Author's Note: Sorry for the delay! This chapter was perhaps the hardest to write so far! Seriously, writing angst that doesn't derail the flow of the story is friggin hard! Phew!
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CHAPTER 8 – Queen's Gambit
Silence was not a foreign concept to the Royal Sisters. Both however, had different relationships with it.
To Anna, silence meant the absence of sounds, especially wonderful sounds such as laughter or the voice of loved ones. So it was understandable that Anna had a strong dislike for silence, with exceptions of course.
Elsa however, had a love-hate relationship with silence. She hated it when facing hard times as it reminded her of her loneliness or when she had a fight with her sister. However, she also appreciated the good kind of silence such as the one that allowed her to gather her thoughts and rest after a long day, especially when Anna was involved.
The silence in the dining hall however, wasn't the good kind of silence that anybody would like.
It was lunch time and apart from the standard courtesy of inviting the Vikings to eat and enjoy their food, nothing else was said.
Anna was seething in the inside and Elsa knew that she was stuffing her mouth with food to prevent her from voicing her opinion on their guests. Elsa of course had told her in private that the Viking King probably didn't know what he did wrong but it still didn't stop her sister from being vengeful.
Elsa was simply content with observing her guests to gauge her next move. Usually, her suitors was the one to make the first move and all.
The twins were silent as whatever that came out from their mouths would probably anger Hiccup. He did told them to stay quiet unless when they were addressed. Not wanting to make the situation even worse than it was, the twins agreed to stay quiet. Besides, the food was enough incentive to keep them quiet anyway.
Sigurd the bodyguard was simply enjoying the good food in front of him.
Hiccup was not usually a silent person, especially when meeting new and interesting people. Of course, given his current state of mind, he wasn't in the mood to talk and right now. It was probably for the best, considering that sarcasm was a part of his personality.
When he was little, he couldn't really lash out physically ('physical' was one of his problems at the time) at people that teased him, the shunning from the tribe and from his own father's disappointments. Thus, sarcasm was his way to deal with those problems. It also helped that most of the Vikings didn't understand his sarcasm so he pretty much got away most of the time.
Of course, he couldn't be sarcastic in front of important people…that are not Vikings (the Vikings weren't so touchy). Especially in front of someone that can freeze entire kingdoms.
It didn't helped that Hiccup was in a sense, was at war with himself.
'Can't the day go any faster? I need to get home so that-' Hiccup thought.
'So you can what? Deal with the 'coup'? Root out 'rebels' that might not exist in the first place? How are you going to do that exactly?' Logical Hiccup put out his thought.
Hiccup stabbed his (rather delicious) dish with vengeance as he growled lightly.
'It might not exist right now, but in the future! Dammit! After all I've done for them!' Hiccup thought again.
'Well, it wasn't like they asked for it. You kind of imposed it on them. If anything, you sound like a righteous prick right now,' Logical Hiccup added again, which wasn't doing the both of them any favour.
'I'm doing this for the good of our people!' Hiccup countered.
'Yeah sure, because you're the only one that knows what's best for the Vikings and everyone else is just a sheep that you have to herd,' Logical Hiccup replied and Hiccup groaned into his hand.
He hated it when he practically sarcasm himself.
Of course, his action didn't went unnoticed by practically everyone on the table.
Elsa raised an eyebrow at this. 'It seems that King Hiccup was having a war with himself?' Elsa thought. 'I wonder why?'
"Is the food not to your liking, King Hiccup?" Elsa asked and Hiccup raised his face from his hand.
"What? Oh no, the food is wonderful! Couldn't have cook it better myself!" Hiccup automatically replied without giving much thought.
This got Elsa's attention. "Oh? You can cook?"
"Well, I don't have the luxury of servants cooking for me all the time," Hiccup replied and this time with a reflex eye roll. The other Vikings internally groaned and Elsa, who was watching Hiccup, was speechless.
Hiccup, despite in his terrible state of mind, still managed to realize his error and it only add to his frustration and anger more. He didn't do anything to rectify it however.
Sigurd gave the twins a sharp look and the twins nodded softly.
The twin's plan was for Queen Elsa to hopefully, be able to calm Hiccup enough for him to be able see reason and change his mind. However, the way things were going, even the Queen would give up on Hiccup.
The only way to salvage the situation was to tell the Queen of the truth and hopefully, the Queen would help them.
Elsa replied with a quiet 'oh' and turned her gaze at her food. She wanted to say that she can cook as well but feared Hiccup's remark on her rather meager cooking skills.
Anna could only glare daggers at Hiccup.
Hiccup sighed at this and got up from his seat and gained everyone's attention. "I'm sorry, Queen Elsa, I don't think I can take up on your offer for the tour. I'll be taking my rest in my ship," Hiccup said. "I thank you for your generosity," Hiccup said and promptly went to the doors.
The twins were eyeing their king with bulging eyes. "But, but, they have chocolate truffles for dessert!" Tuffnut said sadly.
…
Hiccup sighed as he walked down the hallways in a hurried pace. He then heard the clanking noises of armor and soon, Sigurd was beside him.
His bodyguard was quiet but Hiccup knew what he would want to say.
"I know, I was rude," Hiccup said and rubbed his temple.
'And immature,' Sigurd wanted to add but it would be better to not fan the flame. "Yes, yes you were,"
Hiccup sighed again. "Where are the twins?" Hiccup asked.
"They'll be coming shortly," Sigurd replied.
"Good. We'll rest for the day and leave tomorrow morning," Hiccup said and Sigurd was silent.
Suddenly, one of his Viking crew ran up to him. "King Hiccup!"
Hiccup raised an eyebrow at him. "What's wrong?"
"Your dragon, Toothless! He got sick!" the crewmember said.
Hiccup's eyes widened at this. "What!? What happened!?"
"We don't know! We feed him lunch as usual and suddenly he was convulsing on the floor and there's foam from his mouth! We thought that it might be because of the fish that we got from the market!" the crewmember replied.
Hiccup didn't need to hear anymore as he ran full speed towards where his best friend was followed by Sigurd and the crewmember.
'Please don't let anything happen to Toothless! I can't lose him!' Hiccup thought desperately.
Meanwhile, Kai was perplexed at the situation. When the Viking messenger told him that he has a message for his King, Kai had allowed him to interrupt King Hiccup during his lunch.
However the messenger simply told him that it can wait until the Viking King has finished his lunch. Kai didn't think that the message was urgent then.
But from the reaction of the Vikings, it did seemed urgent. So why did the messenger waited to relay the message?
…
Elsa was glad that Hiccup took his leave and choose not to spend the rest of the day with her. She didn't want to think what could have happened if they did. Hiccup would probably react to it much like a child that was forced to sit through a show that he hated.
Elsa was about to excuse herself as well when she was stopped by the Viking twins.
"Queen Elsa," Ruffnut started and Elsa turned her attention to her.
"Yes?" Elsa said softly.
"We apologize for our King's behavior. He wasn't like this," Ruffnut said and this intrigued Elsa and Anna.
"Did something happen?" Elsa asked and the twins avoided her eyes.
"Well…yeah, something did happen and it was kinda our fault?" Tuffnut said and rubbed the back of his neck.
Elsa raised an eyebrow at them.
"Before we get to that, we have to tell you why we did it," Ruffnut said and Elsa didn't reply for a moment.
Should Elsa listen to the Vikings? She had a nagging suspicion that the reason why they were here wasn't as what it seems.
A different reason than courting the Queen of Arendelle, that was for sure.
Anna turned to look at her sister. It seemed that her anger on the Viking King was replaced by her curiosity, just like Elsa.
"Go on," Elsa said and the twins nodded. They took a deep breath before Tuffnut started.
"Well, you know that our kingdom is young right?" Tuffnut asked and Elsa nodded. "Before we were unified under a single banner, the Vikings were splintered into many tribes. Life back then was filled with fighting; if we didn't fight the dragons, we would fight and raid other tribes for resources,"
"Of course, to us and many other Vikings, it was the normal way of living," Ruffnut continued and shrugged. "Heck, Hiccup probably would have settled into that way of living as well if he didn't went exploring. He probably would have just be a Chief instead of King right now,"
"But, one day, Hiccup decided to explore further than he ever had before. He went beyond outside of the kingdom and when he returned, he…changed a bit. He also brought another Viking with him," Ruffnut said but the servants came in and brought out the desserts.
They waited until the servants had finished their task before Elsa motioned them to continue.
"The other Viking was Varin Hafrson," Ruffnut continued while her brother played with his dessert as they were not in the mood to eat right now. "He was…you could say a victim,"
Elsa and Anna gave them confused looks. "What do you mean?" Elsa asked.
"Well, not all Vikings choose to stay to fight the dragons. Some thought they would have better luck elsewhere, so they set sail to other lands outside of our kingdom. Most of them weren't fortunate; Varin and his family was attacked and captured as slaves," Ruffnut explained and Anna and Elsa shared a sad look.
Slavery was never right.
"Hiccup, during his travels, found Varin and released him and they both returned home as changed men. Both have a goal but different visions," Tuffnut continued the story.
"They both wanted to unite the Vikings but for different purposes. Hiccup…he just wants to make our lives better even though the rest might not see it that way," Tuffnut said.
Anna and Elsa shared a look between them as their view on the Viking King started to change a bit.
"But Varin wanted to unite us to fight back the rest of the world," Tuffnut continued and this gained the sisters attention.
"The world? What do you mean?" Elsa asked.
The twins avoided her gaze for a moment. "You know, the 'superpowers'? You know how they are when they found valuable resources…" Tuffnut said and Elsa nodded in understanding.
"When they found something they want, if they could take it by force, they would," Tuffnut continued. "They both understood and feared that. They understand that when the world knew of the dragons, they would come for them,"
"This is where they both had clashing ideologies. Hiccup wanted to protect them by keeping them a secret and isolate the Vikings and the dragons from the rest of the world," Tuffnut said and the sisters' eyes widened as they shared looks again.
Anna didn't say a word but Elsa understood it well enough. Hiccup sounded like her when she was afraid.
"Varin said that it was impossible to do that and he wanted to take…preventive measures of sort. Bring the fight to them instead of waiting, you know?" Tuffnut said and Elsa nodded.
"It was a sad thing. They both were good friends…and became each other's worst enemies," Ruffnut continued next. "Varin then became the leader of the Sky Fang tribe and were the last to fall and Hiccup lost his voice of reason that day as well,"
The twins gave the Snow Queen a sad look.
"You mean…?" Elsa asked the twins nodded.
"Yes, his fiancée, Astrid Hofferson," Ruffnut said and the sisters suddenly understood a little bit on why Hiccup was furious. He was probably still grieving.
That also meant that Hiccup wasn't interested in her as well.
Elsa internally sighed. It didn't surprise her at all, but still it didn't stop her from feeling a pang of pain in her heart.
How many times has it already been? You'd think that she would be immune to it.
Elsa then realized that Anna and the Vikings were looking at her. "Continue," Elsa said in a neutral tone and the Vikings nodded. Anna was still looking at her though.
"Well, after that, Hiccup finally managed to unite the Vikings. But, things weren't going so well…" Ruffnut continued. "You see, it would be different if the Vikings were united under…you could say, a different person without Hiccup's ideology,"
"What do you mean?" Anna asked.
"A normal Viking King would probably exterminate the dragons or if they had them under control, choose Varin's path," Ruffnut explained and Anna's eyes widened in understanding. "We are after all, warriors all the way through,"
Elsa nodded as well. It made sense. Almost every civilization in the world that, when had gathered a significant military power, would went ahead and use it against weaker civilizations. Especially civilizations that were...fighting oriented.
"But Hiccup didn't want that," Tuffnut said.
Elsa's respect for the Viking King grew at hearing that.
"What's more, he wants to change the Viking's way of living and you know how people react to changes, especially when those people have stubbornness issues," Ruffnut said and Elsa nodded again.
Change was not easy to accept.
"He forced people to coexist with dragons. I mean, our tribe had years to adapt to them and we are lucky that our village was one of the nicer ones. Some tribe whose way of living centred on fighting the dragons have deep hatred of them were not happy at all about the change," Tuffnut continued from his sister. "It didn't help that some tribes wanted to use the dragons for war once they knew of their potential,"
"But, surely not everyone shared the same view?" Elsa asked with a hint of worry.
"Fortunately, no. Some remain loyal to Hiccup simply because he is the king. Some want change in the Viking's lifestyle and some just want to explore the world now that they don't have to worry about dragons anymore," Tuffnut explained.
"But King Hiccup's closed doors policy isn't helping matters," Elsa said and the twins nodded.
"Hiccup wants to do a lot of things but it can't be achieved with isolation," Ruffnut said. "We're afraid that…if this continues, there will be a possible upraising and civil war,"
Anna gasped and Elsa nodded in understanding.
The Vikings weren't like her people. The people of Arendelle were of the gentle folk, so to speak. They would be happy with whatever that their government decided for them, as long as it benefitted them of course. Heck, it would take them quite an effort to instigate a rebellion.
The fact that her people didn't march to her Ice Palace to kill her years ago was proof of that.
But the Vikings, almost all of their people were stubborn, brave and fierce warriors that weren't afraid to voice their opinion if needed be. If Elsa was their Queen and brought about a Great Freeze on them, you could bet that the whole Viking kingdom would die trying to stop her.
"In other words, to prevent such thing from happening, King Hiccup had to appease them in some way," Elsa said and the twins nodded.
"Yes, if we could at least have trade on luxury items to distract the Vikings from other matters until they changed their minds or divert their energy to something else," Tuffnut said.
"But here comes the biggest problem; Hiccup refused to listen! We tried almost everything to just at least make him listen to reason, but he figured that the Vikings will have to make do with the way things are going," Ruffnut continued and suddenly Elsa's eyes widened in realization.
Suddenly it all made sense.
…
"Toothless!" Hiccup barged into the where his dragon was kept, expecting to see the worst case scenario that had been running in his mind.
Instead, he found a perfectly healthy and confused Night Fury looking back at him with a titled head.
Suddenly, it all made sense…
The twins' plan for him weren't finished!
He quickly turned towards the Viking crew that had gave delivered him the message. "You! Who the Hel are you loyal to? Me or my subordinates!?" Hiccup grabbed the man's collar.
"I-I- the twins said that you would like the prank!" he stuttered and Hiccup was close to take action but Sigurd put a hand on Hiccup's shoulder.
"You can punish him later. The twins are still in the castle," Sigurd said and Hiccup's eyes widened in realization.
"Dammit!" Hiccup cursed and released the man before heading back towards the castle.
…
"Now it made sense…" Elsa said and placed a hand on her forehead.
The Vikings tried almost everything…except…
The reason why King Hiccup was angry was because…
If Elsa never lived her life the way it is, she wouldn't understood what the twins did.
"So I take it that you…tricked him to get out his kingdom and come here?" Elsa said and the twins were shocked that the Queen caught on so fast.
After all, Anna had tried a lot of things to get Elsa out of her room during their isolation years.
"Yes…" Ruffnut said.
King Hiccup was angry for a lot of reason. One for being tricked and the other was because he was still grieving.
"And that trick involves the marriage proposal, am I correct?" Elsa said, her voice was devoid of any emotion.
"Yes..." Tuffnut said this time.
Anna's eyes widened. "So it wasn't King Hiccup's decision in the first place!"
The twins nodded and Anna turned to look at Elsa.
Elsa sighed. Fortunately for her and everyone, she had been through this kind of situation before. Situation where her suitor wasn't interested in her and only want her to advance their goal, just like how the Vikings were doing.
"We're sorry Your Majesty, but Hiccup wouldn't have set foot here unless drastic measures were taken!" Ruffnut explained.
"Then what?" Elsa asked. "You've managed to get him here, so what then?"
"Well…we hoped that when Hiccup has arrived here, he would change his mind," Ruffnut answered.
"It doesn't seem to be working…" Anna said and the twins looked sheepish.
"It's…umm…we kind of expected that," Tuffnut answered. "We actually hoped that Queen Elsa would be the one able to convince him,"
Elsa closed her eyes and internally sighed. She expected this.
Anna gasped. "You're just using my sister!"
The twins were taken aback. "N-no! We're not!"
"Mr. Tuffnut and Mrs. Ruffnut," Elsa said and the room became silent. "Why do you choose now to tell me of your plan? Why not when we first met?"
The twins looked guilty at this. "We-we thought that maybe you won't trust us and you wouldn't help,"
"That would be my decision to make, yes?" Elsa said in a low voice. The temperature in the room began to drop and the twins nodded quickly.
Elsa had enough. She had enough of being treated as a pawn in other people's game without her consent. She had enough of being seen as…something else.
The Snow Queen then began to grow tired and angry of games and manipulations.
'No more,' that was all Elsa could think of right now.
"And so you chose to tell me now, leaving me with little time to decide and thus, it would pressure me to do as you planned. Correct?" Elsa said and opened her eyes slowly. Frost began to creep into the room and everyone began to look worried.
"We-we…" the twins looked at each other.
'Bingo,' Elsa thought.
"Then isn't that the definition of using me?" Elsa said dangerously.
The twins sighed. "It does seem that way, now that we think about it. We're sorry," Ruffnut said. "We thought-no, we were banking on your kindness and understanding, Queen Elsa!"
Elsa didn't respond.
"We thought that you would understand Hiccup, because…of what you've been through. You both seem similar!" Ruffnut continued.
At this Elsa's anger began to rise. How dare these people presumed to know about her!? About her pain and suffering!? The things that she had to go through alone for most of her life!?
"Similar? In what way? Did your King has to live in fear of hurting everyone for years!? To lock himself away from society and the world because of that fear!? Does he wield a power that could harm the very people that he was sworn to protect!? Is he literally of a different breed than anyone else!?" Elsa got to her feet quickly which startled everyone.
"Well-no, not lite-" Tuffnut said but Elsa cut her off.
"Then in what way we are similar!?" Elsa said loudly which began to worry Anna. "You dare to involve me, a Queen in your scheme? You dare to presume that you know me?"
Which was hypocritical. Wasn't she the one that assumed the worst of the Vikings before their arrival?
"You thought that I would jumped at the chance to appease your King like some love struck fool!?"
"N-no!" the twins said but Elsa wasn't finished.
"You didn't even think that I would get angry, didn't you?" Elsa narrowed her eyes at the twins. "It shows that you didn't even consider my feelings or opinion on the matter!"
The twins looked guilty at this. In a way it was true.
It wasn't that they didn't consider her feelings at all. It was just that they considered it wrong.
It was funny, they expected Hiccup to be angry and the Elsa to be calm and collected and understanding of their cause and would help them. They were quite certain that Elsa would help them and their cause of concern of failure would be Hiccup's unwillingness to listen to reason.
Now, it seemed that both of them would be unwilling to listen at all.
"Your Majesty please listen to us-" Ruffnut started but was cut off again.
"I've listened enough!" Elsa said and icicles sprouted behind her seat, earning a startled cry from Anna and the twins. Fear began to show on their faces and it hurt Elsa to see it on Anna.
But her emotions doesn't allow her to stop. Elsa has experienced many emotions before, but anger was one the rarest emotion she had the luxury to display.
It felt good and empowering.
Maybe, if she just showed these people that she wasn't to be trifled with…
"If you've approached me earlier, I might have believed in your cause and help you. Now I'm not sure whether this-this plan of yours is like what you said it is! Perhaps it's just another diabolical scheme by you, your King and your kingdom!" Elsa said and the twins, to their credit, wasn't afraid anymore.
Anna gasped at this. "Elsa!"
Elsa was shocked that her sister wasn't siding with her. "You can't honestly believe them! Remember Hans?"
"I do but-" Anna said but was cut off by Ruffnut.
"Excuse me? You think that we have ulterior motives for doing this? We know what we did was wrong, but we were desperate! We did it with the best intentions in mind!" Ruffnut defended and Elsa glared at her.
"Good intentions doesn't justify a wrong action. Is a man that robbed, hurt and killed people to feed his family innocent?" Elsa asked.
"No but-"
"The road to hell is paved with good intentions. You and your King should do well to remember that," Elsa said and Anna gasped.
"Elsa!" Anna said and got to her feet. Elsa ignored her.
"Now leave, I have my own kingdom to care about. I do not have the time to worry about other kingdoms," Elsa said and Anna gave her a disbelieving look.
The twins then got to their feet as well, which worried Anna.
"What we did was wrong, and we apologize," Tuffnut said. "And we thought that you would understand Hiccup because of what you went through. But you're right, you don't understand,"
Elsa's eyes widened and was about to retort when Ruffnut cut her off.
"You and your kingdom never went to war so you don't know what we've went through. You and your kingdom are lucky to have that luxury. You don't know what we would do to prevent going through another one, even despicable it may be. We thought that you, of all people should know that," Ruffnut said and with a bit of venom in her voice as she stared at Elsa.
Anna's eyes however, widened as she heard the Vikings. Anna understood them.
"Contrary to popular belief, not all of us Vikings loved to fight," Ruffnut said and began to turn around.
"We didn't tell you because we were desperate for you to help us…because you're the only one we believed in. But it looks like we believed wrong," Ruffnut said again.
Elsa's gaze softened at hearing this.
"Good day, Queen Elsa," Tuffnut said and the both of them didn't even bother to bow before taking their leave.
Once the twins were gone, Anna turned to her sister sharply. "I can't believe you!"
Elsa was shocked at this.
"What have gotten into you!? What happened to my...cool sister!?" Anna asked and Elsa winced at the pun of sorts.
"Me!? I'm the victim here!" Elsa defended.
"That may be! But you could have use your own advice and handle it better-better than King Hiccup! You're not like this!" Anna said and Elsa was miffed that her sister, the very same sister that she had to keep in check in the presence of important people, was lecturing her.
"Oh so I'm not allowed to get angry then!?" Elsa retorted. "That I shouldn't feel? That I should conceal? That I shouldn't let people know that I have emotions as well?"
"I didn't say that! You can get angry, but not in front of them!" Anna said and Elsa's anger began to rise again.
"How could you side with them? Don't you remember what Hans did to us?" Elsa asked.
"Of course I do! I'm the one that experienced the betrayal! Not you!" Anna said loudly and stared at her sister, daring Elsa to challenge her on that statement. Elsa was taken aback and turned her gaze away. "You're just using the Vikings to release your pent up anger! It's not fair and it's unlike you!"
Elsa turned to look at her sister again. "Well maybe it's because I'm tired of being seen as a chess piece, tired of-of being seen as the Snow Queen! I'm tired that people would only want me because of my title, because of my kingdom and because my powers!"
Anna's eyes widened and this she didn't say anything. She just stood there and watched her sister.
Elsa couldn't stare the stare anymore and turned around and was about to leave when Anna hugged her from behind.
"I understand, Elsa," Anna said and placed her head on Elsa's shoulder.
Elsa was quiet for a moment before she responded. "You do?" Elsa said softly and Anna hummed in response.
Although both sisters promised each other that there will be no more secrets between them, it was easier said than done. They both do it thinking that it was to protect each other.
"I understand that even though you said that you didn't care when people could only see you as the Snow Queen, you actually cared. I understand that even though you said that you no longer cared when you see fear in people that doesn't understand, you actually cared," Anna said. "That it hurts you when people called you a monster, witch, Ice Queen. That they judged you before knowing you,"
Elsa stayed silent.
"I understand. I went through the same thing…well not exactly the same but almost," Anna continued and Elsa's eyes widened.
"What-"
"I was the spare and not a good one at that. Some people actually feared at the prospect of having me on the throne. I guess that's why there's no plan to remove you from the throne," Anna chuckled. "And what's more is that my child would face the same stigma if not worse because Kristoff wasn't royalty. My child would be the 'acceptable' replacement until you have your own,"
Elsa's eyes narrowed in anger. "Who-" Elsa wanted to break away from her sister's hug but Anna only tightened her hold.
This was why they both didn't tell each other this particular secret of theirs. Anna would be overly critical of any suitor that even looked at her sister funny. Elsa would probably freeze the entire kingdom to stop people from saying bad things about Anna.
"It doesn't matter, I've learned to ignore it," Anna said and Elsa stopped struggling.
"But to ignore doesn't mean you don't feel it," Elsa said and Anna hummed in response.
"Sometimes, that's all you could do to get what you want," Anna replied. "I ignored your requests to be alone back then, and look what happened,"
Elsa giggled and she felt her anger subside. "But if you ignored me, then none of this would ever happened, no?"
Anna shrugged. "True, it was ironic I guess? You just have to ignore those that don't care about you until the right person just…decided to ignore to care enough, if that makes sense,"
Elsa giggled again. "It does. It's just like you, you ignore my privacy because you care,"
Anna chuckled. "So, are you…cool enough?"
Elsa grinned and elbowed her sister.
"Good. I don't like seeing you angry, Elsa. I mean, you can get angry but…not like this," Anna said and began to slowly sway on the spot with her sister.
"Why?"
"Because it makes you…evil? I mean, you were always so selfless, even when you could be selfish," Anna explained. "Seeing you angry like this that it makes you selfish…it's…I don't like it,"
Elsa sighed at this. "Because I'm always cool, isn't it? Because the Snow Queen must always be cool, calm and collected?"
Anna giggled. "Yes. Elsa, I know that you don't like it to be seen as the Snow Queen but it's a part of what you are,"
Elsa cringed at this.
Anna knew that it probably wasn't what Elsa wanted to hear right now but it was probably what she needed to hear.
Anna noticed something about Elsa. When something bad happened because of her powers, she would grow to dislike it. But when something good happens because of it, she would like it.
To Anna, Elsa didn't truly love the Snow Queen part of her. Only accepting the good while rejecting the bad was not how to love. You have to accept both the good and the bad.
"I for one, love having the Snow Queen as my sister! I have like, the coolest sister ever!"
Elsa smiled at this.
"Elsa, no one in the world could turn a blind eye to the Snow Queen just to see Elsa," Anna said and Elsa's smile faded. "People won't stop seeing you as the Snow Queen,"
"I know. I just…want people to see Elsa as well,"
"But the Snow Queen is Elsa," Anna said and Elsa's eyes widened.
"You could have become the evil Snow Queen, but you're not!" Anna said cheerfully.
"Didn't stop people from fearing me," Elsa said softly.
"People fear what they don't understand, just like when you didn't understand your powers. They don't understand you but I do," Anna replied.
Elsa sighed.
"And the right person that are able understand you will come one day. I promise. But right now, the Vikings understood you as well," Anna said and Elsa tried to turn her head at her sister.
"You believe in the Vikings?" Elsa asked and Anna giggled.
"I want to believe in them," was Anna's reply.
"What!?"
Anna giggled again. "I can't explain it but...well to be honest, I don't like that Hiccup since you know, he's an ass,"
"Anna!"
"It's true! But I believe the twins," Anna said.
"Why? For all we know, their plan could be a ploy," Elsa said, still not convinced.
"A very risky plan that wasn't executed well?" Anna explained. "A plan that if done in some other kingdom would most likely fail and turn against them horribly? In fact, if they had told us when we first met, I don't think I would believe them,"
Elsa raised an eyebrow at this.
"They did this because were desperate. They were scared of you refusing them or taking advantage of the situation. They didn't want to think that you would refuse because they desperately want you to help them," Anna said.
Elsa's gaze softened at this. 'Is it true?' Elsa could only thought.
"How would you know?"
"I don't know. I guess maybe because the Vikings wore their hearts on their sleeve, unlike the usual royals and nobles we're used to? Besides, what's the harm if we helped them anyway? The twins just want you to change their King's mind, that's all. If he still wants to marry you in the end, it's up to you whether to accept or not," Anna said.
"That's…true,"
"Besides, King Hiccup…is similar to you. I know not literally but you know what I mean," Anna said and Elsa closed her eyes to think about it.
Elsa's power was her magic. Hiccup's was his dragons.
They both wanted to protect the people around them from the misuse of said powers.
To protect the people that he cared about, Hiccup chose isolation, just like she used to.
Hiccup…was afraid, just like she was.
"That's true," Elsa said and she was ashamed. The twins were right; she was similar to Hiccup more than she thought. Perhaps that was why they wanted her help.
"Besides, I know for sure that we would regret not helping them if they were right. What if a rebellion did happen? What if somebody else replaced them? Someone…ruthless," Anna said and Elsa nodded.
If the Vikings came with their dragons to invade her kingdom, it would be her fault.
It was then Elsa came to a realization.
"How…did you…see all of this? I mean I-"
Anna gasped. "I couldn't believe you! I know I'm not as smart as you, but I'm not stupid!"
Elsa's widened in surprise and tried to break free but Anna's hug was stronger. "I didn't mean that!"
Anna giggled and Elsa knew that her sister was kidding. "Just kidding!"
Elsa stopped her struggling and giggled as well.
"Simple, I wasn't angry," Anna answered. "You could have seen it too, you know,"
Elsa sighed and her head slumped in shame. "I took the wrong time to let out all those pent-up anger, didn't I?"
Anna giggled again. "Well, in your defense, it was rare for you to go crazy,"
Elsa elbowed her sister and smiled.
"Anna, you would make a great Queen,"
"Do you believe that?"
"I know it,"
…
"Well, what now? We blew it," Ruffnut said and Tuffnut kicked an imaginary pebble away.
"We? She's the one that blew it!" Tuffnut said angrily.
"It wasn't her fault. If Hiccup could get mad, so can she. Besides, she was right. No, everyone was right. We could have done this better," Ruffnut said and Tuffnut clicked his tongue before leaning on the wall with his arms crossed.
"So what now?" Ruffnut asked.
"I don't know, we're dead either way," Tuffnut said when suddenly he saw a fuming Hiccup walking towards them. "Ah shit!"
The twins didn't have much time to reach when Hiccup took the both of them by surprise and pinned to the wall, with his hands gripping their throat.
"What. Did. You. Do?" Hiccup said dangerously. "I thought you said that you don't want to humiliate me, but talking to the Queen behind my back, again?"
The twins began to gag as Hiccup's grip grew tighter. They tried to break free but Hiccup was surprisingly strong.
"Hiccup-" Sigurd tried.
"Stay out of this!" Hiccup warned and Sigurd hesitated. "What did you tell her, huh? All of our kingdom's problems? That I couldn't rule my own kingdom!?"
Hiccup was incredibly furious that he was seeing red so much that the thought of choking the twins to death was so tempting at the moment.
It wasn't until a voice distracted him from behind.
"King Hiccup!"
Hiccup still didn't release the twins and tightened his grip even more.
'Fucking great! Now she saw everything too!' Hiccup thought.
"I will not tolerate violence in my presence!" Elsa commanded and frost began to creep on the floor.
Hiccup still didn't respond and everyone waited with bated breath.
"Or what?" Hiccup challenged.
"Or it will be grounds for war. If this is the example you set for your kingdom, then I will perceive your people as threat," Elsa answered the challenge.
Hiccup glared at the twins, as if saying that it was their fault. It took a moment but Hiccup sighed and lowered his head. He then released the twins and began to walk way until Elsa spoke.
"I would like to speak to you," Elsa said and Hiccup stopped. "I insist," Elsa said with a commanding tone. She didn't even wait for Hiccup's reply before turning and walked away.
She was the Queen after all.
Hiccup clenched his fists and sighed again before turning to follow the Queen.
Sigurd followed quickly but the twins stayed behind to nurse their throat and regain their strength.
Anna walked towards them with a grin. "You owe me,"
The twins gave her a puzzled look for a second before they understood and smiled.
"Come on, let's see my sister do her magic!"
Author's Note: Phew! Glad that was over! Elsa's outburst was the hardest and has been rewritten many times! The first time it made Elsa sounded OOCish and immaturish. Hope this one isn't like that. Oh well.
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