Hi again you wonderful creatures :D Since you had a little break from the violence in the last chapter, I can't promise you that I will leave out the dark scenes in this one so now you are warned.

Here is chapter 3 :)

Elsa was surprised that each day Anna would talk to her and try to let her in. And by the end of the month they had become great friends. Anna seemed to accept the fact that Elsa didn't want to talk about herself at all but would just listen carefully when Anna shared her life with her. She learned that her family was rather wealthy and owned a cottage in Trysil where they would go for skiing holiday every christmas."Oh you could never imagine how amazing and magical it is spending christmas eve up there," Anna had sighed happily. "Try to imagine how everything outside being just pitch black, because of the forrest, and so cold that the snow outside is shimmering like crystals, because of the frost. But you are inside the wooden cottage where you feel the heat from the fireplace and hear how the flames sparkles once in a while. There is no other light than from the candles all around you where the tiny flames dances anxiously around and lights up all of the pixies and other christmas decorations in the room. And the whole christmas atmosphere! The smell of the food, the christmas music, the presents, the family you love so much and the grand tree, which is always standing aristocratically ten foot high in the middle of the living room with the star on top and all the beautiful colors on each twig."Anna had told her with such an enthusiasm that Elsa couldn't help but laugh at. She would reply smiling, "That sounds really magical," and try not to think of her own christmases the past five years where Derek would have fun using Elsa as a butt where he threw his empty beer bottles right before he would beat her up because he was drunk. That would just make her cry and she did not want Anna to suspect anything both for her own as well as for the redhead's wellbeing. Then Anna had told her that she hoped her parents would allow Kristoff to spend the holidays with them in the cottage this year because they had been together for four years and her parents really liked him. Rapunzel was allowed to bring Eugene this christmas and they had only been dating each other for a year and a half. I wonder who your sister would bring… The blonde felt her heart beat a bit faster and her cheeks grow warm at the mere thought.

It was in the beginning of october. Elsa had returned home from school very exited that day. She had just gotten an A+ for her last geometry test and she was sure that Ariel had blinked at her while handing the paper to her. She made Derek's favorite meal for dinner and hoped that it would keep him from laying any hands on her that night. But when she heard him coming in to the house she knew that she wouldn't be that lucky.

The door was slammed shut as her stepfather stepped into the room. Once she saw him she gasped in horror. He looked like a crazy person with the look in his eyes and the twisted smile on his lips. Elsa felt her whole body starting to tremble uncontrollably. "Hi Elsa," he said in a terrifying calm voice. She felt her breath hitch as he stepped closer. When she saw him clench his fists it snapped for her and she ran away from the man as fast as she could. But because of her earlier injuries she wasn't fast enough and he threw himself at her and made her fall hard to the ground with him. She whimpered in pain and held her arms over her head protectively. Then she heard him stand up on his feet above her before an intense pain was sent to her scalp as he started dragging her by her braided hair. She wept and screamed and begged him to stop but he didn't stop.

She was dragged into her room where he threw her on the floor and made her front hit the ground. Then he took something from his pocket. It rattled in the air and she discovered that it was handcuffs when he used it to force her hands together behind her back. She cried out in pain and received a punch in the back of her head because of it. Her nose made a dreadful cracking sound as it made contact with the floor in the punch. She let out a loud terrifying shriek. "YOU SHUT UP YOU FUCKING BITCH!" he screamed in her ear and she started to weep helplessly. Then all of a sudden she heard him leave the room. Blood started to stream out from her nose and her world was getting blurry. Two horrible minutes later she heard him get back into the room. He turned her front against him and she saw him with a tea towel and a large bucket of water in his hands. He threw the towel over her face and sat down to use his knees to keep her head steady as he started to pour the ice cold water slowly on the fabric making it as long a process as possible. He smiled happily when he heard the choking sounds from underneath the fabric, saw how her legs started kicking wildly into the air, and sensed her panic. Once all the water was spend Elsa choked and coughed violently and she gasped desperately for air. He refilled the bucket three times and repeated the torture before he finally had enough. Then he released her wrists and threw her on the mattress where she was still trying to recover from her shock.

Anna was talking to Kristoff when she saw her new friend pass her without saying as much as a word. She looked after her concerned. "Sweety I've got to go, can we meet in the classroom?" she asked her boyfriend. "Okay," he replied. "But we still had that thing, you know, right after school?" Anna smiled and kissed him on his cheek. "Of course honey, I wouldn't miss it for the world." He smiled and his cheeks turned bright red as he kissed her gently on her mouth.

Five minutes later she found the platinum blonde in the classroom and got even more worried. She just sat on her chair with the most dead expression on her face the redhead had ever seen. Her eyes was staring into nothingness and were empty for all sort of feeling. "Elsa?" Anna tried. But she did not get any reply so she tried something else, "please Elsa, just tell me what's wrong and maybe I can help?" Finally she got a reaction from the pale girl. She started laughing bitterly and looked upon the redhead with the coldest look Anna had ever seen and she felt a little scared. "You, help me?" she snorted. "Stop making a fool out of yourself, I'm a lost case and if you keep contacting me you will fall in the exact same black hole as I have and trust me, you will never be able to get up again! So just stay away from me and you'll be safe! I'm not your friend! I can't ever be! So STOP BEING NICE TO ME!" Anna backed away a bit before she turned around with tears in her eyes and fled out of the room. Elsa regretted her outburst right after the slam of the door awoke her from her trance. Oh my god! What have I done?!

Anna ran right into her sister who was on her way to the classroom. "Oh my god, Anna what's wrong?" Ariel asked in pure concern as she pulled her sister in for a hug. She had never seen the freckled girl so upset. Anna had always been a very cheerful and cocky girl. Anna looked up in Ariel's ocean blue eyes. "I-I c-can't do this anymore…" she sniffled. "I'm sorry…" Ariel pulled her in closer and let her baby sister cry into her shoulder. "Shh… It's going to be okay, just tell me what made you so upset." She heard her sister sob twice before she replied, "I think I spooked Elsa away and now I've ruined your chances with her." Ariel sighed. "Anna, it's okay, you really don't have to do this. And the reason why I asked you to was only in the act from a concerned teacher, nothing more." The younger redhead looked once more up into the older redhead's eyes as she asked, "Are you sure?" The older sister nodded, "I'm sure."

From that day on everything went back to Elsa's miserable life again. The classmates ignored her, Ariel wouldn't send her the sweet smiles she once did and Derek would beat her up each day with no reason why. Most of the evenings she couldn't even make it for dinner before he would beat her into unconsciousness and the rest of the time she would feel so sick that she had to vomit everything else up. Her lack of nourishment caused her energy level to decrease extremely and she looked deathly skinny. She started to skip school a lot because she couldn't get up in the mornings. It was like all the hopes for the future she once had was gone and everything seemed pointless.

They were in the middle of october. Ariel and Anna had their parents over for the weekend and they were eating Smalahove due to the season. "I must say," their father said after they finished the meal. "It's one of the best Smalahoves I have ever tasted!" Ariel smiled happily, "thank you papa." Anna then cleared her throat and everyone turned their attention towards her. "So," she started a bit nervously. "I was just wondering, you know, now where I've dated Kristoff for four years maybe it could be a possibility to… to let him spend the holiday in Trysil with us?" Her eyes flickered nervously between their mom and dad but eventually the both agreed happily. She let out a deep breath she didn't now she was holding. Then the father turned towards his oldest daughter and asked, "When will you be bringing someone up there with us, Ariel?" The redhead looked up confused. "Come on, aren't there a girl out there, whom we haven't heard of?" Ariel blushed. When she had told her parents five years earlier that she wasn't straight she had never imagined their reaction to be so accepting. It even seemed like her father was always more interested in knowing about her love life than Anna's. "Uhm, there is no one right now, but I'm not busy," she mumbled and felt her cheeks grow even further red.

The two sisters washed the dishes together and Anna couldn't help but ask, "so you are not seeing anyone at the moment?" Ariel rolled her eyes and sighed frustrated, "Why is everyone so obsessed about my love life? What if I don't need anyone? Is that so bad?" But Anna saw straight through her. "Elsa hasn't been in school for a while now… Is that what makes you so upset?" Ariel looked stunned at her baby sister for a while before moaning with widened eyes as she continued drying a frying pan. "Why would that make me upset? She's not interested in having a social life, why should I care? I have already tried to make her feel more comfortable in the class but she doesn't want any help… And besides since you all are so obsessed with me finding love I can say that I'm going out on a date with someone next friday." Anna's eyes widened. "Oh!" she exclaimed surprised. "Who is she?" Ariel pulled up her iPhone from her bag and showed her sister a picture of a black haired woman with a darker skin type. "Her name is Esmeralda and she is originally from spain but works up here as a dance instructor." Anna didn't know what to say really. "Wow, she sounds active and she looks beautiful for sure, good luck with that." The words came out halfhearted and made Ariel even more frustrated.