It took a while, but Iduna reached the trolls.

“Get up, you stupid rocks!” Iduna said, kicking them. “I know you’re there somewhere, trolls!”

The trolls rolled and revealed themselves just a little bit.

Iduna sighed. “I’m sorry. Let’s try this again,” she said.

Iduna closed her eyes, taking a few deep breaths. When she opened them, she faced the trolls. “I come for a question I wish to clear up, and I was told you have the answers to everything.”

The trolls then popped up and Iduna caught her brown hair and now blue eyes in the oldest one.

“Do I know you from somewhere?” Iduna said. “You look very familiar. In fact, you look like that same troll that found me as a baby when I was taken from the Northuldra.”

She gasped. “So that’s what my mother and the rest of the Northuldra were speaking about and I was too blind to see it!” She looked at the trolls once more. “Did you, by any chance, wipe my memory?”

Grand Pabbie looked into Iduna’s eyes. “You are much different from the girl I met before. That girl had brown eyes instead of blue, but I’m certain it is you, Iduna. Nothing can escape that beautiful brown hair and porcelain face accented with freckles that I remember from long ago. And your smile is even the same.”

Soon, Grand Pabbie’s face became downtrodden. “But I wasn’t the one who erased anyone’s memories. You erased your own.”

“What does this mean?” Iduna said. “I didn’t know I possessed such magic or even where I learnt it from!”

Grand Pabbie smiled at Iduna, taking her hands in his. “You have learnt troll magic from us,” he replied. “I used to remember you observing us and you picked it up that way. You were always a smart girl and a very quick learner at that. Yet, you did have your stubborn and hot-headed moments, but that’s to be expected.”

“Does that mean that I have the power of ice and snow as well?” she said. “I mean, I saw the future. Two of my children have that magic.”

“Unfortunately no,” Grand Pabbie replied. “You will soon learn that they will be blessed with a gift.”

“You mean by Gale, Bruni, and the other spirits?” Iduna asked.

“Let’s not jump to conclusions too soon, Iduna,” the wise old troll said. “You’re thirteen. You have your whole life to live.” He looked into her blue eyes. “And I believe that you will receive your answers when the time comes. But when that time comes and you still need help, then we’re here for you.”

Iduna bowed to the trolls. “OK, thanks,” she said. “I will be on my way.”

“Goodbye, Iduna!” the trolls called as they watched the young teenager leave.

After she left, they returned to their rock states.