Beautiful Lily

The Consequence of a Frozen Heart

Kristoff, Anna and Sven plowed through Elsa's snow trail. Kristoff was still trying to soak in Anna's tale of what had happened at the coronation. The sun was beginning to set and Sven was starting to tire. They had been galloping for a couple of hours now, and so Kristoff decided to give Sven a break and have him trot for a while. Kristoff took advantage of the smoother ride to continue talking to Anna who was sitting behind him holding on.

"So... Queen Elsa... I suppose that could explain why she had always remained reclusive to her people. Why would she hide something like that from you?"

"I don't know. Maybe she didn't want to hurt me. Maybe she just wanted to be the role model to me as well as our people and didn't want to scare or have anybody lose faith in her. I just don't understand. I thought we were close. Why would she run away from me? Do you think she would think that I would think any less of her? Or love her any less?"

"I think those are all very good questions. You should ask her when we find her." The frozen path that Elsa left behind had the pair scale a small mountain. The ascent caused their pursuit to slow down even more so because of the climb. "I really hope we get to her soon. We should probably set up camp soon. The sun is starting to set and I doubt we will be able to see this path for long."

Anna sat up, alarmed that his intentions on finding Elsa did not match her own, implored, "Please, we can't stop! She can't be alone. I need to support her through this and tell her I love her."

"Alright, alright!" he answered trying to calm her, "I was just making a suggestion and exploring our options. We won't stop."

Silence passed between the two as Kristoff thought happily to himself over the broken engagement to Prince Hans. He smirked to himself over the thought.

"So, ahem... Prince Hans," he remarked with intents on changing the topic of conversation. He spoke trying to hide his bias through his elated smile.

"Oh shut it," she said embarrassingly, not wanting to admit fault on a hasty decision.

"What?" he replied feigning innocence.

"You were going say, 'I told you so', weren't you?"

Kristoff turned his head to look at Anna, "I was only going to say-"

"-Wait! Look!" said Princess Anna interrupting Kristoff from his thought. Sven had reached the summit and they could see a Castle nestled below in the valley. "She's there! I know it!"

"C'mon Sven!" Kristoff shouted at Sven and the pair took off down the mini mountain side toward the Castle. The run descending the mountain side went a lot quicker than the ascent and they were at the castle in less than an hour. Both Princess Anna and Kristoff hopped off of Sven upon reaching the castle's front entrance. The horse trotted over to a nearby stream to relax and drink its share of runoff water from the surrounding ice melting from the castle.

"Are you sure your sister is here?" asked Kristoff, weary from the quick travel.

"I'm positive. Look," she pointed to the ice, "her snow trail ends here." She said marching bravely forward toward the big oak doors. She plucked up the courage, balling her fists and began pounding on the huge doors. She shouted, "Elsa! Elsa come on out! I know you're in there. It's me, Anna. I know you're scared, but you don't have to be. I'm right here! We can get through this together! Open up your doors please and let me in!"

The doors opened on their own merit and a man with gold skin stepped through the door's threshold. Surprised and confused, Anna asked the strange man, "Who are you?"

"Who are you?" the gold-skinned man asked back.

"This is my sister's castle. My sister, Queen Elsa, is here. She left her kingdom leaving a trail of snow leading up to this castle. Where is she?"