Authors Notes: Once again thank you all for those of you who have favorited, left a review or added this story to their alerts. I have been working at my job for two weeks now, and I am tired. Full time is no joke, when I get home I eat dinner, study a little then go to bed. I have little time to read or play video games. Respect to anyone who works full time; I now have mad respect for my mother. Writing on Saturday is really the only day I can really work on my story. Working in a hospital is mind numbing, foot aching pain, but that paycheck though makes it worth it.

This is the last guaranteed chapter, I do not know when I will be able to get a new chapter out. I hope to be able to get one out in a month, but no promises.

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You all have been asking for a chapter with Toothless in it, and now you have gotten your wish.

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Chapter Eleven

Fun and New Discoveries

Elsa awoke to the feeling of her face being warmed up by the gentle beams of the sun piercing the glass of her window. She could also feel the hairs on the back of her neck moving in rhythm with Hiccup's breathing, exhale moving down toward her back and inhale moving further up her neck. This loving embrace felt wonderful and she felt five years younger with no stress or headache. She felt like she could spend an eternity in this position. No worries, no pain, just happiness. Elsa never wanted Hiccup to leave her side, if they married today she would be the happiest woman in the world and would only hope that Hiccup could keep her secrets hidden till she was ready to tell the world. Would she have to tell the world? Elsa thought for a moment.

"Can I get away with just telling Anna and not my Kingdom? Though with Anna's mouth then everyone would surely know if given the time. And then people would fear me for being different, and not just my people but different countries and kingdoms as well. They tend to try and kill things they do not understand or fear, just look at Hiccup and his dragons. They fought dragons for centuries because they didn't understand the true reason they were attacking Berk. Centuries because they feared being destroyed themselves. It is best I keep my secret hidden a little bit longer, once I become Queen and smooth everything out, only then can I tell her."

It was then Elsa heard Hiccup talking to himself, "Elsa, Elsa" he groaned out.

He then pulled her waist toward his body and wrapped his right leg around her, Elsa's face went crimson knowing he was dreaming about her in a scandalous way. This continued on for several minutes till his groans calmed down, she let him have his way for it would most likely be a few years before they actually did that sort of stuff. Besides she dreamt about him in a similar manner and she would not want to be interrupted by someone during the process.

After an hour when the sun was above the mountain top but not at its zenith did Hiccup finally awaken. He blinked his eyes, tugged Elsa further into his grasp and drove his face into her back to get away from the bright rays reflecting through the window. He inhaled and smelled lavender, his most favorite smell in the world, it was then that he noticed how strong his hold was and loosened his grip. He heard Elsa suck in a deep breath then exhaled, he turned Elsa around to find her already awake and smiling at him.

"Enjoy your sleep?" She asked then gave a beautiful smile; it with the sun in the background made her look like the goddess Freyja.

Hiccup smiled back and nodded.

"Yes, thank you for asking" he replied and gently brought his hand up to her face to push a string of hair behind her ear, then rested his open palm on her cheek.

She pressed her cheek into his hand, "So what did you dream about?"

Hiccup thought back to his dream and then remembered nearly everything, the kisses, the touches and other stuff. His face became pink and cast his eyes down in embarrassment. He then felt his body react to their positioning and he just reacted instinctively.

His eyes snapped back to Elsa's, he then pushed her onto her back and mounted her.

Elsa released a gasp from Hiccup's sudden move and looked up at Hiccup as he settled his waist between her legs and his hands came to rest beside her shoulders. He leaned down and kissed her cheek then her forehead and finally her lips. As he kissed her, he settled his weight slowly onto her as to not to crush her. Thankfully Hiccup was lean and not bloated with muscles. His hands were soon caressing her shoulders and her sides, he drew circles into her nightgown with his thumbs.

Slowly sliding his hand behind her back and pushing her into him so we could feel more of her. His breathing slowed as he moved his head to the side of her neck, he felt Elsa taking deep breaths as he did this. He kissed her ear and she shivered, he grew bolder and kissed her neck, she shivered again. Hiccup then started to suck a vein on her neck, he felt Elsa move her hands into his hair and press his head into her neck as if telling him to continue his work.

He smiled as he continued his work on her neck, making her gasp and shiver, he felt powerful and good for being dominative for once instead of submissive like he was in the past. He wanted more, he wanted to feel more power over Elsa. He stopped his work on her neck and brought his face back up to Elsa's face, so he could look at her again.

As Hiccup's lips lifted from her neck, she opened her eyes to see Hiccups face, his eyes were glazed over as if something had taken over him. It was then she felt Hiccup right hand leave her back and slowly come around to rest on her stomach where the buttons to her night gown laid. She watched as he slowly moved the button thru the small hole revealing more of her skin, it was then she realized that he wanted more of her body, and not that she didn't want him to, she just wanted to wait till their wedding night for that sort of love. She had to stop him before he got carried away.

"Hiccup wait. I think we need to stop; we are getting ahead of ourselves." She said as he continued his quest.

"Hiccup, I demand you stop. I don't want to continue; I want breakfast instead." Her voice laced with urgency. He still continued on unbuttoning her gown, he was nearly at her sternum and would be able to see her breasts if he continued. Elsa slowly feared what would happen if he continued on this path. She felt her powers grow in her hands.

"Hiccup I demand you stop!" She yelled and felt her powers go thru her hands and out onto Hiccup's shoulders where her hands laid.

Hiccup felt cold; cold he had not felt in many years, it was then he noticed Elsa's face and the fear in her eyes. He looked at his shoulders and the ice that had formed around them.

"Elsa? What happened?" he asked confused.

For some reason he couldn't remember anything past him kissing Elsa's neck.

"You wouldn't stop when I asked you, so my powers kind of froze your shoulders to get your attention. Are you okay?" she asked.

Hiccup slowly pushed himself up and off Elsa and then sat at the end of the bed.

"I think so, what happened exactly? I can't remember the last few moments."

Elsa slowly sat up and grabbed the bed sheets to wrap around her because her gown had opened up. "Well, you basically tried to open my night gown up and when I asked you to stop, you didn't. After a second time to ask you stop, my powers took over and froze your shoulders" she replied his face flushed with embarrassment.

"I…I am sorry Elsa; I don't know what took over me. I think my hormones got the better of me and essentially took over my mind. I am so sorry, but could you just slap me next time? That way it would be less painful and easier to move afterward." He replied with a small smile trying to ease the tension in the room.

"I suppose so, just try and control yourself around me. I know you care deeply for me, but I am not ready for that yet." She said as more color rose to her cheeks.

Hiccup didn't say anything for a while, he just nodded his head and moved to open the window. After opening a small window for some air, he was able to break the ice off his shoulders and toss the pieces out the window. After disposing of all the ice and closing the window, he slowly moved toward his beau. He pressed his lips to her head for a moment then moved back. "I will get us some breakfast, while you change." He smiled and moved to attach his foot that had been resting on a nearby chair. After making sure it was secure he made his way out of the room, a small click announcing that the door had closed behind him.

Elsa fell back onto her pillow and groaned, while what happened before the freeze felt amazing, she just wasn't ready for that type of affection yet. She wanted to hear those three certain words from him before they did that sort of kissing again. That way she knew that she was his and he was hers and no one would be able to break that bond. Well, as long as she had a say in the matter anyway. She felt silly about wanting to hear 'I love you', but for some reason she believed that hearing those words took their relationship to a new level or put them into an area that made them untouchable.

She brought her hands up to her face and closed her eyes, breathing in and releasing a massive breath. The sheet fell down onto her lap and felt the warm air slowly flew across her skin reminding her of her state of dress. Looking down and grabbing the sides of her gown and pressed them together she moved off the bed and into the bathroom to wash her face.

After doing so, she moved behind the privacy screen to put on her closet and then selected a dress to wear. After making sure all the buttons of her grey dress were secure she slipped on her socks and slippers. As she was fixing her hair in front of the mirror she noticed a red marking on her neck where Hiccup had kissed her.

"Hmm, my first kiss marking." It was then she remembered what her mother had said to her about coming back to find markings on her neck. "At least I don't have to worry about embarrassing myself in front of them." Her gaze fell downward and she sat down on her chair realizing that her parents weren't ever coming back.

"My God, they are really gone." She said as she felt sadness creep into her chest. Slowly ice moved up the walls and tears fell off her cheeks. She was now alone to try and control her powers and soon Hiccup would leave and she wouldn't see him again for another three years. She brought her hands to hold her in a small imitation of a hug so she wouldn't feel so alone.

Moments later she heard a knock followed by Hiccup hugging her from behind and hearing him say "I'm here, I'm here. You are not alone now. Just relax and breathe." She did as he asked and took comfort in his presence, "It is just… I realized that they are truly gone and won't be coming back. I had pushed nearly everyone away so I wouldn't hurt them and even though I didn't want them near me, I still wanted them to be with me so I knew I existed. Uggh, I don't understand what I am saying." She groaned as she rested her head on Hiccup's shoulder.

"I think I understand. You pushed people away to protect them from yourself, but you still wanted them to love you so you wouldn't feel exclusive or that you didn't fade into oblivion." He said as he rubbed her arms in a comforting manner.

"Are you ready for breakfast? I brought waffles." He said in a sing song voice, trying to elevate her mood.

Elsa nodded her head with a small smile and Hiccup helped her to the table.

They sat and ate in silence, once they were done they turned to watch the clouds go by.

It was then Hiccup remembered Toothless.

"Hey Elsa, want to do something fun?" Hiccup asked with a small grin.

He looked toward Elsa who continued to stare out the window, a bored expression on her face.

"It depends Hiccup. What did you have in mind?" She asked gently.

"Well, I was thinking of taking you on a flight with Toothless, you two have never been properly introduced and he would love to take you above the clouds." Hiccup asked while itching his hand underneath the table. There was a high likeliness that she would say no and there would be no room for discussion.

Elsa turned her head to look at her beau who looked nervous and fearful of rejection.

"I don't know Hiccup, that is nice of you to ask, but the chances of someone seeing me on a dragon would be too high. Plus, it would cause major problems for me in the future having to explain to my people that my beau has dragons but are no threat to them whatsoever. It is just too much right now." She responded with a political tone.

Hiccup's smile turned into a frown before he turned it into a mischievous smile which he did not allow her to see.

"It's just that Astrid has been begging me to take her up on a private flight like the one I accidentally took her on three years ago. I told her no, since it would be a little inappropriate that I take a girl who is not my girlfriend above the clouds plus for some reason she always wants to do it in the evening for some reason. Something about how it is lovelier at dusk, that's all." Hiccup replied looking glumly, eyes drooping downward.

He could see the gears in Elsa's mind start to turn as soon as he said the words 'Astrid' and 'lovelier'. He also saw a small twitch in her right eye, but it soon went away. Elsa turned her head slowly as she heard those two distinct words, she narrowed her eyes at Hiccup. "Let's go" was all she said as she stood up and made her way into her closet to change into something warmer.

Hiccup stood up and moved into his own room to grab his flying gear, a small smile crossing his face as he snapped on the suit and made sure everything was secure. "Manipulation is the last thing I wanted to use against Elsa, but she needs to go outside and live a little." He thought as he turned the door handle down and pulled said door toward him he could see Elsa poking her head out of her room to make sure the hallway was clear. He nodded his head toward her and reached out to grab her gloved hand, a gesture she accepted. Hiccup took the hallways less traveled by the occasional Guard patrol or servant carrying supplies from place to place.

Elsa was trying to make sure her leather boots made no noise as she walked on the marble flooring. It was more likely that they would be caught because of Hiccups metal foot for it would make more noise than her leather soft shoes. They took a back door out of the extended wall of the castle and waited till the wall Guards had their backs turned before they dashed into the forest and up the hill.

Only after moving past a row of trees and running through a bush did they finally stop.

"Having fun yet Elsa?" Hiccup asked as he caught his breath, the adrenaline of almost being caught always made him feel more alive.

"No, why would I be having fun? We are out of the castle and… we are out of the castle" Elsa voice faded away as she realized this was the first time she had stepped out of the castle since she went to Berk. This was different though, this was her own kingdom's forest and it was also the first time she had been in this forest since that night her and Hiccup got lost and she discovered her powers. Elsa looked down at her hands and flexed them as she remembered that night, so much had changed since that night, some good and some bad.

"Elsa are you ready to head farther in?" She heard Hiccup ask as he stood near an old tree.

"Yes, I am ready. I was just thinking."

"Don't think too much about the past Elsa, it will cause you to wrinkle faster and I want to keep you beautiful as long as possible." He replied with a knowing smile.

Her eyes widened at the fact that he knew what she was thinking, she was about to speak but Hiccup held up his hand to stop her.

"I know you were thinking about that night from the face you made. It was the same one you gave when you were telling me about your sister that night at the cove."

Hiccup moved toward her and captured her lips for a small kiss. "Come on we have only a few hours before they will deliver lunch to our doors and notice we are gone." He said as he pulled away, retaking her hand and guiding her deeper into the countryside. She smiled at his caring attitude toward her. "He always cared about me." She thought.

After nearly a half an hour they had found the small cove that Hiccup left Toothless in. Hiccup spotted his dragon curled up under a tree sleeping again.

"Hey buddy, care to meet someone special?"

Toothless opened his eyes to see the same woman he had seen back on his home island nearly three years ago though this time she was in a dark purple dress and looked a little scared. Not only did she look scared she smelled nervous.

Toothless moved to sniff Elsa whom instantly moved behind Hiccup as the dragon revealed its true size. Nearly three times her length and over five times her width not including the wings, the dragon really was massive; she could only imagine what he weighed. Toothless pressed on moving past Hiccup to sniff Elsa who was pushed back against a tree. Elsa could feel her fear and powers growing.

Hiccup moved in between the two pushing Toothless back a ways and then took Elsa's hand and extended it outwards.

"Now Elsa to gain Toothless' trust you must let him come to you as he will put his head up against your hand and that will show that he trusts you. Just stand still and don't be nervous, he won't do anything to you."

"Okay, Hiccup" Elsa replied nervously.

Toothless moved around Elsa looking her up and down sniffing occasionally, then finally looked into her eyes seeing if she would blink, she did not. He also looked to see if there were any mischievous thoughts behind her eyes. There were none, but something smelled different about this human that no one else had. She smelled of winter even though that coldness was long gone. Could he trust this human with his brother? Thinking it over he made his decision. Slowly but surely he moved his head under her extended hand. Elsa's nervous face was replaced with a small smile.

"He trusts you, go on touch him if you want." Hiccup replied enthusiastically, his best friend and his sweetheart were now friends, sort of. This was a major win in his life book. Hiccup watched as Elsa brought both of her hands to Toothless' head and slowly touched and ran her fingers along the smooth center part of his head to the rough edge of his jaw extending to his ears. There were many spikes shaped like a fish's teeth that divided the left from the right side of his head. Elsa gazed into the black pools of the dragon's eyes, seeming to get lost in their oblivion. Elsa then moved her right hand to just behind his ear and started to scratch, a move that caused Toothless to move more of his head toward Elsa's touch. Hiccup moved forward and scratched just underneath his friends' jaw which resulted in the dragon collapsing to the ground.

"What the?" Elsa asked stunned that this massive dragon suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Hiccup, what did I do?" She asked frantically, afraid that she had hurt Toothless by mistake. She dropped to her knees, but didn't touch Toothless; afraid that she would hurt him further.

Hiccup smiled at Elsa and moved her to kneel by his side, he brought her hand to where Toothless' heart would be. Under her finger tips she felt a massive heart beating, moving blood and life to and fro. "Everything is alright Elsa, if you itch behind his ear and scratch a certain point under his jaw, he will pass out. He rather enjoys it." Hiccup smiled at the fact that she had shown concern for his best friend, he removed his hand from hers and brought it up to her face to move a piece of hair behind her ear.

He moved forward and kissed her cheek then slowly retracted and smiled.

Elsa turned to face Hiccup "What was that for?" She asked with a small smile.

"What? I need a reason to kiss you? You are just so damn beautiful; I would kiss you forever if I didn't need air to breathe." Hiccup replied softly, his eyes glassing over with romantic feelings.

Elsa's face turned ruby red and moved to turn to her right away from Hiccup and his forest green eyes, a move Hiccup stopped. He moved his head closer to Elsa's, she in turn moved forward and slowly but surely their lips connected. This continued for several seconds before they heard a small click. They separated and stared at Toothless who recovered from his sleep and was staring at them with a small lopsided grin. Caught.

"Hey there Toothless, how long were you watching?" Hiccup asked with a forced embarrassed cough accompanied with his traditional scratching of his head.

Toothless grinned as if saying 'long enough.'

"You are not going to let me live this down are you?" Hiccup asked laughing.

Toothless shook his head from side to side.

"Well, are you ready to fly bud? We are taking Elsa with us above the clouds this time." Hiccup asked excitedly trying to get Toothless excited.

Toothless bounced up and got ready to fly, he checked his tail to make sure everything was intact, it was. He then waited for his human to check his outer skin which was made of the same material that was strapped to his back and several pieces of metal and hooks that connected to his leg.

Elsa had pushed herself off the ground and was smoothing out her dress when Hiccup called out to her and asked if she was ready.

She flexed her hands again and looked at her gloves. She liked the ground, it was safe and solid. The sky seemed open and possibly dangerous. Up there, there was nothing to catch you if you fell. Sure the ground would catch you, but it would not give you a soft landing. She wanted desperately to go back to the safe confines of her room in now her castle. She looked up to see Hiccup tying himself onto Toothless, then looked at her and extended his hand outward, "are you ready to fly?"

"Actually, I changed my mind and wish to go back to the castle. We can fly on Toothless another day, Hiccup." Elsa replied moving away from him.

"What? Don't you trust me Elsa? After everything we have been through, don't you trust me to bring you back safely?" Hiccup asked hurt, wounded by her lack of confidence in him.

"Of course I trust you Hiccup, I just don't want to bring you bad luck and I just don't feel like doing this, that's all." She said moving back more and more.

Hiccup nudged Toothless to walk over to Elsa, he obliged. "Elsa, if it is one thing I care most of all about you, it is your safety and wellbeing. I would rather die than see you harmed in anyway. If you were to die, Odin knows I would follow soon after just to be with you in the afterlife." He said softly, eyes turned down too embarrassed to look at her at the moment. "So please trust me in that I will do everything in my power to make sure there are no hiccups, no pun intended in this flight. Besides if you did fall, Toothless would catch you. He has caught me plenty of times, he even caught Astrid our first time out, a fact to which she would agree to." He said confidently.

There was that name again, 'Astrid', a name that when she thought about it would reveal images of a woman conspiring to steal her beau away from her, not only him but also her happiness and maybe even her own future kingdom. She would never let her Astrid steal Hiccup away from her, if this woman did something with Hiccup then she must do that same thing but only better. Even though she hated the idea of competing with another woman, she needed to prove herself to Hiccup, that she was worthy of him. For in her eyes, Hiccup was the greatest man to ever come into her life and a part of her believed she did not deserve someone so caring and devoted to her. But she needed to increase her confidence in herself by any means even a mean that she was scared of treading.

"Okay, let's go." She said as she took Hiccups hand and climbed onto Toothless' back, wrapping her arms around Hiccups waist, pulling her chest to his back tightly.

"Okay bud are you ready?" He asked looking down at Toothless' head.

Toothless nodded his head and let out a warble that sounded like a confirmation, he slowly let out his wings and stretched them. Hiccup could feel Elsa press her face into his back and hear her take deep breaths in and out getting herself ready for the unknown. Toothless started to run towards a large rock in the middle of the cove, after running up it and jumping off the top did he flap his wings to gain thrust. Gaining air under his wings and feeling his human switch his tail into the position they used to gain altitude did he finally point himself up towards the heavens. The ground fell away to reveal the tops of trees and low puffy white things.

"Elsa. Elsa look. You can see everything from up here, your castle and future kingdom look amazing up here." She heard Hiccup say to her as she pressed her face deeper into his shoulder.

Slowly she opened one eye then the other, her vision was blurry but slowly corrected to reveal that she was hundreds if not thousands of meters above her home. She instantly tugged herself tighter around Hiccup. The cool air flowed against her feet, body and face. She could feel the cool winds whip around her coat and cause her hair to flow freely behind her. Elsa sucked in the cleanest air she probably ever tasted and released a massive breath that flowed over her shoulder into the clouds behind her. As she looked at the clouds and sun at her back did she finally look down; wrong move.

Elsa's lungs dropped to the pit of her stomach as she really looked down at her home. She realized something when she was flying with her beau thousands of meters from the safety of the ground. She did not like it up here, she wanted to go home to the safety of her room and not leave again. Elsa wanted to go to bed to take a nap and then walk to the bathroom so she could take a bath and wash this nervousness away. She was okay with having a man who lived and worked with dragons but this, flying was not for her. "Hiccup, I am done. Take me down now." She yelled over the loudness of the air hitting her face and flowing off her body.

Hiccup turned his head and heard everything Elsa had just said, "come on Elsa, just a little longer. I swear you will enjoy this if you just stay a little while longer." Hiccup yelled back.

He switched the gears and told Toothless to dive. The dragon obeyed and dived toward the mountains, flying just above the peaks at a downward angle that would eventually lead them to the cove. He wanted to show how beautiful it was up here, and hoped Elsa would see this beauty and change her mind.

Elsa's stomach squeezed again as they dived towards the ground, gliding just above the mountains. "Hiccup when I said I was done, I meant done. Take me back down now. I want to go home."

Hiccup felt crushed that his love didn't like flying as much as he did. "Perhaps she will like it when she is at peace with her sister and had not just lost her parents. In time I will ask her again and hopefully then she will have a better experience." He thought as he tried to switch the gears to go up so they wouldn't fly into the ground.

"What the?" He said as he looked down at his prosthetic foot and then the lines that led to Toothless' tail, they were frozen solid.

"Umm Elsa? Are you scared?" He asked calmly.

"Of course I am scared, I want to go down and you have refused to take me down."

Hiccup tried to move his right root roughly back and forth to break the ice, it didn't work. He looked at the ground and calculated they had about thirty seconds before they would be there.

"Oh, Odin's Beard we are in for a rough landing." Elsa heard Hiccup say in loud whisper.

Elsa looked at where Toothless was flying, at this rate they would fly into a group of trees if Hiccup didn't tell Toothless to pull up.

"Umm, Hiccup aren't you going to tell Toothless to pull up?"

Hiccup looked over his shoulder at Elsa and gave her a look of 'I would but I can't'. "I would love to do that Elsa, but you accidentally froze the gears." He yelled back not in an angry tone but a tone that showed he was frustrated. Elsa looked down at her feet and saw that the lines under her legs were frozen solid. The fact that she can't feel cold reminded her that she wouldn't have felt the lines freeze even if she wanted to.

"I am so sorry Hiccup, I…I'm just scared."

Hiccup nodded his head at this, "can you thaw them?"

Elsa tried to concentrate on thawing the lines, but nothing worked. As long as she felt scared, her powers would not listen to her.

"No. Oh mercy Hiccup, what do we do?"

"Pray for a soft landing." Hiccup said back in a rush seeing that they were about to hit the trees.

"Bud, brace for impact!" Hiccup yelled.

Toothless opened his wings out to their limit which slowed them down considerably but it wasn't enough. Toothless' left wing clipped a large tree which caused them to spin down in a counter clockwise motion snapping branches and tearing the bark off hundred-year-old trees. Toothless hit the ground with a thud stopping him but causing Hiccup to fly forward and Elsa to hit Toothless' saddle with great force knocking the wind out of her.


Elsa slowly opened her eyes blinking a few times before she saw that she was looking at Toothless' neck and they were in fact in a soft grass area with trees lining the outside edges. Hiccup was nowhere to be seen, "Hiccup! Hiccup!" She yelled out getting only a groan in response. Elsa slid off the dragon hitting the ground and rolling onto her back, her chest burned from the force of the impact. She touched her sternum instantly withdrawing her hand, the pain was immense. "Oh mercy of God does that hurt."

Elsa rolled onto her stomach carefully and hoisted herself up to her feet as she leaned heavily on Toothless. "You okay Toothless?" The dragon looked at his frozen tail then looked back at her and gave her a narrowed look.

"I'm so sorry, I don't have any control over my powers when I'm scared and they froze the gears. I did not do this on purpose." She replied back not wanting to upset a dragon, Toothless just closed his eyes and took a rest.

Elsa moved on to her feet and staggered forward, falling a few times but eventually made it to the tree that Hiccup was pressed up against. His face was against the side of the trunk and his right shoulder was flat against it. "Hiccup? Are you okay?" She asked tensely as she pushed Hiccup down onto his back on the ground.

"Ahhhh!" Hiccup yelled out in pain, clutching his right shoulder.

"Oh, Hiccup I'm so sorry. You looked like you would feel better if you were on your back." Elsa said back in a rush, embarrassed that she inadvertently hurt her partner, she brought her hands up to her face and cradled them against her cheeks as she hunched over him.

Hiccup breathed in and out in labored breaths, gritting his teeth as he brought his left hand and gripped his right humerus through the muscle. Remembering what to do when his father had taught him about emergency care a few months ago.

"Now Elsa, I want you to look away for a moment. I don't want you to see this." He said in a calm tone.

"Hiccup are you…" She tried to speak before Hiccup interrupted, "Elsa! Please look away for a moment! I said I don't want you to see this!" He yelled this time.

Elsa instantly turned around, surprised at Hiccups anger. She heard ragged breaths, then a shift of soil and branches moving then finally a popping sound followed by a loud groan. More labored breaths and then finally, "It is okay now Elsa, you can look now." Hiccup said before taking a deep breath to calm his tone.

Elsa turned around and saw that he was sitting up against the very same tree she found him against in the first place.

He looked up at her and asked "are you okay?" Genuine concern laced his voice.

"Okay? You are asking if I'm okay? I have a huge bruise forming over my chest, you dislocated your shoulder then popped it back in, I nearly froze Toothless and to top it all off, we nearly died. If it wasn't for the soft grass, I would be joining my parents in the afterlife! So no, I am not okay!" She yelled back at him, frustrated by the day's activities.

Hiccup looked up to see flurries of snow materializing out of thin air, they were coming from Elsa, and he guessed her emotions were getting to her.

"And we wouldn't have been here if you didn't guilt trip me into coming, using the fact that I hate Astrid against me. I understand it was the only way to get me outside but for you to actually do that, is over the line!" Elsa roared, those small flurries turned into a small whirlwind of frost and sleet. Elsa felt pain and anger directed at her love, and for that love to betray her like this was too much to handle.

Hiccup staggered to his feet leaning heavily against the tree for support, he looked to see the woman for whom he cared most about losing herself to her powers. He had to do something before she acted on those emotions.

"Well aren't you going to say something? You were all talk before we came out here, talking about how you and Astrid shared such a private moment by accident. You're a liar! Well… Say something!" She hissed out taking a step toward him.

Hiccup knew what he had to do and he better do it before Elsa crossed the line of no return.

He pushed himself away from the tree staggering forward, but catching himself from falling. Standing straight up and moving forward he pressed into the whirlwind of now acorn sized hail, he confidently walked through the storm not wavering for a second even as he was pelted by the winds and ice. Making it into the center where she stood, her stern gaze and locked jaw directed directly at him. Hiccup brought his hand up to her cheek, stroking it lightly with his thumb.

"I love you," was all he said as he before he kissed her. After a moment he pulled back to see shock written on her face. The winds and ice died off and was replaced by the warm rays from the sun.

"I…I" Elsa stuttered before she was able to regain her senses, she looked into the caring face of the person who loved her more than his own life. There was only one thing to do.

As Hiccup looked at Elsa, he could see the gears in her mind slowly turn as she understood the meaning of those three words. He could see her bringing her hand up to probably stroke his cheek as he had done for her earlier. One moment he was looking into the depths of her eyes and the next moment he was looking at the tree far in the distance to his right and for some reason his left cheek began to sting. In that moment he realized that his sweetheart had just slapped him, the woman he believed would never intentionally hurt anyone had just slapped him, of all people. He was about to retort when he noticed that she was crying again, her whole body was trembling and the tears were flowing down her face.

"Why did you slap me Elsa?"

"Because I love you. You fool. I just wish it wouldn't have happened as a result of a near death experience." She cried out then collapsed to the ground, surrendering herself to her tears.

Once the shock wore off, he gathered her into his arms and held her there on the soft snow. "I miss my parents and Anna, I want my mom and dad back so much. I want…I want my old life back before I discovered my powers. I don't want to be alone for the rest of my life trapped in a castle. And I don't want to be a queen for a kingdom that doesn't truly know me," she wheezed out in between tears. Her body was racked by vibrations from the crying and heavy breathing.

He just nestled his face into the crook of her neck and kissed her neck. "I love you too Elsa. And I will take care of you. You don't need to be afraid of anything." Elsa gave a short laugh knowing he wouldn't be able to keep his promise, but didn't say anything to counter it.

Hiccup leaned back till they were lying against the grass and Elsa was half on top of him and half on the ground next to him. Elsa just listened to the sound of his heart beating before closing her eyes and taking a small nap, exhausted by all the events of the past hour.

Hiccup didn't let himself fall asleep, he needed to stay awake and protect Elsa. They may have been the only two humans for miles, but that didn't mean there weren't other animals in the region. The soft snow beneath his head started to melt, dampening his hair. "So this is what it is like to be loved? It sure hurts. I hope this is only the beginning stages. Elsa has a mean slap."

After running several scenarios through his head which included new ways of taking care of his love, he looked up at the sun. It was a few degrees before its zenith, which meant it was after ten o'clock; so they had less than two hours to make it back to the castle. He gazed down at the mess of platinum blonde hair sleeping on his chest, even though he would love to let her sleep, he couldn't they needed to get back.

"Elsa? Elsa?" He called out while nudging her cautiously, not wanting to be slapped again.

"Hmm, what? I was having such a amazing dream. We were both on Berk, we just had lunch and we were just relaxing on the hill overlooking the village, it was amazing." Elsa said in a sleepy whisper.

"Elsa, we need to start walking back to the castle before they find us missing." He said as he leaned up, and slowly pushed Elsa to sit up with him.

"Oh, alright. What about Toothless?" Hiccup looked over to his dragon seeing that he had not moved from the spot where they impacted.

"Toothless! Hey bud, you alright?" Toothless slowly got up and walked over to the pair of humans. He looked at his tail seeing that it was destroyed, then swung said tail around to his brother.

As Hiccup saw the destruction he groaned into his hands, it was a total write off. The gears alone were missing in several key areas and the lines were splayed in every direction possible. He leaned forward so as to rest on his knees to take the now broken tail off. Detaching the splayed lines and tail section left Toothless in a compromising situation. He couldn't fly thus making him a weakened animal to hunters and other predators. Sure he could still fire at people, but sooner or later they would return in greater numbers.

"Alright then Toothless, I cannot attach the reserve tail to your body since the gears and wiring need to be replaced, which I can't do now since they are in my room back at the castle. Can you wait till tonight for me to fix it?" He asked his dragon whom was looking at him with his big ole green eyes.

Letting out a snort and a glance at Elsa, he warbled a rough 'yes' to Hiccup.

"Good. I will take the tail fin back to the castle and retrieve the needed items, then I will come back and attach the reserve tail. That way you are not without a tail for the night." He said as he pressed his forehead against Toothless'. He then proceeded to attach the destroyed tail fin to the back of Toothless to carry.

Taking out a compass to check his bearings, they started to walk back to Arendelle. Through the thousands of acres of trees and foliage that surrounded the kingdom.

The sunlight broke through where it could in the canopy that lined the tops of the trees, creating several rays of light. The ground was made up of the same type of dirt that was in the forests back on Berk, it was even lined with millions of green spruce needles that had detached from their trees. It was peaceful and beautiful to say the least. Dew was still dripping from the plants and vegetation, the sounds of animals moving about the forest and making their presence known echoed among the trees. Even the wind showed that it was present among the massive spruces, though he saw it more through the movement of Elsa's hair.

He felt like he was back on Berk, at least some things never changed. He would love to live in this forest if he got the chance, maybe have a second home in Arendelle, if their relationship ever grew.

Looking back at Elsa, his smile grew. She was truly beautiful with her hair pinned behind her head and her hand encased around his. He stopped and turned around to look at his now official partner whom had just told him she loved.

"What is wrong Hiccup? Is there something on my face? My clothes?" She asked looking down at her person. He said nothing as he moved forward and pulled her into an intense mind stopping kiss. Hiccup wrapped his arms around her and pressed her chest into his, deepening the kiss. Elsa was overcome with this display of love; she was not used to being on the receiving end of such affection. Her chest burned from the recent injury but it was forgotten by the kiss. After nearly a minute did Hiccup finally pull back and inhale a massive breath, replenishing his air supply. Elsa too took in a breath, but she also leaned forward to rest on Hiccups shoulder, dizzy from the lack of oxygen.

"What was that for?" She asked after resting a little bit, a smile coming to her face.

"I don't know, I just had the sudden urge to kiss you. Is that wrong of me to think that way?" He asked already knowing her answer. "No. Though next time, not so long. I nearly fainted from lack of air."

Hiccup just smiled and buried his face into her neck, inhaling her scent. Elsa heard his sniffing and took great pleasure in knowing that he loved her perfume. She put it on everyday just for him and no one else.

As Hiccup was inhaling his loves scent something caught his eye in the tree canopy among the branches that crisscrossed each other. Even Toothless looked up at the sound of little feet scurrying along bark and branch. Then without warning the creature jumped from a branch and flew to another. Hiccup backed out of the embrace and moved past Elsa to follow the creature as it flew from branch to branch till it finally landed on the ground. Elsa looked as Hiccup with his head pointing towards the sky nearly bumped into tree after tree following the path of the animal whom he was so enthralled with.

"Elsa." He called out, "what creature is this?" He used the same voice that he would often use in the library when he discovered something new in his readings.

Elsa looked at the creature scurrying up trees and away from Hiccups grasp every time he got too close. "It is a Siberian Flying Squirrel. Which is strange since they are not native to this region." She said in a knowing voice, happy that she knew more than Hiccups in several key areas including politics. Now that she was going to become Queen she needed to learn about all the laws, customs and traditions used in court, if she was going to become a fair and just ruler. Even though she didn't want to, she had no choice. Better her than Anna, who had no training to be a ruler.

"It flew, isn't that amazing? It's just like Toothless."

Said dragon gave a snort hearing that his human compared him to a lowly insignificant creature.

"Hiccup, it didn't fly. It does not have wings, it glided from branch to branch on the way down."

Hiccup looked back at Elsa and slowly nodded his head in understanding, "now to have a closer look." Picking up a rock and aiming, he threw with pinpoint accuracy hitting the small creature on the back of its neck. Hiccup immediately moved and picked up the unconscious creature.

"Hiccup! How could you be so mean? What did that animal do to you?" Elsa asked shocked that Hiccup would hit a defenseless animal with a rock.

"What? It's still alive, I just need to take a look at its body."

Hiccup slowly turned the squirrel onto its back and saw that its skin and fur continued from its wrists to its feet unabated. It looked like a small blanket of fur had formed to connect its arms, waist and legs into one wing, the same on the other side. This was a game changer, slowly the gears in his mind began to run. "I wonder if I can somehow replicate this so I too can glide." He whispered to himself.

"What was that?" Elsa asked.

Hiccup looked back at Elsa who rose an eyebrow at his whispered question.

"Nothing." Just then the squirrel awoke and tried to bite Hiccups finger, he dropped the animal to the ground and watched it scamper away from him.

"See. The squirrel is okay and going about its way. Look at how it is…" He said confidently but stopped as said animal was suddenly snatched up from the ground by a Snowy Owl. Only the flapping of the owl's wings and the screams coming from the squirrel could be heard in the distance.

Hiccups face dropped and his eyes widened at the fact that he most likely attributed to the little squirrel's fate.

"Ooh… Eeh… Umm." Was all Hiccup managed to get out as he saw the animals disappear into the sky, he did not want to turn around knowing Elsa would most likely being glaring at him.

"Well, that is the circle of life. Quick, let us go back to the castle. No use standing around here anymore. Time is a wasting." He said quickly, moving past Elsa with his head hung low. Even Toothless was laughing at him.

Elsa just shook her head and followed after her sometimes short sighted beau.

After making it back to the cove successfully and leaving Toothless to sleep off the effects of the rough landing, Hiccup and Elsa only had a few miles to go before reaching the castle.

"Hey Elsa?" Hiccup asked as they held hands and were enjoying the countryside.

"Hmm?"

"Yesterday, I took a bath in a room next to my bedroom and it was amazing. I am officially jealous that you live in a castle and have access to such luxuries. And the thing that amazed me the most was the fact that the bathroom had not existed when I came the last time. So what caused your parents to install private bathrooms?" He asked with much enthusiasm.

Elsa had to think a moment for it was over two years ago that her parents had decided to make renovations by turning spare guest rooms into private bathrooms.

"It was two years ago when a small incident caused me to freeze the bath house, water and all. I will not go into details but the incident caused my father to ask his Royal Engineers to turn some spare bedrooms into private baths for some of the rooms. Some of the walls were knocked down so doors could be added to make them joining to the existent bedrooms." Elsa explained.

"Small incident, huh? Well I won't ask, since you clearly don't want to talk about it. But why are you not letting the bath maids draw baths for you?" He asked while giving a squeeze to Elsa's hand.

Elsa gave a smile to the gesture, squeezing back.

"I did not want them to think it was strange that I take warm to cool baths, for some reason I do not like hot water. While it was enjoyable when I was younger since then I now enjoy taking luke warm baths, and if they found out I worried that they would tell the citizens about it and think I was a witch or something."

Hiccup stopped walking and turned to look at Elsa fully, raising his other hand and grasping her hand to make sure he had her attention.

"Elsa it has been ten years over since you first noticed your powers and many things have happened to both you and I since then, and don't you think if one of the maids, servants, guards or cooks had seen something they would have spread the word by now? Elsa, I believe your father made everyone who worked in the castle sworn to secrecy if they saw anything or at the very least an oath of allegiance to you if anything happened to them. That is why all of the citizens believe you are just a very shy woman. A woman who will become their queen in three years."

Hiccup took Elsa into his arms and hugged her to him. "Elsa you are not strange, you are unique. One in a million and I am lucky to be your beau and to be loved by you. I will be by your side whenever you need me, just write a letter and I will be there. I promise you that." Hiccup said as he gave a kiss to her forehead.

A tear escaped Elsa's eye and strolled down her cheek at Hiccups promise to staying by her side. Elsa leaned forward and rewarded him with a kiss.

"Now that we are done talking about the past, how about we talk about the present and future?" Elsa gave a laugh and moved out of the hug so they could make it back to the castle before noon came.

After talking about her recent queen training regimen that now included intensive reading and learning of customs and court rules, and what possibly laid ahead in her future. Before long they made it back to the tree line that had a view of the back door. A back door which was now being regularly watched by a few Guards on the wall.

Elsa saw this and frowned, "the Guards are going to see us if we walk to that door, what do we do?" She asked worried that they wouldn't make it to their respective rooms on time before someone noticed they were gone.

Hiccup took a knee and watched the Guards to see if there was an opening, there wasn't. Taking a moment to come up with a plan, Hiccup then stood to tell Elsa his simple idea.

"Alright, I am going to move further down the tree line about fifty yards or so and gain the attention of the Guards. It will be up to you to decide when to make a run for the door. Sound good?" He asked knowing it was the only play they had.

"Yes, but how do you know they won't attack you?" She asked worried that something might happen.

"Simple, I know most of the Guards and they know who I am. Besides they will not attack the son of a Viking Chief who is also courting their future Queen." He said then gave a lopsided grin.

"Now be ready to make a dash for the door, and I will see you inside later on." Hiccup nodded his head and then walked down the forest before moving out of the woods and marching straight up to the side gate making as much noise as he could. Sure enough the rear wall Guards abandoned their positions to take up additional positioning at the extended wall entrance gate. Seeing an opening Elsa made a dash for the door, and after pulling the heavy door open with a little strength was back inside the warm castle. She swiftly avoided patrols and maids to make it back to her room.

A few moments later she heard a discussion near her door, it included Hiccups voice.

"I am sorry again Birger for the trouble I caused. I just wanted to take a stroll in the forest and did not think your Guards would have a problem opening the rear gate for me." Hiccup said innocently.

"You are not at fault Mr. Hiccup just please inform us ahead of time if you want to take a stroll in the woods, we will come with you or at the very least provide a horse for you to ride. We don't want to explain to your father or Princess Elsa why you got hurt or were out alone unguarded." Birger replied in a protective tone.

"Do not worry, I will tell you any future trips I plan to make outside the castle walls. Which reminds me, I will be traveling back into the woods tonight. I need to fix my dragons tail. One of the parts snapped off during the storm and it needs to be replaced."

Birger raised an eyebrow, "you brought a dragon to Arendelle? Do you believe that was wise?"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow at Birger. "Yes, for it was my only way to travel here through the storm. Do you have a problem with me going out tonight?" Hiccup asked, a little gruff laced his voice.

"I can think of several problems with the idea of you going outside at night unguarded. I will send some…" Just then the door opened on the opposite side to reveal Elsa looking out into the hallway towards the two men.

Birger instantly bowed then stood at attention. "Your Royal Highness. How are you today? Is there anything you require?" He said quickly, this was the first time he had seen Princess Elsa in a few months, so he wanted to look professional.

"I just wanted to hear what was the commotion about, I had been reading and I heard you two speaking." She replied tiredly.

Hiccup noticed that she had changed into a light blue outfit that could be slept in or be used to walk around in the castle in. It looked good on her.

"Apologies Princess Elsa we did not mean to break your concentration. I was just discussing with Mr. Hiccup that going out into the forest to fix his dragons tail was a bad idea unless he takes some Guards with him." He replied.

Elsa turned to Hiccup knowing full well why he needed to go out tonight, but needed to look like she knew nothing. "Hiccup, why not wait till tomorrow to fix Toothless' tail?" Elsa asked in a royal sounding tone.

"Because I promised him that I would have his reserve tail on him by tonight, and until then he is in danger since he cannot fly."

Elsa nodded her head, "Fine. Captain Birger you will allow Hiccup to go out tonight unescorted, Guards will only put Toothless on edge which will put your men on edge as a result. If that is all, I will go to the Library and please have the cooks deliver me something for lunch." Elsa said then strolled down the hall towards the Library.

Hiccup stood there stunned that Elsa had actually gained the courage to face her staff and have a conversation with them. "Well that was interesting." He replied after a moment.

"Yes, it was indeed. How come Princess Elsa sided with you so quickly? I would have thought she would have wanted you be kept safe away from danger?"

"Simple. I am courting her and she wants to make me happy so she usually goes along with what I want." He replied nonchalantly, "well courting would be a stretch, since we break all the courting rules of no touching or kissing. Hel, he was never one to follow rules anyway, he makes his own and even then he breaks them. When it is just the two of us, we act like a married couple but for everyone else, we are courting. Don't want to be frowned upon and all." He thought.

"Truly? Congratulations. How long till you marry?" Birger asked enthused that his future Queen had found a suitor already.

"Why does everyone keep asking about when we will marry? There are many things that I must do before I even entertain that thought."

"I suppose so. Now back to tonight's stroll, I must request that you at least use a horse so as to get to where you put your dragon more quickly. There are wolves that roam our kingdom and they have killed many a traveler." Birger replied in an authoritative tone, not backing down.

Seeing he wasn't going to win this argument, he conceded. "Fine, I will use a horse, just make sure it doesn't scare easy."

"Of course."

And with that Birger walked toward the stables to select a horse for the small journey, while Hiccup retrieved the spare tail and parts then went to have lunch in the kitchen.


Hiccup strolled into the library having returned from the cove and attaching Toothless' tail. He had a brief run in with those wolves Birger had warned him about, but they were unable to keep pace with the horse that was provided to him. He would have to tell Birger thanks later for saving him from a possibly ugly confrontation.

Moving past the rows of book shelves and reading tables he saw Elsa sitting on a nearby couch engulfed in her book. Quietly moving over to in front of the couch he laid down placing his head on her lap, jolting her from book land. She looked down to see him grinning at her.

"Hello beautiful."

Elsa breathed out a breath thru her nose making it look like her nose flared out. "And a hello to you too, did you attach Toothless' tail?"

"Yes." He then reached up and took Elsa's book from her hands before looking briefly at the page then closed it and tossed it on the ground.

"Hiccup, I was reading that, and you didn't even let me put a marker in it. That was a little rude." She replied vehemently, glaring down at the still grinning Hiccup

"You are on page one hundred and fifty-seven, chapter four of Pride and Prejudice. Do you want me to tell you about what happens to Elizabeth Bennet?"

"No! ... I mean no. And when have you read the book?" She asked surprised that Hiccup would read a romantic style book.

"I have read it twice, once because I was bored and once because I wanted to know how to woo you." He replied while blushing, looking away.

Elsa smiled, moved her legs a bit to get more comfortable and started to run her hands through Hiccups hair, taking the excess hair and braiding it.

Hiccup smiled at the small massage, he loved it when his mom had run her fingers through his hair and along his scalp. It was one of the things he missed most about his mom, she always made him feel safe and somewhat needed, even after being feeling like a failure in his father's eyes. The head massage was his one weaknesses, it helped him relax. He unknowingly pushed his head furtherer into her grasp.

Elsa smiled at the effect she was having on Hiccup, she loved doing things for him even if they were insignificant like this. Out of all the things Hiccup could have become he became a kind, respectful and loving gentleman who would do anything for her. She may have been cursed with these powers, but Hiccup made it easier on her; she had even iced him accidentally and he just laughed it off. She truly was blessed to have him in her life, and she thanked God that her parents had chosen Hiccups parents over others. Who knew what other men would have been like toward her and her powers. They might have used her as a possible weapon or more likely just a tool for kingdom expansion. Hiccup it seemed did not care about those things and only wanted her love and affection.

Having realized that she was talking to herself in her head she looked down to see that Hiccup had fallen asleep in her lap, his face pointing inwards toward her stomach and a look of bliss was written across his face. A smile rose to her face as she stroked his face softly before leaning back and looking up to see the fire had grown quiet from lack of wood to give it life. She decided to close her eyes and give herself a little nap before dinner was served in an hour. The last thing she saw was the last flames die out in the fireplace before being replaced by glowing embers.

Elsa was roused from her sleep by a warm hand on her cheek followed by a soft kiss. Elsa leaned into the kiss before opening her eyelids. She saw Hiccup smiling back at her fully awake and standing up in front of her.

"Elsa, it is time for dinner. The servants will be arriving in a few minutes with food, best look decent before they get here." Hiccup said before smoothing out his vest.

Not even a minute after making sure her hair was pinned to the back of her head there was a knock on the library door. She made her way to the table in the middle of the room and taking a seat while Hiccup went to the door and opened it. A few servants wandered in and prepared the table by putting down a table cloth, water filled goblets and utensils followed by large plates of chicken, rice and an assortment of vegetables.

When they were done, Hiccup thanked them and they departed after closing the door behind them. Hiccup moved to the table opposite of Elsa and breathed in some of the aromas coming off the sea of food.

"My goodness does this smell wonderful, usually the only time we get really good food is when it is Snoggletog. Which reminds me to ask my father if we can rename it to something a little less stupid." He said then gave a chuckle.

Elsa giggled too, "Oh, I think it sounds cute, let me guess you came up with the name?" She asked with a small smirk.

"Maybe. I had drunk a little too much mead and had suggested the name when I was inebriated. But now after saying it over and over, it sounds rather stupid. It is one of the embarrassing moments in my life when I did not think about something all the way through." He replied after cutting up his chicken breast and spooning some vegetables onto his plate.

After eating for a little while and the conversations had all but ceased did Elsa decide to reignite the flames of talk. "So, what do you want to do tomorrow?" She asked since her options were a little limited, she didn't want to go outside and she could either sleep, eat or read and learn about the world and customs of what her mother had to do. She wished she had learned more from her mom, but it was too late and she did not know if her mother had kept a journal. She did not feel like going into their bedroom, it would feel too weird being in there and them not in the land of the living anymore.

"I'm thinking of going into town tomorrow and fixing Toothless' tail at the local forge." He said while looking down at his plate for another piece of chicken after swallowing some rice.

"Hmm… that sounds nice." She said but then remembered about the recent building projects and what her father had done about a year ago. "Oh, you don't need to go into town, you can just do it here in the castle. My father had a forge built near the Guards barracks for them so they would able to maintain their weapons. It is not big, but it can handle fixing the tail." Elsa smiled knowing Hiccup wouldn't have to leave the castle and would remain close to her in case she needed him.

Hiccup nodded since he was still chewing a piece of broccoli. After swallowing and looking up with a smile, "That is nice, but I will still use the local forge since I want to do some shopping after I am done. My friends want me to pick up some things since they don't have access to shops other than what is on Berk. Most of them want chocolate for they heard that is amazing from trader Johann, plus I had bragged that I ate a pound of it last time I was here. Thank goodness I exercise regularly and having a high metabolism doesn't hurt things either." He said then went back to eating. He could eat whatever he wanted and he wouldn't gain a pound. Though it was hard to gain muscle, but with enough physical activities and training, he hoped to at least fill out his clothes.

Elsa was secretly displeased at the news, but did not show it. She could understand that he did not want to be trapped in a castle all week, but she had gotten kind of used to this life of being trapped in a castle. It wasn't all bad, when Anna wasn't around she made regular trips to the Art Gallery and Library, where each painting and book held a different story. She could at least for a few hours escape into a world that was void of magic and only held amazement and wonder.

In the end it was all for the greater good, one life being locked away instead of hundreds of lives being in danger if her powers ever got out of control. Sure she prayed that one day she would wake up without powers, but since things did not work like that, she had just resigned herself to this fate of constantly living in fear of her powers and there nothing she could do about. But when Hiccup was around she had all but forgot about her troubles, so when Hiccup leaves her side if only for a little while, it makes a huge impact on her confidence level. He was literally her support pillar, with him holding her up she felt secure and without him she crumbled.

"Elsa, I forgot to ask, but have your Royal Guards or sailors talked to anyone about what lives on Berk?" Hiccup asked out of the blue and in a hushed tone.

"About what lives on your island?" Elsa asked confused, then remembered about the dragons. She had gotten so used to the idea of dragons, it seemed weird to imagine Hiccup without Toothless. Sure she had only visited Berk once, but those two had grown so close from what she had learned via letters it seemed now impossible to imagine Berk without those flying reptiles.

"Oh no, when I returned home, my father had an immediate talk with everyone and had them all sworn to secrecy. Upon pain of death or imprisonment they would never utter a word or syllable to anyone about the mythical creatures of the Northern Islands. Only I could lift that order, and may well do in the future but only if you want me to." She finished with an air of political authority.

Hiccup looked pleased that she was slowly becoming the queen she was meant to be, the only thing that needed to be improved was her relationship with Anna. If that was fixed, then her confidence would sky rocket and he would not have to be worried every time he left her to go back home.

"I may well ask you to, if your people can take the sight of a dragon without being scared and causing panic. I believe Arendelle can accept our dragons in peace, it's the other nations surrounding Arendelle I am not so relaxed with. Especially the Southern Islands ones, rumors of attempted assassinations, land grabbing and the exploitation of everything has me worried about opening up the world to our dragons." Hiccup clarified with a hint of a drawn back tone, the usually happy sounding Viking was replaced with a worried one.

Elsa thought for a moment, how well would her people take seeing a dragon? Would they flee or would they be drawn in by the sheer amazement of such a creature existing? She remembered her first encounter, it wasn't so bad and her Guards even came to like the dragons after being introduced to them in a controlled environment. Only in a controlled setting could understanding and acceptance take place. Perhaps she would have her very own dragon to keep in the stables and maybe even ride every now and then if she had the time to spare. Of course she would have to get over her fear of flying first. Though Anna would ride her dragon every day if she ever got one, the poor thing would probably tire out from the amount of flying that was required of it to keep Anna entertained. Elsa gave a small chuckle at this future dream which could become a reality.

"There is two more things I would like to ask you Hiccup." Elsa asked all of a sudden.

Hiccup looked up from finishing his plate to see Elsa looking at him with a quiet expression of wanting to know something they have never talked out. He was intrigued as to what she wanted to learn.

"What is it Elsa? You look almost uncertain."

Elsa in turn folded her arms in front of her chest, her hands gripping the opposite bicep.

"Well, even though you were a few days late because of the storm, you would have taken about four days to get here from Berk." She started then stopped to gage Hiccup's reaction to the start of the conversation.

Hiccup only nodded his head at the math of how many it would take to reach Arendelle from Berk. "And your question is?"

"My question is why does it take the same amount to time to go from Berk to Arendelle even though a dragon is faster than a ship?" She asked in one breath while using her hands to move from one spot on the table to another.

Hiccup brought his hand up to his chin and stroked his nonexistent hair, he silently wished he had some chin hair to make him look older and more mature.

"That is an excellent question Elsa and I have an answer for you, one that is easy to understand." He said and finished with a smile, he felt like a teacher again. Which reminded him that he had to make some new lessons for the academy when he got back.

"A ship normally takes about four to five days sailing from Arendelle to reach Berk while steering around rough currents, islands and any other spots that could cause your ship to slow or stop. Now a dragon doesn't have to worry about all that since they can fly above rough currents, islands and any other spots that would cause a ship to stall. The only things they have to worry about are rough winds and thunderstorms." Hiccup stopped take a sip of water before continuing.

"The real reason why it takes dragons just as long if only a day shorter to travel long distances is because of those long distances. All animals need to rest, eat and relieve themselves and dragons are no different. The longest I have ridden Toothless was for about fifteen or sixteen hours, and by then he was exhausted and so was I for sitting in one place for that long. After landing we relieved ourselves in some bushes, ate some fish and then slept for eight hours before starting again."

Hiccup looked at Elsa and raised his eyebrows once to see if she was following along, she nodded her head in response.

"Now ships are not animals, so they don't need rest. But you can say the men taking care of the ship need rest, but that is why ships have more than one crew to make sure the ship never slows or stops. So as long as there are crews to swap out, a ship can basically sail twenty-four hours a day, and thus making up the time and distance that a dragon had gotten while they rested from flying past the slower ship. So yes, dragons are far faster than the ships that count on the winds to propel them through the seas. But, the dragons need to rest while the ships that are not technically alive don't. Only by finding the best winds that are flowing with you can a dragon truly arrive far ahead of a ship. Besides a dragon is good for scouting missions or traveling like I did for you, but they are not ideal for moving to another location since they cannot carry large amounts of goods or supplies whereas a ship is more ideal for those kinds of situations. Do you understand my answer to your question?" He asked after his long winded answer.

Elsa nodded her head and smiled at the simple explanation. "Yes and thank you explaining it with such zeal, it surely livened up the conversation."

"That is good to hear and what was your second question?"

Elsa cocked her head to the side before remembering she had another question to ask, she blushed at forgetting.

"My second question is why does there seem to be no dragons in Arendelle? What keeps them from leaving the Northern Isles and migrating to Arendelle?"

Hiccup thought way back to when he and Agdar were in the chapel and he said that dragons had actually lived in Arendelle for a period of time before going to Berk and never coming back.

"Actually your father and I had almost the exact same conversation a few years ago. He told me Arendelle once had dragons but they all moved away to the Northern Isles for an unknown reason." He stopped at looked at Elsa to see her eyes brows had gone up in curiosity. "Personally I do not know why they migrated North, maybe it was because they were being hunted so they merely flew away from the problem; dragons are not just mindless beasts, they are intelligent reptiles when they want be." He then thought of Barf and Belch, "well maybe not all dragons. Now back to the question at hand."

"Perhaps an alpha dragon drew them away as what happened with the Red Death or maybe they did what some geese do, they migrate North for the summer to breed, but when the dragons flew North they just stayed. More fish, uninhabited islands and charming views of the sunsets. I never really looked into it, but maybe I will when I have the spare time. But I have too much on my plate now, with the dragon academy, chief training and all." Once he finished, Hiccup looked down at his plate and started to eat up the last of the peas and chocolate.

"Thank you for answering my questions, now on to more pressing matters, are you going to get me anything while you are out shopping?" She asked honestly.

"It depends. Shopping for you is hard as to why I make all your gifts. What does a person whom is courting the future queen get for her when she already has access to whatever she wants at a moment's notice? Your chef's can make chocolate and sweets whenever you want, you already have jewelry and clothing and you have a room full of books from distant lands. As to why it depends on whether or not I can truly find you something you do not have or do not have access to." He replied then rubbed his head in frustration at being unable to think of something to buy her.

"If that's the case then do not worry about buying something for me, your presence alone is worth a room full of gold." She said then smiled.

Hiccup looked up and returned the smile, before reaching across the table and taking hold of her hand, relieved that she did not care whether she got something or not.

After a moment of hand holding, Hiccup had to retreat his hand in order to cover his mouth so he could yawn. Immediately after he yawned so did Elsa, taking that as their cue to go to bed.

Hiccup offered his hand to Elsa, for her to stand up from her chair. As they left the library a few servants walked passed them bowing their heads to show respect for the young royals.

"Well, we had a rather eventful day, didn't we?" Hiccup asked as they stood in-between their rooms in the hall.

Elsa smiled at the thought of Hiccup telling her he loved her. "Yes, it rather was. And I would love to spend more time with you as long as it does not include sneaking out of the castle or crash landing on a dragon." She replied with an amused tone.

Hiccup smirked while he scratched the back of his head in embarrassment, "Alright, so it was a little too early for you to learn to fly on a dragon."

"It is okay, we are unhurt and no one knew we were gone."

He nodded his head in confirmation of her statement. "Well goodnight Elsa, I will see you in the afternoon after I get back from the town square." Hiccup said before he kissed Elsa on her cheek and moving to his door.

Elsa nodded her head, "Be safe out there and don't mention anything about dragons, okay?"

"Of course, your people are not ready for that speech yet. Goodnight, my future Queen."

"And goodnight to you too, Hiccup." Elsa replied before slipping into her room, closing the door and then moving behind the changing screen before finally slipping underneath the covers where she momentarily feared about her destiny as the future Queen of Arendelle. "I am going to be the future Queen of Arendelle. Will I be a good Queen? Will I be able to keep peace in my country, while also being a good wife for Hiccup? He told me only a short while ago that he had enemies, will his enemies become my enemies? Or will they back down because of my kingdom's strength?" Elsa covered her face with her hands in anxiety of all this new news. "I must keep calm for Hiccup will be at my side and he will surely let no danger come near me and my kingdom. Surely he will be by my side forev…" She let out before drifting off to sleep.

As Hiccup laid in his bed, only one thought was running though his head, "What will I get Elsa when I go shopping tomorrow? Sure she told me that I didn't have to get her anything, but still, what kind of partner would I be if I came back to her castle with nothing for her? A bad partner. And I definitely don't want to be a bad partner, she only deserves a great partner, a loving partner. Maybe I will see something I have never seen before when I go out tomorrow. I sure hope so." Hiccup let out a loud yawn before turning on his side and falling to sleep.


Author's Notes: I know some of you may raise a question as to why I didn't include the eating of the fish head in the gaining of Toothless' trust. Personally I don't see Elsa eating a piece of a fish head, I could see Hiccup doing it but not Elsa. And thank you for making it all the way through, drop a review if you want. Hope to give you another chapter soon, back to the old writing desk.