"Elsa, do you wanna build a snowman?" Anna called out from behind the door, "Come on, let's go and play."
Elsa stayed quiet, resisting the urge to throw open the door and hug her sister as tight as possible. It had only been a week since Elsa struck Anna's head with her powers. Mama and Papa took them to the trolls and had them fix Anna, but now Elsa had to learn to control her powers."It doesn't have to be a snowman."
"Go away, Anna," Elsa finally shouted, feeling terrible. Sisters weren't supposed to shut each other out. What kind of a sister was she? She heard Anna's heartbroken good-bye. Elsa waited by the door until she was sure that Anna had left, and then shook her head a few times and went to the window to clear her head.
"It's for the best," she told herself, repeating what Papa had told her after the trolls fixed Anna. She looked out the window into the royal garden, where Jack was helping the gardeners. He ran around the trees, passing out baskets and climbing up to get the hard-to-reach fruit. She leaned closer to see him better, and then heard a crackling sound underneath her hands. She looked down and saw a thin layer of frost spread from her hands. Elsa gasped and pulled away quickly. The frost thickened and expanded all over the bottom of the window.
Jack looked up at that moment, searching for Elsa in her old bedroom. She wasn't there, which confused him. Elsa said she would come out and play with him soon, and it had been a week since he last saw her. He looked at all of the windows until he saw frost on one of the spare room's window. He thought he saw Elsa there, but she moved away from the window, so he couldn't be sure. Jack planned to go see her soon, hoping that she wasn't sick. That was the only reason he could think of for Elsa being in another room, away from Anna.
A couple hours later, Jack went up to Elsa's new room, only to have a guard block his way.
"Excuse me, sir," Jack said, "Where's Elsa?"
"No one is allowed to see the princess at this time." the guard replied.
"Is she sick?"
A door down the hall opened up the slightest crack, revealing strands of white-blond hair and an ice-blue eye.
"Elsa!" Jack tried to go around the guard, but he kept blocking the way.
"No one is allowed to see Princess Elsa except the King and Queen."
"But Elsa's my friend! I have to see her!" Jack finally pushed past the guard and ran to Elsa's now-shut door. "Elsa! Do you want to play?"
"Go away, Jack." Go away? "But, Elsa-"
"I said go away! Leave me alone."
"Are you sick?"
"No."
"What's wrong?"
"Jack, please. Just stay away from me."
The guard picked Jack up and carried him out of the hall. "Elsa! What's wrong? Elsa!"
Elsa stayed on her side of the door, listening to Jack's calls. "I'm sorry, Jack," she said, leaning her head against the door, "But I can't hurt you, too." She stayed like that for a minute, and then went to her bed to lie down. Maybe a nap would calm her down.
Knock, knock, knock. "Princess Elsa?" Elsa opened her eyes with a start. The messenger knocked again. "Princess Elsa? I have a letter for you from Jackson North." Elsa jumped out of bed with a growing smile. She was about to open the door when she remembered her powers. "Uh, just slip it under the door, please." The letter barely made it halfway before Elsa snatched it up and ripped it open.
Dear Elsa, the letter said, Please tell me what's wrong. I haven't seen you all week and I'm bored. Anna says you've just been sick, but I know better. Please meet me in the garden tonight, and feel better, if you really are sick. Your friend, Jack.
Elsa read the childish script repeatedly until she had the letter memorized. 'I want to meet Jack,' she thought, 'But I have to protect him from my powers.' A war started in her mind between seeing Jack and protecting him.
Finally, closing the letter, she made her decision.
Later that night, Elsa managed to sneak out of the castle to meet Jack.
"Elsa!" he cried out, rushing to hug her. She stepped away from him, shushing him quietly.
"No one knows I'm out here."
Jack looked hurt. "Why won't you play with me?"
Elsa hesitated, and then told him everything that happened that night, from Anna's begging to build a snowman to the troll's warning. "They said I have to control my powers, so I won't hurt anybody else."
Jack stayed quiet for a minute, seemingly deep in thought. "But you didn't mean to hurt Anna. It was an accident."
"It doesn't matter. I still have to control it."
Jack looked up at her hopefully. "You wouldn't hurt me, right?"
Elsa smiled. "Of course not, Jack. You're my best friend."
"Forever?" Jack asked, holding out his hand. Elsa, without hesitation, grabbed it and squeezed tightly.
"Forever."
Second chapter is up! Finally got some time. Enjoy and please review!