Chapter 3

Ellie walked next to Anna as they were heading down the hallway on their way to Anna's sister Elsa. Who as Ellie had just learned was the Queen of Arrendelle. That was a fact that made Ellie quite nervous about meeting her. Though Anna was a royal too and she wasn't scary so maybe Elsa would be okay too.

Anna had been telling all about the royal family during dinner. From how her parents died to how she met her husband Kristoff while they were searching for Elsa who had fled the kingdom. Ellie wondered why Elsa had fled though. She couldn't understand why someone would flee such a beautiful place as this castle. Everything seemed great to Ellie, the ballroom was beautiful and the food was amazing. Speaking about food, Ellie had never seen so much food in her entire life as she did at this particular dinner. In the orphanage Ellie had to eat whatever Greta brought her so she was ecstatic to see that she was given a choice at what to eat.

To her great relief the dinner itself had gone well too. She had frosted over the silverware a couple of times but luckily neither the kitchen staff nor Anna had noticed.

In the meantime they had arrived of what probably was the door of Elsa's study. Anna looked down at her and said, 'I'm going to knock and go in first to explain who you are okay. Don't be scared she'll like you.' Ellie nodded though still feeling nervous.

Elsa was in her study finishing her paperwork. Or rather she was procrastinating finishing her paperwork. Instead of working she was busy making little ice sculptures of her family. Normally she would just make ice sculptures of random things, the castle, a snowflake or a tree, but not today. It wasn't a coincidence that today the sculptures were ice replicas of her family.

She just came back from a meeting with her council. Instead of talking about important political problems like for instance the tension between Arrendelle and Weselton , they had been bothering her about suitors again. One of the council members had noticed her being annoyed with the subject and had dared to say that they had brought it up because they cared about her.

Elsa very well knew they didn't care about her at all, not really anyway. They cared about her as the Queen of Arrendelle but not as Elsa. And as Queen of Arrendelle she had to produce an heir and that was exactly where the problem lay.

It wasn't that Elsa didn't want a family of her own; she wanted that more than anything. In the past few years Elsa had gotten accustomed to not being alone. But Anna and Kristoff had gotten married a few months ago and it probably wouldn't take too long before they started a family of their own. That would mean that the free time Anna now spent with her she would spend with her children. They'd maybe even move out of the castle to get some more privacy. Anyway it would mean that Elsa would be alone again just like before.

Having a husband and a child of her own would help with that problem but Elsa just knew that could never happen. Not the child part anyway. Though with her acceptance of her powers after the great thaw Elsa's control over them had grown, the powers still got the better of her sometimes. She knew for a fact that the words Grand Pabby spoke years ago were true. She could see that there was beauty in her powers now but she also knew there still was a danger to them as well; even with the control she had now.

What if she got scared, angry or she would just panic for whatever reason, and all of that was bound to happen with a child, so much that she would accidently freeze the child. How could you explain to a kid that it had to perform an act of true love to save itself? It was one thing for her to have to carry the burden that her power could be but she couldn't place that burden on her child.

It wasn't just the lack of family that made her feel alone sometimes though. It was the lack of having someone who truly understood her. Of course Anna knew her better than anyone and tried to help her with her powers as well she possibly could but there was nobody who truly knew how the storm inside her heart felt when she fought for control over her powers or how free she felt when she could let them go. In the sorrow as well as the joy of her powers she was truly alone.

Her train of thought suddenly came to an end when she heard the rhythm of Anna's signature knock. Not even waiting for an answer Anna walked in.

'What is it?' Elsa asked.

'I met this little girl today, well actually we didn't exactly 'meet', but anyway she ran away from her orphanage where they treated her badly. I don't know why though because she is such a sweet little girl. Anyway I was wondering if she could stay here if only just for tonight? She has nowhere else to go', Anna finished her monologue all in one breath.

Elsa smiled at her sister always helping those in need. 'Sure', she answered, 'and I take it she is waiting outside the door?'

'Yup, ooh and by the way Elsa I didn't tell her that you have powers 'cause she didn't seem to know and I didn't want to you know scare her or anything. She seemed scared enough already when I first saw her. I hope that's okay with you?'

'Yes of course that's okay', Elsa said. It sounded like the girl had had a rough life so far and she didn't want to make the girl more afraid than she already was.

With that Anna turned and left to get Ellie. The girl she returned with was nothing like Elsa had ever seen before. It was like she was looking in a mirror but instead of seeing her regular reflection she saw a younger her. The eight-year-old her that had hit Anna in the head. She had always thought she was the only one to have platinum blonde hair and ice blue eyes. She had never seen anyone with those features before. For the first few seconds she was just too shocked to speak and apparently the girl was as well.

Ellie was indeed very shocked too. The woman in front of her was the by far the prettiest woman Ellie had ever seen. Though her beauty wasn't what made Ellie so at a loss for words; it was the shiny platinum blonde hair and the eyes. They were all just like hers! Ellie figured that she probably wasn't the only one thinking that she was the only one with these features as the queen had an expression on her face that probably mirrored her own.

'Elsa this is Ellie', Anna broke the silence.

Elsa Ellie, Ellie Elsa.'

'Hi', Elsa whispered.

'Hi', whispered Ellie as well.

Elsa mind flowed over with question she wanted to ask Ellie. Was she from Arrendelle? Did she know anything about her birth family? Ellie herself had a lot of question to ask Elsa too. All those questions had to wait till tomorrow though. The girl looked very tired and it was getting late. Besides for now just knowing that there was someone else who they shared something with in which they thought they were the only one, was enough to make them feel a little less alone.