"Pink, or lilac?" Anna asks me, holding out ribbons of each color. "Or blue…" She continues. "We could do blue too… Are maybe red? Or sage…" She groans. "This is too hard! Elsa, what do you think?"

I sigh and force a smile. "We can do whatever you want. It is your big day after all."

"Yeah, but I'm not good at making decisions! This is sooooo haaaard," She whines, draping her arm dramatically across her forehead.

"Maybe we could focus on something else for a while, and come back to this?" I suggest. I really needed to finish the guest list so that I would have time to grab something to eat for lunch before my meeting with William.

"Right!" She bounds to the table to grab her invitations. They are white and creamy and decorated with sparkly ribbon. We work for an hour writing addresses and names onto hundreds on envelopes.

My hand is sore and cramped as I make my way to the meeting room. I didn't have time for lunch; not even tea. The door to the meeting room is big and ominous. All of the doors in the castle are wooden, with intricate patterns of leaves and vines. They extend up towards the ceiling, and have heavy brass handles. When I was young, my door was white, with swirls of purple. Now, the doors are regal and heavy. I hate them. I sometimes wish we didn't have doors at all. I nod at the guards that are standing outside of the meeting room as they open the doors for me. In the meeting room, a long wooden table dominates the middle of the room. Chairs are lined around it. The people in those chairs rise as they see me enter, and bend in low bows. I nod my head respectfully to them as I take a place at the head of the table, working hard to keep up a regal façade, not letting on to the anxiety I was feeling. I had been worrying all day about this meeting, and what William could have wanted to discuss with me. They all sat, and looked at me, waiting for me to speak first. I cleared my throat.

"May I ask the reason that I have been called here today?" I say. William speaks.

"Your majesty, a few matters have been being discussed among the men of the council. We understand that you have been busy with the preparations of the spring ball and you sister's wedding, so we thank you for coming here today," He paused looking at the other members of the council. I nodded at him to go on. "As you know," He continued, "it has been seven months since you have come to rule Arendelle, and almost seven months since you came back from that mountain and thawed Arendelle." His voice was hesitant, as if he didn't want to bring up my breakdown. I didn't know where this was going, but I already wished I could run out of the room.

"Yes, it has. Your point being?" I asked.

Another man spoke. "Well, we understand that that time had been a particularly difficult time for you, and we just wanted to, uh, limit your stress so as to not have an event like that occur again… We just wanted to make sure that you were, um… Of sound mind…" He trailed off nervously. I couldn't believe them… They thought that I was going to go crazy! I felt my face flush, which was unusual for me as I was always so cold. I took a breath before replying.

"I am not going to lose control," I said barely able to keep calm. "I am perfectly sane, I assure you." They all averted their gaze, looking everywhere but at me. William replied, "Well, yes, your majesty, of course… I- uh, we- we never intended any offense. It was merely a question." He looked down, and then up again. "Also, your highness, we were wondering how your search for a king was going."

"M-My search? For a king?"

"Well, yes. You see, while Arendelle is indebted to you and your rule, traditionally, a king rules. Not that this necessarily has to be the case, but with the entire kingdom to rule… It must be quite a large burden for you to carry yourself."

"Excuse me?" I scoffed, no longer able to keep up a queenly façade. "Do you not believe that I can handle the kingdom of Arendelle? That a woman is not able to rule?"

"No! No, not at all, queen Elsa! It's just-"

"Yes, well, if you are finished with your evaluation of my sanity and insulting my rule," I glared at them. "I have utmost important business elsewhere." I twisted on my foot and walked, almost strutted out of the room, head held high. The nerve of them! I was entirely sane! Sure, I may have had some excess power lately… But there was nothing wrong with my mental state! I was unable to keep myself from stomping s I walked, I was so angry.

"Your majesty! A maid dropped in a small bow as I approached. As she rose, she frowned. "Are you alright?" I growled, which is something that I had never done in my life. The maid looked quite startled, but I couldn't take it anymore. I wouldn't be able to concentrate on anything right now; I was too angry. I rushed through the halls until I got back to my bedroom. I opened the big crystal window that led outside, took a deep breath, and jumped. Sparkling white snow burst from my hands, cushioning my landing. I ran across the ground, ice erupting at each step as I dashed across the lake. I took care to melt it as I stepped on the dirt on the other side. I didn't ever want a catastrophe like the one I caused a few months ago. Running deeper into the woods, I stopped as I hit a clearing. I flexed my fingers, and shot a ball of ice and snow at a tree. It burst on impact, sending icy crystals into my hair. I shot snowball after snowball at each tree, letting out noises of frustration as I did. How dare they? They questioned my sanity, which is bad enough, but then, to add insult to injury, they accused me of not being able to handle ruling the kingdom! How dare they? I screamed in frustration, a huge amount of power building in me.

"You've got a lot of rage, there, Love."

I whirled around. The power that I had just begun to release at the trees whirled around with me, however, and fractals of ice shot at the voice that I turned to. I gasped at the same time he did, and tried to melt the ice before it impaled its target. The ice fell in sparkling droplets to the ground, inches from a boy who had been standing behind me. I cried out, realizing what I had almost done.

"I am so sorry," I gasped, breathing quickly. "I-I didn't mean to let it get out of control like that." I felt tears come to my eyes, but I banished them, refusing to let a stranger see me cry. I just couldn't understand! I had been doing so well lately! Why was I losing control like this? "Please, sir, are you alright?" I looked closer at the stranger, He was a boy, about my age, with icy blue eyes, and a light dusting of freckles. He was dressed in a blue cloak, but I had never seen the style before. His hair was white. How peculiar, I thought. He stood gaping at me. "I-I'm fine. It's just… How can you, I mean, you can… I… I'm Jack," He stuttered.

"Please forgive me, Jack! I never meant to hurt you, you just startled me is all!" I was still breathing hard, and was close to begging for his forgiveness. If word of this got back to council…

"No! No problem! It- It was my fault entirely!"

"I don't believe I've seen you before," I remarked. "Are you here for the spring ball?" He looked at me uncertainly, but nodded.

"Yeah… The, uh, spring ball. When is that, again?"

"Next week," I smiled.

"Right! Well, I'll uh… See you there! Miss, uh… Miss…?"

"Elsa," I said.

"Elsa," He repeated. "I'm Jack."
"Yes, you've told me."

"Right! Well, uh," He ran his hand through his white hair. I glanced back at the castle, and gasped.

"Oh! I'm so sorry, but I really must be getting back! I didn't realize how late it's getting! Please, excuse me."

I walked quickly back to the castle, turning my back on Jack. He didn't reply to my goodbye, just stood there looking back at me. How strange...

Alright, so here's number two! I almost didn't write it! I didn't get many reviews, cause I totally suck at writing, but how could I abandon my, like, two followers?! :) Well, this chapter kinda sucks a lot, so I'm really sorry! Hopefully they will get a lot better as the plot progresses and some action starts happening. I will probably get the next chapter uploaded quicker than last time.