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No Need for Titles
Elsa's POV
Morning came too soon, and the six were on their way to the Enchanted Forest.
"Hyah!" shouted Kristoff as he snapped the reins. Sven raced forward as they traveled through the countryside.
Olaf smiled.
"Who's into trivia?"
No one answered.
"I am. Okay."
As they traveled north, Olaf began to list random facts.
"Did you know that water has memory? True fact. It's disputed by many, but it's true. Did you now men are six times more likely to be struck by lightning? Did you know gorillas burp when they're happy? Did you know we blink four million times a day? Did you know wombats poop squares?"
Finally, Kristoff lost his patience.
"Did you know sleeping quietly on long journeys prevents insanity?"
Olaf laughed.
"Yeah, that's not true."
"It is." Hiccup replied.
Anna and Elsa nodded.
"It's true."
"Definitely true."
"No, it's the truth."
Sven grunted.
"Well, that was unanimous." Olaf replied. "But I will look it up when we get home."
Elsa snuggled up against Hiccup as day turned to night, his arm wrapping around her waist protectively.
"Good night, Elsa."
"Good night, Hiccup."
Elsa closed her eyes and fell asleep. It seemed like she hadn't been asleep for very long when...
"Ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhaaahhh."
Elsa's eyes opened and she waved to Kristoff.
"Kristoff, stop. Please."
She vaguely heard Kristoff reply, something about an idea. Shaking the sleepiness away, she shook Hiccup gently.
"What is it?" Hiccup asked, rubbing his eyes.
"I hear it. I hear the voice."
Hiccup was instantly alert.
"You do? Olaf, wake up."
Hiccup gently nudged Olaf while Elsa climbed out of the wagon, and trudged ahead. She gasped.
A thick wall of mist stood in a valley, blanketing the area. Hiccup, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven joined her. Without hesitation, Elsa quickly went down into the valley, rushing up to the mist. From a distance, the mist looked small, but now, standing in front of it, it towered over them. As the rest of the group joined them, Kristoff tried to walk through the mist, only to be forcefully shoved back.
"Whoa! What the…"
Olaf gasped with delight and ran into the mist, flying out and landing on his face. Sitting up, he started laughing, running back into the mist one more before flying out again.
Elsa glanced at her left hand, and reached out towards the mist. As if a sharp wind blew through the area, the mist parted, revealing the standing stones outside the forest. Each one had a symbol representing each spirit of nature.
Anna glanced up at Elsa.
"Promise me, we do this together, okay?"
Elsa looked at her sister, and squeezed her hand gently.
"I promise."
She took Hiccup's hand, and led the way into the mist. As they entered the mist came together behind them.
Sven grunted with worry.
"It's okay." Kristoff replied, reassuring his friend.
Olaf glanced around, smiling.
"Did you know that an enchanted forest is a place of transformation? I have no idea what that means… but I can't wait to see what it's gonna do to each one of us."
Elsa, Hiccup, Anna, Kristoff, and Sven looked between each other, and gulped. Suddenly, the group was pushed from behind at a frightful speed forward.
"Hey!"
"What is this?"
"No pushing."
"Stop it."
"Whoa, whoa, whoa!"
"It's too fast."
Soon, the six of them came to a stop outside of the mist.
Kristoff was surprised
"What was that?"
Olaf ran back into the mist and was chucked out again, laughing, as Elsa and Anna reached out to it frantically.
"No. No, no, no."
Elsa fired some of her ice into the mist, only for it to be fired back.
"And we're locked in," Anna said. "Probably should have seen that one coming."
Hiccup was leaning against a tree, his prosthetic missing.
"Tell me about it."
Elsa quickly went over to him.
"Hiccup! Where's your leg?"
"Somewhere in the mist. Must have fallen off."
Suddenly, his prosthetic flew out of the mist, and conked him on the head.
"Ow!"
He glanced angrily at the mist before Elsa reattached his leg. As she helped her husband to his feet, she gasped, taking in the sights.
"This forest is beautiful."
The six began to wander around. Anna went one way with Kristoff while Sven scratched his back on a tree. Hiccup was walking around with Elsa and tripped over something. Getting to his feet, he gasped at what he tripped over.
It was a giant bone, glistening white in the fading light.
"Elsa…"
Elsa covered her mouth, and fought the urge to retch.
"Is… that?"
Hiccup uncovered more bones as he brushed away the leaves.
"Dragon bones… from a single dragon… but I've never seen this type of dragon before."
"What if it's only local to the forest?"
As Hiccup pondered it, Elsa heard a small chittering sound as the wind picked up. She glanced around with worry, until,
"Elsa!"
Anna came down a hill, and took her hand.
"There you are. You okay?"
"Not really. Look."
She gestured to the dragon bones. Anna gasped.
"Are those…?"
Elsa nodded.
"Dragon bones."
Hiccup stood up, dusting his pants off.
"Whatever this dragon was… it's been dead for a long time. Maybe at least thirty years… maybe more, maybe less… but.. I'm seeing… similarities…"
Elsa was puzzled.
"Similarities?"
Hiccup nodded as Kristoff, and Sven arrived.
"Yeah… some of the bones have similar size and shape to…"
Suddenly, the wind picked up as a twister came barreling down on them. The group could hear cries of laughter from inside.
"Olaf!"
The five of them ran towards the twister, and were sucked up into it.
"Hey, guys," called Olaf. "Meet the Wind Spirit."
The six were tossed around as Kristoff blew past, Hiccup and Elsa.
"Coming through!"
Anna clutched her stomach, and covered her mouth.
"Ooh, I think I'm gonna be sick."
"I'd hold your hair back, but I can't find my arms," replied Olaf.
A piece of a tree came flying towards Anna, and Elsa blasted it in order to protect her. Suddenly, leaves wrapped around her hands, preventing her from using her powers.
"Hey! Stop!"
The Wind Spirit grabbed Hiccup, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven, and dumped them out of the twister and onto the ground unceremoniously as Elsa struggled against the wind. The five of their heads seemed to spin as they regained their bearings.
Hiccup called out.
"Elsa!"
The twister changed into a ball of wind and Elsa's stomach was in knots. She was trying to prevent herself from throwing up and control her powers at the same time. Steeling herself, she shot out a blast of ice from both of her hands.
"Let her go!" cried Anna.
The ball slammed onto the ground, Elsa landing on both feet as she struggled against the wind. Anna tried to get closer to the ball of wind as Kristoff called out.
"Anna, be careful!"
Anna struggled against the wind.
"That's my sister!"
Inside the ball, Elsa was still struggling, her eyes tightly shut, but the sound of giggling caught her attention. She glanced up seeing two children made of ice running around at the top as voices called out.
She saw an ice version of her father looking at her before he turned at the sound of a voice.
"Prince Adgar!"
The image of her father disappeared as swords of ice rapidly formed, moving slowly as if each sword was one in the same, but taken with multiple photographs that were blended together. An image of her grandfather appeared and spoke to Elsa before disappearing.
"For Arendelle."
More voices shouted as Elsa gave one last push, blowing the wind away. For a moment she thought she could hear her father cry out for her grandfather as the wind died and the twister vanished. She collapsed to her knees, and promptly began to retch, Anna quickly coming to her side.
"Elsa!"
Anna gently rubbed her back as Elsa finished.
"Anna… water…"
She formed a small glass of ice that barely held together as Anna went to a small pond nearby, and grabbed some water with it, bringing it back to Elsa as she drank it.
"Are you okay?"
Elsa nodded.
"I will be. I just need to catch my breath."
As she caught her breath, Kristoff looked around, seeing different ice sculptures, hanging in mid air, surrounding Elsa and Anna, ranging from reindeer to soldiers.
"What are these?"
Anna helped Elsa to her feet and Elsa reached out to touch an ice horse, feeling the coolness of it.
"Oh, they look like moments in time."
Hiccup turned to Olaf.
"What's that thing you say, Olaf?"
Olaf who was leaning over an ice campfire looked up.
"The thing... Oh! My theory about advancing technologies as both our savior and our doom?"
Hiccup shook his head.
"No, not that one. The one about…"
"The one about cucumbers?"
"No. The thing about water."
"Oh! Yeah. Water has memory. The water that makes up you and me has passed through at least four humans and/or animals before us."
Sven who was drinking water from a puddle, spit the water. Elsa turned green but kept herself from retching.
Hiccup pondered it.
"Hmm."
"And remembers everything." finished Olaf.
Leaves swirled and chittered around Sven and picked him. Olaf smiled.
"The wind's back. Delicious."
The wind blew around Olaf, this time being gentle, and kind.
"I think I'll name you Gale."
Gale flew into Kristoff's vest and blew out as he pushed on it.
"Get out of there. Whoa!"
Gale played with Anna and Elsa as well before blowing away past an ice sculpture of a girl holding a boy. But before they could look, Hiccup pointed to another statue, near the bones of the dragon.
"Elsa! Look! It looks like..."
"Skaði." Elsa said, breathlessly.
She walked over, and gently touched the statue.
"But those bones don't match a Snow Wraith… so why would a Snow Wraith be here?"
"Elsa! Come quick!" called Anna.
Hiccup and Elsa quickly went over to Anna who was looking at the statue of the boy and girl.
"Father. It's Father."
Elsa peered at the girl. There was something familiar about her.
"This girl."
"She's saving him." Olaf said quietly.
Kristoff was shocked.
"She's Northuldra."
A loud trumpet sound echoed through the forest. Anna looked around as the group started backing up.
"What is that?"
Elsa waved to Olaf, raising her hands protectively.
"Olaf, get behind me."
Hiccup pulled Inferno from his leg, and activated it as Anna pulled an ice sword off of one of the soldier sculptures.
Kristoff shook his head.
"What are you gonna do with that?"
"I have no idea."
The trees began to rattle, their leaves shaking. Anna charged forward and cut down a wall of leaves to reveal several Northuldra, wooden staffs ready to attack. Anna quickly dodged back as Hiccup waved Inferno back defensively.
"Lower your weapons," said a woman in front, pointing her staff at Hiccup and Anna.
Two loud bangs were heard as a group of soldiers came forward, banging their swords against their shields. A tall man with dark skin, and fading black hair stepped forward.
"And you lower yours."
"Arendellian soldiers?" asked Anna with surprise.
An older woman came forth, pointing her staff at the man who issued the command.
"Threatening my people, Lieutenant?"
"Invading my dance space, Yelena?"
Anna was puzzled, and turned to face the soldier, holding the ice sword out, Kristoff talking quietly to her in hopes she would put the sword down.
"Why does that soldier look so familiar?"
"Lieutenant!" cried one of the soldiers.
"Get the sword!" shouted the Lieutenant.
Both Northuldra and Arendellians charged forward. Elsa shot a blast of ice onto the ground, surprising both factions as they tripped and slid backwards away from the group.
The Lieutenant was surprised.
"That was magic. Did you see that?"
Yelena huffed.
"Of course I saw it."
Anna winced, glancing behind her to look at her sister.
"Well, you chose a nice, cold greeting."
"They've been trapped in here this whole time?" asked Kristoff.
Hiccup nodded.
"Apparently."
Elsa gulped.
"What do we do now?"
"I got this," said Olaf as he jumped out from behind Elsa. Everyone gasped.
Olaf glanced around.
"Oh, sorry. Yeah, I just find clothes restricting. Bet you're wondering who we are and why we're here. It's really quite simple."
Olaf skated onto the icy ground, and began to tell Elsa and Anna's life story. Finally, Olaf reached the present day. Elsa facepalmed in embarrassment as Olaf finished his tale.
"Oh, and then Elsa woke up the magical spirits… and we were forced out of our kingdom. Now our only hope is to find the truth about the past… but we don't have a clue how to do that… except Elsa's hearing voices, so we got that going for us. Any questions?"
A long pause went between them.
"I think they got it."
Elsa stretched out her hands, and unfroze the ice as the Lieutenant stood up.
"Are you really Queen of Arendelle?"
Elsa nodded.
"I am. This is my husband, Hiccup Haddock, King of Arendelle."
The Lieutenant bowed.
"Your Majesty."
Hiccup winced.
"Please don't."
But before the Lieutenant could ask why, Yelena stepped in front of Elsa.
"Why would nature reward a person of Arendelle with magic?"
"Perhaps to make up for the actions of your people." he replied.
"My people are innocent. We would have never attacked first."
"May the truth be found."
Anna walked up to him, and put her hands up, trying to picture his face in a painting frame, humming to herself. The Lieutenant was confused.
"Hi. I'm sorry. Uh, what's happening?"
Anna smiled, finally figuring it out.
"That's it. Lieutenant Mattias! Library, second portrait on the left. You were our father's official guard."
Mattias sighed a little, remembering.
"Adgar… What did happen to your parents?"
Anna and Elsa looked down sadly as Anna spoke up.
"Our parents' ship went down in the Southern Sea… six years ago."
Mattias sighed again, the sound of it full of sadness and regret. He looked up, smiling at Elsa and Anna.
"I see him. I see him in your faces."
"Really?" asked Anna.
Hiccup nodded.
"He's right."
Mattias nodded, before turning his head.
"Soldiers. We may be getting on in years, but we're still strong."
The Arendellian soldiers stood in front of the group protectively.
"And proud to serve Arendelle."
The Northuldra backed up, but Elsa reached out, standing in front of the soldiers.
"Wait. Please. Someone has called me here. If I can just find them… I believe they have the answers that may help us free this forest. Trust me, I just want to help."
"We only trust nature." Yelena replied. "When nature speaks…"
Suddenly, Inferno's fire went out and a nearby tree caught fire. Yelena gulped.
"... we listen."
A small ball of bright purple and pink fire jumped from the tree to another one, setting it ablaze.
"Fire Spirit!"
The Fire Spirit quickly began to set the forest on fire, running rampant.
"Get back, everyone!" called Yelena.
"Head for the river!" shouted Mattias.
As everyone began to flee, Elsa, even though her strength was sapped, quickly fired ice blasts to put the fire out. She vaguely heard Anna calling out to her. Glancing through the smoke, she saw Anna collapse, and quickly sent a blast of ice her way, putting out the flames.
Kristoff rode by and Sven, grabbing Anna off of the ground, riding away. Elsa called to him breathlessly.
"Get her out of here!"
Elsa felt her strength leaving her, but gave chase once more as the Fire Spirit raced by, firing more ice along the way. She managed to finally corner it when it started to cool down, revealing the spirit to be a salamander. Elsa crouched and slowly went towards it. It's eyes narrowed, and it shot a blast of fire at Elsa, which she expertly dodged, and quickly put it's fire out.
The Salamander stared at Elsa, pondering her. It reminded Elsa of when she first properly met Toothless. Perhaps this salamander was related to dragon-kind in some way. The Salamander waddled up to her, and touched her hand, before climbing into it. It was hot to the touch, but as it cooled down some more, Elsa was able to hold it.
The Salamander collapsed into Elsa's hands, turning a light blue in color as it settled down. All around them, the magical fires that it made were extinguished. Elsa waved her hand and let a few snowflakes fall on the little guy who ate them happily. He glanced behind Elsa, causing Elsa to turn to see the Northuldra Tribe along with Mattias and Yelena.
"They're all looking at us, aren't they? Got any advice?"
The Salamander glanced up at her, tipping his head.
"Nothing?"
The Salamander licked his eye, and it took every last bit of strength in her body not to laugh.
"Yep. Definitely related to the Terrible Terror." she thought.
Pulling herself out of her thoughts, Elsa smiled softly.
"Hmm. Should I know what that means?"
"Ah, ah, ah, ahhhhhaaahhh."
The Salamander turned around, looking north. Elsa was surprised.
"You hear it, too. Somebody's calling us. Who is it? What do we do?"
The Salamander jumped out of Elsa's hand and crawled over to a rock.
"Okay, keep going north."
The Salamander smiled and jumped off the rock, Elsa beginning to follow it.
"Elsa!"
Anna hugged Elsa from behind.
"Oh, thank goodness! Are you okay?"
"Anna. What were you doing?" Elsa scolded. "You could've been killed. You can't just follow me into fire."
Anna frowned.
"You don't want me to follow you into fire, then don't run into fire."
Her face changed from anger to worry as she sighed.
"You're not being careful, Elsa."
Elsa sighed, hugging Anna tightly.
"I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"I've been better." Anna replied.
Elsa paused.
"Hmm. I know what you need."
Elsa reached into Anna's satchel and pulled out their mother's scarf as the Northuldra gasped.
Yelena spoke up.
"Where did you get that scarf?"
A young man came over.
"That's a Northuldra scarf."
The young woman from earlier came over as Anna expressed her shock.
"This is from one of our oldest families."
Anna was confused.
"It was our mother's."
Elsa's eyes widened as she quickly pulled Anna along. Hiccup who had managed to finally catch up due to his leg slowing him down groaned as Elsa and Anna passed him.
"Not again."
He hobbled after them.
Elsa and Anna arrived back at the ice sculpture of the boy and girl.
Anna gasped.
"Elsa."
"I see it. It's Mother."
Anna took a deep breath in.
"Mother saved Father's life that day."
Hiccup finally managed to catch up again as the Northuldra tribe came up to them.
Elsa stood proud, speaking up.
"Our mother was Northuldra."
Gale blew by as the forest began to glow bright blue. The ice statues of the reindeer, soldiers, Elsa and Anna's parents, and even Olaf glowed blue.
Three of the male Northuldra tribe members began to chant, and sing. Everyone took each other's hand as more joined in the singing. Yelena held hers out to Elsa and Anna.
"We are called Northuldra. We are the people of the sun."
She released their hands, and Elsa put on a look of determination.
"I promise you I will free this forest and restore Arendelle."
Anna touched her shoulder.
"That's a pretty big promise, Elsa."
Hiccup nodded.
"It is…"
He took Elsa's hand.
"But she can do it. I believe in her."
Hiccup's POV
It was a little while later that everyone was in the Northuldra camp. Elsa was given some food and a place to rest while Hiccup watched the children of the village run around. But he couldn't get his mind off of the bones of the dragon. Spotting Yelena, he went over to her.
"Yelena?"
She turned to face him.
"Yes, Your Majesty?"
Hiccup didn't say anything about the title, but nodded.
"When we first arrived in the forest, I saw a set of dragon bones… you see we have trained dragons… back in Arendelle… and… well… I've never seen that type of dragon before… do you know anything about it?"
Yelena looked at him.
"Come with me."
Yelena went over to her tent and entered, Hiccup following after.
"I figured you knew the true nature of dragons." She gestured to Inferno. "Monstrous Nightmare gel, correct?"
"Uh… yeah, how did you know?"
Yelena sat down by her campfire, gesturing for Hiccup to sit with her.
"Long before the mist fell, dragons lived here in the forest with us. They never bothered us, and we never bothered them. But we knew how they worked, and they often left us gifts of their choosing for us as did we. One day, a dragon of pure white appeared in the forest. No one knew where she came from, but she was heavily injured."
"The Northuldra healed her, and in return she lived in the village with us. Protecting us. Not one member of our tribe could classify her, so we called her a Frostripper, as she could create ice, and snow. Much like your wife. Not long after Arendelle came to us, another dragon arrived. A Sno.."
"A Snow Wraith?"
"How did you know that?"
"Elsa's dragon is a female Snow Wraith. Her name is Skaði. We saw an image of a Snow Wraith earlier. It looked like Skaði."
"After the Goddess of Winter. Good choice. But yes. A male Snow Wraith came to the forest. The Frostripper fell in love with the Snow Wraith. We had found out she was even expecting an egg. But then the mist fell, and all was lost. Regardless of the fact that she was expecting. She fought… and lost. She died from her injuries, but before she died, she laid her egg. The Egg was rescued by the Snow Wraith and taken to safety."
Hiccup wordlessly prompted her to continue.
"Once everything was settled down, the egg was returned, but it had not hatched. We tried everything, but the egg would not hatch. It wasn't until the Winter Solstice, ten years later, that the egg finally hatched. It was a girl. She looked much like her father, but had none of the abilities that her mother had. Then one day she disappeared…"
"You don't think that…"
A thud echoed through the tents. Hiccup and Yelena quickly went outside.
"Earth Giants." called Honeymaren.
Yelena frowned, looking around.
"What are they doing down here?"
The village set to work, putting out campfires, and dimming the lights.
Yelena turned to Hiccup.
"Hide."
Hiccup did so behind a tree, Elsa across from him. The Earth Giants entered into view walking around, their massive shadows plunging the forest into darkness. Elsa peered out and quickly dove back behind the tree as one giant looked her way. As they walked away, Elsa stepped out from behind the tree about to follow them when Anna grabbed her.
"Please tell me you were not about to follow them."
Elsa looked up at the retreating giants.
"What if I can settle them like I did the wind and fire?"
Hiccup came over to Elsa, agreeing with Anna.
"Or what if they can crush you before you even get the chance?"
Anna nodded and looked at Elsa, pleading almost with her.
"Remember, the goal is to find the voice… find the truth, and get us home."
Olaf waddled over, the Salamander on top of his head.
"Hey, guys. That was close."
The Salamander jumped into Elsa's waiting hand as she stood up.
"I know. The giants sensed me. They may come back here. I don't want to put anyone at risk again. And you're right, Anna. We've got to find the voice."
Elsa turned to Hiccup and took his hand.
"We're going now."
Hiccup nodded and they set off.
Sooo close to the end! Gah! I can't believe it! But yes! There was a dragon that was located only in the Enchanted Forest! Now if you're wondering where did all the dragons go after the Mist fell? Simple answer: They left. I mean I would leave if my home was in turmoil, right? But how does this dragon tie in with another Snow Wraith? Well that will have to wait until next time.
But yes, we are so close to the end. I forsee at least two more, possibly one chapter left in the Frozen 2 arc, and then it's on to the Hidden World arc which will be the most challenging as it will be all of Hiccup's enemies against him. Krogan, Viggo, Ryker, and Grimmel. Now I'm sure by this point Drago is dead from TB, but who knows? Maybe he'll show up!
See you next time!