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Chapter Summery: Elsa and Anna come face-to-face with the other Elsa, is she friend or foe?

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: With this part, I've decided to reveal the month and date and will be including it in future chapters. Also, after looking up what day of the week the date given in this story is, it doesn't match up with the real life day of the week of that time (I was curious). So before anyone comments on that, I'm aware, it would be nice if it matched up, but hey, this is a fictional story that's now including alternate realities, I think I can get a pass on days of the week :p

NOTE 2: We're at the Halfway point! No eta on the next part, but again, aiming for a week within posting of this part.


- 2:34 P.M. -

- Enchanted Forest -

With Nokk's speed on the water, the sister's journey was a short one, arriving within the familiar forest and only a few minutes in, traveling along a river, Nokk slowed to a stop as he stepped out of the river and onto solid land.

"This will be as far as I go." Stated Nokk. "For you mother's well-being and to honor your request, Elsa." he added, allowing the sisters to dismount.

"Thanks." stated Elsa, before Anna asked the spirit.

"So we just follow this river and we'll run into the Other Elsa and Mother?"

"Correct." replied Nokk. "They are currently sitting at the river, talking."

"Talking?" Questioned Elsa. "Just... talking?"

"Yes." answered Nokk. "And it appears that your doppelganger has injured her foot, so if things go south, that may be an advantage to exploit." he added, which prompted a grimace from Elsa.

"Thanks for the tip."

Without another word, Nokk turned around and disappeared into the river, leaving the sisters alone, who shared a wary look, before Elsa commented...

"Well, this is actually gonna happen."

"I know." replied Anna, with a little smile. "As stressful as this is with how the other you is going to react or what kind of person she is, this is also pretty exciting!"

"Heh, yeah, I can't deny that." replied Elsa with a brief smile. "But this Other Me is an invader, we can't let the strangeness of this event distract us; we don't know this person or what she may be capable of. This whole 'come in peace' may be a lie." she added, which prompted a sigh from Anna.

"Yeah, yeah, I know." replied Anna, before she reached down and removed her shoes and socks, holding them in her left hand. "At least I'll be able to tell if she's lying."

"Right, well... ready?" asked Elsa.

"Yep, let's get going."


After about a seven minute walk along the river, in nervous anticipation of meeting the Doppelganger, thanks to Anna's magical location ability honing in on their targets location, the sisters quickly slowed their walk when they heard the faint sounds of talking behind a large bolder in their path, which would provide ample cover for their approach, along with the consistent sound of the river concealing the sound of the footsteps.

Sneaking closer to the bolder, the sisters could more clearly hear the conversation and the obvious sound of their mother's voice and the odd sound of Elsa's voice, the current topic seemed to be the Doppelganger comparing herself with Elsa, one such being they shared a love of chocolate, confirmed by Iduna.

"They seem to be having a normal conversation." whispered Anna. "And it's so weird to hear your voice behind this rock when you're right here."

"If you think that's weird, imagine it from my point of view." whispered back Elsa. "Another me is talking to Mother so normally."

"Well, their both sitting down, I'm ready when you are."

Following the comment, Elsa took a slow, deep breath and exhale, before her left hand glows with her magic.

"Alright, let's do this."

Elsa took the lead, calmly walking out from behind the rock, to see just a couple yards ahead, her mother and the very weird sight of herself sitting to her mother's left at the edge of the river, wearing the same white dress she had seen her in briefly and a smile on her face looking at her mother.

However, no longer sneaking and out in the open, Elsa saw her mirror notice her with a startled gasp and scramble to her feet, which proved a tad difficult as she wore an icy cast over her left foot, aiding herself with a ice cane. While Iduna also gasped upon Elsa's appearance, as well as Anna to her right.

"Elsa!?" gasped Iduna, before Elsa lifted her left hand towards her Doppelganger.

"Stop!" demanded Elsa sternly. "Don't you even try to run!"

"Wait-Wait-Wait!" quickly stated the other Elsa as she lifted her free hand up in a surrender pose. "Don't attack, please!"

"Elsa, wait!" quickly requested Iduna as she stood. "It's ok, she's not bad."

"I'll be the judge of that." stated Elsa. "Come towards us Mother."

Iduna glanced back towards the other Elsa, before she walked towards Elsa, who asked...

"Did she hurt you?"

"No, she didn't." answered Iduna, walking up to Elsa, and reaching up to Elsa's wrist with her right. "You don't need to be so aggressive." she added, before the Other Elsa commented...

"You seriously think I would hurt her?"

"I don't know." replied Elsa, before she spoke to Iduna. "Mother, get behind me." the comment prompted a sigh from Iduna, before she followed the request and walked behind Elsa, but saw Anna smile at her, who smiled back.

"It's nice to see you again." whispered Anna, which Iduna only continued to smile at in response.

"I don't know you." added Elsa, towards her mirror. "You're the invader here. Going after our parents... You're a threat until proven otherwise."

"Going after?" questioned Other Elsa, before she sighed. "I just wanted to meet them, that's all, I swear. I didn't even have the intention of talking to them, just look in on them from a distance." she added, while Iduna meanwhile, walked behind Anna to her right and while her daughter's attention was on the Other Elsa, Iduna glanced down to Anna's right hand and saw the band on her ring finger, which prompted a wide-eyed look of intrigue from Iduna.

'So it's true...' thought Iduna, as Elsa responded to her double...

"Yet we find you sitting with OUR mother after that Asshole Nokk comes uninvited to my Kingdom telling me you refuse to stay put and/or leave."

"Asshole Nokk?" questioned the Other Elsa. "He's not your friend?"

"Heh, friends with that murderer? Hell no!" replied Elsa. "I don't know about your Nokk, but the one here murdered my parents." she added, which prompted cringe from the other Elsa.

"Oh, right... I'm sorry." replied the Other Elsa. "I know how this all looks; I'd likely have the same reaction as you if our positions were reversed, but honestly, I come in peace." she added, with a smile as she started lowering her hand, but Elsa quickly commented...

"Keep your hand up!"

The other Elsa complied and raised her hand again in a show of non-aggression, before she continued.

"I'm not here to steal your parents or anything like that. That brief moment we met and I saw my- your parents frozen bodies..." she stated with a little smile. "I just had to see them... even if they were frozen... and imagine my surprise when I find out not only did you recover their bodies, frozen and preserved, but somehow brought back to life; I just had to see for myself!" she added with delight. "Even if they're not really my parents, I just needed to see them again. I'm sorry about how I went about this."

Elsa narrowed her eyes at her doppelganger, before she slowly began to walk to her, stopping within a yard, her hand still aimed at the other Elsa, magic primed to fire.

"Everything you've said is the truth?" asked Elsa.

"Yes, every word." answered the Other Elsa. "Despite my invading your reality, I'm not your enemy." she added, which prompted Elsa to stare at her for a moment, before she commented...

"Anna."

Anna then walked up to Elsa's right and gave a greeting wave of right hand.

"Hi."

"Hi." greeted back the other Elsa with a smile. "Your mother says you have magic; I was pretty shocked to learn that."

"I do." stated Anna, before she stepped closer to her and extended her right hand. "Take my hand."

The other Elsa curiously looks at Anna's offered hand, before looking to Elsa, who stated...

"Do it."

The other Elsa then lowered her right hand to take Anna's, before Elsa asked...

"I'm going to ask you again; Has everything you've said, been the truth?"

The Other Elsa looked at her oddly, but answered...

"Yes, I come in peace, I don't want to steal your parents and I'm not an enemy."

Just seconds later, Anna smiled and released the Other Elsa's hand and looked back to Elsa.

"She's telling the truth."

The comment prompted Elsa to sigh in relief and lower her hand, her magic dispersing.

"Thank-goodness."

Meanwhile, the Other Elsa, looked on in confusion.

"Wait, what just happened?"

Anna then looked at her with a proud smile.

"I can use my magic to detect lies."

"Seriously?" asked the Other Elsa, wide-eyed. "That's an incredible ability; luckily for me." she added, before Iduna, walked up to Elsa's right, placing a hand to her daughters shoulder, commenting...

"I'm relieved this was able to be resolved quickly."

"Same here." stated Elsa.

"I second that." stated the Other Elsa, before Elsa looked to her mother and asked...

"Did you know she wasn't me, Mother?"

"At the start, when we first met, I didn't know." answered Iduna. "But I noticed a bunch of strange details as soon as I was near her, some more obvious than others, but Gale confirmed it for me, she told me she wasn't you."

"You weren't concerned why she was here?" asked Elsa.

"No, not really. More curious than concerned." replied Iduna, before a little chuckle left her as she looked at the Other Elsa. "She actually seemed a little afraid when we met. I insisted on bringing her back to camp to tend to her ankle, which she injured when she fell out of the tree trying to hide from me, but she insisted on not returning." she added, before the Other Elsa also added...

"I didn't want to cause any confusion. Better to limit my contact with others as much as possible."

"Right." stated Iduna. "So, we headed away to the river and just talked until you two arrived." she added, before the Other Elsa smiled and commented...

"It was a very enjoyable conversation; My mother and father died, so having this brief moment with your mother means a lot to me. Your mother told me about you two and I told her about myself. We were just talking about my similarities and differences with her Elsa when you two arrived."

The explanation, prompted a sigh from Elsa.

"I get it; I don't like that you invaded, but I get it."

The Other Elsa smiled, before Anna looked down to her covered left foot.

"Hey, can I heal your foot?" asked Anna, which seemed to take the Other Elsa by surprise.

"Oh... uh, I-I guess." replied the Other Elsa, before she lifted her left foot out towards Anna and the ice cast fluttered away to reveal her bare foot and her slightly reddened ankle, prompting Anna to kneel down, place her shoes that she still held, down on the ground before placed her hands to either side of the Other Elsa's ankle as her hands glow red with her magic, while the Other Elsa looked on in wide-eyed interest, with an occasional wince from the healing.

After just a few moments, Anna stopped, picked up her shoes and stood.

"That should do it."

The Other Elsa then carefully, lowered her foot to the ground and gently put weight on it, quickly smiling at the result and stepping her healed foot a couple times, before her cane fluttered away.

"Incredible!" commented the Other Elsa, which prompted a satisfied smile from Anna as an icy sandal formed around the Other Elsa's foot, matching her other foot. "Your mother said you revived them, which was unbelievable itself, but here your mother stands." she added, before Iduna left Elsa's side to join Anna's right with a smile, whom the Other Elsa smiles at as well, before she turns her attention back to Anna. "I didn't think I'd get to see you using magic myself; I'm sure my Anna would be delighted to know a different version of her has magic. I bet she'd love to meet you."

"I'd like to meet her too!" replied Anna happily, before Elsa finally walked up to Anna's left, with her arms folded over her chest, eyeing the Other Elsa from head to toe, who looked at her curiously and a bit nervously.

"We're fine, right?" asked the Other Elsa, however Elsa continued to simply study her twin. "Uh, the short hair looks nice. I wouldn't go that short myself, but it looks good."

"Why white?" asked Elsa.

"Uh, sorry?" replied the other Elsa curiously.

"The dress." clarified Elsa. "Why white? It's so much. There's some blue, yeah, but it's mostly white." she added before reaching toward her twin's right arm and lifting the ice fabric that hung from her arm. "And these arm capes, why?"

After a moment, Anna and Iduna, as well as the Other Elsa, chuckled a little, before she replied...

"After our standoff, my clothing is the first thing you comment on?"

"It's just such a difference from the usual." stated Elsa.

"Well, my Ahtohallan gave me this as a weird symbolism of me 'stepping into my power', but in the end, I liked it, so I kept it." answered Other Elsa.

"Heh, looks like a wedding dress." commented Elsa with a smirk, which prompted a return smirk from Other Elsa.

"Yanno, you're not the first to say that. On the subject of clothing though." replied Other Elsa, turning her gaze to Anna. "Anna's clothing looks pretty interesting."

"It's glass!" declared Anna proudly with her hands on her hips.

"Glass?" questioned Other Elsa. "You're clothing is made of... glass?"

"Yep. Dunno how much Mother told you about my magic, but I have fire powers and I learned I could melt sand into glass and form it into stuff, like you and Elsa can with ice."

"Wow, that's really impressive!" replied Other Elsa.

"Heh, me making glass clothes came out of necessity." stated Anna. "It's only been like two months since I've had my magic, so I like to train it and that tends to end up with my clothes burned at the very least, or in ashes at the worse."

"Two months!?" gasped Other Elsa. "You've only had your magic for two months!?"

"Yep." answered Anna. "Apparently, I was born with it just like Elsa. But as a baby, our parents ended up having my powers sealed by Pabbie." she added, briefly looking to her mother, who looked very uncomfortable and averted her gaze, while Other Elsa commented in awe...

"What!?"

Before Iduna replied lowly...

"I'm sorry."

"It's ok." replied Anna. "I already talked to Father about it, but I would like to talk to you about it too, I have some questions; but not now."

Iduna simply remained silent, before Anna returned her attention back to the Other Elsa.

"Anyway, my powers ended up remaining sealed until I froze trying to protect Elsa from Hans."

"So Hans still happened here?" asked Other Elsa.

"Yep."

"How old are you two?" asked Other Elsa.

"I'm twenty-one." answered Elsa.

"Eighteen." answered Anna. "You?"

"Twenty-five." replied Other Elsa with a smile, "My birthday was last month." she added, before Anna asked...

"What's your birthday?"

"December 22nd." answered the Other Elsa.

"That's a day after mine." stated Elsa.

"Nice." replied the Other Elsa with a smile, "Guess we're not synced up month-wise. It's January where I'm from."

"September here." stated Elsa, "The seventh specifically." followed by Anna commenting...

"My birthday's June 22nd, what about your Anna?"

"June 21st." answered Other Elsa.

"Wow, we were born on nearly the same day." stated Anna.

The Other Elsa then stepped towards Elsa with a smile and leaned towards her left ear and whispered, "One word of advice... No birthday bugle horn for Anna's birthday; It'll save you a Hans-sized headache for the future."

Elsa looked very confused and questioned...

"Huh?"

"Heh, well that, or try to stay healthy around that time." stated Other Elsa as she stepped back.

"Hey." stated Anna. "What did you tell her?"

"It's an Elsa secret." replied Other Elsa with a smile.

"Ugh, what did she tell you Elsa?"

"Uh, something about a horn." answered Elsa, choosing to keep the birthday detail to herself.

"A horn? Ugh, fine, whatever. Anyway, were was I? ...Oh right, when I was frozen, my magic unsealed to protect me and from then on, I've developed my magic."

Wow, that's incredible..." replied Other Elsa. "Aside from the healing, is there anything you've learned to do?"

"Oh yeah, plenty in just a short time!" answered Anna delightfully. "One of the most recent things- that we've both learned, is to fly!"

"Whoa, seriously!?" gasped Other Elsa. "You two can fly!? How?"

"From my hands and feet." answered Anna. "I shoot fire from them; my hands are for steering and my feet are for thrust. Unfortunately, I can't show it off here given all the trees, but Elsa can show off hers; she makes a sheet of ice that she can ride, along with anyone else."

"Wow, I never thought of that." stated Other Elsa. "Well, technically, I can fly too, but only short distances."

"Really?" asked Elsa. "How do you do it?"

"I turn into a snow cloud."

Elsa and Anna were both stunned at the admission and Elsa replied...

"W-Wait, what? You turn into a cloud!?"

"Yep, I'll show you." stated Other Elsa, before she stepped back a couple feet.

Soon, a frosty aura began to surround the other Elsa, quickly thickening in a matter of seconds, before the other Elsa's form was completely obscured and the snowy cloud began to move left and right a few yards in front of the wide-eyed sisters and Iduna, equally amazed, with no sight of the Other Elsa's previous form.

"Whoa!" gasped Anna, while Elsa simply stared in amazement, before the cloud circled them and Iduna and arrived at it's initial location before in a blink the Other Elsa reappeared from the cloud with a smile.

"Ta-da!" she declared with her arms out to either side of her.

"That was awesome!" declared Anna delightfully.

"How do you see?" asked Elsa. "CAN you see?"

"Yeah, I can see while I'm a cloud." answered Other Elsa. "It's like being in a heavy snowfall. I can't see too far, but I can see enough to move around, or fly into a tree, only for a branch to break under my weight and send me back to the ground." she added, before Elsa asked...

"If you can fly like that, why did you say you could only do it for short distances? Does it take a lot of effort to maintain?"

"That's exactly it." answered Other Elsa. "But if I can just make a frozen sheet and ride that, it'll be much easier. Although, my cloud form does allow me to pass through tight spaces, so there's still the utility of it."

"Could you teach Elsa that?" asked Anna.

"Sure." replied Other Elsa, before Elsa commented...

"Thanks, but I'll pass on that."

"Oh come on." stated Anna. "What's with you and not wanting to learn magical stuff? You have another you here, just think of all the things you could learn." she added, before the Other Elsa smiled and commented...

"And I from her. Just like the flying idea."

"Heh, yeah, well..." stated Elsa with a smile before she looked to Anna. "I just don't want to learn that particular trick, what if I turn into a cloud and get blown away or I can't turn back to normal? My current method of flying suits me just fine."

"Ugh, fine." replied Anna with a groan, before she looked to the Other Elsa. "Anyway, I have another trick to tell you about; I can detect any life within a large radius around me if I'm barefoot like I am now or put my hand to the ground."

"Neat, I was wondering why you didn't have your shoes on; so that's how you found me." stated Other Elsa.

"It allowed us to pin-point your location, yeah." stated Anna, before lowered herself to sit on the ground. "Guess I don't need to barefoot anymore either." she added as she put her sock and shoes on.

"Well, I can do something similar." stated Other Elsa, "I can send out a radial frost wave and anyone in the area I can detect. Useful if I can't visually see someone if I otherwise could, like at nighttime or heavy snow."

"I can do that too." stated Elsa, as Anna returned to her feet. "Anna's is a lot stealthier though."

"Hehe, yeah, I had no clue you two were sneaking up on me." replied Other Elsa.

"Oh! Oh!" gasped Anna delightfully. "How many elements can you use?" she asked, which prompted a confused look on the Other Elsa's face.

"Uh, just one, Ice- well, water too technically."

Anna then smiled proudly.

"Hehe, we're not limited to one element."

"Seriously?" asked Other Elsa, wide-eyed, while Elsa crossed her arms over her chest with a proud smile herself; While Iduna also expressed surprise, turning to her daughters and commenting...

"Wait, really?"

"Yep!" answered Anna. "We have the potential to use all four elements. Currently, I've just started practicing with Earth magic and Elsa can use wind."

"Show me!" eagerly requested the Other Elsa. "Ahem, I mean, please." she added, before Iduna joined Other Elsa's side to look at her two daughters and added...

"I'd like to see too."

"Hehe, I'm not exactly very good at using Earth magic right now though." replied Anna nervously. "The best I've managed so far is creating some vines that rise from the ground."

"That's fine with me." stated Other Elsa. "I'd just like to see whatever you could do."

"So would I." commented Elsa. "You haven't actually shown me what you can do."

"Ok, ok, fine." replied Anna with a smile. "Just keep your expectations in check, this is still brand new for me." she added, before she reached down and pulled her shoes and socks off again. "Guess it was a little too soon to put my shoes on."

"You need to be barefoot?" asked Other Elsa.

"Yeah." answered Anna, before holding her shoes in her left hand and looked down to the ground in front of them and took a quick breath, followed by extending her right hand down towards the ground.

After a short moment of focusing her magic on the area between them, all three were wide-eyed and impressed when the saw a slender, green plant emerge from the ground and slowly rise in height, thickening a little as it grew as tall as Anna, wriggling around like a snake.

"Ta-da!" declared Anna with a smile. "And it's not covered in fire this time, I'm already getting better at this."

"Impressive." stated Other Elsa as she stared at Anna's accomplishment.

"Yeah..." replied Iduna. "I never thought either of you two would be able to use other elements."

Elsa meanwhile, stared at the wriggling vine with a faint blush rising on her cheeks,

"Y-Yeah, that is impressive."

Other Elsa then asked, "You said it's not covered in fire this time, so it was before?"

"Yeah." answered Anna. "I had a tricky time figuring out how to use Earth magic for the first time. "I ended up having to combine my healing and fire magic, which ended up with a vine like this one covered in fire. I later retried with the existing vine I created and there was no fire and now, I created a vine, but with no fire."

"Impressive." commented Other Elsa.

Anna then added, to the Other Elsa and her Mother in front of her...

"Anyway, my original goal was to be able to create new land; but Father mentioned that we have plenty of land already and he does have a point. Then I thought I could help with gardens and farms, speeding up the growth, but that's not using my Earth magic though."

"You can grow plants with your magic too?" asked Other Elsa.

"Yeah." answered Anna. "That's tied to my healing." she added, before the wriggling vine fell limply to the ground and Anna lowered her hand, as well as herself as she put her socks and shoes on yet again. "I've grown plenty of flowers, but I haven't tried it with fruits or vegetables yet."

"That's pretty incredible." stated Other Elsa.

"Yeah, it is." replied Anna, before returning to her feet. "But my healing does have a downside, it weakens me, how much depends on what I'm doing. Like when I healed your ankle, I didn't feel anything, but if I heal something more serious, I start to feel the effects, especially if I revive someone or something; I end up passing out, even if it's a small animal like a bird. So I have to be aware of the situation before I try healing something serious or eat plenty before I do something that'll take a lot of energy."

"Wow." stated Other Elsa. "Just, wow."

"Hehe." chuckled Anna delightfully. "While I can restore life, Elsa can create it."

"Oh, so is there an Olaf and Marshmallow here too?" asked Other Elsa, which prompted Elsa to answer...

"Yep. Olaf stays with us in the castle and Marshmallow is at my ice palace."

However, Iduna then commented with intrigue...

"Wait, wait, what? You can CREATE life!? And Olaf? Isn't that the name of the snowman you two made when you were little?"

"Heh, yep." answered Elsa. "While testing my powers I discovered I could create life when I magically recreated Olaf."

"S-So, there's a living snowman walking around the castle?" asked Iduna.

"Yep." answered Elsa. "He's really nice." she added, before all three flinched when Anna happily gasped..

"Oh! Oh! Other Elsa! Does '~The cold never bothered me anywaaaay!~' sound familiar to you?" she added, which prompted not only an embarrassed smile from the Other Elsa, but the Elsa to Anna's left to place a hand over her face.

"Yes, it does." answered Other Elsa.

"What song is that?" asked Iduna, before Anna happily answered...

"It's a pretty awesome song Elsa came up with when she ran away up to the North Mountain after her powers were revealed."

"Oh..." replied Iduna, wide-eyed, before a small gasped left Anna.

"Oh, that's right, Elsa and I didn't tell you about that yet. It leads into my frozen event too, sure you're curious about that since we brought it up with no context."

"It did cross my mind." replied Iduna.

"Ok, so it's Elsa's coronation day..." began Anna. "The gates were finally open and the castle was full of all kinds of people talking and enjoying themselves with dancing and food and Elsa and I were finally together after years of ignoring me, for at the time, I didn't know what." she explained, which prompted the two Elsa's to look at each other with a shared uncomfortable embarrassment, before Anna continued...

"But Elsa was still a bit standoffish. So later on, I meet Hans, one of the princes of the Southern Isles. It was actually our second meeting; the first he ran into me with his horse, I nearly fall in the water- Anyway, and this is were the embarrassing part for me is, after spending time together, I stupidly agree to marry him after he asks."

"What!?" gasped Iduna. "After just a few hours!? To a stranger you meet only that day?"

"Hehe, yeah..." replied Anna with an embarrassed chuckle. "And it might've been under two hours after our second meeting." she added and saw Iduna place a hand over her face in disappointment. "A-Anyway, we approach Elsa, hoping to get her blessing-" she added, before Elsa commented...

"I deny it of course."

"Right." stated Anna. "Then I get upset with Elsa, we have a little back and forth. I push a little too hard and she accidentally reveals her powers, runs away into the mountains; I put Hans in charge and go after Elsa, on the way I meet Kristoff- who I haven't mentioned to you yet."

"No you haven't." stated Iduna. "Who is Kristoff?" she added, before Other Elsa commented...

"That's right, Kristoff. I noticed the ring on your finger; Both of you have one, so you and Kristoff and the other Me here are married already?"

"O-Oh! Uh..." gasped Anna with a nervous chuckle and moving her right hand behind her back as well as Elsa mimicking the act with a blushing smile on her face, before Iduna gave her best surprised gasp...

"Wait, you have a ring too Anna!?" asked Iduna, stepping towards her daughter and pulling her hand from behind her to look at the ring. "I never noticed!"

"W-Well, I wasn't wearing it at the time." replied Anna, before she thought. 'Ok, this is bad.', before quickly coming up with a lie. "This isn't what it looks like though, it's not a wedding ring. It's just a piece of jewelry that I have."

The lie didn't seem to convince Iduna and Anna saw her smirk at her.

"Then why are you so nervous and quick to hide it when Elsa pointed it out?"

"I-I was just embarrassed that she thought I was married, that's all." answered Anna, before she looked to the Other Elsa. "I'm not, by the way, Kristoff and I are just friends, nothing more."

"Oh, really?" asked Other Elsa. "Sorry for assuming then. That's certainly different from my Anna and her Kristoff." she added, before Elsa chimed in...

"Yeah, we know."

The comment prompted a smirk from Other Elsa.

"Yeah... no more peeking on them like that."

Anna then noticed her mother studying the ring, lifting closer to her face and caressing it with her thumb, causing Anna to pull her hand back, which prompted a curious smirk from Iduna that Anna didn't know how to interpret, meanwhile, Other Elsa looked at Elsa with a smile...

"So is there a special someone in your life?"

"U-Uh... y-yeah..." answered Elsa nervously. "But I'm not saying who."

"Aww, come on! Who is it!? I just gotta know!"

"I'm not saying." repeated Elsa.

"Seriously? Come on." urged Other Elsa.

"No." stated Elsa with a little frown of annoyance. "I'm not telling you and that's final."

"Ugh, fine, fine." replied Other Elsa, before Iduna commented...

"She wouldn't even tell me who it is."

"Seriously!? Ok, that's just mean; why not tell your mother?" replied Other Elsa.

"Because I don't want to, so just drop it, ok?" answered Elsa, clearly getting agitated.

"Ok, ok, jeez. Such a weird thing to be so secretive about that you won't even tell you're mom though." stated Other Elsa, before she chuckled. "Do you like women or something?"

Elsa's face suddenly reddened and hesitated for just a second, before stammering out.

"N-no! Of course not! That's gross!"

Despite Elsa's answer, both, Other Elsa and Iduna looked intrigued and Other Elsa smirked...

"You hesitated and your face is red."

However, Anna, her face red as well, quickly intervened and asked Other Elsa...

"What about you? Do you have anyone?"

Before Other Elsa could respond though, Iduna commented, looking to Elsa, who was clearly embarrassed.

"Wait... Elsa, if that's the reason you won't tell me who the person you like is, it's ok, I won't shame you for it."

"Really?" asked Elsa, curiously.

"Of course, Sweetie." replied Iduna with a smile as she stepped towards her daughter and hugged her

"Oh... thanks." replied Elsa with a little smile, before she hugged her mother back.

However, Elsa looked to Anna to her right and both shared a wary glance, this was exactly their father's response before things went south. Other Elsa, smiling at the moment, also noticed the shared glance between Elsa and Anna and her smile slightly faded for a curious look on her face, before Elsa asked her mother...

"You're really ok with me liking women?"

Iduna pulled away with a smile, guiding her hands down Elsa's arms to hold her hands.

"Would I prefer you like men? Sure, but I just want you to be happy, especially after what your father and I put you through- both of you." replied Iduna, briefly looking to Anna, who gave a little smile. "And if you've found that happiness with another woman, then I'm happy for you."

"Heh, well, that's a weight off my shoulders." commented Elsa with a smile, before Other Elsa chimed in...

"You're welcome for breaking the ice."

The comment prompted an annoyed frown from Elsa towards her mirror, while Iduna stealthily caressed Elsa's ring with her thumb, before Elsa directed her attention back to her mother.

"But just to be clear Mother, I do like men too and find them attractive, I just have a girlfriend right now."

"Have you told your father?" asked Iduna.

"Yea, a few days ago." answered Elsa with a chuckle. "I was getting pretty stressed avoiding the topic with him when he'd make comments about it, assuming my partner was a man. He took the news pretty well; saying the same thing you did, preferring I was with a man, but happy for me."

"That's good, and what about you Anna?" Asked Iduna, looking to Anna. "What do you think of Elsa liking other women?"

"W-Well, I think it's great." answered Anna with a little nervous smile that quickly turned genuine as she draped her left arm around Elsa's shoulders. "I was actually with Elsa at the time for moral support. She was a nervous wreck, but everything managed to work out. Love is an open door after all and I can definitely see the love Elsa has for her." she added with a smile and looking to Elsa, teasingly poking her cheek. "They're so lovey-dovey it's cute." she added, which prompted Elsa to look at her with an annoyed smile.

"That's good." replied Iduna, "So you've met Elsa's girlfriend?"

"U-Uh..." replied Anna nervously, before Elsa quickly stepped in...

"My girlfriend is super shy about letting others know she likes women, so for right now, I can't tell you who it is."

"Well that's a shame." replied Iduna with a smile. "I will respect it though, I won't pry any further."

While Elsa was relived that Iduna backed off easily, Anna found it strange that she did, before Other Elsa asked...

"Can you at least say if your girlfriend is a princess or not?"

"She's a princess." answered Elsa. "That's all I'm going to say on the matter. Anyway, back to what Anna asked you; do YOU have someone?"

"Nope." answered Other Elsa. "I'm single."

"Really?" asked Anna.

"Yep." answered Other Elsa. "I'm not bothered by it though; But to be honest, just between us, my current selection at the moment I feel is a little... not to my standard, I'll say."

"Ah, right." stated Elsa. "You live with the Northuldra."

"How do you know that?" asked Other Elsa.

"Our Ahtohallan." answered Anna. "She was able to tell us all about you."

"Oh, really?" asked Other Elsa. "You're Ahtohallan can do that?"

"Yep." answered Anna. "And we discovered that our Ahtohallan is actually a person."

Not only Other Elsa, but Iduna also gasped...

"What!?"

Followed by Iduna adding...

"Ahtohallan's an actual person? Like you or I?"

"Yep." answered Elsa, before Other Elsa commented...

"Well, that would make sense, a woman's voice was talking to me when I arrived, telling me I didn't belong."

Iduna briefly looked to the Other Elsa, before averting her eyes in thought...

"Of course! I spoke to Ahtohallan as well when I was a child." commented Iduna, before she looked to her daughters and asked, "Can you two communicate with Ahtohallan? Like, talk to it- her?"

"Yeah." answered Elsa and Anna in unison, which prompted a chuckle from them, before Anna added...

"She has an actual name too, Emory. Wanna talk to her?"

"Emory, huh?" replied Iduna with a smile. "I think I have an idea of how to call her." she added, before she stepped aside to Elsa's left, so she could face all three, before she cleared her throat. "Ahem, ~Ah-Ahh-Ah-Ahhh~"

Just a second later, Other Elsa was the only one to flinch when Emory's disembodied voice was heard around them.

"Hello Iduna, Elsa, Anna." greeted Emory.

"Hi Ahtohallan." greeted back Iduna with a smile. "It's nice to speak to you again."

"Same here." replied Emory. "And I owe you an apology for the choice I forced on you, I'm sorry."

"Thank you, everything seems to have worked out though." replied Iduna.

"I'm glad." stated Emory. "And to the sisters, I'm sorry for keeping you two in the dark about the invader there." she added, which prompted a nervous chuckle from Other Elsa.

"Hehe, hi again." replied Elsa nervously.

"Won't even meet Iduna, huh?" commented Emory with annoyance.

"T-Things didn't go as planned." stated Other Elsa. "But I never lied. I fully intended just to peek in on them. Which, by the way..." stated Other Elsa, looking to Elsa and Anna. "Since we've actually met, what are the chances of me being able to meet your father?"

"Today?" replied Elsa, placing her hands to her hips. "Zero."

"Then there's a possibility in the future?" asked Other Elsa.

"I'll consider it." stated Elsa. "Right now would cause too much commotion having two me's in Arendelle."

"Wait." stated Emory. "You're seriously open to her visiting after she invaded and met your mother in secret?"

"Why not?" asked Anna. "We've had a chance to talk and the other Elsa isn't a bad person. Plus, I wanna meet the other Me someday."

"Well ok then, it's your decision." replied Emory, before Iduna commented with a smile.

"It's so weird to hear you just having a conversation. My daughters said you're an actual person, Me and my people thought you were a spirit, but if you're a person, why not reveal yourself, where are you really?"

"Hehe, well, to make it short..." replied Emory. "I was sealed here in this frozen castle by a sorcerer eons ago."

"Oh no." commented Iduna. "Eons? You must've been so lonely."

"Heh, you have no idea." replied Emory. "Over time, my power grew and I created the elemental spirits to serve as my connection to the outside world; they let me know what was happening and eventually befriended your people, the Northuldra." she added, before Anna gasped happily.

"Oh! Oh! Emory, Elsa and I have a surprise for you!"

"For me?" asked Emory, before a small gasped left Elsa.

"Oh, that's right, we were able to learn about Von, it turns out that he's dead."

"Really!?" gasped Emory. "That's awesome! I-I-I mean, that's horrible for him, but that's great for me!" she added, while Iduna and Other Elsa looked confused and Other Elsa asked...

"How is that a good thing?"

"Yeah..." added Iduna.

"Von is the person that sealed Emory." stated Anna, before Emory happily added...

"And without Von, I can be freed! There's nothing standing in the way now."

"That's right." stated Anna, before she looked to Elsa. "Since we're here, after we escort the other you back home, we can go free Emory." she added, prompted a giddy 'Yaaaay!' from Emory, before Other Elsa chimed in...

"Wait, wait, if you free Ahto-Emory, wouldn't that ruin any chance of me and my Anna being able to visit?"

"Nope!" answered Emory. "Just like I showed you back in the castle, I can make portals to other realities."

"So it was you who showed them that moment between Anna and Kristoff." stated Other Elsa.

"Hey, it was Anna that wanted to see what the other Anna was doing at that moment." replied Emory.

"Whoa! Whoa!" gasped Anna. "I didn't know THAT was happening." she added,

"Neither did I." replied Emory.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa." stated Iduna. "What are you all referring to?"

"Nothing!" quickly answered Anna and Other Elsa, which prompted a chuckle from Elsa, before Emory continued...

"Anyway, what I showed wasn't a live portal, it had a delay; A memory. How did you even intercept me?"

"Oh, uh..." replied Other Elsa with clear embarrassment on her face, glancing to Anna before averting her gaze from her. "That... isn't important."

"Why'd you look at me when you said that?" asked Anna.

"No reason." answered Other Elsa. "I was just in my Ahtohallan at the time. I like to look through memories and I detected a weird interference and looked in on it to find you peeping in on something you shouldn't be."

"Weird..." commented Emory. "So me displaying a memory from another reality can be detected within that reality. That's never happened to me before." she added, before Anna narrows her eyes towards the other Elsa.

"I dunno... the way you looked at me is giving me the feeling you're not saying something."

"I told the truth." state Other Elsa, before offering her left hand. "I can prove it if you want."

Curious, Anna reached out to take the Other Elsa's hand.

"Are you keeping something hidden?" asked Anna, which prompted the other Elsa to pull her hand back with a smile.

"That wasn't the question." stated Other Elsa, before Elsa commented...

"So you ARE hiding something."

"No, I said what I told you was the truth."

"That was referring to Emory's question, not mine." replied Anna, before the other Elsa sighed heavily in defeat.

"Ok, fine." stated Other Elsa, before she offered her hand again, which Anna took. "Yes, there is a piece of information I'm keeping to myself." admitted the other Elsa. "However, that information isn't..." she added, before briefly averting her eyes in thought, "Relevant or important enough to my previous explanation to include."

"Hmm." hummed Anna with a disappointed frown and releasing the other Elsa's hand. "Well you believe it. I still wanna know what it is."

"Well I don't have to tell you." stated Other Elsa. "Besides, it's personal." she added, before Emory spoke up impatiently...

"Anyway, how long are you all gonna talk? I'm eager to be free!"

"Emory has a point." stated Elsa. "This has been a very weird and interesting meeting, but we told everyone back home we'd be gone for just a couple hours and we managed to resolve this invader issue and had our little chat. It's about time we wrap this up."

"Aww." replied Anna. "It didn't take us that long to get here, we got time."

"Actually..." stated Other Elsa. "I agree with me. I'm not even supposed to be here and my presence has taken you away from your duties back in Arendelle; the sooner you can return, the sooner you can calm the peoples concern. Beside, I may be able to return."

"And the other me too." stated Anna.

"Heh, yeah." replied Other Elsa with a chuckle. "Queen Anna and Princess Anna, I'd like to see that meeting myself." she added before Elsa, created a wide sheet of ice floating to her left.

"Well we'll take you to Ahtohallan and make sure you return home." stated Elsa, before Emory happily chimed in...

"And free me!?"

"Hehe, yes." replied Elsa with a smile. "While we're there, we can see about freeing you."

"YAAAAAY!" cheered Emory, before Iduna smiled and stepped up to the other Elsa.

"Well it was nice meeting you. I look forward to a more welcome visit in the future."

"Thanks." replied Other Elsa with a smile, before she briefly averted her gaze in thought. "H-Hey, would it be ok if I hug you?"

"Heh, sure." replied Iduna as she reached out her arms and the other Elsa eagerly stepped close and embraced the woman.

Just seconds into the hug, the other Elsa tightened the embrace a little more and Elsa and Anna could see a single tear roll down each cheek of the other Elsa's face.

"Thank-you." stated Other Elsa. "For allowing me a brief moment of your time."

"You're welcome." replied Iduna, patting the other Elsa's back, before moments later, the other Elsa releases her and wiped her face with a smile as she looked at Iduna, who smiled back, before the other Elsa looked to Elsa and Anna and commented.

"Ahem, well then... guess I'll be going. Good-bye Iduna."

"Good-bye Elsa." replied Iduna, before the other Elsa gave one more extended look to Iduna, before she walked beside her towards the large ice sheet.

"So, do we all stand on it?"

"Sit actually." replied Elsa, before she stepped onto the sheet and sat at one end, facing the others, while Anna joined her to her left.

"Alright then." stated Other Elsa, before she sat on the opposite end, leaving a couple feet distance between her and the sisters; the other Elsa's back was momentarily to Iduna, who soon walked to the side of the ice sheet, to Anna and Elsa's left, who looked to her mother and commented...

"If everything goes fine, we'll come back to the camp with Emory; She mentioned she'd be fine living with you all."

"Oh, well, ok then." replied Iduna with some surprise. "Heh, the mysterious Ahtohallan actually living with us, that's certainly something." she added, before Emory chimed in...

"Don't worry, I won't require any worship or anything grandiose like that, I just want a place to stay."

Iduna's only response was a nervous chuckle.

"Anyway..." stated Elsa, before she gave a wave of her right hand and the edges of the sheet of ice raised into foot-high decorative, but functional walls, with additional height directly behind them to rest against like a chair, which prompted a chuckle from the other Elsa and her to comment...

"I was just about to ask about sliding off when we start moving."

Elsa simply chuckled before she gave a wave of the hand to her mother.

"We'll be back in a little bit."

"Ok." replied Iduna, giving a return wave. "I'll see you then."

To be continued...