Anna was remaining surprisingly awake now, maybe it was the fact her horse ran away, or maybe that fact that she could barely move and couldn't fall asleep. It was a goofy sight to see the three adventurers on a human-like reindeer to be honest.
They reached a creek that they would have to cross to get to the other side. To their surprise, it was completely frozen.
"Do you think it's safe to walk on?" Anna jumped off of Sven balancing her fall with her arms spread out. Olaf waddled over to the frozen creek. He picked up a pebble and threw it across the ice.
"Seems safe to me!" Olaf said smiling. Kristoff kneeled near the creek.
"I'm not sure about that…" He said skeptically. Anna followed him with her eyes as Kristoff tried to examine how thick the ice was. Hesitantly He stepped on the ice. He flinched but nothing happened. He walked a little more. "Well, maybe it is ok to walk on," He said looking down at the ice one more time. He motioned with is hand for Anna, Olaf, and Sven to follow him. They hesitated at first, but slowly made their way. A branch cracked. They snapped their heads where the noise was coming from.
"What was that?" Anna asked nearing Kristoff. He stared at the woods suspiciously. He sighed and kept walking slowly on the ice. Anna bit her lip. She clutched her satchel, and specifically the binding of the folklore book. They continued moving. Olaf waddled with a sense of urgency.
All of a sudden, Sven slipped on the ice knocking over Olaf, who tripped Anna, who accidently pushed Kristoff all onto the ice. The old book slipped out of Anna's satchel, exposing it to all the adventurers. There was a crack in the ice. A crack that quickly spread. The ice began to separate into chunks. Lingering into their ears, the thin, delicate sound of a violin began to dance through the air. Anna's eyes widened in shock to what she began to see. A large, tall figure, water glistening on its flesh, grass clinging to its body, ascended from the icy waters. It looked more than menacing, whatever it was. Anna scrambled to stand up but she now she was isolated on her own block of ice, Kristoff farther away staring at the mysterious thing.
"What is that?" Olaf asked on a different island of ice that was slowly floating around. The figure growled a screech that could barely be described. The combination between nails on a chalkboard and the ringing in your ear after hearing something too loud for your eardrums. It was painful to listen to. Then Kristoff looked away from the dark figure and noticed the book off to the side of Anna's ice block.
"Anna! What's that book?" He asked hastily. Anna snapped into reality and looked at the old book near her hand. She quickly grabbed it. Then without even hesitating she started flipping through the book, yellow page after yellow page until she stopped at one.
"Here it is!" Anna said thumbing the page. Kristoff's heart beat fast as he watched her figure something out without him knowing what was going on. "Let's see…it can't move on land…oh!" She started swaying back and forth on the piece of ice, and almost fell into the water.
"Be careful!" Kristoff yelled. Anna steadied her balance and continued to look for the answer to whatever that thing was. The thing tried to knock down the ice blocks as she did so, almost getting to Sven, who was also slipping on the ice. "Sven!"
Finally Anna flipped to a page.
"Oh, I found it! His name is Nøkken!" Anna yelled looking up. The thing's eyes opened and turned a bright yellow. It shrieked once more, causing a vibration throughout the woods. It continued to attack, but it seemed harmed. Anna looked around trying to think of something else to do. She glanced at the page she was looking at. Then she said again, "Nøkken!" They all watched as the figure shrieked one more time, descending into the dark waters again. The ice continued to float around.
"You did it!" Kristoff said baffled. His island of ice floated near Anna's and they rejoined the reindeer and the snowman as well. The made their way back to the edge of the creek and collapsed onto the dry ground. All of them gasping. As soon as she had the energy to, Anna checked on everyone.
"Kristoff, are you alright?" She asked stepping closer to him.
"I'm fine. Are you?" He asked catching his breath.
"I'm fantastic," She said, making sure Olaf had all of his body parts. Then she plopped on the ground and started reading the book again.
Kristoff sat next to her. "What is that?" he asked glancing over at the page. Anna smiled at him.
"It's the folklore book. The one Olaf was reading," Olaf waddled over with interest. "I looked through to find that 'thing' and it told me that if I said its name, we could escape it," She started glancing at other pages. Kristoff was confused.
"I don't know what that 'thing' was, but this book might come in handy," He said touching its pages. Anna nodded in agreement.
The adventurers mounted Sven once more to continue on their journey. There was a long road ahead.