It was a warm Summer day in the Kingdom of Arendelle. It had been three years since the magical winter. Queen Elsa of Arendelle was preparing to visit Corona, to have a trade conference with Rapunzel. Elsa had just saddled her horse, Agnes, when her sister, Princess Anna approached.
"Elsa," Anna said, "Where are you going?"
"Oh hello Anna, I am going to a conference in Corona and I will be gone for a day or two."
Anna's face lit up, "My big sister, going to her first conference! That's wonderful!" Anna cried sweeping Elsa into a big bear hug.
"Thank you, by the way, how are you and Kristoff getting along?" Elsa asked with a grin.
"Amazing, we had a great time on our honeymoon." Anna replied.
"I'm glad you two are getting along so well, planning on kids soon?"
Anna blushed furiously and stared at the ground. "N-no not yet…"
Elsa laughed, "Well, as much as I'd love to chat more with you I've got to get to Corona." As Elsa rode away on Agnes, Anna waved after her.
"Goodbye, Elsa, good luck." Anna said.
"Goodbye Anna! Take care while I'm gone," Elsa yelled back over the sound of hoofbeats.
As Elsa rode through the surrounding town of Arendelle she saw sights outside the palace walls she had never seen before. It was a rather picturesque mountain town by the sea among the cliffs and fjords. The flags were changed from the flower like icon to a snowflake in memory of the magic winter that once fell upon them. As the hours passed Elsa and her horse came to a forest.
As Elsa tried to keep her eyes open for direction signs that led the way to Corona she soon became lost and the forest grew thicker and darker the further she traveled.
"Shouldn't we have been there by now?" Elsa said. "Maybe we missed a turn, wait a minute." Elsa stopped in front of a series of signs, held up her lantern and squinted to attempt to read the signs in the dark. She tugged at Agnes' reins, "Let's go this way." But Agnes tugged back as if to say otherwise. "Come on Agnes, it's a shortcut!" Elsa said impatiently, "We'll be there in no time!" After a minute of tugging and pulling Agnes relented.
As Elsa and Agnes continued on, Elsa heard mysterious hoots, growls, howls and cries in the woods and she grew unsettled. She soon found herself on unfamiliar terrain. She peeked at her map. "This isn't right! Where have you taken us Agnes," Elsa demanded. "We need to turn around!" As Elsa tried to turn Agnes in another direction she accidently backed into a tree startling a flock of ravens. Agnes reared up and sprinted away at breakneck speed.
Agnes, in her panic, ran straight through the forest forcing Elsa to dodge stray branches while trying to calm Agnes. Soon the trees cleared, and she was riding dangerously close to a cliff. Elsa tried desperately to steer Agnes in the other direction before they both went over the edge. "Whoa Girl! Back up! Back up!" She managed to get Agnes under control and while she was catching her breath she heard the howling of a pack of wolves. Agnes reared up in fright sending poor Elsa flying off her back and tumbling into the dirt. "Whoa Agnes no, no!" Elsa yelled. Agnes ran away and disappeared into the forest. Elsa struggled to her feet in pain and tried to call for her horse though it was to no avail. Her horse was nowhere to be found.
With no other options Elsa continued to find her way to Corona on foot, despite her injuries. She hoped the wolves weren't hungry. She trudged onwards, doing her best to find her way. As the adrenaline faded she felt a sharp pain in her wrist and wondered if she broke it after falling from her horse. Elsa looked around and felt she wasn't getting anywhere. At this point it didn't matter if she was late, she had to find her way back to Arendelle for help.
Before she got very far back to the kingdom she heard deep growls from a nearby hill. The wolves followed her! The young Queen turned and ran with all her might as she did the entire pack ran after her. She ran from tree to tree, trying to lose the wolves. Just when it seemed she lost them, Elsa found herself cornered at the base of a deep dried ravine with the wolves closing in. Alarmed and desperate, she felt her coldness well up inside her for the first time in what seemed like years. An explosive ball of ice shattered in the wolves faces.
Despite having struck at least one wolf with her ice powers the wolves continued to close in. Elsa put up a wall of ice blocking off the wolves. That however did not stop the wolves from trying to break through. Elsa now faced a serious problem, if she tried to go outside her ice wall, she would be at the mercy of the attacking wolves. To make matters worse climbing out of the ravine was impossible. Fortunately she had her powers and knew how to use them. A plan formed in her mind. If she could create a staircase of ice without alerting the wolves, she could be long gone by the time they gave up attacking the wall.
She made a staircase to take her out of the ravine as quick as she can, hoping that the wolves wouldn't catch on. Minutes later she finished her work, and she took the steps upwards. Unfortunately the wolves had already given up on the wall and one spotted her and alerted the rest of the pack.
Her cover blown, Elsa sprinted up the rest of the steps and ran for her life. She had a head start on the wolves and they would have to take the long way around, but they were faster than she was.
Despite, swearing to never use her powers as a weapon Elsa felt that if the wolves caught up she would have no choice. Soon enough she could sense the wolves gaining on her, hoping to not break her oath she cried out for help. After what seemed like hours but could not have been, the wolves grew near once again. She was about to launch a magical assault on them when she saw a wave of magic snow that wasn't hers fly by right in front of her.
"What on Earth, did someone hear me?" She looked on as magical snowballs formed from nothing and pelted the wolves with surprising force.