Pt 2 – Chapter Four

'Elsa, I'm not comfortable with him still staying here. Don't you think he's been here long enough?'

'I don't know, Anna. He's... Changed... I just know it, he's different to how he was before... He's coming back to me.'

'Wait, what?'

'Nothing.'

'He's coming back to you?'

'I-I don't know what you're talking about.'

'Did something happen? Before all this I mean? And... You're face when I asked your blessing... You knew him. It makes sense. But when? Were you seeing him while you were locked up in your room?!' Anna's eyes narrowed uncharacteristically, as she thought of Elsa spending time with that despicable man over her own sister.

'No... It, it wasn't like that.'

Elsa stood up and made to leave, but Anna grabbed onto her sisters arm. 'Elsa please! You need to tell me.'

'Tell you what?' Elsa asked, desperately trying to avoid the situation.

'Tell me everything, how you knew Hans. Why you shut me out. Why you're still letting him stay here. Why you spend countless hours every day with him. I hardly see you anymore Elsa!'

'Anna please, I will tell you. But not today.'

'Please Elsa! I can't live like this anymore! You promised me no more secrets! No more closed doors!' Anna pleaded, laying a guilt trip on her sister.

'...Okay. Come with me.' Elsa took her little sisters hand and lead her to her bedroom, and they sat on the bed. Elsa glanced at the flower on her dressing table that had been there since Hans had given it to her a few nights ago. The petals were wilted and it was dying, Elsa couldn't bring herself to get it water, she was too confused and scared about her feelings and that flower was a constant reminder of the kiss. But she couldn't bring herself to throw it away either.

'When I was little, before you were born, Hans lived here in the village with his Aunt. He met me, and we became friends, and even though we were young, I was about four or five and he was around eight. We fell in love, and even though it was just a childhood romance, he proposed to me before he was sent back to the Southern Isles, promising to come back for me when we were older. And then when you were about three the incident happened.'

'The incident?'

'Well, you came over to my bed, and persuaded me to make a snowman with you. So we went down to the ball room and played in my snow, and made Olaf, and then you were jumping from snow mounds, and I made a new one to catch you each time. But I fell and I couldn't catch you in time, and trying to quickly make another one before you fell, I struck you.'

'Wait I knew about your powers?'

'Yes. I struck you, and Mother and Father took us to see the trolls. The eldest one, I forget his name now, but he said that we were lucky it was only your head and not your heart.'

'Is that why I had the white streak?'

'Yes, the troll removed all your memories of my magic, and healed you. Mother and Father said that they would close the gates, reduce the staff, and limit my contact with people- including you. So I was confined to my bedroom, and you don't know how desperately I wanted to tell you that I wanted to build a snowman. But it just brought back too many memories, memories of the danger you would be in, and the next time it would be your heart.' Elsa laughed bitterly. 'And it was.'

'Oh Elsa, I know you would never hurt me on purpose, I just wish I had have known, things would have been so different.'

'And then when my Coronation came, I was stupid enough to think that my Prince would come back for me. He asked me to dance, and then while you were dancing with the Duke he came to talk. And the next I saw him, you were telling me you both planned to marry. And that's why I was snapping at you, and asking what you knew about true love. Because I was convinced he was mine, but there's only so many feelings a five year old could have, the rest I had to make up and dream about the future. And I had a lot of time to day dream, like more than a decade. Then I guess you know what happens next.'

'You promised me the whole story Elsa.'

'Fine. So then my powers were revealed, and I fled. I made my palace, and Hans came to visit. He told me he had come to find me, and that you were nothing to him. And I told him to leave, so he said that he loved me, and then he left. Then you came, and left. And then he came back with some other people and I nearly got crushed by my chandelier and next thing I knew I was in the dungeon. Then he told me that you hadn't returned, I managed to escape and the next I saw of him he told me you were dead and he almost killed me.'

'Then what?' Anna asked, engrossed in the story like a little child listening to a fairy tale.

'I brought him here, and said I would teach him how to love, so no one else got hurt. And we've been spending so much time together because it's part of my lessons, and I am so sorry I've been ignoring you Anna.' Elsa hugged her sister, her eyes unusually tearful. 'I will do my absolute best to spend as much time with you as I can. Deal?'

'Deal.'

A/N: sorry just a bit of a filler chapter... Hopefully more Helsa action coming up soon! And trust me i have loads of drama coming soon. I've got it all planned out *winks*

And notice how Elsa didn't tell Anna about the kiss or her feelings? You might wanna remember that, it's kinda important. Weeelll not that important buuuut it will make another thing in like hopefully 5 chapters make a lot more sense. And Anna now knows of the whole 'incident' and the early days of Helsa. But as far as Anna knows, Elsa is just making sure Hans doesn't hurt anyone else, and Elsa has no feelings for Hans whatsoever. I mean duh, he tried to kill her and Anna.

Ah, dear oblivious Anna ;)