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Chapter Summery: The family travels to the trolls village to update them on what's happened and reintroduce them to Iduna and Agnarr.
Disclaimer: I don't own the characters of Frozen, Tangled or any other Disney characters or locations that appear or are mentioned in this work of fiction, Disney does.
- 4:34 P.M., Valley of the Living Rock -
Following the opening of the magical icy door on the road, The Arendelle Royal family walked through, Elsa and Anna leading before Iduna and Agnarr followed.
"Hmm, we should be about a five-minute walk from the troll's home." commented Anna.
"This is certainly bringing back memories." Commented Iduna with a smile as she looked at the road in front of them.
"Yeah..." Replied Elsa with a smile as well, before smirking and asking, "Even though we're a short distance away, how about we replace that memory with a better one?"
Immediately following, with a wave of Elsa's hand, she created two horses, to the wide-eyed surprise of Iduna and Agnarr, who commented...
"Well, that's new."
"Well, Olaf exists." commented Anna, smiling.
"Heh, well, yeah-" started Agnarr as Iduna walked up to one of the horses and caressed its head, which it seemed to like as it turned its head towards her, while Elsa quickly commented...
"They're not like Olaf though. They're not, 'alive'. They're more like big dolls that I control."
"Well, they're very impressive dolls." commented Iduna, before Anna gasped and added delightfully...
"Oh, speaking of big dolls, Elsa can make a copy of herself that can be interacted with like a person, it just doesn't talk."
"Really?" asked Iduna and Agnarr in unison, before Agnarr added, "So you can have an extra pair of hands at a moment's notice?"
"Heh, well, yeah, but I've never used it for that." answered Elsa. "I was just testing to see if it was possible."
"Can you show us?" asked Iduna.
"Uh... sure, ok." answered Elsa hesitantly, before the pair of horses fluttered away and the snowy remains reformed into a snow replica of Elsa wearing the same clothing as her, standing stone still, like a statue.
"Oh, wow." commented Iduna in awe, while Agnarr was silent in his amazement, before they both jumped a little when the replica moved into a more natural standing position and lifted its hand to greet them with a smile. "Whoa..." added Iduna, before returning the greeting and extending a hand towards the copy, which takes her hand. "Wow..." she added, before Agnarr asked...
"And this copy of you isn't alive?"
"Right." answered Elsa. "Though, it takes slightly more effort to maintain than a horse."
"Does it respond to being spoken to?" asked Iduna.
"It doesn't speak." answered Elsa.
"Oh, no, what I meant was, could I ask or tell it to do something and it'll do it?"
"Oh, yeah, it'll follow verbal commands." answered Elsa, before Iduna delightfully stretched out her arms and commented to the replica...
"Give me a hug."
Silently, the snow Elsa, stepped forward and wrapped it's cool arms around Iduna in a brief embrace, who chuckled at the refreshing coolness of the replica, before it released her, and Iduna turned her cheek towards the replica and tapped it.
"How about a kiss on the cheek?"
Once again, the replica silently complied, giving a cool peck on Iduna's cheek.
"Very impressive, Elsa." commented Agnarr. "How much are you actually controlling it? Can it actually move without your input?"
"It does move and can act on it's on in a limited fashion." answered Elsa. "But I have to be near it for it to do so. If I were to leave through a portal, for example, it would stop doing whatever it was doing and become a statue. I'm still not quite sure of the exact requirements, but it seems as long as this replica here can't talk, it's not 'alive' or sentient like Olaf." she added, before Anna commented...
"Elsa can put Sanna into it though and you could interact with her and talk to her."
"Sanna?" asked Agnarr, before Iduna asked...
"That's the name of Elsa's magic, right?"
"Yeah, it is." answered Elsa. "But doing it weakens me a lot. You can meet Sanna when we return, if you want, though."
"Oh, well I'd like that." replied Iduna, before looking at Anna and asking, "What about your magic, what was it's name again..."
"Felsa." answered Anna. "Unfortunately, though, I can't give my magic a body, for now."
"Anyway..." commented Elsa. "Shall we head to the trolls?"
"Oh, ok." replied Iduna with a smile. "This neat trick of yours sidetracked us a bit." she added, before the snow replica fluttered away and Agnarr commented...
"You don't need to make another set of horses though, we can walk."
"Alright." stated Elsa, before the group set off towards the troll's home.
Following a brief walk, the group arrive at the circular stone 'arena' of the troll's home, whom were all currently in their rock forms, until Anna happily greeted them.
"Hi everyone! It's me and Elsa, and we brought a surprise!"
Just seconds later, many of the trolls rolled up to them and revealed themselves with a smile on their faces, many of whom greeted back with "Welcome back Anna and Elsa!" and "It's been awhile!", before their attention turned to Iduna and Agnarr, and they all looked on it awe, "The King and Queen!"
Iduna and Agnarr gave a slightly nervous greeting wave of the hand and a 'hello' and 'hi' respectively.
"That's right!" replied Anna delightfully. "Our parents have returned! There's so much that's happened since my last visit here, and I want you all to know! Is Pabbie around?"
"Yeah, I'll go get him." Answered a male troll before he quickly departed behind a large bush, before Iduna stepped forward and squatting in front of a couple of trolls with a smile.
"I'm happy that Anna and Elsa are on friendly terms with you all."
"They sure are!" answered a troll, before another added, "Their free to visit any time. So are you and the King."
"Well, thank you." replied Iduna, before one of the trolls at Elsa's left asked her...
"You look different, Your Majesty."
"I do?" asked Elsa, before another troll, a child, beside them, gasped and pointed up to her and declared...
"She cut her hair!"
"Oh, right." replied Elsa with a chuckle as she ran her left hand through her shorter hair. "I cut it since I was here last. What do you think?" she asked, before chuckling again as a few trolls voiced their opinion, both for and against it, saying they preferred her longer style.
After a minute of idle chatter, Pabbie approached the group with a delighted smile.
"Well, this is a surprising, but lovely sight to see." stated Pabbie, before he stopped in front of the group, "The family together once again." he added, before giving a slight bow.
"Yep!" replied Anna happily, before Iduna and Agnarr chuckled and greeted him, before Iduna added...
"We're all visiting together for a happier reason."
"And what reason would that be?" asked Pabbie, before Anna quickly answered.
"To fill you in on what's happened since my last visit! Sooo much has happened." declared Anna happily, before hugging Iduna. "Some more obvious than others, and I want everyone to know it! If you're willing to listen, of course."
"Oh, well, I'd be delighted to know what's happened." answered Pabbie, which was agreed by everyone else and many commented that they love a good story.
"Alright then!" stated Anna happily as she sat down on one of the nearby steps, joined by Elsa to her left and Iduna to her right and Agnarr to hers. "It starts with us finding out a friend of a friend... of a friend, was on our parent's ship. And with our friend, Elsa and I journeyed to the Enchanted Forest in search of our parent's ship, which we suspected ended up on its shore. Our goal was to retrieve our parent's body's and bring them home."
"Oh my." replied Pabbie. "I can only imagine what you two must've been thinking, and what you felt on your journey expecting to see your parents in such a state. You clearly had the will to see it through though." he added, which prompted a small smile from Elsa as she averted her gaze as she commented...
"Yeah... it was tough seeing the wrecked ship."
"Yeah..." added Anna with a smile as well as she looked at Elsa and took her right hand in her left, before Anna felt a hand on her right shoulder and looked to see Iduna smiling at her, which she smiled back, before gasping and turning her attention back to Pabbie. "Oh! Before we reached the ship, which our parents weren't on, we met the people that live in the forest, and they turned out to be our Mother's people. We discovered family we didn't even know we had!" declared Anna happily.
"Oh, congratulations!" replied Pabbie happily, joined by a few other trolls voicing their praise as well.
"Hehe, thanks. It's so awesome!" declared Anna. "We have a grandma, an aunt and two cousins! The people there are called the Northuldra, and they live in peace with the elemental spirits of the forest. There's Bruni, the fire Spirit, whose a cute little lizard; Gale, the wind spirit, whose literally the wind; uhh... what was the Earth spirits name again..."
"Mou'tan." answered Iduna.
"Oh, right, he's a really, really big rock giant. Who looks a lot like Marshmallow, who... you all haven't met, so that's not a good example, sorry. Our Parents haven't either..." continued Anna. "Anyway, and last, there's Nokk, the water Spirit, he's a really pretty horse made of water. A bit of a jerk though."
"Oh, fascinating." replied Pabbie in awe. "I've heard of the spirits you speak of, the Nokk in particular, but never had the opportunity to meet them. Heh, it's a big world after all. Tell me, is it true the spirits were birthed from some sort of river, or special water, something called Ahtohallan?"
"Hehe, her names Emory." answered Anna with a smile, and chuckled a little at the wide-eyed awe that came to Pabbie's face.
"Ahtohallan's a person!?"
"Yep, she's actually the source of me and Elsa's powers."
"Ohhh, really?" asked Pabbie.
"Yep, oh, speaking of magic-" replied Anna, before Elsa cut in with a smile.
"How about sticking to one topic?"
"Oh, heh, right. There's just so much to talk about!" replied Anna happily. "Do you want a turn?"
"No, no, you're doing fine, just finish one topic first." answered Elsa.
"Ok, so... Emory, we had a bit of a rocky meeting, but we're friends now, and she lives with the Northuldra. Emory had actually preserved our parent's bodies and gave them to us, which I used my, at the time, newly discovered revival power to bring our parents back to life!" explained Anna happily, prompting wide-eyed gasps from everyone, before Pabbie commented.
"You... can restore life to the dead!?"
"Yep!" answered Anna. "It really drains me though."
"I can only imagine what sort of cost such a precious ability must have." stated Pabbie.
"Yeah, it makes me really, really tired, even passing out; I'm pretty much out of commission for a while afterwards. I've done it a total of four times now- no, wait... five times, almost forgot about the very first time with the bird. The second was a fairy, oh, we're friends with fairies now! Well, a fairy. A-Anyway, I'm getting off track, the third and forth times were Mother and Father, and the fifth time was a few days ago with grandma. So, I've been able to practice it, and I've improved some, I didn't pass out the last two times."
"Incredible! You only suffer a temporary loss of energy, or, at worse, consciousness." commented Pabbie. "This particular growth in your restorative magic I did not expect at all."
"Heh, yeah, well, me and Elsa's magic has grown and developed lots since our last visit, we can do plenty of neat things!" replied Anna delightfully.
"Hehe, I'm eager to learn what, but I can ask question before that?" state Pabbie.
"Oh, ok, sure, go ahead!"
"How did you discover you could restore life?"
"Well, I was out in the forest one day, heading back to town when I saw something fall from a tree." started Anna. "I went over to see what it was, and saw that it was a baby bird, and it looked like it broke its neck. It was twitching a bit before it went still. So, since I knew that I could heal, I couldn't just leave it there and do nothing, so I tried healing it, and I actually brought it back to life! I managed to return the bird to it's nest, but it really did a number on me though, and I barely reached the town before I passed out, and was carried to Elsa. It was also the day that the town found out I had magic."
"Heh, well, that does sound like something you'd do." commented Pabbie with a chuckle, which was followed by Iduna, placing a hand on Anna's shoulder with a smile.
"It does."
Followed by Elsa shaking her head with a chuckle.
"It sure gave me a fright to have Anna's limp body brought to me."
"Hehe, yeah..." replied Anna. "I need to be aware of where I am and the situation before I revive anyone, or I could end up unconscious in someplace unsafe."
"Yes, that would be a problem." agreed Pabbie.
"But it seems, as long as I eat plenty beforehand, I can prevent passing out." stated Anna. "I'll still feel tired though."
"Well, in comparison to the end result, you got lucky on the cost of such a precious ability."
"Yep, I'm grateful for that." replied Anna. "And it's not like it's something I'll do every day. Plus, I can only eat so much."
"Heh, well, you said Ahtohallan's the source of your and Elsa's magic, right?" asked Pabbie.
"Yep."
"So, was it a curse after all?"
"Not really." answered Anna with a chuckle.
"Then how were you granted your powers, do you know?"
"Yeah, it started with a deal Emory made with our Mother when she was little. Mother's end of the deal was to bring her firstborn, which would have magic, to her; but, Emory didn't explain the details very well, and Mother thought she'd have to permanently give up Elsa, so she didn't honor the deal. So, when I was born, I also had magic, 'cause I guess the deal was still active. Heh, so I guess if we had any more siblings before our parents made their trip, they would've had magic too."
"Ohh, interesting, so Ahtohallan- I mean, Emory, has the power of magical agreements." commented Pabbie.
"At the time she was trapped in the castle, yeah." replied Anna. "She doesn't know if she still has the power though, and isn't willing to test it. Aside from that and creating the spirits, she has some impressive powers. Well, just two actually; viewing and changing a person's memories, kinda like you can. Well, actually, she can't change the memories like you did on me, she can just remove them, but she doesn't like doing it. Her other power is creating portals to other realities."
With Anna's ending comment, all the trolls gasped in amazement before Pabbie commented...
"She can create pathways to other, realities!?"
"Yep! Elsa and I even meet alternate versions of ourselves- Our mother too. Unfortunately, our Father hasn't had the chance yet." answered Anna, before Agnarr chuckled and commented...
"I'm looking forward to it though."
"That must've been quite an experience." commented Pabbie.
"Yeah, it was." replied Anna. "We first met Elsa's double after Nokk came to Arendelle to tell us she was with our Mother. We didn't know if she was friendly or not though, but after meeting her, she was friendly. We escorted her back to her own reality and talked about the similarities and differences between the Elsa's, then later, we met my double, who is actually a queen!" she explained delightfully, which prompted a chuckle from not only Pabbie, but Elsa and their parents, mostly from Anna's enthusiasm. "Oh, speaking of differences..." continued Anna. "Our Magic! We can- oh, wait..." she added, before looking at Elsa. "Elsa, you wanna tell him?"
"Nah, you can keep going." answered Elsa.
"But I've been talking this whole time, you should have your turn." insisted Anna.
"I'm fine with you doing the talking, really." added Elsa. "Besides, you're much more expressive in your explanation."
"Come on, all you have to do is tell them about the stuff we can do." urged Anna. "Like how we're not limited to one element."
"Hehe, well you just did." pointed out Elsa.
"But you can go into detail about it! Come on, we're all listening!" replied Anna, which prompted a sigh and a chuckle from Elsa.
"Alright, alright." coincided Elsa, before looking to Pabbie and the other trolls. "Like Anna said, after we met Emory, she told us we're not limited to one element; we have the potential to use the four elements of the spirits; water, fire, earth and air."
"Have you attempted the other elements?" asked Pabbie.
"Yeah." answered Elsa. "Given ice is just frozen water, I've focused on that, but I've also attempted some air too." she added, before Anna happily chimed in...
"And I'm working on Earth magic! I'm pretty good at making vines, but a few hours ago, I managed to be able to move and raise the ground. Oh, also, I have to be in physical contact with the ground to use Earth magic."
"Hehe, well, sounds like there will come a time when the two of you will be using the others initial magical gift." commented Pabbie.
"Heh, yeah." added Anna with a smile. "But I'll save the ice magic for last. It might even be the hardest one for me, since it's the opposite of fire, same with Elsa."
"We'll cross that bridge when we get to it." stated Elsa.
"Oh, speaking of fire!" gasped Anna, prompting a light chuckle from Elsa as Anna seemed to take over the talking. "I can make glass!"
"Really?" asked Pabbie, wide-eyed.
"Yeah, I can melt sand into glass and shape it into anything I can think of, even clothes. So if I wanted, I could wear a glass version of what Elsa's wearing, but I'd be really shiny in the sun though and stand out. The one downside to it, though, is that I need to store the glass; I can't just make it disappear into nothing like Elsa can with ice and snow. Now I have a ton of glass just sitting in my room, after making a wheelchair for our grandma, and making clothes uses surprisingly little glass."
"Then you could gift people things made of glass." suggested Pabbie. "I'm sure people would love it."
"Yeah, dad suggested that too." replied Anna, before gasping in delight and adding, "Oh! Oh! My glass clothing really helps for the other trick we learned! We can- oh, wait, Elsa, tell them about the flying!"
"You just-" replied Elsa, before sighing with a smile, then looking to Pabbie. "We've learned to use our magic to fly." she revealed, to the wide-eyed awe of all the trolls, before Anna happily added...
"We can actually fly! High into the air! I propel myself by shooting fire from my hands and feet. Unfortunately though, since I'm not wearing my glass clothing, I can't show it off, but Elsa can! She flies by making a sheet of ice and riding it into the sky and can even carry people!"
"Well..." commented Pabbie. "That is certainly an unexpected new ability."
"Oh, hoho, you haven't even heard the best one!" added Anna delightfully, prompting a chuckle from Pabbie, before he looked at Elsa and commented...
"You don't need to demonstrate anything if you're not comfortable."
"Thanks for that, but I don't mind." replied Elsa with a smile, before standing. "Besides, I'm sure Anna will urge me herself, given my ice versions are the safer ones." she added, before creating an oval-shaped sheet of ice in front of her, floating about a foot from the ground and stepped onto it, but quickly waved her arms a bit to balance herself. "W-Whoa... forgot how tricky this was."
"That's right..." commented Anna. "That's the way you do it alone, and you've only done it once." she added, before Iduna stated...
"I didn't know she had more than one option."
"Yeah, I do." commented Elsa. "This method's a lot more agile, but I've only used it once. Guess I could've just done it the way I'm used to now."
"This ones visually better though." stated Anna.
"Heh, yeah, I guess so. Anyway..." commented Elsa, looking to the trolls, who were already in awe. "While I'm technically flying right now, I'm sure you all would like a better showing." added Elsa, followed by agreeing cheers from the trolls, earning a chuckle from Elsa as she looked up to the trees, seeing that the area they were in was clear of trees. "I should have just enough space to move around."
However, before Elsa lifted herself into the air, she saw Iduna quickly stand and walk to her and motion with a finger to bend down. Following the request, Iduna whispered into her ear...
"Are you wearing underwear?"
The question brought Elsa's face to a bright red, for two reasons; one, the question itself, and two, the fact that she was not, in fact, wearing underwear at the moment and was about to fly above a crowd in a dress.
"N-now I am." whispered back Elsa with an embarrassed smile. "Thanks for the reminder."
"You're welcome." Whispered Iduna with a smirk, before she returned to her previous spot and sat.
With the potential issue taken care of, Elsa quickly wowed not only the trolls, but Iduna and Agnarr as well as she took to the air, soaring a few yards above the crowd, circling them, flying higher and diving down away from the crowd with sharp turns. The show lasted a few minutes at most before Elsa returned to her starting point and returned her feet to the ground as the sheet of ice fluttered away. A light blush came to Elsa's face from the claps and cheers from the crowd, prompting Elsa to curtsy.
"That was a wonderful display, Elsa." commented Agnarr.
"Yeah..." added Iduna, "It looked so natural to you. You've really only done that once?"
"Yeah." answered Elsa, smiling from the praise. "Even I was surprised how easily it came back to me." she added, before a troll child eagerly asked...
"How do you not fall off!? You were going so fast and turning so quick!"
"I attach my feet to the ice." answered Elsa, before she knelt in front of the troll and presented her left hand and, with a flick of her wrist, created a hand-sized square sheet of ice and placed her hand on it, before ice crawled up her hand to cover her fingers. "Like this." added Elsa, before waving her hand to display the secure attachment.
"Ohh, that's neat." commented another child.
"Heh, I made the mistake of not doing this the first time and fell." stated Elsa, before the ice fluttered away and Anna commented with a little pout...
"Ugh, now I want to show off my flying, but I can't. If only we weren't in the forest- oh wait!" commented Anna, before gasping with a smile at remembering the next thing she wanted to reveal she and Elsa could do, but Anna's smile quickly faded in disappointment. "No... it would be pretty selfish of me to ask that."
"What is it?" asked Pabbie, before Anna sighed and answered...
"I was gonna ask if everyone would be ok going someplace without so many trees, like near a lake, but that would be really selfish of me to ask that of everyone here just for me to show off my flying, right?"
"Well, considering your asking and not demanding, I don't think it's selfish. Although, the nearest lake is quite a distance from here." replied Pabbie.
"Yeah, but that would've been solved with the next thing we can do." stated Anna. "But it doesn't matter, I'm not even dressed properly to show off my flying."
"Well, that is a shame." commented Pabbie. "But, what is the other thing you wanted to tell us?" he asked, which quickly picked up Anna's mood with an eager smile.
"Well, Elsa and I can make portals!" revealed Anna delightfully, to the shock and awe of the trolls.
"Really?" asked Pabbie.
"Yeah!" answered Anna. "As long as it's someplace we've been, we can make a portal to it and travel huge distances with just a step! Making travel time pretty much nothing! So we can visit our family in the Enchanted Forest whenever we want, no planning necessary and I can even go to Corona, an entire separate kingdom!"
"That's... incredible!" commented Pabbie delightfully. "Both of you have developed your magic so much in such a short time."
"Hehe, yeah, well we did have teachers for the flying and portals." stated Anna.
"Ah, I see."
"Yeah, we learned the flying during our first trip to the Enchanted Forest. The friend that was with us, her name's Silvia, is actually a demon, a friendly one. She has actual wings, but was familiar with magic, so she taught us- mainly me, I had a bit of trouble. But we picked up the skill pretty easily." explained Anna delightfully, before Elsa followed with a smile...
"The portal one was a little trickier. I wasn't interested at first, but Silvia's friend, Edith, offered to teach Anna to make a portal."
"Yeah..." added Anna with an embarrassed chuckle. "My first attempt ended in an explosive failure."
"But she got it on her second attempt with me not being around, distracting her with concern for my safety." stated Elsa, before a chuckle left her and added. "And Anna was actually my teacher for portals after her success."
"Yep." added Anna, looking at Elsa with a smile. "Elsa was actually having a hard time, her failures didn't cause an explosion though, but she was also concerned for my safety, so I chose to leave her alone for a little while and her very next attempt worked!"
"Well..." started Pabbie with a smile. "It's great to hear you two helping each other with your magic."
"Yeah, it is." added Iduna and Agnarr at the same time, which prompted a chuckle from them, before Anna followed...
"Yep, anytime I have the chance to teach Elsa something about magic, I'm definitely taking it."
"And I'm happy to learn." added Elsa with a smile. "Oh, by the way, Anna, how about you show off your portals?" suggested Elsa.
"Really? But it creates a lot of heat."
"Yeah. Compared to your flying though, your portals would only temporarily create a lot of heat."
"Ohh, you're right, and there's plenty of space." commented Anna with delight, before looking to Pabbie. "How about it? Can I show off my portals?"
"Sure, I don't mind." answered Pabbie, before he looked to the other Trolls and asked them if they were interested, to which everyone happily agreed.
"Alright then!" stated Anna delightfully as she stood, along with Elsa and their parents. "Hmm, I can do it right in the middle, if you all don't mind spreading out." she added, before the trolls all parted from the center of the area. "Oh, to the sides too." added Anna to the trolls directly across from her. "You'll have a better view."
With the remaining trolls correctly in position, Anna walked ahead to the center of the area and created a fireball, positioning it a few yards in front of her.
While Anna occupied herself with creating a portal, Pabbie looked to Iduna and Agnarr and commented...
"I'm glad to see you two alive and well."
"So are we." replied Agnarr with a smile, looking at Anna, then Elsa, who looked over to him from the feeling of being looked at. "Even though we missed a few years, we're here now to the welcoming arms of our children." he added, to which, Elsa smiled in return.
Feeling the rising heat, Elsa turned her attention back to Anna, who was currently in the process of condensing her fireball, to the awe of the trolls. The heat didn't last long though, as the orb shrunk to a familiar black point.
"Alright, almost done." commented Anna, before she began to open the portal, taking just moments before a sparking to the right of Anna about two yards away, caught the trolls attention. Seconds later, a round of very impressed 'Ooh's' followed from the trolls as twin, person-sized holes opened up beside each other. The two portals were bordered by fire, with some sparking, though the bottoms of the portals did cut into the ground.
"Ta-da!" declared Anna delightfully as she faced the crowd and started to swing her left arm back with a performative display, before quickly catching herself as she realized that while she may have been a safe distance away, it was not an action she should attempt and get comfortable doing, so, she placed her hands on her hips. "Working portals!" she added, before chuckling nervously and added, "I hope it's ok that the bottoms are cutting into the ground. Don't want anyone losing a foot if they wanted to try it out. Which, to prove its safety, I'll demonstrate!" she continued, before facing the portal beside her, and calmly walking through it and emerging from the other beside it. "Ta-da!"
"That is incredible!" praised Pabbie as a few trolls walked up to the portals and Anna repeated the warning of keeping away from the edges before a few trolls tried out the portals, before Pabbie added, "How long can you keep it up?"
"I don't know, exactly." answered Anna. "But I do know that the longer I maintain it, the bigger drain I'll feel when I close them. So when I do make a portal, I use it quick, then close it."
"Oh, I see." replied Pabbie.
"But don't worry." added Anna, "I won't keep it up for too much longer, but I wanted to offer the experience to anyone interested." she continued, before looking at the crowd, "So, anyone else? You're not really moving very far, but hey, you can say you went through a portal!" offered Anna, before a few more trolls accepted Anna's offer. "What about you Pabbie?" asked Anna.
"I'll pass, but thank you." answered Pabbie, with a smile. While Anna allowed the trolls to experience the portals for a few moments, before Anna closed the portals and returned to sitting beside Elsa with a sigh of slight fatigue.
"Well..." started Anna. "That's everything we wanted to tell or show. Anything else you wanna add, Elsa, mom or dad?"
"Nope." answered Elsa. "That was everything that's happened since our last visit."
"I have nothing to add either." added Iduna. "I just wanted to show that I'm alive and well, and also, have a more positive visit compared to my last. Which has been a success."
"Same here." commented Agnarr, before Elsa added...
"Oh, Anna, you did only mention you're friends with a Fairy. Unless you wanna get into that, we've exhausted our topics of discussion."
"Oh, that's right." commented Anna, before looking to Pabbie. "How often do you all encounter fairies and are you friends with them?"
"Hmm, I can only speak for myself on this matter, but I wouldn't say I encounter them too often." answered Pabbie, before another troll added...
"Yeah, they tend to keep to themselves, but we occasionally get a visit from time to time."
"As for friends..." continued Pabbie. "I wouldn't necessarily consider us friends, more-so acquaintances, but I do know some of the village leaders."
"Ohh, then you must know Juleka, right?" asked Anna, prompting Pabbie to briefly look away in thought, before smiling.
"Ah, yes, I know Juleka. She was one of the last leaders to visit. That was some time ago though. Since you know her by name, I assume she's doing well?"
"Yep, we had a bit of an interesting meeting, which I won't go into detail about, but I was able to help her, and she was really grateful, and was really nice, so we became friends." answered Anna.
"Well, that's good. I do remember Juleka telling me she has a fondness for humans. I'm glad she has a human friend."
"She's got multiple human friends now!" added Anna happily. "Elsa, Mother and Father are friends with her too.
"Wonderful!"
"What are the other leaders like?" asked Anna. "Do you remember their names?"
"Well, their all nice and friendly. I have nothing negative to say about them."
"Do any of them share Juleka's fondness for Humans?" asked Anna. "She's told me that many fairies don't really care about us and would rather avoid us altogether."
"Well, that is certainly true." answered Pabbie. "I don't know as a whole, but of the leaders I've met, I wouldn't say they're fond of humans, but one couple is more... indifferent on the matter. So the chances of you befriending them is higher than the others."
"Ohh, a couple leads a village? How many villages are out there?"
"Hehe, that I couldn't answer confidently." answered Pabbie. "What I can say though is that there are many of various sizes. Juleka describes hers as one of the small ones."
"Hmm, well I haven't visited Juleka's home yet, so I have nothing to go on." answered Anna."
"Well, I'm sure she'll invite you eventually." commented Pabbie.
"Yeah, there's no rush." added Anna with a smile. "Besides, our size might cause problems around their homes, so it's not a problem if I never visit. But I would like to meet other fairies." she continued, before a troll commented...
"If your size is a problem, then you could ask your friend to shrink you to her size."
The comment prompted wide-eyed gasps from the whole family, before Anna asked...
"Really!? That's something Juleka could do!? I'd love that!"
"Heh, not alone." answered the troll with a chuckle. "A long time ago, a fairy told me of a special activity or celebration they do sometimes, called a Fairy Circle. As the name suggests, the fairies form a circle, and dance and sing. It's the one magic they have as a group that can do incredible things! The bigger the circle, the more powerful the magic."
"Wow! And it could actually make me their size!?" asked Anna.
"Based on what the fairy told me, they've done that exact thing before, although not with good intent. Since your friends, though, the intent would be positive."
"Whoa! That's amazing!" declared Anna.
"Heh, I'm sure there are other details to it, or maybe limitations, so ask your friend about it the next time you see her."
"Alright! Fairy Circle, got it! Hehe, we'll be able to meet Juleka and the other fairies on their level, how awesome is that!?" she added, looking at Elsa excitedly, who gave a small chuckle before responding...
"We'd also be at their mercy."
"Oh come on." groaned Anna. "Do you have to go there?"
"One of us has to." commented Elsa. "We'd have to trust that they'd return us to normal. And we haven't known Juleka for that long." she added, before Agnarr chimed in...
"I agree with Elsa. The opportunity would be a novel one, but there are still risks."
"Ugh, you two." groaned Anna. "We're friends, and it would be the perfect way to meet on their terms." she added, before Iduna chuckled and commented...
"They aren't saying you shouldn't do it, but just be aware of the risks. Don't be so infatuated with the idea that you blindly agree to it."
"Exactly." chimed in both, Elsa and Agnarr.
"I know, I know... It just feels bad to think like that with a friend." replied Anna.
"A friend we've known barely a month." commented Elsa. "And met only a few times. It's perfectly normal to at least voice our concerns."
"Jeez, ok, we'll ask her about it when we see her." replied Anna, before sighing, and looking back to Pabbie with a smile. "Anyway, I think that's it. I don't want to take up too much of your time."
"Alright then, it was a pleasure to see you again." replied Pabbie, before the family stood. "Along with your parents." he added, before Anna knelt down to hug him.
"It was nice to meet you too, and everyone here.
Elsa simply gave a smiling farewell wave of the hand as the other trolls said their good-byes, before Agnarr and Iduna took turns giving Pabbie a good-bye handshake.
"I enjoyed this visit too, Mr. Pabbie." commented Iduna.
"Hehe, just Pabbie is fine, Your Majesty." chuckled the troll.
"Heh, alright then, Pabbie." replied Iduna with a smile before releasing his hand and turning to face her daughters.
However, a curious look came to Pabbie's face as he looked at his hand which held Iduna's.
'A faint trace of magic?' he thought, before looking up to Iduna, departing with the others. Pabbie however, simply smiled and said nothing.
To be continued