Elsa destroyed door after door, madly dashing through the halls. She cursed the castle's uselessly large amount of rooms and swore she would think of a better design for the next castle she would build. She arrived before the study's door and, with a powerful blast of ice, she turned the door and the surrounding wall into dust. The room was dark but she did not need to see to feel her sister's presence. Illuminating the study with a soft glow, she gasped at the sight of Anna and rushed to her side.

"Anna, Anna! I'm here, I found you. It's going to be okay, Anna. I'm going to make everything okay."

Her sister did not move or react. Her gaze, fixed to the ceiling above, was frozen and the realization of what she had done struck the ice queen like a barbed blade.

"Anna! Answer me, Anna!"

Anna was motionless, and so cold. Colder than death.

Unable to keep it in any longer, Elsa's defenses shattered and heart wrenching sobs she had been holding back since that night so many years ago tore their way out of her lips. She held her beloved sister against her, not giving a care in the world about her lack of modest composure. Anna, please come back. I never meant for any of this to happen.

"Bravo, bravo. I could not have done better myself."

Elsa whipped around, instinctively using her body to protect Anna's frozen one.

"You monster. I will kill you," she hissed between her teeth, a dark aura surrounding her. Hans smirked that arrogant smirk she despised so damn much.

"Monster? You're the only monster here, murderer," he replied with a hint of amusement. "You killed your own sister!"

"No!"

Far beyond any form of self-control, Elsa struck wildly. In her rage, her magic missed its target and Hans simply laughed, avoiding each attack with ease. He knew she would tire out eventually, and he was quite enjoying seeing the ice queen in such… emotional turmoil.

"She told me all about how you neglected her, and how she felt she would never be good enough for your love. She died with the thought that you hated her!"

"Shut up!"

Elsa sent an impressive wall of ice in the prince's direction, and he laughed again. Easily avoiding the treacherous spines, he was within striking distance before she could ready a second attack. In one swift move, he struck her chest with the hilt of his sabre. Elsa was momentarily short on breath, and she stumbled backwards. Losing her concentration, the rage-fuelled adrenaline rush from earlier suddenly dissipated and she was hit with a grounding wave of exhaustion. She crumbled at his feet, panting and sobbing. Smugly, the prince bent down and took hold of her chin, forcing her tear-burned face towards him.

"You're so beautiful, when you're devastated. The pain in your eyes is just wonderful."

Angrily, the young queen tried to summon her magic. Before she could impale him, however, he broke her wrists. She shrieked in pain, the burning sensation filling every one of her senses. Hans stood and turned his back to her, slowly pacing the study.

"You did thwart my plans a little, however. With Anna gone before our wedding vows could be pronounced, I must now find a new mean to the throne. You realize what this means, don't you, Elsa my dear?"

Elsa tried to focus, but the sharp pain in her wrists was just enough to keep her in a mind-lock. No, no, no. Do something, Elsa, be strong!

Through drying tears she watched the vile man turn back towards her, and the hate she read on his features mirrored hers. His eyes were darker than anything she had ever seen before, and she wondered how she had missed it that first night at her coronation.

"You will never be king! I will die before I see you wear my father's crown."

"Oh, you will die," Hans said with a merciless grin. "But I am going to have to keep you alive until you are betrothed to me."

Her expression shattered, and she knew he enjoyed her helplessness. He has… won. I have failed everyone.

Without a second thought, she crawled towards her sister as best as she could. She kissed her between tears and sobs.

"I'm sorry Anna, I love you so much."

She heard Hans snicker to himself and then she felt a hard blow to the back of her head. A sharp, sudden pain filled the back of her eyes. Then, it was quiet and, in the stillness, she collapsed against her sister.

A/N: Don't worry, I love Elsa and Anna way too much to not give them a happy ending. I do have a twister planned because, well, I can. To address the concern that Elsa might be slightly out of character at the end of this chapter, she's really just having a mental breakdown and because of it she can't focus at all. Her sister just froze to death because of her and Hans is torturing her psychologically, so I couldn't imagine her doing anything but being at a complete lost.