Note: Those who have read the original Frozen Viking will see the differences between the stories now.
Bonding
Hiccup woke up the next day feeling much better than before. He felt a dull ache in his neck, and his arms, which was a reminder of the pain he would be in when the medicine wore off. Before he could even move, a healer came into the room. She gave him more medicine to dull the pain, and changed the bandages on his arms and neck. Hiccup grimaced at the sight, his bandages were dry with crusted blood, and his arms looked like a bloody patch work quilt.
"There you go dear." The healer told him. "That should be good for a while."
She handed him a vial of liquid.
"If you feel the pain coming back, take a bit of this and you will be feeling better." She told him.
Hiccup took the vial from her, and placed it on the table next to him. As the healer cleaned up her supplies, and threw away the old bandages, Anna burst into the room. She carried a bundle of clothes in her arms, and smiled when she saw him awake.
"Hello Viking boy!" Anna exclaimed. "I came here to take you out for the day for some fresh air. I brought you some clothes for you to wear. Elsa is busy with her duties, and Kristoff is working."
The healer opened her mouth.
"He can go, but if he gets tired, don't push him, and bring him back to the castle to rest."
"Of course, we won't go too far." Anna told her. "I brought you these clothes to change into; you can't go out in the clothes you are in. We took some inspiration from your ruined Viking clothes, and came up with these."
Anna got closer to the bed, and set the bundle of clothes next to him.
"Wow, you have such pretty green eyes!" Anna exclaimed.
Hiccup edged away from her a bit at her outburst.
"Sorry, I get a bit carried away." Anna apologized. "Um, Miss healer, could you help him get dressed?"
"Certainly Your Highness." The Healer told her.
"I will be right outside until you are done." Anna told them as she left the room.
The healer picked up the bundle of clothes, and with a sigh, Hiccup let her help him change.
"We won't have to change your underwear, but we will have to change your shirt and pants." The healer told him.
Hiccup blushed in mortification at the mention of underwear.
"Oh, we need to get your prosthetic leg." The healer said, as she left to retrieve it.
I really hope no one finds out I was dressed by a woman, Gobber would have a field day!
Hiccup tried to get his pants and shirt off of himself without having to ask her for help, but he was unable to. The Healer helped him out of both items, and before she handed him a fresh shirt and pants, she looked down.
"It looks like some blood from your wounds got on to your underwear, I guess we do need to change those as well." The Healer told him.
The Healer looked at the pile of clothes Anna had left, and found a fresh pair of underwear. Hiccup's blush deepened as the Healer helped him change his underwear. He refused to make eye contact with her for the rest of the process of being changed. The final bit of clothing, which was his shirt, was buttoned up. It covered the wounds on his arms and neck. As the Healer left, Hiccup still sported a blush on his cheeks, even when Anna burst back into the room.
"Wow, Mr. Viking, you look so cute." Anna told him. "But you look less like a Viking and more like a person born in Arendelle."
Hiccup just stared at her, but was distracted by a mirror. The mirror seemed to be there for a while, but that was Hiccup's first time noticing it. He had to do a double take, because he didn't recognize himself at first. The outfit he wore was extremely fancy, and nothing like what he would ever even see at home. His pants were a very dark green, with a lighter green shirt. The shirt was long sleeved, and actually a tunic, so it went past his hips slightly. The edge of the tunic and the edge of the sleeves were covered in dark brown fur, which he didn't recognize. The sleeves had light brown material the crisscrossed exactly like the bands on his tunic from home had done. He also wore a half-cloak type thing; it started at his neck, and stopped at his elbows. It was dark brown, and edged with the same fur as his tunic and sleeves. There was a gold clasp at the neck that kept the cloak closed. He looked down at the single boot he wore. The boot was dark brown and edged with the dark brown fur, it was extremely similar to his boot he wore at home. His prosthetic leg was partly covered by the long green pants.
"Do you like it?" Anna asked.
Hiccup looked at her, and gave the slightest nod of his head.
"YAY!" Anna exclaimed. "Let's go, I have so much to show you."
Anna helped Hiccup out of bed, and led him out of the castle. She chatted about mundane things along the way, which Hiccup listened to out of politeness. Before they actually left the grounds, two guards came over to them. One man was blonde and the other was a brunette.
"Princess Anna, we cannot let you leave the grounds unescorted." The blonde man said.
The brunette did not say anything; he was eyeing Hiccup up and down, which gave Hiccup the creeps.
"I will be fine; I have the Viking boy with me, and besides no one will hurt me." Anna replied.
Hiccup saw her edge away from the two guards.
"Your Highness, remember the last time you left the castle, someone tried to poison you." The brunette told her.
Anna glared at him.
"If I recall, that was completely unnecessary!" Anna exclaimed. "It was just a little girl!"
Hiccup noticed that the guards looked around to make sure no one was watching, and then the blonde grabbed Anna by her arm and pulled her away from the castle. The brunette grabbed his arm, and pulled him after them. To Hiccup's surprise, the brunette grabbed him by his upper shoulder, and did not touch any wounds.
"Unhand me right now!" Anna shouted.
She tried to pull away from him, but the blonde man took her other arm, and began to shake her.
"You will listen to me you stupid little girl, do you remember the last time you deified me?"
Hiccup saw Anna pale, he would have done something, but the brunette had a firm grip on his arm.
"Please don't slap me again." Anna whimpered.
"Good, because you don't want us to kill the leader of the guards do you, it was hard to trick him into hiring us, and he didn't want to do it without your sister's permission."
"I understand." Anna replied. "Please don't hurt him."
The blonde guard released her, and Anna rubbed her arms. Hiccup felt sick to his stomach, he just saw a really happy person reduced to a timid mess. If he father ever witnessed a man harm a woman, that person would no longer have a head.
"Now, why don't you have fun in town, and don't do anything stupid, we don't want little girls to be hurt again do we?"
"No, I will be good." Anna replied.
She turned towards Hiccup with a forced smile.
"We are going to have so much fun, I just know it."
How can I let Elsa and Kristoff know about how she was treated by this guy?
It was not until they reached the village that the brunette finally let go of Hiccup's arm. Anna gently guided him by the hand, and showed him all sorts of things. The first thing was a chocolate shop; the shopkeeper gave Anna a free sample of their newest chocolate. Hiccup watched as Anna acted as though nothing had occurred earlier, and accepted the chocolate with a smile. When they left the blonde guard took the chocolate from her, and stomped on it, before throwing it away. Anna did not say a word, but Hiccup saw her eyes fill with tears.
"Come along Princess." The blonde sneered.
The rest of the day was not so bad, Anna dragged Hiccup this way and that to explore. She had a huge smile on her face, but Hiccup noticed every time the blonde guard stood too close she got tense. Hiccup saw Anna stop and look around, and he turned too, the guards were off to the side flirting with some women. Hiccup felt a small hand encircle his wrist, and next thing he knew, Anna was taking off down the street away from the guards. They did not stop until they reached the fjord, and both of them were out of breath.
"Sorry if I hurt you." Anna told him. "I just needed to get away."
Hiccup just looked at her, and then turned in the direction that they had run from.
"I will have to lay low, or stay near somebody, so I don't get hit." Anna said.
Hiccup turned and gave her a pointed look.
"I'll be okay, please don't let my sister or Kristoff know, I don't want them to get hurt."
Hiccup continued to stare at her.
"Please, they told me if I told anyone, they would kill Elsa, I don't want to lose my sister."
Hiccup would have given her a hug, but he was never brought up to be touchy-feely, and his arms would not be able to take the pressure.
"Let's go have some fun for real this time." Anna told him.
When Anna was away from the guards, she was able to be carefree again, as though nothing mattered. Well, almost, Hiccup caught her looking over her shoulder now and then for the guards. Anna showed him so many things around the town, that Hiccup could not take it all in at once. There was so much to look at, not like on Berk. Anna stopped and looked at him.
"Hey, what's your name?" Anna asked. "I can't call you Viking-boy forever."
Hiccup would have given anyone else a hard time, but considering what he witnessed earlier, he decided that she needed something to calm her down. He looked around, and spotted a plant next to a store that had a hazel plant, and pointed towards it. Anna turned towards it in confusion.
"Your name is Hazel?" Anna asked.
Hiccup shook his head and managed to lift his pointer finger up without causing himself any pain.
"One word or one letter?" Anna asked.
Hiccup moved his finger as though he were counting letter, and he saw Anna's eyes light up.
"Your name starts with an 'H?'" Anna asked.
Hiccup nodded.
"Okay, let me think….you are a Viking…so what are Viking names that begin with H?" Anna pondered. " Is it Hallsteinn?"
Hiccup shook his head.
"Hallvardr?"
Hiccup shook his head again, and made a motion with his body to indicate hiccups.
"Hiccups?"
Hiccup shook his head, and lifted up six fingers, and then a seventh, but shook his head to the seventh finger.
"Your name is Hiccup?"
Hiccup nodded his head, and expected her to laugh, but she didn't.
"Come on Hiccup…" Anna said the word, before giving a small giggle. "Sorry that was really rude of me wasn't it?"
Hiccup gave her his best shrug, which was just a slight lift of his shoulders.
"Let's go back to the castle, I want to introduce you to the horses, the new ducklings, and one of the servant's cats had kittens! Also, when they get back, I will introduce you to Sven."
Anna gently guided him back to the castle, and Hiccup was shown around the castle. Hiccup met Anna's horse, and some other horses. After that they stopped for lunch, and Hiccup took a bit of medicine from the vial he had gotten earlier, before they went to see the ducklings. Anna was more into it then he was, but he did not mind being dragged around with her, the stress from earlier was now a distant memory. Finally, they went to see the kittens.
"We have to be very careful, the mother cat is still a little protective of her babies, and they are only a few weeks old."
Anna led him into a kitchen, which had a basket against the far wall, which was safely out of the way. Hiccup saw the mom cat pop her head up when she saw them, and gave a small hiss, but stopped when Anna knelt down. The cat seemed to recognize her, and snuggle up to her, and seemed fine with the two of them looking at her kittens. The mother cat was a calico, which most of her kittens were not. There were six in total, three were orange tabbies, one was a solid white, one was a reddish color, and one was solid black. The solid black one reminded him of Toothless.
Something triggered in Hiccup's head, and he grew dizzy. His thoughts went to Toothless, his father, and something else that seemed to flit away when he tried to focus on it. His mind was assaulted by all sorts of images from his nightmare to waking up at the castle, but there was something missing in the memories. Soon the dizziness became overwhelming, and he collapsed.
When Hiccup awoke again, he was back at the infirmary, and he had a wet cloth on his head.
"I am so sorry Hiccup, I didn't realize you were running a fever." He heard Anna say.
Hiccup looked over and saw that she now sported a bruise on her cheek.
"Oh, the guards got home, and I was not around anyone so the blonde one smacked me." Anna told him. "I just told the healer I tripped, I mean I am a bit of a klutz, and it should fade before Elsa and Kristoff see it." Anna told him.
Hiccup found himself lifting up his arm to touch the wound, even if she was a Viking, Hiccup felt that she should never be hurt. His touch seemed to open a dam, because Anna started to cry. She buried her head in his chest, and let out gut-wrenching sobs, as he awkwardly patted her head.
"Everything is so hard! I can't say anything, because the people I love will be killed, and it's so hard. I'm so sorry to burden you with this." Anna sobbed. "I don't know what to do."
Hiccup continued to pat her on the head, and wished that his dad was here, because his father would put a stop to the abuse Anna was facing. Anna managed to stop crying on her own, and give him a shaky smile. The two of them sat in silence for a bit, until they heard Elsa walk down the hall. Anna's eyes widened as she quickly put some sort of make up on her face to cover the wound, and by the time Elsa came in, she was all smiles.
"Elsa!" Anna exclaimed, as she hugged her sister. "How was work? I bet you had to fix a lot of things!"
Hiccup watched as she babbled, and he saw Elsa's eyes search her sister's face. Elsa spotted the hastily done make up, and wiped it off. Her eyes narrowed as she saw the bruise.
"Who did this to you?" Elsa demanded.
"No one Elsa, I was such a klutz, and did this to myself."
"Don't lie to me Anna."
Hiccup saw Anna start to fidget.
"Was it Kristoff?"
"NO! He would never hurt me!"
"Then who was it?"
"I can't tell you."
"Why not?"
"I don't want you to get hurt."
"Anna."
Hiccup saw the glare Elsa gave her sister.
"I can't, they said they'll kill you."
Elsa gave a small growl in frustration.
"It was the blonde one wasn't it?"
Hiccup saw Anna's eyes widen. Hiccup watched Elsa storm out of the room, leaving a trail of ice, and heard a noise. It sounded like Kristoff had returned to wherever he had gone. No sooner had Hiccup thought that, when said man burst into the room. He saw Anna and scooped her up in his arms, and gently hugged her. Hiccup could not hear what he said, but he seemed to be calming Anna down. Hiccup noticed the temperature had dropped, and clutched his blanket tighter. Elsa's voice broke the silence.
"Where is he?" She demanded.
"You just missed him my Queen." A voice replied. "What is going on?"
"That man struck my sister."
Hiccup heard shocked gasps.
"I will sign a warrant for his arrest!"
(Third person's POV)
A man with blonde hair made his way through the forest on a stolen horse. He was fleeing from Arendelle. His deeds of abusing the princess had come to light. He would have gotten away with it had he not hit her in the face with her lovely sister and stupid boyfriend nearby. He was making his way to the man who would be his new king, his thoughts were filled with what he would do with the princess once Arendelle fell. If Hans did not want the princess, he would take her, but he would make a promise of his threats to kill her loved ones to break her.
It took the blonde man a day and a half to reach where his new king Hans was residing. Well, he was not king yet, but he would soon be, and have more power than his brothers combined. He put the stolen horse in the barn, and entered the castle that was located perfectly in the whole scheme of things. Hans could see everything safely from the castle, and it was nestled between Arendelle and Weselton territory. The blonde man entered the castle, and told his king everything. Hans nodded, and gave him a new set of commands, which the blonde man vowed to carry out
TO BE CONTINUED…
Note: For those that will complain that Kristoff would never hurt Anna hear me out. I don't think he ever would, but Elsa is just covering her bases, before she acts. She likes Kristoff, and is shown to be quite motherly with him in Frozen Fever, despite them being the same age. Also, for those who think Anna is OOC, I kind of made her that way, because she was getting mistreated by the blonde guard for a while, a hint of that was in an earlier chapter. I underestimated Anna, and from rewatching Frozen and Once Upon A Time, she needs more credit for what she does. I like Elsa better, but I do like Anna. See you next time!