Alright. I've been brainstorming, and still am about this. Before they can switch back, they'll try to find out more about this, and have to learn to live in each other's shoes for a little bit. Though Daniel couldn't switch them back, they'll find someway to do it, but it won't be an easy task, if you know what I mean. Anyhow, on with the story.
Over the next few days, the group of six that'd been switched into each other's bodies had been trying to get along as well as they can in each other's shoes.
Elsa, Anna, Daniel and King Adgar were all in the library on a warm day in the late afternoon, trying to find an answer to their problem, and hoping it could help them switch back.
They were each looking through books, hoping to find even the smallest ounce of hope to help with their unfortunate situation.
"Anything," King Adgar said to his daughters from Daniel's body.
"Nothing," Anna answered in the Snow Queen's body.
"I'm not having any luck either," Elsa replied from her keen sister's body.
"Daniel, what about you?" King Adgar looked to the one who was in his body.
"Not a thing. It seems none of us are having any luck." He then groaned in frustration. "We're never gonna switch back. We're gonna be stuck like this forever."
"Don't say that. We can figure this out. There has to be an answer here somewhere. We just have to keep looking," King Adgar reassured him.
Queen Idun then walked into the library.
"Have the trolls provided you with anything at all?" Daniel asked from the king's body.
"Unfortunately no. We've looked through everything that the elder knows, but there's absolutely nothing he can do."
"Well, our only hope is to keep looking," said King Adgar. "Keep searching. I know we're bound to find something."
They four all continued to search, looking through more books, left and right, trying to find a way to help them.
Elsa pulled out a jade green book from a low shelf, then looked over it. "Father. I think I might've found something."
The second she said that, the other three all stopped what they were doing, and went towards Elsa, in Anna's body.
"What is it?" Daniel asked. "What have you found?"
"Let's sit down and look through it," said King Adgar.
Elsa gave Daniel the book and they all went over to the table, then began to look through the book.
"All right, I think we're getting somewhere," said Daniel. "This is one of the most well known stories of all time. It's about an ancient kingdom from over a thousand years ago, that was ruled by 4 magical kings."
"Sounds very interesting," said King Adgar. "Continue."
"Well, these 4 kings, their magic was the greatest of their time, and could do extraordinary and unimaginable things. Story goes that they would perform rituals, that could reverse any effects of other magic. They were pure beings, and would only do this for people who were void of any evil, and had never done a terrible thing in their life."
"But if this was a thousand years ago, how is it supposed to help you now?" Queen Idun chimed in.
"Well as it says here, one night a group of vandals broke into their castle, then slaughtered the kings' in their sleep. After doing so, they stole the kings' treasured object. The Medallion of the Kings." He flipped to a page to reveal a rounded object, marked with strange runes. "This trinket is what they used to perform their ritual. They magically created it so that it split into four equal halves, and they each had a piece of it."
"So these terrorists stole their medallion, then what?" Anna asked.
"They burned down the castle. But thankfully, the kings' spell which protected their ritual sanctuary remained in effect even after they were killed."
"Ritual sanctuary?" Elsa asked.
"Yes," Daniel replied flipping to the next page, and the picture showed a small area with a stone pedestal, and five pillars. In those pillars were five gems, and the kings' stood in the center of a spell circle. "When they created this sanctuary, they put a spell on it, to protect it from being destroyed. And as the story also read, a pure hearted one can do the kings' ritual like they did."
"Well, it looks like we've found the answer to our problem," Anna said happily.
"Not precisely. The vandals that killed the kings' had run off and kept the medallion pieces with them. They were gonna sell them for their own profit, but the amulet pieces were just so precious to them, they couldn't bare part with them."
"So there are four missing pieces of a magic medallion, laying around who knows where?" Queen Idun spoke out.
"Not exactly. The graves of two of the vandals I know where they are. But the night they burned down the castle, nobody knows what happened to the third guy."
"And what of the fourth?" King Adgar asked.
Daniel got up, and walked over to his robe, which he had on the chair. He reached into the pockets, then pulled out a gold object on a chain.
"You have one of the pieces of the amulet?" Elsa said in disbelief.
"Where did you get it?" Queen Idun asked.
"About a year or two ago, I was walking through the streets of another kingdom, and stopped at this peddler's booth. He was selling all kinds of things, and this little trinket caught my eye. It reminded me of something, but I wasn't sure what. Either way, I liked the look of it, and I bought it off him. I think it's a good thing I did, because the second I saw the medallion in that book, I instantly recognized those runes."
"Then we just need to find the other vandals bodies, and get the rest, we go there, and we can switch back," King Adgar explained.
"But I told you, the last guy hasn't been heard from since they burned down the kings' castle. No one knows what happened to him. Without all four pieces of the medallion, it can't be used for the ritual."
"We'll worry about getting the last piece later. For now, what's say we gather the other two pieces?" King Adgar suggested.
"All right," Daniel agreed. "The graves of the other two are in the Souther Isles, and Corona."
"Corona?" Anna replied. "That's where our cousin Rapunzel lives."
"And the Souther Isles, is unfortunately where Hans lives," Elsa chimed in.
"Well, for what he did, I'm pretty sure they'll have him on the watch, so there'll be nothing to worry about. We go to the places, find the graves, then come back here," King Adgar explained.
"Then we can work on finding the last piece of the medallion," Daniel chimed in. "Now. It'll take too long to do it by ship, so Your Highness, you'll have to teleport us there using my spell book."
"Right. Anna, Elsa, get Olaf and Kristoff, while I start looking over that spell."
"Yes, Father," Anna said and she and Elsa left the library.
Daniel went back over on the chair where his robe was, and pulled out his book. He flipped through the pages till he was on the right page, then gave it to King Adgar, who began to look over it. "Just go over it as many times as you need to memorize it, because you're gonna have to speak it to teleport us."
"All right."
He continued looking through the book, memorizing the chant for the spell.
After a few minutes, Elsa and Anna returned with the mountain man and snowman in each other's bodies.
"Okay, I think I've got this," King Adgar said closing the book up.
"Think you can do it?" Daniel asked.
"Let's find out. But first, we might need these," He said going over near the fireplace and grabbing his and Daniel's swords.
"Alright, everybody, gather in a circle."
"I'm coming too," Queen Idun stepped in, I want to be there for whatever dangers we might run into."
"Fine. Then gather with us." Daniel said to her as Elsa stepped to his left, and King Adgar to his right.
The three all joined hands, Anna came up to Elsa and took her left hand. Kristoff, in Olaf's body joined with her, Olaf, in his body stepped next and grabbed his twig arm. Queen Idun came to the snowman in the mountain man's body and took his left hand with her right, then took her husband, in Daniel's body hand.
"Now, speak the chant," Daniel said to him. "And as you speak the chant, think of the place you want to go."
"Okay." King Adgar replied, then began to speak the chant in a foreign language, like how Daniel did when they teleported to the Isle of the Dead. As he spoke, a gold aura shined around his body, then passed onto all the others. In just seconds, they were once more all flying up in a portal, with gold light shining all around.
After a minute, a brighter light flashed, and they were no longer in the castle library. They were in the streets of another kingdom.
They let go of each other's hands, and looked to see they were in a marketplace. All over people at booths were selling things like breads, fruits, vegetables, fresh fish, jewelry. And all over people were walking along, all minding their own business, and were moving on with their lives.
Above the whole town, was a big gray castle, with black shingles on the roofs, and was twice as big as the one in Arendelle.
"Where exactly did you take us, Father?" Anna asked.
"The Southern Isles."
"Come on. Let's find that other piece of the medallion," Elsa spoke out. "The less time we spend here, the better."
"Let's go find the cemetery," Daniel said to himself. "And don't any of do something to draw attention to yourself."
"That might be a little hard with me," said Kristoff. "I'm in the body of a live snowman."
"Just move quietly, and don't pay any attention to anyone else." Daniel said back to him.
They all continued to walk through town, trying to find the cemetery, and were moving past anybody to make this as quick as possible.
"All of you, halt!" someone yelled towards them.
They all turned left to see a man with flat, black hair, coral blue eyes, wearing a gray uniform and hat, with black boots.
"Who is that?" Daniel asked all around to them.
"Must be one of the king's men," King Adgar replied.
"All of you. I don't believe I've seen you around before," the man in gray came up to them.
"Oh, we're not going to be here long," King Adgar stepped forward. "We're just here to collect a little item we desperately need."
"And where might you all be headed?" the man asked again.
"The cemetery," Daniel answered. "We're looking for another piece of this." He said pulling out the piece of the medallion. "I've read a story about a group of assassins killing a few kings long ago, and we believe that man's body is buried here."
"I'm sorry. But I'm afraid I can't exactly authorize that. See we can't have people just going and digging up graves. You'll have to take that up with the king."
"Can you get us in to see him?" asked Queen Idun.
"I can try. But I can't say for sure. He's very busy."
Daniel then got an idea. "Would he be willing to talk to the king of Arendelle?"
"Wait a minute. You're actually King Adgar of Arendelle?" the guard said in disbelief.
"Yes, he is. The one and only," the real King Adgar stepped beside Daniel, going along with his idea.
"Oh, forgive me, Your Highness, it's just I've never known what the king of Arendelle actually looked like. First, allow me to say what an honor it is to meet you, and second, if you'll all follow me, I'll escort you all to the castle."
He began walking off, and the others all followed.
King Adgar and Daniel both looked to each other, and King Adgar winked to Daniel for getting them through that.
Up at the castle, the King of the Southern Isles, who had a ginger hair color, in a flattened style, with hazel eyes. He had a gold crown on top of his head, with blue, red and yellow gems all over it, a long sleeved, gray dress shirt with white gloves, black dress pants and dress shoes. The king was sitting at a desk in a room with a few shelves of books, a fireplace, a few big windows and a throne at one end of the room, and he was looking over a bunch of papers and documents.
Then there was a knock at the door.
"Come in." He said without looking away from his papers.
The guard then came into the room and the king looked up.
"What is it, Captain?"
"Forgive my intrusion, Your Majesty, but I have a few visitors here who requested to see you."
"Did they not check in out in front of the castle like all others should?"
"Well, no, sir. But these are actually some special visitors. May I present, King Adgar of Arendelle?" He said as the others walked in.
"Ah. Welcome King Adgar," the king of the Southern Isles arose from his seat. "Captain, you're dismissed."
"Yes, sir," the captain guard said, leaving the room.
"Welcome all. I am King Phillip of the Southern Isles. To what do I owe the pleasure of this visit, King Adgar?"He said looking towards Daniel.
"Well, actually, I'm not the king."
"I beg your pardon?"
"I am," King Adgar stepped up. "I'm the real King Adgar."
"But, I've seen pictures of you. What do you mean you're not the king?"
"It's a long story. Do you have time?" Daniel asked.
"Of course," King Phillip replied pulling up a chair and sitting down. "Speak."
And one by one, each of them explained what had happened; How they switched bodies in the middle of the night, Daniel trying to help them, by swapping bodies with one another and the story of the four kings'.
"Okay, so let me get this straight," King Phillip said standing up from his chair. "A few nights ago, the six of you somehow had your souls switched into each other's bodies, you read this story of four kings' and think you might be able to switch if you gather the four pieces of their medallion, which is buried here?"
"Yes, that's right?" King Adgar replied.
"I know it might sound crazy, but it's the true. All of it," Daniel chimed in.
"I believe you."
"What?" they all said in unison.
"After reading the letter you sent me, it sounded crazy, but I figured it may have been pointless to ignore, if it were from another king, who detailed me on these events you have all been experiencing. So, I believe what you're telling me is true."
"Then can you help us. Your Highness?" Daniel asked. "Can you lead us to the cemetery?"
"Of course, I will. What's the name of the grave?"
"If I remember the right assassin's name, Liam Sawyer."
"I think I recall seeing that grave somewhere in our cemetery. Come on, I'll take you down there. But first, I'll need to grab some things."
The King of the Southern Isles left the room, and the others followed.
He took them through the castle, and outside to where the stables were. There were dozens of horses in their pens, and right outside of them, was Hans shoveling manure, onto a large, wooden cart.
"Hans!" the king called getting his attention.
"What is it?" Hans answered with a stern voice, then looked to his oldest brother, and then saw Elsa and Anna. "What are they doing here?"
"Never mind that," King Phillip replied. "You're off duty of shoveling manure. I've got another job for you."
"Anything's better than shoveling our horses leavings, what will that be?" Hans asked, putting the shovel next to the cart.
"Grab a shovel and pick, and let's go," King Phillip ordered his youngest of his 12 brothers.
Hans walked towards them, and stopped by one of the pens, and grabbed another shovel and a pick.
The Arendelle citizens moved ahead, and King Phillip followed behind them, making sure Hans kept his distance, as not to try anything with them.
The Southern Isles king took them out of the castle, and away from the town. Almost into the forest, and through a metal gate was the cemetery, with a fence surrounding the whole area.
"What are we doing in the cemetery?" Hans asked all around.
"They need to get something from one of the graves. And you're gonna dig it up," his brother answered.
"What?!" Hans exclaimed in disbelief. "You didn't tell me that."
"Would you rather go back to shoveling manure?" King Phillip smirked at him.
Hans groaned and moved on.
They searched around the place for almost 5 minutes, until they found a grave in the center, with the tombstone marked Liam Sawyer.
"This is it," Daniel said stepping up to the grave. "If the story is true, the man buried here will have one of the halves of the Kings' Medallion."
"All right, Hans," King Phillip said looking to him. "Get to digging."
Hans sighed heavily and moved towards the grave. He tossed the pick aside, and then began to shovel.
He scooped the dirt out of the ground, and tossed it in a pile to his left. When the dirt was too hard for the shovel to get through, he hit it with the pick to break through it.
The youngest prince of the Southern Isles had been shoveling for over 25 minutes, making the hole at least 7 feet deep, until finally he hit the wooden coffin. He sighed heavily in exhaustion, then climbed out of the hole. "There. I dug it up. Can I go back to the castle now?"
"Open the coffin, then you can go," his brother answered.
Hans groaned once more, then jumped back into the hole. There he took the shovel again, and put it in between the coffin and the top of it, pushed it to get it open and finally broke open the coffin.
Inside the coffin, lay the skeleton of a man, wearing an all black suit, and around his neck, was another piece of the medallion, like the piece they already had.
"Now get that trinket around his neck," Hans' brother ordered him once more.
Hans bent down, reached into the coffin without looking and grabbed the medallion. The second he grabbed it, he felt something crawl on his arm. He'd opened his eyes and looked to see a gray rat crawling up his arm. The prince freaked and quickly pulled the medallion, breaking the skull off the rest of the body, and he swatted the rat off his arm, then he quickly jumped out of the hole.
"I'll take that," Daniel said to Hans.
"Here, take it," Hans said tossing Daniel the medallion. "I'm out of here." He took off running, because the rat freaked him out.
As the young prince ran off, Elsa and Anna chuckled slightly.
Daniel looked at the amulet, and how like the other piece did, it was marked with strange looking runes. He took the other half out of his pocket, then put the two pieces together.
As soon as he did, the medallion began to glow gold, and the gold light faded in only seconds. When it did, the two pieces were made into one half of a medallion.
"Just two more pieces to go," said King Adgar.
"Where are the other two?" asked King Phillip.
"Another piece is in the kingdom of Corona, where our cousin, Rapunzel lives," Anna answered.
"But unfortunately, we don't have a clue where the fourth is," Kristoff chimed in.
"Would you like me to take you to Corona? I can arrange a ship easily," King Phillip offered.
"Thanks, but no thanks," Daniel replied. "We have a much faster way to get there."
"But thank you for your help, King Phillip," King Adgar thanked the king of the Southern Isles.
"My pleasure. Oh, and before you leave, King Adgar. I thought you'd like to know I read over your letter."
"And?"
"You have our aid. I'll get as many men as I can to volunteer, train them to fight, and get them to you as soon as possible."
"Thank you, Your Highness," King Adgar thanked him once more.
"Me and my 12 brothers all know how to fight very well, too. The 13 of us will also help you out."
"I appreciate this. Thank you."
The Arendelle citizens all gathered around and joined hands once more. King Adgar, in Daniel's body spoke the chant, and in a flash of gold light, they vanished.
Okay, I'm ending it there. Sorry it took me so long to update, I just couldn't figure out how I wanted this to go, so I needed to read other stories to come up with something. But in the next chapter, they'll go to Corona, (spoiler alert) they'll see Rapunzel and Eugene. Then they can worry about finding the last piece of the medallion, wherever it might be. Think they'll be able to figure out where the last piece is? Find out next time. Please read, review and enjoy.