A/N: Hi everyone. In case you didn't notice; I am doggie015. As the author of this fanfiction I hope that you enjoy reading it and even if you don't then please be honest and let me know why! I know that there is still room for improvement

Elsa was worried. Anna was never usually gone for so long. Sometimes she would go on a day trip to a nearby town and end up staying the night there but even then she would normally send a message back saying that she would not be back until tomorrow. This time there was nothing, not a single word.

On a normal day Anna would be up at dawn to roam the town or explore beyond and then be back by noon for lunch and to spend the afternoon helping Elsa run the kingdom. She was still a princess and needed to know what to do in the event that she need to take charge. But today it was after sunset and there was still no sign of Anna. Elsa sent out a search party to search the castle and surrounding areas through the night as she went to bed. As she changed into her nightgown and crawled into her bed she wasn't worried, she knew that Anna would not wander too far without letting someone know beforehand. She was sure that the search party would find her alive and well.

The next morning Elsa woke up expecting to see Anna sitting by her bedside but as she opened her eyes she found that she was the only person in the room. She changed into her normal dress and went for breakfast. The search party had been looking through the night around the castle and town and they could not find any sign of Anna. The search had moved to the areas outside the town but no reports of any sightings were coming in. It was like she just vanished into thin air. Elsa felt the air chill around her as she ordered the search continue until Anna is found. She decided to help and went out to search for Anna herself. Elsa knew that her sister loved chocolate so the first place she went to was the chocolate shop an hour's ride west of the town, the search had not gotten there yet and she hoped that Anna had merely overindulged again and would be needing a lift home.

The shopkeeper was surprised that Elsa had shown up seemingly out of the blue as usually Anna was the one that went over there. However this time she hadn't been there for the past week. The shopkeeper insisted that Elsa take some of their goods with her on the house as it was not often that any queen visited and they wanted to make a good impression. The shopkeeper seemed blissfully unaware of the turmoil that Elsa was going through.

Each chocolate felt as though it was trying to drag her through the ground as she asked at the nearby town. She had considered just dumping them somewhere on the way back to Arendelle but she couldn't bring herself to do it, she didn't want to let this one go. Despite the fact that nobody had seen anything of Anna she remained determined to find her sister but that determination was tempered with fatigue, she had spent most of the day looking for Anna and was growing weary. Elsa was distraught as she rode back to Arendelle with the sun setting as she pulled up at the castle stables. Questions that Elsa dreaded to even ask swirling around her mind each one like swords swiping at her heart, she would have started crying right there and then were it not for the fact that she was still a queen and had to at least act formal.

Once back at the castle itself she asked if the search party had found anything but the facial expression of the person she asked said it all. Elsa found herself choking back sobs as requested that she not be disturbed until high noon tomorrow as she needed to rest. The staff respected her wishes and remained silent as Elsa walked into her room, closed and locked the door then ran to her bed and lay face down, her pillow doing nothing to muffle the cries that couldn't be held back anymore. Where had Anna gone? Was she even still alive? Elsa ended up crying herself to sleep, but it was not a peaceful one for later that night she was woken by a knock on the door and an all too familiar voice calling through the door.

"Elsa! You can't run from this!"