Gosh, it's been a long time. I'm terrible. Anyway, here's the next chapter. I won't make any promises about consistent updates, but I'll try. And if you guys wouldn't mind leaving reviews...they help give me motivation.

Early the next morning, Elsa woke up to find Anna clinging to her, drooling on her nightdress. She wrinkled her nose in disgust, but surprisingly, she didn't feel any panic, which was a very welcome change. She gently but firmly untangled herself from Anna without waking her and left the room. She went back to her own to change and to think.

She knew they couldn't do this anymore. Her relationship with Anna was only going to get worse if they did, and she couldn't stand the thought of losing her sister. However, there was still that worry that she would hurt her again. But she had been doing well with her powers for the most part, and she had been so careful. Maybe if Anna knew, now that she was older, she would be more careful, too. Elsa made her decision. After she changed her dress and did her hair, she went to her parents' room. She knocked quietly on their door and waited.

"Come in."

She opened the door and stepped inside to see her mother doing her hair and her father going through the small collection of books they had in their room.

"Good morning, Elsa," Agdar greeted. "What can we do for you?"

She took a deep breath. "Mama, Papa," she said, "I think it's time to tell Anna."

Her parents exchanged a look. Idun finished tying her hair into a bun and stood up. "Darling, are you sure you're ready for that?"

She nodded. "Yes, Mama. It can't stay this way, I can't stand having her mad at me."

Agdar still hadn't said anything, so the two girls looked at him. "Agdar, I think she's right," Idun said gently. "It's time."

He sighed. "Elsa, are you certain you want to do this?"

"Yes, Papa," she said. "And if it was just me that was struggling I would leave it be, but Anna's hurting, too, and it's my fault." Her voice choked at the end, and Idun reached out and put her hand on her shoulder.

Agdar ran his hand through his hair. "I need to talk to your mother. Could you please go wait in the library?"

Elsa nodded and left. Idun walked over and put a hand on his shouder. "She's right, darling, it can't stay this way. It's not good for either of them anymore. We talked about this last night."

"I know," he said. "I hate seeing them both hurt like this, but what if Anna knowing causes damage? What if she can't keep it a secret?"

"If Anna knew how dangerous it would be for her sister if people found out, she wouldn't let it slip. And as for the danger to her...I don't think it'll cause any damage."

"How do you know?"

Idun grinned. "Mother's intuition."

Agdar rolled his eyes. "Of course." He smiled, stood up, and took her hand, pulling her up as well. "Well, I guess that settles it. I'll go to the library with Elsa, you fetch Anna. I'm afraid she's still angry with me."

Some time later, they were all gathered in the library. Elsa wrung her hands in her lap, occasionally glancing at her sister. Anna finally cleared her throat. "So, uh, what did you want to talk to me about?"

Idun answered, since Anna had been shooting glares at her father. "Well, we realized...you were right. We have been keeping a secret, but I promise, it wasn't to hurt you. It was to protect your sister."

Her eyebrows shot up. "Protect her? She was in danger?"

"Potentially," Idun corrected, "if anyone found out. But now, you're old enough to know and not tell."

"Alright!" She squirmed in anticipation. "What is it?"

Idun turned to Elsa and put a hand on her knee. "Show her, Elsa."

Taking a deep breath, Elsa took off her gloves and formed a snowflake in her hand and looked up to see Anna's reaction. Her eyes widened and her jaw dropped; this was not what she was expecting. "You...can make...snowflakes?"

She nodded uncertainly. "And ice."

Idun began to explain. "Elsa was born with these powers, Anna. She's had them her whole life."

Anna frowned. "You hid them from me that long? Why?"

"No," Elsa said in a small voice. "You knew when we were little. You loved it." She cracked a smile. "We'd build snowmen and ice skate, and do other things."

"Wait, I only remember doing that stuff outside, during winter."

She shook her head. "No, most of it was inside."

Anna thought for a moment. "Then what happened? Why can't I remember?"

"There was an...a-accident." Elsa swallowed thickly, eyes stinging with tears. Their mother put a comforting arm around her shoulders while their father spoke.

"You girls were playing in the ballroom and you got hit with her magic."

Elsa cut in. "We were playing. You were jumping on snow towers, and I couldn't keep up. You jumped off the tallest one and I tried to catch you...but I slipped and hit your head instead." She looked at her with tear-filled eyes. "I-I didn't mean to."

Before Anna could say anything, Agdar continued. "You were ice cold when we found you after Elsa called for us. A strip of your hair turned white." Anna reached up to touch said strip. "We took you to the trolls and they removed the magic, along with your memories of magic."

"Wait a minute, trolls?"

"Yes, trolls."

"Hmm, that explains a lot. I dreamt I was kissed by a troll."

Idun chuckled. "No, you weren't kissed."

"And...they stole my memories?! How rude!"

"They did what they had to to save you."

Agdar cleared his throat to regain their attention. "Anyway, after that, we closed the gates."

"And Elsa moved out. And started to wear gloves." Anna looked at her. "They were for controlling your powers, weren't they?"

She nodded, not trusting her voice.

She suddenly looked embarrassed. "I...thought you had a thing about dirt."

Elsa couldn't help but laugh. "No, that wasn't the reason."

Anna smiled at her, but then it fell away. "So, that's the big secret, huh?"

"We didn't know how it would effect you if you knew again," Idun said, "and Elsa was trying to gain control. You weren't the best at keeping secrets, and we just couldn't risk people finding out, not yet."

Anna nodded and looked down. "I understand."

"I'm sorry, Anna." They all looked at Elsa, who now had tears running down her cheeks. "I'm so sorry, for hurting you, for pushing you away, for lying to you...for everything."

Anna's eyes softened and she went over to sit by her and held her bare hand. Elsa flinched, but didn't pull away. "Elsa, it's not your fault. It was an accident. And Mom and Dad are right, I probably would've told someone. I'm a blabber mouth." She succeeded to make her smile, if only a little bit. She nudged her until she looked up at her. "I love you, no matter what, and I know you'd never hurt me on purpose." Her face fell. "If anything, I should apologize. I'm the one that yelled at you."

Elsa shook her head. "Don't worry about it."

Anna smiled. "So, we're good now?"

She smiled. "Yeah." Anna leaned her head on her shoulder. Elsa kissed her head before leaning her head on hers.

"Elsa?"

"Yes?"

"Your powers are really cool."

Elsa just rolled her eyes in response and elbowed her lightly.

So...I am reaching a point in the story where I have to decide what happens to the parents. I have come up with a few different options: 1) I let them die, like in the movie, and go on from there. 2) They live because they decide to stay home. 3) They decide Elsa is well enough to go with them and she saves all of them from the storm. I think I know what I've decided, but I kind of want to hear what you guys have to say.