"I've never been surer of anything in my entire life," Anna grumbled. "I know Gerda's out in the ocean. Get out of bed, Inger. We're going to look for Gerda on THE YELLOW CROCUS." Anna quickly literally dragged Kristoff and Inger onto her ship, THE YELLOW CROCUS, and set sail towards the light in the ocean.
Meanwhile, Hans began coughing up blood on the rowboat. Gerda placed her hand on his forehead and realized he was burning up. "Gerda, I want to ask you something, and I want you to be completely honest with me," Kai said, as he rowed the boat. "Is there a cure for uncle's wound, and if there is a cure, will uncle make it to Arendelle in time to receive it?" Gerda wouldn't say anything. There was probably no good news at all, Kai assumed. Kai looked at his uncle and broke down. "My feelings for you took over me, yet now I wish I'd never met you," Kai sobbed. "I wish none of this had ever happened." "Nephew, please don't think like this," Hans crocked, and grabbed Kai's hand. "I've seen you bring her great happiness and I've seen her make you happy in a way that I never could. But that's great. It's a gift. Never betray it. Don't make the same mistake I did."
With that, his grip on Kai's hand loosened and he closed his eyes. "Uncle, no, please not this!" Kai shouted. Gerda pressed her hand on Hans' neck to measure a pulse. "Kai, he's alive, but only just," Gerda said. Gerda's words calmed Kai, but only slightly. Gerda turned right and saw a ship in the distance. Even as the ship sailed closer, Gerda had trouble knowing what ship it was because it was dark. "Kai, help is on the way," Gerda said, smiling slightly and rubbing Kai's shoulder. Soon the ship stopped, and Gerda recognized the ship as THE YELLOW CROCUS. "Mom!" beamed Gerda, knowing that her mother would probably be on board the ship. Some Arendelle guards came down and attached ropes to the rowboat, and then hoisted the rowboat to the ship of the ship. Since Hans was unconscious, Gerda and Kai dragged him onto THE YELLOW CROCUS.
Inger was standing on the deck of the ship, and she smiled when she saw her sister. But she was confused about who Hans and Kai were. "Gerda, I suppose you must have had quite an adventure," Inger smiled. "Can't say I missed you too much, but I'm glad you're back. Who are these two?" Before Gerda could answer, Anna ran over to her and hugged her tightly. "I'm so glad you're alright!" Anna sobbed. But Kristoff wasn't so sentimental. "Gerda, you ought to be grounded for life because of your recklessness," he shouted, walking up to Gerda. But Gerda paid no attention to him. Instead, pointing at Hans, she shouted to her parents, "We don't have much time!" "You're right!" Anna shouted, curling her hands into fists. "Let's show that devious prince what we're made of." Anna bent down in an attempt to smash Hans' face with her hands. Gerda placed her hands over her face. "No, that wasn't what I meant," she cried. "Come on, mum, are you really going to punch Hans now? Can't you see, he's dying? He needs medicine!" "You want us to help him, after all he did?" Kristoff complained. "Yes," Gerda and Kai simultaneously replied.
"But why?" asked a very confused Anna. "He's the closest thing I have to a guardian," Kai said. "And because it's decent," said Gerda. "I've grown to like Hans quite a bit. I don't expect you to understand, and I don't even know if I have time to explain. Get him medicine, now, or I will tie myself to a cannonball and jump off this ship." Kristoff reluctantly ran over to his cabin and took out a potion and a vial of ointment from his bag. Then he came back and fed the potion to Hans, and spread the ointment over Hans' wound, before bandaging it. Color returned to Hans' pale face, and he stopped burning up. He opened his eyes and regained consciousness. Hans smiled at the sight of Gerda and Kai, but his hair stood on edge when he saw Anna standing next to them with a frown on her face. "Self-defense mode!" Hans said to himself, raising up his arms to prepare for an oncoming attack. "Hans, you have nothing to fear… for now," Anna said through gritted teeth. "In case you're wondering, your wound has been cured and you don't die." Hans chuckled in relief and stood up as Kai suddenly jumped on him and hugged him.
"Don't get too comfortable, Hans," warned Anna. "I haven't decided what to do with you yet." "Mum, I really need to tell you something about Elsa," Gerda tensely shouted. "Can't it wait until later?" said Anna. "I think I'll need to ask Hans some questions before I figure out what to do with him." "MUM, LISTEN TO ME NOW," Gerda shouted. "Unless we do something, Elsa will lose her powers to the spirits. The spirits can give the ultimate kind of ice magic to a human vessel, but they can't use that power unless they forcibly take away the power from the human vessel once the vessel is of age. But Elsa will be destroyed, body and soul, if the spirits do that to her. The spirits have been postponing this, but it's only a matter of time before the spirits lose their patience and do this to her." Wrinkles began to appear on Anna's face when she heard the news. Kristoff shook his head and grabbed Gerda's shoulders. "Stop scaring your mother," he roared. "Why did you have to spill the beans?"
"Kris… Kristoff… is… is this true," Anna stuttered. "Did you know about this and hide it from me?" Kristoff didn't say anything. "TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW," Anna roared at him. Finally, Kristoff said, "Yes, it's true. I learned from Bulda what's going to happen to Elsa. But there's no hope for her. I thought I'd need to protect you from the truth." She leaned against a wall and replied, "You're not the man I thought I knew." Kristoff winced in guilt.
"But there is hope," Gerda interrupted, showing them the Eternal Dagger. "Is that what I think it is?" Anna gasped. "Is it the Eternal Dagger?" She leaned close to the dagger and breathed on it. A thin layer of frost formed on it. Inger leaned close to the dagger and touched the frost. "It's probably just a magic trick performed by Gerda," Inger accused. "Gerda's good at freezing things, for some reason science cannot explain. She just made it look like the dagger was magical." "Can you stop making these annoying accusations for one day?" said a visibly annoyed Gerda. "Sometimes I can't believe I'm related to you." Turning to her parents, Gerda said, "This dagger holds all the power and everything else the spirits could ever desire. If the spirits take the power of the dagger, then Elsa will be her own master. The dagger needs to be brought to the spirits quickly. We'll go to Ahtohallan to find Elsa and ask her how to return the power of the dagger back to the spirits." Anna nervously nodded.
"No, we won't," shouted a very distraught and angry Kristoff, taking the dagger from Gerda and holding it over the side of the ship. "Kristoff, noooooo!" Anna cried. "This dagger belongs at the bottom of the sea," Kristoff shouted. "Father, what the hell?" shouted Gerda. "I can't let you go to Ahtohallan with the dagger," Kristoff explained to Gerda. "It's too dangerous. Last time you went there, you almost drowned. I can't lose anyone else in my life." "Ohhh, but you may already have," Hans said, taking a step closer to Kristoff. "Look around you at your family." Kai, Gerda, Anna, and even Inger, looked at Kristoff with disapproving and disappointed expressions on their faces. "Give me the dagger and I'll do what you should have done with it," Hans continued. Kristoff gave the dagger to Hans before collapsing and breaking down in tears. Hans handed the dagger back to Gerda.
Meanwhile, under the water, the corpse of King Jacob opened its glowing red eyes.
"Set sail for Ahtohallan," Gerda commanded the crew. The crew kept silent and looked to Queen Anna. "What she said," Anna nervously commanded. The crewmembers did what they were told and sailed as close as they could to the glacier people would call Ahtohallan. But soon they couldn't sail any further because the seas were too rough. "Anna, why don't we turn back?" Kristoff suggested. "The seas are too rough and it's too dangerous out here. No one can get to Ahtohallan." "But maybe Gerda can," Anna replied. "You know, feisty pants, you're a horrible mother for putting all this on our daughter's shoulders," Kristoff grumbled. Anna said nothing, for she knew he had a point. Gerda placed the blade of the dagger in a sheath, and then tied the dagger to her waist. Anna, Gerda, Kai, Inger, Hans, and Kristoff, rowed forward in a rowboat. "My child, are you ready?" Anna reluctantly asked, placing both hands on Gerda's shoulders. Gerda nervously nodded.
She stepped off the boat, onto the water, which was now freezing over under her bare feet. She stepped on the ice and ran as fast as she could. She didn't get far before something broke through the ice, causing her to fall into the ice. It was the water spirit. "Gerda!" Anna screamed from the rowboat, putting her arms forward as if she wanted to grab her daughter. Anna took off her boots, and was about to dive into the water when Hans and Kristoff grabbed her tightly. "Don't be a fool, Anna!" Hans roared. "You don't have it in you to survive these waters, and I'm in no condition to dive in after you."
Gerda went underwater, and saw the water spirit staring at her with glowing eyes. Gerda broke through the surface of the water to catch her breath, and swam as fast as she could to Ahtohallan, but the water spirit still went after her and was gaining on her. "Please, stop this," Gerda begged. "Can't you see I'm on your side? Can't you see that I've got-" The water spirit leapt into the air and was about to crush Gerda when it was attacked by a horse that seemed to be made out of purple fire. It was the shape shifting fire spirit! The fire burned so intensely, that even the water struggled to put it out. While the water spirit and the fire spirit were fighting, Gerda managed to make it to the icy shore of Ahtohallan. She wasted no time entering the interior of the glacier. Suddenly, an undead figure burst onto the glacier, but Gerda didn't notice it. It was King Jacob. His body looked bonier than ever. He chuckled evilly and followed Gerda into the glacier.
This time, it was relatively easy for Gerda to find her way around. She quickly entered the chamber of moving ice statues and found Elsa still kneeling down trying to fix the magical statue she'd broken. It was almost as if she was trying to complete a Chinese puzzle, or a tangram. Many of the statues features were still indistinct. Elsa's skin was light blue, and her messy hair was dark blue. Gerda took the Eternal Dagger out of her pocket and showed it to her. But Elsa paid no attention to it. Instead, she continued trying to piece the statue back together by picking up icy splinters off the icy floor. "Aunt Elsa, please listen to me!" Gerda shouted. "I know how you can be reunited with my mother, but I'm going to need your help. I have the Eternal Dagger, but I don't know how to return the power of the dagger back to the spirits."