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It was a quiet evening when I got that letter saying that the ship my parents were in, going to the Southern Sea, had crashed and that they didn’t survive. Suddenly me and Elsa would have to take care of most of the kingdom’s matters by ourselves, years before we were expected to, while still on grief for them.
I didn't knew how to react, so I tried to be calm, “stay strong for her” as mom used to say, I still had to tell Elsa after all. I was worried as I walked down the hall to my sister’s room, thinking about how I could tell her about this. Elsa haven’t been out of her room since her fight with dad, three days ago, and I have barely talked to her since.
I took a deep breath and knocked on her door, “Elsa, can you hear me?”, she just hummed in agreement. I felt a cold wind coming from the room.
“Okay so, I have some… bad news. I’ve got a letter from the royal ship and…”, I stuttered, trying to find the right words, “Well, they tried to pass through a strong storm and… they… did not make it”, I could her Elsa crying, and the cold wind got frostier.
Focus Anna, you have to calm her down.
“Elsa, are you okay? Do you want me to-”
“No!!!”, she cut me off in a stressed voice, then tried to cover it, “No, I’m fine.”
“You don’t sound fine”, I noticed that I was pushing her too much and tried to change my wording, “Elsa, you know I’m here for you, right?”
She didn't answer, the frigid wind was blowing up stronger, pushing me away and making me shiver.
“Elsa… Could you let me in?” Do I really wanna go in?
“No! Don’t come here. I don’t want to hurt you too”, Elsa replied.
“I know you won’t hurt me”, I lied, I didn’t knew. “We only have each other now, you can’t stay in your bed forever.”
She didn’t reply. Part of me wanted to break open the door to see what was happening, to help her in whatever way she was reacting to it all, but another part of me kept saying to flee, cause deep down I was really scared of her powers, just like Elsa herself.
I tried to reach out one more time, “Elsa, please, I miss you.” No response. I decided to give her some space to calm down.
Maybe tomorrow…
As I walked away, I heard the door opening and a loud thump on the ground.
“Elsa!”, I screamed as I saw her fainted in the floor. I ran back to help her, “You’re freezing!”
I took a quick look at her bedroom, the walls were covered in ice, the ground in snow, stalactites in the ceiling and the windows cracked and frozen.
I tried to ignore the horror of where Elsa has been for the last three days, and used all my strength to pick her up and carry her in my back towards the living room.
I need to keep going, I need to save her, I need to stay strong. For Elsa.