The maelstrom grew stronger as it's whirlpool became deeper and wider, with the towering waves now starting to pull the chunks of Ahtohallan closer to it's abyss. The Storm Queen was lying on her knees on the iceberg closest to the maelstrom, the very centre of the still collapsing glacier. Berit let out a pained, shivering groan as she limped across the iceberg, feeling her body grow colder and stiffer as she looked down at the ice patterns spreading across her hands. She could hear the galloping of the Nøkk as it charged from the mist with the sisters on top of it, letting out a pained little grin as she muttered under her breath. "That's it... that's it now... come on... COME ON!"

"RRAAAAAGGGGHHH!" Elsa leapt off of the water horse's back, running on foot across the water as she readied a final blast of ice. Berit used all the strength she could muster to send a final lightning bolt in Elsa's direction, with the Snow Queen dodging gracefully as it flew right past her.

"Ugh!"

"ANNA!" Elsa gasped as she turned around to see the bolt striking her sister instead, sending Anna flying off of the Nøkk and onto a loose iceberg while Elsa clumsily tumbled into Berit. The foundations of Ahtohallan finally started to sink into the maelstrom as the two magical Queens struggled on the ice, with Berit latching onto Elsa's bodice as they were both dragged towards the edge of the abyss.

Elsa barely noticed Berit or the crashing waves around them as she kept herself clutched to the iceberg they were on, instead keeping her eyes fixated on her unconscious sister while the iceberg carrying Anna came closer to the vast whirlpool. The Nøkk came over to the Snow Queen before Elsa put up her hand to stop it, causing Berit to go wide-eyed as she tried to climb up Elsa's body with her own continuing to freeze up.

"No... no-no-no, what are you doing?!" She gripped the top of Elsa's dress to look her in the eyes, with Elsa already loosening her grip on the iceberg. "We should be goddesses, Elsa! If you do this now, we'll both die!"

"Some people are worth dying for!" Elsa spat back in a confident, defiant tone, looking back to the Nøkk as she gave her order. "Save my sister!"

"Wait!" Berit failed to grip the iceberg herself as Elsa let go, both of them falling with the remains of Ahtohallan as it was sucked into the abyss below.

The fall towards the mouth of the whirlpool was long and steep, allowing Berit to be overcome with a powerful, ravenous fury as she got a hold of Elsa, gripping the Snow Queen's neck tightly with both hands as she shouted out curse words through her tears. Elsa paid no attention, with the sound of Berit's voice and the waves being completely drowned out to silence as she kept her eyes upwards.

A relieved if somewhat bittersweet smile formed on Elsa's face as she saw the Nøkk carrying her sister to safety and out of the maelstrom's reach. Anna was safe, and that was all that mattered to her as the dark began to close in and the end seemed to draw nearer and nearer. Berit's body continued to grow stiffer as the blue ice nearly consumed her, with the weight of it causing her to fall towards the bottom at a faster rate than Elsa. She still didn't give up, keeping her hands attached to Elsa's left sleeve as she tried to pull the Snow Queen down with her.

"ELSA!"

They both went wide-eyed as they heard the familiar voice, with Elsa looking up to see the Nøkk flying down towards them with Anna on it's back. The Queen latched onto her older sister's right arm with both hands as the water horse pulled them up, causing Elsa's left sleeve to tear right off as Berit fell with it.

"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" the Storm Queen cried out as the ice in her heart finally took full effect, turning her into a terrified blue statue that shattered into a thousand shards the moment it landed in the mouth of the shrinking whirlpool. WHOOOSH!

The Nøkk shot like a bullet out of the maelstrom as it closed completely, carrying the sisters on it's back as it galloped across the waves back towards their kingdom. Elsa panted heavily as she kept her arms latched around Anna's waist, burying her face in the back of her sister's shoulder as the Queen smiled breathlessly at her.

"Elsa, you... you'd sacrifice yourself for me?" Neither was sure if their faces were wet due to the water or their tears as Anna said this, with Elsa smiling back as tightened her grip on her sister's waist.

"I love you, Anna. Nothing on Earth's ever gonna change that."

Everyone from Arendelle, the Northuldra and Weselton cheered as Berit's purple storm clouds faded from the sky, letting the orange glow of sunset return as the bright rainbow of the aurora danced across the stars above. Kristoff stood on the very edge of the banking and stared out into the open sea, tears of joy beginning to fill his eyes as he saw the Nøkk galloping towards Arendelle with his wife and sister-in-law on it's back.

Na na na heyana
Hahiyaha naha
Naheya heya na yanuwa
Anhahe yunuwana

He ran into the fjord with the water going to his knees as the Nøkk pulled up, with Anna leaping off of the water horse's back and into her husband's arms. Elsa dismounted her steed as she watched the royal couple kiss with an approving smirk, before looking to the others on the island all cheering for her when she stepped closer to the banking.

"Elsa!" Honeymaren yelled as she, Ryder, Yelena and Mattias all ran towards her out of the crowd, with Elsa hugging the siblings as she stepped onto dry land before taking Yelena and the General's hands in each of her own. Kristoff and Anna held one another's hands as they saw the trolls rolling in, only for the couple and Elsa to go wide-eyed as they saw Olaf, Beatrix and Loaf running towards them.

"HEY! You guys are all okay!" Olaf shrieked with joy as he and his siblings jumped up, the three of them knocking the three humans back into the water as they trapped them all in a big group hug. All six of them were laughing heartily and lovingly as Anna, Kristoff and Elsa pulled themselves to their knees, still keeping the snowmen wrapped in their embrace, which Marshmallow and the Snowgies soon joined as Gale and the Earth Giants watched proudly.

The two sisters stepped hand-in-hand from the water and smiled at the crowd of Northuldrans, Arendellians and Weseltonians, with everyone whooping and cheering for them. Anna had initially assumed the reception was mostly for Elsa, before the latter lifted up her sister's wrist in the air as the crowd cheered even louder for their Queen. The Storm Queen was gone, and their Queens had saved them together, and the kingdom couldn't have been happier about it.

Na na na heyana
Hahiyaha naha
Naheya heya na yanuwa
Anhahe yunuwana

"Elsa..." the Snow Queen looked to Pabbie as everyone else celebrated still, nodding with a wise look of knowing as he motioned his hand to what was behind her. Elsa turned to see where his hand was pointing, seeing the Earth Giants and the Nøkk all standing on the water as they looked to the North at something.

Elsa and Anna were both confused at first, before they looked in the same direction as the spirits were with wide eyes. The aurora was glowing brighter than ever in the air above, and was much closer to Arendelle than it usually would have been. Both sisters had an inkling of what this meant, with Elsa remaining silent as she looked away from the others.

It didn't take long for Kristoff to put two and two together as he too noticed the aurora, putting a hand on his wife's shoulder as she called over to her sister. "Elsa...? It's... it's that place, isn't it?"

"Ahtohallan is gone... they're not... they don't think they're safe..." Elsa sighed as she turned back to Anna and Kristoff, though she kept glancing back to the four spirits as a conflicted tone made it's way into her voice. "They want to... ugh... they want me to... um... I... I don't... hmm..."

She took Anna's hands as she smiled, though she was struggling not to cry as her throat became strained and a dozen thoughts raced in her head at once. "It doesn't need to be like this, Anna, it... it'll be fine. I know it will, everything... everything's just gonna go back to normal, and... and I won't have to... I won't have to go."

"Elsa..." Anna smiled back to calm her sister down a bit. "We'll be okay..."

"Yeah... yeah, we will..." Elsa's tone of voice was still somewhat regretful as she looked back to the spirits again, sighing as she looked down to the floor. They stayed in silence for about five seconds before Anna cleared her throat.

The Snow Queen looked up at her sister, with Anna choking up for a moment before she clarified her statement. A single tear made it's way down the Queen's face as she spoke, though that was merely a prelude for what was to come. "Arendelle... will be okay, Elsa."

Elsa went wide-eyed at this, taking a few seconds to process what her sister was saying. Or rather, what she was meaning. They kept their fingers closely interlinked still, holding tighter than ever as if it was the last they time they were ever going to do it. "Anna... are you sure?"

The Queen wiped her face with the back of her hand as she nodded, before grunting slightly as she felt something at her feet. They both looked down to see Olaf, Beatrix and Loaf all latching onto Anna's legs, with them only being just tall enough to reach that height. All three of them were misty-eyed, but Olaf seemed to be hit worst with it. "Do we have to go too?"

There was a brief moment of hesitation before Anna nodded, with her, Kristoff and Elsa all getting down on their knees so they could be level with the snowmen. She stroked the back of Beatrix's head with her finger, still looking at their original snowman while nodding. "Well, yeah, Olaf, but... hmm... you guys'll love it up there."

"Aren't you coming with us?" Beatrix seemed especially miserable as she said this, as if she already knew what the answer was going to be, before Anna sighed as she cupped the snow-girl's face and straightened her glasses. "Aw sweetheart... you know I can't do that."

Loaf patted his saddened sister on the shoulder, the two exchanging a smile as he said "I bet it's beautiful wherever we're going, Beatrix... it'll be big, lot of adventure, and... and no one's gonna want to eat us either..."

They all stifled a laugh at Loaf's remark, with Kristoff trying to fight back his own tears as he kept his arms outstretched. "So... does, um... ha ha... does anyone need a warm hug?"

They were all gushing out tears as they got together in a tight embrace, with Beatrix wrapping her arms around Anna's waist while Anna held all three snowmen and her sister in her arms, with Kristoff enveloping the lot of them in his. Olaf felt his voice being strained by his crying as he kept as tight as he could to his family, feeling very reluctant when he felt their grip loosen a bit as they started to separate.

"I, um..." he stuttered for a moment, before letting out a small, nostalgic sigh. "I like warm hugs..."

"Me too..." Beatrix sighed back, before Loaf added "yeah... me three..."

Anna took a deep breath as she closed her eyes and kept the hug intact for a few more moments, exhaling as she whispered quietly. "I love you all..."

She sniffled a bit as she and Kristoff released the snowmen from their grip, letting them walk behind Elsa as Marshmallow and the Snowgies all joined them. Elsa then went over to the royal couple as they all stood up, reaching up to kiss Kristoff on the cheek as she took his hand. "Take care of each other, okay?"

"We will..." he nodded back with a smile, before Elsa finally looked to Anna again. No words were exchanged as the sisters trapped each other in a tight embrace, neither daring to let go as tears continued to stream down their faces to the point where they soaked the other's shoulder. It must have taken a minute for them to finally pull away, both of them still sniffling through their smiles as Elsa stepped backwards towards her group and Anna stayed with Kristoff.

Something has changed within me
Something is not the same

I can't be playing by the rules
Of someone else's game

The Snow Queen swallowed as she looked around at the entire kingdom and everyone in it, with Mattias, Yelena and Honeymaren all standing behind the royal couple silently. She rubbed the back of her head before she crossed her arms as she always did when she was upset, a feeling that only worsened when Anna started stepping slowly towards her.

There's so much I want to say

Don't say a word, I'd know it anyway

It's like a dream
I thought would never be...

Elsa...
You're free

Anna took her sister's hands as she sang the next part, a gentle tone in her voice as her sister's eyes widened.

Let it go
Let it go

Show us what you can do

Elsa smiled as she cupped her sister's face, while Kristoff, the snowmen and even the entire kingdom joined in the singing.

Let it go
Let it go

The magic one is you

Here I go, we've come so far

Show yourself
Let them see who you are

Anna let go of Elsa's hands as more tears starting streaming down her face and she slowly pulled away from her sister. Elsa closed her eyes as the snowflake's portal opened in the distance. Olaf and his siblings all waved teary-eyed at the crowd as they started flurrying away, letting Gale's wind carry them all into the sky as the ice palace melted away back into the North Mountain.

If there's nothing to break my fall
It's okay, I've seen it all

If I don't make it, sing my song
From here I'm weightless
No stars are famous
And the world is small

The Earth Giants started crumbling down into the fjords as their spirits headed towards the aurora, while Anna slowly took Bruni off of her shoulder. The small salamander licked the side of the Queen's face, prompting a little smile from her before she passed him over to Elsa. The Snow Queen let out a weak little sigh as it was just and the Nøkk left, glancing back to the aurora's vortex in the distance before she looked to Anna for a final show of approval.

"It's time, Elsa..." Anna's voice was almost like a whisper, with Elsa nodding slowly as she held her head up. "Yeah... it's time."

Elsa turned away from her sister as she and her husband took a few steps back towards the crowd behind them, letting the ice form beneath her feet as she walked across the water. A confident grin formed on her feet as she slammed her foot down hard onto the ice.

The entire crowd cried out in amazement as the snowflake shape appeared in the aurora, sending out the rainbow bridge as it flew from the black triangle into the sea a mile away. Elsa bellowed out with all the strength in her lungs as she turned back to see the kingdom watching her.

So if you care to find me
Look to the Northern sky!

As someone told me lately
Everyone deserves the chance to fly!

Elsa leapt onto the Nøkk's back as it took off at a great speed towards the aurora. Anna and Kristoff both ran to the very edge of the fjord, everyone watching in awe as the water horse rose out of the waves and began to run up the rainbow bridge with the other spirits while Elsa continued to sing.

Tell them how I
Am defying gravity!

I'm flying high
Defying gravity!

She dismounted the steed at the very edge of the bridge, letting it rejoin the other spirits as they all disappeared into the black vortex of the portal. Elsa turned a final time to her kingdom, her, family, her sister, seeing Anna give a confident nod of approval as she nodded back.

And nothing's gonna
Bring... me... down!

Anna smiled despite the tearful mess her face was becoming, with her and Kristoff watching as the vortex slowly closed with Elsa's open-armed silhouette remaining visible until the very last moment. The crowd continued to sing behind the couple as the rainbow bridge vanished with a blinding blast of pure white light that swept over the kingdom, slowly fading away as the aurora returned to it's rightful place in the night sky.

Let it go
Let it go

And she'll rise like the break of dawn

Let it go
Let it go

The fear and cold are gone

Here we stand
In the light of day

Let our true love go!

LET... IT...

GO!