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Chapter 9

No More Secrets

"What do we need to talk about, Hiccup?" Elsa replied back hesitantly, her arms folding on top of the other in front of her chest.

"Walk with me" Hiccup said as he held out his hand for her to intertwine with his.

Elsa took his extended hand into hers and the two walked together with Hiccup leading and a pair of guards following a few meters behind, wanting to give the couple some space.

The couple went up a flight of wooden stairs, across the bridge that connected the front of the island to the back of the island and into the massive forest where Hiccup shot Toothless down into. Soon they went past an old trench, broken trees and limbs that now had moss growing over them. There was a small entrance to what appeared to be a cove, bordered by rocks on either side and a tree limb above prevented multiple people from entering at once. The group entered single file with the guards staying behind to protect the entrance and exit. Toothless jumped over the tree limb and climbed down the walls of the cove jumping joyfully into the small pond.

As Elsa looked around she saw a massive tree with its roots covering the far wall of the cove, there was a small pond with fish, and large boulders dotted the floor of the landscape, the walls must have been at least twenty meters high.

"Ready Elsa? It is tricky getting down into the cove." She heard Hiccup say as he pointed to the path. She nodded her head and held onto his hand as they descended the tall boulders, jumping from one to the next while descending.

"And here we are. Welcome to my semi-secret cove; this is where I and Toothless gained each other's trust and friendship. The walls are steep enough that Toothless cannot easily get out, though he can if sufficiently motivated. We practiced to fly in here and around the forest." He said while extending his arms out as if he was trying to sell it.

"Semi-secret cove? Why is it not a full secret?" She asked her beau.

Hiccup smiled and guided Elsa to a small boulder where he sat down upon and motioned for her to join him. She accepted the invitation and watched as Toothless swim out of the pond. He then moved onto the land, released a stream of fire on the ground to which he stomped out and then went to sleep in the smoldering embers.

"Well only you, your guards, and Astrid know where this place is. Though once she tells everyone where this place is, I guess it won't even be semi-secret anymore. Not that it needs to be, now that dragons are welcome."

Elsa frowned at the thought of Astrid knowing where this secret slightly romantic cove was located, though it did not matter for Hiccup was now hers. "Hiccup what did you want to talk about?" she remembered the reason why they came down here.

Hiccup gulped to get some moisture to his suddenly dry throat and took in a deep breath then finally faced Elsa. "Elsa, do you promise to be truthful with me? While I was flying I had some time to think about some things and a few of them didn't match up correctly. I need the truth if we are going to be together." Hiccup said while looking into her eyes.

Elsa was nervous, what questions did he have? Would she be able to answer them all? She hoped she had the strength to carry on through his questioning.

"Yes Hiccup, I promise to be truthful for you." She said with a brave face and simulated confidence.

"Elsa why… why haven't you talked to or played with Anna in over six years?" Hiccup asked in a serious tone.

Elsa felt her heart fall into the pit of her stomach and for a moment she forgot how to breathe or think.

"I…I" Elsa became quiet for a few moments, she rubbed her lips against each other thinking.

"Elsa, don't shut me out. You promised you would speak the truth, now tell me why you haven't talked to Anna." He said moving his hand into hers.

Elsa gripped his hand and leaned against the rock. "Hiccup, when I was eight years old there was an accident involving me and my sister. Anna knew about my powers ever since the beginning, that being after the forest incident. She loved the idea of me having ice powers, we would often play together making hills of snow to climb up and slide down, we also made snowmen and had snowball fights in the ballroom when it was too cold to go out. One night…" She took a breath. "One night while we were playing I created snow boulders for her to jump on, she got ahead of me and in my haste I slipped. I tried to save her from falling but I hit her in the head with my ice powers accidently which caused a silver streak to grace part of her hair. She fell asleep and wouldn't wake up. I called out to my parents and we took her to see a wise old troll who could help us."

Hiccup looked amazed, "a troll? Was that where you tried to take me that one day?"

"Yes, Pabbie was able to stabilize Anna's condition since it had only affected the head, not the heart, which would have been fatal. To be safe, Pabbie then removed Anna's knowledge and memories of my magic, much to my despair. He then explained the true strength of my abilities, there is beauty and danger in my powers. I can create and destroy. He told me that I must learn to control my powers at all cost, or fear will be my enemy. And it has, whenever you weren't at Arendelle, fear consumed my life. I stay in my room and never go outside or talk to Anna fearing that I could hurt her by accident. This is actually the first time in many years that I have gone outside the castle walls, all for you." Elsa said, a small smile coming to her face before it disappeared at the thought of Anna.

"Have you been able to control your powers better so you can one day talk to your sister in the future?" He asked as the silence got to him.

"Kind of, I mean I am here and not causing trouble. My powers have not leaked out, mostly. I can control my powers around you, my parents, the guards, Gerda and Kai. But I am afraid to try them around the people of Arendelle and Anna. It's just too dangerous to even attempt. Personally I have given up and just accepted my fate of never talking to Anna again."

Hiccup looked at Elsa; this was a new side of her that he had never seen before. All the confidence he thought she had was a lie. She was as scared as him was when it came to what others thought of him.

"You don't understand how hard it is Hiccup. Every time Anna comes to my door asking if she wants to build a snowman, it breaks my heart." Elsa said as she finally broke down at the thought of inadvertently hurting her sister, she promised that she would not hurt her but in the end she did it emotionally and mentally.

Hiccup wrapped an arm around Elsa as she cried softly; he directed her head into the crook of his neck. They slid down the boulder till they were sitting against it; their backs flush against the rock.

"It's okay Elsa, I understand now. And as long as we are together, you will never be alone. You have to believe that. Elsa I will never leave you, so as long as you want me I will stay by your side till kingdom come." He said while using his hand to make her look at him, he wiped away a stray tear with his thumb. She nodded her head at this promise and smiled.

There was silence between them as they looked at each other waiting for one of them to make a move, Hiccup slowly inched his head forward before capturing her lips with his. Elsa heart nearly burst from the amount of emotion that Hiccup poured into the kiss, her eyes fluttered closed and she kissed back with all she had.

After nearly a minute the two separated their faces flushed red from the lack of air.

Elsa smiled first followed by Hiccup when he saw her smiling; he let out a small chuckle at the thought of himself being nervous around her. "Well, do you want to continue our discussion or do you want to head in?" he asked Elsa.

Elsa looked up to see that the sun was setting

"Hmm, I think I want to stay awhile. This seems nice to get everything out in the open." She said while leaning her head against his small boney shoulder, "I hope he grows out more otherwise he will be a midget compared to me." Elsa thought as she looked up a Hiccups face.

"Okay, then I will start a fire and get some food for us. Stay right here." He said while sadly breaking the hold they had on each other, he got up and started collecting some twigs, dried bark and branches, then putting them into a small hole he had dug previously when he had stayed there weeks before. He took out his flint and a piece of steel and with that he was able to make a spark thus creating a nice sized fire some minutes later.

"Hey Toothless can you catch some fish for us or do I need to do that for you?" He called out to his dragon with a laugh, not taking his eyes off the fire.

Toothless who had been keeping an eye on the couple narrowed his eyes and took up the challenge not wanting to lose his bravado in front of his human friend. Toothless snaked into the water diving underneath its surface only to pop out moments later and spit up five nice sized trout. "Thanks buddy" Hiccup picked up the trout and took to the task of descaling them and preparing them to put on the spit that hanged over the fire. After ten or so minutes he finally had the fish slowly grilling over the fire.

Elsa watched as her beau took upon making a fire and dinner, she was amazed that he was able to do everything so easily without even thinking about what to do next. She doubted she would be able to do any of that, perhaps she could ask her parents if she could take cooking lessons in the kitchen at night. She knew it was no place for a royal to be, those rooms were for the servants, maid, cooks and butlers. But she wanted to occupy herself with actions that couldn't hurt others, and maybe cooking was one of those actions. Elsa then saw him move to sit down next to her and rewrap his arm around her, she instantly snuggled into his embrace.

"So are you ready to continue?" She heard him ask.

"Yes, ask away." She said as she looked into the flames of the fire, a thought of Anna rushed to her mind. The color red always reminded her of Anna, whether it be because of her hair or her personality that being she always having energy to knock on her door every week.

A smile came to his face at the thought of Elsa's confidence growing from that one kiss.

"I think I understand why you didn't tell me the truth about your powers because you didn't know if you could trust me or not, but the thought of your family being happy and contented is a lie too." Elsa looked confused, "let me explain, when I arrived in Arendelle and I saw your family I saw four people that appeared to love each other and have dinners together to strengthen that love. But now I know it was an illusion, your family wasn't happy it was broken. I bet the only time Anna ever saw or spoke to you was whenever I came over, am I correct?" He asked while looking up to her face.

Elsa's mouth formed into a grimace at the thought of Hiccup learning that her family was indeed broken and possibly could never be fixed fully.

"Yes" he heard Elsa whispered out.

"Now, I can't give instructions on how to fix something like a broken family because I don't know how to repair something that is living, breathing and has emotions. It took so long just to figure out myself and be happy with what I have and what I am." He replied softly thinking back of all the life changing events he went through; from losing his mother to being bullied, threatened and losing his leg, then gaining the respect of his father, his people and gaining Elsa as a partner. What an eventful couple of years.

Hiccup took her gloved hand into his and slowly yet delicately plucked the glove off her hand. He then started to massage her knuckles with his thumb, rolling over each knuckle and drawing circles with said thumb causing Elsa to relax immensely.

"But I can only say that do try and fix your relationship with your sister at the very least, she deserves an answer but more importantly she deserves her sister back. When I talked to her she admitted that she was saddened at the loss of you, she believes that she drove you away and that you despise her enough to never talk to her again." He uttered then saw Elsa's eyes widened from the realization of the effects that her isolation had on her sister.

"But… but I did it to protect her, as long as I can't control my powers she is at risk. Every time I go to her door and try to knock but before I can the floor freezes and I run away fearing that I will possibly freeze her again." Elsa insisted in a rush, pleading her case to Hiccup as if she was being judged.

"I understand Elsa, but Anna doesn't. She believes you hate her." Elsa looked down at her lap, "but I don't hate her."

As Elsa was looking down, Hiccup was looking up at the stars. A beautiful night had descended upon them. The sounds of the fire popping, the insects chirping and Toothless snoring filled the night air. The temperature was cool but with the fire they stayed warm; this felt wonderful sitting with someone who cared so deeply for you and wanted nothing in return but to know you were happy with them.

"I know that Elsa, which brings me to my next question… actually the trout, is done." He replied before leaning forward and carefully retrieving two of the fish, handing one to her and the other he laid down on the rock. "Now be careful it's hot."

Elsa carefully took the trout, her gloves allowing her not to be burnt from the blazed fish. "Well this is interesting my gloves are good for preventing freezes and burns, how ironic. Well Hiccup did make them in a forge, so maybe he thought they would be used for everything." She thought and flexed her hand.

She looked at Hiccup and saw that he was nervous about his cooking; she calmly took a bite and chewed then swallowed. A smile came to her face, "it's good Hiccup, this is actually better than what those master chefs make at the castle" she replied before taking another bite. This was fun eating with her hands for once, no silverware or proper manners needed.

Hiccup blushed at the compliment, the idea of exceeding master chef level made him smile.

"Now if you wait here, I will give the other three pieces to the guards and Toothless." He said while pointing to the still roasting trout.

Elsa nodded her head too occupied with eating her fish to listen properly.

Hiccup once again carefully took the three fishes from the spit before calling out to his dragon while throwing one of the fish into the air. Toothless caught said fish with ease before going back to sleep. He carefully climbed up the boulders near the entrance to the cove, "Umm, Guards?" he called out nervously, it had been a while since he had talked to the Royal Guards. The last time was when he made gifts for Anna, Elsa, Idun and Agdar; and had to have a Guard escort him to the leather crafter.

One of the Guards appeared out of the darkness and looked down at him, "What is it Mister Hiccup, is something wrong?" The Guard asked in an alert tone of voice.

"Nothing is wrong, I just brought some dinner for you and the other Guard."

The old Guard looked quizzically at the young man, amazed that he went out of his way to provide food for someone he didn't know.

"Oh, thank you kind sir. How much longer will you two be out here?" He asked while taking the fish from Hiccups extended hands then giving one of the fish to his fellow guard.

"I think for another hour or two, we have more talking to do." Hiccup nodded then moved to go back into the cove but the Guard stopped him. "What is it?" Hiccup asked still nervous.

"By the way my name is Karl and this is Rikard." The old Guard said while motioning to his younger comrade who put up his hand as if saying 'hello'.

Hiccup nodded his head at Karl and Rikard in respect. "Now you go on and get back to the princess, we will stand by here in case you need anything." Hiccup nodded his head once more before moving back down into the cove.

Karl watched as the future chief of Berk climbed down the rocks and walked over to princess Elsa. "Now that is a kind boy and a proper gentleman that our princess deserves."

"Hmm?" Rikard asked while chewing on part of the trout.

"Oh nothing," he finished before taking a bite out of the blazed fish, "it's tasty to say the least."

After they finished their trout they were ready to continue their discussion. He had boiled some water to give to Elsa when she asked if he had anything to drink. She leaned over and rested her head on Hiccups shoulder once again this time forgetting about the lack of muscle.

"My last question for the night is am I allowed to tell Anna anything?"

Elsa took her head off his shoulder and stared at him for a moment thinking, "you can't tell her anything about my powers, why the gates were closed or why I can't talk to or play with her. You can however still play with her and talk to her about things, but if she asks about why I can't talk to her just make something up or say that I won't tell you the truth of what is happening between us."

Hiccup looked at Elsa for a moment "you mean you want me to lie to Anna? I don't know if I can do that to her Elsa, she deserves to know the truth. She has been hurting for years." Hiccup said embarrassed that he now had to hide another secret from someone, first was his tribe and now Anna.

"You must Hiccup, I know Anna doesn't deserve to have the truth hidden from her for so long but I will tell her eventually and she deserves to learn it from me and not from someone else. Do not worry I will tell her when the right moment presents itself." Elsa replied while bringing up her hands to cup Hiccups cheek in a loving manner.

Hiccup rested his face against her hand relaxing and closing his eyes.

Elsa looked up to see a star streak across the night sky, "oh wow."

"Hmm, what?" Hiccup asked confused.

"Nothing I just saw a shooting star, it's beautiful out here. Nice, peaceful and quiet." Elsa said while taking in her surroundings. The fire was casting dancing shadows against the walls of the cove. This was a nicer place to stay than the cold castle that held little warmth at least to her. Even though she never got cold that didn't mean she disliked being warmed up. She loved hot chocolate and tea, warm hugs and now her warm beau that gave her hot kisses. The last one caused her to blush a little.

As Elsa looked back at Hiccup she caught him staring at her, "what?"

"Oh, nothing. Just agreeing that it is beautiful out here." He replied while giving her hand a squeeze when he said 'beautiful'.

Elsa blushed a darker shade of crimson at the compliment.

"Well shall we go in; I think it is time we go to bed. We can talk again at breakfast." He replied getting up while extending a hand for Elsa to grab onto. She took the extended hand and Hiccup pulled her up, he wavered a bit not used to putting so much pressure on his new foot.

"Hey Toothless can you put out the fire?" he asked his reptilian friend.

Toothless went down to the pond and slurped a mouthful of water then sauntered over to the small fire and spit the water onto the flames extinguishing it. "Thanks buddy" Toothless heard when the last flame died out.

The climb up to the mouth of the cove to see that the two Guards had evolved into eight, he guessed that the rest of the Guards wanted to form a protective perimeter around the cove. He could see small fires here and there and hand held torches were just now being to be lit to mark the trail back to the village.

"Ready to go back Mr. Hiccup?" Karl asked.

Hiccup looked up at the aging Guard, "yes Sir, please remind your Guards to extinguish their camp fires."

The Corporal nodded at the request then gave a signal for his men to do what was asked.

Hiccup could hear flames being extinguished in the near distance.

He took Elsa's hand and led the way back to the village, he had taken this route so many times he didn't need neither a torch nor a map to know where to go.

After a lovely moonlit walk they were standing in between his house and Elsa's temporary lodging.

"Well, goodnight Elsa I will see you in the morning. And thank you for everything today." Hiccup said then gave Elsa a kiss to the forehead.

As Hiccup pulled back Elsa gave a smile that would make even a seasoned Viking smile in return, and smile Hiccup did. "Goodnight to you too Hiccup and your most welcome."

Hiccup then turned and slightly hobbled the short distance to his home, Elsa did the same but in the opposite direction. Within a few minutes of entering her temporary cabin, she was laying her head down on a soft pillow, was in dreamland and for the first time in a while went to bed without worry.


"Elsa? Princess Elsa? Can you hear me? It is time to get up; they are serving breakfast in the Great Hall." Gerda called out through the floor.

Slowly Elsa awoke from her slumber and nodded her head at what was said. She changed out of her sleepwear and into her attire that she had worn the previous day. Her hands slid into the water basin and brought the water up to her face, rinsing off the dirt, crust in her eyes and grime that she failed to get the previous day. Grabbing a nearby towel, she dried her face and fixed her hair into her customary braid.

After a few moments Gerda saw the Princess make her way down the stair with a smile etched on her face, instead of the usual frown she wore in the castle. Amazing how being in a relationship changed everything so quickly.

"Are you ready Princess Elsa?" Gerda motioned to the door.

Elsa nodded her head as acknowledgement for Gerda's question. She opened the door and followed after the princess.

Making her way up to the Great Hall, a massive hairy Viking opened the door for her bowing slightly as she walked by. She saw Hiccup in the far corner alone eating a bowl of what she could assume was porridge. Walking over to the long table of food, she filled her plate with fish, cheese, eggs, yak, and breads of different types. To top off her plate she grabbed some leverpostej and a mug of water. She soon strolled over to Hiccups table and sat across from him. Hiccup smiled as she sat down. "How was your sleep? Good I hope." She asked returning the smile.

"Best sleep I had in a while, though I did fall out of bed this morning. I guess I will have to get used to the fact that I have to attach a foot to my leg every morning for now on." Hiccup replied with a frown. Hiccup didn't tell her amount the immense pain he felt when he fell, he just bit on a piece of wood; he didn't want to bother the doctor for some pain medicine.

Elsa realized how much this would affect her friends' life from now on. He would have to turn this weakness into strength. She tried to think of something that would make Hiccup feel better about his new foot. A moment later a thought came to her.

"Well maybe you can turn your foot into a gadget or tool. I know how much you like to make new things for everyone, well now you can as you said 'make a few tweaks' for it yourself. You know, have a foot for flying and a foot for walking or a complex foot that can change with what you need." Elsa said with excitement in her voice trying to get him excited as well.

Hiccup just listened to his sweetheart ramble off on what he could do with his new foot; maybe this new life wouldn't be too bad after all.

"I will have to make plans and see what I can do with what I have, maybe I can get some new parts or metal from Arendelle. Your Kingdom has a more diverse selection of resources than our little island." Hiccup replied after drinking some mead.

Elsa nodded her head to this, "well you are welcome to give me a wish list with the materials you would like and maybe my father will send them to you. Even though we are together we still have to stick to the schedule. The next time we will see each other officially will be when I'm nineteen and you are eighteen. A whole three years from now."

Hiccup reached across the table and took hold of Elsa's hand. "We can stay in touch with letters and maybe I can sneak into your room when the Guards are not looking. And maybe we can ask our fathers if we can see each other more." Hiccup whispered.

Elsa raised an eyebrow at this suggestion.

"You are going to fly all the way from Berk to Arendelle on a dragon, which will most likely be noticed before you even make it halfway. I don't believe your father would allow you to be so open with dragons. Those creatures might scare my people; my Guards didn't even allow me to touch Toothless. This brings up another matter that I wanted to discuss with you."

Hiccup looked at Elsa with curiosity etched on his face.

"What will you do now in regard to the dragons?"

Hiccup scratched his head at this and then thought for a moment, "I guess I will teach dragons and Vikings to coexist. That we can work together instead of killing one another, I know not all Vikings and dragons will adhere to this but I believe I can convince the majority of them." He said to Elsa as she ate her fish and bread.

"Well however you wish to do that, please be careful." Elsa replied with a soft undertone.

Hiccup smiled at her caring words, "Don't worry I will be careful."

"You do realize this creates another dilemma for you, one that is very serious for your future. Dragons can now in theory be used as weapons of war against your fellow man." She spoke in a reserved voice.

This left Hiccup speechless; the idea of dragons being used as weapons sent a shiver up his spine. He would never use Toothless against anyone aggressively, but he could not speak for everyone. He knew some Vikings out there would want to do this to expand their territory or just to create death and destruction for others. He would have to create a plan for Berk and maybe expand it to Vikings he met along the way.

"Would your father use dragons as weapons if he got the chance?" Hiccup asked hesitantly, not wanting to insult Elsa.

"I don't believe so, we are not at war with anyone and we haven't been in a war for many decades. We are enjoying a peace and if word got out that we were arming ourselves with beasts that could attack from the air or sea, many nations would want to make war against us to prevent that. I can say for certain my father would never entertain that thought." Elsa said with absolute certainty. "I hope my father would never use dragons for war."

"Well that makes me feel a little bit better, but for the record they are not beasts, they are dragons." Hiccup replied with a little bit of agitation in his voice.

"I know that Hiccup, but anyone outside of Berk would call them that, that is what my Guards call them. But I will ask them to stop referring to them as such." She replied trying to soothe her agitated beau. "He must really care about the welfare of Toothless and the other dragons." She thought.

He nodded at this, "I guess I will have to make Vikings promise to never use dragons aggressively, always in defense. We can use them for transportation, carrying things and rescue, but never to make war. I will have every dragon rider swear an oath to this or something like it."

Hiccup remained quiet for a moment then looked at Elsa opening his mouth then closing it as if he wanted to say something.

"What is it Hiccup?"

Hiccup looked embarrassed to having to ask this of his partner but, "Elsa is there any more secrets that you are keeping from me? I know you told me many things last night and all of them you had kept a secret for nearly a decade, but I need to know is there anything else?"

Elsa grew quiet for several moments, making Hiccup fearful of the silence and what it meant

"No. There are no more secrets that I am keeping from you." Elsa replied with a smile.

Hiccup looked skeptical especially with how long it took her to answer.

"Ok, let us make a promise to one another that we will not keep any secrets from each other. No matter how small, we must be truthful at all times to make this relationship work. Can you do that for me?"

Elsa felt a little insulted that Hiccup didn't trust her, but she would do this for him, anything to make him happy.

"Of course Hiccup, I promise to never keep any secret from you no matter how small or damaging it may be. I will remain faithful to this promise till judgment day comes." Elsa said with conviction, her hand still holding onto his.

"And I promise to do the same till Valhalla comes to get me." Hiccup replied.

"How do you want to seal this promise?" Elsa asked.

Hiccup merely smiled as he leaned across the table and sealed his lips over hers. Elsa was taken aback from his boldness, but didn't dwell on it rather she kissed him back with just as much intensity as he put into it.

Astrid had a lousy morning, for she overslept and stepped in dragon droppings on her way to the Great Hall. "Nothing can get worse than this, all I need is some hot food and mead, then I can go for a ride on Stormfly which will make everything better." She said to herself as she ascended the many steps that were in front of the Great Hall.

As Astrid pulled open the doors she caught a glance of Hiccup and Elsa kissing, she promptly turned around and left the hall. "Alright, I will just eat later." She called out to no one, then moved to look for Stormfly.

After a moment they pulled back and blushed from doing such an intensive kiss in a public setting.

"Well would you like to walk around Berk for a while?" Hiccup asked while he got up from the table extending a hand toward Elsa.

"Yes, that sounds nice." She replied while accepting his hand, moving around the table to bring her shoulder to shoulder with Hiccup. She interlaced her arm with his, allowing them to be even closer together.

The two walked all over the island with a small group of Guards in tow, they discussed things of insignificant value, for they truly just wanted to spend time together before she had to go back to Arendelle.

After nearly four days of this, touring the island hand in hand and talking about the future and what it may bring for them, Elsa finally had to go home. It had been nearly three weeks since she had arrived and Hiccups father wanted to surprise his son with something, she guessed it was dragon related. She believed he wouldn't give it to him until she was safe back at Arendelle. Because of this she had announced that she was leaving and had the ship prepped for the journey to go back home. Of course Hiccup was dismayed by this news but respected her decision without any disdain.

"I will miss you Elsa" Hiccup said as he held her in his arms, the couple was on the cliff overlooking the harbor.

"And I will miss you Hiccup" she replied back as she nestled her face against his cheek. He did the same as he rested his face on her shoulder giving him access to her neck.

"What are you doing Hiccup?" Elsa asked as she could hear sounds of sniffing.

"Oh, your scent smells wonderful, what is it? It really makes me relax and not depressed that you are leaving."

Elsa smiled to herself knowing that her beau thought she smelled wonderful, "it is lavender, I will send you some once I get home. So that you can remember me when you go to bed or whenever you want to remember what I smell like."

He smiled in return for her kindness and always putting his happiness before her own.

"So the next time we will see each other is when you're nineteen and I am eighteen?" Hiccup asked making sure he had his math right.

"Yes, that is correct, a whole three years from now, uhh" Elsa replied with a groan, not wanting to leave Hiccup.

Hiccup pulled out of Elsa's hold, but still held on to her gloved hands. "Do not fret; those years will go by fast. And now since we are together, we will send letters and packages to one another regularly." Hiccup said then leaned in and captured her lips.

As he pulled back from the kiss, Elsa beamed from the attention and from what she believed was love that resided on her lips. "My, my where has all this confidence come from?" Elsa said then gave him a smirk.

Hiccup blushed and kicked his foot against the grass uprooting some blades and weeds. "You gave me the confidence to believe in myself in that I may be different but that is what makes us all unique in our own special way. I may suffer an injury, but you gave me ideas to make my prosthetic foot into a gadget with different purposes. You believe in me to become a great chief that loves all and wants a better future for my fellow Vikings and dragons." Hiccup smiled at Elsa and released a small breath through his nose before continuing. "In all I may have lost part of my leg but in my book it is worth it since I gained you in exchange."

Elsa let a few tears fall from her face at being put on such a high pedestal, the words and his smile made her feel such happiness that she wanted to take Hiccups into her arms and marry him right on the spot not wanting to wait.

Hiccup stood on his tip toes and leaned forward and kissed her forehead. After a few seconds he retreated back down.

"Thank you Hiccup, your words were beautiful and made me feel so confident, if only for a moment." Elsa replied back with a kind smile.

In the distance they could hear a ships bell toll signaling they were ready to sail.

"Well it is time Elsa, shall we walk down?"

"Yes lets" she said as she took his hand in hers.

The two made it down the winding wooden ramps to the dock, with a final kiss and hug, Elsa pulled out of Hiccups arms and waved goodbye to her beau from the top deck of the ship.

Aaron, Gerda and her Guards joined her in waving to their Viking caretakers who had gathered at the dock.

As she waved goodbye she felt horrible about having to lie to Hiccup, the one secret she couldn't tell him was the one about the contract; that they were arranged to marry one another. Only Stoick could tell him that, for if she did she risked voiding the contract and then Astrid could force herself on Hiccup at will and she wouldn't be able to stop her advances. She had to hope Stoick would tell him and soon; but for now she would feel good about finally being together with Hiccup. That night her bed never felt softer.

Soon Berk was out of sight and after three days of heavy winds, the ship made in back to Arendelle without incident.


As Elsa made her way back into the castle she was greeted by her parents, they asked her about Hiccup and how he was doing. She replied that he was doing well and even told them that she and Hiccup were officially courting. They were of course happy that the two had gotten together and invited her to join them for dinner. Elsa declined saying that she was tired; she excused herself from her parent's presence.

Elsa made her way down the hall to her room she stopped and remembered Hiccups words about telling Anna about her powers, "I can only say that do try and fix your relationship with your sister at least, she deserves an answer but more importantly she deserves her sister back."

She made it to her bedroom door, but gazed to her left to the end of the hall where if she took a left turn Anna's bedroom would be immediately on her right. Taking in a deep breath and releasing; trying to boost her confidence a little. "Okay, you can do this Elsa. Anna deserves to know the truth." She said to herself. Moving down the hall that she hadn't been to in years she raised her hand to knock against the door, but suddenly a thought raced through her mind.

"Wait, slow down!" Elsa shouted to Anna who was jumping from snow hill to snow hill which were created by her powers. Suddenly she slipped on the icy floor and fell on her back watching Anna jump into the air expecting another snow hill to form beneath her. She threw out an icy blast but it went too high and hit Anna in the head knocking her out instantly. She watched in horror as Anna's body slide down the hill onto the floor where she remained motionless. Elsa ran to Anna and held her in her arms, a narrow long platinum streak of color raced down her hair confirming her powers had indeed taken an effect against her."

Elsa came out of her thoughts with her hand still poised in front of the door; looking down she saw a small bit of ice had spread out from her slippers, slowly she retracted her hand and stepped back from the door in fear of hurting Anna once again.

"Tomorrow, I will tell her tomorrow." Elsa whispered to herself as she quickly walked back to her own room, closed the door and locked it. And that is what she repeated to herself believing one day she would finally knock on Anna's door and tell her sister the truth about everything. She just hoped Anna would forgive her when that time would finally come.