They hurried along the semi-dry terrain, still damp from recent rain. Anna trips and almost goes face first to the ground, but she catches herself in the nick of time. Moments passed, long hard moments of wondering what to expect. Finally, they arrived.
"Here, in there!" Kristoff pointed towards the cave. "I'm going in." He added. The girls try to hold him back, but before they can, he walks into it.
"No!" Anna shouted, and went into the portal after him. "If they go, I go to..." Elsa said quietly, shocked and unsure.
As they walk through, they find themselves in another cave with an exit roughly 40 feet away. They walked out, staying close together. They were greeted by the smell of recently cut grass, with a hint of animal feces. As they walked out, it was becoming clear that they were in a forest. "Where in the world..." Kristoff whispered to himself. "Sign!" Anna shouted, with the queen and ice harvester simultaneously shushing her. They walked over and read. "Welcome to Santalune Forest..." Elsa read aloud. "I'm not sure where Santalune Forest is at exactly, but it's beautiful here." She continued. It was a little dark in the forest due to the sky being partially covered by the tree tops, but it was clear that it was still midday.
"Sven!" Kristoff shouted repeatedly. Anna sighted a silhouette of a deer-like figure in the distance. "Sven?" She called out. "Guys, look, over there!" The princess then started running towards it. "Anna, wait!" Kristoff ran after her. He knew Sven enough to know that it wasn't his silhouette. Soon they approached the figure, and then got a better look. It was a deer-looking creature, but not Sven. "Stant?" The mysterious deer spoke. "W-what?" Anna asked, scared. They both slowly walked backwards. "Stantler!" The creature ran away, opposite from them. It seemed to be afraid of its new visitors. "What happened?" Elsa asked as she caught up. "That deer... thing... talked. I think it said Stantler or something." Kristoff said, scratching his head.
"Scat... Scatterbug." A voice came from behind.
The three looked behind them, not seeing anyone or anything. "Bug on the ground!" Elsa screamed, and pointed at the ground. To her surprise, neither Anna nor Kristoff seemed scared. "Hey there little guy..." Anna started reaching her hand out, when Kristoff grabbed it and prevented her from doing so. "It could be dangerous." He said softly. As soon as he finished that sentence, the bug creature walked and rubbed against Anna's leg, rolling on its stomach like a pet dog. "So dangerous." She joked. "What did you say earlier?" She asked it.
"Scatterbug!" It replied. She continued to pet it, while the two others were confused at how calmly she was acting towards a talking bug. Then suddenly there was a noise near the cave that they entered the forest from. It sounded like a short gust of wind. Scatterbug lifted his head up and looked, then the others. Scatterbug ran away, but the three were too distracted to realize it. There was a small character in the distance, exiting the cave. What is that? they all thought.