#i absolutely haven't spent 200 hours in animal crossing what are you talking about

[arendellesfirstwinter]

and with the dawn, what comes then?

When the dam breaks, Arendelle faces massive destruction, and Anna has to return home without a sister.

Elsa unfreezes in Ahtohallan to find that she’s still trapped, with no way of contacting the outside world.

As Anna struggles to cope with grief and the sudden responsibilities of being queen of a ruined kingdom, Elsa struggles to break free from Ahtohallan and find her way back home.

Or: AU where Arendelle floods and the ending gets a lot more complicated.

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Part Three:

When Elsa thumps to the floor of Ahtohallan, panting, limbs trembling from exertion, she wishes that Anna was here to catch her the way she’s always had a habit of doing; instead, Elsa’s caught by rigid ice, and she’s starting to regain a little of that old loathing towards the frozen water that she’d grown up with.

Sighing, she shuffles, putting her legs out in front of her and leaning back onto her arms, head tilted toward that distant door that remains stubbornly out of reach.

She’s tried just about everything she can think of to summon her powers, every conceivable avenue of magic ice generation, and all she has to show for it are empty palms and an exhausted body. She’s tried innumerable hand gestures to no avail; she’s tried some rather absurd footwork patterns that maybe resulted in one or two embarrassing tumbles, but nothing else; she’s even tried sneezing, a desperate act to summon snowgies that doesn’t produce a single snowflake.

Suffice it to say, Elsa is exhausted of ideas, and just plain exhausted.

Because for all that she’s managed to get absolutely nowhere, she still feels her magic deep inside her, still feels a familiar pull beneath her skin; but where once its presence was near overwhelming, now, Elsa can barely feel it at all. It’s so...distant. And for the life of her, Elsa can’t figure out why.

(Continued on ao3)

#frozen #elsa #anna #kristoff #kristanna #snow sisters #frozen fanfic #aren writes #hi yes i am in fact still writing #surprise! #i have no excuse i just procrastinate like crazy #i absolutely haven't spent 200 hours in animal crossing what are you talking about #but anyway yes hi hello #here's an actual certified update after two months #for real thank you all for your patience #and i hope you enjoy!