To Fly And To Love
Author: Nightstar Fury from Nightstar Productions.
Rated: M for Mature
Pairing: [Hiccup/Elsa]
Disclaimer: I do not own the characters from HTTYD or Frozen.
Chapter One: Shipwrecked.
"Anna are you sure you can handle things while I'm away?" Came the soft tone of the Queen. Though she disliked leaving her little sister in charge, she had no choice. Elsa since the coronation needed a new trading partner for her kingdom of Arrendelle. It'd been 6 months from that day, everyone had accepted their queen's icy powers, more so now that she could control them. The ship was at the docks and ready to leave as Elsa stood with her sister Anna.
"Yes Elsa. Besides. I'm not alone, I have Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven. Just be careful and hurry back soon." Anna said as the two sisters said goodbye with another embrace. Elsa let out a heavy sigh as she released Anna from the hug and looked at her gently with her blue eyes.
"Very well, Anna. There's a list of daily duties on my desk, and also a list of everything else that you can do until I return. And if you have any questions just ask–..." Elsa was cut off by Anna jokingly pushing her on to the ramp of the ship.
"Go already! I know what to do, we've been over it the last two weeks Elsa. I got this. Go on!" Anna urged her with a smile. Another sigh as Elsa nodded and boarded the boat finally a few guards with her as well as some of the crew to man the ship. As the ship headed off, Elsa waved a goodbye to Anna, Kristoff, Sven, and Olaf. "I love you Elsa!" Anna called out waving her hand.
"I love you too!" Elsa called back as she lowered her hand while they her sister, friends, and kingdom slowly went out of sight. "Be safe..." Elsa whispered with another sigh as she closed her eyes and made her way to her chambers.
"Not to worry my queen. Princess Anna has taken her studies very seriously since the coronation of you being queen. She will do just fine." Said on of Elsa's most trusted guards who walked beside her to the entrance to below deck.
"Yes, I know. But not just as queen but her sister it is that I worry so deeply. I am going to retire for a while, I'm quite tired. Inform me when we've reached land Anders, thank you." Elsa said softly. Her guard, Anders nodded as he took his post in front of the entrance to lower deck to let his queen rest. Thus the journey began.
(Berk)
"Hiccup!" Yelled a booming voice from below in the village square. An older man stood with his hands on hips looking angry.
"Come on bud, we better see what he wants..." Hiccup sighed as they turned around after having been spotted from the sky, then again it wasn't hard to find a massive black dragon with a wing span of 48 feet in the clear blue sky over their village. Hiccup pulled in his dragon's tail and they landed safely away from Stoick, his father. Hiccup climbed off his dragon Toothless and walked over to his father slowly. "Yeah dad?" Hiccup asked.
"Where have you been Hiccup. I've been calling for you for hours!" Stoick asked roughly.
"Sorry dad...Me and Toothless were practicing a new move, and didn't want to take the chance of breaking something in the village..." Hiccup replied. Stoick sighed but faced Hiccup still.
"Alright, I won't argue with that. Okay so on to business, I have to leave the Berk for a few days and I'm leaving you in charge as the acting chief." Stoick said in a serious tone.
"That's all? Dad whenever you're gone its Gobber or I who act as chief anyway. You didn't need to tell me that." Hiccup remarked.
"I told you so you know that I want no funny business this time. Last time I disappeared for lighter and stronger wood, you replaced the annual regatta with dragon racing..." Stoick reminded, Hiccup nervously rubbed the back of his head with a chuckle. "Uh huh, never mind that son. I'll be gone about a week. You know the drill. Nightly patrols of the island, and handle the village. If you have any trouble, Gobber can help." Stoick said.
"Sure thing dad. Me and Toothless can handle things." Hiccup said rubbing the top of Toothless's head earning a purr of delight. Stoick gave a single nod.
"Aye, that you can son." Stoick said.
"See you in a week dad!" Hiccup called as his father boarded his boat with his men, Hiccup climbed on Toothless and waved as the ship set off. "Well bud, guess we're in charge again. Should we see if we can make any big changes that dad will be mad about and then agree anyway because it's an awesome idea?" Hiccup asked Toothless who replied with a croon and nod. "And this is why we're best friends." Hiccup laughed. Toothless took to the sky as they began going through the village to see if they could help with anything. Hiccup was now a strapping young Viking, he was 19 years old and Berk's Master Dragon Trainer and rider because he was the one to train and ride a Night Fury, and end the war between Vikings and Dragons.
Hiccup was a hero to the village because he and Toothless defeated the Red Death which had been ordering all the dragons to raid Berk. Things were perfect on Berk now. Hiccup ended up getting in a relationship with his long time crush Astrid, they'd been through a lot together and were a great couple. Hiccup did love her but lately he'd been noticing that Astrid was a little distant with him. Hiccup ignored it at first but not it was becoming a lot more frequent and he was beginning to worry. But now that his father had made him the acting chief again, his focus was the village and its well being. He'd deal with Astrid later. Hiccup and Toothless went about their duties for the day, checking in and making sure everyone was doing what they were supposed to do. Being chief was easy on dragon back, this is something he'd taught his father but I guess for something his father still liked the old ways of being chief without a dragon and Hiccup could respect that. As night fell, Hiccup instructed Gobber to watch the village while he did the patrol, after getting an 'okay chief' Hiccup and Toothless took to the night sky to begin patrol.
(With Elsa 4 days later)
Elsa was thrown from her ship bed by a jolt and knocked to the floor, she held her head with a groan. She could feel the ship's movements rocking ferociously and hear the calls from the captain on the main deck. Elsa got to her feet and moved with the ship's motions to reach the main deck where she saw the massive storm they were caught in. "My queen, get inside. Its too dangerous out here!" Anders yelled to her as he ran over.
"What is going on?!" Elsa asked through the roaring thunder.
"Its just a bad storm your majesty. Please get back inside." Anders asked her over the commands of the captain.
"No, let me help!...Ah!" Elsa covered her head at the crack of lightening hitting the sail and catching fire. Anders placed himself over her protectively.
"Fire on the main sail!" Yelled a crew member. More lightening and rain, the seas roared with anger, their waves pushing the boat around like a toy boat.
"Prepare the lifeboat! We must save the queen!" Yelled the captain. Elsa watched in almost horror as more strikes of lightening struck the boat and it caught fire, crew members were being thrown from the ship as it rocked around. The burning mast holding the main sail crashed down through the boat, which was now sinking from all the storms damage to it. Elsa wanted to help but what could she do, her powers were snow and ice, she would make it worse. And the fire would only melt the ice she created. Another massive wave that threatened to capsize the ship came forward. "Abandon ship!" Yelled the captain. Elsa had no time to react, she quickly ran to the edge and jumped overboard in to the freezing waters below. Elsa surfaced breathing heavily as she turned to watch more people jumping in to the sea as the ship sank slowly. There were pieces of the broken up everywhere and in the raging sea, Elsa couldn't find any of them.
"Anders! Captain!...Anyone! Can anyone hear me!?" Elsa yelled out as she found a piece of wood and held on to it. "Hello!" Elsa called out again. She couldn't hear anything over the storm. Elsa held on tightly to the piece of wood and closed her eyes praying for the storm to just end. Although Elsa was never bothered by the cold, the waters here were a lot colder than home. Elsa's prayers must of been heard because it wasn't more than an hour later that the storm stopped and she was left alone in the sea. Elsa went unconscious after trying again to yell out for anyone to help her.
(With Hiccup and Toothless)
"Man that was one heck of a storm bud. We should probably go out and make sure everything is still okay around the island." Hiccup said as he was up at the now clear blue sky again seeing that the bad storm had stopped. Toothless lifted his head with a purr as Hiccup smiled and got to his feet and began to get ready. After 15 minutes Hiccup and Toothless made it outside to check for any damage. "Alright bud, lets get up there and take a look from a sky view?" Hiccup said as he climbed on to Toothless and they were off.
"Morning Hiccup!" Astrid called from the ground. Hiccup flew down beside her, planting a kiss on her cheek.
"Morning." Hiccup replied.
"That was a bad storm last night. I let Stormfly stay inside with me...Think we can do some training today?" Astrid asked.
"We'll see Astrid. I gotta check over the island first. Get the others together and have them start going around and seeing if anyone needs help. I'm heading for patrol." Hiccup said as he prepared Toothless's tail for flight.
"Oh, okay Hiccup." Astrid said a little sadly. Hiccup heard her now sad tone.
"Alright, what's up Astrid?..." Hiccup asked now.
"Its nothing really...I just feel like..." She stopped now and Hiccup stared seriously.
"Astrid if you don't tell me, I can't fix anything..." Hiccup said in a firm tone.
"Well its not something I can just say quickly. I was hoping we could talk..." Astrid said now.
"Astrid, right now I have the village to take care of. I can't just ignore it for a talk. We'll talk tonight okay? I promise. Just go with the others and check over the village. I love you." Hiccup said as he kissed her gently before Toothless took off. Astrid sighed and got on Stormfly as she took off too and went to find the other dragon riders. Hiccup and Toothless were checking the village outskirts. "I don't know bud...things with Astrid are different..." Hiccup sighed. Toothless warbled slowly. Although Hiccup couldn't talk to Toothless, he know his best friend could understand him and the two had such a strong bond that even though Toothless only made sounds, Hiccup understood what he was saying. Some of the other riders were jealous of this but Hiccup didn't care. "Oh well...I guess we'll figure it out tonight, I'm getting a bad feeling about it." Hiccup said as they continued to fly making their way to the beaches now. Toothless suddenly hovered, his ears twitching some. "What is it bud?" Hiccup asked. Toothless let out a low screech. "You hear something, Toothless? Well lets go then." Hiccup said. Toothless darted off now heading out to sea.
Toothless flew fast, Hiccup was confused but trusted his friend's judgement. Finally, Hiccup saw something floating in the water. "Down there bud!" Hiccup called out. Toothless dived down and then hovered some as Hiccup gasped. It was...a woman. "These waters are freezing...We need to take her back with us. Lets go Toothless." Hiccup said as he reached over and pulled the light blonde haired girl in to his lap she was freezing and unconscious. "Back to Berk, Toothless!" Hiccup ordered. Toothless whipped around and flew back to Berk as fast as his wings would allow. Upon landing, Hiccup jumped off carrying the girl in his arms bridal style. He went straight to his home and laid her down, covering her with a blanket. Toothless got the fire going. "I hope she's alright..." Hiccup whispered as he sat down just watching her. It was a few hours still before she awoke, Hiccup and Toothless had been called outside to handle a dispute.
Elsa awoke slowly, her eyes tying to focus on the environment around her. She groaned softly as she sat up seeing she was in a wooden bed with a blanket and a fire just a safe few inches away. "Whe–Where am...I?" Elsa asked slowly. It was then that Hiccup and Toothless entered the room.
"Hey...you're awake finally. We thought you might die when we found you in the water." Hiccup said gently. Elsa looked at the male, and then saw his dragon and backed up quickly in fear. "Hey hey...its alright... Toothless won't hurt you, I promise..." Hiccup said.
"W–what is...that?" Elsa asked, she was still shivering a little.
"It's a dragon...but I promise he's harmless...You're still cold...come by the fire more." Hiccup offered to her. Elsa hesitantly moved off the bed slowly and towards the fire.
"I–I'm sorry for reacting that way. I have...never seen such a creature before..." Elsa said a bit embarrassed.
"Don't worry about it. Toothless is used to it...So...um...I suppose...this would be a good time to introduce myself...I am Hiccup Haddock the III, son of the Chief to the Hairy Hooligan tribe...and you've met Toothless already. Who are you?" Hiccup asked her.
"Oh...I–I'm El–Elsa...Queen of Arrendelle..." She shivered some. Hearing she was a queen, Hiccup bowed softly to her. Toothless did the same with his head.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Queen Elsa. So what uh...happened? I mean why were you in the water alone?" Hiccup asked now sitting beside her.
"I was on a journey from home...to find a new trade partner with. My guards and I were on a ship but we got caught in the storm...the ship sank and I passed out after getting away. I don't know if there are more survivors or not...So you're the one...who pulled me from the water?" Elsa asked now.
"Yeah, that was Toothless and I. We brought you back to our village to get warm. That storm was pretty bad..." Hiccup nodded in agreement. "I'll send some of the other Vikings to check the area to see if there are any other survivors of the wreck. They might of washed up on another island." Hiccup said to her. Elsa bowed her head in thanks.
"Thank you, Hiccup...I would appreciate that. Where are we...exactly?" Elsa asked now.
"Oh we're on Berk. Small island in between Norway and Scotland." Hiccup told her.
"Least I'm not far from home...Arrendelle is located in Norway." Elsa sighed a bit relieved now.
"Well once you're better we can take you home if you like. Toothless is a fast flyer. Or you mentioned before that you were looking for a trade partner right?" Hiccup asked.
"Y–yes. After I was crowned queen, one of our trade partners did something that caused me to have to stop business with him and his country." Elsa said softly with a nod.
"Well maybe we can be your trade partner. My dad will be back in a few days and you can speak with him. But I think first...we should probably change your clothes...I'll see what I've got laying around until those dry out." Hiccup said as he stood up now.
"Wa–wait...you're not going to leave me alone with...Toothless was it?" Elsa asked quickly grabbing Hiccup's arm.
"Don't worry, Queen Elsa. Toothless won't hurt you. If anything, he'll protect you. I'm only going upstairs..." Hiccup said smiling. Elsa let go with a shaky nod. "Toothless, make sure the fire doesn't go out. It's getting windy again, probably another storm." Hiccup said as he headed for the stairs. Toothless crooned gently as he laid down in front of the fire. Elsa watched Hiccup disappear upstairs as she sighed softly being weary of the dragon. The door burst open as a blonde haired woman stood with an axe over her shoulder.
"Hic–...Just who are you?" Astrid asked immediately. Toothless got up and moved in front of Elsa with a growl. "Woah, easy Toothless...Its me, Astrid..." She said seeing fast the dragon became protective over the strange woman in Hiccup's house. Some fumbling upstairs and Hiccup came down with some clothes over his arm.
"Oh Astrid, hey I'm glad you're here. Um, look I found her unconscious in the water about 7 miles off the beach. She was freezing so Toothless and I brought her back here. Her ship capsized and her men are missing. I need you to get the other riders together and go out and search for any other survivors before the next storm hits." Hiccup said as he patted Toothless's head.
"But Hiccup...you said we could..." Astrid began.
"Astrid I know what I said. I said tonight...right now, I have bigger things to deal with...Now can you please do what I asked of you?..." Hiccup asked again. Astrid sighed once more as she nodded.
"Yes...Chief..." Astrid jumped on Stormfly who squawked and they were gone. Hiccup sighed heavily.
"Sorry about her...she can be a little...well you saw..." Hiccup said with a nervous chuckle.
"Its alright. She reminds me of my sister, Anna. Outgoing and unafraid." Elsa chuckled a bit as Hiccup handed her the clothes.
"Well these might be a bit big for you but its all I have for now. They were my moms...It's not much but they'll keep you warm." Hiccup said. Elsa accepted the clothes from him and placed them in her lap.
"I thank you Hiccup for all this. It is good to know your people will help those in need." Elsa said as she stood up now.
"No problem. There's a place you can change upstairs..." Hiccup said to her. Elsa nodded and moved up the stairs slowly to change. 10 minutes later she came back down smiling.
"They fit perfectly. Thank you...I'm getting used to the boots though..." Elsa said with a small laugh. Hiccup moved to her side offering his arm to her.
"Here, let me help you." Hiccup said. Elsa took his arm and he led her down the stairs and back to the fire area. "Can I get you anything? Yak milk, bread?..." Hiccup asked her. Elsa was about to decline when her stomach growled a bit and she blushed turning her head. "I'll take that as a yes..." Hiccup smiled as he began to move about the home getting things together, Elsa watched as he cooked the food over the fire, then he served it all up on a plate for her and handed it to her which she accepted.
"You're quite a gracious host, Hiccup." Elsa said as she inhaled the scent of the food.
"Its no trouble at all Queen Elsa." Hiccup said as he sat down with his own plate after getting Toothless about 20 fish to eat.
"Please, call me Elsa. No need for the formalities." Elsa smiled. "This looks very good. You're a good cook." Elsa added after taking a bite of the chicken leg. "Mmm..." Elsa said.
"I'm glad you like it...Elsa." Hiccup said as he began to eat as well. It was silent among them while they ate, but once they were done Elsa placed her plate beside her and looked at Hiccup.
"That was amazing. I would definitely hire you as a castle cook." Elsa giggled some. "So forgive my curiosity...but...how was it that you came to be friends with a dragon?" Elsa asked. "I've heard of them before but nothing like Toothless here. I've heard they were a feared creature who spared no man." Elsa added recalling her knowledge of dragons from books she has read.
"Well it's a long story..." Hiccup said as he took a drink then began to clean up their plates.
"I have time, obviously." Elsa smiled.
"Well...it started 4 years ago. Vikings and Dragons were at war with one another. This guy here...was one of the most feared dragons around. He is called a Night Fury. The unholy offspring of lightening and death itself." Hiccup began. Elsa became very intrigued and listened to everything that Hiccup told her about the story. After an hour, Hiccup had finished. "And since then...we've been the best of friends." Hiccup smiled.
"Wow. I would of been terrified and running to find cover as you said the book explained to do if ever encountering a Night Fury. But he really is a beautiful creature..." Elsa said as Toothless rubbed against her arm.
"Haha, he looks tough but he's harmless. If you stick around long enough I can show you some of the other dragons on the island." Hiccup said.
"I'd like that. I know my sister can handle Arrendelle so yeah, perhaps I will stick around for a while. All rulers need a break from time to time, or so Anna says." Elsa chuckled.
"So, Anna is your sister?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes. She's two years younger than me." Elsa nodded.
"Must be nice." Hiccup said sitting down now. "I don't have siblings. Just me and my dad for the last 19 years. I have an uncle and a really annoying, hard-headed cousin who competes with me on everything." Hiccup rolled his eyes.
"And what about your mom?..." Elsa asked him. Hiccup smiled softly looking down a bit.
"She died when I was little, I don't remember her. My dad said she was carried off by a dragon when I was a baby, he looked for her but nothing..." Hiccup shrugged.
"Oh Hiccup, I'm sorry. I shouldn't of asked that. I know how it feels to lose a parent. Both of mine are gone." Elsa said placing a hand on Hiccup's shoulder.
"Yeah?" Hiccup asked.
"Yes, it was when I was 15, 3 years before I became queen. My parents were attending a wedding in another kingdom, but their boat was sunk by a terrible storm..." Elsa told him.
"I can't imagine how scared you were to run a kingdom by yourself without your parents there. My dad expects me to be chief one day but I'm not really in to it." Hiccup said.
"So you're about the same age as me then. Right you said you were 19, and in line for your own crown, I guess it would be." Elsa pointed out.
"Yeah. Right now I'm acting chief while he's away. Its hard but I got Toothless so it's not bad." Hiccup smiled.
"I'm 18. I've only been queen for 6 months." Elsa chuckled as she scratched under Toothless's chin and he cooed happily.
""Well we'll get you back home. So are you tired? I can let you sleep if you are, I'm about to take care of some chief duties." Hiccup said getting up.
"I'm not tired...Perhaps...maybe can I come with you. Get a tour out of it?" Elsa asked him getting to her feet now.
"Yeah sure if you want. I usually ride Toothless...but we can walk if you're more comfortable with that?" Hiccup offered her.
"Will he...let me ride him?" Elsa asked as they walked towards the exit of the home.
"Sure. He has taken a liking to you. What do you say bud?" Hiccup asked. Toothless jumped around happily, panting with his tongue out. Hiccup laughed as he climbed on Toothless's back and moved back some so Elsa could ride in front of him.
"Are you going to be able to see if I sit there?" Elsa asked.
"I don't need to see, as long as I can control his tail then he'll go where we need to go." Hiccup smiled. Elsa nodded as she slowly went to climb on but when her hand touched the saddle to pulled herself up it slowly began to freeze in the spot she touched. Elsa quickly backed up holding her hand.
"Y–you know...I think walking...sounds like a better idea after all..." Elsa said shyly looking down. Hiccup hadn't noticed the small frozen spot yet. Hiccup got off of Toothless and looked at her.
"Are you okay? You were excited for it a minute ago..." Hiccup pointed out.
"Yes yes...I am perfectly fine...Just...want to take things slow for now...I'm okay with dragons, but not quite ready to ride yet..." Elsa lied quickly. Hiccup seemed to accept the answer as the three began walking through the village, many people didn't question Elsa's presence there since she was dressed in Viking attire but there were a few curious to who she was. Elsa watched as Hiccup took care of the things he was supposed to, all the while, Elsa kept her hands in her sleeves pleading herself to keep control. The people of Arrendelle accepted her after she unfroze everything that she had originally frozen when she got scared during her coronation. Elsa didn't know how these people would react to her having powers. So for now, she would keep it to herself. As night fell on Berk, Astrid had returned with the other riders before the storm hit and it began to rain. Hiccup was in his house with Elsa and Toothless sitting by the fire. Astrid swung the door open and walked in out of the rain.
"Astrid. I'm glad you guys are okay, I was getting ready to go out and find you...Did you find anything?" Hiccup asked her.
"We found debris and some cargo things but no people. If the storm clears, we'll look tomorrow..." Astrid stated plainly. Hiccup nodded looking to Elsa who was worried.
"Hey don't worry. We're Vikings we don't give up until there is proof." Hiccup said to try and raise her spirits.
"Thank you Hiccup...I really do appreciate everything you and your friends are doing." Elsa smiled.
"Hey. I'm not his friend, I'm his girlfriend! Get it right..." Astrid yelled.
"Hey woah! Astrid...what's wrong with you...she didn't know..." Hiccup stated to her.
"Whatever." Astrid crossed her arms over her chest.
"Alright, we need to talk. Now. Toothless, stay here with Elsa please..." Hiccup said as he took Astrid's arm and led her outside.
"Toothless? Did I...cause this?" Elsa asked. Toothless shook his head and purred. Elsa watched as the door slammed shut and felt bad, as if it was her fault that Astrid and Hiccup were fighting. Elsa sighed closing her eyes then looking in to the fire wondering if Hiccup was alright.
