Chapter 6

Captain Ribenson of the Icy Fjord was able to keep his ship in one piece. He used his spyglass to see if he could spot the Pride of Arendelle II or the North Mountain, but he could not see any ships on the horizon. He had lost his fore mast, but otherwise was in decent shape. He did need to get to a harbor to make repairs.

Captain Ribenson noted that he wasn't that far off course, so he decided to head due east, and hope to run into one of the Southern Isles.

The next morning, the Icy Fjord spotted an island. It was Stigs Island. They headed straight for the harbor.

On docking, Ribenson sought audience with King Stig.

Bowing courteously, he addressed Stig. "Your Majesty, the Arendelle flotilla has met with disaster! We encountered a major storm yesterday and all three ships lost sight of one another! It looks like ours may be the only one to survive the storm, and we are in need of repair. Please let us use your dry-dock and repair our ship; we will reimburse you for all materials and labor used on our return to Arendelle."

"Ronald (the dry-dock commander), make the necessary repairs to the Icy Fjord.," commanded Stig.

"At once, your Majesty!"

"As for payment, please consider this as a gift from one friend to another! All I ask is that you stop by Lukens Island to let him know you survived. The others will be instructed to do the same. Maybe they did survive. We will hope and pray with you!"

"Your Majesty is too, kind! Thank you!"

It took four days to make the repairs, and they were four days away from Arendelle when they sadly set sail for Lukens Island.

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The North Mountain was blown to the east and crashed on a reef by Amunds Island.

Amund was aware of the ship the morning after the storm, and, recognizing it as an Arendelle ship, sent a boat to help.

The North Mountain was beyond repair. Amund generously gave Captain Baleson one of the Southern Isle ships, but instructed the dry-dock commander to put the "North Mountain" nameplate on it. All of the cargo was saved, but it took three days to transfer it. They were still three additional days away from Arendelle, as they set sail for Lukens Island.

As far as Captain Baleson knew, his ship was the only survivor of the storm, as they sadly set sail.