Into the Unknown (A Frozen Fanfic)

Chapter Three

ELSA RUBBED her hands up and down her arms as she stepped through the darkened hallway heading back towards the ballroom. Questions ran rampant through her mind as she tried to come up with some way to explain what had happened, but the more she searched the more clueless she became.

One thing was for certain. She couldn't tell Mama and Papa. They wouldn't understand or think she was crazy and made the story up for "attention." She was already afraid that her powers were making her lose her mind, and now, her parents would think so too. Telling them was too risky. She didn't want to be locked in a room away from Anna. No, she had to keep this to herself.

Her stomach dropped to the floor and she stood straight as the voice returned. She felt a tug at her chest feeling it beckoning her to follow. Elsa wrapped her hands around her ears and shook her head as she tried desperately to shake the voice from her brain.

"No," she whispered. "I won't go with you. I'm not looking for trouble. Everyone I could ever love is here. I won't lose them. I won't follow you. Anna needs me more than some forest."

The voice grew louder, seeming angry with her response. She squatted, her head between her legs, begging for the voice to leave her alone. "What do you want from me?" she shouted. She sprang to her feet, balling her hands into white-knuckled fists as condensation rolled off them, and she wrinkled the gloves in her right hand. She gripped the window seal of a nearby open window and yelled, "Leave me alone!"

"Elsa, what is going on?"

Elsa gasped and flung her head to the side as Mama stepped into the hallway. She frowned, lowering her head. So long for wanting to keep the mysterious lady a secret.

Concerned and worry mixed Mama's features as she gripped Elsa's hands gently and pulled her around to face her. "Is everything alright? I was getting worried. You missed the dancers from Corona. They were outstanding!"

Elsa gave an uneasy smile. "I'm fine, Mama." She quickly tried finding an excuse to keep her mother from thinking she was going crazy. "I went to the roof for a breath of fresh air, and got attacked by a flock of birds." She rolled her eyes and chuckled. "They just won't leave me alone. I...think they like the purple." She wanted to slap herself on the forehead. Dumb! That was so dumb!

Mama glanced down at Elsa's hands, her eyes growing wide. Mama grasped her right arm and shoved her sleeve upward revealing a small cut that encircled around the front of her wrist. "A flock of birds did this?"

Elsa quickly withdrew her hand from her mother's death grip and stretched her sleeve further than it would go. She quickly slipped her gloves back on, inwardly cursing herself for not throwing them on sooner. "They were feisty! That's why I ran away." She walked around Mama heading back towards the party. "Can we just go enjoy whatever's left of the party? Please?"

"Elsa! What are you hiding from me?"

Elsa ignored Mama's voice as she folded her arms across her chest and hung her head. She and Mama never got along. Not since after what had happened to Anna all those years ago. She knew secretly that Anna was her favorite, and after that night when they were children, Mama had become frightened of the power Elsa possessed even if she would never admit it. But Elsa found herself becoming more and more afraid of what she could do, too, these days.

"Elsa! We need to talk about this!"

Continuing to ignore her mother, Elsa ascended the two steps into the Grand Hall where the party was still being held. She glanced around at those who danced around and celebrated cheerfully, unable to locate her sister.

Anna, where are you? Even though she could never tell Anna what she had seen, she needed her sister's comfort. At least she'd always have Anna. Even if Anna didn't know her secret, her sister was still the only one she could trust. She moaned feeling the tension rise and a familiar tingle at her fingertips. Where is she?