Important Author's Notes: Sorry about not posting yesterday, I wanted to but I needed to reinstall my OS and that took a few hours. I tried to write back to everyone's reviews, so thank you if you left one. In regards to the suggestions of meeting every one year instead of three, I won't be doing that since I actually started writing this back in January 2014; pre-HTTYD 2. I have completed twelve chapters and changing the timetable would force me to rewrite the entire story and that is something I will not do. Besides I am covering their entire lives, I would run out of things they could do together by the time they turn eight years old if I went that route.
I have included in this chapter and every chapter after it, Easter Eggs. I won't tell you where they are, but they are things that bridge the gap between movies or explain things that were left out of the movies that were not fully described as to why someone or something got this way. If you think you found one, you should send me a PM and tell me what it is and if you are right then I will give you a shout out come next chapter. Don't put it in the review, unless you don't mind sharing. Maybe I will create a point system further down the road.
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Chapter 2
The First Time
The first meeting was only an hour away as the King and Queen were busy to have everything ready when Hiccup arrived at Arendelle.
"Kai, is everything ready for Hiccup when he arrives?" The Queen asked her servant who had been with them for many years.
Kai walked briskly up to the Queen and bowed "Yes, my Queen. His room is prepared, the books have arrived and an extra place setting has been set at the dinner table."
"Good, all we have to do is go down to the dock and wait for his arrival." Idun said smiling. She then turned around and went to fetch her daughters. Elsa had just turned five years of age and Anna was born just two summers ago, they were growing so fast, and they had unlimited supplies of energy, apparently.
She could hear Elsa playing with Gerda and Anna through the thick oak door, opening said door she observed Gerda hoisting Anna up and Elsa running around the two holding her dolls.
"Elsa, it is time to meet Hiccup." She moved over to Gerda who handed over Anna to her and Elsa put away her dolls to follow her mother out the door. "Mama, what will he look like?"
"I don't know Elsa; the last time I saw him was over three years ago, I'm sure he has grown since then. From the letters his mother has sent me, he has brown hair and green eyes." She said smiling.
"Is he the same height as me? Does he like to play and run around?" Elsa asked enthused to have someone else to play with besides the servants.
"I'm sure he is, and you will see him in less than an hour. Till then, let us wait and see." Her mother said smiling, happy to see Elsa happy and excited to see her future husband, though they will tell Elsa about that many years down the road.
As they walked through the gates of the castle they were momentarily blinded by the bright sunlight, people waved and bowed toward the royal family. Elsa ran ahead to the docks to see a lone Viking ship in the distance.
"Mama, I see them! I see them!" Elsa shouted while jumping up and down.
The Queen arrived just as the ship was docking, as the gang plank was lowered into place, she could see Valka smiling. She waved her hand and Valka returned it, gently guiding Hiccup along the walkway.
"It has been awhile, Valka." The Queen said with waited breath.
"Yes, it has. How are you doing Elsa?" Valka said while looking down at the young princess.
"I'm good, where's Hiccup?" Elsa asked as she swayed back and forth on her heels.
"Oh, he's… Hiccup come out from behind my legs and meet your new friend Elsa."
Hiccup peeked behind her waist, before slowly retreating back again. Valka just sidestepped and pushed Hiccup in front of her.
Elsa ran up to Hiccup and held out her hand, "Hello, I'm Elsa, would you like to be friends?"
"Are you sure? Nobody ever wants to be my friend." Hiccup replied sadly, casting his gaze down at his feet.
"Of course Hiccup, I promise I won't be mean to you." Elsa said smiling, still holding out her hand.
Hiccup smiled and shook her hand, "my name is Hiccup, and I would like to be your friend."
"I already know that silly, come on, I want to show you my home," she said as she grabbed his hand and pulled him toward the castle.
The two mothers looked on smiling as their children ran off toward the castle, "well that was simple; all we have to do is make sure they stay friends till they are married." The Queen said knowingly.
"That is a long time; a lot can happen from now till then." Valka replied while looking at Anna who was in the Queen's arms. "Hello, Anna. How are you?"
"Goog." Anna replied while squirming in her mother's arms.
"Come on Hiccup, I want to show you my room" Elsa stated as they walked down one of the many halls of the castle. Hiccup looked around at all the statues, knights in armor and paintings. This one hallway was bigger than his entire house! There were so many people too; they all smiled at him which was a change for people usually frowned at him or made fun of him. Hiccup came out of his thoughts as he found himself in a nice sized room with two beds one on each side of the room, a chest of drawers, and weird looking rugs that covered the wooden floors.
Elsa turned around and looked at Hiccup. "What?" Hiccup asked.
"What is with your clothes, they look weird." Elsa looked at his dark green shaggy pants, green tunic, and fur vest. "After dinner, I will put you in some better clothes."
"Why? I like my clothes."
"They look old and ugly."
"My mom made them for me."
Just then their moms walked through the door and told them lunch was ready.
Hiccup walked behind Elsa, amazed by the sheer size of everything, so many rooms and things. The dining room was the size of the training academy back at Berk and his mom was already seated and talking to Elsa's mom.
"Hiccup, come sit next to me." Elsa said tapping the empty seat next to hers.
A male servant hoisted him onto his seat and pushed in the chair "thank you" Hiccup said to the man. He just smiled and walked into the kitchen, he returned with four bowls of soup and one bowl of what looked like crushed peas for Anna.
Hiccup eagerly ate all the soup before his bowl was replaced with another bowl of hot water and a lemon on the side. Hiccup arched a brow, but took his spoon and began to drink the soup nonetheless.
"Hiccup, what are you doing?" Elsa asked as she put her fingers into her bowl, then taking them out and drying them with a spare towel.
"What, it is soup, isn't it?" Hiccup replied.
"No, you put your fingers into the water to clean them." Elsa said while laughing a little.
"Elsa don't laugh at Hiccups lack of manners. He will learn soon enough." Idun said suddenly.
"It's alright Hiccup, it is your first time in a place like this, and we have different ways of doing things. I will teach you some of them tonight."
"Thank you" was all that Hiccup said as he cast his eyes down in embarrassment.
Lunch went on for a solid hour, through different courses and different foods; Hiccup was amazed by all the new meats and vegetables. After their meal, Elsa took Hiccup to play in her room for a few hours before his mom came to tell him she was leaving to go back home.
"Hiccup, you have to be a big boy now, it won't be so long, and I will be back in a month. By then you will be smarter and more mature." Valka said to her son as she was kneeling down to look into Hiccup's eyes.
The ship was being prepared to sail and was just waiting for Valka to say the word.
"Yes, mama. I will be a big boy and make you proud." Hiccup said will an uncertain smile.
"Don't be afraid Hiccup, Elsa, and her family will take great care of you and will be nothing but nice and kind. You will learn things no Viking has ever heard about, that way the other kids will be envious of you." Valka said then smiled, this made Hiccup's smile turn into a true one.
She gave him Hiccup one last kiss and hug before walking onto the ship, Elsa who had been watching came up from behind and put her arm around Hiccup's shoulder.
The two stayed there till the ship disappeared into the horizon, "Are you ready for dinner, Hiccup?" Elsa asked
"I have to be a big boy now. I have to be a big boy." Hiccup thought
"Yes, I am ready" Hiccup replied then smiled at Elsa.
Elsa withdrew her arm from around his shoulder, but took his hand and led him back to the castle past the tall guards and into the dining room where her family was sitting waiting for the two of them. The King came up behind Hiccup and seated him in his chair, Hiccup let out a small thank you, but the King just waved it off.
"Now, Mr. Hiccup" Agdar started, "tonight we will teach you a few basic manners. First, sit up straight up and do not hunch over the plate." Hiccup did as he was told and listened to the King as he went through a list of manners of what to do and what not to do at the table. He learned everything from which utensil to use, how to eat properly, why not to use your fingers to eat, how to use the napkin properly and to always thank your host. Hiccup had a headache after learning so many rules. Once dinner was over he was escorted by Elsa to his room where he would rest and do work.
"And here is your bedroom, it has everything mine has, but it is blue inside." Sure enough, there was a single bed with what looked to be a blanket hanging over the top of the bed, a chest of drawers, a desk, closet, but the walls had a touch of light blue.
"Thank you for everything, Elsa." Hiccup told the young princess with a small smile.
"You are welcome Hiccup; if you need anything my room is across from yours, good night." And with that, she left him all alone inside a room that was the size of his living room back on Berk. He took his leather satchel that was filled to the brim with clothing and anything else he would need for a month's trip. After putting everything away he went to the window and unhinged the latch letting in the cool ocean air, at least something reminded him of home. Looking out at the massive mountain that laid behind the castle, he just watched the moon rise in all its majesty.
"Well time for bed" Hiccup said to himself as he took off his boots, fur vest and got into the very soft bed, its fluffiness pulled him in toward the center as if enveloping him. He immediately got out of the human eating bed, grabbed a blanket and a pillow before going over to Elsa's door and knocking.
After a few moments, the door slowly opened to reveal a tired looking princess "What's wrong?" Elsa said sleepily. "My bed tried to eat me, can I stay with you?" Hiccup asked.
Elsa gave him a strange look before replying "sure" and let him in where he laid down on the floor since he was more accustomed to a slab of wood instead of a soft bed. Elsa stared once again as he laid the blanket over him and promptly went to sleep. After getting back into bed, one thought crossed her mind before she fell asleep, "what a strange boy."
Kai was bringing a hot bowl of water for Hiccup to rinse in his face in. He maneuvered the tray onto his left hand so he could knock with his right. Knock, knock; nothing. He opened the door and saw no one, immediately worried he went inside before he felt a cool gust of wind. He looked at the open window and thought "oh no, did he leave?!" He was about to alert the guards before he heard laughing coming from Elsa's room. Quickly walking over the room while carefully balancing the hot water he found the two children talking together. He breathed a sigh of relief. "Hiccup, why are you not in your room?" He asked.
"The bed tried to eat me." Hiccup replied casually.
Kai said nothing before Elsa burst out laughing, "It really did" Hiccup replied in a serious tone crossing his arms in front of his chest, this only made Elsa laugh harder, even Kai gave a chuckle but he tried to hide it with his free hand. Recovering from his mild chuckle, Kai placed the now lukewarm water on a nightstand to Hiccup's right, then handed a washcloth to him. "Here you are Sir, a cloth to wash your face with; I shall notify one of the servants to have your mattress replaced with something firmer. May I ask what you have slept on in the past?" Kai asked the young Viking.
"Wood" Hiccup replied with a straight face.
Once again Kai stared at him and once again Elsa laughed out loud.
"I shall try to get something close to that Mr. Hiccup."
"Thank you" Hiccup said to the plump balding man.
Elsa was still chuckling as the door closed, but only for a moment before Gerda came into the room. "Ms. Elsa, Mr. Hiccup if you would get changed and cleaned up, I will take you to the library where you will begin your studies." Gerda said promptly.
The children immediately got changed in their respective rooms and washed their faces in the water basins.
They met in the hallway and followed Gerda past the council chambers and the ballroom until finally arriving at the library. Pushing the doors open revealed hundreds of books sorted diligently along the walls; there was a fireplace to the left, a large desk in the back situated in between two large windows which gave the room its light and even more books on the far right. In the middle lay two small desks with a chalkboard situated in front of them.
Hiccup took the seat to the right and Elsa took the one on the left.
"The teacher will be here in a moment, I shall return with lunch in a few hours," Gerda said before she left.
Hiccup was amazed with all the books and what they could possibly hold within their paper walls. Not even a minute passed before a slim woman with blond hair and spectacles on her nose entered the room, she wore a blue summer dress and held a small mountain of books.
"Mr. Hiccup I presume? These books are for you." She said as she handed the books to Hiccup who looked at them before putting them on the floor next to him.
"I am here to give you a small introduction to modern education. Do not expect to learn everything about the world in this one month Mr. Hiccup. Elsa here has been learning for the past year and is farther than you in most areas." The teacher told him and then turned to Elsa, "read 'An Unlikely Fairy Tale' by Sir Wixeron while I tend to Mr. Hiccup."
"Yes, Ms. Hornsby" Elsa replied to the tall woman.
"So, her name is Ms. Hornsby, I must remember that." Hiccup thought
"Now, Mr. Hiccup if you will look at your books and find the one that says 'Mathematics' I will start your lesson for today." Ms. Hornsby said to the young lad as she pulled up a chalkboard.
"Yes, mam" he replied as he looked through the assortment of books to find the one that looked like it had that long word.
"Open it up and turn to page six, I will teach you the basics then start the real lessons." She said then smiled.
He did as he was told and then began to learn things he did not even think he would learn about. They only stopped for an hour because of lunch and took a small break before learning about English and how to write properly.
This continued on for a month, every day he learned something new. He learned how to count to a hundred, how to add and subtract, he learned how to do basic measurements, and a bit of geometry. They went out into the fields to learn about animals and how they acted in the wild. Stayed up at night to peer through a telescope to observe the moon cycles. They learned about the location of the earth in the solar system and so much more. The most important thing he learned was the world was not flat, and that nearly blew his mind.
"This has been an amazing month, not only did I learn so many new things, but I made an amazing new friend. Elsa is so nice, she is my first friend in the whole world, sure Fishlegs is nice, but Elsa is so much more fun. She and her family are the best, and their home is amazing. So many beautiful and stunning rooms and buildings. I could stare at them all day. I learned something new every single day except for Sunday because Elsa and her family went to the chapel to pray and pay homage to their God, which reminds me I need to pray to Freyr for good weather when sailing back to Berk. I am sad that tomorrow I will go back to Berk where no one acknowledges me except for my mom because my dad is too busy caring about the village. I still can't believe I am only four years old and know so much about the world. I can only imagine what else I will learn in my coming years." Hiccup thought as he wrote down his past actions in his new journal, a gift from King Agdar himself.
After finishing up in his journal, he prepared himself for bed and resentfully went to sleep. Sleep passed by far too quickly and sadly today was the day his mom came to take him back to Berk where no one would understand the things he had learned. He just had to wait another three years to come back to this great and wondrous place.
He heard a knock then looked to see the door open to reveal Elsa with some books under each arm.
"Hiccup, the teacher wanted me to give you some books to take back to Berk." Elsa said before she gave the books to Hiccup containing at least six different subjects. "We will send you books every year so you can learn more on your own." Elsa replied then gave him a warm smile.
Hiccup's cheeks began to become red as she smiled at him, he did not understand this reaction that was making his tummy feel weird.
A guard came up behind the two then escorted Elsa and Hiccup to the harbor, he saw his mom waiting for him at the dock. He slowly jogged over to her mindful of all the stuff he was carrying, he set them down and then threw himself onto his mother's waist.
Valka felt this and hoisted him up and hugged him properly.
"Hiccup, my handsome son, how have you been, have you missed me?" Valka asked.
"Of course mom, I missed you so much, but I never cried; I am a big boy now." Hiccup said excitedly.
Valka put her son down to thank and say goodbye to the Queen who had just arrived, while Hiccup did the same with Elsa.
"I will miss you Hiccup, I can't wait till we see each other again," Elsa said to the young Viking.
"I will miss you too Elsa, I will miss the fun we had together and all that we learned." Hiccup replied while wiping a tear from his face.
Queen Idun came over and kneeled down to give a small hug to Hiccup.
After one final hug from Elsa he boarded the ship with his mom and waved goodbye to that kind girl who was his first true friend in the entire world. Only with the passage of time will the friendship grow into something more.
