It was all started by a mouse...

“No. Eda,” Luz’s whispered plea fell from their lips as they stood there, wide amber eyes watching as the two sisters – one changed and struggling against the restraints that held her down, and the other staring back at them with an unwavering, yet triumphant gaze – receded into the shadows of the Emperor’s castle. “Eda, please.”

Luz felt their throat tighten as emotions flooded their chest, searing into their very bones, yet they couldn’t begin to decipher them all. Breaths hissed and wheezed as they were expelled from their lungs, quick, shortened gasps of air as the human began pacing. Back and forth, side to side; as though their frantic steps would conjure some idea for them. Perhaps bring clarity to the young child when there was none.

Tanned fingers roughly flew up into their hair, dragging through dull brown strands so that they pulled at their scalp, pinpricks of pain that sought to bring frantic thoughts back to reality. But, it only came to fuel the one emotion that had finally reared its ugly maw above all others. A scorching anger that singed every nerve and fiber in the human’s being. Stooping down, fingers snatched up a stray stone that had rested on the ground, a silent witness to the anger that quickly engulfed Luz.

“You coward!” They hollered, arm craning back before the held stone was thrown out into the ravine. “You monster! I’m not leaving her behind. I won’t! You can’t do this!” Stone after stone was picked up into Luz’s shaking grasp, and one by one they were hurled across the gorge, each one falling into the thorned fissure. And still the girl shouted and howled at the silent fortress that stood across them. Yelling until their throat was left raw, and exhaustion hung in their chest.

Only the guards that stood at the highest spiers bore witness to the child’s rage, their unbounded pain. Luz didn’t know how long they had stood there. Time no longer mattered, yet the slow growing shadows of the hills and trees surrounding them told them all they needed to know. It would grow dark soon, and still they had accomplished nothing. Eda was still inside, alone.

The human’s knees buckled beneath them, kneeling against the hard stone as arms tightly wrapped around themselves, a vain effort in keeping themselves from falling apart. “I’m sorry,” Luz rasped out, voice weak and wavering from fatigue. “Eda, I’m so sorry.”

At last, proud shoulders finally sagged. Defeat and resignation weighing heavy upon their figure as glossed over eyes stared blankly out at the sealed doors their mentor had vanished behind. “W-We’re suppose to stick together. Weirdos…st-stick together.” Their throat ached with every word spoken, protesting with every breath drawn in and every syllable forced out. Mouth dry and lips cracked from their relentless cries that only fell upon deafened ears.

Minutes passed as the young teen sat there in their defeat, unmoving, yet watching nothing. Finally, as the sun continued to dip lower in the sky above them, Luz pushed themselves up onto wobbling legs. Their limbs felt heavy and numb; as though lead had been forced into the very marrow of their bones. Feet dragged themselves over the smoothly cut stone, finally turning them away from the Emperor’s fortress.

Luz wasn’t quite sure they knew the way back from here, yet their slow steps carried them onward all the same. Everything hurt. Their head pounded with a dull ache, matching the slow, hollow sound of their beating heart that thudded in their ears. Their arms felt worn and sore, the tips of their fingers bruised and rubbed raw from their heedless gathering of stones from the ground.

And, where their fiery rage had once sat now only rested a smoldering hole in their chest. Luz felt numb, empty. They felt hollowed out. The churning emotions they had felt had all but extinguished themselves, ebbing out from the soles of their feet with every step that led them away from Belo’s castle, away from Eda.

‘I’M SORRY, EDA.’ A single thought that replayed within their mind over and over again. An unspoken apology to a mentor who may never get to hear it. A heartbroken regret that was broken by a single thought of clarity in the girl. ‘IT’S MY FAULT. IT’S ALL MY FAULT.’

‘IF I DIDN’T TRY TO GET THAT STUPID HAT–’

A new wave of thoughts flooded Luz’s mind. Occupying their headspace as they walked on. They hadn’t even noticed how long they had been walking for, nor where they’d been walking to. Neither did the human notice how cold their skin had grown from the nightly chill that clung to them. The curious looks from eventual passerby as Luz drew closer to Bonesborough; it all was left neglected by the teen’s blank stare.

It was only by the steady growth of the stabbing pain in their feet did the human remain tied down to the island in some fashion. White shoes now covered in dirt and muck, feet bruised and worn; every step left pins and needles pressing into every nerve. Luz almost didn’t want to take another step forward, but they did. Until, by even their own surprise, Luz found themselves approaching the Owl House. The first rays of the coming dawn brushing over the pieced together home, waking the strange creature that guarded the door.

“Oh, Luz! There you are,” Hooty greeted, his tone cheerful as ever as Luz stepped up to the door. Hand grasped at the curved handle, dull brown eyes looking to the magical being, an automated response already hanging from their lips. “Hi, Hooty,” they quietly returned, and with a trembling push, Luz opened the door, casting the grey morning light into the dark room.

Their vacant gaze slowly turned to look about the front room, the faintest flicker of surprise registering in the back of their mind at the absence of King. For all that he claims, he’d always been one to wait near the door for their return. What they found instead carved into their heart, tearing at what little had been left behind.

Low hanging balloons that struggled to remain in the air after being left unattended over night, bright colorful flags that hung from the ceiling; and there on the table, a generously decorated cake and a cloth wrapped with a red bow. Eyes widened as Luz took in what Eda had left behind, a quiet gasp escaping them as their heart was squeezed from between their ribs.

Cake abruptly splattered about the floor as a small demon erupted from the top, gasping for air, yet still posing with arms held out above his head. “The cake is me,” King cheered, paws waving in the air. Eyes slowly looked around, moving away from Luz as he finally noticed what was missing. “Hey, um…Where’s Eda?”

And that was all it took. A single question that brought Luz tumbling down with grief. The tears that had been kept at bay finally spilled forward. The remaining sliver of strength the human had possessed fell away, pained limbs giving out beneath them as they crumpled to the floor. The hole in their chest caved in, filling with their sorrow and guilt as tears rolled down Luz’s cheeks in broken sobs.

There is A LOT going on in the introduction/opening scene right off the bat. With Elsa looking out over a storming, raging sea and seemingly completely alone on a shoreline.

Now, I know many people have speculated that this could be her training and pushing herself, but my initial thought was: She’s trying to get somewhere/ to someone. And my thought on that still stands. The shore type is not at all anything we’ve seen in Arendelle. And, while yes, she could be somewhere else to do said training, I don’t believe she’d travel far enough for that sort of change to happen. Not to mention she seems rather ill-prepared for any sort of training, and not planning ahead is typically just not Elsa’s style.

And, seeing as she’s also with no one else on that shore, her goal being to get to someone (possibly Anna) to help them I feel is a more likely scenario. Now, the HOW and the WHY she’s there to begin with, not the slightest idea. Regardless, it’s clear she’s determined as all fuck to get through, and isn’t about to stop until she either gets where she needs to go, or dies trying. Although, even then, Elsa might not accept death as an option in the first place.

But, she’s definitely going through a process of trial and error. When climbing over the waves didn’t work, she went through it. And, when she was encountered a far larger wave, she tried going through it again, only this time with magic. Which, clearly didn’t work out.

I’ve seen a few people commenting on how it seems like her magic is weaker or not at it’s full potential as she could just ‘freeze the whole wave/ocean’. And, as a friend had pointed out to me, no. No, she couldn’t. Not because of a weakening of power, but rather simply a lack of power to go against the raw force of nature. Oceans during storms are insanely powerful, and how ice freezes on running water is FAR different than freezing calmer waters. But, its clear Elsa is sure as hell going to try to anyway.

The clip then cuts to Anna coming out to a balcony, in her nightgown, with...we’re going to call them Ice Floaties until further notice.

They seem to be almost literally everywhere. Outside, at least. And, just judging by the few near Anna, they don’t seem to be incredibly big. I can only guess what they are at this point, but they all seem to hold one of four symbols, which can be seen on the most recently released poster for the film.

My own thoughts were, if they do relate to the theme that seems to be continuing on in this trailer, they are referring to the elements; Air, Water, Earth and Fire. As to which is which, I couldn’t say. But, we’ve already been introduced to the water element from the very beginning, of course, being the storm and the ocean. We’ll touch upon the others as we go. Another small detail I noticed and thought was interesting is they seem to shimmer in a wave pattern, starting from the left side of the screen and moving across to the right side. Not sure if that’s anything important right now, or just the reflection of the moon, but I thought it was worth noting.

Next, of course, we get an awesome shot of Kristoff and Sven at the head of a reindeer herd. A true, valiant, pungent reindeer king. Now, from what we have seen, they do appear to be in whatever valley/new land/etc. the group seems to find themselves in. And, given that both of their expressions seem to be very similar/parallel to their expressions when they were retruning to Arendelle to help Anna at the climax of the first film, I can only imagine they’re again either racing towards something or someone important, or potentially charging towards an adversary. With a whole herd of reindeer to whoop ass.

There isn’t much more to take from this scene, however. The location itself isn’t ENTIRELY clear, and with no other context, it’s hard to take anything else away from it. Other than the fact that Kristoff seems to be sporting some sort of brown fur undershirt.

Once again cutting right on over to Anna! I’ve heard some people state she’s in a cave, but from what I can see here, I believe she might in fact be on a shore as well. The water on the left is far calmer than what we’ve seen, but the texture of the floor seems to be made up of those same rocks that we saw at the beginning. Which, if Elsa IS in fact trying to reach Anna, would make sense for her to be in a similar environment. I’m not sure what she’s currently holding in her hands but my guess would be a book, or perhaps the satchel she has in the next clip. Regardless of what it is, I believe inside it is what potentially could be what started this whole thing. Information, perhaps, they were either looking for or that they had used to bring them here in the first place.

Which brings us to Anna climbing up to a cave. Something I have found interesting at this point, is that with each of these clips, each of the characters have been shown alone. Whether it so happens to just be the shot angles or simply a brief moment where they are alone before another comes in, the fact that they are singled out and seemingly going against things on their own is rather interesting. Were the separated on purpose, or was it more a thing of bad luck that had they end up as they are?

It’s here, though, that I again bring up elements. As we saw with Elsa we had water, and here, we have Anna climbing a mountain, or as one could look at it, overcoming earth. A trail again made of an elemental force. It could be I’m reading too far into this idea, but worth prodding at every possibility. But, again, we have Anna still just as determined as the others to accomplish her task. And, I now also have to wonder the urgency of all that is happening, and what would have prompted this to begin with.

We now turn to yet another example of an element. Although, it’s clear this fire is no regular fire. Not just by it’s bright shade of pink and purple, but from the fact that it completely negates Elsa’s powers. The moment her ice touches that barrier of fire it melts, it evaporates. Which, at that current time and era, could not simply come from any fire. Which has me wonder further if perhaps there are other people who posses the ability to control certain elements. Which, if the themeing is truly a hint to us, is a strong possibility.

Especially when taking this scene into consideration, where air/wind seems to make a direct path to this boy and tosses him up into the air. Not much more to say on that aspect as now all four elements have been shown in one way or another in the trailer, but who the hell are these kids?

Is this a flashback for someone? Are these perhaps kids who are related to, or at least companions to other elementals? Are they perhaps just kids that happen to run into the group during their travelling? WHOMST?! That said, they are definitely kids. If anything, they seem to both be around the age of 14-17, so I don’t believe it’ll be anyone we know, nor will be related to anyone we know.

And then we have this beautiful scene. From their expressions and where they stand, my guess is this is the first time they may be looking over what they have to cross in order to get to whatever destination they’re aiming for. A look of amazement, and perhaps shock from Elsa, and something more of a determined, stoic expression from both Anna and Kristoff. We see Olaf with them here as well, which, given that we’ve only seen him twice in the trailer, there’s a nice question of where the hell is he during everything else? We see him only with Elsa in the fire, and no where else. Did he get taken? Did something else happen to him? Istfg Disney, if you melt this snowman there will be cONSEQUENCES!

Then, of course, we have this ending gem. Again, we don’t see Olaf, and oddly enough we seen nothing of Sven either. Are they perhaps together, then? Those two separate from these three? Or, perhaps are they just trotting up ahead before Anna happens to see...whatever is behind them. I don’t have much more thought on what it could possibly be, though. I know some have thrown around the idea that it could be Hans, but the only thing I could think of if it is him, is that he happened to follow them and is there to ‘offer’ his help. Not that I believe any would be very trusting nor excited for his ‘help’. But, who knows. What Anna is striking out at is as good a guess as anyone’s.