Happy Halloween! Huh. October 31st with a full moon with the next day marking the end of Daylight Saving Time... All we need now is a virgin to light the black flame candle for some real hocus pocus. I wouldn't be surprised if 2020 did this to us.

This was supposed to be posted on Saturday, but for some reason it won't show up. I'm keeping the Hocus Pocus joke because the setup is too funny (even though, surprisingly, nothing seems to have come of it).

Well, read on. And please be sure to let me know what you think.

Chapter 131

Beware the Frozen Heart

Mickey and Hans made their way through the town, keeping an eye out for anyone who needed help. Two civilians were arguing about the proper way to stack firewood in the cold weather; Rapunzel and Eugene were working with the dignitaries to retrieve supplies from the ships; the Duke of Weselton and the East India Trading Company merchant were in a passive-aggressive debate about commerce. There had only been the occasional Heartless attack in the past couple of days, and beyond that, the main issue to resolve was preventing the people of Arendelle from suffering in the cold.

"Phew. Have you ever had to deal with winters this rough?" Mickey asked when he and the prince of the Southern Isles had gotten a chance to rest.

Hans shook his head to the side. "Generally, we're well-prepared for the season. But it has never been so cold that the sea freezes over," he replied.

"Fair point," Mickey conceded. "Where I'm from, the winters are pretty mild. A few feet of snow at most. And everyone's homes are well-heated. I haven't been in too many snowstorms greater than that, and I've never been in charge of relief in one."

"I've done my best in certain situations, although my impact has been limited… and discouraged" Hans admitted. He noticed that Mickey was staring at him in shock and curiosity at the statement, and he quickly decided to change the subject. "Well, I'm sure Princess Anna will find Queen Elsa and restore this kingdom," he said confidently.

Mickey would have pressed further, but his attention was drawn away by the sound of frantic whinnying. Anna's horse ran through the streets, bucking and kicking. It was not with its rider. Hans quickly grabbed its reins and soothed it to calm it down. Worried chatter rose up as the townspeople began to fear for Anna's safety.

Hans turned to address the crowd. "Princess Anna is in trouble! I need volunteers to go with me to find her!" he declared.

As people volunteered to accompany him, Mickey stepped forward. "I'm sure that as long as Sora, Goofy and Kairi are with her, she'll be fine," he assured the prince.

Hans nodded in understanding. "Even so, we should still ascertain her safety," he replied. He raised his voice to address the crowd again. "If there is anything you need while we are gone, talk to Mickey Mouse."

"I volunteer two men, my lord!" the Duke of Weselton called out. Then, in a whisper so that only his bodyguards could hear him: "Be prepared for anything, and should you encounter the Queen, you are to put an end to this winter. Do you understand?" His bodyguards nodded, then stepped up to join the search party.

Mickey had noticed their shifty expressions, though he had not heard the exchange. "Keep an eye on those two," he advised Hans. Hans nodded.

As he watched the search party gather up supplies and set off, Mickey felt his Gummi-Comm buzz. He took it out and answered it, seeing that Chip and Dale were the ones who called. "Hello?" He listened to what the chipmunks had to say, which caused his eyes to grow wide. "Wait, what?!"

Anna opened her eyes after having braced for impact, and found that she was unharmed, albeit buried up to her shoulders in the snow. "Hey, you were right. Just like a pillow," she said.

She turned to see Olaf's top half reaching out to a pair of boots that stuck out of the snow. "I can't feel my legs! I can't feel my legs!" the snowman cried out.

Kristoff sat up right behind him. "Those are my legs," he corrected. As if to confirm Olaf's mistake, the snowman's bottom parts ran by.

"Oh. Do me a favor and grab my butt," Olaf requested. Kristoff did as he asked and put him back together. "Oh, that feels better." He noticed Sven standing behind him, the reindeer having tracked them down after they had been separated. Sven attempted to bite Olaf's nose off, but failed. "Hey, Sven! He found us! Who's my cute little reindeer?" Olaf said, snuggling up to the reindeer.

Kristoff pulled Olaf away from Sven, an annoyed look on his face. "Don't talk to him like that," he told the snowman.

Sora, Kairi and Goofy marched over, having survived just as well even with the added risk of the rocks that fell with them. "Gee, that was kinda fun," Goofy said cheerfully.

"Yeah, well, let's never have to do that again, please," Kairi countered.

"Are you guys all right?" Sora asked. He and Kristoff lifted Anna out of the snow.

"I'm fine. Thanks," Anna replied. She turned to face Kristoff. "How's your head?" she asked. She touched the spot where he had hit the rock, causing him to wince and groan in pain. He caught himself and smiled.

"I mean, it's fine. I'm good. I've got a thick skull," he remarked.

"I don't have a skull," Olaf interjected. "Or bones."

Nonetheless, Kairi took a Potion out of her pocket and gave it to Kristoff to drink. After gulping it down, he breathed a sigh of relief as the throbbing subsided. "Thanks." He shot a glance up the cliff and shrugged. "So, now what?"

"Now what?" Anna repeated, brushing her hair back shyly. Her eyes widened as she registered what had just happened with Elsa. "Now what?" she started to panic. "Ohhhhhh.. What am I going to do? She threw me out. I can't go back to Arendelle with the weather like this. And then there's your ice business…"

"Hey, don't worry about my ice business," Kristoff assured her. His smile quickly faded. "Worry about your hair!"

"What? I just fell off a cliff. You should see your hair," Anna retorted indignantly.

"No, yours is turning white!" Kristoff clarified.

"White? It's… what?" Anna looked at her braid and stared in shock as she saw an entire section turn white. Sora and Kairi winced as they saw hair turn white straight from the roots.

"It's because she struck you, isn't it?" Sora realized.

"Can she do that?" Kairi asked in disbelief.

Sora shrugged. "Her magic isn't like ours. Who knows what she can do?" He had an idea and summoned his Keyblade, pointing it at Anna. "Esuna!" he shouted. A shimmer of magic enveloped Anna, but when it faded nothing had changed. "It's not a regular status effect. Hmm… Maybe it's just extra strong, like Kefka's Mini spell. Kairi, you try it. Put some extra light into it."

"Esuna!" Kairi called out, lighting her Keyblade up with Princess of Heart-brand light magic. A brighter shimmer enveloped Anna, but her locks did not return to normal. "No luck. Sorry."

"Does it look bad?" Anna asked.

Kristoff paused for a moment before replying "No."

Olaf lifted his head up to insert himself into his peripheral. "You hesitated," he pointed out.

Sora shoved Olaf's head back down onto his body. "No, I didn't!" Kristoff protested. "Anna, you need help. Come on." He turned and began walking through the snow, beckoning the party to follow him.

"Where are we going?" Goofy asked.

"To see my friends," Kristoff answered.

"The love experts?" Anna asked skeptically.

"Love experts?" Olaf parroted excitedly.

"Uh-huh. And don't worry. They'll be able to fix this," Kristoff assured Anna.

"How do you know that?" Sora asked.

Kristoff turned to his companions as he thought back to an event of magic that he had witnessed thirteen years ago. "Because I've seen them do it before."

Trading glances, Sora and Kairi shrugged and decided to roll with it. As they followed Kristoff, Olaf turned to Sven. "You know, I like to consider myself a love expert," he commented.

In her castle, in the same spot where she had dismissed her sister and her friends, Elsa paced back and forth, trying to keep herself from panicking. "Get it together. Control it. Don't feel," she told herself. "Don't feel. Don't feel!" The icy walls were glowing red, reflecting her emotions. She heard ice crackling and looked on in horror as spikes began to grow in places on the walls.

A crack of thunder rang out. Recovering her wits, she ran out to the balcony to see what had changed in the weather. She realized that the sky had not changed in the last few hours and there was no indication of a thunderstorm. Confused, she looked down and saw Riku, Aqua and Donald. Riku was waving to her with both arms.

"Please, leave me be," Elsa pleaded.

"We just want to talk," Riku called up.

Elsa considered for a moment, then sighed as she reached a decision. "Fine. Come on in." She willed the castle's doors to open up.

"How'd you get past the giant?" she asked when her guests entered.

"We got separated and he went after the others," Riku explained. "They'll be fine. I'd be more worried about the big guy."

Elsa rubbed her arms nervously. "Why are you here?" she asked.

"We… We want to help you," Riku replied.

Elsa scoffed. "Help me? Look around. All of this is because of me. I froze my kingdom in an eternal winter. I've probably doomed everyone. How can you help me? I'm nothing more than a monster."

After considering her words for a moment, Riku let out a sigh and shrugged. "You're not the only one," he said.

Elsa was taken aback. "What?"

Riku held his hand up and willed dark fire to wrap around it. "I let the darkness into my heart, and I turned on my closest friend," he told her. "I let horrible people manipulate me, I became a puppet of the Heartless, and I let someone take over my body. I hurt the people I care about."

"I'm sorry," Elsa said.

"When I regained control of myself, I spent the following year trying to control the darkness in my heart while helping my friends out in secret," Riku continued. "I ended up giving up my own form so that I would have the power to help my friend. But even still, I was afraid to face them again after everything I had done. I was afraid to face myself."

"So, what happened?" Elsa asked.

Riku clenched his fist and caused the dark flame to disperse. "I learned to control my power. The darkness in my heart became mine to use, rather than the other way around. And the lingering voice of the guy who possessed me? It became little more than an annoying buzz in the back of my mind. Then my friends talked me into coming back to them. They never gave up on me."

"What you did… does it still haunt you?" Elsa asked.

Riku nodded. "Every day. Ansem's remnant no longer exists in my heart, but the guilt, the pain, it never goes away."

"How do you deal with it?"

"Therapy. Just talking about what you're feeling and getting insight can be really helpful. Even just having someone to talk to can take a lot off of your shoulders."

"Could anyone really help me with my feelings with this?" Elsa quipped, gesturing to the ice spikes.

Riku chuckled and shrugged. "If I can get my therapist to wrap his head around everything I've been through, ice magic should be a piece of cake."

Elsa snickered, then burst out laughing. Riku, Aqua and Donald joined in. A light flurry of snow appeared, and a blue glow poked out of the red in the ice walls to reflect the Snow Queen's mirth.

The Misty Stream's aurora illuminated the sky as Sora, Kairi, Anna, Kristoff, Goofy, Olaf, and Sven hiked across a part of the mountain that was barren of snow. Olaf laid on Sven's back, watching the aurora with contentment. "Look, Sven. The sky's awake," he said.

Anna smiled as she watched Olaf, but then shivered. "Are you cold?" Kristoff asked, concerned.

"A little," Anna admitted.

"Here. Let's see if this helps," Sora said. He put his hands on her shoulder and neck and used faint Fire magic to transfer heat into her. Anna let out a sigh of contentment. "Better?"

Anna nodded. "Toasty."

They walked on for a few minutes before Sora took his hands away, and Anna felt the cold overtake her again. "Sorry. I had to use up mana to keep us both warm," he explained. "I'll need a couple minutes to charge it back up."

Anna shrugged. "It's okay. I'm grateful for just a couple minutes."

They continued on, but soon Anna was shivering again. Sora waved his fingers, impatiently waiting for his mana to recharge so he could start again. Fortunately, Kristoff had an idea. He took Anna's hand and led her over to a volcanic steam vent. The hot air warmed her up, much to her relief.

"There are some more thataway," Goofy noted, pointing straight ahead.

Kristoff led them further along, letting Anna stop at steam vents every so often. "So, uh, about my friends," he started saying as they came up to an area filled with small, moss-covered boulders. "Well, I say friends; they're more like family. When I was a kid, it was just me and Sven, until they, y'know, kinda took us in."

"They did?"

"Yeah. I don't want to scare you. They can be a little inappropriate. And loud. Very loud," Kristoff continued with a chuckle. "They're also stubborn at times, and a little overbearing. And heavy. Really, really heavy. But they're fine. You'll get it. They mean well."

"Kristoff," Anna calmed him down and cut off his rambling with a reassuring touch to the shoulder. "They sound wonderful."

"I can't wait to meet them," Kairi added.

"Okay," Kristoff said, confidence building. He took a few steps ahead and turned around to face them. "Meet my family!" He spread his arms to gesture to the rocks.

Anna, Sora, Kairi, Goofy, and Olaf's smiles faded, their expressions morphing into ones of confusion. Sora and Kairi tilted their heads to the side. Kristoff and Sven were ignorant of their bewilderment, running around and greeting the rocks cheerfully as if they were meeting relatives at a Christmas party.

"They're rocks," Anna said in disbelief.

"He's crazy," Olaf whispered to Anna. They watched as Kristoff commented on the weight that one rock had supposedly lost while Sven jumped around like an excited dog. "I'll distract them while you guys run." He took on a big smile and hopped forward, waving as he pretended that he was not bothered. "Hi, Sven's family! It's nice to meet you." He leaned back in an aside to Anna and the others. "Because I love you, guys, I insist you run. - I understand you're love experts! - Why aren't you running?"

Anna glanced back at Sora, Kairi and Goofy, and they silently agreed that they ought to leave. She turned back to address Kristoff and Sven. "Okay. Um… Well, we're gonna go…" She began to turn to leave.

"Nonono! Anna, wait!" Kristoff pleaded. Suddenly, the rocks began to move—not just in the clearing they stood in, but all around them. The guests jumped in surprise at the development. Sora took Kairi's hand as they as well as Goofy tensed up, preparing for anything. The rocks rolled into the clearing and gathered around Kristoff and Sven. Olaf smiled in delight as he watched the rock that he had been talking to roll off as well. When they came to a stop, the rocks unrolled themselves, revealing small, stout humanoids with large ears and noses and eyes with black pupils, who wore cloaks made out of moss and necklaces with colored crystals.

"Kristoff's home!" a rock creature with a feminine voice cheered. The others cheered as well, happy to see the ice merchant. They all spoke with human-like voices and moved like organic beings, even though they still appeared to have a stone constitution.

Goofy and Olaf ran in to join the fun. "Yay! Kristoff's home!" Olaf cheered. He stopped dead as he processed the information. "Wait. Kristoff?" he asked one of the trolls. Goofy leaned in and explained the misconception regarding Kristoff's name. "Oh. Why didn't you say so sooner?"

Sora, Kairi and Anna gaped in shock while the creatures greeted Kristoff and Sven and played with them. "The rocks… are alive…" Sora breathed.

"What are they?" Kairi asked.

"Trolls. They're trolls," Anna said, partly in answer and partly to herself as she understood what she was seeing.

"Trolls?" Kairi parroted.

"There's a book on legendary creatures in the castle's library," Anna explained. "I thought… I thought they were just a fairy tale." She ran her hand through her hair braid, making a note of her blanched locks. "Shows what I know about the world beyond my door."

The trolls fell silent and turned to face the newcomers. "He's brought a girl!" one of the trolls announced. The others cheered. Before anyone could react, the trolls surrounded Anna and picked her up. They bodysurfed her over the crowd and tossed her up, causing Kristoff to catch her.

One of the trolls turned and took notice of Sora and Kairi. "And some friends!" he added (they surmised based on the voice and the blue crystal necklace that it was a "he"). He squinted and saw that they were holding hands. "And I think they're to-ge-ther!" The trolls cheered again, though not with as much enthusiasm as with Kristoff and Anna. The trolls then swiftly turned their attention back to the ice merchant and the princess.

"What's going on?" Anna asked as Kristoff set her down.

Kristoff shrugged. "I've learned to just roll with it," he admitted.

Two trolls stacked up, with one of them, who appeared to be Kristoff's mother figure, on top, sizing Anna up like a piece of cattle. "Let me see. Bright eyes. Working nose. Strong teeth. Yes, yes, yes. She'll do nicely for our Kristoff," she said happily.

They quickly realized what was going on. Kristoff buried his face in his hands. "Wait-wait-wait. Oh, um, no!" Anna protested.

"You've got the wrong idea. That's not why I brought her here," Kristoff tried to explain.

"Right. We're not—I'm not…" Anna laughed nervously.

"What's the issue, dear? Why are you holding back from such a man?" the troll mother asked. She and some of the other trolls took a deep breath as if they were about to break into song.

"She's engaged to someone else!" Sora called out.

The trolls deflated. The troll mother sighed. "Put away the wedding dresses," she ordered dejectedly. Some trolls whined as they carried what appeared to be a pile of grass and moss away.

Kairi blinked in confusion. "Wait, were you going to…?"

"He's only known her for a day. He said you were against that kind of thing," Sora remarked.

The trolls looked at each other awkwardly. Anna turned to Kristoff and raised an eyebrow, albeit in more of a teasing manner than an accusatory one. Kristoff could only chuckle nervously in response.

The troll mother turned back to her foster son, disappointed. "So you're saying there's nothing between you two at all?" she asked.

Anna and Kristoff laughed shyly. "Well, I mean…" "You know… Uh…" "It's just that…" Neither one was sure how to answer. The troll mother smiled, liking what she was seeing. Sora and Kairi giggled, getting the same idea.

Two trolls turned to Sora and Kairi. "What about you two?" one of them asked while the other made kissy faces.

The teens took a step back in surprise and waved their hands defensively. "Whoa! Hey!" "I don't think…" "We are not there yet!" "And we're not here to get anyone married!" they protested. Anna, Kristoff and Goofy laughed as they saw that they were blushing.

Just then, Anna collapsed, forcing Kristoff to catch her before she hit the ground. All eyes turned to her in worry. She was shivering intensely.

"She's as cold as ice!" Kristoff shouted out.

A new troll rolled through the crowd, which parted to allow him to pass. When he reached the front of the crowd, he unrolled himself, revealing himself to have a mane of dark blond hair and strings of glowing green crystals on his garb. "There is strange magic here," he remarked.

"Grand Pabbie," Kristoff greeted.

"Come, come. Bring her here to me," Grand Pabbie, the trolls' elder, commanded. Kristoff helped lean Anna over to the old troll and let him take her hands.

"What's happening to her?" Sora asked as he, Kairi and Goofy reached the front of the crowd.

Pabbie looked into Anna's eyes and sensed the magic in her system. "Anna, your life is in danger," he said. "There is ice in your heart, put there by your sister. If not removed, to solid ice will you freeze, forever."

"What?" Anna gasped.

"But you can remove it, right?" Kristoff asked.

"I cannot," Pabbie admitted. "I'm sorry, Kristoff. If it was her head, that would be easy."

Goofy scratched his forehead, confused by the old troll's wording. "Uh, are we supposed to know about something that happened before?" he asked.

Pabbie sighed. "But only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart."

"An act of true love?" Anna repeated.

"A True Love's Kiss, perhaps," the troll mother suggested. She and her husband kissed to demonstrate.

Anna shivered and collapsed against Kristoff again. A significant portion of her hair turned white. Kristoff looked at her with concern, and he knew what he had to do. "Anna, we've got to get you back to Hans," he said.

"Hans…" Anna repeated weakly, agreeing with him.

They all recognized that they had to move quickly. Sora and Kairi had wanted to ask Grand Pabbie about Elsa's magic, but they decided to put that off. "Okay, everyone. Clear the way!" Sora called out. The trolls quickly rolled up into boulders and obliged.

Kristoff carried Anna over to Sven and helped her up, then climbed onto the reindeer behind her. "Come on, guys!"

Olaf climbed onto Sven's back as the reindeer broke into a run. Sora and Kairi ran after them. Since she was not as fast as Sora or Sven, Kairi cast Haste on herself to boost her speed.

"Let's go kiss Hans!" Olaf cheered. The instant he said that, he realized that he did not know everything that was going on. "Who is this 'Hans'?" Sora and Kairi would have laughed if they were not too busy keeping pace.

Riku, Aqua and Donald watched as Elsa leaned against the balcony railing, staring sadly out into the distance. They had gotten dinner earlier, but Elsa had refused to eat.

"Aww, poor Elsa," Donald lamented. "Isn't there anything we can do to help?"

Aqua shook her head. "I don't know. She's afraid that she can't control her powers, but I don't know if we can help her learn, since her magic doesn't work like ours. And aside from that, there's her guilt for freezing her home and hurting her sister."

"It took me months to really recover from that," Riku noted. "And even then, it was mainly by focusing on something I could do to help, to redeem myself. I don't know how we can help her along."

"Elsa…" They turned and looked up at the giant snow creature. It had returned to the ice castle shortly after they had come back, and it had attempted to throw them out again before Elsa had told it that they were allowed to stay. Once they looked past its intimidating physique and scary methods of evicting unwelcome guests, they saw that it truly cared for Elsa.

"You know, you might look mean and scary, but deep down you're just a big marshmallow," Aqua told the giant.

The newly-dubbed Marshmallow looked down at her, somewhat perplexed. Sensing something, he turned around and let out a low roar. Riku, Aqua and Donald turned to see what had gotten his attention, and saw that a group of Heartless had materialized.

"Did you not see the 'Trespassers Will Be Prosecuted' sign?" Riku quipped dryly as he, Aqua and Donald summoned their weapons. Marshmallow pounded his fists together, determining that the creatures were definitely not friends and should not simply be bounced. They all charged into battle, clearing Heartless out of the room.

Glancing back to make sure that Elsa was safe, Riku saw a pair of Crimzon Jazz Heartless floating just off of the balcony. As one prepared to attack, he warped over and blasted it with a Blizzaga spell.

"Elsa, get down!" he warned as he threw his Keyblade, enveloped in darkness, at the other Crimson Jazz, cutting straight through it before finishing it off with a Blizzara spell.

"Just leave me be," Elsa sighed, barely even reacting to the battle around her.

Riku grabbed her by the arm and pulled her to the ground as the remaining Crimson Jazz released a radial blast of microwave energy. "Elsa! You can't let the darkness consume you!" he pleaded. He stood back up and summoned his Keyblade back to hand. "Give me a second." With that, he vaulted over the railing and attacked the Heartless in midair.

Elsa watched as Riku dealt several hits to the large music-themed Heartless, but then it tilted its bottom back and swung forward, hitting him and knocking him out of the air. It took advantage of the opening to conjure several fireball mines around him, which exploded and juggled him all over the place. Elsa gasped. Feeling that she needed to help him, she instinctively shot a blast of magic at the Heartless. The Crimson Jazz froze instantly and dropped out of the air. The last of the mines exploded weakly, and Riku landed safely in the snow. The Heartless, frozen solid and immobile, landed a few feet away from him.

Elsa, Aqua, and Donald ran out to make sure Riku was all right. Aqua cast Curaga on him and helped him to his feet.

"Are you okay?" Elsa asked.

Riku nodded. "Yeah. Thanks for the save," he replied, casting a glance at the frozen Heartless.

Grumbling, Donald marched over to the Crimson Jazz and whacked it with his staff in frustration. He glared at it for a few more seconds before he was suddenly gaping in surprise as the ice began to crack. The cracks propagated all over until the frozen Heartless crumbled to pieces. Riku and Aqua chuckled in amusement, but then something caught their eye in the pile of ice shards. Donald sifted through the pile and pulled out a large hunk of ice, which was shaped perfectly like a heart.

"Wait. That's the heart that was inside the Heartless," Riku realized. "It's usually released when a Heartless is destroyed." He took the heart from Donald and examined it to confirm what had happened to it. "It's turned to solid ice!"

There was a silence as they all tried to make sense of what had just happened. They wondered if Elsa was really capable of freezing someone's (spiritual) heart solid. Riku gasped as something else occurred to him. He whirled around to face Elsa, his fear and concern plain on his face.

"Elsa, what did you do to Anna?"

Elsa gasped in horror as she realized what she must have done.

As Sora, Sven, Goofy, and Kairi ran down the mountain, with Olaf sliding on his belly alongside them, Sora felt a vibration in his pocket and heard his phone's ringtone, which he realized that he would need to get used to. "Hold up!" he called, slowing himself to a stop. Sven and Kairi slowed down as well, and Kairi took the chance to catch her breath and relax, tired from the sprint. The Haste spell wore off and she matched everyone else's time flow.

Sora took his phone out, pulled his balaclava down, removed his gloves, and answered it after quickly checking to see who was calling. "Your Majesty, what's up?" he greeted. "How are things in Arendelle?"

"Well, it's getting colder, but we're holding up," Mickey answered. "Glad to hear you're okay. Everyone got worried when Princess Anna's horse came back alone."

"Oh, yeah. He just got spooked by some snow falling on him," Sora explained.

"Well, listen. I just heard from Chip and Dale not too long ago. They said that they lost the Gummi Ship's signal."

"Huh? Did something happen to it? It's usually perfectly safe while it's in orbit. Is there some kind of interference?"

"That's what I thought, too, but if there was, they wouldn't have been able to call me. They said that the last readings they got from the remote monitor listed its temperature at well below freezing."

"What?! You mean the Gummi Ship's frozen? How—" He stopped as he remembered how the seawater in the fjord froze as far as the eye could see, how the atmosphere transformed into a freezing cold winter, how Elsa's ice magic was far more potent than anything he and his friends had ever seen before. "Was this… Elsa?"

"I think so. I think the winter she caused is expanding farther than we could have ever imagined."

"Well, we'll figure that out later. We're on our way back to Arendelle. Anna got hurt, and we need to take her to Prince Hans."

"Okay. Wait. How do those points relate?"

"I'll explain later. We really need to hurry. See you." He hung up and put his phone away.

"What's going on?" Kairi asked.

"The Lanes Between are freezing," Sora told her. "Elsa's winter, it's spreading beyond this world's borders."

Goofy gasped. "You mean that if we don't end this winter soon, all of the worlds will freeze, too?" Kairi, Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf gaped in shock as this news set in (though Sven and Olaf did not understand much, they could tell that it was bad).

Sora nodded. "Looks like it. Come on. We need to get to Arendelle." He led them into a run, and they continued on their way.