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Chapter Summery: With an agreement reached, Anna spends some time with her Father in the woods, where they have an informative talk with Ahtohallan and Anna attempts to expand her elemental range of powers, with surprising results.
Disclaimer: I don't own Elsa, Anna, Cassandra or any other Disney characters or locations that appear or are mentioned in this work of fiction, Disney does.
NOTE: Part 3 of 5, this would've been posted yesterday, but I discovered a 'no, but actually yes' inconsistency that needed to be ironed out.
- Fifteen minutes later -
Five minutes into their walk into the woods, with Agnarr walking to Anna's left, he looked to his daughter with a smile, who glanced to him with a little smile.
"W-What?"
Anna is soon stopped by her father placing a hand to her shoulder, before he sighed.
"I was thinking about when we were on the bridge." stated Agnarr, which prompted a groan from Anna.
"Ugh, I'm not talking about my private life with Elsa."
"Hehe, no, no, no, I wasn't referring to that." replied Agnarr with a chuckle. "I was gonna refer to the moment with the kids and you displaying your magic to them."
"Oh, what about it?" asked Anna.
"Seeing how happy you made those kids and seeing how happy you were, it made me think of when you were a baby, when your powers first manifested." he replied, before sighing. "I want to apologize for having your magic removed."
"Oh..." replied Anna. "Well, that's not an apology I was expecting. I forgive you though." she added with a smile.
"We did something horrible to you, so I don't expect your forgiveness, but thank you. I do have a question though; How did you get your magic back?"
"Well, turns out, Pabbie didn't permanently remove it." answered Anna.
"He didn't?" asked Agnarr.
"Nope, he just sealed it. If my life was in danger though, my magic would 'wake up' to protect me." answered Anna.
"Oh..." replied Agnarr, before he lowered his gaze in sadness. "When you froze."
"Oh, Elsa, told you about that?" asked Anna.
"Yeah. With her ice memories, she showed me all the important parts of the Eternal Winter."
"Oh..." replied Anna, before a big smile came to her face. "Did she show you her song!?"
"What song?"
"It's an awesome song she does after she runs away and builds her ice palace."
"Heh, well I'll have to remember to ask her about it."
"Heh, I had some issues in the beginning controlling my magic, but it's fine now." replied Anna with a smile, before she continued on her way, however, Agnarr returned his hand to her shoulder and stopped her.
"Anna wait, I..."
"Hmm?" replied Anna, facing her father again, however, she saw that he looked troubled by something, opening his mouth to speak, before stopping and averting his eyes. "What is it?" asked Anna, now quite curious to her father's hesitation.
Agnarr soon returns his gaze to Anna with a stressed smile as he lowered his hand from her shoulder.
"Never-mind, it's not worth it."
"Well now I wanna know." replied Anna, before Agnarr shook his head.
"Just forget it, I never should've stopped you for something pointless."
Anna narrows her eyes at her father, before sighing.
"Fine, is it something that's gonna affect me or Elsa, or Arendelle in general?"
"No, no, nothing like that." replied Agnarr. "It's just something that's pointless now, sorry for piquing your curiosity for nothing."
"Ok then." replied Anna, before she and her father continue into the woods.
However, after just three minutes, the curiosity of what Agnarr intended to tell her and backing out on, was just too much for her to let go and Anna quickly turned to face her Father.
"I can't, I just have to know! What were you gonna tell me a little while ago?"
"It's not worth it." replied Agnarr.
"You thought it was before you backed out." stated Anna. "I just gotta know now." she added, before her father gives a heavy sigh and places a hand over his face.
"Ok then..." he comments, before muttering lowly, "Should've just kept quite." he then lowers his hand and looks to his daughter. "I didn't want to have your magic removed, your mother wanted to."
"W-What?" gasped Anna.
"I didn't agree with what she wanted to do." stated Agnarr. "But she was oddly insistent and claimed it was too dangerous for you to keep your magic. She had a point I'll admit, but to just remove your magic... I was hesitant, but in the end, I went along with her choice. What we did never sat well with me, but I'm relieved that your magic was only sealed and not removed entirely."
Anna was stunned, Iduna wanted her magic removed, even insisted on it...
"But... why!?" asked Anna. "From what I remember of Pabbie telling me, neither of you wanted to have my magic removed."
"That is true." replied Agnarr. "It was an unfortunate discussion we had. Of the two of you though, your magic, as a baby, was a bigger concern than Elsa's, whose powers were only recently starting to show themselves just before you were born. Yours were nearly immediate."
"Really? Elsa wasn't born with her powers?" asked Anna, despite the recent surprise, that particular reveal was quite interesting.
"Heh, nope." replied Agnarr with a little smile. "You pretty much were though."
"Well, as interesting as that is, the concern part of my magic is understandable." commented Anna. "A fussy baby with fire magic, I get it, but... instead of trying to work around it, Mom really wanted my magic removed?"
"Yes, she came to me with the suggestion."
"Why? Did something happen with my magic at the time to prompt such a choice?"
"Yes, actually." replied Agnarr with a little smile. "It was quite terrifying really. It was the first time your magic had manifested. We were woken up late at night to you crying and the crib you were in engulfed in fire."
"Whoa!" gasped Anna, wide-eyed. "Ok, Mother's choice to have my magic removed makes a lot of sense now." she added, which prompted a chuckle from Agnarr.
"Luckily, nothing else had caught fire, but your mother and I were in a panic on what to do and neither of us slept well for a few days after, even when the event didn't repeat. You were quite warm afterwards though. I didn't even consider having your magic removed, which was why I was so surprised by Iduna's suggestion and her rather odd insistence about it." he commented, before a sigh left him. "We both took it hard, but your mother took the decision we made particularly hard. I could tell it hurt her greatly to look at you and know she had taken a part of you away." he added, which prompted a small sigh from Anna, before she looked at her father curiously.
"Insistent, huh? That's the second time you've said Mother was 'oddly' insistent. Given the context, the decision is understandable."
"Yes, of course, it's just, with hindsight..."
"Hindsight?" asked Anna. "You don't think Mother had another reason behind her choice, do you?" she asked, which prompted Agnarr to avert his gaze with an unsure look on his face.
"... I don't WANT to think that, I just figured your mother was scared at the time; so was I, but with the truth she revealed; I've been going over in my head things she's said or done." commented Agnarr, before he lifted a hand up to his head and shook it with a sigh. "I'm probably just over-thinking this. It's impressive Iduna could keep such a secret for so long."
"Heh, well just worrying and thinking about it won't get you anywhere." stated Anna. "You'll just have to ask her about it when you see her again."
"You're right." replied Agnarr with a smile. "All these reveals in such a short time is a bit much."
"Heh, well shifting away from Mothers possible ulterior motives, how did Elsa react to my magic? She must've been at least three at the time right? Did she sleep with you and mom or have her own room?" asked Anna, before she saw her father grimace.
"Elsa had her own bed in our room at the time. She saw your crib covered in fire too and it terrified her, but she never mentioned it again after your magic was removed and we told her you were just fine and what happened will never happen again."
"Wow, so you're saying Elsa repressed the memory?" asked Anna.
"Well, she was really young at the time, so it's entirely likely she just doesn't remember it."
"Hmm, well Elsa did wonder why she doesn't remember me having magic when I told her about my magic being sealed." commented Anna. "She figured she was just too young to remember."
"Well you also didn't have your magic for very long." replied Agnarr. "And I'm pretty sure that was the first and only time Elsa had seen your magic, so it's no surprise she doesn't remember you having magic."
"Hehe, well at least you didn't have her memory messed with." teased Anna, which prompted a nervous chuckle from Agnarr.
"In our defense, we didn't ask for that."
"You didn't refuse it either, though." pointed out Anna with a smirk, which prompted another chuckle from Agnarr.
"No... no we didn't." sighed Agnarr,
"Anyway, thanks for telling me this. I suspected the reasons for what you two did, but it's nice to have confirmation." Anna added, which prompted Agnarr to smile a little and lift a hand up to Anna's shoulder briefly,
"After your display on the bridge, I wanted to come clean to you concerning the removal of your magic; because I figured you deserved to know, but then I thought it might come off as trying to make myself look better than your mother, when it wasn't my intention; given my suspicions and the fact that she isn't here right now, so I hesitated. But, against the choice or not, I still went along with the choice ultimately, so I'm no better or worse." explained Agnarr, before Anna smiled at him and lifted a hand to pat her fathers on her shoulder.
"I forgive you, Mother too."
"Thanks." replied Agnarr, before he continued and asked, "Actually, now that you've brought it up, how did you get your memories back anyway?"
"I didn't." answered Anna.
"W-What?" gasped Agnarr.
"Yep, I still have those false memories Pabbie gave me."
"If you know their fake, then why not have them restored?" asked Agnarr, before Anna shrugged her shoulders.
"Meh, I just never bothered to ask. Besides, I found out by accident that my healing can restore my memories. So if I ever wanted them back, I could do it myself."
"I'm just shocked that you're OK with all your memories of your childhood with Elsa being fake."
"Well their not ALL fake." replied Anna. "Like I said, my healing can fix them too."
"So you can tell which are fake?" asked Agnarr.
"Yep, like when Elsa made a bunch of snow hills in the castle and I slid down them; not the same night of the accident though." replied Anna, while Agnarr looked at her strangely, before Anna also looked confused. "No wait, that one actually happened, cause Elsa's using her magic; I only mistakenly used my magic to fix my memories once and that wasn't one of them."
"Maybe you fixed more memories than you thought." commented Agnarr.
"I didn't, I'm sure of it." replied Anna. "When I mistakenly fixed the memory of the accident, I could still recall the fake memories." she added, before she lowered her gaze as she attempted to remember a number of childhood memories, but all of them showed Elsa using her magic, she couldn't even recall the fake versions. "They're all gone now, the fake memories." commented Anna in shock.
"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Agnarr.
"Well, yeah... but... when did this happen? The last time I can remember still having my fake memories was a couple of days ago. I remember having fake memories, but I can't actually remember what those memories were..." replied Anna before she gasped as the realization hit. "Ahtohallan! That beam of light that engulfed us, that must've did it!"
"A beam of light?" asked Agnarr.
"Yeah, as we traveled deeper into Ahtohallan, Elsa and I started to become entranced and we ended up making a sort of magic circle that we were lead into and a big beam of magical energy surrounded us." answered Anna. "It was pretty intense, it dropped us to our hands and knees for a moment. That must've been what fixed my memories; us being linked with Ahtohallan and with Elsa and Ahtohallan's memory powers, it actually makes sense that my memories would be fixed. It would've been nice to know before hand, but now that I've figured it out, I'm ok with it."
"Oh, well, good." replied Agnarr. "So you and Elsa are actually linked to Ahtohallan?"
"Yep, it said we can call to it with a certain melody and it will open the link between us to communicate and we could even request things of it, like protecting Arendelle."
"Really?" asked Agnarr, with clear interest. "What's the melody?"
"Hmm, well I don't want to bother Ahtohallan, but I guess it's not actually doing anything. The melody goes... ~Ah-Ahh-Ah-Ahhhhh~."
"Hmm, simple." commented Agnarr, before moments later, both were a little surprised when a disembodied female voice spoke to them.
"Hello again, Anna." spoke Ahtohallan, however, it did not speak with Elsa or Anna's voice, but the voice Anna recalled hearing during the memory of her younger mother speaking to Ahtohallan, it's true voice, however it didn't sound very energetic, almost bored. "And to you, Your Majesty, I'd bow if I could."
"Oh, well..." commented Agnarr, briefly looking around. "Thank you."
"Hello Ahtohallan." greeted Anna.
"So why have you called me?" Asked Ahtohallan. "Does Arendelle need protection already?"
"No, no." replied Anna with a smile. "My dad and I were just talking and the topic of you came up and I mentioned that I could call to you with a melody and my Dad was curious what the melody was; I figured you wasn't doing anything, so I just called to, I guess, properly introduce you to my Father and chat; Is that ok?"
"Of course!" answered Ahtohallan with clear delight in its voice from its apparent mood being lifted, which prompted a curious raised brow from Anna, this Ahtohallan did not have the same bored sounding voice, it had life to it now and sounded youthful, as if Ahtohallan was of similar age to her. "I welcome a chat!"
"Hello Ahtohallan." greeted Agnarr.
"Hello, Your Majesty!" replied Ahtohallan happily. "I wondered which one of you would call to me first." she added, before Anna chuckled and resumed walking down the path, with Agnarr.
"Well Elsa still isn't too happy with you." stated Anna. "So I wouldn't expect a call from her anytime soon."
"Well I have all the time in the world." commented Ahtohallan, before Agnarr asked...
"How's Iduna doing? Do you know?"
"She's doing just fine." answered Ahtohallan. "She had a scare with Nokk, but she's fine."
"A scare?" questioned Anna. "What happened?"
"Nokk walked up to her with the intention to talk and she ran away in a fright." answered Ahtohallan, before Anna gasped.
"Oh, right, Nokk did drown her. So I guess seeing her murderer all of a sudden was a shock." commented Anna, while Agnarr didn't comment, he had a slight frown on his face.
"Unfortunately." commented Ahtohallan. "But given time, I hope they can get along again."
"Meh, getting along with your murderer? I dunno about that." commented Anna.
"I'm with Anna on that." commented Agnarr. "I'd actually be surprised if Iduna was friendly with Nokk."
"I guess you're right." stated Ahtohallan. "Aside from Nokk and Iduna, the Spirits and the Northuldra are getting along."
"Well that's good." commented Anna. "How about our Grandmother? Is she doing ok?"
"I know she's still alive." answered Ahtohallan.
"That's all you can tell me?" asked Anna.
"I'm not everywhere yanno." replied Ahtohallan. "I learn things through the spirits. Bruni and Gale are the only ones who have closely interacted with the Northuldra for the past few days. So yeah, all I can tell you is that your Grandmother is still alive."
"Ah, sorry then." replied Anna. "I just assumed you knew everything."
"Hehe, I'm far from all-knowing." replied Ahtohallan, however, Anna curiosity was piqued.
"So you can laugh?" asked Anna. "That's the first time I've heard you laugh."
"O-oh, uh... I've been practicing." replied Ahtohallan nervously, which prompted a smirk from Anna.
"Uh huh... well, a little birdie told me you could smile all along, you were just tricking and manipulating me."
"I-I don't know where you heard that from." replied Ahtohallan.
"That same birdie told me a little about you, like the fact that you're an actual person, a woman." continued Anna, however, Ahtohallan didn't reply. "If you wanna be our ally/friend, I'm gonna need some honesty from you."
"Ok, fine." answered Ahtohallan with a defeated sigh. "I just didn't want to dump a bunch of stuff on you two."
"Afraid we'd, or rather, Elsa would abandon you?" asked Anna.
"... yes." answered Ahtohallan. "I need her help."
"In freeing you." stated Anna.
"Yes."
"Are you good or evil?" asked Anna.
"Good, of course!" answered Ahtohallan quickly. "I just... like to play pranks. I pranked someone I shouldn't have and their retaliation was trapping me in the middle of nowhere for thousands of years."
"Geez." replied Anna with a cringe, before Agnarr whistled and added...
"That's harsh."
"I know!" declared Ahtohallan. "Oh thank goodness you believe me! I was so worried! It was just a harmless prank! Ugh, but being trapped here for as long as I have, unable to die, has given me time to reflect on my actions; Not everyone can handle a prank, even if it's harmless."
"So you're actually a person?" asked Anna. "A woman?"
"Yep." answered Ahtohallan.
"What do you look like?"
"Beautiful!" declared Ahtohallan delightfully, which prompted a chuckle from Agnarr and Anna, who commented...
"Well you're modest, huh?"
"You asked me what I look like and I answered." replied Ahtohallan, before Agnarr commented...
"I'm pretty sure she meant your features."
"Yeah." added Anna.
"Oh, well, I have a slim figure; short, black hair; bright, blue eyes; a cute, round face... oh wait, imagine Elsa with short, black hair and bigger breasts!" answered Ahtohallan.
"I'd rather not." commented Agnarr, which prompted a chuckle from Anna.
"Heh, so you look similar to Elsa then?" asked Anna.
"Yep, but I'm better looking." answered Ahtohallan.
"Ha!" laughed Anna. "Yeah right, you ARE a prankster if you expect me to believe that, Elsa's gorgeous!"
"It's ok to be wrong." commented Ahtohallan.
"Says the person trapped on an island." stated Anna. "No one compares to Elsa's beauty."
The two continued declaring who was better looking for the next few moments, until Agnarr's giggling interrupted them.
"I'm sorry, please, continue." replied Agnarr. "This little argument you two are having is pretty amusing." he added, before Anna sighed.
"Ugh, this is silly; you can think what ever you want."
"How nice of you to gracefully admit defeat." commented Ahtohallan.
"Whatever." muttered Anna. "We're nearing the place I want to go, we can talk later."
"Aww, I enjoyed our conversation." replied Ahtohallan.
"Yeah, well I want to spend some time with my Father, alone." replied Anna, before motioning to her Father to follow her off the trail and into the trees.
"Alright then." stated Ahtohallan. "I look forward to speaking with you again."
"Good bye, Ahtohallan." commented Agnarr.
"Farewell, Your Majesty."
"Well..." added Agnarr after a few moments of silence of them walking through the trees. "That was certainly an interesting experience, didn't think I'd be speaking to Ahtohallan when I woke up this morning."
"Hehe, you should've been there when we first met." commented Anna with a chuckle. "Ahtohallan was acting weird, which now I know it was just an act to get us to care; which worked like a charm on me."
"Well, she seemed nice." replied Agnarr, which prompted a chuckle from Anna.
"Heh... yeah, until you remember she took advantage of the chaos Grandfather caused to set a thirty plus year plan in place that ended up with you and mother dying."
"Hmm, yeah, there is that detail." agreed Agnarr. "But now, everything seems to be working out; Your Mother and I are alive, you've gained more family with you discovering your mother's side; and so have I, honestly; Iduna can catch up with her family and her people and the spirits are at peace with them and the instigator of this wants to get along. All-in-All, this appears to be a perfect ending."
"Yeah, you do have a point." commented Anna. "A lot of good ended up coming from it. We brought back the lost Arendelle soldiers and met Cassandra too, so there's that. Plus, if you really think about it, if Ahtohallan hadn't intervened, you wouldn't have ended up marring Mother and Elsa and I would never have been born. So in the end, I'd say our lives have improved, but the ending would be even better though if you actually supported my relationship with Elsa."
"I disagree." replied Agnarr, which prompted a disappointed groan from Anna.
"Ugh, well we're almost at the shore." commented Anna, before a minute more of walking through the trees, the two reached the end, exiting the trees to a small, beach-like shore with the ocean in front of them, while the trees still hid them from town and even the castle. "And here we are!" declared Anna with delight. "The shore has shrunk a bit from a previous visit, but there's still plenty of space."
"The shore has shrunk?" asked Agnarr curiously, which prompted an embarrassed chuckle from Anna.
"Heh, yea, that was a rather eventful practice session at the time." replied Anna, "But the water is the most important part of this location after all." she added as she walked ahead a short distance, near the edge of the water, feeling her shoes sinking a bit in the wet sand. "Plus, there's still plenty of space between the water and the trees."
"That there is." replied Agnarr, before a small giggling gasp left Anna as the water briefly advanced and nearly covered her shoes before she stepped back and returned beside her father to his left, which prompted a little chuckle from him. "Heh, so what are you practicing this time?"
"I wanna try to use Earth magic." answered Anna.
"Earth Magic?" questioned Agnarr curiously.
"Yeah, thanks to our trip to Ahtohallan, Elsa and I learned more about our magic, we're not restricted to one element and like I said earlier; Elsa has Ice/Water and Wind, I wanna aim for Fire and Earth!" answered Anna delightfully. "We'll have all four elements between us!
"Wow, that's impressive."
"Heh, yeah... maybe I could create new land." commented Anna with a smile, which prompted a chuckle from Agnarr.
"I think we have plenty of land."
"Hmm, you may be right." replied Anna, before crossing her arms and lifting one hand up to her chin. "Maybe... Oh, I could help develop the land we do have, like gardening and stuff. I could use my magic to grow more crops really quick, which in turn not only helps the people, but could lead to more trade for Arendelle." she added, which brought a smile to Agnarr's face.
"Well, I have to admit: I did not expect you to have such willingness to use your magic for Arendelle's benefit."
"Hehe, why shouldn't I." asked Anna, with a smirk towards her father. "I have the ability to make near immediate improvements for Arendelle. As Princess, it just wouldn't be right for me to keep the benefits of my magic to myself; at least, that's not the kind of Princess I want to be."
"I'm very happy to hear that." commented Agnarr, before he placed a hand to Anna's shoulder. "But you're just one person; You clearly love to help, but be careful not to over-exert yourself. You'll be no help to anyone if you pass out."
"I wont." replied Anna. "I'm sure you and Elsa would warn me too."
"Heh, yeah, we would."
"Alright then!" commented Anna with a delight. "Do you mind stepping back some? Just in case, don't want to accidentally hurt you trying something new."
"Don't mind at all." replied Agnarr, as he retreated a short distance from Anna, towards the trees, about two yards of space between them as he stood off to the side, allowing him to still watch what Anna does.
"That should be good." commented Anna, before she walked just a few steps towards the water and took a slow breath, before she extended her right hand towards the sand a couple of feet in front of her. "Alright, time to move some Earth!" happily declared Anna, before attempting to cause some motion of the sand that wasn't bringing it to broil.
However, just moments in, nothing happens, Anna didn't even feel anything. Although, Anna does hear a tease from her father...
"Hmm, very impressive."
"Ha, ha." replied Anna with a smirk as she looked back to her father, placing her hands on her hips, while Agnarr smirks in return.
"I was just, expecting something immediate." replied Agnarr. "Given what you've already displayed."
"Heh, me too." commented Anna with a smile as she shrugged her shoulders and lowered her hands. "Guess that would've been too easy though." she added, before lifting a hand up to her chin. "Hmm... using a different element probably needs a different approach... but Elsa seemed to be able to use Wind with no problem... But she was also beaten up and moments from getting knocked out, so it was more desperation. Like Ahtohallan said, she was forced." commented Anna, thinking aloud, before Agnarr gasped, and walked towards her.
"Wait, wait, wait, Elsa was in a fight?"
"Yeah." answered Anna. "A few, we both were... Guess we didn't mention that."
"No, you didn't." replied Agnarr. "When did this happen?"
"In the Enchanted Forest." answered Anna. "Our journey to Ahtohallan and rescuing you and Mother. We hand an 'encounter' with the Wind, Fire and Water Spirits; Gale, Bruni and Nokk." added Anna. "Then lastly, Elsa and Cassandra ended up fighting while we were in Ahtohallan. It wasn't a real 'to the death' fight though, more sparring/Elsa getting her anger out about Ahtohallan, but I still didn't like it."
"Oh, well..." replied Agnarr, visibly stunned at the reveal of the more eventful trip his daughters had than he realized. "Uh, did Elsa win the spar?"
"Unfortunately, nope." answered Anna. "...But she put up a good attempt; she clearly had the raw power, but Cassandra was just more skilled."
"Well that's unfortunate." replied Agnarr. "But I'm glad you two are ok."
"Yeah, but of all the fights though, the Nokk one was the scariest." commented Anna. "It was that one that caused Elsa's new haircut. She nearly died in that fight, me too."
"Seriously!?" gasped Agnarr.
"Yeah, but Elsa's a lot tougher than I thought." replied Anna with a smile. "When she's mad anyway; Near the end of the fight, Nokk struck her with lightning, burning half her body and Elsa STILL tried to fight back when she was nearly dead, thankfully, I could heal her."
"Whoa..." commented Agnarr simply, standing in shock, which prompted a chuckle from Anna.
"Hehe, yeah... our trip was pretty eventful, but we discovered so much; like you said earlier: more family, mostly friendly spirits, source of Elsa and I's magic, meeting Cassandra, getting you and Mother back, even meeting Silvia; Heh, we're friends with a demon princess whose invited us to her kingdom, how crazy is that!?"
"Hehe, she certainly is an interesting one." replied Agnarr. "I was unaware she was a princess though."
"Yeah, but she seems to reject the title since she really doesn't like being called that." commented Anna. "Dunno why."
"Hmm, then I'll have to remember that the next time we meet. I never would've imagined I'd meet an actual demon though; and she looked like a regular person, and was very polite and nice." replied Agnarr, which prompted a little chuckle from Anna.
"Yeah, Silvia is really nice, and caring too, that was a surprise; but we were told that Silvia is nice." commented Anna with a smile, before she briefly averted her eyes in thought, thinking of Ayoka and Isabelle. "Hey, Father, I have a question."
"Alright." commented Agnarr, before Anna returned her gaze to him with a little smile.
"Say you found out more people like Silvia lived here in Arendelle; keeping what they are secret, but not causing any trouble and just wanted to live a normal human life, and even contribute to the town. What would be your opinion on them?"
Agnarr raised a curious eye at the question, but took a moment to consider his answer, given the question, there likely were demons living in Arendelle, a fact that, to be honest, was unsettling that he was unaware of, but Silvia was nice and polite, proof that being a demon didn't automatically mean they were bad or evil.
"Hmm... well, if they're not causing trouble, even contributing to the town in some way and just want to live a normal life; then I can't say I have any problem. However, I would like to meet them."
"Oh, good." replied Anna with a smile, while Agnarr noticed the look of relief on Anna's face.
"Are there demon's secretly living here in Arendelle?" Asked Agnarr.
"Yeah, two families." answered Anna. "We've met one of them; A Succubus, like Silvia and her human husband. The other we haven't met but we know that they're a Succubus couple, no kids. It was actually thanks to the succubus we met that we even thought of possibly retrieving you and Mothers remains."
"Oh, only two families?" asked Agnarr.
"Yeah. They don't like to populate a human town in fear of what they are being discovered and raising a bunch of issues, which causes them to leave. Elsa and I wanted them to feel welcome, especially if they just want to live peacefully and not cause problems."
"Hmm, I can agree with that. But how did you discover demons lived here?"
"Uh, well..." commented Anna, feeling a little wary of outing Isabelle, but as King, Anna felt her father should know, "One of the castle's handmaids is a Succubus."
"R-Really?" gasped Agnarr with clear shock. "Who?"
"Ehh... if I tell you, you have to promise you won't just walk up to her and blurt out that you know her secret; that would cause a problem you do not want to have, trust me; she's quite skittish about it. Kinda like Elsa, but instead of being fearful of her powers, this person is more fearful of her powers being discovered."
"Ah, I see, then I'll be discreet."
"Actually..." stated Anna. "Have me or Elsa join you, that'll calm her possible concern."
"Alright, so who is it?" asked Agnarr, before Anna delayed a little, before answering...
"Isabelle."
"I-Isabelle? Elsa's personal handmaid that we assigned to her!?" gasped Agnarr.
"Heh, yep."
"Wow..." commented Agnarr, placing his hands to his hips and lowering his gaze with a slight frown as he tried to recall any interaction with the particular handmaid, which wasn't too difficult with the limited staff of the castle during the time of the separation and Isabelle was one of the few people that still interacted with Elsa. "She did not seem suspicious at all. She seemed so normal."
"Heh, well that was her goal." replied Anna. "I'm just happy we got to know her and see what kind of person she was before we learned WHAT she is."
"Hmm, fair point there; To be honest though, I'm still feeling a little uneasy that Isabelle's been employed this long and I never knew."
"Heh, well it's not like you were actively looking for demons in the castle." commented Anna, which prompted a small chuckle from Agnarr.
"Hehe, again, fair point."
"Anyway..." commented Anna, turning face the ocean again. "Back to practicing." she added, before placing a hand to her hip and looking skyward. "Hmm, considering I'm going in blind here, maybe I should see if Felsa has anything to say."
"I'm sorry..." commented Agnarr with a chuckle. "Felsa? Whose that?"
"Oh right!" gasped Anna. "I never told you; Felsa's the name of my magic." she added, which earned her a giggle from Agnarr.
"Really? You named your magic?"
"Yep." answered Anna with a smile. "Elsa named her's too; it's Sanna. Our magic actually talks to us too." she added, which prompted a curious look from Agnarr.
"Really? So you two can hear the voices of your magic?"
"Yep. Elsa can even give her magic a body anyone around can talk to and interact with, like Olaf."
"But you can't?" asked Agnarr.
"Nope, at least I don't think so, I never tried. But one thing at a time; me using Earth magic. I'm gonna ask Felsa about it."
"OK..." replied Agnarr, watching his daughter with curiosity and she lowered her gaze, appearing to think, which wasn't incorrect.
'So...' thought Anna. 'Anything you can tell me? Surely joining with Ahtohallan did more than just letting you know it's intent.'
'You're right.' answered Felsa. 'I did gain further insight on your abilities. Would you like a hint to using Earth magic or do you want me to just tell you outright?'
'Hmm... as tempting as having you just tell me is, there's no learning in that. Not much practice in just being told the answer... gimme a hint, I'll take it from there!'
'Alright; You need to be in physical contact with the ground.' revealed Felsa.
'Oh, really? So using Earth magic is similar to me sensing the life around me when I'm barefoot?'
'Yep, good luck.'
"Alright then..." stated Anna aloud, and returned her gaze to her father with a smile. "I can work with that!" she added, before she moved away from the water and towards the trees as Agnarr followed behind and asked...
"I take it you got an answer from the voice in your head?"
"Ha, ha..." replied Anna, looking back with a smirk, which was mimicked by Agnarr who shrugged his shoulders.
"Hey, I'm not the one hearing voices in their head no one else can."
"Heh, anywaaaay..." commented Anna with a smirk as she reentered the trees a short distance, the ocean still very visible, before she stopped and reached down to her shoes, pulling them off along with her socks, placing them in the shoes, followed by placing them off to the side before she briefly wriggles her bare toes on the grassy ground, facing the direction of the ocean. "Alright, so Felsa said it's similar to when I feel the life around me, but that's a passive thing..."
"Wait, what?" questioned Agnarr, standing a couple of yards in front of Anna, to her right. "You, feel the life around you?"
"Oh yeah, I didn't tell you." commented Anna. "So yeah, when I have physical contact with the ground; like me currently being barefoot, or placing my hands to the ground, my magic spreads throughout the ground in a wide area around me and I can sense any living person or animal within the area."
"Wow." replied Agnarr. "That's impressive."
"Hehe, sure is! As long as I'm in contact with the ground, I can know if I'm alone or not." commented Anna with a smile. "Elsa can do something similar, but without being barefoot and hers isn't as discreet as mine, Although, she can keep track of things she's made." she added, before she lifted her right hand with the ring. "Like this ring; as long as I'm wearing it, Elsa can sense were I am if she chooses to, with the added benefit of her magic alerting her if I'm in danger."
"Elsa can know your location at anytime?" asked Agnarr, he found the idea very strange, which prompted a little chuckle from Anna.
"Hehe, yeah, I wasn't much of a fan of the idea either when Elsa told me, but I got over that. It's not like Elsa singled this ring out; like I said, Elsa can track all the things she creates, like Olaf, or Marshmallow."
"Well, I'm surprised you two have more magical abilities than just Fire and Ice." commented Agnarr with a smile. "Elsa can apparently create sentient snowmen and you can heal and restore life."
"Hehe, well, the older we get, the stronger we'll become in our magic. Maybe I'll be able to revive someone without passing out in a few years or without having to eat a lot; there's only so much I can eat at once after all."
Just moments following Anna's comment, Agnarr stifles a chuckle.
"What?" asked Anna.
"It's nothing." answered Agnarr. "Just a funny thought came to me."
"Well tell me."
"Heh, alright then. After what you said, an image of you stuffing yourself with food till you're stomach was bulging came to me."
"Seriously?" ask Anna with a smirk. "You think I'd make myself fat just to use one part of my magic better?"
"Hehe, maybe not, but I wouldn't put it past you to stuff yourself a bit if it meant helping someone; it's want you did for me after all."
"Yeah, well I didn't eat till my stomach was bulging; I still nearly passed out anyway. So it's looking like for now, I could revive one, maaaybe two people a day."
"That's still incredible." commented Agnarr.
"Yeah, it is. Besides, it's not like I'm actually going to be reviving even one person a day consistently, heck even one a month; if people are dying that often, that I have to figure out an efficient way to revive them, then something dire is happening that needs to be looked at, but it's nice to know where my current limit is."
"Agreed." commented Agnarr.
"Alright then, back to the task at hand." commented Anna, before looking down at her feet and wriggling her toes. "So, similar to my passive ability..." she added, before a thought dawned on her with a delight gasp. "Oh, wait, when I use my healing on the ground, I can make plants grow! Maybe my Fire magic and Earth magic are more closely related than I thought. It makes sense, Fire and Ice would be opposite, or opposing elements, like Ahtohallan said; using an opposing element would be more difficult." she added, before lowering a hand to her dress and hiking it up to reveal her knees before she lowered herself to her knees.
"Do I need to move?" asked Agnarr.
"No-well, maybe, yeah, just to be safe." answered Anna, followed by Agnarr moving about two yards to Anna's right side, who lowers her hands down to the ground. "Now, how to do this without making myself pass out? Pretty sure using my healing won't make the ground raise up in front of me- just make the plants and grass grow."
"Question..." commented Agnarr. "How do you actually use your Fire and Healing magic? Maybe that can tell you something?"
"You have a point." commented Anna, pulling her hands from the ground and crossing her arms over her chest. "Hmm... How do I actually use my magic? Hmm... wow, you know what, I can't really explain it." replied Anna, before she lifted her right hand and created a ball of fire above her hand. "I just, do it; like walking, it's not something I think about."
"Wow, that's impressive in its own right." commented Agnarr. "You're magic use is as natural as walking?"
"Hehe, guess so; For Fire anyway." answered Anna with a chuckle, before dispersing the fireball.
"Then..." started Agnarr with a brief thought, "Why not just 'do it' with Earth magic."
"Hmm, 'just do it', huh?" commented Anna. "Well I do remember back in Ahtohallan, I don't remember exactly what it was referring to, but it said to Elsa to just will it can she could do it... what was the 'it' though, hmmm... oh right, it was the memory thing. Well, guess it's worth a shot." she added, before lowered her hand down to the ground in front of her. "Will it and you can do it. Let's start small and just 'will' the ground to rise up a little, or just have any movement at all."
Following Anna briefly closing her eyes and taking a calming breath, she sent her magic into the ground and focused on a small area just a couple of feet in front of her, intent to simply cause movement; not burn the ground or prompt any plant growth.
Anna and Agnarr both watched the ground attentively and didn't need to wait long, at least for Anna; to her delight, she saw the ground actually move, a small, nearly imperceptible rise in the ground.
"I'm doing it!" declared Anna.
"I'm not seeing anything." commented Agnarr.
"Right here!" stated Anna happily as she crawled the short distance towards the tiny movement and reached out her right hand to it and poked it with her index finger.
However, Anna's delight took a sharp dive when her finger sinks right into the ground like a poorly baked cake, before a small pop was heard and the tiny mound suddenly deflated, causing a depression in the ground that Agnarr saw.
"Aww..." replied Anna in disappointment as she pulled her hand back. "I just heated up the ground from within. Not quite as simple as 'just do it', I guess."
"Sorry." commented Agnarr, before Anna sat up on her knees and looked up to her father with a smile.
"Don't be; this is training after all, lot's of trial and error to be expected. I've had my share of failures." commented Anna, before she stood. "I just pick myself up and try again."
"Well I'm glad to hear that." replied Agnarr with a smile. "You never were easily discouraged." he added, which prompted a chuckle from Anna, before she crossed her arms over her chest and lifted a hand up to her chin.
"Alright then, so what else can I try to wake up my Earth powers? Hmm... well I can make plants grow, that's not exactly a power related to fire. Although... fire can be thought of as having a rebirth quality, it's were my healing stems from. Hmm, maybe I could use that..." stated Anna, thinking aloud, before she looked to her father. "My healing could be the link between the elements; Felsa's hint was that I needed to be barefoot." she added, as a smile came to her face. "If I can make plants grow with my healing, maybe I could use it as a sort of, stepping stone... towards Earth magic?"
"Maybe?" replied Agnarr, before smiling and shrugging his shoulders. "As a normal person with no magic, I can't really speak to anything you just said." he added, with a urged a chuckle from Anna.
"Hehe... I like that you've joined me though, even if you're a 'normal person'. Having another person to offer idea's is always helpful. So I welcome any thoughts or suggestions."
"Well, I don't have any suggestions, but how would you use your healing to use Earth magic?" replied Agnarr.
"Well I have an idea." answered Anna. "I use my magic and make the grass around me grow as usual, then try and go from there, not using my healing and trying to move the ground in someway."
"Hmm, I see what you mean by stepping stone." commented Agnarr. "Instead of going right to trying to move the ground, take a sort of 'crawl before you can walk' approach."
"Yeah, exactly!" replied Anna, before giggling. "But if this doesn't work, I'm lost; I'll just have to ask Felsa for another hint."
"Well good luck." commented Agnarr as he took a couple of steps back.
With her father a safe distance away, Anna proceeded with her idea, looking down to the ground at her feet; along with Agnarr, who looked on with interest as he saw the grass at his daughter feet growing, even a couple of flowers.
"Heh, I gotta say..." commented Agnarr with a smile, drawing Anna's curious gaze. "This is the most I've seen you display your powers; I find this healing one is honestly more impressive than your fire."
"Yeah, it's pretty awesome." replied Anna. "At the start, I'd grow flowers for Elsa, but I had to stop since I was making too many."
"Hehe, so you'd give her flowers at random times of the day?" asked Agnarr.
"Yep." answered Anna with a smile, before she briefly averts her gaze as she thought back to those moments. "I liked the reaction I'd get from Elsa the first few times." she added, which prompted a small chuckle from Agnarr.
"I actually did the same with your mother early in our marriage." commented Agnarr with a smile at the memory. "The smile on her face when I'd surprise her with a flower was a lovely one. I should start doing it again."
"Well..." stated Anna with a smirk. "We have something in common: the joy of seeing the smiles of the ones we love." she added, which while Agnarr didn't reply, his smile also didn't fade.
Following Anna resuming her task, the grass and sparse flowers reaching a little over ankle-high, before Anna focused as she attempted to quickly switch from healing to using her magic, hoping to use what ever technique her healing allowed for the growth of plants to 'bleed over' to her normal magic to move the Earth at her feet.
To Anna's and Agnarr's surprise, Anna's attempt succeeded; However, it didn't have the particular result Anna was aiming for. While the grass and flower growth stopped, a fiery aura covered the new growth.
"Uhh, ok..." commented Anna curiously. "Let's see where this goes..."
Lifting her right hand up, as if to command the ground to move, a surprising result followed. While the ground didn't rise up or shift beneath her feet, a vine-like tendril rose up from the ground to her right, prompting a wide-eyed look of surprise from Anna as the vine rose shoulder-high, however, the tendril was sheathed in fire.
"Ooookaaaay..." repeated Anna curiously, before glancing to her father, who looked confused and lifted his hands in a 'I don't know' expression. "Can't say I expected THIS, but..." she added, before she looked to her left hand and lifted it like her right and a second vine-like tendril, wreathed in flames, emerged from the ground beside her, before a smile quickly came to her face. "I'm doing it!" declared Anna delightfully. "Not really moving or creating new land, but this is certainly not fire magic alone and I haven't done anything like this with my healing; This is progress!" she added happily as she reached out her hands to the fiery tendrils, which move to coil around her hands and wrists like a snake.
Shortly after Anna enjoying the progress she made, Agnarr claps his hands.
"Congratulations. I'm impressed."
"Me too!" declared Anna. "I have a second element to use, like Elsa! But I'm still learning with my Fire magic, I don't want to spread myself too thin. These vines are clearly covered in fire, so I still need to work at using Earth without my fire powers mixing with it; Like when Elsa fought Cass, her wind powers were mixed with her ice powers. Still though, this is a good start, a VERY good start." explained Anna delightfully.
"Well I'm happy for you." replied Agnarr, prompted Anna to look at him with a big smile.
However, the shared delight was short-lived as both noticed a black smoke begin to surround Anna, who coughed a little.
"What's burning?" asked Anna, before Agnarr gasped as he saw the bottom of Anna's dress had caught fire.
"Anna your dress is on fire!" declared Agnarr.
"Huh? Ah! No! No! No! Not again!" gasped Anna, before she looked down and the saw that the bottom of her dress was indeed on fire from the ground that was still on fire, causing her to quickly snatch her hands away from the tendrils and hopped out of the fire, which quickly dissipated, along with the fire around the tendrils as they limply fell to the ground as Anna attempted to pat the fire out, but only succeeded in lighting her sleeves on fire. "Crap!"
"Just take it off!" declared Agnarr.
"What, no!" gasped Anna, "I'll be naked!"
"THAT'S what your worried about!?" asked Agnarr. "Your safety is my primary concern!" he add as he hurried towards her, hands out to grab her, which prompted a red-faced gasp from Anna, before she bolted away towards the ocean, which was thankfully still nearby.
"T-That's ok! The fire doesn't bother me, remember!?"
"Hey, stop! Where are you going!?" declared Agnarr chasing after her. "You're gonna spread the fire!"
"I just said the fire doesn't bother me!" declared Anna.
"Oh, right..." commented Agnarr as he slowed his pursuit, while Anna continued on, reaching and diving into the water.
Shortly after Agnarr reaches the shore, Anna is coming out of the water, drenched from heat to toe, but no longer on fire, although there were large black spots on her dress and the bottom hem of her dress no longer existed as it was tattered and burned, as well as her sleeves. However, stopping in front of her father, Anna saw that Agnarr was grinning at her.
"What's so funny?"
"I admit I forgot your fire doesn't affect you, but seeing you dive into the water and come out drenched is quite amusing."
"Oh really?" asked Anna with her hands on her hips and smirking in return. "Were you really going to strip me out of my clothes?"
"Absolutely. Seeing you on fire scared me; I'd rather you be embarrassed and fine, than burned all over."
"Heh, well thanks."
"Besides, seeing you naked would do nothing for me."
"Wow, you could've kept that to yourself." commented Anna with annoyance. "Besides, I highly doubt that you would feel- actually, never mind." she added with a cringe. "I don't even wanna go there."
To be continued...