A/N: Hello! Hope you all had a great Christmas! :D

I meant to put this up last night, but with Christmas, the family wouldn't let me out of their sights, and then there was editing to do...well, you get the picture. Anyway, I'll shut up now.

As always excuse the many mistakes you'll find here and stuff that makes no sense, I try.

Chapter 16: Family

Anna POV

"Elsa!", I called as I rode my horse through feet of snow that was building up. I was trying hard not to shiver and boy was I failing. I had been riding for a few hours now and there was no sign of Elsa. Where could she have gone?

I half expected to find her foot prints in the snow, but it was snowing hard now, so even if she did leave them behind, they were long gone. I sighed at that thought of that.

My horse suddenly tense up and stopped walking.

"Come on.", I patted his neck and this seemed to relax him a little. "Nothing to be afraid of, let's go.", I commanded and pulled the reins. He listened and we were on our way. I then heard something in the distance. It sounded like wolfs. Funny because they usually didn't come out til summer. Oh wait, never mind. It's still technically speaking summer. This is all Elsa's snow.

Elsa's snow even looked different from normal snow. There was something about it, but I couldn't tell what it was. Maybe it was the way it spread out and fell evenly on the ground. Everything was around me was white. Even the trees that were supposed to be green were white. Under different circumstances, I would have thought it was beautiful and would have tried to get Elsa out here with me.

The sound of the wolfs broke through my thoughts. It was so sad. That was the only way I could describe it. It was unlike anything I had ever heard. It sounded very far away and yet it still reached my ears loud and clear. The sound of it made my eyes a little misty. It was just so sad, yet beautiful. Almost the sad music Elsa would play on the piano every now and then. Oh god. The sound was breaking my heart the longer I listened to it. I wanted to block my ears to prevent from hearing it, but I wouldn't do that. It needed to be heard by whoever was there to hear it.

Jeez, now I was crying. I wiped those hot tears away from my face. I must look pathetic here, crying to the sounds I was hearing. I guess music was there to make you feel. There was a tone for it, but I couldn't put my finger on it. Then it hit me. The tone was that of death. It suddenly reminded me of that last time I felt this way. And just like that, I was back on memory lane.

I was dressed in all black, as was everyone who was here. I bet we looked like a black spot from far away. I was standing there between the two great stones before me. I was there watching the two great stones on the hill that overlooked the fjord and the orange light that came from the end of the ocean since it was sunset. Both stone were identical, the only difference being the writing on them. One read King Agdar of Arendelle, while the other read Queen Idun of Arendelle. I stared at the names engraved on them with sad eyes. I still couldn't believe that this was actually happening. It all happened so fast and unexpected. Never in a thousand years, would I have seen this coming. Not even after what my sister had told me a week ago when I found out about this unfortunate news. About how all children will outlive their parents. The truth sure did hurt a lot, especially the way she said it.

"Princess Anna, I'm so sorry for your lost.", A man behind me said. But I ignored and him and continued to stare at the stones. The man just did quick bow and left.

Almost everyone in town was here to witness this. Anyone and everyone who got near me would tell me how sorry they were. As if it were their fault. I wanted to shout at them to leave me alone, but I didn't dare do anything of the sort. I didn't want to be even more alone than I already was. I wasn't alone though, not really. But I sure felt like it. There was nobody else here who could possibly know what I was going through, or even feel what I was going through. There was only one person I could think of, but I haven't seen her in the past dead week that felt like a big blur of nothing.

"Where's Princess Elsa?", A woman called to me. I sniffed and wiped a tear that formed at the sound of that name. That was the question that everyone was asking me. That's all they would say to me. They would either give me their unwanted sympathy or ask about the whereabouts of that certain someone was supposed to be standing next to me.

Sadly, I was the only family member here. Aunt Primrose and her husband and daughter, my cousin, were supposed to come, but they couldn't make it. Something about a storm at sea, I didn't really know. I stopped paying attention after hearing they wouldn't make it.

I closed my bloodshot eyes. I wouldn't have minded them not showing up, but right now I wanted and needed them more than ever. I just needed someone to hug and tell me that everything was going to be okay, but there was no one. I was on my own.

"Your Highness?", The woman asked me again. "Where your sister?"

I turned to star at her with my bloodshot eyes. "Not here.", I responded. I hoped she would take a hint, before I completely breakdown in sadness. Elsa should be here.

"But why ever not?", She asked me, oblivious to my silent wish. Why wasn't she here? That was the question wasn't it? I believe she had said something about not being my friend. I still didn't know what she meant by that and I don't think I ever will.

Thankfully a guard came and told her to leave and let me be. But that woman had reminded me of my absent sister, and now I couldn't get her out of my head. I wiped away my misty eyes with my both my hands. Get it together Anna.

"Princess Anna.", Gerda called me.

"Yeah?", I asked, thankful for something to take my mind off of this.

"It's about to start.", She stated with sympathetic eyes.

"Please, not yet.", I said desperately.

"Prine-", She started

"No! Don't 'Princess' me. We have to wait for my sister.", I said, trying to hold back tears. Elsa, please come soon.

"She's not coming.", She whispered sadly.

"No, you're wrong! She'll come, you'll see", I stated, but she wasn't buying it. And if I was being honest with myself, neither was I. But I was still holding on to that hopeful, yet hopeless wish. "Can we please wait a few more minutes. Please, all I'm asking for is a couple more minutes." Blinking them away was getting harder harder the more I stood here alone.

"Alright, I'll tell them your request.", She gave me a warm smile and that did it for me. The dams in my eyes broke lose and I couldn't stop them now. Gerda immediantly came to my side and held me and I held on to her for dare life. I was now sobbing hard into her shoulder.

"Any news?", I heard Gerda ask someone. I didn't look up.

"She requested that we start without her.", It was Kai's voice. This me cry harder. I couldn't believe this. How could Elsa do this to me? Does she even care? I thought sadly.

"Did you try to convince her. At least for her sister's sake.", Gerda's voice asked.

"I tried everything I could think of. I even tried everything, but she just requested that we all leave her alone for the rest of the week.", Kai said hopelessly. So Elsa wasn't even willing to face the staff. I felt Gerda grow stiff at this.

"Very well then. We have no choice but to do as she says now.", Gerda said softly. "Anna, I'm sorry but we have to start now. Please have courage and be strong."

At this, I detached myself from Gerda and nodded sadly. I must do this alone then.

"Sorry I rui- ruined your dress.", My words choked on me. Great going Anna, you ruined her dress. Maybe that's why Elsa doesn't want you.

"It's quite alright Princess. Don't worry about it.", She told me. I nodded. Those negative thoughts thankfully went away.

Soon the ceremony started. I was barely listening. They kept talking about the great things Mama and Papa did in their reign. And of what great people my parents were. What they said didn't even begin to cover it. They didn't even know them. Not like I did. They were very kind and loving...Why do bad things happen to very nice people? They never did anything wrong. My parents were very great people and didn't deserve to die. Especially not at sea.

As soon as it was over, I slowly left the scene. I didn't want anyone to pity me anymore. Once inside, I slowly walked up the spiral stairs, down the lonely empty hallway and to the same old white and blue door I had knocked on it so many times during my life. By now, I knew the door like the back of my hand. From the patterns and height of it, to the sound it made when i knocked on it.

I wanted to knock on it, but at the same time, I didn't want to. I wanted to hurt Elsa for leaving me alone out there, but that was extremely selfish of me. Mama and Papa would want me to keep reaching out to Elsa even though she was making it pretty clear she wanted nothing to do with me. I took a deep breath, and knocked as I had everyday throughout the week. Tears came down my face when I was faced with the same old silence that was beginning to slowly haunt me.

"Elsa, please I know you're in there.", I whispered. "People are asking where you've been.", Still no answer. I didn't think she was even listening.

"Elsa, I'm right here for yo- you.", My voice was breaking. I didn't know how much longer before I completely broke down. Come on Anna, be strong.

"Our rela- relatives didn't come.", I stated, leaning against the door. "So now's ju- just you and me me." I was about to start crying now. I tried to silence my cries, but that only made it worse. Unable to take it anymore, I began to tremble, and I sat down on the floor with my back resting on her door.

"Wh- wh- what are we g- g- g- gonna do?", I cried out to her door. I closed my eyes and tried to will the tears away. I succeeded to the extend that it was more controllable now. I opened my eyes again to met dark hallway. The dark shadows coming in from all around me. This really was a dead day.

"Do you want to build a snowman?" I chanted as I always did when we were kids. She would always say yes no matter what. Only she didn't do that anymore, and I was a fool to think she would today. I should have known better, but I refused to learn that. I pressed my ear against her door and listened closely for any sign that she was there with me, but she didn't say anything, and I didn't hear anything.

This made me angry and I clenched my jaw. Our parents had just their funeral and she didn't even bother to show up. Didn't even sent a flower or anything! How could she be so heartless? How could she? I began to cry on the thoughts that my sister didn't love me or anyone anymore. Why? Just freaking why was she acting this way? She was acting so indifferent to this. Why can't she just tell me what it was and we could work through it together. Was she even sad? I put my hand under her door and felt ice.

"Ouch!", I quickly brought my hand back. There was a little frost on my finger tips put them into my mouth to quickly warm them up. My repositioned myself so I could look under her door, and I saw nothing but ice. Wait, what?

I gulped at the sight of that. Ever so slowly, I brought my hand closer and touched it. I yelped and quickly pulled back. The tips of my fingers were blue. It was if it was made of ice. Like I was turning into ice. But soon, my fingers were back to normal and I pushed those thoughts away, I wasn't turning into ice.

I remembered how Mama once told me that her emotions influenced her ice magic. Any negative emotion could send them out of control and happy emotions could have the same results as well if she wasn't careful. If I remembered correctly, it would take her a long time to get control again.

Right now it was probably an ice cavern in there. I quickly stood up and tried the door nob. I realized it wasn't locked when I was able to turned it and it clicked. I pushed it, but it wouldn't go. I pushed my full weight against it, but it still wouldn't go.

I began to think about this. Only something big would make this happen. Then the realization hit me. How could I have ever thought bad about her. She was a victim to her powers and was locked in there. If her ice was cold enough to nearly freeze my fingers in half a second, I didn't want to know how cold she herself was. It was probably dangerous for her to come out and she was known to be the very responsible one. I started pounding on the door.

"Elsa!", I yelled. Maybe she was doing this on purpose and just wanted nothing to do with me, but at that moment I didn't care. I needed to get through to her. "Elsa!"

"Elsa, I don't care that you don't want me. I will always love and be there for you no matter what. And I'm never gonna give up on you!" I shouted at her door. I began to feel hopeful again when I said that and even more so when I heard movement on the other side. That meant that Elsa was in there and more importantly, she heard me.

For the first time since I received that terrible letter, I smiled. My sister was still in there somewhere. I felt hopeful that I was going to someday find her. With those happy thoughts, I started walking down the hallway and back to my room to change out of my funeral clothes and into something more hopeful.

I blinked that sad memory away. Oh Elsa, what am I going to do with you. After even more hours of riding, I couldn't find my sister. My throat was a little sour from calling her name again and again. I was probably still far from wherever she was.

Morning came and went and I was still searching for her. I really wish I could find her already. It's when you're searching all over for someone for nearly a whole day, that you realize what a big world you live in. The castle I grew up in was huge and all, but it didn't even compare to the forest out here. Too bad, I could stop to admire it, I needed to find my sister first.

The afternoon came and I still couldn't find my sister. That was very unbelievable or maybe it wasn't. She was running at a very fast pace out there. And she didn't have snow in her way to slow her down, like me. I was my horse and I was having a hard time riding through it. It must have been about two to three feet of snow here.

I was surrounded completely by forest now, but it was hard to tell. All the pine trees were bending downward, because the snow was weighting them all down. It was funny because it was like the the trees were to tired to stand up.

"Elsa! Elsa! It's me, Anna...your sister who didn't mean to make you freeze the summer!", I called out into the woods. I thought over what I said as I shivered in the cold wind. It sounded kind of accusing and blamey.

"I'm sorry. It's all my f- fa- fa- fault!", I yelled into the empty wilderness, hoping that she was hearing me. But even I knew that wasn't the case. I didn't think Elsa was near. I guess sometimes you just knew things.

"Of course none of this would have happened if she hadn't been such a drama queen over the whole engagement thing.", I chuckled at my own little joke. "Then again, maybe I should have talked to her in private like she wanted."

The memory of what happened flickered through my mind. Wow, I'm terrible. No wonder Elsa ran away. She was probably furious at me, but I tried not to think about that. Think positive. I'm gonna find Elsa, we'll talk it out, she'll thaw Arendelle, people won't want to kill her, then we'll go home. I thought about my little plan and I honestly didn't see any flaws with it.

Suddenly the tree branch above me snaps and snow fell in front of us. Although it didn't hit us, it was enough to startle my horse. My horse wailed and stood on his hing legs. This caught me off guard, making my grip on the reins slip out and I fell. Normally this would have been painful, but the snow provided a soft landing. Then the poor frighten horse ran off to the direction I came from.

"Wait, no no no come back!", I sat up and called to it, but it was too late. I shivered at the cold snow that was on me. I clutched my cloak around me. "Okay."

I saw the pine tree's branches above me. "Never mind, I got this."

I reached up and grabbed and pulled myself up. This must have shifted the weight on the snow on the top of it because the tree suddenly stood straight before me. And it send all the snow that was weighting it down on to me. I yelped, but it was muffled by the snow that covered me completely. I quickly got out of it. The last thing I needed was freezing to death out here.

When I was out, I debated with myself on whether to continue or not. My horse was gone and I was on my own now. It would be wise to go back. But I didn't want to give up just yet. And I couldn't go back with the weather like this. I had a responsibility to fix this. I owed all the people down there that. Besides, the sooner I got Elsa back, the better. My sister was more important than my own safety at the moment. Alright Anna, let's do this.

With that I began moving again.

"Snow, it had to be snow.", I panted as I struggled up the hill. It was very hard to do so because my feet kept sinking into the snow. It was night again, and the freezing wind was starting to pick up.

"She couldn't have had topical magic that covered the fjord in white sand and warm...", I finally made it to the top and I saw a smoke in the distance.

"Fire!", I cried out very relieved. I walked forward and because I learned nothing over all my years of clumsliness, I went tumbling down the other side of the hill. My cloak, which was the only thing keeping me warm, got stuck to a tree branch on top of the hill.

Thankfully, I didn't get hurt going down, however, I landed on the small stream that was at the bottom. Normally, this would have been no big deal, except that this water was freezing cold! The freezing water on me was very painful. It was like the water was stabbing me. Within seconds, the pain went away, but I began to feel my legs go numb.

"Cold, cold, cold, cold, cold...", I said as I quickly stood up and started walking to the other side. I wanted to go back for my cloak, but I didn't want to climb the hill again. Besides, the direction from wherever the smoke of fire came from didn't look too far from here.

Just when I thought something it was getting better, a strong gust of wind shooting at me. My scream caught in my throat as it got filled with snow. I went tumbling down. Slowly I raised my head and I saw nothing but white. Where did this sudden storm come from? There was so much snow in the air. I rubbed my arms with my hands to hopefully warm them. The wind was blowing too hard now and it was also howling loudly. It was the only sound I could hear and nothing more.

I slowly stood up, but the strong wind pushed me down hard. Today was just not my day. I covered my face with my hand, attempting to block out the cold, but it really wasn't helping. I need to get out of here and fast. I thought to myself. I stood again, but I fell again.

My body was now shivering without stop and I couldn't move. That's it, I'm going to die here. I thought in defeat. I was going to die here and they probably won't be able to find my body out here. What will the staff think? What will Hans think? I began to feel even more numb. What will Elsa think? Would she show up to my funeral?

I don't want to die. Then I noticed something a couple feet to my left. It was hard to make out what it was, but it looked like some sort of cloth. It wasn't flying away for some weird reason, not that it mattered. I wanted to stand, but that was no longer an option, so I started crawling toward it. When I reached it, I saw the familiar magenta color.

"N- N- N- N- No wa- wa- way", I stuttered. I looked over it and sure enough, there was the similar crocus. I stared at it with wide eyes in disbelief. I looked around, but I couldn't see past this sudden storm. I didn't think Elsa was here, but even if she was, I wouldn't be able to see her. I then remembered that I was still sitting on the snow.

I wrapped it around me with shaking hands and it was surprisingly warmer than the cloak I was wearing earlier. Almost as it was alive. I curled myself into a ball, and made Elsa's cape completely cover me. It smelled of snow and mountains. I wondered what her cloak was made of, since it was so warm.

"Elsa.", I said softly. For some reason, I smiled at the sound of her name and it made my heart beat faster. It made my sister feel more real than just a distance memory. I mustn't give up.

With new found energy, I managed to stand up, ready to brave this storm. I wasn't gonna die here. I was gonna find my sister and I was gonna bring her back. The storm was still very present around me, but I couldn't feel it anymore. Wait what? The wind was in my face, and I could feel it, but there was no coldness. It felt like a summer wind. Maybe I was too numb, but I could feel my body just fine. I wasn't hurting or anything. What's going on?

With this strange phenomenon happening to me, I walked over to the direction of the where I think I saw the fire smoke from. It was easy and I could't even feel the world around me. This was too strange, even for me. I looked around me and saw this blue light that looked like it was coming from behind me. I quickly turned around, but the source of it wasn't there.

It looked as if it was coming from me actually. I looked at myself and gasped. I was glowing! I shook my hand, but it stayed there. I brought my hand up and examined it closer. The light was coming from my skin. It send a tingling feeling on it. What's happening to me?

I started going around me. I didn't feel that I was alone, more like there was someone there with me. I felt that I was being watched. "Elsa?", I called out to the falling snow. Was this Elsa's doing?

As soon as that thought crossed my mind, I began to glow less and I began to feel the cool air. Whatever this um protection was, it was wearing off. Knowing this, I started to quickly walking over to my destination.

Soon I was looking at the small cottage. There was another building next to it, that looked like the stables. I could see the smoke coming from the chimney on top. By the time I got there, the blue light thingy was gone, and I shivering, but Elsa's cape was still warming me up. And the sudden storm had subsided to a mere wind. I walked up to the cottage and up the steps that led to the front door. I had a hard time since the skirt part of my dress was frozen solid. Once I was up, I saw a sign there.

"Wandering Oaken's Trading Post.", I read out loud. I saw a smaller sign just below it toward the left. It was covered in snow, so I couldn't read it. I pushed the sign forward and the movement caused the snow to fall off. "Ooh! And Sauna."

I was so taking Elsa here as soon as we straighten this whole mess out. I then wondered on how it would affect her. I knew the cold didn't bother her, but what about heat? This was the first time I've ever wondered that. Guess I'll just have to ask her later when I make her start talking.

Remembering that I was still outside, I opened the door, which was hard because the wind was pushing it forward. When I managed to get it open, I slowly stepped in. The wind then made the door slam shut sending me forward against my will.

I looked around, and to my disappointment, there was only summer stuff in her. Right, I had forgotten again that it was still July and that just yesterday, it was as sunny hot as ever.

"Hoo hoo.", A man called from a behind a low desk. He was wearing a stripe sweater and a green hat. He had curly blonde hair that almost looked orange. And his bushy mustache connected with his hairline. I was gonna assume that he was Oaken.

"Big summer blow out. Half off swimming suits, clogs, and a sun balm of my own invention.", He holds up a bottle, "Ya?"

"Oh, great.", I said walking in, and he seemed happy. "But for now, how about boots. Winter boots an- and dresses?"

He seemed disappointed, but quickly put on a smile. "That would be in out winter department.", He gestured to the right corner of the room. The winter department only contained from the looks of it, an outfit, a pick ax, rackets, rope, and a lonely pair of black boots.

"Oh.", I said as I walked over picked up the dress and the boots. Wonder if he's seen Elsa? "Um, I was just wondering, has another young woman, the uh Queen perhaps, I don't know, passed through here?" I made my way to the counter.

"Only one crazy enough to be out in this storm is you dear.", He said as a matter of factly. Suddenly the door opened, letting the cold air in and I shivered at that. A man covered in snow from head to toe walked in, but from what I could tell, he was wearing all black and I couldn't see his face under the red scarf over it. "You and this fellow."

"Hoo hoo.", He called to the snow guy. "Big summer blow out.", He held the bottle up.

The new guy just ignored him and walked straight up to me. I took a step back and looked away to mind my own business. "Carrots."

Did he just say carrots? It was hard to tell through his muffled mouth. I looked at his brown eyes confused. "Huh?"

He rolled his eyes at me. "Behind you."

"Oh, right.", He was referring to under the counter behind me. "Excuse me." I moved out of his way.

He grabbed a bunch of carrots and tossed on the counter and started walking to the winter department. I just stood there watching as he grabbed the pick ax and the rope. What's he doing with those?

"A real howler in July, ya? Where ever could it be coming from?" Oaken tried to make small talk with the new guy.

"The North Mountain.", He answered.

"North Mountain.", I said to myself. Elsa was heading north wasn't she? I bet that's where she is right now. The ice guy brought the supplies to the counter and Oaken started doing the math with his fingers.

"That will be forty.", Oaken started. Is that a lot? I've never actually had to buy anything. Or even used money for that matter.

"Forty?!", The ice guy said bewailed. I guess it was a lot. "No, ten."

"Oh dear, that no good.", Oaken said as nicely as ever. He gestured to the pick ax and rope. "See, these are from our winder stock, where the supply and demand have a big problem."

"You want to talk about a supply and demand problem? I sell ice for a living!", He motioned out to the window. I looked and I saw a sled filled with blocks of ice and it was covered in snow. I chuckled at the irony of that.

"Ooh, that is a rough business to be in right now. I mean no one's gonna buy-", He shot me an annoyed look. I cleared my throat and looked down. "That's unfortunate."

"Still forty. But I will throw in a visit to Oaken's sauna.", He waved a to a door in the on our right. "Hoo hoo. Hi family."

The ice guy and I turned to where he waved. Through the steaming window, I could see three young girls with black hair wrapped in white towels. There was a woman with black hair, who I was assuming to be the wife and a big young man with blonde hair like Oaken's. They all waved back to us and said "Hoo hoo!" simultaneously.

The family reminded me of why I was here in the first place. I needed to find my own family member. Was Elsa on the North Mountain or not.?

"Ten's all I got. Help me out.", He tried to bargained again.

Oaken moved rope and pick ax away from the carrots. "Ten will get you this and no more."

My unsaid question was dying to be asked and so I spoke. "Okay, just tell me one thing. What was happening on the North Mountain? Did it seemed magical?", I asked hopefully.

The ice guy looked at me curiously and pulled his red scarf down to reveal his face. "Yes! Now, back up while I deal with this crook here." He motioned to Oaken.

Oaken then stood up and boy was he huge! I swear, he must have been like seven feet tall or something. I became glad that his attention wasn't on me at the moment. "What did you call me?"

The ice guy gulped loudly. "Did I say crook, I meant um...you see I meant...", He obviously couldn't come up with anything and frankly, neither could I. "Maybe I will just take those carrots.", He said nervously.

I stood there and watched as Oaken easily picked him up with one arm and carried him outside despite his protests. Funny how all of this happened in least than thirty second. Soon, Oaken was back inside and he squeezed behind the counter. He looked at me with a worried expression, probably because I was being quiet.

"I'm sorry about this violence. I will add a quart of lutefisk, so we'll have good feelings.", He set a jar of that next to my forgotten stuff. "Just the outfit and boots, ya?"

Suddenly I remembered a very important detail. I didn't have any money on me at the moment. I facepalmed myself for being so stupid. How could I forget?! I sighed and looked at the stuff. Too bad I wasn't winter proof like Elsa. Unless that glow thing happens again, but I highly doubt it would. And I was beginning to question myself if that had really happened, or if it was too cold out there and I started seeing things.

"Listen, uh never mind everything. I didn't bring any money with me.", I said, blushing in humiliation. He just looked at me with concern.

"Why ever not?", He asked politely. "With your clothing, I would assume you were royalty."

"I am actually.", I admitted. "I just didn't exactly prepare for the journey, like I should have."

"Is that why you were asking for the new Queen of Arendelle?", He asked and I nodded. "Are you Princess Anna?"

"The one and only.", I answered in defeat. He looked at me very curiously and I chuckled nervously. He rested his chin on his fist, lost in thoughts.

"I have an idea. Why don't you just take whatever you need. If you go out right now, you'll freeze.", He offered.

I think I heard my heart drop at that. "Listen Mr. Oaken, that's very generous of you, but I can't accept it just like that."

"It's really no problem Miss Anna.", He said. "If you want, you can pay me back, whenever you want or not at all. Your choice dear."

I did need it, I knew that for sure. "Alright, but I promise I'll pay your kindness back.", I said. He looked like he wanted to protest, but decided not to and he nodded in agreement. "Thank you, thank you, thank you so much!", I was so grateful.

"Anything for the royal family of Arendelle.", He said smiling.

"Wow, I can't tell you how grateful I am.", I said. I really was happy. Too happy even.

"Okay, you can change in the bathroom through that door over there.", He motioned to the green door that was next to the one that was steaming. I nodded and quickly went in.

Once I was in, I stripped out of the dress I had on. It was difficult to do so because it was still wet from the snow from earlier. Once that was done, I quickly put on the other one.

So this dress was way warmer, than my other one thank goodness. It had a long sleeves that were a light teal color. The bodice was black, which was great because it matched with perfectly with with the black leather boots. The skirt part of the had about three layers of fabric, with the outer one dark blue and the rest being white. It came with a dark pink winter cloak.

The cloak came with a matching cap that reminded me of my hair. I looked at the mirror and decided it would be best to undo the hairdo I had and put it into my signature twin braids. My head felt better after letting my strawberry blonde hair down. Yep, I won't be doing anything fancy with my hair for a while now. I quickly did my left braid, followed by my right one. Then I put on the cap and tied it under my jaw. That should keep it from flying off.

After that was done, I looked at the full length mirror behind me. I actually looked good. A little vanity never killed anyone. As the old saying went, it starts with you. I was surprised that it all fit perfectly. I mean, what are the chances that the only clothes in the shop are the ones that fit you. Either I was really lucky, or I was too plane and normal. I hadn't had much luck all day, so hopefully things were starting to turn around for me. I reached in the pockets of my dress and took out Elsa's tiara and glove and put then in the pockets of my winter dress.

"Hoo hoo.", Oaken called from behind the counter, once I came out. "You looked rather nice Miss Anna."

"Thank you Oaken.", I said as I went and gave him my old wet clothes, including Elsa's cape. I thought about taking with me, but I didn't want to carry any dead weight. I honestly didn't see what Elsa saw in them. "I promise I will return to pay you back."

"Don't worry about it dear. Please do have a safe journey.", Oaken said warmly.

"Thank you.", I said. I waved and started heading toward the door. From the window, I could see sled of the ice guy. The one that was filled with the ice blocks. I couldn't help but feel slightly guilty at that since it was my fault that Elsa set off the eternal winter.

I went outside the door and stood there. It was snowing slightly. I knew the direction the North Mountain was at, but there were more mountains there. I probably wouldn't be able to differentiate the North Mountain from the neighboring ones. Plus, I couldn't probably get lost up there, since I didn't know the place at all. If I was too be successful in not only finding Elsa, but bring her back as well, I was gonna need some help to even get to her. According to Oaken, there was probably no one up there, so I can forget about finding some sort help of any kind up there.

I need help. Now that I admitted that to myself, it was even more evident. Where to find help? There was no one up there. I looked at the sled again. He seemed to know the place and more importantly, where to go. Yeah, he could help me. I'm gonna go ask him, I thought to myself as I started walking to the stables. Half way there I stopped.

What if he says no? He didn't seem too fond of me to begin with. Come on Anna think. How do you get people to do what you want? Let's see, I know there was something in my studies that I learned. Especially in the intensity of the last three years. The tutors went all out there. Too bad I was too busy daydreaming half the time to actually pay attention. And I had memory issues with all my subjects. I chuckled at the thought of how red my tutor's face would get whenever she got mad and started yelling. That always put me out of a bad mood for sure. I know it was wrong of me, but in my defense that old lady had some issues. And it wasn't like I was ever going to use that knowledge again anyway, to why bother. But now, I wished I'd paid attention, guess there was no such thing as useless knowledge. I sighed in frustration because I couldn't remember.

Ah, I remember now. That came out of nowhere. One tactic was to strike fear, but let's be honest, I can't do that. Unless he considered my rambling and clumsiness scary. I bet Elsa could use that tactic with her ice magic. Humm...maybe I could threaten him by saying that Elsa will freeze him if he doesn't help me. Nah, that would never work. Elsa would never freeze anyone on purpose. Plus, I was trying to to put out a good name out for Elsa. So making him fear my sister, wasn't be the best idea.

Another one was a trade off and I think my old tutor said it was the most effective one. To put it simply, you give something to get something. I liked the sound of that one, sounded easy enough. I would be happy and so would he. Except I didn't anything that he wanted. I then thought back to what happened earlier with Oaken.

Yeah, that's it. I could get he stuff he wanted. That should definitely work. Except I didn't think I could pull off the I'm royalty card again, Oaken was the one who suggested it. Since I had nothing left to lose by trying, I started walking back to the stop.

"Hoo hoo.", Oaken greeted me again with a smile. "What can I do for you Princess?"

"Hi Oaken.", I said nervously. "Listen, I know this is a long shot. A very long shot in fact. But I was wondering if I could uh tak- purchase some other stuff as well. And I totally get it if you don't want to."

"Why of course Miss Anna dear.", He said happily. "Just take what you need dear." He gestured to the winter department as if he already knew what I had in mind. I went over and grabbed the rope and pick ax. I then set the items on the counter and got the carrots as well.

"I can't tell you how thankful I am.", I said gratefully as he put the items in a cloth bag for me.

"It's always a pleasure to help the royal family.", He said. "If I may say, you remind me a lot of the late King Agdar."

I stared at him in shock. "You knew my father?"

"Once when we were both young lads.", He answered.

"Really?", I couldn't believe it. It was already hard enough to picture my parents young, and even more so to picture them having a life.

"He actually helped a great deal by getting me the capital I needed to get Wandering Oaken's Trading Post started." He said happily. "Once I had enough to pay him back for his kindness, he refused to take it.", He chuckled. His eyes seemed dazed as he was remembering the event. "Anyway, it's a pleasure to somehow be able to return the favor to him through you dear."

"Well, that was nice.", I really didn't know how else to say it. I was too distracted thinking of my dead parents to notice that he had handed my my bag.

"Oh, um yeah, I should probably go find my sister now.", I said slowly walking back to the front door.

"Alright Miss Anna, just be careful out there and stay warm dear.", He said waving.

"Oh I will. Again thanks so much for all your help.", I could probably be stand here all night and say thank you over and over again.

Once I was outside, I held the items close to me and headed toward the stable. You got this Anna, you were born ready. I thought to myself as I neared the stables.

A/N: So I hoped you all liked it, :) The flashback was originally part of Chapter 10. I had it saved in my computer, and I felt guilty for not using it. So I thought why not, and here it is now.

Anyway, I'll try to have the next chapter up by next week. So see you later :)

Batman1809: Thank you! :) I'm glad you liked that bit. I wasn't sure about it because it was a last minute sort of thing, but it would have been too easy for Elsa not run into any trouble. Elsa's thoughts were kind of tricky to do, but I got through it :) I agree, Idina's duet was amazing. I think I liked it better than her Oscar performance. *shrug

Rarity01: Thank you! I'm VERY glad you're enjoying this. Makes my day to know it's exciting someone out there. =)

Iceleaf13: Rumple definitely had it coming, especially for trying to kill Hook! But I wanted him and Belle to work it out though. I also wanted the Frozen characters to stay, but deep down I knew they would have to go back. My only complaint with that was that they didn't show the wedding, you know, to like top it off. I do hope we haven't seen the last of them. *fingers crossed!

Aggregate Dragon: Aw, thank you so much! :) Yeah, it makes sense. For this, I kind of wanted Elsa to slow down a bit and think about her actions to some level. Well good for you because I'm in too deep. It was rash, wasn't it. But I both loved it and hate it. I'm also glad Anna and Elsa are together as well. I half expected the portal that send them back home to be a trap.