A layer of solid ice coats everything. People huddle around weak fires. Anxiety runs high amongst the villagers and guests. Two citizens are fighting over a woodpile.

"No. No. You've got the bark facing down. The bark needs to be face-up."

"Bark down is drier."

"Bark up."

"Bark down."

"Bark up."

Like a light in the dark, Hans moves through the crowd.

"Cloak. Does anyone need a cloak?"

"Arendelle is indebted to you, Your Highness."

"The castle is open. There's soup and hot glögg in the Great Hall."

He hands the stack of cloaks to a guard.

"Here. Pass these out."

Just then the Duke approaches Hans.

"Prince Hans, are we just expected to sit here and freeze while you give away all of Arendelle's tradable goods?"

"Princess Anna has given her orders and—"

"And that's another thing; has it dawned on you that your princess may be conspiring with a wicked

sorceress to destroy us all?"

Hans's nice eyes turn to threatening slits.

"Do not question the Princess. She left me in charge, and I will not hesitate to protect Arendelle from

treason."

"Treason?!"

Suddenly they hear the alarmed whinny of Anna's horse. It returns alone, bucking and kicking. Hans grabs its reins.

"Whoa! Whoa! Whoa, boy. Easy. Easy."

"Princess Anna's horse. What happened to her? Where is she?'

Hans steadies the horse, looks up at the mountain. He sees all the panicked faces of the kingdom looking to him.

"...Princess Anna is in trouble."

"I need volunteers to go with me to find her!"

Volunteers, some from Arendelle, some from other lands, rush up to offer their services.

"I volunteer two men, my Lord!"

(quietly to his thugs)

"Be prepared for anything, and should you encounter the Queen, you are to put an end to this winter. Do you understand?"

His two thugs sneer.

Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf move through hostile terrain. Wind-swept icicles face horizontal.

"So how exactly are you planning to stop this weather?"

"Oh, I am gonna talk to my sister."

"That's your plan? My ice business is riding on you talking to your sister."

"Yup."

Kristoff, so stunned by her casual plan, doesn't look where he's going and ends up with an ice-spike to the nose. He stops short, gulp, moves carefully around the spike.

"So you're not at all afraid of her?"

"Why would I be?"

"Yeah. I bet Elsa's the nicest, gentlest, warmest person ever."

Olaf backs right into an icicle. It runs through his torso.

"Oh, look at that. I've been impaled."

He laughs it off.

Anna and Kristoff hit what looks like a dead end. The face of the mountain goes straight up.

"What now?"

Kristoff looks around, sighs. Digs in his rucksack.

"...It's too steep. I've only got one rope, and you don't know how to climb mountains."

"Says who?"

Sven nudges Kristoff, who looks up to see Anna trying to climb the cliff's flat face.

"What are you doing?"

"...I'm going to see my sister."

"You're going to kill yourself."

Kristoff watches her searching for footholds and hand-holds.

"I wouldn't put my foot there."

"You're distracting me."

"Or there. How do you know Elsa even wants to see you?"

"I'm just blocking you out cause I gotta concentrate here."

"You know, most people who disappear into the mountains want to be alone."

"Nobody wants to be alone. Except maybe you—"

"I'm not alone... I have friends, remember?"

Anna kicks a foot above her head to catch a foot hold.

"You mean the love experts?"

"Yes, the love experts!"

Anna realizes she's stuck.

"...Please tell me I'm almost there."

She's only about six feet up. Her muscles shake.

"...Does the air seem a bit thin to you up here?"

Kristoff smiles, getting a kick out of her.

"Hang on."

He pulls the rope from his bag. Just then Olaf steps out from behind a rock and waves to Kristoff.

"Hey, Sven? Not sure if this is going to solve the problem, but I found a staircase that leads exactly where you want it to go."

"Ha ha. Thank goodness. Catch!"

Anna drops off the cliff. Kristoff catches her.

"Thanks! That was like a crazy trust exercise."

She hops down, brushes off her dress, and bounds off. Kristoff watches after her, digging her fearless pluck.

Anna, Kristoff, and Olaf approach Elsa's elegant ice palace.

"Whoa."

"Now that's ice. I might cry."

"Go ahead. I won't judge."

Anna climbs the steps with Olaf. Sven tries to follow. His hooves slip out. He scrambles but can't get traction. Kristoff runs to his aide.

"All right, take it easy. I gotcha."

Kristoff settles Sven back down the stairs and pats him.

"You stay right here, buddy."

Sven obediently plops his reindeer butt down and wags his tail. Kristoff climbs the stairs, admiring the ice details.

"...Flawless."

Anna arrives at the door. Hesitates.

"...Knock..."

"She doesn't"

"Just knock..."

"Why isn't she knocking...? Do you think she knows how to knock?"

Anna finally knocks. The sound echoes inside. The ice doors slide open.

"Ha. It opened. That's a first."

Anna goes to step in. Kristoff follows. She gets a thought, stops him.

"You should probably wait out here."

"What?"

"Last time I introduced her to a guy, she froze everything."

"But, it's a palace made of ice. Ice is my life."

"Bye, Sven."

Olaf starts to head inside. Anna stops him.

"You too, Olaf."

"Me?"

"Just give us a minute."

"Okay."

As Anna walks inside, Olaf starts counting.

"One...two..."

Kristoff joins in.

"Three...four..."

Anna walks into a great foyer. The place is beautiful, but also eerie.

"Elsa? It's me...Anna?!"

Anna slips. Steadies herself.

"Anna."

Elsa steps out of the shadows onto a balcony. She sees Anna, looks to her longingly. Anna can't help but be struck by Elsa's beauty.

"Elsa, you look different... It's a good difference... And this place is amazing."

"Thank you, I never knew what I was capable of."

Anna starts to climb the stairs.

"...I'm so sorry about what happened. If I'd known—"

Elsa backs up, away from Anna.

"No, it's okay. You don't have to apologize... But you should probably go, please."

"But I just got here."

"...You belong in Arendelle."

"So do you."

Anna takes another step up. Elsa backs up more.

"No, I belong here. Alone. Where I can be who I am without hurting anybody. I've already lost Simon and our parents because of my powers. Please Anna, you're the only one I have left."

"...Actually, about that—"

"58...59...60."

"Wait. What is that?"

Olaf comes running in the front door. He waves.

"Hi, I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs."

"Olaf?"

Olaf stops beside Anna, looks up at Elsa, intimidated.

"You built me. You remember that?"

"And you're alive?"

"Um...I think so?"

Anna kneels down beside Olaf.

"He's just like the one we built as kids... We were so close. We can be like that again."

Elsa smiles, but then a memory returns to her. A flashback when Young Anna is struck by Elsa's powers.

Elsa's face sinks in pain.

"No, we can't."

Elsa turns and heads up the second story steps.

"Goodbye, Anna."

"Elsa, wait—"

"I'm just trying to protect you."

Elsa continues to flee. Anna pursues.

"You don't have to protect me. I'm not afraid. Please don't shut me out again."

Anna sings.

PLEASE DON'T SLAM THE DOOR.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO KEEP YOUR

DISTANCE ANYMORE.

'CAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

FOREVER,

I FINALLY UNDERSTAND.

FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,

WE CAN FIX THIS HAND IN HAND.

WE CAN HEAD DOWN THIS MOUNTAIN

TOGETHER.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO LIVE IN FEAR.

'CAUSE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN

FOREVER,

I WILL BE RIGHT HERE.

They arrive on the top floor, Elsa's main living space. Elsa turns back to Anna, grateful, but determined.

Anna,

PLEASE GO BACK HOME.

YOUR LIFE AWAITS.

GO ENJOY THE SUN

AND OPEN UP THE GATES.

"Yeah, but—"

"I know!"

YOU MEAN WELL,

BUT LEAVE ME BE.

YES, I'M ALONE BUT I'M ALONE AND FREE.

Elsa opens up the balcony doors.

JUST STAY AWAY AND YOU'LL BE SAFE FROM ME.

ACTUALLY, WE'RE NOT.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE NOT?

I GET THE FEELING YOU DON'T KNOW?

WHAT DO I NOT KNOW?

ARENDELLE'S IN DEEP DEEP DEEP DEEP SNOW.

"What?"

Elsa looks past Anna's shoulder out white-peaked mountains.

"You kind of set off an eternal winter...everywhere."

"Everywhere?"

"It's okay, you can just unfreeze it."

"No, I can't. I don't know how."

"Sure you can. I know you can. Snow starts to swirl around the room."

CUZ FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOREVER,

I'M SUCH A FOOL!

I CAN'T BE FREE!

YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE AFRAID.

NO ESCAPE

FROM THE STORM INSIDE OF ME!

The snow picks up. Anna tries to fight through it.

WE CAN WORK THIS OUT TOGETHER.

I CAN'T CONTROL THE CURSE!

WE'LL REVERSE THE STORM YOU'VE MADE.

ANNA, PLEASE, YOU'LL ONLY MAKE IT WORSE!

DON'T PANIC.

THERE'S SO MUCH FEAR!

WE'LL MAKE THE SUN SHINE BRIGHT.

YOU'RE NOT SAFE HERE!

WE CAN FACE THIS THING TOGETHER...

But as Anna sings, we lose sight of her in the thickening blizzard taking over the room.

NO!

WE CAN CHANGE THIS WINTER WEATHER,

AND EVERYTHING WILL BE...

Anna's voice disappears in the storm as Elsa cries out.

I CAN'T!

Elsa's fear, so strong, sucks the blizzard back into her and then it bursts out, unwittingly, like a sharp snowflake. Anna is struck right in the heart. She grasps her chest in pain and stumbles back. She falls to her knees. Elsa gasps when she sees Anna. Just then, Olaf and Kristoff rush into the room to Anna's side.

"Anna. Are you okay?"

"I'm okay... I'm fine."

Anna gets to her feet, determined to hide the pain.

"Who's this? Wait, it doesn't matter. You have to go."

"No, I know we can figure this out together—"

"How? What power do you have to stop this winter? To stop me?"

Anna doesn't have the answer. Kristoff sees spiky ice shadows creeping down the walls. Puts a protective arm around Anna.

"Anna, I think we should go."

"No. I'm not leaving without you, Elsa."

"Yes, you are."

Elsa waves her arms and builds a giant, menacing snowman.

Marshmallow holds Anna and Kristoff by the scruff of their necks in one hand and Olaf in the other.

"Stop. Put us down!"

"You are a lot stronger than I think you realize."

Marshmallow tosses Kristoff and Anna down the steps.

"Go away!"

Anna and Kristoff slide past Sven, who's got his tongue stuck to the ice railing.

"Heads up!"

Olaf's head smashes into a snowbank nearby.

"Olaf!"

"Watch out for my butt!"

Anna and Kristoff duck as the rest of Olaf slams into the snowbank. Marshmallow turns to go back into the castle. Incensed, Anna tries to march back up the stairs.

"It is not nice to throw people!"

Kristoff grabs her, pulls her back.

"All right feisty pants. Calm down. Wow. Just let the snow man be."

"Let me at him. I want to get him. I... Okay. I'm Calm."

Anna backs down...for a moment. Then she grabs a snowball and throws it at Marshmallow. The tiny little ball hits Marshmallow's back, not making even the slightest dent. But it's enough to infuriate him. He roars. Spikes shoot out of his joints.

"Uh-oh. Now you made him mad!"

"...I'll distract him. You guys go."

Kristoff pushes Anna along. Sven runs off in the opposite direction. Olaf's belly and butt fall and follow Sven.

"No, no, not you guys."

Marshmallow goes charging after Anna and Kristoff as Olaf's head falls and lands face down in snow.

"This just got a whole lot harder."

Anna and Kristoff leap and slide down a steep slope. They tumble to a stop at the bottom just as Marshmallow lands hard right behind them. They're off again...through a maze of conifers that sag under the weight of the snow, Marshmallow hot on their trail.

"This way!"

Anna grabs a branch of a sagging trees and releases all of the snow. The tree snaps upright, knocking Marshmallow back.

"Ho-ho-ho!"

"I got him!"

Anna and Kristoff burst out of the conifer forest and almost run right off a cliff. They stop short, toes on the edge.

"Whoa, stop!"

"It's a hundred foot drop."

"It's two hundred."

Kristoff ties the rope around Anna and pulls tight.

"Ow."

He drops to his knees and starts digging a u-shape in the snow with a pick axe.

"What's that for?"

"I'm digging a snow anchor."

"Okay. What if we fall?"

"There's twenty feet of fresh powder down there; it'll be like landing on a pillow... Hopefully. They hear an angry roar coming closer."

"Okay, Anna. On three."

Anna preps for the jump like a boxer getting ready to fight.

"Okay. You tell me when..."

"One..."

"...I'm ready to go..."

"Two..."

"...I was BORN ready! Yes!"

"Calm down."

A huge tree flies through the air toward them.

"TREE!"

Anna jumps and pulls Kristoff over the edge with her. They hang upside down over the cliff by the rope. The rope catches their fall.

"Whoa! That happened."

Back up top, Olaf emerges from the woods. He's a complete mess, all his body parts are in the wrong places. He huffs and puffs, struggling to run.

"Ah. Ah. Man, am I out of shape."

He stops. Puts his body back together in the right order.

"There we go. Hey, Anna! Sven! Where'd ya guys go? We totally lost Marshmallow back there!"

Marshmallow steps up behind Olaf. Olaf turns to face him.

"Hey. We were just talking about you. All good things, all good things."

Marshmallow roars and approaches Kristoff's snow anchor.

"NO!"

Olaf jumps onto Marshmallow's leg trying to stop him, but not making much of a difference.

"This is not making much of a difference!"

Marshmallow flicks Olaf off his leg and right over the cliff.

"WHOA!"

Olaf passes Anna and Kristoff.

"Olaf!"

"Hang in there, guys!"

Marshmallow starts yanking Kristoff and Anna's rope up.

"Wait, what?"

Kristoff's head hits the cliff.

"Aargghh!"

Kristoff passes out and hangs like a rag doll.

"Kristoff!"

Marshmallow pulls them up. He roars and breathes snow all over them.

"Don't come back!"

"Ugh. We won't."

Anna whips out a knife and cuts the rope. Kristoff comes to just as they fall. They both scream!

SLAM!

Anna opens her eyes to find herself buried up to her shoulders in the soft thick snow. She laughs.

"Hey, you were right. Just like a pillow."

She looks up to see Olaf's upper half hanging onto Kristoff's boots, which are sticking out of the snow.

"I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!"

Suddenly, Kristoff's head pops up. He spits out snow.

"Those are my legs."

Olaf's bottom goes running by.

"Ooh. Hey, do me a favor, grab my butt."

Kristoff grabs Olaf's head and puts it on his body.

"Oh, that feels better."

Sven walks up and sniffs Olaf's nose.

"Hey, Sven!"

Olaf turns to Anna and Kristoff just as Sven goes to bite off his nose - and misses.

"He found us."

"Who's my cute little reindeer?"

"Don't talk to him like that."

Kristoff goes over to help Anna, who is stuck in the snow.

"Here."

He lifts her out easily.

"Whoa!"

"You okay?"

"You make me remember someone in the past, but anyway, Thank you."

They meet eyes. Wait. Is that chemistry?

"...Um... How's your head?"

She touches the spot where he banged his head.

"Ah! Ooh!"

He catches himself. Waves off the pain with a giggle.

"I mean, It's fine. Ah...I'm good. Ha. I've got a thick skull."

"I don't have a skull... Or bones."

"...So..."

The awkwardness is killing him.