Two days later

What do you say to someone who has lost a person dear to them? What could you say? Sorry? Sometimes you would doubt yourself if you really meant it and that really you were glad you had not suffered what they had. What else? Are you okay? Obviously they are not! You think that it's a rather stupid thing to say! So do you say nothing? Maybe. Is it a good idea though? You may inadvertently create the feeling that you don't really care very much and cause antagonism towards you.

So it's a difficult thing to answer.

Right now in Arendelle, everyone was fighting themselves over that very question, along with the sadness and anguish that had plagued the entire town for the last day or so. The very melancholic atmosphere just seemed to hand in the air, which was highlighted by the cloudy and rather cold spring day. It was as if the land itself was mourning.

The reason for all this you may ask? Just two days ago, as you may recall, Mayor Caspian and his wife Emma had left to go to Oslo to talk about the current European situation when their plane had suddenly malfunctioned and crashed into the mountains about an hour from the Norwegian capital. News of their deaths had reached Arendelle very quickly. It was bad enough for the citizens of the town to be given the news. For Kai and Gerda, however, they had the hard job of breaking the news separately to Anna and Elsa, both of whom were absolutely heartbroken over what had happened.

And now, as the crowds of people left the cemetery on the edge of the town near the lake, the sadness and melancholic atmosphere seemed to never leave them as if they were cursed to remain this way forever.

For one in particular, it was incredibly bad.

Behind them, sitting on the ground and dressed entirely in black, save for her head where her black hood was only half covering her head, exposing her red hair, was Anna. Her eyes and the skin around them were puffy and wet from the perpetual shedding of tears since yesterday. Everyone had given their condolences and said their farewells to her parents and decided that she needed some time alone.

Sniffing and wiping away a few tears from her eyes, she stared on at the two huge slabs of stone that marked the names of her parents separated by just a few feet from each other. Sadness cored through her veins, her mind going blank from the total disbelief and sadness at what had happened. Somewhere in her head, her brain was still going: No! This-this can't be! They c-couldn't … they can't be! No, no! It's not true!

But as horrible as it was, she had to admit to herself in the most regretful and sorrowful manner that it was all real. None of this was fiction or her mind playing tricks on her or a hallucination. All of this was real, down to the very clothes she was wearing and the very tears she was shedding from her eyes.

Footsteps from behind gradually reached her ears as they neared her body. Looking over her shoulder, Anna's teal coloured eyes went wide when they saw Elsa walking towards her, also dressed in a black dress, shoes and had a black hood drawn up over her head, though a tuft of white hair was visible at the front. Her deep sea blue eyes, like her younger sister, held nothing but sadness within them, which was equally visible by the melancholic expression on her face. Anna watched as she walked wordlessly up to her and knelt down beside her. Anna was surprised for a moment and felt the need to speak but the words got lost in her mouth and just ended up staring dumbfounded at Elsa.

I can't believe she's out here! She mentally told herself with a surprised fashion, also feeling a little annoyed at having seen her sibling for the first time in ages.

Even though it may sound rather degrading when reading it, anyone else would feel the same way if the same arrangement had been playing out perpetually for fourteen years and you had seen your sibling for the first time in … God knows how long!

What surprised Anna even more was Elsa taking Anna's left hand in her right one and looking on sadly at the two large stones engraved with the names of their parents, the feeling of hopelessness and sadness surging through her veins like a river's current rushing full steam. Almost immediately, Anna could not help but feel sympathy and pity for her elder sister as a tear rolled down her face. No matter how long they were separated, both were feeling immense pain from the sudden passing of their parents.

Elsa sniffed and scooted closer to Anna, leaning in on her, tears flowing down her cheeks almost as if her eyes were reflecting the aforementioned description. Anna too began to cry again and rested her head on Elsa's, looking on with loss at the stones once more.

"What are we gonna do?" she asked Elsa with a sad tone.

She received no reply except for a few sobs and sniffs, though her sister's grip on her hand tightened as a way of making up for it. It was almost as if she was saying; "I don't know, but I'll be here for you because I need you right now."

Despite the current moment in time, Anna felt a little light fall onto her heart.

Maybe … just maybe things would look up for her and her sister. Maybe they would be able to live out this darkest of times.