The Snow Queen: The Snow Queen - Book 1 (Frozen)

Chapter 11 - Please Come Back

Anna's eyes widened as I stepped out into the light and smiled. "Wow," she mumbled. "You look, different. It's a good different, and this place," she added and gestured around us, indicating the ice. "It's amazing."

"Thank you," I said. "I never knew what I was capable of," I told her. "Elsa," she started coming up the stairs. "About what happened before," I cut her off, backing up and waving my hands.

"No no, it's okay. You don't have to apologize. But you should probably go. Please," I told her but she laughed. "But I just got here."

I sighed. "You belong down in Arendelle." Anna smiled. "So do you." I shook my head. "No Anna I belong here. Alone." I moved toward the little balcony above the ice fountain and rested my hands on the mantel. "Where I can be who I am, without hurting anyone."

"Actually about that," Anna started but was interrupted by a little voice coming from the door. "Wait what is that?" I asked and saw a snowman emerge beside Anna.

"Hi I'm Olaf and I like warm hugs!"

My eyes widened and I moved back toward the top of the stairs to get a closer look. "Olaf?" He was the childhood snowman Anna and I always built whenever we played together.

"You built me," he said. "Remember that?" I did. While walking up the mountain and giving into my powers, I had built him. Right after I had pulled my glove off.

"And your alive?" It was a dumb question, obviously he was. He looked down at himself and moved his thin stick arms. "Um I think so."

I looked down at my hands, staring at them in wonder. Anna knelt down and touched his shoulder. "He's just like the ones we built as kids."

I looked back towards them and gave a small smile. "Yeah." Anna looked up to me and said, "Elsa we were so close. We can be like that again."

I actually thought about that but got a flashback to that night. I saw her jumping up into the air and me reacting to it. "Anna!" and I strike her in the face. "Oh Anna." A strand turned platinum-blonde as I picked her up in my hands.

I came back to reality and shook my head. "No, we can't. Goodbye Anna." But she rose to her feet as I turned away from her and Olaf. "Elsa wait.." "No I'm just trying to protect you," I told her and started walking up the stairs trying to get away from her. But she followed.

"You don't have to protect me I'm not afraid. Please don't shut me out again. Please don't slam the door. You don't have to keep your distance anymore." She started running up after me and I ran into the room with the big snowflake at the bottom of the floor. I heard her as she sang.

"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." She was behind me now and I took a deep breath. "I will be right here."

"Anna," I said, turning around to face her. "Please go back home, you're life awaits. Go enjoy the sun and open up the gates."

She stepped closer. "Yeah but.."

"I know, you mean well, but leave me be." I walked over to the balcony and opened the doors, stepping out into the light. "Yes I'm alone but I'm alone and free." I saw Anna come up beside me and quickly backed away, going back inside. "Just stay away and you'll be safe from me."

I thought that would get rid of her, but being Anna, she continued. "Actually we're not."

I turned toward her. "What do you mean you're not?"

"I get the feeling you don't know."

"What do I not know?"

Anna sighed and rubbed her gloved hands together. "Arendelle's in deep, deep, deep, deep snow."

My heart stopped beating for that one second. "What?" Anna looked around, looking for something that would get her out of this situation. Finding nothing she said, "you kind of set off an eternal winter, everywhere."

I couldn't believe this. "Everywhere?" Anna shrugged and smiled. "Well its okay you can just unfreeze it."

I shook my head and clenched my hands together. "No I-I can't. I-I don't know how!"

"Sure you can! I know you can!" Anna told me. "Cause for the first time in forever."

I turned my back towards her and snow started to spin all around me. "I'm such a fool I can't be free." The snow spun faster and I couldn't even hear what Anna was saying anymore.

"No escape from the storm inside of me!" I lifted up my hands and clenched them to my chest. "I can't control the curse!"

"We'll reverse this storm you've made," I heard Anna sing.

"Anna please you'll only make it worse!" I looked at myself in the reflection of the ice. The small snowy storm made my hair and bangs fly in my face. "There' s so much fear! You're not safe here!"

I couldn't hear Anna over the sound of my heart pounding in my chest. "No!" I yelled but Anna kept moving.

I wanted to scream and as all the anger and fear was taking over me the storm became bigger and faster. Next thing I knew, I did scream.

"I CAN'T!" and everything went silent. Including Anna.