Hey guys! Sorry I haven't updated in so long, but if it helps...it could have been longer. It's officially Break at school and I've been sorta slacking off and taking cat-naps (breaks from school are beautiful things!). Christmas is in a few days so, I'm getting hyped up, mainly 'cause I've had like a gazillion candy canes over the course of a week. Anyways, enough talk! Read on ladies and gents!

I awoke to near-darkness and blinked the blurriness from my eyes before taking a good look around. The walls were made of cold damp stones that had a musky odor protruding from them and a door was on my right. There was only one long window facing out onto the fjord so that I could see a blizzard beginning to form all around.

Starting to move, I found my hands and feet were covered and held down by thick metal chains, so as to prevent me from using my powers. Around me, there were various piles of chain and quite a few cracks on the walls, it hit me like a slap in the face.

I was in the dungeon.

Honestly this was the one place where I truly didn't want to be, my dream from just a day ago could be coming true for all I know. Hearing a scuffling noise on my left, I found a loose stone in the wall and was able to knock it out with the large metal case surrounding my hand. Looking through the hole I had made, there was a familiar face gazing back at me, and I smiled.

It wasn't Elsa, but it was someone else I had been worried about.

"Edvard!"

"Nora? Er-Princess Nora? What in the world are you doing here?"

I was happy that he asked why I was here, it meant that he didn't just see me as a monster that had to be locked away, despite that my own view of myself had come down to that. "The guards locked me in here, I think. What are you doing in the dungeons?!" He put his head down as if he were experiencing a terrible flashback but soon shook it away and allowed himself a smile.

"As soon as you and Queen Elsa ran from Arendelle, a mob was voting whether or not to go after you two. I tried to defend you and the Queen but the Duke had me thrown in here and had his thugs guard for a few days."

While he told his tale I had unconsciously lowered my head, so that I was no longer making eye contact with him. It was all my fault, if I had just manned up and danced with the Duke, we never would have met and he wouldn't be suffering in here. I wouldn't blame him if he hated me now.

"I'm so sorry Edvard. I'm so sorry that you're in here because of me." His hazel eyes softened at my apology and he simply put his hand under my chin and made me look at him. "I don't regret anything, you know? I'm proud to call myself your friend."

I opened my mouth to say more, but then suddenly there was a clicking noise coming from the other side of the door in my cell. "You have to go now, but I will see you soon!" Before I could protest, Edvard grabbed the stone that filled the space between us and shoved it back into its place just as the door opened, revealing...

"Prince Hans?"

He handed a torch he carried to a guard behind him and stepped closer towards me before the door closed behind him. "What do you want?" I tried to sound polite and somewhat accepting, but that couldn't hide the bitter edge to my voice. Either he chose to ignore my question or he hadn't heard me speak.

Walking over to the window, he held his hands behind his back, a few inches from his sword which was sheathed in his belt.

"Winter is truly a beautiful season. It just...isn't the season that most people would enjoy. I mean, everything freezes, it becomes cold outside, and accidents can happen out of the fjord. Wouldn't you agree? Your highness?"

I didn't know what he was planning, so I decided to play along and slowly nodded my head so he knew his mini-speech had gotten to my brain. "What you say is true, but there are some who do enjoy it and wish it were to exist on some hot summer days." I snapped, and this definitely caught his attention as he spun on his heels (not actual heels like the Dukes) and faced me quickly, kneeling so that he was at my sitting level.

"Touché. Princess."

Personally, I felt that Hans was too close for comfort for my taste and awkwardly slid a few inches away from the nearing prince, hoping he would get the message. There was a brief silence and I began looking around the room, hoping one of us would actually say something.

Silence.

Until I broke it.

"Where is Elsa? Why don't you let us go? We're a threat to all of Arendelle." I pointed out of the window with my covered hand, towards the blizzard that just kept on growing like a wildfire. "Can't you see that?" He remained silent and simply stared into my eyes, like really staring and it was making me uncomfortable under his gaze.

"You should get back to Anna.."

"Anna has not yet returned." I gasped in shock and my eyes grew wider. Something bad must have happened to her after she was hit with Elsa's ice and my wind. The first thing that flowed into my mind towards Anna was guilt, followed by concern, and then..the possibility of having inflicted serious injury to my baby sister.

Hans put on a poker face and stood up again, heading for the door. How could he be so calm?! This was his not-quite fiancé! My little sister!

A small yet powerful breeze drifted into the room and blew small piles of dust into mini-cyclones. He noticed my "out of it" expression written on my face and knocked on the door five times, signifying to the awaiting guard, that he was coming back out.

As the door opened, and he had stepped outside, I could hear him give a faint whisper, "Just, stop the winter. Please." Whether he chose to listen or not, I whispered back to him, the wind carrying my heartbroken voice to his ears.

"Don't you see? I can't. Just,...let Elsa and I go."

I was close to tears now, and I didn't care if he saw this or not. Why couldn't he get it past his thick skull, that Elsa and I had started something that we could not undo? We didn't know how and that is how Anna ended up getting hurt...we didn't want others to face the fate as hers. The door creaked shut and I pulled my knees up to my chest, lay my head on them and began to cry.

When my tears finally ceased a little, silently, I began to sing a few lines from a song that I used to hear mama sing. I forgot most of the lyrics, but I at least remembered the title.

I wish I saw things clearly

I guess I'm just not the sort

Now all I know is life's too short

~Flashback~

"Nora? Why doesn't Elsa love me anymore?" Anna was only seven years old now, two years after the accident. We were playing around in the gallery, pretending we were in some of the paintings with the other people. She was holding out her hand for a man in the painting to kiss when she asked.

"Oh Anna. Of course Elsa loves you. As do papa, mama, and I. We all love you!" I moved away from the painting of a couple at a picnic, and went over to hug her.

"Then why does she shut me out? Why doesn't she want to play anymore?" I let out a sad sigh before sticking on a smile and releasing her from my embrace, my hands on her shoulders at arms length. "Trust me. She does truly love you, she,...she just has a different way of showing it."

"I wish she would show it like everyone else..." She mumbled.

Anna seemed a bit disappointed in my answer, but shrugged it off and ran over to the painting of Joan of Arc to talk to. She had been doing that an awful lot lately, talking to the pictures on the walls. "Nora look!" Anna pointed to a large painting covered with a sheet and removed it, revealing a new painting that was to be put up later.

I think it was called, "The Swing".

~End Flashback~

I wiped the remainders of my tears away and smiled at one of the happiest memories I had with Anna and knew that I had to escape and ensure that she was safe. Right as I was about to blow freezing cold air onto my chains, something caught my eye from outside of the window and I moved as best as I could to look fully outside.

There, I saw coming towards the palace on a reindeer with the ice harvester,

"Anna.."

Yes! Nailed it! Well,...Almost nailed it! Again, sorry for the wait guys, I'll try to update more often! Anyways, I will NOT leave you guys hanging by a string for the next chapter to pop up. I made a reference to the deleted Frozen song, "Life's too Short". I do not own that song Mr. & Mrs. Lopez do. Thank you for all of the reads/reviews/favorites/follows and those of you that are loyal enough to patiently await for another chapter to this story.

&~Amethyst~§