Burdens

Chapter 1

Conceal....

The words of my father echoed through my head as I looked out upon the thousands of eyes upon me. They all seemed to glare at me.. Waiting for me to mess up.

Don't Feel...

Uncle Duke was speaking proudly at the podium as he held the ownership to my late parent's company, Arendelle.

"I would like to present this plaque of ownership to the new C.E.O and owner of Arendelle, Elsa Arendelle!" Uncle grinned widely and held the plaque out towards me. I reached out, but he stopped me.

"Elsa. Take off the gloves... There is no need for them" Uncle Duke whispered, almost breaking into a laugh.

Don't let it show...

My hands shook violently as I took off my gloves and placed them on the podium. Uncle then smiled and handed me the plaque. Everyone applauded as I stepped up to the podium.

"Elsa... Your speech" Uncle Duke gave me a small grin and nodded for me to start. I took a deep breath and gripped the plaque tighter as I felt ice crystals start to form on it.

Make one wrong move and everyone will know...

"I want to thank you all for coming today and I wish my parents were here to see the support this company has. I promise as the new owner and C.E.O. of Arendelle that I will grow it even more and keep the company from harm. Thank you." As soon as my little speech was done, I shoved off my gloves and walked away from the podium, not even caring about the applause I was receiving.

Once we were all sat down and dinner was served, I couldn't help but notice Anna stealing quick glances at me. It has been a long time since we've been this close and there was a good reason for it. The white streak in her was there to remind me of the time I almost killed her. Anna looked so adult now; her lacy spring green dress accentuated her blue eyes and freckles. She looked like a princess.

"Hello..." I spoke quietly towards her.

"Huh? Oh who me??" I nodded gently at her. "Oh hello!" I giggled at Anna stumbling through her words.. It was adorable.

"You look beautiful tonight" I smiled gently and took a sip of my water.

"Thanks! But you look beautifuller... Not fuller... Oh you know what I mean." Anna's face became flustered as she pushed a stray hair back into her up do.

"I do... What is that amazing smell?" Anna and I sniffed the air and sighed.

"Chocolate!" We both spoke in unison and broke out laughing afterwards. I watched as Anna opened her mouth to speak, but a man walked up to us.

"Ms. Elsa! Congrats!" I recognized this man to be the infamous Tony Stark. There was no one in this world who didn't know of his big ego. It was quite amusing actually, with him being Iron Man and all.

"So, I wanted to talk to about upgrading your tower's power source. Let's go get a drink and we'll talk deals or whatever you want to."

"Sorry Mr.Stark, but I am not the one who discuss business partnerships, I only approve them. But, my sister does" I looked over and winked at Anna. Mr.Stark gave a cheeky smile and walked off with my sister to talk about who knows what.

As I waited for my sister's return, I was bombarded by people congratulating me. It has been a long time since I have had this much interaction with people. It was scary, yet refreshing. I have missed this pleasant contact with people.

Once Anna returned, I broke out in a small giggle.

"Well, how was meeting Iron Man?" Anna started to giggle as she sat down and gave me the brightest smile I have ever seen.