Chapter 16

Nothing it had been days and and still. Elsa was nowhere closer to finding Anna. The homes were searched, every last one the forest and the mountain were searched for hours on end. Shops were turned upside down the Princess was still nowhere to be seen. Elsa was growing restless she was on edge and angry most of the time.

"Queen Elsa." The Captain sighed. "We have searched for days and your sister is nowhere to be seen, we believe the Princess is dead if she has been out in this cold with no shelter or buried in the snow somewhere, I am not sure that she could have survived."

Elsa glared with wide eyes stalking over to the man. Narrowing her eyes into a disapproving look she backed him into the wall. "I made you captain after the previous one lost my sister! Would you like me to do the same to you as I did to him?" she asked. "Or are you going to find her!" Elsa breathed heavily. "Because I do not tolerate fools!"

The Queen backed away and turned around beginning to head down the hall. She wanted to go look for Anna, but with the threat of the attackers it was too dangerous. She had to stay in Arendelle and protect everyone.

Elsa made her was down the staircases and into the castles courtyard. She walked over to a group of three guards standing by the gates. "You three." she spoke in a strong bold tone.

"I have a very special job for you..." she paused for a moment. "the abandoned mines... Find a map of all the tunnels I want them searched."

"Queen Elsa... You can't honestly think..."

Elsa locked her eyes on the three guards. "I am your Queen, and I told you I want them searched! We have looked everywhere and I want all possibilities examined." the Queen narrowed her eyes. "Do I make myself clear?"

The three men nearly tripped over each other as they ran to get into the castle to look for the maps of Arendelles abandoned mines. Elsa breathed relieved for a second she put her hand on the castle gates. Which had been locked for their safety. Yet Anna left to find a way to save her, even though she might get hurt.

Closing her eyes the Queen wished more than anything she could go out and look for Anna, but if she too were put in danger the threats facing Arendelle might go unsolved. Elsa felt heavy and her small form fell to the ground she sat with her back against the gates.

Thoughts racing through her mind.

'how could they lose my sister, how could they only send her out with one guard, what if she didn't find me?'

But one thought was present more than any other. 'What if I don't find her, what if my sister is dead'

Elsa wasn't alone long before a few servants came out and suggest she come inside. They were all very concerned for the well-being of their Queen.

"You'll find your sister, your majesty we know you're doing all you can." Kaiden looked at her sympathetically as she stood. Elsa didn't look at her she kept her eyes closed and head turned in the opposite direction.

"If I was doing everything." she whispered in a soft tone, one that depicted she had been crying. "We would have found her by now." Elsa finished still not looking at the girl in front of her.

"Queen Elsa." She said softly speaking to her in the most concerned tone she could manage. "You are doing the best you can."

"My best is not enough." Elsa replied loudly in quite a strong tone. Spinning around so that she now faced the girl her eyes wide open.

Elsa walked inside slowly she looked around the frozen courtyard. She didn't mind the cold weather or temperature. But everything made her think about how her sister was doing. Was she safe from the weather? Was she starving or exhausted. Maybe she was dead and Elsa dreaded that more than anything else.

The Queen walked up the stairs breathing deeply. She was angry and sad at the same time. Frustrated with the guards and the fools who could not locate her sister. Horrified that they wanted to give up on the Princess.

As she neared the top of the grand staircase she heard some voices around the corner.

"The Queens emotions are clouding her judgement, we need more guards keeping her safe and less searching for a dead girl."

Elsa stopped in her tracks and kept listening to the voices speaking.

"She won't have it, Queen Elsa is adamant about finding her sister."

"I really don't want to be the one to tell her, we think Princess Anna is dead and that we should stop searching."

Elsa's heart pounded rapidly How could they stop looking. They would just lie to their Queen. She was the one who got to decide what happened, this was her Kingdom.

"You." she said storming towards them. A look of shock appeared on their faces. "Don't play games with me I heard you talking about lying to me! Stopping the search for my sister!"

The nervous guards exchanged worried glances. "I am the Queen of Arendelle and I decide what happens around here. You are to listen to my orders and I told you to search everywhere in Arendelle! To look at every possibility!" Elsa was enraged. "Anna is your Princess! You want to give up on her!"

"Queen Elsa please..." one of the guards begged her.

"No! " she began cornering him into a wall freezing his body until he was no longer mobile. "If I do not tolerate one thing it is foolishness and to defy your Queen is an act of treason!"

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