Kingdom of France
After the rather sulfurous meeting with the advisers, Princess Belle and her men from Monarch immediately returned to the coast, in the region of Normandy. There, on the top of a grassy cliff overlooking an immense gray sandy beach, Monarch had installed one of these camps.
A man stepped forward, holding the horse's bridle while Belle descended in silence, breathing a little and looking tired. Her husband, the prince, then left the royal tent in the center of the camp and came to his wife.
_ "It went wrong, right?" he said, guessing right away with the rather serious look of his wife. Belle then came and snuggled gently against him, and the prince hugged him calmly.
_ "It's worse than we thought ..." sighed Belle sadly "... not only will they do nothing to support us, but above that ... Godzilla has completely destroyed the Southern Isles... There were no survivors ..."
The prince gasped in surprise and horror at such tragic news. Fear took hold of him. By this act of genocide of an entire nation, had Godzilla just declared war on humanity? Henceforth, every possibility had to be taken into account.
Suddenly, the cliff and the camp were shaken by a brief but powerful shock. A Monarch's man, looking panicked, ran as quickly as possible towards the couple.
_ "She ... she starts to get restless ..." he said trying to catch his breath, hands resting on his knees. Belle and the prince looked at each other, then decided to go and see for themselves what was going on.
They went down, accompanied by the researcher, by the rocky path winding and descending to the bottom of the cliff, then on the beach. In the wall of the cliff had been shaped, by time and nature, the eroded entrance of a huge cave. The cave was closely watched by dozens of well-armed and vigilant guards, all of whom had turned their worried eyes to the interior of the cave. Belle and the prince stepped forward to find out the facts.
In the middle of the cave, surrounded by ramparts made of stone like the walls of a prison, was a giant cocoon, with translucent and damp walls. The cocoon emitted bright blue blues on a regular basis, and more and more quickly. This cocoon was discovered several years ago by the foundation, and seemed to be centuries old. However, he had been completely inactive all this time. Seeing this, Belle turned to the researcher.
_ "Since when has it increased to this point?" asked the princess.
_ "Right now, ma'am. Strange, streaking blue lights have popped up from the north and entered the cocoon... And since, it's getting faster and faster. It looks like ... she's going to wake up ..."
_ "No ... she's reborn ..." corrected Belle, while gazing into the cave, her eyes bright with fascination.
Suddenly, the guards at the top of the ramparts prepared their weapons. The cocoon, took violent jolts, began to rise, more and more, then to tear from the inside.
_ "Stand back, all of you!" warns the prince, who seizes Belle by the wrist to make her back away with him. The princess let him do it, too busy watching.
The tissues of the cocoon tore like paper and fell to the ground, slowly leaving emanating, covered with sticky substances, a giant insectoid larva, slowly opening its eyes and snapping its mandibles, looking a little around it.
_ "Above all, no sudden movements ..." Belle ordered in a calm voice and beckoning the guards not to attack. Then the princess then turned to two people whom she had managed to contact some time ago and had brought them from China.
_ "Should have happened, right?" asked Belle, as the two twin women with blue hair walked slowly but confidently, dressed in large priestess dresses. They both advanced without fear to the giant larva, which seeing them, looked down and seemed to recognize them. The two young priestesses knelt before the creature, joining their hands in prayer position ...
_ "We salute your return to life, goddess Mothra ... we, Miana and Maina, are your humble servants ..."
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Arendelle, Norway
The day of the great departure had come. On the hill overlooking the city and the castle of Arendelle, Kristoff was making the last checks on his sled, while Sven, equipped, was ready to leave.
Iduna II wept hotly, cuddled in her mother's arms. Anna also shed a tear, her heart heavy, hugging her daughter.
_ "I don't want you to leave, you and dad ..." moaned the little princess, her eyes shining with tears. Anna felt obnoxious to leave her daughter in Arendelle without her, but she couldn't risk taking her away. Nor could she let Elsa go alone. This dilemma tore her in two, just like her heart was. Iduna, surrounded by the servants and guards who would watch and take care of her, watched, tears in her eyes, the sled go away towards the north, taking her parents and aunt to the distance.
Anna then took the silver pendant around her neck, and put it on Iudna's neck.
_ "We have to, sweetie ... but know one thing ... that I am here, or at the other end of the world ... me and your father will always be there..." of her finger, she touched her daughter's chest, showing her heart.
After this sad embrace, Anna drew back, making a last goodbye to her daughter who was taken care of by the servants. Kristoff, in turn, came to take his daughter in his arms, also fighting against his bruised heart. Olaf came too, giving Iduna one last big hug.
_ "We will be back very soon, Iduna ... it's a promise I make to you." Olaf said to him with a friendly wink. All around, the inhabitants of Arendelle watched the departure of their queen, with concern reading on their faces, but screaming in silence good luck.
From the sleigh, Elsa stayed a little behind. This vision of Anna and Kristoff saying goodbye to their only child was painful to see. She would have liked to insist even more, quite telling the guards to detain Anna and Kristoff at Arendelle by force, but she knew Anna ... even that would not stop her ...
They all boarded the sleigh. Anna and Kristoff in the two front seats. Elsa and Olaf in the rear compartment. Pabbie arrived near the barrel, looking at Elsa and Anna.
_ "Don't worry. I'll take care of Arendelle and Princess Iduna in your absence." said the old troll.
_"Thank you." Elsa told him sincerely. "Until we return and there is no longer any risk, do not let anyone come back to the city. Stay in the hills."
Pabbie nodded gently, obeying the Queen's last order. Anna didn't say a word, and that was understandable. Elsa put her hand on her shoulder to support her.
_"Good luck to you." Pabbie told them, stepping back a little.
Iduna, surrounded by the servants and guards who would watch and take care of her, watched, tears in her eyes, the sled go away towards the north, taking her parents and aunt to the distance. With her small and fine hand, she clasped the silver flake of the pendant around her neck.
_ "With you ... in your hearts ..." she moans sadly.
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The journey of Elsa's group began. They crossed the dirt paths along the coastal cliffs, leaving Arendelle behind them. They passed through large hills, forests and mountains, crossing bridges and rivers. They saw for a moment, in the distance, the great mountains of the north, and on the largest of them, the great ice castle of Elsa, half of which had now collapsed following the confrontation of Mothra and Rodan.
During the trip, Olaf tried to relax the atmosphere a bit, wanting to make a game. He put up riddles like "Did you know that water has memory?", "Did you know that men are six times more likely to be struck by lighting? "," Did you know gorillas burp when they're happy? ", Did you know we blink four millions time a day?" ...
A little annoyed, Kristoff had tried to silence him by telling him that sleeping during a long trip preserved from madness. But Olaf had laughed, not believing it for a second. However, Elsa, Anna and Sven completely agreed with Kristoff.
One morning, very early, Elsa and Olaf were still sleeping deep in the back of the sled. Sitting in front, Kristoff and Anna had been awake recently. Both had been having great difficulty sleeping since the start, in part because of their daughter's absence.
_ "I miss her ..." sighed Anna softly.
_ "Me too ..." replied Kristoff, but still trying to make him regain confidence. "... but who would have believed it, huh? Who would have thought that one day, you and I would have such a lovely and intelligent child?"
Seeing Kristoff's smile at the thought, Anna manages to find a little smile too.
_ "Do you remember our first sleigh trip, Anna?" Kristoff said to her, thoughtful "... I said you have to be crazy to want to marry a man you just met?"
_ "Wait? What?" said Anna, frowning. "Crazy? You never told me I was crazy. You think I'm crazy?!"
She turned to him with an almost scary look. Kristoff swallows.
_ "No ... I did ... you were ... not crazy ... clearly ... just naive ... not naive ... just ... just ... new to love ... like I was..."
Kristoff was stammering endlessly, rowing completely in his words like a boat on the water. If Sven had been able to, he would have done a facepalm. Anna remained silent, looking at Kristoff, not really convinced by what he was saying.
Meanwhile, at the back of the sled, Elsa slowly emerged from her sleep ... she had been awakened by ... yes, still that distant voice ...
_ "Krisotff! Stop!" gasped the queen, straightening up.
_ "Good idea." muttered Kristoff, sheepish and feeling completely stupid.
_ "I can hear it ... I hear the voice ..." said Elsa, who stepped over the sled, jumped to the ground and started to walk straight ahead, in a hurry. Kristoff immediately stopped the sled and removed Sven's equipment so he could come.
_ "Elsa! Wait for us!" asked Anna, going after her sister.
_ "Olaf, wake up." said Kristoff, going to shake up the snowman who was still sleeping like a tree trunk.
Elsa at the head, the small group walked a few minutes along a large black rock wall, lost in the middle of a wild nature. Then, at the bend of the path, a large open space appeared before them. They all gazed in admiration.
_ "Wow ..." said Anna and Kristoff at the same time.
In front of them, a hundred meters away, stood a cloud of fog ... thick as a wall of snow, opaque, of deep gray ... a real wall of smoke of a length impossible to describe and s' rising up to disappear in the clouds in the sky. In front of this supernatural vision, all had chills running through their bodies.
_ "The Enchanted Forest ... we found it ..." sighed Elsa, hopeful.
_ "So it's true ... it was not just a legend ..." said Anna, beside her, too, her heart filled with new hope.
The group advanced to the foot of the endless wall of mist, looking down at it. After a few seconds of hesitation, Kristoff wanted to advance and penetrate the thick layer of fog, but was suddenly pushed back by an invisible force.
_ "Wow ... what the ..." whispered the young man, just as surprised as the others when he saw that. As for Olaf, laughing like an excited child, he started to run in the mist, each time being turned back by the magic that permeated this natural barrier. Elsa and Anna, holding hands tightly, both decided to advance to the mist. From the palm of her hand, the queen timidly touched it. Suddenly, the patch of mist in front of them seemed to react and moved away, suggesting something else that the group could see with fascination.
Four stones ... four large erect black stones were there, their surfaces damaged by time, forming a semi-circular arc, like a sort of sanctuary. In the middle of the stones was an empty space, almost as if one was missing ... Elsa, Anna and the others contemplated these stones seeming to come from a very distant age. On each of them, Elsa recognized elementary symbols ... Water, fire, air and earth ... but it was not only that ... by approaching a little, Elsa and the others were amazed to discover other engravings on the stones ...
On the stone of fire, was an engraving representing .... Rodan! ... then Mothra on the stone of the air, and Godzilla on the stone of the water ... and on the stone of the earth, this mysterious titan with the appearance of a monstrous gorilla they did not know.
_ "So ... the titans were there too ..." said Anna, fascinated at the highest point.
Elsa approached the water stone, placing her hand on the Godzilla engraving. Her heart squeezed ...
_ "Where are you? ... I need you so much..." she sighed sadly, gently placing her forehead against the cold stone and closing her eyes.
Suddenly, everyone froze ... the earth ... it had suddenly trembled, accompanied by a deaf, but characteristic noise ... a sound of footsteps.
_"What was that?" asked Anna, not daring to move.
_ "Holy f ... look!" then shouted Kristoff who had turned and paralyzed, pointed towards the West. Elsa, Anna, Olaf and Sven complied, also standing still in front of what they saw. From the west came a huge shape, making the earth tremble under his feet and approaching slowly.
_ "It's ... it's a titan!" Anna gasped, her eyes round.
A titan had just emerged. Measuring a height of 350 feet, it was a mixture of several animals, its head being that of a mammoth with a short proboscis and provided with two immense curved tusks covered with vegetation. His body was a mixture of bear and lazy, covered in thick shaggy brown fur. It was a quadruped, moving like a monkey on two thick and powerful front legs, carrying enormous claws.
Not knowing this titan, Elsa and the others hid behind the stones, hoping he hadn't seen them. The titan continued to advance in the direction of the fog, crushing the ground under his feet and leaving deep footprints behind him. He looked just as heavy and powerful as Leatherback. It remained to be hoped that he was not a destroyer like him. As it advanced, the creature emitted a loud roar, similar to an elephant barring, but 1000 times more serious and powerful.
Another roar, more strident this time, suddenly resounded, drawing the group's attention to the East this time. They gasped in surprise. A second titan arrived, and her appearance particularly frightened Anna.
A spider ... a huge and monstrous creature, a mixture of spider and crab, on the armored back of a shell similar to an amnonite. Measuring a height of 341 feet, she walked with six long, armored legs, and a beard of undulating tentacles, like those of an octopus, covered her head.
Then, suddenly, in a southerly direction, several hundred meters away, the ground of the earth was violently lifted and disemboweled, in a tremor which shook the whole region. From the huge hole created, a third titan rose into the dust, hinting at its sharp roar through the air. As he emerged from the hole, he could be observed better.
Measuring a height of 298 feet, its appearance was most strange, a mixture of insect and reptile ... a skin of a metallic gray, almost similar to an exoskeleton. A strange head with a triangular jaw and two shiny red-orange eyes. Her back was bristling with tip-like growths. Its body was carried by six large and thin legs, the four in front ending in hooks.
Still hidden behind the stones which offered no protection, the group contemplated, without daring to make a noise. The three titans noticed each other, each emitting a roar as if to answer each other, but did not seem to want to fight, each continuing its way towards the wall of mist.
Again, the angelic voice resounded. The three titans then reacted, all turning their attention to the same direction and as responding to this call, roared in unison, in a deafening din. Elsa heard it again, but could see once again that the titans were as receptive to it as she was.
The titans advanced, passing very close to the group without even noticing their presence.
Elsa, Anna, and the others remained silent, and saw, in amazement, the three immense creatures entering without stopping in the fog, not seeming to undergo its magic, and gradually disappearing inside.
_ "How ... how is it possible? They got in?" asked Anna, more than perplexed.
_ "It seems that the titans are not affected by this magic ... who knows ... maybe they are even at the origin?" then answered Elsa.
Finding themselves alone again, the group, led by Elsa, then decided, in turn, to enter. As if sensing the presence of the queen, the mist spread, creating a passage that allowed everyone to enter. Supporting each other, Elsa, Anna and their friends entered the fog, which slowly closed behind them.