the flowers along with the sun shining in the sky. She could see Olaf running about in her mind's eye, Kristoff and Sven walking through the streets being greeted by the citizens and then her bubbly fiery-haired sister waving at her from afar.

Slowly they parted from one another with Anna's eyes glazed looking as if she was in a daze while Elsa softly smiled. She reached up and laced her fingers in Anna's wild hair that fell out of its plaits during sleep. Bringing her hair away from her face, Elsa smiled and held her sister close to her. She ran her lips over the crown of Anna's head before placing soft kisses and murmuring words of appreciation. Anna would never know how much she was loved, and it would take a million years for Elsa to explain it to her. Though, as she felt her sister's arms wrap around her back - she knew that Anna could feel the emotions in her heart. Even though her skin was cold to the touch, her heart beat with the warmth of Anna's love which thawed their frozen world and brought peace back to Arendelle.

The tears that formed on Elsa's cheeks dried as she wiped them away. Anna glanced up at her sister with curious eyes hoping that she was feeling even a bit better. Upon meeting one another's eyes, the two sisters shared a smile before leaning down to meet one another lips to lips. Fire met ice and equality was realized, and the world seemed to disappear except for the two of them. All of those years of locking her out, all of those years of leaving her alone, she couldn't do it any longer. Anna was her hope, she was her light, and even when she had turned her back on the world - Anna never turned her back on her.

"I love you."

Elsa's heart stopped as she stared eye to eye with her little sister who broke the kiss during her stupor. Her lips trembled and her heart beat slurred as Anna's face lit up with a smile.

"You were crying in your sleep, Elsa. I don't know what dream you had or who was in it, but I'm here for you. I love you. I-I won't leave you by yourself. No matter who comes, and no matter what happens, I'll always be by your side."

Elsa's heart thundered in her chest and she engulfed Anna in a hug burying her face into strands of red. All she wanted, all she needed was the woman in her arms. And as the sun began to rise in the horizon, the two sisters stood on the balcony together holding one another. They watched as the sky brightened with rays of red and orange along with blue, and their eyes met.

"I'll never shut you out again, Anna."

Anna's eyes widened at the sudden serious look upon Elsa's face before a smile formed and she nodded. Their fingers laced together and their lips met as their love solidified. The nightmare that occurred in the depths of her mind had been quelled by Anna's presence. Even if the citizens despised and feared her, Anna would never turn against her.

Sometimes you have to put others ahead of yourself.

Anna

She could feel the ice spreading throughout her body freezing her from the inside out. Holding her arms, she shuddered and quaked in fear of being frozen and trapped. However, in the distance she could see her sister trembling with a tear-filled face and Hans standing over her with a blade poised over her sobbing body. Anna tried to will herself to move but her legs weren't cooperating and she struggled but they wouldn't move. She looked down to find that ice had formed at the soles of her feet and was slowly creeping its way up. Looking from herself to Elsa, then back, she tried to will her legs to move by grabbing one and placing it in front of the other. The sound of Sven's hooves and Kristoff yelling to her was far-off and she couldn't wait for them, Elsa needed her. However, the ice continued to travel and soon wrapped around her torso traveling to her arms and leaving her immobile. She fell forward to the ground and wiggled trying to free herself from the ice prison and move towards her sister. Tears began to form as Hans' sword came down and as the ice crept up her neck to cover her mouth, she let out a soundless scream. Elsa turned in time to see the blade but it wasn't enough, red covered the beautiful crystalline snow that she remembered from her childhood. The snow that Elsa created, the snow that defined Elsa, now was dyed red with her blood as the Snow Queen laid with her back to Anna completely immobile.

Anna's eyes widened in horror and eventually she couldn't hear the hooves, she couldn't hear the wind and the snow whirling about around her. The pure white sky vanished as her eyes lost their color and hue, and all she could feel was numbness. Elsa. Elsa was gone, and she was frozen. Arendelle couldn't even compare to the aching in her chest at losing her beloved sister. She couldn't move, she couldn't reach out to Elsa and hold her in her time of need. Now the tables had turned and Anna was the one who wasn't here for her sister. At this realization, she tried to let out a scream from her ice prison only to find that someone was shaking her. Opening her eyes, she came in contact with a pair of familiar blues. Tears fell down her cheeks in streams as she wrapped her arms around Elsa and buried her face in her sister's chest letting out anguish-filled sobs.

Elsa looked down at her younger sister and placed a hand on her head while wrapping the other around her body. The girl's body was racked with tears and it scared Elsa half to death to find her younger sister lying still as a corpse with tears falling down her cheeks instead of spread haphazardly around her bed snoring like a bear. Anna choked out sobs and Elsa could only hear bits and pieces of what had been ailing her younger sister. She could hear 'Elsa', 'Hans', 'death', and it dawned upon her that Anna had a nightmare. Anna dreamed that she had died. Leaning away from her sister who refused to release her, she placed her hands against Anna's face causing her to look up at her touch. Teal met Blue and Elsa couldn't bare the expression of utter sorrow on her sister's face. Leaning down, she pressed her forehead against the younger's and rubbed their noses together prompting a small sniffle and a little smile from Anna although the fear was evident.

"Anna.."

Elsa could feel her chest tightening as her sister held onto her once again. She pressed their lips together and Elsa froze in place as Anna kissed her. Was this a dream? Was this reality? Was Anna this scared that the only way to convey her sister's reality was to kiss her? As Anna leaned away, Elsa pulled in and returned the kiss holding her close. Anna's cheeks brightened a red hue and the freckles on her skin stood out even more. Her eyes slipped close and the two sat in the darkness, only able to be seen by their silhouettes created by the moon's light. When they broke apart for air, Anna laced her fingers in Elsa's hair and the two of them pressed their foreheads together.

"I'll protect you, Elsa.."

Elsa's heart ached for a moment and she shook her head before lifting her head allowing her sister to fall against her chest, stroking her back and hugging her close.

"No.."

She glanced down at Anna who stared up at her with love in her eyes and a tear-filled smile.

"I'll be the one to protect you."