She stalked off, followed by Frostbreath, who shook the ground. Hiccup and Elsa dragged the people who were paralyzed onto Frostbreath, tying them on, and then they flew to Elsa's ice palace on Frostbreath. Right before they landed however, Elsa threw some magic on the other side of the mountain, and told Frostbreath to land on the other side, thankfully the paralytics hadn't seen her ice castle. When they reached the other side, Hiccup saw that Elsa's magic had made another castle. Not as majestic and beautiful as her defendable castle, but it was still pretty. They dropped the paralytics off inside, and Elsa sealed off the entrance, reassuring Hiccup that no one could get inside. She then raised a huge wall, so thick that even when Frostbreath dropped her heavy tail on it, it didn't even crack. Elsa nodded in satisfaction, then explained to Hiccup,
"Nothing can get through that. Not even fire." They flew back to Berk, and Elsa walked around, strengthening Berk and fortifying it. Hiccup watched her, wondering what on earth was coming over him, and then when she came back over to him, she said,
"They aren't going to get here for a week. We can go up to my castle. Come." Hiccup followed her back to Frostbreath, watching her walk. He felt heat creep up his body and blushed as he forced his eyes to concentrate on her head. Elsa glanced back at him for a minute, then said,
"Why are you staring at me?" Hiccup shrugged, blushing slightly, and to his relief, Elsa just shrugged and climbed up Frostbreath. Hiccup remembered as Frostbreath slowly glided to the ice palace something his father had once told him.
"When you heat up like an oven, and you think the most retarded thoughts and have to fight your eyes for morality, you're in love." Hiccup looked at Elsa and realized that what his father said was true, therefore- oh gosh! No way.
Elsa thought about Hiccup. He'd been staring at her a lot, and that was weird. Elsa glanced sideways at Hiccup and avoided his eyes. What was this weird feeling she felt when he looked at her? It was something she'd never felt before, other than loathing. It felt,….good. She shook her head and stared in front of her, trying to think of something else, but her thoughts always returned to Hiccup. Suddenly she jumped off the dragon and landed on her balcony.
"Stay away!" She shouted at Hiccup, and Frostbreath whirled away, taking Hiccup back to Berk. Elsa came into her main room to find Dagur and Alvin the Treacherous there. She stiffened her back, and her features immediately became icy.
"Queen Elsa. How nice to finally meet you." Dagur sneered.
"How sad that it isn't nice for me." Hissed Elsa, striking cold and fear into Dagur's deranged heart.
"Now, now missy. You're going to come with us, nice and calm like." Alvin said, moving closer. Elsa stepped backwards and growled,
"Stay away." Alvin stepped closer, disregarding her warning and Elsa swept her hand up, and ice pierced him. Blood splattered around and Elsa said, staring at him,
"I said, stay, away."
Alvin gasped as he died, and Dagur backed away. Elsa turned to look at him, and Dagur cowered away from her blue gaze. Blood was on her face from Alvin's body, and her eyes gleamed as she picked him up with magic and threw him over the balcony.
"Are you going to leave or- no, I'll just do it now." Elsa lifted her hand, and a stream of magic struck Dagur in the heart. Elsa continued the stream, strengthening it, and he turned to ice on the spot. She made a movement with her finger, and the ice exploded, and then swirled out the window. Elsa knew she was evil, and she was currently enjoying it. She looked at the sky and promised silently,
"I swear Anna they will pay for what they have done to us." And turning quickly, she slammed the doors behind her.
Hiccup tried to get Frostbreath to turn around, but she resolutely flew to Berk, where she literally dropped him off. She flew off before Hiccup could stop her, and Hiccup sighed, muttering sarcastically.
"Oh gee thanks. Gosh. Some dragons." Hiccup went to the smithy, where he re-made his flaming sword, and made a bow and arrows, as well as a quiver. He stayed up late into the night working on the bow, making it extremely complex.
Elsa meanwhile, when dark fell, changed her clothes into a dark dress, and went down to the dragon lair. She summoned Toothless, who came happily, bouncing around her like a puppy. Elsa laughed and got on him, saying as she did,
"Ready for some fun?" Toothless made an agreeing noise, and Elsa magically melted the wall. Toothless zoomed through it, and Elsa bent close to his neck, offering less wind resistance. When they reached a certain point above the mountain, Elsa began whirling her hands above her, melting the walls enclosing a certain dragons den, while Toothless roared, summoning any living Night Furies. There was a noise of wings flapping, and from below them, tons of Night Furies arose. (Elsa had been caring for them secretly for a very long time.) Elsa rose into the sky, and the Night Furies followed. She flew to where the ships of Alvin and Dagur, now dead, were sailing, and swooping silently through the convenient winter fog she'd raised, grabbed the cages containing the stingers, which were oddly enough, on the deck. The Night Fury herd copied her, and soon all the cages were gone from the deck, and being held by the Night Furies. Elsa flew to the Stingers' cave, which she fortified with simply unbreakable ice. She then flew into the air, and returning the Night Furies to their cave, she replaced their unbreakable ice walls, and flew to her ice castle. She took Toothless back to the lair, and catching some fish for him, returned to the inside of her ice castle.
Once inside, she whispered in a song,
Something has changed within me,
Something is not the same.
I'm through with playing by the rules of someone else's game,
Too late for second guessing,
Too late to go back to sleep.
It's time to trust my instincts,
Close my eyes,
And leap!
It's time to try defying gravity,
I think I'll try defying gravity, and no one'll pull me down.
I'm through accepting limits,
Cause someone says they're so.
Some things I cannot change,
But til I try I'll never know.
Too long I've been afraid of losing love I know I've lost!
Well if that's love, it comes at much too high a cost!
I'd sooner buy defying gravity,
Kiss me goodbye I'm defying gravity,
And you can't pull me down.
Unlimited!
My future is unlimited!
Alone I'll be the greatest queen there's ever been,
Freedom, the way I plan it,
If I work in solo,
There's no fight I cannot win!
Just me myself! Defying gravity!
Just me myself defying gravity!
They'll never bring me down!
I know I'm happy,
Now that I'm choosing this.
I know. I know I'll have my bliss,
I know I'll really get it,
And I won't live to regret it!
I know I'll be happy in the end,
I know I'm happy, right now!
So if you care to find me,
Look to the northern sky!
As someone told me lately,
Everyone deserves a chance to fly!
And if I'm flying solo,
At least I'm flying free!
To those who'd ground me,
Take a message back from me!
Tell them how I am defying gravity!
I'm flying high defying gravity!
And soon I'll match them in renown.
And nobody, in all of Berk,
No Hiccup that there is or was,
Is ever gonna bring me down!
Bring me down!
Bring me down!
She smiled broadly as she sang, and happiness was in her voice. She sighed though, and wondered if she really would be be happy. She hoped so, and she thought she would be.
The next day, Hiccup walked out onto the ocean, hoping to see Elsa flying around, but he didn't. He sighed and shook his head, thinking how ridiculous he was being. He shouldn't be attached to her; she didn't even show any reciprocation of his feelings. But in his head Hiccup imagined her laughing, and smiled as he thought of her.
Suddenly there was a great wind, and Hiccup shielded his eyes to see Frostbreath coming down, and his heart leapt. Elsa slid down, and something slid down behind her. Hiccup saw that it was Alvin, and covered his mouth in horror.
"Hiccup, I need you to realize, I'm not good. I killed him and Dagur; when I thought of what they were going to do to me, I couldn't stand it. They were going to use me against you." Hiccup touched her arm and she flinched away.
"Elsa, you're not evil. If they were going to use you, it's a good thing you killed them. It's probably good that you killed Dagur; he would've"
"I know. He's deranged, I'm pretty, yeah, I get it." Elsa interrupted. Hiccup smiled then said,
"Why'd you bring him here."
"To show you how I am. I killed him, you don't think that's bad?" She asked and looked in his eyes, again sending a chill down his spine. Hiccup shook his head.
"No. They were evil. They deserved to die more than anyone." Elsa sighed and said,
"Thanks. You're the only one who think that. So…want to go on a flight? I figured you must be missing Toothless, so I'll just tell her to listen to you and you can fly her by word commands." Hiccup nodded, and Elsa stepped aside, and Frostbreath unfolded her wing. Elsa told Hiccup to get on, and after he did Frostbreath lifted her wing and Hiccup slid onto her back where Elsa normally sat. Elsa called,
"Frostbreath!" Frostbreath took off and Hiccup grabbed on, not being used to flying without a saddle. Elsa giggled as she saw him grab on, then Frostbreath disappeared into the clouds. Elsa sighed and walked around the village, checking what places she could hold her ground when the armada came, and fortifying the tower on top; towers were her favorite places to hold her last ground. When the sun set and twilight fell, she heard Frostbreath roar and felt her land. She turned and saw Hiccup slide down Frostbreath's wing.
Hiccup breathed out in relief as he landed on solid ground, and turned when he heard Elsa coming towards them.
"How was it?" She asked when she was within hearing.
"It was…weird. I've never ridden a dragon that huge before." Elsa laughed.
"If you think she's big, you should've tried riding her mother. I rode her mother once, when I was a young girl. I got out of the castle and I found her, tamed her and rode her. She was 4 times as big as Frostbreath." Hiccup stared at her and asked in astonishment,
"Seriously?" Elsa looked at him oddly and replied,
"Yes. I know they're rare. But look, there's a strong wind picking up, and it's going to bring the ships here faster. I'm going to melt my ice and we can face them tomorrow." Hiccup nodded, and Elsa got on Frostbreath, who purred when Elsa got on her. Hiccup chuckled and called,
"I think she prefers you!" Elsa smiled and patted Frostbreath, then took off, the take-off wind blowing Hiccup off balance. Hiccup breathed deeply to calm himself, and contemplating Elsa, returned to the armory where he strapped his quiver onto his back, put his bow into the quiver, filled the quiver with the special arrows he'd made, and put his new flaming sword in the proper place. Elsa returned soon with the news that she'd melted the ice and that the armada would arrive at dawn.
Hiccup looked away from her as he put Hideous Zippleback gas capsules in a pouch, forcing his ascetic side down. Elsa watched as he did, then pulled some Gronckle iron out and began fashioning something from it. Hiccup watched in astonishment as she fashioned a bow, then she cooled it, and put leather around it. She put little designs on the front of the bow in blue leather, then put a strong string on it. She looped it over her shoulders, then picked up strong wood pieces that were lying on the table, asked if Hiccup had any plans for them, and when he replied in the negative, she proceeded to lay them together strategically. She melted some Gronckle iron, coated the wood pieces she'd connected in it several times, then taking some Gronckle iron that she'd saved, she made some arrows, interweaving some of her magic with them so that instant death would come to whatever the arrows pierced. She filled her Gronckle iron, leather covered, ice decorated quiver with normal arrows and her special arrows, and making a leather belt with a blue round fronted buckle, and put it over her waist, the quiver resting on her hip and within easy reach of her hand.
Hiccup remarked casually,
"I didn't know you could shoot arrows." Elsa turned to him and replied,
"My Scottish cousin centers her life around archery, so she insisted she teach me and Anna how to shoot. She also taught me how to use a sword." Elsa lifted the Gronckle Iron sword she'd made and plunged it in water, causing a string of steam to rise as she lifted it again. She set it down to cool, and sat down next to Hiccup, nursing one knee.
"When I was young, my father arranged that every night, I should visit the smithy and learn how to make weapons. He said it was a good idea, so that if ever I got taken to a foreign kingdom and escaped, I could make my own weapons. When I'd been going there a year, the smith said he'd nothing more to teach me. Not only did I learn how to make weapons, but the jeweler showed me how to make necklaces and jewelry of great worth and beauty. When I was a teenager, they found a young man named Will who made swords and could fight with them extraordinarily well. They hired him and told him about my powers, and he taught me how to fight. I was learning from him for nearly 3 years, when he said he couldn't teach me anymore. We still keep in touch." A strange look came into her eyes, and Hiccup glanced away, feeling sad. Elsa looked at him and laughed.
"Oh, he's my cousin, by the way. He married my Scottish cousin's twin sister. Anyway, Merida used to come over a lot too; she said we were her favorite cousins, but she had to keep my powers a secret. You see, before I hit Anna when we were young with my powers, my powers weren't secret to my relatives, and I was pretty close with Merida. She taught me how to shoot arrows so well that I could hit anything. Then she and I would fight with swords and we would have great fun. We sort of stopped visiting when I was older because my hormones made it even harder to control my powers."
"Hormones?" Hiccup asked. Elsa sighed and rubbed her eyes, trying to think of a way to explain without too much embarrassment on her part.
"Every month, once a month, if women are to have children, they bleed. Every month, my body circulates the blood a baby would take and it exits my body via the marital act hole. It lasts a week, and somehow, my body's hormones strengthen and are hard to control. It was even harder because I had to control my powers, and I couldn't make a single mistake. So I had to stop seeing her, even for that, but the trolls took away memories of my powers because I asked them to. I didn't want to risk anything." Hiccup nodded in understanding, then stretching, suggested Elsa get some sleep. He said he'd watch and wake her if the armada came within sight. Elsa nodded and stretched out on a bench, sighing as she fell asleep, memories whirling through her head. Hiccup stared at her, his eyes sliding down her body, and blushed when he realized where he was staring. He felt heat creep up his body, and a strange passion came over him. She was so beautiful, so talented and so…perfect. He tried to control his thoughts, but his body wanted her, and it didn't know anything about morality. He ran out of the shop before he did anything wrong, and breathed hard as he stood on a cliff, gazing out onto the sea to the west. He felt the passion drain away and exhaled as he felt relief replace his strong feelings.
"Oh gosh." About 15 minutes before sunrise, Hiccup felt Elsa approach, and stepped away slightly as she crossed her arms and gazed up at the sky.
"I've always loved the stars, especially the moon." Elsa said, keeping her gaze on the beautiful stars, even though they were fading in the swift sunrise.