It must have taken Elsa and Berit about an hour to get to Ahtohallan. Not due to the distance, but rather because they'd spent the majority of the journey doing tricks with their powers to try and one-up or impress one another. At one point, the pair of them were standing on top of an iceberg that Elsa had formed for them. This was where the Snow Queen demonstrated how she could create pillars for herself to jump across all the way to another iceberg, to which Berit responded by using her lightning bolts to launch herself over Elsa's head to an even further iceberg.

Elsa had a look of awe and approval on her face as she had a hand on her hip, calling across to Berit in a sarcastic, affectionate manner. "So what exactly are your limits?"

"Limits? Pah... whoever heard of such a ridiculous thing!" Berit snarked off with a cackle as she leapt off the iceberg and landed on Lynnedslag, which prompted Elsa to jump off of hers onto the Nøkk as they took off across the waves. They continued several death-defying stunts with one another as their destination came closer, both of them letting loose with their powers as they found themselves singing a duet.

I'm through accepting limits
Cause someone says they're so

Some things you cannot change

But till you try, you'll never know

I once was so afraid of
Losing love I guess I'd lost
Well, if that's love
It comes at much too high a cost

I'd sooner buy
Defying gravity

I think I'll try
Defying gravity

And they won't pull us down

The sun had vanished compeltely by the time Ahtohallan was visible to them. When their steeds arrived, the two Queens dismounted their rides as the Nøkk returned to the depths. Elsa was like an excited schoolgirl as she walked forwards a few paces, saying "alright, come on... you are gonna love this..."

"Elsa, wait..." Berit stayed on the edge of the glacier as Lynnedslag flew off back into the clouds. Elsa was slightly confused at this reluctance, slowly walking back over to Berit and said "what? What's wrong?"

She itched the back of her head. "I just... I dunno. Are you sure I'm worthy to see this place? I mean... I'm not pure magic, I just..."

"Limits? Pah... whoever heard of such a ridiculous thing?" Elsa said back in a playful tone, cupping Berit's face affectionately. "Of course you're worthy. We're in this together now. And that's how it should be."

"Hmm... you really mean that?"

"Like you said, we're going to change the world. Bring magic and humanity together in peace forever. The greatness our mothers would have wanted for us." Elsa took the Storm Queen's hands in her own, both of them smiling as they looked each other in the eyes. "It's your purpose, Berit. Our purpose."

Unlimited
Together we're... unlimited

Together we'll be the greatest team
There's ever been

Dreams, the way we plan them

If we work in tandem

There's no fight we cannot win

Just you and I
Defying gravity

We're flying high
Defying gravity

And soon you'll match me in renown

They stopped together at the end of the path, holding hands still as the entire interior of the glacier was cast in a bright, almost ethereal white. Berit was in awe of the thousands of blue crystals rising into the sky, while Elsa went wide-eyed as the roof of the glacier opened up, with the aurora shining bright over their heads.

With no more rules, and no more laws

No kingdom that there is or was

Is ever gonna bring... us... down!

Berit was cut off as the white mists of Ahtohallan suddenly pushed her away from Elsa, with the latter not even noticing the fog surrounding her on all sides. The Snow Queen kept her eyes close as she finished the song, putting all her heart into it as she projected the highest note possible out of her lungs.

Ah-ah-ah-aah!

Elsa was laughing heartily as she opened her eyes, which widened when she realised that the mist had consumed and isolated her, and that her companion was nowhere in sight. "Uh... Berit? Berit, can you hear me? Berit?!"

1, 2, 3 together, clap together, snap together
You and me together, knees together, freeze together

Up or down together, princess crown together
Always be together, you and me

Anna let an amused little smirk break through her frustrated scowl as she watched Olaf and his siblings on the lower deck, the three of them almost perfectly recreating an old secret handshake that she and Elsa had taught their first snowman not long after the Great Thaw. Seeing this nostalgic memory helped to put her mind a little more at ease, with the conflicting thoughts and feelings dying down a bit as she almost forgot how frustrated she was feeling.

"Anna..." Kristoff's voice snapped her out of this brief phase of bliss, prompting Anna to clear her throat as she wiped the single tear from her right eye.

"Um... uh-huh? What is it, Kristoff?"

"We're almost at Ahtohallan..."

"Elsa?! Is this normal?!"

Berit called at the mist to no reply, freezing on the spot as she turned to see the vast white field of snow ahead of her. The field was populated with hundreds of white sculptures dancing and moving around like slow pictures.

Among the many events and statues that she saw here, the ones that most notably grabbed her attention were the sculptures of of two slightly familiar young girls playing with a much more familiar snowman, and a figure that resembled the current Queen of Arendelle being danced around by the eccentric Duke of Weselton. "Like a chicken with the face of a monkey!"

"Huh... oooooooooo-kay then... Elsa?!"

"Ha ha ha!" the excited laughter of a six year-old got Elsa's attention, prompting her to turn around as she saw the mist had recreated a large garden where the young girl was running around. Elsa thought this child was oddly familiar, with her suspicions confirmed when the girl accidentally bumped into the taller boy as he entered.

"Berit, for goodness' sake! Why do you never watch where you're going!"

She grimaced at the sight of the ten-year-old Henrik snapping at his younger sister, watching Berit to tense in fright as she tried crawling her way backwards. After a moment, his frown changed into a warm, wholesome smile as he extended his hand to the girl. "Alright, come on... up you get now..."

"Wait... what?" Elsa was taken aback by the sight of the boy pulling the girl to her feet and gently brushing her messy hair out of her eyes, seeming oddly affectionate considering all that Berit had told her about Henrik. She didn't really have time to ponder this before the mist pushed her away from this vision, bringing her to another one where Berit was being put to bed by her mother.

"I still don't know why he's the one who has to be King... I know he's older, but... but I'd be a much funner Queen than him."

Elsa let out a smirk at this, before the next vision took over. It seemed to be in the woods, where a long-haired, teenage Berit was speaking to the hooded, decrepit troll she'd mentioned before in her stories. "This world, it... it's poisoned. Man's greed and fear of our magic is a sickness that leads the planet closer to destruction with each passing day... they must be educated in our ways for the Earth to survive..."

Elsa remained silent as she cupped her own chin, watching as the troll continued and Berit took in his words. "With the power of the Storm, my apprentice, you will give mankind a fresh start... put an end to their toxic civilisation, and from the ashes of their world... create a better one, one ruled by the magic of the elements... with you as the Storm Queen. This is the purpose you were born to fulfil, Berit..."

"No... no..." Elsa stood between the two sculptures, though neither could hear what she had to say. She looked at Berit's statue, which remained unresponsive. "That's just his fear talking... our worlds can coexist, if we teach them to understand... this isn't the only way..."

The mist pushed her away from the vision again, now bringing her to what seemed to be the ballroom of Torden's royal palace. She saw Berit there, now with her signature mark on her face, while she sent a lightning bolt into a table full of people. Henrik, who now had a strong, tall build with a small goatee on his chin, took his sister aside to speak to her.

"Why would you do this, Berit? Why? WHY?!"

"I just... I just wanted to be special..."

"Special?!" Henrik shook his sister. "What were you thinking! Look at yourself, you've become a monster!"

Berit was taken off-guard by her brother's words, glancing towards the other people in the room as they all stared at her. Her eyes became misty as she started to hyperventilate, pulling away from Henrik as she said "brother, I... I'm sorry, but..."

"Berit... BERIT!" Henrik ran after his sister as she ran out of the room, clutching her face in her hands as she cried uncontrollably. Elsa was surprised when he ran grabbed her by the arms and turned her around, now having a more gentle, concerned tone in his voice as he brushed her long hair out of her face.

"Listen to me, sister... this power you have, it... it's dangerous. And the people, well... they won't know how to react..."

Berit had tears in her eyes as she nodded nervously, prompting Henrik to sigh before he pulled her into a hug. Berit's arms remained at her side, not returning the embrace and almost impatiently waiting for her brother to release her from it. "It's alright, though, we'll... we'll get through this... together. No harm will come to you, Berit, I promise. Just go upstairs for an hour or so, til I clear out the others... come down, and... and we'll discuss it when we've calmed down a bit..."

Elsa watched as the vision of Berit ran into her bedroom, slamming the door shut behind her as she slumped down in front of it with her face in her knees. The Snow Queen knelt down in front of the vision as it seemingly continued to sob, reaching her hand forward as she whispered under her breath. "Your brother... he was just trying to protect you."

It was then Elsa realised that the tearful young princess wasn't sobbing anymore. She was laughing, cackling even, as she raised her head to reveal the stained makeup on her face. "You were right, master..." she said to herself as she looked to the table on her bedside to see a knife there. "You were right about everything!"

Elsa had her hand over her mouth as Berit grabbed the knife, aggressively hacking off the long strands of her hair as she continued to laugh at her own reflection in the mirror. The wall behind the vision of Berit suddenly disappeared to reveal Henrik again, now wearing a night gown as he took a kettle off of the fireplace. Elsa watched anxiously as Berit entered, now sporting the pixie cut that Elsa recognised as she remained in the shadows of the doorway.

Henrik smiled at her, saying "ah, good... I um... I made some tea, Berit. We'll just sit down and chat about this, eh? Find a solution."

Berit remained silent, still keeping her face hidden as she nodded to her brother. Henrik sat down facing the fireplace as he poured the tea, which caused Elsa to realise Berit was holding a sword behind her back as she walked up behind him. Elsa went wide-eyed as Berit raised the blade over her unsuspecting sibling, reaching out with a loud "NO!" as she brought it down with a resounding SHING!

The mist set in before Elsa could see the result of the attack, surrounding the Snow Queen on all sides again as Berit's voice echoed around in the wind. Elsa felt a rush of emotions from everything she'd seen. Anger, betrayal, fury, misery, confusion, it was all spilling out at once, and it only got worse when a final vision appeared showing Berit standing in the centre of her kingdom's square as everyone looked to her with terror.

"People of Torden!" she bellowed out as she clenched her fists, causing dark clouds to rise over the kingdom as everyone cried out in fear. "If you want a monster, I WILL GIVE YOU A MONSTER!"

"No... no-no-no-no-no!" Elsa ran away from the vision with her hands over her eyes as it showed the lightning bolts striking down the kingdom, burning houses to the ground as the people luckily enough to avoid incineration ran away, with Berit cackling all the way through as it happened. "Stop... stop! I SAID STOP!"

Elsa turned around to blast the vision with her ice, clearing the mist away as she stood alone in the vast, white field of snow. She stayed silently like this as the weight of these revelations hit her like a ton of bricks, eventually collapsing onto her knees with her face in her hands as she cried. About a minute must have passed before she heard the voice a few feet in front of her, looking up at the real Berit as the latter had her arms crossed nonchalantly.

"Admittedly, I was hoping to break it to you a bit more gradually than that..." she put her hand on her hip with a grin as Elsa got back on her feet. "But I suppose you would have found out eventually... the sooner the better, eh?"

Elsa almost had a snarl in her tone as she clenched her fists. "You... you killed them. You killed them all. Why would you do that?"

"You saw what happened. It was my brother's fault. He hated me..."

"No... no, you hated him! You resented him because he was gonna rule the kingdom and you weren't!"

"Yeah, and?!" Berit suddenly snapped back. "You know how hard it is being the younger princess, Elsa? The nobody? The spare?! I finally found a way out of his big, fat shadow and he called me a monster!"

"Then you proved him right!" Elsa's words took Berit off-guard, causing the Storm Queen to form a bitter scowl on her face as she exhaled. "Your brother loved you, Berit, and you betrayed him!"

"Pah! Oh yes, of course, love!" Berit made a sound almost like a vomit as she rolled her eyes. "Oh please, love is just another word for distraction! Weakness! Look what it did to my brother, heck, look where it got your parents!"

This remark enraged Elsa to send a powerful blast of ice at Berit, with the Storm Queen putting her hand up to deflect it before she sent her own lightning blast at Elsa. The Snow Queen was sent back several feet by the blast, landing on her back as Berit pinched the bridge of her nose.

"Come now, Elsa..." Berit calmly offered her hand as Elsa pulled herself back up. "We've a whole future ahead of us now... whole new world to make... let's not start it off doing something we'll both regret... we're in this together now, and that's how it should be..."

"No. The only regret I have is ever thinking I could trust you." Elsa stood tall and defiantly as she got closer and closer to Berit's face. "I am not a monster. I'm Elsa of Arendelle. Daughter of Agnarr and Iduna, and the proud sister of Queen Anna. My loyalty lies with my people, and I will do everything I can to protect them."

Berit had a straight look on her face as Elsa came closer to her, not showing a single emotion as the Snow Queen finished her sentance. "You're insane, and you need to be stopped. And I will never join you! Ever!"

Elsa let out a surprised, high-pitched yelp as Berit's fist connected with her left cheek, clutching the left side of her face as she stumbled back. She wasn't able to defend herself as Berit suddenly grabbed her by the shoulders, keeping Elsa bent down as she sent a kneecap into her stomach. The Snow Queen wheezed out weakly as the air rushed out of her lungs and she collapsed on the floor at Berit's feet, trying not to cry as she looked up at the furious weather witch.

"You're so bloody selfish!" Berit snarled as she pressed her foot down hard on Elsa's forearm, preventing the latter from hitting her with a surprise ice blast as she still held her stomach with her other hand. "Your power could reshape the world as we know it! And all you do is parade around making ice castles and talking snowmen with your idiot sister!"

Elsa coughed as the white snow was stained red by the few drops of blood leaking out of her lips, wincing with her eyes shut as Berit released her arm and grabbed her by the hair. "Humanity doesn't deserve to coexist with magic, and this planet isn't big enough for them both! Mankind deserves to be wiped off the face of the Earth forever!"

"Please... please..." Elsa cried out helplessly as she was dragged to her feet, with Berit gripping both her hands tight to keep her ice away before she threw her aside, causing Elsa to hit the floor again as the Storm Queen's nostrils began to flare. "I wanted us to fix the world, but you're being so... so... so difficult!"

I hope you're happy
I hope you're happy now

I hope you're happy how you hurt this cause forever
I hope you think you're clever

Elsa tried to get up again, only for Berit to place her foot hard on her back and force her down onto the ground. Berit clenched her fist as a sharp, jagged lightning bolt emerged from her hand. The Snow Queen knew exactly what Berit planned to do with this bolt, still trying to force herself up which prompted Berit to further press her foot down.

I hope you're proud how you would grovel in submission
Defy my great ambitions

"I really wanted us to do this together..." the defenceless, pinned woman felt her attacker raising the weapon over her head, awaiting the killing blow as she tensed her eyes shut. "But I've worked too hard for even you to stand in my way!"

So though I can't imagine how
I hope you're happy
Now!

"Hey sparkle fingers!" they both went wide-eyed as they heard the voice, turning to see the furious redhead standing with her sword drawn a hundred yards away. "Get away from my sister!"

"Well-well-well... look at this, Elsa..." Berit took her foot off of Elsa as she saw Kristoff, Mattias and the snowmen all standing behind the Queen. "Looks like the cavalry's all here. That's alright, I suppose. Having you all in one place'll make it easier to kill you all at once. Hmm..."

"HEE-YAH!" Berit was taken off her feet as Elsa sent a powerful blast into her back, which sent the Storm Queen flying over the other's heads as she landed hard on the wall behind them. Anna ran over to her dizzied sister as she got to her knees, skidding down next to her as she helped her up. "Anna, what... what are you doing here?"

"Getting you away from her!" Anna snapped as she cupped Elsa's face and tilted it to face her, the burning fury quickly fading from her cheeks when she saw the small but nasty browning bruise under her sister's left eye. Her tone was almost motherly but very angry as Elsa tried to hold back tears, preventing either of them from noticing Berit getting back on her feet. "Did she do this to you?!"

"Anna, I thought... I thought she was... LOOK OUT!" Elsa pushed her sister aside as Berit sent a lightning bolt their way, deflecting it with an ice shield as Mattias, Kristoff and the snowmen all tried to restrain the Storm Queen. It proved to be no use as Berit forced them all off, kicking Beatrix and Loaf away as she grabbed Olaf and threw him into Mattias, before twisting Kristoff's arm with her own.

"RRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!" her shriek echoed across the entire glacier as her lightning bolts tore through the walls of ice. The very foundation of Ahtohallan began to crack beneath their feet as this happened, with Elsa holding Anna close as the Queen shouted "everyone get to the ship!"

Kristoff picked up Loaf and Olaf, with Beatrix trailing behind slightly as they ran with Mattias to the exit. Berit ceased her furious screams as she saw the two sisters following the group, reading another bladed lightning bolt as she gave chase.

Elsa created a wall of ice at the cavern to block Berit from following them as they all went outside towards the edge of the glacier where their ship was docked. Though this bought them a few seconds at best as Berit used her bolt to incinerate the obstacle effortlessly.

Kristoff threw Loaf and Olaf onto the ship as Mattias loosened the ropes, while the sisters prepared to board as Elsa gave her mother's beckoning call to the Nøkk. The water horse pushed the ship forwards at a rapid pace, with Anna not noticing Beatrix's high-pitched scream as the others all held tight to anything they could get their hands on. Berit ran to the very edge of the glacier as the ship went out of sight, collapsing onto her knees as she let out an even more strained, ear-piercing cry.

"AAAAAGGGGHHHHHHH! ELSA! This isn't over!" she called out with all the energy she had left as the ship completely vanished from her view, being too exhausted now to follow. Her eyes widened as she glanced down to the small, fat figure floating in the water where the ship used to be, a grin forming on her face as she snapped her fingers to summon Lynnedslag.

"Hmm... well, it looks like we're not the only ones who got left behind..."