Frozen Heart

The Great Thaw

Anna's eyes opened when nothing blew into them. She shivered, weakly lifting her head up to see a tall, bulky figure in the distance. "Kristoff..."

He panted upon seeing her, but snapped out of it, bolting to her. "Anna!"

She took another small step to him as Y/n let go of her arm, doubling over into herself. She was just able to watch the two about to finally reunite.

Shing.

Y/n took her eyes off of them and saw the wielder of the sword and his prey.

"Elsworth...?" she whispered as she watched Hans draw nearer to him, vulnerable in his tears with his back turned to him.

She reached out to get Anna's attention. Just as she grabbed her cloak, she realized that if Anna were to see, she would sacrifice herself and die. Instead, she let go quickly and managed to walk quicker than she had been to Elsworth.

Anna looked behind her at Y/n, the snow sticking to her cheeks turning quickly to water. When she looked at her hands, all she saw was white skin instead of white snow, undamaged by the ice. She looked back at Kristoff, who stopped a few feet ahead of her, confused by her auburn hair. Not a trace of white remained, including the streak that she had first met him with.

They both looked back again, Anna gasping when she saw the same scene her best friend did, now with Y/n forcing herself over.

With one last burst of energy, she threw herself in front of Elsworth, crying out, "No!" Her hand shot into the air for the sword instead as her body froze over. It reached her fingertips just as Hans hit her, causing it to shatter. He fell back, landing on his back from the force of the shock wave as Y/n let out a final puff of air.

Feeling the wave, Elsworth looked up, seeing the frozen statue of Y/n. "Y/n!" He got up in a panic, his hands clasped by his mouth, then slowly brought to cup her cheeks. "Oh, Y/n...my Y/n, no...no...please, no..."

He threw himself onto her, sobbing, one arm over her neck, the other other around her waist.

"Y/n...?" Olaf asked lowly as Sven slowly walked up next to Kristoff.

Anna covered her mouth with her hands and turned into Kristoff's shoulder, crying quietly. He put an arm around her and lowered his head, eyes closed. Even the people watching from the balcony dropped their heads in mourning.

From her chest, the ice began to thaw ever so slowly, spreading out up to her chin and to her waist. Olaf was the first to see, gasping with delight.

Sven nudged Kristoff, who looked up. When he saw Y/n thawing, he shook Anna until her head lifted and she looked at her. She gasped and began to bounce in place, a smile appearing.

After she had finished thawing, she exhaled, dropping her arms. Elsworth pushed back when he felt movement and saw Y/n smiling down at him. "Y/n?" He stood back up, his arms wrapped around her in a hug.

"Oh, Elsworth." She hugged him back after years of waiting, letting in a breath of contentment.

After they had pulled away, Y/n took his hands, wanting to savor finally being able to touch him.

"You sacrificed yourself for me?" he asked on disbelief.

Squeezing his hands, she admitted boldly, "I love you."

"Y/N!!!!" Anna interrupted, running straight for her and ruining the moment like her adorable self would. She crashed into her lady-in-waiting, nearly knocking her down into the snow. Y/n grabbed her by the waist and pulled her closer for a hug.

After a minute of watching them hug, the realization hit Olaf. He dramatically inhaled in a gasp and put his hands to his cheeks, so shocked that he lifted his head off his body. "An act of true love will thaw a frozen heart," he recited, putting his head back down and his hands on front of him, folded.