It was the next day, and I had just gotten out of bed.
The Nothuldra greeted me warmly with "Good morning!" and "How did you sleep?". I had a quick breakfast and told everyone I was going to Arendelle for the day because I missed my sister, which wasn't entirely a lie.
I hadn't seen my sister in 6 months. The last time we contacted each other was three weeks ago, and she invited me to a charades night. I couldn't go because we were celebrating Honeymaren's birthday.
Once I dressed myself in my traveling attire, I ran to the waters edge and hopped onto Nokk's back. We gently glided through the fjord.
The water was so beautiful. Nokk is so lucky to live in here.
We arrived at the castle and I was so eager to see Anna. The truth is, I had missed her. A lot. But I really had to take care of the Enchanted Forest and the Nothuldra. I hadn't had time to see Anna at all in the past two years. Of course we still sent messages to each other and Gale took them across the fjord to each other, but it just wasn't the same as hanging out and speaking with each other in person.
I had missed Anna's kind-hearted spirit and warm hugs. I had missed Olaf and Sven hanging out and laughing. I had missed Kristoff and Anna being all lovey-dovey around everyone else, not giving a care in the world about what people thought about them.
I wish I could be like that and just not care. But it was so hard when some people still thought I was a monster. After 5 years! People still hold a grudge on me "attacking" the Duke of Weselton and setting off an eternal winter. But I've definitely changed!
I ran into the castle. Man this place has changed.
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There were new pictures from Anna and Kristoff's wedding last fall. That was the last time I had seen them.
The first place I went to to try to find Anna was her bedroom. I knew she probably wasn't there, but I decided to check anyway.
As I assumed, she wasn't there, so I decided to check the dining hall because it was already lunch time.
When I walked in, I saw Kristoff, Sven, Anna, and Olaf sitting at a table eating something fancy. I started tearing up. Anna looked so grown up and beautiful and it looked as if she was having a fantastic life with her new family. I had heard Anna was planning on having a baby too, so she was clearly very happy with her living situation. I ran up behind her and gave her a huge hug.
"Anna!" I said very enthusiastically. She turned around and started bawling out tears. Kristoff and Olaf gave me a huge hug, as well as Anna.
"Elsa! What are you doing here? I thought you- SNIFFLE- had to keep taking care of the forest!" she said, still sniffling.
"I came to see you! Actually, can we talk in private?" I said nervously, trying my hardest not to sound worried or worry her.
"S-sure. Is everything ok?" she replied, still a little bit shaken from my all of a sudden arrival.
"Um... yes just come with me." I didn't know how to break the news to her. We walked over to the pillar by the door, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven staring at us.
"So I talked to Mother last night and-" I was interrupted by Anna.
"YOU TALKED TO MOTHER?! What did she say!?" Anna yelled pretty loudly. Some of the guests and servants in the castle looked over at us.
"Well..." I explained to her the whole thing about the dream in great detail, then about me going to Ahtohallan and my talk with mother. Even the part about Anna having powers. We made a promise never to shut each other out so I had to tell her. Especially when it was about her.
When I finished, I looked at her face. Her mouth was wide open, as if she was frozen solid. I waved a hand in front of her face.
"WHAT?!" she exclaimed.
Then the worry started to sink in.
~ I hope you enjoyed the first big chapter of Thawed! If you didn't notice I updated the other chapters just a bit to make them more detailed. Because of the new size of the chapters I'm going to have an update schedule for posting the chapters. I think I'm going to post a chapter every other day that way I have a whole day and a half to work on the next one.
