I'm warning you now; I might not be able to keep up this whole new chapter every other day. The snow is melting and I am forced to return to the dreaded place we call school and be locked into silence and books for seven hours of my day. Then I come home and have to do my homework. I know it sounds like I'm making excuses and I am but I thought I would let you know in advance that my updating will slow BUT I WILL NOT STOP WRITING THIS STORY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME!
The scream tore them from their sleep. Elsa and Anna bolted up from the bed they shared and immediately rushed out of the bed, running for the door.
Elsa stopped as she gripped the handle and turned to face her little sister, "Anna stay here." She said with no room for argument
Anna always found the gaps though, "I'm coming with you." With that she was shooting out the door with Elsa close on her heals hell-bent on protecting her sister from further harm
Anna wasn't prepared for what she found. She bolted to the scene of the scream and found a paper lying on the floor as if the person who had screamed had dropped it in a great hurry. Anna spun this way and that, looking for any signs of the owner of the scream but found only Elsa and a handful of guards rushing around the place. With shaky hands Anna carefully picked up the paper and read it.
I got you once and now twice
Your sister was the first and your maid isn't the last
Your move was childish and silly
Your guards can only protect you so far
But wait until my next move
It will leave you screaming
Your move
Snow Queen
Anna didn't see Elsa walk up to her slowly, nor did she see her sister's hands grasp the paper and pry it from her own. She could only see the words that played with her fears
It will leave you screaming
Elsa read the words and then reread it, her mind reeling. She clenched her jaw and crumbled the threat, tossing it into a nearby fireplace before yelling for the guards to search the grounds for Gerda. Gerda. Elsa fought back tears as she let her worse fears flash through her mind.
Gerda was one of her only friends when she was a child, locked away in her room of isolation and fear. Gerda was her personal maid, entrusted with Elsa's secret to try and help coax her out of her room and away from her fears. The maid often read to Elsa and always brought her hot chocolate with her meals. Gerda would always play with Anna and recall the days to Elsa as they sat in her room. Gerda took care of Anna after the death of their parents. She was the first person to get Anna to smile, weeks after the funeral. Elsa had closed her doors even to Gerda after then, barely ever talking to her when she brought Elsa her meals.
Elsa snapped back to attention and crossed the room to Anna who sat on the bottom of the stairs, her face pale and her head in her hands. Elsa slowly sat next to her, watching for any sign that Anna wanted otherwise. They sat there, wordless for what seemed like hours. Anna laid her head on Elsa's shoulder and stared through the windows at the storm clouds brewing in the sky outside the castle.
"I won't let anyone hurt you Anna." Elsa's voice was determined
"And I won't let anyone hurt you." Anna reached over to Elsa's lap and grasped her hands, giving them a reassuring squeeze, "I love you Elsa."
Elsa gave a small melancholy smile and kissed Anna's head before laying her own on top of Anna's, "I love you too."
The days that followed the kidnapping were full of a terrifying silence between the sisters. They were never far from each other, strict orders from a worried Elsa, but they couldn't seem to pull themselves from their thoughts. Finally Anna couldn't stand it anymore, thirteen years was long enough to go without her sister and she wasn't about to chalk on some more time.
"Elsa?" She asked cautiously, watching her sister as she wrote trade agreement after trade agreement
Elsa glanced away from the ink and parchment, a small smile playing at her lips as her sister spoke for the first time in days, "Yes Anna?"
Anna smiled as she thought of the perfect distraction for the two of them, "Do you want to build a snowman?"
Elsa's face lit up, only Anna knew the seven words that could pull her out of any slump, "Of course I do."
Elsa feared the exposure of the outdoors so compromised with Anna to the safety of the ball room. Elsa fought the fears that still lingered in these walls from a memory that she never forgot. She closed her eyes and fought back the image of her sister jumping through the air, snow pile to snow pile. She fought against the one of her magic colliding with her sister's head and Anna falling to the ground where she held her in her lap screaming for their parents.
Elsa was brought back to reality by a warm slender hand incasing itself in her own, giving it a reassuring squeeze that opened her eyes. Elsa smiled back at Anna before letting out a breath and turned to the empty room with eyes that searched it as if it were a blank canvas and she was the artist. Elsa brought her foot down, in a queen like matter that Anna rolled her eyes at, and the entire floor was coated in ice. She waved her hands, her right then her left, and snow rained down from the ceiling slowly. Anna gave a small gasp, and Elsa smiled at her sister's fondness of her magic. She was the only person who was never scared of Elsa's magic, but had the most reason to be.
Anna gave a small laugh that was more like a squeal, "Are you ready?" She giggled
"For what?" Elsa turned to face Anna
Anna cracked a big goofy grin and launched a snowball at Elsa, catching the oldest of the two in her shoulder playfully, "Snowball fight!" Anna yelled and immediately ran for cover as Elsa conjured up her own ammunition.
To make it fair for Anna, Elsa made a few piles of snow that were tall enough to duck behind. That is where Anna was now; hiding behind one on the opposite side that Elsa was hiding behind her own. Elsa had Anna cornered with snowballs that outnumbered Anna's. She couldn't help but smile at the thought of launching them, the face her sister would make would no doubt sending her to the floor laughing. She heard a small shuffle from Anna's side and a fit of giggles but ignored it, victory was in her grasp.
"You know you can give up sis!" Elsa heard Anna yell
"I think we both know who is going to win here Anna!" Elsa laughed
"Oh really?" Anna's voice sounded closer and Elsa peeked over her wall to find Anna standing in the middle of the battlefield, tossing a single snowball into the air and catching it
"That's not much of a strategy." Elsa laughed standing to meet her sister's posture, her own snowball in her hand
"It is when you know all of it." Anna laughed, knowing something Elsa didn't
"What did you…"
"Hello Elsa!" Elsa jumped, dropping her snowball, at the voice that came from right next to her and found its owner; Olaf
A snowball collided with the queen's shoulder followed by a burst of laughter
"I win!" Anna cheered, giving a quick victory dance before giving Olaf a high five
Elsa sighed, her sister was smarter than she credited her for.
I really need to take a second (for those who read this) and thank my Beta again and again. They are AMAZING and help me get the inspiration I need for my story. So seriously, give them a holler because this story wouldn't be half as popular without renesmee2006! Again, I apologize in advanced for not being able to update as quickly as I would like to! I'll update as soon as possible.