Anna and Elsa sat near the campfire, as the tribe engaged in some kind of tribal dance. Yelena approached them. "I hope we didn't overdo it on the welcoming party," she said sheepishly. The sisters smiled.
"No, the food was wonderful," Elsa said. Anna patted her stomach.
"I'm so full I feel like I had a whole zebra," she said as she reached up to pet Bruni. Yelena smiled.
"I promised to reveal the truth to you and so, you shall have it. Keep in mind, I do not know the full extent of what had happened before because I wasn't a leader yet, but I can provide some aid about what you will encounter the farther you go," she said. Elsa nudged Anna.
"Get the shawl," she said. Anna nodded and stood up to head to the wagon. She then invited Yelena to sit, which she did so. "You and Mattias seem to get along rather well," she said. Yelena sighed.
"We have an 'easy' alliance so to speak. But as you saw, he keeps blaming us for our current situation. After what had happened, the spirits betrayed and sealed us away because SOMETHING made them angry. You may have been able to access this place and weaken the curse, but we are still cursed. We can not leave and even if you lift the mist, we will still be trapped," she said sadly. Anna returned with the shawl.
"Here you go," she said. Yelena examined the shawl closely. Finally, she found what she was looking for.
"Ah, yes, look closer at this design. See?" she asked. The sisters nodded in clarification, so Yelena continued. "This is a Vegvisir and these symbols here, represent the four spirits: Water, Fire, Earth and Wind. We also learned of the existence of a Fifth Spirit who would bridge magic and humanity," she said. Anna suddenly had a thought. She nudged Elsa as Yelena returned the shawl to her.
"Elsa, maybe this might be why you have your powers! Maybe the Fifth Spirit could be you," she reasoned. Elsa nodded.
"It could be possible. Like the reason why Bruni is so attached to you is that he chose you to bare the gift of fire", she reasoned. "But, the question is how? If you are correct and the fifth spirit is me, then this could be why I can hear the voice and you can't, because you were chosen by the guy that's currently rubbing up against your neck," Elsa said. Suddenly, an alarm sounded. "The earth giants are on the move! Hide!" Yelena ordered. Everyone ran and hid and watched the giants move about. Elsa started to move out of their position, but Anna pulled her back.
"What? I can take them," she reasoned. Anna looked at her.
"I would rather have my sister be in one piece, thank you," she said. Suddenly, one of the earth giants looked right at Elsa. She inched back.
"It sensed me," she whispered. After a few hours of waiting, the coast became clear but Elsa got that look again that told her the voice was calling. Anna asked Yelena if she and the tribe would be willing to watch the reindeer for them while they continued.
"But, it's dark out!" she protested. Elsa shrugged.
"Better to leave now than risk them coming back," she said. Anna nodded.
"Exactly," she said. Then Elsa made another revelation.
"If those giants could sense me, then Anna was right. I am the fifth spirit, The Snow Queen." Yelena was shocked.
"Then the prophecy came true after all," she muttered. "You will be the one to free us! Go! Find the truth!" she said. The sisters shook hands with Yelena, thanked her for her help and left. "Hopefully, all will be found and everything will return to how it was before," she muttered before turning to inform the tribe of what happened.
Meanwhile, Elsa, Anna and Bruni continued north, following the voice. After a while of walking, Elsa called for a rest to avoid cramps so the sisters sat down on the ground. "Hey, Elsa?" Anna asked.
"Hmmmmmmmm?"
"Thank you."
"For what?"
"For letting me come on this journey with you, helping me accept my powers and role as Fire Princess to your snow queen and just being the best big sister in the world," Anna said. She and Elsa exchanged a fistbump as the voice called again.
"Come on!" Elsa took off running with Anna right on her heels. They ended up at the coastline, where a shipwreck awaited them. "Oh, no!" Elsa's lip quivered. "Is that?"
"Mama and Papa's ship," Anna finished. "I thought they were going to a wedding!" she said. The sisters entered the ship and found Agnarr's diary. Turned to the last entry, it read, "5 Days had passed since we undertook this voyage to Ahtohallan. I've learned that Iduna came from this ancient tribe called the Northuldra. The name sounded familiar, but then, my memory of the trip I undertook with my father slowly returned. Hopefully, this trip will find the answers regarding Elsa and Anna's magical abilities and why they have them." The sisters were shocked. The wedding was a ruse to hide the real reason behind the voyage that killed them. Anna and Elsa disembarked the ship, went to the coastline and sat down in the sand, watching the waves. Anna placed Bruni down so he could scry around in the sand.
"Well, Papa, I am the Fifth Spirit and Anna was chosen by the Spirit of Fire to bare her powers. You must have done something worthy to be gifted two magical daughters," Elsa said, tears forming. She felt Anna's hand on her own.
"Hey, they would have been happy that they had two magical daughters," she said.
"Yeah, but, see, here's the thing: When you began manifesting again, I visited the trolls. They told me you ALWAYS had powers, but they were asked to subdue them until you turned 12, because fire is more dangerous than ice is. They were going to do the same to me, but I had already begun manifesting", she paused to gauge Anna's reaction to this.
"Why didn't they tell me this?" Anna wondered. Elsa sighed, then continued.
"Then, the night we had that accident, I tripped and misaimed when I struck you in the head. Naturally, I behave like any responsible older sibling and scream for Mama and Papa, they burst in and what does Papa do? He doesn't ask what happened, he blames me for hurting you on purpose," she said. Anna's hand gripped hers.
"The accident was not your fault and they knew that, it's just in the heat of the moment, they only saw what was in front of them and reacted accordingly, even if it wasn't the right way. I already forgave you. Papa told me everything, he even said he regretted snapping at you, my memories of that night were put under a spell until I was emotionally ready to know the truth. They might have been afraid of you, Weaseltown and The Southern Isles were afraid of you, I never was. Not once," Anna said. Elsa smiled, thinking back to when the Duke had called her a monster at her coronation party, Anna had punched him in the face.
"What will I do without you, Anna?" she asked.
"It's like I said before we started this thing. You will ALWAYS have me," she said. Elsa moved forward to wrap Anna in a hug.
"I love you so much, Anna. You are the best sister I could have asked for," she said. Anna leaned into Elsa's touch.
"I love you too. I'm so happy you're my older sister, because you risked your life to help me when I was crippled by my fear of my powers, and you taught me that life is only worth living when it wasn't being lived in fear. That's why I wanted to come with you, Elsa, because I believed you and like I helped you keep your powers under control, I couldn't fully call myself your sister if I wasn't willing to help you again. You are more than just a sister to me, you are my best friend," she said. Noticing tears forming in her eyes, she wiped them. Elsa gazed across the sea in deep thought. "Elsa?" she asked.
"Now, I know my true role and why I have these powers. But I still need to know more. What exactly happened in the past that led to my designation as Fifth Spirit?" she wondered. Anna turned her head to look at her.
"But where does that leave me?" she asked. Elsa sighed.
"A bridge has two sides, Anna, and one must be where they are meant to be. That's usually how it works," she said sadly.
"But Arendelle's your home!" Anna objected. Elsa sighed again.
"I thought it was, but after everything that's been occuring lately, I'm not so sure anymore. I'm not sure of anything anymore," she admitted, hanging her head. Removing her boots, Elsa waded into the sea, when suddenly, something happened. When the waves made contact with Elsa's feet, it began to glow. Elsa looked at her feet and smiled. "Okay, show me," she said.
AN: This was a tricky chapter to write, but it became easier when I kept mentally reminding myself: Elsa accepted her powers already. Also, I'm implying that when Agnarr hit his head and lost consciousness, he lost his memory. Now, you're probably wondering: If he lost his memory of the visit, how could he relay the story back to Anna and Elsa when they were kids? Well, I have an answer to that as well: He said in his diary that he learned Iduna was a Northuldra, the name sounded familiar and 'it hit him' and even then, he had been having flashbacks in his sleep, similar to Elsa's dreams. Hopefully, this explanation makes sense. R&R!