Idun slowly walked towards the entranced blonde sobbing in the center of the storm. She effortlessly slid her nimble feet across the slick ice towards her daughter. As she extended her hand towards the blondes shoulder a voice from behind her interjected.

"Hey! Don't touch her!" Anna ran towards Idun and swiftly pulled her arm back. "What makes you think you can just show up here like this? And this of all times! You left her when she needed you most!"

"Anna, I-"

A look of pure confusion came across the redheads face. "H-how did you know my name?"

"As I was saying…" Idun pulled some loose strands of hair behind her ear. "... I never left Elsa. I was always near by, watching over her. Protecting her."

"Protecting her! From what?!"

"From herself." The words flowed effortlessly out of the brunettes mouth as if they were plainly obvious. "When she struck me all those years ago, something happened. Something inside me changed. I ran because I feared I would die, and I did not want Elsa to live with the pain of seeing her mother die by her own hand. But as the days turned to months turned to years, I realized I wasn't going anywhere, and that I could never go back."

"Wh-why not?"

"When she struck me a small piece of her power became part of me. A very important piece." The blank stare on Anna's face forced Idun to continue. "Her self control. For Elsa's entire life she has been driven by the fear of her powers instead of relishing in the unique gift she has. That is, she lived in fear until she met you."

"M-me?"

"Yes. You. Once I saw you two together, I no longer worried for her own safety. That is, until today. I figured something about you two being together allowed her to regain that self control. But now I see that is not the case."

"Wait. How do you know all of this? I've never seen you around before."

"Fourteen years of hiding allow one to go unseen." She slowly turned back to Elsa. "It's a rather useful skill to have. I've watched her for the majority of her life. Whenever she lost control I was able to step in and help, unbeknownst to her." Her small hands began to shake by her side. "There was only one exception."

Anna's eyes widened with recognition. "That bastard from her high school."

"Yes. Him. The only time I have failed her. Since that day I vowed to never fail her again. I had hoped her lack of self control would never come this far. I had hoped I would never need to do this."

"D-do what?"

"The enemy of fear is true love. The only thing that can save Elsa, and give her back control, is a sacrifice of true love." Her hands began to tremble even more. "Since that aspect of her powers is locked away within me, I have to give my life to save hers."

The redhead's eyes widened as the words left Iduns mouth. "B-but there must be some other way! I mean maybe she'll snap out of it or something. You don't know!"

"Even if she does, she could easily relapse to this state again. I don't want that for her, or for you. Anna, this has to be done."

The redhead simply gaped as Idun touched her shaking hands to her daughter's shoulders. A soft blue light began to emanate from her hands as the storm around them slowly began to die down. Idun's entire body began to turn from flesh to ice as the light grew stronger. The ice creeped up her arms and encased the rest of her being and she began to scream. As soon at it all started, it ended. In the same instant that the storm raging around them ended, Idun shattered into one thousand miniscule pieces that promptly melted upon reaching the ground.

Salty tears flowed from Anna's eyes as she witnessed the act of unconditional love that caused Elsa to finally stir from her entranced state. The blonde attempted to stand but quickly collapsed to the thawing ice beneath her.

"Elsa!" Anna ran across the sinking platform underneath her towards the blondes side. She struggled to pull her across the this barrier protecting them from the frigid water of the pond. A pair of burly hands pulled the couple from the quickly sinking surface. "Th-thanks Kristoff."

"Are you ok?! This lady just showed up and ran into the storm! I tried to follow you but got thrown back like Hans-"

"Hans?! Where is that bastard? I swear I'm-"

"Whoa calm down. He's still knocked out cold. I tied his hands up with some vines I found and I made sure he didn't have any other weapons. I'm just now sure how we are going to explain all of this to the police."

"We-we'll figure something out. We have to." Anna was still cradling the blonde in her arms. "We need to get her back to the dorms. She needs to rest."

"Ok but will you tell me what happened in there?"

"I will soon. I promise. I just need to figure out what happened too." The still shaking redhead raised a nervous hand to her head, softly tucking the loose strands hair behind her ear. "Kristoff?"

"Uh, yeah?"

"W-why are you doing all of this? I mean after everything that has happened between us."

A large meaty hand rubbed across the boys face as he looked towards the ground. "I, uh, I'm not sure. I mean it absolutely breaks my heart to see you two together." His mouth hung open as his eyes shot wide open. "Wait shit. I don't mean because you're a girl and she's a girl or anything. I just, uh, I -"

She silenced the boy while by putting her hand over his mouth. "Kristoff. I get it. It's fine." Kristoff nodded slowly in recognition. "But you still never answered my question. Why do you help us if it hurts you so much?"

"There's uh, two reasons. The first is that I feel absolutely horrible for what I did to you. I hurt you in the worst way possible and I can never forgive myself for that."

"Oh Kristoff-"

"Wait. The second is that I still love you. I love you so fucking much. I know that we won't ever be together again, and I've accepted that. But I do know that my love for you will never fade, and that I will always be here for you. No matter what happens. I mean what else are best friends for?"

Several tears were rolling down the redheads face as she rook in the words coming from Kristoff's mouth. "Th-thank you Kristoff." She wrapped her arms around him and pulled him into a warm hug. Their embrace was broken by the shattered voice coming from the ground behind them.

"Wh-what happened?"