Chapter 10! YAY! I didn't think, I'd get this far. I'd like to thank two people:
Kittenn1011 ~ For helping me edit this chapter and making it even better than ever.
crazyfoxqueen~ because she is forcing me to.
I mean, seriously. crazyfoxqueen is so incredible and I wish she'd just stop being so awesome. I don't want her to stop being amazing but I have to. admit that she is way more awesome than I am :D. I can't do fine on my own. Without her having to always watch me, with her sombrero ready to trap me, I don't think I'd write such amazing author's notes. Thanks crazyfoxqueen! You're the best!
Stop being such a great friend.
*This Author's Note was edited by crazyfoxqueen :D
Well I've had to write this part quickly and secretly. (So Senor crazyfoxqueen doesn't edit it) All of you are amazing. Thank you for all the continued support!
Review Responses:
crazyfoxqueen: I'm assuming you have very sore head. I have made a lot of mistakes… I'm really starting to wonder if I should give Spellcheck less coffee breaks…hmm…. Anyway, I answered your second question at school, and I really can't be bothered to write what I told you. So deal with it! Please don't kill me. And thank you for laughing your head off at Hiccup's reaction to Olaf. :D
CoolWizard22: It's okay. I'm not going to kill anyone, but later on in the story you are probably going to kill me. I won't spoil it, but just get out your tissues and Froyo for the chapter 11, 12 or 13, I think. (It depends). Thank you. I had to get them to wonder why the Disney characters were singing.
Litwick723: Thanks! But I don't understand the last part of the review. The "Would've been funnier if it was walking rather than being evil and stuff" part. Could you explain what you meant, but if not, it's all good.
eltigre221: Yeah. I almost feel sorry for him…almost. Ruffnut will probably break him. And yes, Hiccup is having some trouble, but don't worry. He will get over it soon.
NightFuryNinja1999: Thank you! I know right! And I had to include a once-in-a-lifetime Hams hissy-fit. He has gone back to Plan A, but you are probably right. I hope to include some Hiccstrid overload within the next two or three chapters. XD
Bteam: Elsa isn't evil. Don't worry.
Bteam: Yes. You're right. Chief Hiccup and Queen Elsa do sound pretty great. To answer your question, yes. It was just a nightmare. Elsa didn't really freeze Astrid's heart. It was just Hiccup freaking out.
Kittenn1011: *as seen in PM's*. I also want to thank you again, for helping me with this chapter.
Guest (March 4): No, it's okay. I don't ship any Frozen characters with any HTTYD characters. Tuffnut's and Elsa's "relationship" will not be any more than a crush on Tuffnut's side. But yes, I decided that Fishlegs may as well have a chance with Ruffnut. I mean, why not? :D
Guest (March 6): Thank you. I'm sorry the title threw you off a little. It has nothing to do with the story. It was just one of those "It'll do" moments. :)
Kayz. Here we go! Just remember that from here on, you won't remember this part of Frozen.
CloudjumperKat :D
Hiccup sighed. He had hoped that he would see Astrid by now. Although he kept the guard's words in the back of his mind, he couldn't help feeling guilty. He had told her to go after Queen Elsa, he had possibly sent her to her death. The nightmare was also still in the back of his mind. He couldn't keep the desperate, terrified look on Astrid's face before the queen struck her, out of his thoughts. He shuddered and Toothless looked back at his rider, crooning.
"So, how are you planning to stop this weather?" Kristoff asked, breaking Hiccup from his train of thought.
Hiccup nodded, "Yeah, how are you going to bring back the summer?"
Anna looked at them both.
"Oh, I am going to talk to my sister." She told them confidently.
Their jaws dropped.
"That's it?" Hiccup blurted out.
"That's your plan?" Kristoff asked, stunned, "My ice business is riding on you talking to your sister."
"Yup."
Kristoff didn't look where he was going and walked into an ice spike. He gulped and moved around the spike, carefully.
"So, you're not at all afraid of her?" he asked.
"What if that doesn't work?" Hiccup thought out loud.
"Why wouldn't my plan work?" Anna asked, defensively.
"What? Oh. You heard that?" He asked.
"Yes. Now tell me why my plan won't work." She demanded.
"I'm just saying that, what if Elsa doesn't want to unfreeze everything? Or maybe she can't. What will you do?" he asked Anna, a plan forming in his head.
Anna was about to retaliate, but then stopped short. She sighed in defeat.
"What will you do, genius?" she snapped.
He thought his plan through. "Genius, is going to save Arendelle." He told her, pointing at himself.
She rolled her eyes as he looked into Toothless' saddle bag, to see Sharpshot, trying to open the sack of coins. He looked in the other bag.
Empty.
"We'll have to go back. We need more supplies." He told them as he mounted Toothless.
"What?" Kristoff asked.
"But—"Anna tried to argue.
"Guys. Trust me. I know what I'm doing…" he assured them.
"…I hope." He whispered under his breath.
Anna frowned. "But all I need to do is talk to her. She'll unfreeze everything. I know it." she argued.
Hiccup chuckled. "Oh hi Elsa, remember me. I'm your sister who publically embarrassed you. I'm going to talk to you and then lead you down the mountain towards a frozen town full of spiteful people, who probably want to kill you. Then you can unfreeze Arendelle and everything will go back to normal." He imitated her, sarcastically.
"He has a point, Anna." Kristoff told her.
She sighed. "How long will it take?"
"It won't take long. I'm riding a Night Fury." Hiccup told them.
"What about us?" Kristoff asked. "How will we keep up with you?"
"Sven can run, can't he?"
"Yeah…"
"Well, then it's settled. We leave now." Hiccup concluded.
"We're coming back, right?" Anna asked.
"Of course!" Hiccup exclaimed. "Let's go."
Anna and Kristoff jumped on Sven.
"Come on Olaf." Anna called.
Olaf stood up and ran over to Anna. He tripped and fell straight into an ice spike. He stood up, to see that the ice had gone through him.
"Oh look at that." He giggled, "I've been impaled."
He laughed it off and ran towards Sven. Anna picked him up and the small group rode back to Oaken's Trading Post.
"I'm sorry, Astrid. I promised you that I'd see you soon, but I need to do this, for Arendelle." Hiccup whispered. "I love you."
Two braided blondes and a blue Nadder walked around the castle, exploring and getting to know each other. Astrid and Elsa laughed at Stormfly who kept slipping over. Elsa made two chairs and they both sat on one.
"So, Astrid. Tell me about Hiccup." Elsa persuaded her.
Astrid smiled. Her favourite topic.
"He's the most amazing person I'll ever know. He has these gorgeous green eyes, and that adorably messy auburn hair. He even lets me braid it. I love the way he calls me "Milady". Whenever he calls me that, I melt on the inside. He's' got this adorable smile, and a strange sense of humour. He's perfect." She sighed happily.
Elsa smiled, then rolled her eyes.
"You know, you don't need a man to be happy." She told Astrid.
Astrid looked at her. "What do you mean?"
Elsa sighed. "Let me guess. You've known him for a few weeks but you've always loved him, now you are planning your wedding."
Astrid laughed at Elsa.
"What?" Elsa asked.
"I've known him for my whole life. I thought he was useless and that he couldn't do anything right, just like the rest of the village did, to begin with."
"Wow. Rough." Elsa winced.
"Yeah, I know. I feel so guilty." Astrid admitted.
Elsa nodded.
"But then I started to have feelings for him—no. I don't mean I loved him!" Astrid shouted at Elsa who was rolling her eyes. "I started to feel sorry for him. Around about when he claimed to hit the Night Fury and his dad dragged him through the village and started yelling at him."
"Poor Hiccup." Elsa mumbled.
"Well, he started Dragon Training with us, and I knew he'd get killed on the first day. But he didn't. I was impressed. Until he started becoming better than me. I was so jealous. I was hoping that he'd hurry up and be killed by the dragons."
"Well. I guess I was wrong about the part, where I said you have always loved him." Elsa said.
"I followed him, one day, because I knew he was up to something and I saw him telling someone, he was going to leave Berk forever. Curiosity got the better of me and I almost got killed by his Night Fury, when I tried asking what he was up to."
"Asking?" Elsa questioned, her eyebrow raised.
"Okay. Fine. I had my axe ready to cut him in half if he didn't answer my questions." She admitted. "Anyway, I tried running back to the village to warn everyone he was a traitor, when his dragon snatched me from the ground and they threw me onto a tree branch."
Elsa gasped. This couple was crazy!
"The highest tree branch on the tallest tree." Astrid told her, dead-panned.
"How did you get down?" Elsa asked, interested.
"He invited me aboard his dragon, Toothless, promised to bring me back down to the ground."
"Did he?"
"No. Toothless dipped and dived and tried to throw me off. I was terrified. But I guess I deserved it."
"What!? How did you get to the ground safely?" Elsa asked, hoping the story concluded with a happy ending.
"I apologised."
"That's it?!"
"Yes." She sighed happily. "Then he showed me Berk from a dragon's perspective. I instantly fell in love with—"
"—Hiccup?" Elsa asked.
"No. Let me finish. I instantly fell in love with flying, the freedom of being on a dragon's back, soaring through the clouds."
"Yeah?" Elsa asked, scratching Stormfly.
"Falling for Hiccup… that took a little longer." Astrid giggled.
Elsa smiled at her friend. It was nice to see her so happy, but because of a boy? She didn't understand.
Astrid sighed, in contentment, thinking about Hiccup.
"How long?"
Astrid shook her head. "Sorry. What?"
"How long ago was that?"
"5 years." Astrid told her.
"Wow. That's a long time."
"Yeah, but not nearly long enough." Astrid smiled. "So… how about you? Who's your lucky man?"
"No one. I don't need a daring prince to save me. I'm fine on my own." She said, firmly.
"What are you talking about?" Astrid asked.
"When I was younger, I read books about princes coming to save the princess from distress. Then they got married and lived happily ever after. Ugh. It makes me sick, to even think about." Elsa gagged.
Astrid nodded in agreement. "What about Tuffnut?"
"…Tuffnut? Who's—oh."
Astrid giggled. "He won't save you from distress, he'll be the one causing it."
Elsa rolled her eyes. "He's sweet but he's a…uh…"
"He's a yak-brain. I know. But I know you think he's cute."
Elsa glared at Astrid. She waved her hand up. Astrid's chair turned to snow and it fell. Astrid landed on the snow-covered floor. She laughed and held up her hands in defeat. Elsa walked over to her and held out her hand.
"Here. But next time you say something like that, I will do worse." She warned.
Astrid took her hand and Elsa pulled Astrid up onto her feet.
"So can you do anything with your ice magic…? Astrid asked mysteriously.
"Are we there yet?" Olaf asked Anna.
"Hiccup! Olaf wants to know if we're nearly there!" she shouted to Hiccup as they ran closer towards the small wooden building.
"I can see smoke up ahead!" Hiccup shouted back.
They had been travelling for a few hours, the sun was starting to set. Hiccup and Toothless had led the group from the sky. Luckily, it took a lot less time than it did on the way up.
They flew ahead, towards the smoke. Wait. It wasn't the building… It was Hams!
"What is Hams doing?" Hiccup whispered to Toothless.
They listened in but couldn't hear anything. They flew a little lower.
"What are you up to, Hams?" he whispered.
Toothless flew a little bit lower again, and landed on a low tree branch.
"Good thinking, bud." Hiccup congratulated as he hopped off Toothless' back.
He gestured for Toothless to be quiet and they both listened.
"Queen Elsa—"Hams said, before being drowned out by men shouting.
"We must be—careful" He contined. "…sorcery to kill us."
Hams' voice got softer and it became harder to hear.
"Apprehend her—"
Hiccup gasped. They were here to get the queen. If they got to Elsa and Astrid before he did, who knows what would happen!
"—Save Anna. She's the only hope—"
"Come on bud, we need to get out of here fast. We have to get to Queen Elsa and Astrid before them."
"We leave—dawn." Hams ordered.
Hiccup mounted Toothless again, and the two took to the sky.
"We need a little more time." Hiccup mumbled. An idea came into his head. It was rash but it would scare them off, or at least give their group more time.
Hiccup turned Toothless around so they were facing the small campsite again.
"Toothless… now." Hiccup ordered.
Toothless shot a plasma blast next to the site, nearly hitting Hams.
"Oops." Hiccup cringed.
Men ran around, screaming as purple fire debris and snow fell among them. Hiccup looked for Hams. He wasn't there anymore. Oh well. His plan worked.
He looked around. He could see the Trading Post from where he was. They just needed to turn left instead of right at the clump of trees.
They flew back where they could see Sven, Kristoff, Anna and Olaf headed towards the trees.
"Turn left!" He shouted. "I found it!"
"Okay!" Kristoff shouted as he turned Sven.
Toothless and Hiccup landed in front of the wooden shop. Sven came running towards them, with Kristoff, Anna and Olaf's head, in Anna's arms, on his back.
"Guys. Where's the rest of Olaf?" Hiccup asked.
Half a snowman came running through the trees. It banged into a rock, fell down, stood back up and ran around it.
"There you are." Olaf scolded.
Kristoff grabbed Olaf's head and placed it on the rest of him.
"Okay. Let's go in." Hiccup said, as he walked over to the shop. Anna followed him.
Kristoff shuffled around. "Uh. I don't think it's a good idea, for me to go in there."
"Fine. Let's go Anna." Hiccup told them.
She looked at Kristoff. "No. It's okay. I'm going to stay here with Kristoff. I don't want him to get lonely."
"But he has Olaf, Sven and Toothless. He won't get lonely."
She blushed and slowly walked back over to Kristoff.
Hiccup shook his head and walked through the door.
"Hoo, hoo."
Hiccup turned around to see a large man tapping his fingers on the bench.
"Big summer blowout." He said, cheerfully.
"Do you happen to have any paper and charcoal?" Hiccup asked.
The man pointed towards a shelf.
"We have none of the charcoal. But we have pencils, yah?" He said cheerily.
Hiccup walked over to the shelf and picked up a pencil and some paper. He took it over to Oaken. Suddenly the door swung open. Kristoff came rushing through.
"I think Anna broke Toothless." He blurted out. He noticed Oaken getting ready to stand up. "…Oh …I'll wait out here…"
He closed the door and Hiccup quickly paid for the items and ran towards the door. If Toothless was hurt, he needed to get to him before Anna tried to help him.
He burst out of the shop, to see that Toothless was on the floor, warbling and Anna was standing next to him mumbling something inaudible.
"What happened?" Hiccup asked.
Anna ran over to Hiccup, her eyes filled with fear.
"Hiccup! I'm so sorry! I was just patting him, then I scratched underneath his neck. He started purring so I continued and moved down his neck, then he fell to the ground. He's been like that for a few minutes. I'm so sorry!" She started tearing up. "Everything I touch breaks. I'm just a clumsy—"
"Anna." Hiccup laughed. "It's okay. You didn't break him. You just learned how to calm down a dragon."
"I-I did?" she asked, before catching herself. "I mean I did! Yeah! Princess Anna, dragon tamer!"
She flexed her arms and caught Kristoff smiling like an idiot. She blushed and stopped.
"So how long until he goes back to normal?" Olaf asked, as he took out his arm and started poking Toothless with it.
"Long enough." Hiccup told them as he grabbed Sharpshot out of the saddle bag. "Here, hold him Kristoff."
Hiccup gave Sharpshot to Kristoff and started quickly writing on the piece of paper. Kristoff tried to keep the squirming dragon in his hands.
Once Hiccup wrote the note, he grabbed Sharpshot from Kristoff.
Kristoff sighed in relief and wiped his hands on his shirt.
Hiccup tied the note around Sharpshot's leg and turned the excited dragon towards his face.
"Go to Berk. Find mum." He ordered as he let Sharpshot from his grip.
The excited Terrible Terror flew up and was soon out of sight.
"Are you sure you know what you're doing?" Anna asked.
"Well. My plan sounds good in my head." He admitted. "Now, we'll just wait for Toothless, then we'll go straight back to the North Mountain."
They all sat down in the snow.
Hiccup started patting Toothless' head.
"I'll see you soon, Astrid. I promise."