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"The party is over. Close the gates."

Nonono. This couldn't be happening. She finally found true love, and once more, Elsa just shut the door.

"What? Elsa, no, no, wait!"

"Would you give me my glove?!"

"Elsa, please, please! I can't live like this anymore!"

For a fraction of a second, and for the first time in years, Anna saw tears begin to form in her sister's eyes. Maybe she would finally understand, if Anna could just-

"Then leave."

That was it. The last straw. Any vestiges of patience Anna had ever had for her sister vanished into thin air, replaced by nearly a full teenage lifetime of forced solitude, all pouring out of her at once, unstoppable even if she had wanted it to.

"What'd I ever do to you?" The heads of nobles began to turn.

"Enough, Anna," Elsa stressed, beginning to curl in on herself. This, Anna didn't notice. She wanted answers. She wanted to know. The Duke's words kept ringing in her ears: so great to have the gates open. Why did they shut them in the first place?

Then hers to Hans: All my life has been a series of doors in my face...

Why?

"No, why? Why do you shut me out? Why do you shut the world out? What are you so afraid of?!"

Elsa stopped in her tracks, nearly at the doors that Anna knew would lead her down a hall then upstairs to another set, white with blue snowflakes carefully painted on with painstaking precision.

If anyone knew what those doors looked like, it would be Anna. After all, she had spent enough time staring at them, pleading to no avail nor answer. As if on the other side of them the room was empty, which it may as well have been-it was always so cold near there. Lifeless. Silent.

That same silence had filled the ballroom. Not even hushed whispers remained, and the drop of a pin could surely be heard. Every high-blooded being in the room had turned to watch the two royal sisters have at it. Moments passed, and time seemed to be frozen. Nothing moved.

"Enough, Anna." The words were repeated in a quiet voice, betraying nothing more than weariness. For the umpteenth time, Elsa opened a door, stepped through, and closed it securely behind her.

The guards at last came alive, shaking off their stupor and courteously leading every visitor out another way, apologizing profusely for the sudden disruption and promising that, should the castle have another event, all would run far more smoothly.

Anna came to the realization that Hans was being caught up in the sudden outflow of bodies, and she stumbled back towards him, clinging onto his arm for as long as she could.

"Hans! Hans, I'm so sorry!"

The prince squeezed his eyes shut as if greatly pained, then opened them once more, his gaze softening at Anna's look of distress. "My love, I promise that we'll have that wedding. I'll write you every day, I'll make it happen."

His voice rose as he was somewhat forcefully escorted out by two guards, his head turned over his shoulder to call to his fiancee. "I promise!"

And then he was escorted out, and the ballroom was very suddenly empty and quiet, unlike its fullness and happy noise mere minutes ago. Anna stood there, alone, then began walking back to her room. The night had been ruined, anyway.

A/N: Okay, people, this was some pretty hasty, short scribbling on my part, but I really wanted to get this out for some quick reviews. I have quite a few ideas of where to take this, but if the reception is poor, I'll probably just tweak it a bit then leave it as a standalone. If I screwed up somewhere, lemme know, 'cuz I don't have a beta. Also, this site is weird. I tried putting indents in there and they won't save.
R&R? Pretty please? With an Olaf on top?

Edit: Heheheh. Ehm, I pulled the formatting around a little. Mentions from reviewers that there should be spacing between paragraphs. Thanks for having my back there, guys. :D