Chapter 7: The Ship

Jack's POV

We followed Bruni well into the night and into the morning. Elsa called out to the voice as we traveled. But then Olaf started to as well. Not too well.

"Hey Olaf," Anna asked. "Maybe just one of you should do it."

Olaf nodded. "I agree, she's a little pitchy."

I walked up towards Elsa. Just then. The wind spirit pushed me forward.

"Hey, Gale's back," Olaf said.

It spun around Elsa then shot off up a hill. Where we saw the mast of the ship. An Arendellian ship.

"What?" I whispered. Elsa and I ran up the hill and looked down at it. It wasn't just any Arendellian ship. It was Adgar and Iduna's.

"How can it be?" Anna asked as she saw it.

"What is it?" Olaf asked.

"Mother and father's ship," Anna answered.

"But this isn't the southern sea," I said.

"No, it isn't."

I looked over at Elsa who was on the verge of tears. I went to comfort her, but she took off towards the ship. Anna ran with her. I flew down to them. they entered the ship through the large hole in the side.

I looked around the old ship. It was old and falling apart.

"Why is their ship here? How is it here?" Elsa asked.

"I don't know," I replied.

"It must have been washed in from the dark sea," Anna replied as we looked around.

"What were they doing in the dark sea?" Elsa asked.

"I don't know," Anna said sadly.

"How did the ship get through the mist?" Olaf asked. "I thought nobody could but us, unless..."

"Nobody was on it," I said, rethinking the worst.

"There's gotta be something here," Anna said. "Wait, wait, look around. Every Arendellian ship has a compartment, waterproof."

"That's very clever. Although that makes me wonder why they don't just make the whole ship waterproof." Olaf said as we franticly started searching.

Anna searched at a bench and pushed on it. A compartment came out. "Here!" She took the compartment out, opened it, and pulled out two scrolls. She opened the first one to reveal some strange symbols.

"What language is this?" Anna asked as I looked over her shoulder.

"I don't know, but look, this is mother's handwriting," Elsa said as she pointed to the corner.

"The end of the ice age, the river found but lost. Magic's source. Elsa's source?" Anna read.

Elsa grabbed the paper and looked at it while Anna grabbed the other.

"It's a map." She laid it out. "They first traveled south, to Corona, then traveled north. Planned to cross the dark sea to.."

"Ahtohallan," Elsa said.

"It's real?"

"Ahtoha- what?" Olaf asked

"Ahtohallan. It's a magical river said to hold all the answers about the past."

"Reinforcing my water has memory theory," Olaf said

"Water has memory," Elsa said. She walked over to the deck and put her hands on the deck. "Elsa?" Anna asked.

"I wanna know what happened to them," Elsa said as she focused her magic on the deck. Little water droplets floated in the air and started to form something. While it happened we heard voices.

"Ahtohallan has to be the source of her magic."

"We keep going for Elsa..."

I walked over to Elsa and Anna and held them as we watched the statue form.

"WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!"

"Kozmotis!"

"You knew this day would come, Adgar."

"Any last words?"

"My daughter will live on,"

"Too bad you won't."

"NO!"

"Iduna! NO!"

"Adgar, I love you."

"I love you too,"

We looked at the statue in horror. Iduna laid down, with a sword in her chest. Adgar held her while holding a wound on his stomach. A giant wave was behind him. Kozmotis hoving above with a smile on his face.

Elsa gasped and ran out of the ship.

"Elsa!" Anna and I said.

She ran up the hill and stopped at a rock. I grabbed her hands as Anna grabbed her shoulders.

"Elsa. Talk to me." I said.

"This is my fault, they were looking for answers about me. And Kozmotis killed them because of it.

"You are not responsible for their choices, Elsa," Anna said.

"No, just their deaths," she said as she walked away.

"Stop. Elsa stop." I said as I jumped in front of her. "You know Kozmotis killed them. Not you."

"Exactly," Anna said, stepping in front of me. "Also, Yelena asks why would the spirits reward Arendelle with the magical queen? Because our mother saved our father. She saved her enemy. Her good deed was rewarded with you. You are a gift.

"For what?"

"If anyone can resolve the past. If anyone can save Arendelle and free this forest, it's you. I believe in you, Elsa. More than anyone or anything."

Elsa then looked at me.

"So do I."

She grabbed me and hugged me tightly. Tears wet my shoulder as she cried. Anna wiped a tear away.

When Elsa finally composed herself, she looked at both of us.

"Honeymaren said there was a fifth spirit. A bridge between magical nature and us.

"A fifth spirit?" Anna asked.

"That what's been calling me. From Ahtohallan. The answers about the past are all there."

"So we go to Ahtohallan.

"Not we. Me."

"What?" Anna asked.

"The dark sea is too dangerous for us both."

"No, we do this together. Remember the song, go too far and you'll be drowned. Who will stop you from going too far?

I stood by Elsa and put my arm around her.

"I will."

Anna glared at me. "If you can go, so can I."

"I am your guy's guardian. I know Elsa can to it. But I can't help her and you. Besides, you would be safer by not going."

"You have had plenty of time with her, now back off, Jack!"

"Oh, is that why you're always pushing me around, getting to Elsa before me?"

"Yes! You're always with her. I need to help her here and now."

"Anna, You said you believed in me, that this is what I was born to do," Elsa said.

"And I don't want to stop you from that. I, I don't want to stop you from being whatever you need to be. I just don't want you dying, trying to be everything for everyone else too. Don't do this alone. Let me help you, please. I can't lose you, Elsa."

Elsa then hugs Anna tightly. "I can't lose you either, Anna." She then motions to Olaf. "Come on."

As Olaf joins in the group hug, Elsa looks at me. I step back and nod. She then sends Anna and Olaf away to safety on an iceboat.

"Wait, what? What are you doing? Elsa!"

Elsa sadly looks on as they slide away.

"You did the right thing," I said as I grabbed her hand.

"Then why do I feel so bad about it?"

"It'll pass. Come on. Let's go to Ahtohallen." I said.

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