Note: Greetings fellow FF readers and writers. Currently I am back at university so updates may be a little more spaced out than before. Have no fear, though. As with the previous story, this one will not be forgotten. It just may take a little longer to complete.

The next day

One might think that when you have witnessed a disaster or some kind of calamity of gargantuan proportions that you would be at least a little more difficult to shock or be left visibly shaken. The fact that going through something like that once may leave your body able to cope with the stress and overwhelming aftermath should it happen again.

For Arendelle, apart from a select few, that was not entirely the case.

Even though it had been a good seven hours or so since the end of the fight between Godzilla and the winged beast, the smouldering ruins and the layer of dust and smoke that hung in the air made one feel that not even a fraction of that time had passed since it had been committed. People moved to and fro about the ruins with their voices of calling, shouting and ordering ringing in the air. Given that Arendelle had gone through this before and lost many soldiers and guards and sailors then, volunteers were now needed to keep everything moving and to have an extended search for survivors take place. Yet still many believed that it was just simply not enough and some were even asking if Arendelle would survive if this were to happen again. They had pulled through the previous battle but now this one had damaged them further. Unless there was something they could do, the people would surely perish if the winged beast came back along with Godzilla.

That of course led to many asking the obvious questions. What was the winged beast? Why did it attack them? Was it another random attack like those committed by the Kraken? Had Godzilla been pursuing it before it came here? Where did this all fit together? It just seemed to make no sense! The Kraken and Ebirah had had some sense to them coming to Arendelle to kill Godzilla but this! This was unprecedented! What was Queen Elsa going to do about it? Could she do anything about it?

All hopes were now with Elsa and the current meeting she was having with two strangers. Although no one apart from those close to her were able to attend, they were hoping she was devising a plan to end all of this.

"So you're telling us that you know what that creature was and who it belonged to."

"Exactly, Your Highness."

Gathered around the desk in the her study were Elsa, who was sitting in her usual place behind the wooden table where she did all of her work; Anna, who was standing next to her sister and next to her was Kristoff. Olaf was sitting on the floor on the other side of the desk. Sitting in another chair next to Olaf was Akiro and before the five in the two armchairs were two young women that were exactly alike to the point that they looked like clone copies of one another. Even their height was exactly the same, both being only about 5ft 1 or 2 at the most. They were both of Asian appearance and were very beautiful with short silk-like black hair, shiny brown eyes, soft cheeks, pure red lips and had a dress on each of them. It was a mix of orange and blue with the former over the top and a layer of blue underneath, reaching down to their knees. Held in straps over their shoulders, the orange covered their torsos and part of their arms and their waist. Their cream cloaks were on the backs of the chairs behind them.

They had revealed themselves to be Moll and Lora when they had told Elsa they knew what the winged beast was and had a strong idea as to why it was here. When Elsa had made sure that proper search and rescue activities were underway across the town and had messengers sent out to neighbouring settlements requesting any assistance, she had taken them to the castle to have them tell her everything they knew. After introducing each other on both sides, the twins were already setting about explaining everything they could tell Elsa and the others.

"The creature you witnessed last night was none other than the black moth, Battra." One of the twins, Moll, explained. "He is the … how to put it … pet, if you will, of our sister Belvera, who me and my sister Lora here are estranged from. She is nothing like us."

"How so?" Anna asked.

"As you see before you, we are here to help," Lora took over. "If Belvera was here, she would be doing everything she could to destroy the entire city and everyone in it. Last night was such an example of her. She will do anything to get what she wants. Lie, cheat, steal, bribe, even kill as you all witnessed hours ago."

"But why would she come here?" Elsa asked them, confusion evident in her voice and on her face. "Why would she try and attack Arendelle? Is it because you two are here?"

Moll and Lora both shook their heads in unison. "I highly doubt it," Moll said. "If she had known where we were, she would have taken every measure to destroy us or at least capture us so we could not interfere with her plans. The other day for example when we arrived in Arendelle on a ship coming from the islands south of here would have been perfect."

"Wait!" Anna piped up with alarm all of a sudden. "Did you say you came from the islands south of here?" The twins nodded. "As in; the Southern Isles?"

"Yes. Why, Princess Anna?" Moll asked her.

The redheaded woman did not reply but exchanged shocked expressions with Kristoff and Olaf and then her sister Elsa. If they came from the Southern Isles then … surely …

"Do you think he's in all of this?" Kristoff asked, a hint of venom in his voice.

"I wouldn't be surprised, Kristoff!" Elsa replied, her voice too carrying a sense of anger within it. "Hans would do anything to get back at us, especially after what we did to him."

"If I may ask, what happened?" Lora spoke up, a hint of interest but also worry clear in her voice. "Is something wrong?"

Elsa shook her head. "No, no, you girls didn't do anything wrong!" she reassured them. "We'll explain that later. Right now, we just need to you tell us everything about this sister 'Belvera' of yours and what she intends to do."

Both twins nodded and Moll spoke once again. "Seeing as she had made herself known this way, it's clear that she will use Battra as a way of attacking anyone she deems a threat here. Given that she's most likely on the Southern Isles that is where he must be based. Though maybe you could explain to us as to why this is such a big concern to you."

Elsa sighed heavily and explained to the twins everything about the ultimatum that had been given to her earlier yesterday afternoon, the coalition that was being formed on the Continent and further afield to hunt down Godzilla with the threat of removing her from power unless she assisted them and made brief mention of how Hans had fitted into all of this. It surprised the twins greatly to the point that they gave each other apprehensive glances as to what could happen if such threats that this coalition was delivering were to be put into action. After all, they had gone through similar things themselves, but many years before.

"And now with this attack, it will surely be a declaration of war on Arendelle by the coalition. The Southern Isles is part of it and this is how they deliver it!" Elsa rapped her knuckles hard on the desk a few times, a light snowfall beginning to form in the room. "I just don't how they can sleep at night by doing something like this!"

She felt a hand rest on her shoulder, the feel of it quickly working to calm her down successfully. Looking up she saw it was her sister Anna, who gave her a reassuring smile as if to say: Don't worry, sis. We'll get through this. Elsa gave a small smile in return as if to say: Thanks. I can always count on you to keep an eye on me.

After a few moment's silence to give Elsa some time to collect herself, she turned back to the twins. "I apologise for that." She said apologetically. "Anyway, um … as we were saying, if Belvera is at the Southern Isles and sent Battra here, what do you think her next move will be."

Both girls let out a small 'hmm' before replying; this time Lora being the one who spoke.

"Taking into account what you have told us about this coalition and that this Godzilla had wounded Battra to a certain degree, it's entirely possible that she will have him rest whilst the coalition moves ahead with whatever it was planning. Not necessarily accelerating it but just keeping it going," She let out a light sigh. "It's even possible that she had intended to do this to lure Godzilla out and have him killed."

"If that was to help, it surely backfired," Kristoff commented irritably.

"May I ask something?" Akiro, who had been listening in silence and watching each person speak and reveal what they had as if at some kind of debate or lecture, suddenly spoke up; all eyes turning to him as he turned to the twins. "I know it's going a little off topic here, but where do you both come from? I mean, I know you look Asian in appearance but I have travelled across much of my own country and have ever seen you in any temple or monastery or such. Were you living somewhere remote? Or were you living on Okinawa?" he stopped himself, internally cursing himself for asking such questions.

The twins seemed to sense it as they were quick to reassure him they were not offended in any way.

"No, no, don't worry, Akiro!" Moll said. "We did actually live on Okinawa for a brief period, but … the mud and rain in winter was too much for us so we decided to leave and go to Europe; hence how we ended up here."

The others nodded; Elsa briefly remembering a time when her and Anna were young and they would often play in the mud in the rain outside, an act that would have them scolded by the castle maids and their mother for getting themselves in such a filthy condition. It brought a small smile to her face, another way of trying to lighten the mood in the room at this dark time.

"With regards to our question, Akiro," Moll continued. "Me and my sister are part of an ancient civilisation, or were if I correct myself. As far as either of us know; me, Lora and Belvera are all that remain."

"Your people died?" Anna asked, though the answer was obvious.

Moll and Lora nodded. "We lived on a huge landmass in what you know call the Pacific Ocean," Lora told them. "Our people were what you would call in English the "Bringers of peace, wisdom and knowledge", though translated it would be easier to call us by our preferred name the Elias." She paused as those in front of her and her sister nodded, knowing that that name was much easier to remember. "Our homeland was named as Mu, and it was a paradise. Oh the forests and the rivers and the towns and, oh the temples to our gods!" she briefly closed her eyes as if in a state of pure ecstasy. "It was such a beautiful place to live!"

The rest of the group smiled at the thoughts, imagining the words that she had told them in their heads, wondering what it would look like to them if they were to witness it.

"What happened to your home?" Olaf asked anxiously. "Did something bad happen? If it didn't I'm so sorry! Would a hug make you feel better?!" he spread his arms open and offered it to the twins, who chuckled along with the others.

"Thank you, Olaf. You're very kind." Moll said and politely declined, though part of her regretted it. Lora did the same. "Anyway, the reason it fell was the same with any civilisation that I'm sure you all are familiar with in the history of your kind."

This caused the heads to nod and she continued. "Ten thousand years ago, when we were at our peak, internal divides began to appear and widen without any sign of relenting. There were those of us that wanted to expand beyond our borders and to colonise the lands far away across the globe. We had the capability to reach these places thanks to our technological advancements in air, land and sea travel. Others had the same idea, but if we came across any Homo Sapiens, AKA Humans, then they were to be enslaved and offered as sacrifices to our deities. Barbarity that we thought we had once destroyed for good after the near destruction of our home following the end of the previous Ice Age began to resurface once again. From then on, it was simply a matter of time."

"And I take it you two and Belvera were all caught up in it?" Kristoff asked rhetorically.

"As you guessed it, Master Kristoff," Lora replied. "We were against the latter of those that wanted to inflict such terrible things on humans. Surprisingly to you all, Belvera was on our side too. Though she did think that our kind were better than humans, we still had a duty to guide them and ensure that they did not make the same mistakes as we did in our past. Your kind was young and needed to be taught, hence why she held our father's ideals in such high regard."

"But what about last night?" Elsa pointed out. "Surely if she wished to stay these principles of herself, then she would not have sent Battra to Arendelle."

"Our sister was always known for being irrational when she truly believed in something, and this would lead her into the arms of the one our people called the 'Dark Goddess'," Moll explained. "You see, in our deity system we have four gods, or higher beings, whatever you wish to call them. At the top is the one we call the Father God, not that he is similar to Christian teachings but it is just a term to highlight his status among the others. And below we have three others. Battra is one; the God/Being of war; the Dark Goddess who was the ruler of the underworld and, finally, the one that I and my sister both believe in, the Goddess of wisdom and justice. One whose name is Mothra."

"And I take it Belvera turned to this Dark Goddess for help," Akiro said to which the twins nodded at. "But how does this tie in what's happening?"

"Well, as we said, she turned to the Dark Goddess for assistance and, in turn, promised to resurrect her in a physical form." Lora spoke. "She corrupted Battra and turned him into a servant of Belvera who then resurrected her during a full moon. Our leaders panicked and asked us to summon Mothra, which we did. She and the Dark Goddess fought fiercely against one another and the resulting battle devastated our homeland, wiping out our civilisation almost completely before Mothra was able to destroy the Goddess completely. Of course, as we said, we were all but destroyed and Belvera was forced to flee, hiding out among humanity since then. As for us, our home was sent beneath the waves and lost forever."

"And what happened to her, do you know?" Anna asked. "Do you think she wanted revenge because her plan had been ruined or was something else to blame for her acting this way?"

Both girls shrugged, a look of uncertainty stretching across each of their faces. "We cannot be certain, Princess Anna. I and my sister and our father, who was among the remaining few to survive the destruction of our home, have all discussed this and we have only three theories," she held up her hand and raised a finger to highlight each one as she continued. "One: that she had become the person she is now before then and hoped to use the Goddess for her own ends as she is now doing with Battra. Two: the Goddess corrupted her and made her do what she did, which may explain why she is the way she is now as the Goddess was known as such for a reason. Three: it may be possible that neither of the former are true but that she is simply changed her views of humanity after experiencing them up close." She concluded.

Elsa gave a light nod. "The first two sound a little cliché in a fable like that," she said. "I wouldn't be surprised if it as the third. Seeing as you two have lived since … well, the beginning of recorded history, you would know that we humans …" she shifted a little uncomfortably as if sad to explain this to them. "We aren't exactly the friendliest of people. You only have to look at what we've done to each other in our history to see that."

Moll and Lora nodded sombrely. They had always held humanity in high regard, and yes they had experienced levels of kindness, charity and friendliness among humanity that would rival even their own people. But that did not mean they were new to the violence and war and pain and suffering and the trauma humanity had inflicted on itself since the end of their people. At times, they wished they had perished with their own kind so they would not have to witness such calamities but this had been set down for them. They just had to go along with it.

After a few moments of silence between them, Kristoff spoke up. "So … what do we do now?" he asked as all heads turned to him. "I mean, what are we gonna do about Belvera and Battra?"

Another pause followed his words as they, mostly Elsa, considered his words. He did have a point. What could they do? It was not going to be a simple matter of walking over to the Southern Isles and having Belvera convicted. Even if the coalition were aware of this, and Elsa was sure they were and that only served to infuriate her more, they might refuse to listen unless she abided by their agreements, which she now had no intention of doing. Still, there just had to be something they could do. Something! Anything!

Maybe she thought with a feeling of tentativeness within her. If we find Hans, maybe …

Anna was not going to like it, though. Truth was Elsa did not either, in fact she was internally loathing herself for even considering it, but still. It could be their only chance and they had to use it now whilst they had some degree of control over the matter. Besides, they needed to do something like this. If Battra was heading back to the Southern Isles then Godzilla would surely-

Her eyes widened in sudden realisation. Godzilla!

Elsa shot up from her seat, knocking her chair to the floor and startling those around her. "We need to get to the Southern Isles as soon as possible!" she exclaimed.

"Wha- Elsa, you're not seriously thinking of trying to reason with them?" Anna said, concern in her voice. "If they are what Moll and Lora have said they are, then there's no chance they'll even want us near them."

"Anna, we have to!" Elsa replied with a stern tone of urgency as she looked at her sister and then at the others around her. "We have to do something! We have to get to the Southern Isles before Godzilla does!"