Elsa was lost in a silent void where time had no influence on her. She felt herself being pulled back and forth at random, as if the tide of the sea was pulling her away from the shore. Now and then she saw a hazy light, heard inaudible voices, and felt something touching her skin, but to her it was the same as the dreams and memories that passed by her eyes. She relived episodes of her life, but these moments were random and fleeting. She felt happiness, despair, anger, and fear on seemingly every level possible all at once…but it hardly mattered, for she did not react to them. Thought and knowledge had departed her, and now, with every moment of her life being played over again, all she wanted to do was to be free of the pain that she had brought upon others and upon herself, somehow, someway…

Elsa…

But then she felt herself being drawn away; something was tugging at the very fabric of her being.

Elsa…Please come back…

The whirlwind of dreams and memories began to fade away, and she regained her senses, though she still remained locked within the void.

Elsa…don't leave me!

Then suddenly, Elsa found herself in a dark room, with only a piercing light to illuminate where she was…but where was that? Was this the afterlife? Was this Purgatory, where she would be judged for her sins? Or was it some other place else entirely?

"Elsa!" a voice said, "It's me!"

She knew exactly who it was, but she dared not to turn around.

"Anna," she whispered, "Am I dead?"

"What? No, of course not; just hovering, I think…"

"Then leave me be!" she pleaded, "I have had enough of these visions; how much more torment, how much more do I need to atone for my mistakes?"

"No seriously, it's me, Anna! I'm really talking to you, right now!"

Relenting, Elsa turned around to see her sister. But still, her heart couldn't believe what she saw before her, standing in that dark room.

"So you're not a hallucination?" she asked.

"Of course not! I've been right here the whole time—well, not HERE here, I'm actually sitting in the snow right now, freezing my butt off."

"Back in Arendelle? How are you talking to me, then?"

"It's kind of a long, really complicated story," Anna explained, "After you left and the storm moved in, I ran all over the place trying to find you. But then I met this one guy, and he found these weird glowing stones right next to your tracks—at least, he said they were your tracks…"

"Star Gems…" Elsa whispered.

"Yeah, right! Anyway, I went to see these trolls, and they said they took you to a whole other world! I wanted to go after you, but for some reason I couldn't; I can't really remember why. But the head troll said that I could talk to you through them, send a projection of myself to see you; all I had to do was think of you, and boom! Here we are, talking to each other…with our minds! Isn't that crazy? I've even been able to see what you've been up to, and Elsa, you've been AMAZING."

"Then why have I only been able to see you every now and then?" Elsa asked, "And why didn't you tell me this sooner?"

"Well, because I only could when you were open to it," Anna explaind, "and also because I didn't think you'd believe me if I said, 'Hey Elsa, I'm talking to you with my brain!' I know I wouldn't believe it if it were me."

Given all that she had been through, Elsa was almost ready to believe what Anna was saying…but no, she couldn't. It couldn't be possible that this really was her sister, after so long; it was too good to be true…

"Tell me something I don't know," she demanded.

"What?" Anna said, confused.

"You said you were able to see into my mind; for all I know, you could be some obscure part of my subconscious taking the shape of my sister, using my memories."

"Elsa, I already told you, I'm not a hallucination!"

"Then prove it. Tell me something that I couldn't possibly have known about beforehand, something that only you and you alone, would know out of either of us."

Anna rolled her eyes, scrunched up her nose, and was silent for a minute before she said anything. "Um…" she started, "…Hans and I broke up."

"What?"

"You know, Hans! The guy I was going to get married to, but then you left and froze everything? I thought about what you said when I asked you to bless the marriage, and I figured that, yeah, you were right. I was moving too fast. So we broke up…well, actually he tried to kill me when no one was looking, and I had him banished back to where he came from, but yeah, same idea. Anyway, I've been seeing this other guy, Kristoff, and we're going to take it slow, this time."

There was no hint of insincerity in her voice. At first, Elsa was overjoyed at the fact that Anna was alive and well, but then her heart sank as she realized what else was true.

"So, it's really bad back home, huh?" she asked.

"Yeah," Anna admitted, her usual cheeriness becoming quite subdued, "It's gotten pretty cold, that much is true."

"And it's all my fault…Anna, I'm so sorry."

"It's okay. But why couldn't you have told me about your powers sooner?"

"I just wanted to protect you," Elsa explained, "I wanted to protect everyone. But I was wrong. All my life I've tried to hold it in…and now look what's happened. I should never have left home."

"Well, it's okay," Anna said, perking up, "You can just come back home and unfreeze everything!"

"No I can't! There's no way I can get the Star Gems now, and even if I came home, I don't know how I could undo the storm."

"Sure you can! I know you can…somehow! Elsa, I promise that we'll find a way to fix this, together."

Then Elsa felt herself being pulled away again, and the warmth of light bathing her as well.

"Just promise me," Anna asked, "Promise me that you'll come back, if not for Arendelle, then for me…and that you won't shut me out again. I'm so tired of being alone…"

There was nothing that Elsa wanted more than to embrace her sister again, and the smaller and smaller Anna became, the greater that desire grew.

"I have to take care of a few things first," she said.

Anna smiled, and said "See you later, then."

Then, she vanished into the distance; the darkness of the void was replaced by blinding light, and Elsa felt life flow back into her again…