Austrian: I really want to answer all of your observations but I don't want to spoil it so... Are a girl or a boy? I feel like a detective here! Ahem, anyway... Ich versuche schnell zu schreiben, weil die Öffnungszeit der meinen Schule sehr nah ist. Ich hoffe, dass ich immer schnell bin. Tschüs!
Who: Ahahaha... I am not that kind of an author because trust me, I would be angrier than you if something like that happened. Seriously, even thinking Jack with someone else makes me wanna puke. So like Merida said, pure bromance!.. I wish I could update really soon every time. Also, about the necklace... I am not gonna talk about it. But, I can tell you this: You will find the answers in chapter 10.
I hope you will like this chapter!
Disclaimer: This story takes after Frozen, Brave, Tangled and HTTYD 3... So ROTG is the only movie that is in an alternative universe, actually.
CHAPTER 8: Forbidden Friendship
It has been nearly two weeks since Captain Pitch Black had attacked the ship and somehow sent them in the middle of somewhere in the sea, due to his 'magic'. They have never seen the land since then, their provisions were getting less and less each day. Still, Merida was doing her best to control the crew, she was quite successful at preventing a mutiny.
Ever since Captain Jack Frost had checked Merida's condition, he has never left his cabin, which meant nearly for two weeks. He locked himself in the cabin, has always been alone for the day and the night. Only Merida, the quartermaster had guts to enter the room. But Merida only went to Jack's room to give him his meal, she didn't even stand in there for a minute.
And Elsa... Well, Elsa wasn't actually doing that bad.
A queen. That's what she was. That's what she was destined to be, that's what her parents wanted her to be. She spent her years to learn how to be a good queen... And then, she suddenly threw her years of endeavour, as if she was never destined to be a queen, as if she was never a queen, not at all.
She has been sleeping in the basement of the ship, with the rest of the crew. She has been wearing comfy shoes and trousers, sleeping despite the loud snores, showering less, has been laughing loudly, eating some food with her hands, making dirty jokes, sometimes even cursing under her breath since these past two weeks. She was aware that she was acting like a pirate, but who could blame her? It wasn't like she was a pirate anyway. She was just trying to adapt to the place she was stuck in.
Yeah, definitely, these past two weeks weren't that much of a catastrophe for Elsa. They were lost in the sea, it was possible that they could never find the land, nevertheless, she has never felt this much good in her entire life. She felt so... free.
She gotta admit, she understood why some people were obsessed with the sea. The feeling of the wind swallowing, the sun lights hitting your skin, sensing the light smell of the sea, the relaxing sound of the sea waves... It was paradise.
Also, she also had to admit the fact that Jack was a good captain. Although he has never left the cabinet, nobody in the crew made a gossip about him, they were all sure that he was working without stopping. Many people from the crew (like Bunny, Tooth, and Jamie) told Elsa that Jack really cared about them. (A/N: Bunny and Tooth are in their humans forms in their fanfic.)
She supposed they were right. Everyone was doing their task, nobody was getting punished or tortured, even in a crisis like this, the crew actually managed to move like a true team.
Somehow, she grew closer to them. She even counted Merida, once the person she hated most in this ship, as her friend now. Hell, maybe she was her closet friend in this ship. Merida taught her hand-to-hand combat, Bunny helped her to improve her sword skills and Tooth explained her the basic sailor tasks.
Elsa really didn't know if she should be proud of herself or not.
Okay, she was getting used to the loud snores but damn, somebody was snoring extra loud today. Elsa opened her eyes in annoyance while she was laying on her hammock, eyes were searching who was responsible for that noise. Sadly, she couldn't really figure it out who it was, so she tried to fall asleep again.
After a couple of minutes, her eyes opened with a slight frown on her face when she heard the creaks. Somebody was on the deck, causing the wooden floor to creak. The noise wasn't that loud, it was even barely hearable. But it seemed like Elsa wasn't capable of sleeping tonight.
She got up silently, wore a blue robe (she still was a queen) and climbed up the stairs, was succumbed to her curiosity. Was it Jack? Even the thought of was enough to make her excited, the man hasn't left his cabinet for ages.
So, when she recognized Hiccup from his back, she rather felt disappointed. The young man was sitting on the railing, his head was directed to the moon. He clearly didn't sense that somebody was there because he didn't turn his head or wasn't alarmed. Or maybe, he just didn't care even if someone was there.
Elsa considered going back to her hammock, but she had an urge to stay there. Something inside told her that Hiccup needed a companion. So she let her feet to walk towards the young chief of Berk. She sat down next to Hiccup, stared at where he was looking, to the moon.
For a couple of minutes, they have sat in there in absolute quiescence, until Hiccup finally decided to break the silence. "The view is really beautiful tonight." he claimed with a husky tone.
Elsa nodded her head in agreement. The moon was full tonight, and it was shining so brightly. There were also many bright and faint stars, they were decorating the black sky while the sea was under them, the waves were moving sweetly. The scene was absolutely breathtaking.
The platinum blonde eventually stopped watching the view, she turned her head to the left to see Hiccup. His green eyes were... sad, depressed even. His features looked tired as the wind was gently caressing his skin.
"Are you okay?" Elsa blurted out with pity, her heart felt warm, she was wishing to make the man happy.
"I try to be." Hiccup answered honestly, didn't parry.
Elsa pursed her lips, let her features to soften. She wanted to soothe him, but she really didn't know how to give a proper answer. So, she said nothing and turned her head to the sky again.
"Your majesty... Would you think I was crazy if I told you dragons were real?
Elsa beamed, a soft smirk spread to her lips. She opened her palm and created a tiny, eloquent snowflake, then send it to the sky whereas Hiccup was watching her with bewilderment. "I can create ice and living things, I get advice from a troll... Of course I can easily believe that dragons are real. And please, just call me Elsa." she answered without surprise.
The young man let out a sad smile, his eyes were focused on the view, clearly was remembering his old memories. "When I was fifteen, I wanted to kill a dragon to prove that I was a real Viking. Back in those times, we were dragon hunters... Until one night I shoot the famous, scary Night Fury from its tail. I found him the next day but couldn't kill him... That's how our forbidden friendship started." Hiccup began to tell the story.
Elsa turned her head to him, was full of attention.
"Toothless... He was my best friend and he will always be. I don't want to bore you about what had happened in the following years. Let's just say that we overcame every problem together." Hiccup kept it short as he ran a hand through his auburn hair.
Elsa knitted her eyebrows in confusion. Something had gone wrong, otherwise, he wouldn't be this much upset. "What happened?"
Hiccup let out a shaky, bitter laugh, then winced in pain. "One day, it finally hit me that humans weren't ready for dragons... We didn't deserve them. So I let him go."
Elsa stared at him with horrified eyes, her mouth was opened slightly. Hesitantly, she put her left hand on Hiccup's shoulder. The man's eyes grew bigger in surprise while Elsa was smiling sadly.
"I am sure he is happy now, thanks to you." she tried to relax him with a friendly tone that she didn't know she was capable of.
Hiccup nodded in agreement and turned his head to look at the sky again. "That's why I am here actually. Captain Pitch attacked Berk to have the dragons... When he found out that dragons are in the hidden world, he swore that he would find and extinct them. To prevent that, Astrid and I've joined Captain Frost's crew to fight against Pitch. I can't let that monster to lay a hand on the dragons." he spoke with a steady, consistent voice.
Elsa raised her eyebrows, was obviously bewildered. This man left his village just to make sure that his best friend was okay... He captured her to gain Jack's respect and trust so that he can protect Toothless more easily...
"Toothless is so lucky to have a friend like you. You clearly care about him so much, I am sorry that you guys got separated in the end."
Hiccup's lip curled up in tranquility, his green eyes were still locked on the sky. "It is fine... As long as he is safe."
Elsa has nervously knocked on the door for the third time. What she doing was utterly stupid, definitely the dumbest thing she had ever done in her entire life... She didn't know why, but something inside her was absolutely yearning for being Jack's friend. She was supposed to hate him, but instead of that, a part of her was aching for getting to know that mysterious man.
"Go away." the voice growled, at least finally bothered to answer.
"Captain Jack Frost, I am aware that you are working really hard... But I really need to talk to you." Elsa tried to persuade him with a gentle tone.
She heard a loud huff and puff whereas the sound of footsteps were getting nearer. Jack opened the door, he looked so, so tired. His eyes were reddish, he had bags under his eyes, his handsome features were stretched and exhausted. He wasn't wearing his pirate hat, neither his long black leather coat. He was dressed in simple black trousers and a dirty white shirt.
"Look, princess, I really can't deal with your bratty behaviors right now." he retorted with snappiness.
Elsa showed a bottle of rum, which was hidden behind her. "I came here to apologize... I am really sorry. You were nothing but kind to me, I was nothing but rude to you. You must really hate me... I want a second chance if that's possible. I want to show you that I am not like the other nobles." she admitted her wrongs while she was chewing her bottom lip nervously.
Jack was baffled, shocked even. His beautiful blue eyes grew bigger, being confused made him so... Elsa had to admit, he did seem cute at that moment.
"Why don't you come in, your majesty?" he let out a tiny, polite smile as he made a kind offer, his icy, snappy voice from earlier has already been vanished.
Elsa smiled at him back, gave the bottle to Jack and entered the room.
"This booze is really high qualified." the young man murmured and raised his eyebrows while he was starting at Elsa to hint that he was aware of how she had found that bottle of rum.
"I may have stolen it." Elsa admitted her guilt easily and shrugged.
"From my own storehouse?"
The platinum didn't respond as she took two glasses from the cupboard and opened the rum bottle. She poured the drink, both for the captain and her.
Jack knitted his eyebrows, his features were serious, distressed all of a sudden. "That's not a very queenly behavior." he made an assumption with a slight irritation in his voice.
Elsa sighed as she handed one glass to Jack. "Unfortunately, no matter what I do, I am always a queen" she claimed tiredly, was obviously so fed up with this situation.
Jack nodded to approve her thought. "That's why we can't be friends... Even if we want to. I am always gonna be a pirate and you are always gonna be a queen."
"There is no law about the friendship of a pirate and a queen is forbidden... Nevertheless, we can't be friends. It is just socially not acceptable."
Captain Jack Frost raised his glass to propose a toast. "To our forbidden friendship, Elsa."
Forbidden friendship... Unfortunately, their world was full of that. Society, people, they didn't accept the friendship between the lower and the upper group, they didn't want two different people to have something in common. A pirate and a queen being friends was as impossible as a dragon and a human to be friends. It was simply forbidden.
But maybe, this was what the world desperately needed. Maybe it was the forbidden friendships that made this world better. All those rebellions, challenges, insubordination, insurrections... Sometimes these things, the fight for changing the impossible into the possible improved the world. Maybe fighting for love was simply enough to make a good difference.
"To our forbidden friendship, Jack."
Damn it, this chapter was more depressing then I've planned. I worship Toothless and Hiccup's friendship... I am gonna go and cry now.
Hiccup: Reviews are appreciated! Thank you for reading the chapter!
