I swim back up to the surface of the water and suddenly get thrown into the air by the horse. I land back in the water and create a small square of ice to climb on to for a moment. But of course it comes up under the bottom of it and throws me off. Once I'm under water again it starts pushing me further down and I press my hands to it and freeze it until it dissolves. When I break through the surface I see the horse coming at me again in a large wave. It hits me hard and before I know it I'm being dragged through the water. The horse has a my hand held in its mouth.
I create a rope of ice and throw it around the mouth of the horse and swing myself up and around, landing on its back. It flails around, trying to get me off, but I hold on tight. I use the ropes to guide him north and eventually he begins to run and not fight. Up ahead of me, I see a faint glow. And a large glacier.
Ahtohallan.
"Of course...glaciers are rivers of ice...Ahtohallan is frozen," I whisper, partly to myself and partly to the horse.
Ah ah, ah ah
"I hear you...and I'm coming," I say softly. I can feel myself tearing up. This is what I've wanted for my entire life. The truth. The answers. The horse takes me to the edge of the river and I hop off. We end up bowing at each other before he dives back into the water. I turn around and see a small entryway to the inside of the river. I walk inside and it's pretty much dark other than the faint, magical glow.
"Ah ah ah ah!" I call out.
Ah ah, ah ah ah
Suddenly the tunnel behind me begins to glow. I turn around and take off running, following the glowing orb. It has to be leading me somewhere. I come flying out the end of a tunnel and have a split second to think to raise pedestals for me to land on and push myself off of. I land in the continued tunnel and I can't see the orb anywhere. I touch the wall and the orb reappears. It leads me to another large room where I have to lift up the giant ice pillars. The entrance to the next room covered by a thin layer of ice. When I throw my arms up to break it they turn into ice crystals, just like before we left Arendelle. I step inside and the crystals form silhouettes of the elements before each turns into a diamond. I raise my arms and they begin to rise and when I bring my hands down, they float down to the floor. The middle lights up and I step on it. Then a flow of light flies up to the top of the cavern and forms a dome over me. All around me are images of memories, things from the past. Anna freezing. Me climbing the north mountain. Me and mother when I was little. Anna and Kristoff's first kiss. Then I hear someone singing the melody which I've been hearing.
Ah ah, ah ah. Ah ah, ah ah.
"Mother!" I choke out. It's my mother. She's been calling me.
"Come my darling homeward bound..." a voice sings. I turn around again and see my mother on the walls of the cavern, singing to me.
"I am found!" I say back. I cover my mouth to prevent hiccuping sobs from coming out.
"You are the one you've been waiting for all of your life!" My mother sings to me. She gives me a sincere and beautiful smile as my dress turns to white. Little dots rise from the ground of each element and place themselves on my dress. When I wave my arms, the images around me begin to dissolve and I slam my hands down on the floor. When I stand up, the entire cavern is snowy. Snow figures are portraying all kinds of memories from my childhood. I see one of Gale helping mother put father in the back of a wagon after saving his life. One of them as children reading a story.
"We bring Arendelle's full guard," a male voice says. I turn around and see someone whom I only recognize from the library portraits.
"Grandfather..." I whisper.
"I don't understand. They have given us no reason not to trust them," a soldier says.
"The Northuldra follow magic. Which means we can never trust them. Magic...makes people feel too powerful. Too entitled. It makes them think they can defy the will of a king," grandfather says.
"That's not what magic does. That's just your fear. Fear is what can't be trusted," I say. Obviously he can't hear me. It's just a memory. The soldier and grandfather begin to talk again as they walk away. They walk through a sheer layer of ice and I hesitate before clearing it and following them. They disappear at the end of a small ice tunnel and I barely catch myself from falling off the edge. I can hear my mother singing.
Not too far or you'll be drowned.
I look back for a minute and then, against my better judgement, jump down into the pit. I immediately start shivering and feel my body being covered in a frosty layer of ice.
"No..." I whisper. I hug myself to try and keep myself warm and watch for something that might be the answer to restoring Arendelle.
"King Runeard the dam isn't strengthening our waters. It's hurting the forest and cutting off the north," a Northuldra man says.
"Let's not discuss this here. Let's meet on the fjord and have tea. Find a solution," grandfather says. That memory ends and from the corner of my eye I see grandfather remove his sword from his sheath as the Northuldra man gets on his knees to drink water.
"No!" I try to cry out, but I can't move. My legs are frozen. My entire body is beginning to stiffen and I throw my hand up, releasing a ball of energy with it that contains the memory I've just seen. With my last push of air, I manage to cry out one last word.
"Anna!"
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