"Anna!"


Anna suddenly awoke with a gasp.

"Anna, what's wrong?!"

Anna looked down and saw Olaf looking at her, concerned.

Anna sighed in relief. "Nothing, Olaf. Just a bad dream."

"About Elsa?"

"Yeah. Is she back yet? Wait, how long were we asleep?!"

"Well, I was asleep for about a minute, but then you started snoring, so I couldn't sleep."

"Oh, sorry Olaf."

"It's okay, it was only for nine minutes."

Anna's eyes widened. "It's only been ten minutes?!"

(WHOOSH!)

Suddenly, a wisp of Blue magic flew around them and exploded in front of them and created an ice statue that showed two men. One was on his knees holding an object, the other was holding a sword above his head, ready to strike the other man from behind.

"You see, the dam will weaken their lands, so they will have to turn to me."

"King Runeard, The dam, it's hurting the forest."

"Elsa found it." Anna said in shock.

"What is it?"

"The truth about the past. That's my Grandfather... Attacking the Northuldra leader, who wields no weapon." Anna sighed as she now understood. "The dam wasn't a gift of peace. It was a trick."

"But that goes against everything Arendelle stands for." Olaf said.

"It does, doesn't it? How could you, Grandfather?" Anna said as she sat down on a rock. "I know how to free the forest, I know what we have to do, to set things right."

"Why do you say that so sadly?"

"We have to break the Dam."

"But Arendelle will be flooded!"

"That's why everyone was forced out, to protect them from what has to be done."

"Oh. Oh!" Olaf exclaimed as he went over to Anna and rested his head on her lap, comforting her. "Are you okay?"

Anna sighed. "I could really use a bright side, Olaf."

"The bright side, um... Well, if Arendelle is flooded, We can salvage what's left, and make a new Kingdom."

Anna smiled. "I knew I can count on you Come on, Olaf."

Anna got up from the rock and started walking away. Olaf then felt something and groaned.

"Elsa's probably on her way to the dam right now, so we can meet her there and- Olaf?" Anna noticed the snow coming from Olaf. "What's this? Are you okay?"

"I'm flurrying? Wait, no, that's not it I'm flurrying, away... The magic in me is fading..."

"What?" Anna was becoming very worried.

"I don't think Elsa is okay"

Anna gasped and her eyes went wide.

"I think... She may have gone too far."

Anna realized what Olaf meant, but she refused to believe it was true. "No, no."

"Anna, I'm sorry, but you're going to have to do this next part on your own, okay?"

"Come here, I've got you." Anna said, cradling Olaf in her arms.

"That's good. Hey Anna, I just thought of one thing that's permanent."

Anna began sobbing. "What's that?"

"Love."

"Warm hugs?"

"I like warm hugs."

Anna sobbed as her childhood friend faded from her arms.

"I love you, Olaf..."


Anna was still sobbing when the morning came, she was holding her satchel in her arms and felt broken beyond repair. She'd lost Her best friend and Her sister. She heard water and turned to see the Nokk.

"She's gone, isn't she?"

The Nokk didn't answer, causing Anna to sob again. The Nokk neighed to get her attention.

"What?! What can I do?! Elsa's gone! I'm useless!"

The Nokk snorted, as if it was scolding her for saying that.

Anna then came to realize what it was trying to tell her.

"I have to break the dam. I have to Free the Forest."

The Nokk nodded and then returned to the sea.

Anna then started singing.

"I've seen dark before, but not like this, This is cold, this is empty, this is numb, The life I knew is over, the lights are out, Hello, darkness, I'm ready to succumb, I follow you around, I always have, But you've gone to a place I cannot find, This grief has a gravity, it pulls me down... But a tiny voice whispers in my mind, you are lost, hope is gone, but you must go on, and do the next right thing."

Anna rose to her feet and began walking up the shore and back towards the Forest.

"Can there be a day beyond this night? I don't know anymore what is true, I can't find my direction, I'm all alone, The only star that guided me was you, How to rise from the floor? When it's not you I'm rising for? Just do the next right thing, take a step, step again, It is all that I can to do the next right thing I won't look too far ahead, It's too much for me to take, But break it down to this next breath, this next step, This next choice is one that I can make. So I'll walk through this night Stumbling blindly toward the light And do the next right thing, And, with it done, what comes then? When it's clear that everything will never be the same again! Then I'll make the choice to hear that voice, And do the next right thing..."

Anna stared at the dam her Grandfather had built. She suddenly had an idea on how to destroy it. with A look of pure determination, Anna headed to find the only things that could help her.

The Earth Giants.