Chapter 2

A/N: Hi again, everyone! So you've probably noticed that a few of the chapters are getting posted together that should change after a while but until then enjoy~ Thanks again to my lovely beta!

To say the castle was in complete chaos would be an understatement. But none of that mattered to Anna as she ran after her sister. She wasn't far behind her either. Elsa had just reached the water and begun racing across it when Anna reached the edge.

Seeing her sister's weight easily held up by the ice, Anna figured it could also hold her. Unfortunately, it didn't. For one horrible second she felt the ice crack under her feet before she was plunged into the water for the second time that day. Only this time it was cold. The last thing she saw before her heavy gown pulled her under was the fleeing form of her sister, glowing in the pale moonlight. Elsa, was Anna's last thought before the cold surrounded her and she couldn't move.

Surprised by the fall, she sucked in a lung full of frigid dark water. Everything was cold. Anna briefly struggled against the weight of her gown and against the cold of the water but it wasn't but mere seconds before her limbs were too numb and heavy. I can't let it end like this, Anna thought to herself as the moonlight above began to darken.

A hand reached down and pulled her up out of the water. She flopped onto shore beside a figure, limply leaning against her savior as they wrapped a blanket around her and tried to rub warmth back into her body. "-nna? Anna can you hear me?"

Anna blinked away the spots in front of her eyes. "Hans?"

"Oh thank god! I thought I'd lost you!"

Anna looked past him weakly for any sign of her sister but instead saw only what she had left in her wake. "I can't believe this. All this time. This is why she was hiding from me," tears began trickling down her face.

Hans gathered into his arms and began walking back to the castle. "Anna, listen to me, there's no way you could have known."

"But it's all my fault!" She sobbed, "I have to go after her."

"You can't. Not like this. You're soaked and half frozen," Hans replied reasonably. As if to add to his point Anna gave a great shudder as she began to realize the full extent of how cold she was. How heavy and strange she felt.

Smiling at realizing that she had also come to the same conclusion, Hans carried Anna inside.

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ELSA'S POV

All Elsa could think as she ran across the ice was, she saw, she saw me!

Elsa had spent fifteen years protecting Anna from herself, keeping her secret closely guarded and not even allowing herself to interact at all with her younger sister. To make matters worse, as she got older she began to grow curious about the sister she hadn't spoken to in years.

It started with peeking outside her door when she thought Anna wasn't looking but after a while, even that wasn't enough. And from there it evolved into more daring risks. And then one night Elsa decided to visit her sister's room when she knew her to be asleep, creeping into Anna's room to look at her sleeping face. Sweet little Anna had changed a lot from the little girl that used to delight in her feats of "magic". The innocence was still there written plainly in the honest features of her face, but she had since then obviously bloomed into a lovely woman.

For a moment, Elsa mourned the loss of seeing Anna become the person that lay before her. She missed the days when they were young and Anna would beg her to make snowmen in the wee hours of the night and they would dance together in their own winter wonderland.

The nightly ritual had continued for many months before Elsa was very nearly caught. It was a cold winter night when she visited her sister's room and found her sister tangled in the sheets in the throws of a nightmare. Worry creasing her own lovely features, Elsa quickly went to her sister's side, placing a bare hand on her face without thinking. The skin under her fingers was hot to the touch. A fever.

"Oh Anna," she whispered. Anna leaned into the touch, making a small sound of satisfaction. Her eyes opened blearily, taking in the form of her sister surrounded by a halo of moonlight.

"Elsa?" Elsa was so startled she nearly fell back but upon further inspection, Anna wasn't even fully awake.

"Shh, go back to sleep."

Anna closed her eyes, a smile tugging at her lips gently as she murmured to herself. "So pretty~"

After that, Elsa made sure to keep her distance from Anna. But even that night wasn't enough to keep her away for long. She made good use of the many of secret passages built into the castle. She soon found delight in watching Anna through out the day going about her usual activities. When Elsa discovered Anna talking to one of the paintings, she was simultaneously amused and guilty. Along with isolating herself from Anna, she had also isolated Anna from any form of human contact.

For months, Elsa kept silent watch over Anna. It may have been unhealthy but Elsa didn't care. If that was the only way she got to see Anna, then so be it. She couldn't risk actually speaking to her or she could hurt her again. She still felt a slight twinge of the old panic whenever she caught a glimpse of that pale streak of hair.

She didn't know when she started to feel more towards her sister than was strictly "sisterly," all she knew was that when Anna had returned in the second gown, it had completely stunned her. The dress was vibrant and Anna-like in a completely different way than her first dress. Though this one was considerably less innocent looking. Not only did the dress manage to catch her attention, it seemed to be catching the attention of more than a few males in the room as well. She tried to tell herself it was her instincts as an older sister to protect Anna, but she didn't really believe it herself.

"What are you wearing?"

"O-oh this old thing?" Anna looked a little self conscious, smoothing the edges of her dress with her free hand.

"Weren't you wearing a green dress earlier?"

"WellIkindoffellinthelake."

"You what?" Her eyes scanned over Anna's person, seemingly checking for injuries.

"It was my fault, your Highness. I bumped into Princess Anna and we both fell in." Elsa's gaze turned the stranger that held Anna's other hand. Of course it was his fault, Elsa thought, just look at him! And she did look. She recognized the man as Prince Hans from the Southern Isles, one of their trading partners. The youngest of twelve brothers so under normal circumstances he wouldn't have warranted a second glance. But now that he had his arms around her baby sister, he had her full attention.

"Haha you could say we really fell for each other!" Anna laughed, nudging Hans who smiled down at her. Elsa felt like glowering.

She was so bewildered by Anna's second gown and the appearance of Hans that she hardly noticed what Anna had been saying. And when it finally did register, Elsa couldn't help the swell of jealousy that threatened to show on her face.

"Wait, wait. What was this about a marriage?" She glanced between Anna and Hans, taking in their intertwined hands with a darkening gaze.

"Ours!" Anna bounced happily. How cute, she thought fondly.

Shaking her head to clear it of thoughts of her cute sister she remembered the problem at hand. Why should some man she had just met have any claim over her sister? A sister that Elsa hadn't had the chance to get to know. Why would she allow her to just be taken away by some stranger? Of course not!

"I can't allow that," Elsa replied coldly, composing her face into something more presentable as a Queen. She couldn't allow Anna to catch onto her sinful thoughts. If she knew, she'd never want to be around Elsa and Elsa would certainly never see her again.

"What do you mean?"

"Anna, you just met him," her eyes flicked back towards Hans and with satisfaction she saw Hans take a small step back.

"Anna I think maybe-" Yes, marriage to my sister is a bad idea. You should just leave.

Anna let go of Hans' hand and stepped closer to Elsa. Elsa was startled for a moment, once again bewildered to be so close to the girl she had watched for so long. "Elsa, please. This means a lot to me, to us! Can't you just give us your blessing?"

I don't want to hurt you, Anna. But what came out instead was, "Absolutely not! You hardly know him, how would you know if you actually love him?"

"Because it's true love!"

Feeling on the verge of tears Elsa turned away from Anna, trying desperately to hide her face. "What would you know of love? Especially when it's staring you in the face."Anna, please, don't leave me.

"Elsa, please!" Elsa flinched at her sister's mirrored words.

"No, that's final, Anna." Elsa began walking away, hoping to return to her room so she could at least cry in peace when Anna grabbed her hand.

"Elsa, wait!" When she tried to remove her hand from Anna's grip her glove came off. She stepped back quickly, horrified by what her sister had done. She could have hurt her!

"Give me back my glove!" She reached for the glove but Anna held it close to her, refusing to give it back.

"I can't live like this! I can't stand you shutting me out. Why Elsa? I thought you were my sister!" Eyes brimming with tears and Elsa felt her heart shatter. Especially when the words she hadn't meant to say came tumbling from her lips in bitterness.

"Then leave." And with that Elsa turned and walked at a quicker pace to the door, desperate to get away.

"Elsa!"

"Enough!" she shouted, something in her swelling up and out of her rapidly. She didn't even realize that in her desperation, a wave of ice had shot out. So horrified, she couldn't even bring herself to see if her sister had been untouched. She fled. She was a monster and she knew she could never be with her sister.

A/N: Well I kind of knew where I wanted this chapter to go and then Elsa kind of took over. She kept surprising me with stuff. I didn't mean for this to happen but it did. -sniffs- Please leave your comments, I'd love to hear feedback!

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