Disclaimer: I do not, I repeat, DO NOT, own Frozen. Disney does.
We continued our journey on foot, which was obviously taking longer, but we had to do it. We climbed up a hill, and I turned to see something somewhat familiar.
"Arendelle," I said. It was covered in a blanket of snow.
"It's completely frozen," Kristoff observed, standing next to me.
"But it'll be fine. Elsa will thaw it," I told him, having complete faith in what she could do.
"Will she?" Kristoff asked. He obviously didn't have as much faith as I did, but maybe he had a good reason not to. But I was keeping that hopeful, optimistic attitude.
"Yeah," I said, then sort of changed the subject. "Now come on. This way to the North Mountain?" I asked, pointing right. Kristoff laughed and grabbed my arm.
"More like this way," he said, pointing upwards. I gasped at the sight. That mountain was huge! "Come on," he said, leading the way again. We walked through a forest-like area, then came across some willow trees. Their branches were covered in little silver droplets. I looked around in amazement at everything. The sky was just blue enough to make it look beautiful, and the snow was pure white...
"I never winter could be so...beautiful," I said. I had definitely never seen it like this.
"Yeah, it really is beautiful, isn't it?" A voice asked. I thought at first it was Kristoff, but he had the same look on his face as I did. We turned to face Sven, but he wasn't talking. Could someone else be out here? The voice continued, "But it's so white! You know, how about a little color. I was thinking some crimson, chartreuse, how about yellow?" Kristoff and I continued looking around for the source of the voice. Where was it coming from? "No, not yellow," the voice said, sounding a lot closer now. "Yellow and snow? Brrr. No go." I turned to my left to see a snowman standing between me and Kristoff. We both gasped and took a step back. How did that get there? None of us made it, and I hadn't seen it there before. Then the snowman turned to face me and asked, "Am I right?" I instinctively screamed and kicked the snowman's head over to Kristoff. The snowman could walk and talk and everything! How was that even possible?! Kristoff threw it back at me.
"I don't want it!" I said, throwing it back at him.
"Right back at ya!" He said. I threw it quickly back at him.
"Come on, it's just a head," Kristoff tried comforting me. But this creature was freaky!
"No!" I said. Before I could throw it back, the body walked up to me.
"Okay, we got off to a bad start," it said.
"Ew, ew, the body!" I said, and threw the head down onto it. It slid backwards, but then rose up again. The snowman had a confused look now.
"Wait, what am I looking at right now? Why are you hanging off the face of the earth like a bat?" It asked. Now that he was helpless, he didn't look as scary.
"All right, wait one second," I said, and walked up to him. I picked up his head and flipped it over.
"Oh, thank you!" The snowman said, seeing that he looked in good shape.
"You're welcome," I said.
"Now I'm perfect!" He exclaimed.
"Well, almost!" I said. I looked in the carrot bag and grabbed one. The snowman turned around at just the right time, and I shoved it in a bit too far. "Oh, too hard! I'm sorry! Are you okay?"
"Are you kidding me?" He asked. "I am wonderful! I've always wanted a nose. It's so cute. It's like a little baby unicorn." He played around with it. While his back was turned, I pushed the carrot in so that it was bigger on the other side. "Oh, I love it even more!" He said. "Okay, let's start this ting over. Hi, everyone! I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs!" He turned to face me, his arms outstretched.
"Olaf?" I asked. That name seemed extremely familiar. Then it dawned on me: that's what Elsa had called the snowman we built when we were young. "That's right. Olaf!" His arms were still open wide, as if he was waiting for something.
"And you are...?" He asked. I realized I hadn't introduced myself.
"Oh, I'm Anna," I said.
"Uh-huh. And who's the funky-looking donkey over there?" He asked. Thinking he was referring to Sven, I pointed and said, "That's Sven."
"Uh-huh. And who's the reindeer?" He asked. Didn't he just ask that?
"...Sven," I said, pointing at the reindeer again. I looked at Kristoff and just shrugged.
"So they're both... Okay. Makes it easier for me," Olaf said. Sven tried biting his nose, but Olaf was quicker. He jumped backwards and laughed. "Look at him trying to kiss my nose. I like you, too."
"Olaf, did Elsa build you?" I asked.
"Yeah, why?" Olaf asked.
"Do you know where she is?" I asked, while Kristoff grabbed one of his stick arms to examine it.
"Yeah, why?" Olaf answered.
"Do you think you could show us the way?" I asked hopefully.
"Yeah, why?" Olaf asked. But Kristoff stopped the onslaught of questions by his examination of the stick arm.
"How does this work?" He asked, before being slapped in the face by it. Olaf grabbed it back and put it back on him.
"Stop it, Sven! Trying to focus here!" He said, then turned back to me. "Yeah, why?"
"I'll tell you why," Kristoff said. "We need Elsa to bring back summer."
"Summer?" Olaf asked, and I nodded my head. "Oh, I don't know why, but I've always loved the idea of summer and sun and all things hot!" Uh-oh. He did know he would melt in summer, right?
"Really?" Kristoff asked. "I'm guessing you don't have much experience with heat." Of course he didn't. He was a snowman, which melted in heat.
"Nope, but sometimes I like to close my eyes and imagine what it would be like when summer does come." I looked at Kristoff with a worried expression, but he just brushed it off. I looked back at the snowman as he began to sing and dance around. "Bees will buzz. Kids will blow dandelion fuzz, and I'll be doing whatever snow does in summer." He really did think snow could survive in summer! It was so cute, and yet so sad. "A drink in my hand. My snow up against the burning sand, probably getting gorgeously tanned in summer. I'll finally see a summer breeze blow away a winter storm, and find out what happens to solid water when it gets warm. And I can't wait to see what my buddies will all think of me. Just imagine how much cooler I'll be in summer. Dah dah, dah do, a bu bu bu bu boo. The hot and the cold and both so intense. Put 'em together, it just makes sense. Ra dah dah dah do, da do da la doo. Winter's a good time to stay in and cuddle, but put me in summer and I'll be a..." Olaf stopped, and I bit my lip, knowing what the next word was supposed to be. "Happy snowman!" He exclaimed. Yep. He thought he would live. But I wasn't going to tell him otherwise. "When life gets rough, I like to hold on to my dream of relaxing in the sun, just letting off steam. Oh the sky will be blue, and you guys will be there, too, when I finally do what frozen things do in summer."
I looked at him sweetly. He had such an imagination!
"I'm gonna tell him," Kristoff said. I turned to him and hit his arm.
"Don't you dare," I said.
"In summer!" Olaf finished. When he was done, he ran over to me and pulled on me. "Now come on! Elsa's this way. Let's go bring back summer!"
"I'm coming!" I exclaimed, running after him, and Sven followed closely behind. I turned to see Kristoff was just standing there, not following us. "Come on, Kristoff!" I urged. He shrugged and walked up behind us, carrying the bags that I had accidentally left over there. "Thanks for grabbing those," I said.
"Someone really does need to tell him, though," he whispered.
"I know. Just, not right now," I told him. "If we tell him now, he may not help us get to Elsa." He couldn't argue with that. Only a couple of days, I promised myself. It shouldn't take us too long to find her - then, I'm sure someone would tell him the truth. It would be so heart-breaking to tell him, though. But I couldn't be concerning myself with that. We had to focus on finding Elsa. With Olaf's help, we would be able to find her in no time. I was sure of it. Not much longer before this eternal winter was over.
A/N: All right! Here's chapter 8, with chapter 9 not far behind! :D I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. Please, don't forget to review and favorite/follow this story! :) You're all amazing!