"I hate it when you have to go to these things." Astrid said as she helped Hiccup pack. Toothless was nosing through a pile of clothes strewn around the room and found something smelly. He sneezed and left a scorch mark on the floor.

"Toothless. You know those never come out." Hiccup reprimanded, folding a shirt and putting it in his bag. "I'm only going to be gone for two weeks, probably. I'll be back before you know it."

"Things are always boring when you're away, though." She sighed. "You make things exciting."

"Keeping an eye on the new riders will be pretty exciting."

Astrid gave him a look. "Are you sure I can't come with you? It would be fun. I've never been to that side of the sea."

Hiccup shook his head. "I would love it if you came, but I need someone here I can trust to take care of things. You know what Snotlout or Tuffnut and Ruffnut would do if they were in charge, and Fishlegs doesn't have the leadership skills to get people to listen to him." Plus, it would be awkward if his overly jealous girlfriend and Merida, who may or may not have a crush on him, were in the same place together. Things would most certainly escalate. He'll need to figure out what that was back in Corona and set things in order when he got to Arendelle.

Finished packing, Hiccup turned his attention to the night fury. He pulled out the latest tail model he'd been working on; something that'll allow Toothless to fly without his help. Toothless preferred flying with Hiccup, but when he was away, it allowed the dragon to still get around.

The catlike dragon dodged at first, playing and avoiding the removal of the saddle. "Come on, Toothless, unless you don't want to fly for the next little while." Hiccup said exasperated.

Toothless stilled and held his tail still while Hiccup approach cautiously. He twitched it out of the way at the last second and made a sound similar to laughing. Behind him, Astrid laughed and tackled the tail from behind. Together they managed to attach the tail and remove the saddle.

"There, you see? Isn't that better?" Hiccup asked and placed his hand on Toothless' head. The dragon snorted and twitched the tail, but left the it on. "I'm going to miss you buddy."

"Hiccup," Stoick the Vast called from outside. "The boat's ready. Are ye ready to depart?"

"Almost done, dad. I'll be done in a second." Hiccup answered. He turned to Astrid and Toothless. "Ugh, boats. Walk with me down to the docks?"

"Of course."

…..

"Can yea believe this?" Merida asked Rapunzel excitedly. "Travelin' to a new country together, meetin' yeughr cousins, seeing Jack an' Hiccup?"

The two princesses were in Merida's room in the castle DunBorough, packing up for the journey. Rapunzel already had her bags packed and was sitting on the bed; being a visitor in the castle for the past week, she'd kept all her things together. Merida had her things strewn around the room.

"I'm so excited. We'll have to go sightseeing while we're there; I want to see what it's like."

Uh huh." Merida agreed. "What do you think they'll be like, Elsa and Anna?"

"My mother told me that Elsa is turning twenty one, and that Anna is three years younger, eighteen. Other than that, I don't know much."

There was a knock on the door and Eugene poked his head in. "Are you two just about ready? The king said that the boat is ready to depart."

"Jus' about." Merida stuffed a few more things in her bag and grabbed her bow and quiver. "Now Ay'm ready."

Rapunzel grabbed one of her bags while Eugene carried the others down to the docks.

Soon, the two princesses were watching the shore get farther away as their ship set sail. On the docks, Merida's family waved, the triplets sitting in the arms of the King and Queen as they watched the ship sail away.

Queen Elinor had decided to let Merida go alone with Maudi as a chaperone to the coronation. It hurt her to let her daughter go without her, but Fergus pointed out that it would be a good experience to be out on her own. And there was Rapunzel to keep her company, and Eugene had promised to watch out for her.

On the ship, Rapunzel remembered the day she left Corona. Her parents had had something come up unexpectedly that required their attention and so were unable to come with her. They were sad to let Rapunzel go alone, too, and worried for her, of course, as she had only just returned to them and was already out travelling. She knew that it helped them to know that Eugene and a few guards were with her.

With Maudie, Eugene, and a company of twelve guards from both households, the two princesses sailed to the land of Arendelle.

…..

Jack Frost let his hand trail in the ocean as he sped across the water. The ship was somewhere nearby, he thought. Rapunzel and Merida should have left DunBorough by now, and he knew Hiccup was already en route to Arendelle. How hard was it to find a ship on the water just to say 'hi' to friends?

A splash caught his attention and he looked, expecting to see a fish or a whale swimming along. A fin slipped under the water and he smiled.

It was fun, flying over the ocean. The water didn't freeze when he touched it and so he could drag his fingers through the waves, or follow the waves and fly alongside families of dolphins. He just needed to make sure he didn't fall into the water. The wind had a hard time getting him out when that happened; he'd made that mistake a few times before.

Another splash sound behind him, and again to the side. There must be a school of fish swimming along this area, the winter spirit thought, looking into the blue water. Beneath the water he saw shapes gliding to and fro. Bright colors glinted in the sunlight.

Suddenly, he heard a laugh, a pretty, tinkling, girl's laugh.

"Who's there?" He asked out loud, slowing down and scanning the area. There was nothing around. No land or any ships, just the occasional fish splashing and wave.

As he scanned the area, a figure burst from the water and dived back under. It wasn't a fish. It looked like a girl, with a blue fish's tail.

"What?" He ran his fingers through his hair. A second fish girl jumped and dived, while the first popped her head above the water, blonde hair floating around her shoulders. "Mermaids?"

He watched as the second one, this one with a red tail and dark hair, surfaced next to the first. She looked up at the sky with wonder. "Wow. It's so beautiful."

"I told you. It's so blue and goes on forever." The first one responded enthusiastically.

The dark haired one turned around and scanned the horizon. "I'm so glad you convinced me to come up here."

"Just wait." The first one grabbed the others hands. "When the sun goes down, it's breathtaking. There will be color everywhere." She looked around. "Where's Coral? She should see this."

A third head came up, this one had a reddish brown colored hair, and Jack could see a dark green tail underneath. "Lina, Crysta! Did you know there are ships down there? We should go explore them later."

"Ooh, yeah," the blonde one said.

"Wait, aren't there sharks down there?" The dark one asked, she looked down nervously.

Jack didn't hear the rest as a sudden gust of warm air carried him up high in the air. "Hey." He protested. The warm wind didn't always get along with the cold wind, and it was summer.

He looked at the sun, it was starting to set and the mermaids were right, it was beautiful. He should try to find Merida and Rapunzel's ship before it got dark though, otherwise he'd be flying around all night.

…..

Rapunzel looked over the ocean as the sun set on the horizon, then she emptied the few contents of her stomach over the railing. She supposed that the view would be really pretty, if she wasn't so miserable right now.

Eugene rubbed her back as she stopped heaving and leaned into him. "It'll be over soon." He reassured. "As soon as you get your sea legs again everything will be better."

Rapunzel just nodded mutely.

Merida stood beside her and pointed to something in the distance. "Look who's heare."

Seconds later a cool breeze hit them and Jack Frost joined them by the balcony. "Hey, guys." He greeted. "You wouldn't believe how hard it is to find a single ship in the ocean. Are you okay, Rapunzel?"

The blonde princess shook her head and leaned over the side again.

"She's seasick." Eugene explained.

"Oh." Jack frowned in sympathy. "Ooh, hey. Guess what I saw while I was flying? Mermaids! Coming up to see the sunset."

Merida snorted. "Mermaids? You think you actually saw mermaids?"

"Remember that you're talking to an invisible winter spirit." Eugene reminded her.

"Oh yeah." Merida looked closely at Jack. "What were they like?"

"Really pretty." Jack smiled.

That last part with Jack was my nod to the Little Mermaid, Tangled, Frozen theory going around. The circumstances aren't the same of course, but I thought it deserved a little acknowledgment.