Immortal Winter: A Jelsa Fanfiction

Put on a Show

"Elsa!"

"Anna, NO!"

Elsa ran as fast as she could to her sister, but it seemed as if the ice beneath her feet had a mind of its own and would not let her reach Anna.

"There she is! There's that wicked ice villain!" screamed a villager wielding a sword.

"No, you don't understand! I didn't mean to do it!" Elsa pleaded in vain.

As soon as she was about to reach her sister, she lost control and shards of ice flew from her fingertips, straight toward Anna.

"NO!!"

Elsa bolted upright in her bed, but instead of sweating, she was freezing.

'Why do I keep having the same nightmare over and over?', she thought. She relaxed in her soft sheets and looked around her bedroom. She saw just the tiniest bit of sunlight shining through the glass window. She saw the small portrait of her parents on her side table. She saw her coronation dress...

'No, no, no, it can't be today! I'm not ready!'

She heard knocks on the door followed by the voice of Kai, the head butler who had served the royal family since she was a little girl.

"My lady, are you awake?" he asked through the door.

"Yes, I'm awake," she said with regret.

"Very good. You have a very big day today, my lady. And I heard that the chefs are making your favorite for the ball tonight!"

"Chocolate fondue?" She started feeling a little better at the thought of that sweet, wonderful flavor melting in her mouth.

"The one and only. Now please get ready so we can get this show on the road!"

"Thank you, Kai." She heard him walk away.

Elsa got out of bed and quickly replaced her blue lace nightgown with her coronation dress and magenta cape. She put her hair in a lovely bun with ease. She had a lot of practice doing her hair due to the fact that she was always in her room. When she saw her reflection in the mirror, her heart ached, for she looked so much like her mother. For the finishing touch, she carefully put on her gloves.

She walked out of the bedroom and walked to the library. This was her favorite room in the castle. She could read books for hours and hours and be absorbed into the magical worlds and far away places that she read about. She heard singing downstairs, and smiled. She knew that Anna had been looking forward to this day for years. The day when they opened the gates to the castle. It meant that Anna could finally talk and have fun with people of Arendelle and many other kingdoms. But for Elsa, it meant that there would be loads of people all looking at her. At their new queen. And that was not a good thing.

She took a deep breath and gazed out the window at the growing crowd of people. People who didn't know her secret. People who could cause that secret to be revealed.

Elsa walked toward the large portrait of her father at his own coronation. She wondered how he could look so calm, so collected.

'Okay, I can do this. I just need to have no emotion. Conceal, don't feel. Conceal, don't feel.'

She picked up a small round box and a candlestick, and held them ever so gently. Ice came from her hands and crystallized over the objects. Frustrated, she slammed them back on the table. She had practiced this so many times, and sometimes she came so close to keeping it together, but it always ended in the same results.

She couldn't wait any longer. She just wanted to get it over with. Elsa opened the doors to the library and saw many servants waiting for her.

"Tell the guards to open up the gates."