~Elsa's POV~

Of all the things that has ever happened to me that I have found to be unbelievable, this moment right here takes first place. Above all else. What I am about to do is something that I have hoped would happen, but have known for years would never come true. And now...I'm about to make it true. Anna deserves to know the truth if she and I are to fully move on together. She doesn't want anymore secrets. Neither do I.

I never wanted them.

So it's time for them to come to an end.

Knowing that I could have died or been kidnapped strikes a different level of fear in me. If I am to be taken from my sister, I want it to happen where everything I need to say is said. I don't want to go with her having questions. With her always wondering.

Obviously, I'm not going anywhere any time soon. I just mean whenever that times comes. Which it almost did if anything had gone wrong. I mean, things did go wrong, but it could have been much worse. I could be tied up somewhere. I could be dead somewhere.

I wouldn't be...here.

Home.

"Um..." starts my sister, worried and confused, "it's...it's not anything bad right?"

Internally, I give a bitter laugh because...yeah it's bad. On the outside, however, I say nothing, letting my silence be her answer. Anna's eyes go wide before she closes them and throws her head back in a groan.

"Just when I think all is good," she says, sounding more exhausted than frustrated. She brings her head back to my level and sighs before opening her eyes. She forces a smile and squeezes my hands reassuringly. "Okay. I'm ready. Lay it on me."

And I almost did until I remembered Jack. He deserves to be here too. So does Rapunzel. We're all tied together. "Actually, before I start, could you bring the others back in here? They need to hear this too."

And once again, confusion paints her face. "Um...okay." She gets off my bed and does as she's told.

When they're back inside, it's Jack who I instantly lock eyes with, setting my nerves into a frenzy. I hope I don't upset him by mentioning his dad, but I know he's been wanting Anna to know the truth for awhile. Perhaps he'll be relieved.

"What's happening now?" Asks my aunt, worriedly. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah," I answer, my voice shaky, but my heart determined. "Everything's okay, but...well...Anna and I decided to stop keeping secrets from each other, which means...I want to come clean to her."

Everyone's eyes widen in shock, except for Kristoff who had no idea what was happening, and instead of my relatives speaking next, it's Jack who takes the floor.

"Elsa, are you sure about this?" He asks, his voice mixed with what sounded like unease and hope.

But his question causes Anna, who's sitting on my bed again, to say, "Wait, do they all know about this secret of yours? That's messed up." The hurt in her eyes pained me, but I'm ready to fix it. To finally get it all off my chest. I'm not going to throw this opportunity away. Besides, I don't have a choice now that Anna is aware of it. She'll be angry if I dropped the subject and the whole reason why I kept the secret for so long was because I didn't want her to be angry with me. To rightfully blame me.

"It is," I agree, hoping it would ease her, "and I'm sorry." I say nothing more, wanting to take this slow. As much as I'd like to get it all out as soon as possible, easing it out slowly is the best way to go.

"How long have you kept this secret?" Anna says, keeping eye contact, which showed me her fear and betrayal and sadness.

And this is where I knew it would set things off. "Um...about six years."

"Six years?!" She suddenly exclaims, startling me. I think my heart monitor skipped a beat. Anna's brows narrow together in confusion and I swear I could see the wheels in her head turning. "But, wait, how can that be?" She looks back at Jack, who briefly and awkwardly waves at her, then turns back to me. "You met Jack in late August."

I shook my head, dismissing the thought. "No. Jack and I...we met eight years ago. I just didn't know it was him at the time."

Which, as expected, confused my cousin and her parents. "Hold up," says Rapunzel, looking back and forth between Jack and I, probably wondering which one to talk to first. She picked me. "Eight years? We met Jack six years ago on the pond."

"You met him six years ago too?!" Anna cries out, jaw staying slightly agape. "I thought it was four years? When you started high school. And pond? What pond?"

Oh geez, this is already getting out of hand. "Please," I begged, hoping they'd listen, "let me finish. You'll have your answers, but I need your patience. This...this isn't easy for me."

And so they shut their mouths and waited. I take a deep breath in and let it out, conjuring up the strength and courage to fully commit, to leave out no detail, and when I open my mouth, I made sure to start from the very beginning.

"I'm going to start when Jack and I first met," my eyes slide away from my sister to look at Jack again and I smile. "We were 10 years old and we met at Arianna and Frederick's Christmas Eve party."

And I go on, telling them how Jack had noticed me standing alone along the wall. And how he snuck into the coat room to disguise himself from head to toe so he could talk to me without making me feel awkward or shy (which still happened anyway haha). I tell how he startled me, this boy whose eyes were the only thing I could see of his face. I tell them how much I appreciated Jack giving me company when I felt lonely and how, despite my loneliness, we didn't give each other our names.

I then go on to what matters most.

That night.

I kept my eyes glued to Anna's during the entirety of my story, paying attention to her reactions, and when her eyes begin to tear up, I'm unsure if it's because of my words or if it's because I'm tearing up first.

"I asked you if you wanted me to spin you," my voice cracks in emotion as the memory became more vivid in my mind, "you said yes and...and everything was going fine, but then...then you wanted me to spin you faster and I...I could never say no to you, so I did what you asked. I spun you faster and faster until...until I was no longer holding your hands. I accidentally let you go. You slipped right through my fingers."

I inhale a shuddering breath as the echoes of my younger self's screams bounced off the walls of my mind. I can see her scared face as she sees her unconscious sister on the ice. I can feel her racing heart. I can feel her tears. I can feel her fear.

"I thought you were dead," down goes a tear, "and then the ice broke," another tear, "and then you fell in," and another tear, "and then out of nowhere," my teary eyes land on Jack and I smile through my pain, "out of nowhere Jack and his father came. His father dove right in after you, no questions asked, while Jack helped me off the ice."

Jack's lips curl into a small smile too, but he breaks the eye contact to stare blankly into the floor, most likely remembering everything just as clearly as me. I hope he's not hurting too badly.

"Rapunzel and Olaf left to get help," I continue, "and when his father and you resurfaced, you were so unresponsive. So...frozen. Eventually, help came and the two of you were taken to the hospital. This hospital. You suffered from minor amnesia, and Jack's dad...well...you know."

Because Tooth had mentioned it at the beginning of school, and something like that is not easy to forget. Especially when Jack cracks jokes about having Daddy Issues.

"He died," Anna knowingly finishes. She blinks for the first time in a long while, releasing tears. "He died because of me-"

"No!" I burst, too loudly, shocking everyone in the room, but I didn't care. I take her hands and squeeze them in mine. "Absolutely not. This is exactly why I never wanted you to know. I never wanted you to feel guilty for something that wasn't in your control. Don't blame yourself for something I did, okay? He died because of me-"

"And me," Jack intervenes, his voice hard, stepping forward towards my sister and I on the bed. "I told you that night at Eret's party, Elsa, that it was me who had asked him out there. If I didn't, he'd be here right now. You are not the only one at fault and I refuse to have you keep thinking that."

And when he's beside the two of us, he does something I was not expecting. He leans forward and wraps one arm around me and the other around Anna, pulling us both into his chest. I stiffen at the sudden act, but Anna immediately burst into tears, buries her face into the crook of his neck, and grips the fabric of his shirt in tight fists.

"I'm so sorry, Jack!" She sobs, which makes me bite my lip to suppress my own sob at her heartbreak. However, it did not suppress the constant tears that won't stop forming. And as much as I try to conceal...I can't anymore.

Jack rubs her back and soothingly shushes her like a big brother would. "Hey, there's nothing for you to be sorry about. I really wish you Arendelle sisters would understand that."

And while his goal was to get a laugh out of us, he failed miserably. "I...I can't believe that...that of all the dads..." says Anna, more clearly now, "it was yours. And this whole time, I didn't even know."

That's because we kept it from you, I think, the words stuck in my throat, but it's my aunt who says my exact words.

"That's because we kept it from you, Anna," she gently says from where she stood along the wall, eyes glossy from her own tears. "It was a secret. Your parents thought it best. They didn't want to overwhelm or frighten you."

Anna pulls away from Jack to look at our aunt, which causes him to fully release my sister and I from his hold. He then steps back, but stays near my side. I was half tempted to reach for his hand.

"And what about Elsa?" Anna says to our aunt, taking me off guard. "And Rapunzel? Were they not overwhelmed or frightened?" She suddenly gasps and swiftly turns her head over to stare at me. "Is that why you shut us out? Were you scared that...that you'd hurt me again somehow?"

"Yes," I answer, so low that for a second I wasn't sure if I even said it, but I did nod and secretly admired how quickly she caught on. "I realized how silly it was a year or so after I had started avoiding you, but felt that it was too late to rekindle anything...so...yeah. I kept it going out of shame and fear."

My sister's face crumbles and her lips tremble. "Oh Elsa," and then she pounces and is hugging me tightly again. And her following words make me crumble too. "I'm so sorry you went through all that."

And it left me bewildered. It left me confused and amazed. How is she not angry? I shut her out. I pushed her away and broke her heart countless times. I kept this secret for so long because I didn't want her to hate me. Even when I felt she already was. And now here she is...not angry at all.

Telling me that all that time avoiding her...was for nothing.

All that time wasted.

There was nothing to worry about.

I'm such a fool.

I didn't speak as I held her back, biting back sobs, but the tears were no stranger to my cheeks. No stranger to the others in the room that I tried to hide them from, letting them soak the collar of my sister's shirt since I buried my face in the crook of her shoulder. Like she had done a moment before with Jack.

"I'm sorry you went through so much loneliness too," I finally say, knowing she'd hear, but unsure if the others heard since it was muffled. "You and Rapunzel. I know you two had each other, so it wasn't too lonely, but...I also know you two only saw each other every so often and that when you were together it still wasn't the same." I slightly lift my head to meet my cousin's gaze. "I'm so sorry."

Because just like Anna, I too had Rapunzel to confide in. Only it happened just earlier this year. And I don't think a proper apology was given. If it was, I can't remember; I can't think clearly at all. But Rapunzel needs to know just as much as Anna does that...that I...

"I love you both so much," I say and reach my hand out towards Rapunzel, who comes forward and takes it with no hesitation. I gently tug her toward me and she's quick to wrap her arms around my sister and I.

And of course, Jack didn't want to be left out. "Make room for me," he says as he does the same as my cousin, who also calls for her parents to join, which they do, and leaving Kristoff by himself.

"Kristoff, get over here," Anna says to him, but he shakes his head.

"Nah," he says, looking a bit awkward. "This is a family thing."

"Wait," Jack fakes a gasp, "Does this mean I'm family?!" But his exaggerated gasp told me he already knew that he was.

"You've been my brother since we met in 9th grade," says Rapunzel matter of factly. "So yes, you're family."

"I second that!" Anna adds, giggling. "What say you, dear sister? Is Jack worthy of the title of brother?"

My face heats up at this. No, Jack is certainly not like a brother to me. If I viewed him as a brother I wouldn't have developed a crush on him. I wouldn't have kissed him. He is no brother to me, but of course I had no choice but to agree.

"Yes," I say, holding back a grimace. "He is definitely worthy of being called brother."

To you and Rapunzel.

He's more to me.

And when I glanced at Jack, I saw him wearing the most amused smile, with a knowing twinkle in his eyes. "What a nice thing to say, sis." He winks and of course my blush deepens.

"Well," my aunt chimes in then, "this hug won't end until Kristoff comes in."

"That's right," Uncle Frederick said, using his stern voice. "And you better hurry, boy. I'm old and my back is giving out on me."

And since Frederick is very intimidating, Kristoff easily obeyed his word. Once his arms were added to the very big group hug, Anna says: "And for the record, you're family too."

He smiles and goes to open his mouth, but he's interrupted by a knock on the door. I'm left cold when everyone removes themselves from the group hug, and upon the knock I was expecting the knocker to be Dr. Stone or Dr. Lake, but instead I see four figures. Two of them strangers who I've heard all about and have seen in pictures, and the other two who I see all the time.

"I'm sorry to interrupt," says Stoick Haddock, the Chief of Police and Hiccup's dad. His deputy, Tamora Calhoun, Astrid's aunt, stood beside him, looking more scary than the Chief, and behind her were my two friends, who wore the same very relieved expression at seeing me.

Hiccup and Astrid briefly wave at me, and I would have waved and smiled back, but seeing their intimidating relatives stopped me. Stoick and Tamora are so...intense.

And since they're here, that means I have to tell them what happened.

Reliving that nightmare all over again.

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A.N: This was supposed to be posted earlier this month, but I kept forgetting. Oops, my bad hehehe. How are y'all doing by the way? Good?

Also Happy late Valentine's Day! In the story, our fav characters are currently in the beginning of November, so I can't wait until we get to the holidays, which includes V-Day! What would you like your fav ship to do on the Day of Love? And Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years? Tell me what you want and I'll try to make it happen :D

Stay tuned my Snowflakes and Snowballs!