Iduna and Agnarr both knew that when they chose this course of action when Hiccup arrived 6 months ago that they might have to tell them both why it happened. "How much did you tell him?" Agnarr asked curiously.

"I told him about hitting Anna, the trolls changing her memories, what the elder told me about needing to control my magic, and...that was it. I fell asleep afterwards. And when I woke up everything had changed..." Elsa stated calmly.

"I asked if there was anything I could do to help you with your powers, and I was told by the elder troll that love would be what be what controlled your magic, we stated that we did love you unconditionally and the elder said our love isn't what was needed. He said that he could enlighten us of what to expect in your future of this different love that would help you." Agnarr started.

"He told us this 'A stranger with a gift of its own from a far away land and holds no fear riding a creature of fire will come to you. The stranger will be the one who can help Elsa control her abilities. I know not when or how...That is all I can reveal to you.' After that we decided that until this stranger arrived, we would lock the gates, reduce the staff, and keep your powers hidden from everyone. Including Anna." Iduna said afterwards.

"And...what does all this have...to do with me?" Hiccup asked now.

"Well after you told us your story the night you arrived, my wife mentioned what the elder said to us. About a stranger with a gift from a far land, riding a creature of fire, and holds no fear would be the one to help Elsa with her powers..." Agnarr said softly.

"Okay but...I don't...have a gift...?" Hiccup mentioned now still confused.

"But you do dear. You might not have powers, like Elsa. But your gift...is understanding things and people that are misunderstood. We didn't understand Elsa's magic, only that she was born with it and that she had trouble controlling it from time to time. After the scare with Anna, it became worse. Then you arrived, riding a dragon, and held no fear about it. So we wanted you to help Elsa, and you have. Her powers haven't once fallen out of control since you arrived..." Iduna smiled gently.

"But I...haven't done anything. I just...became her friend." Hiccup shrugged a little.

"My only friend." Elsa added with a light smile.

"Well sometimes...that's all we need. Just like Toothless was my only friend for a few weeks until I made it here and met you. He understood I was different from the other Vikings, that I wouldn't hurt him. And I understood that he wasn't dangerous. Just misunderstood." Hiccup said lightly.

"And you did the same with, Elsa." Agnarr smiled.

"But...I didn't know about her powers when I met her." Hiccup stated calmly.

"You didn't have too know. You just...accepted her without caring that we said she was different. You didn't even ask what made her different. Even now, you discovered her powers and it doesn't worry or scare you, even knowing what happened." Agnarr told him.

"Because her powers don't define who she is on the inside. Sure she has ice and snow magic, and what happened to Anna...was an accident. Elsa slipped while they were playing and tried to catch Anna so she wouldn't get hurt on the ballroom floor. Her shot missed and hit Anna, it wasn't intentional and if I may...certainly wasn't a good reason to keep her locked up for 4 years...In the whole 6 months I've been around her...I suspected nothing wrong with her, still don't." Hiccup mumbled a bit.

"It just...we wanted to keep her safe is all. Her magic is controlled around you..." Iduna mentioned gently.

"Hiccup thinks...its because I'm happy." Elsa said softly now.

"I said it was an idea...but since we became friends you're always happy and smiling so...just fits in my eyes." Hiccup shrugged again with a smile.

"And why is it you're happy now and not before?" Agnarr asked.

"Well because you locked me in that for 4 years...I couldn't leave, play with Anna, or wander around...I was...always scared to hurt someone when my powers got stronger...I didn't want to touch anyone because I thought I'd hurt them, like I hurt Anna..." Elsa sighed. "When Hiccup came...and you let me out, and I made a friend...I don't know. I just felt happy again...Though I still hate lying to Anna, she should know too..." Elsa added afterwards.

"I suppose we were wrong to keep you hidden from everyone dear. We were scared too...seems the elder was right though. Having a stranger from a far land riding on a dragon with a gift of understanding who became your friend was all you needed." Iduna smiled gently.

"But I'm curious about these emotions, they seem to control your powers. So it is to say with your idea, Hiccup...if she were scared her powers may spiral out of control again?" Agnarr questioned.

"That's the idea." Hiccup nodded.

"And why is it...with Hiccup you don't feel scared?" Agnarr looked at Elsa curiously now.

"I don't know, because he was the first person to know nothing about me, question why I needed help according to you two, and wanted to be my friend..." Elsa shrugged herself now.

"Seems logical to me." Iduna said happily.

"Can we...test it?" Elsa asked.

"Test what?" Agnarr tilted his head a little at his daughter's request.

"My powers. If I'm scared if I lose control or not...?" Elsa said.

"I don't see why not but what to use to scare you..." Iduna blinked a little.

"I have an idea...Don't move..." Hiccup said as he got up and jumped on Toothless's back without warning, Toothless whipped around throwing Hiccup off and to the ground then firing a blast between his legs narrowly missing him. Toothless began snarling angrily, Elsa worried as she rushed forward with her hands out, the ground freezing beneath her feet, spikes protruding the ground around Hiccup protectively. Hiccup got up and wrapped his hands around her waist lightly, his hand moved to hers and held it gently. As soon as she felt his skin on hers, she calmed down.

Toothless relaxed as well as Elsa's ice and spikes receded, melting almost. "Wait...you weren't really in danger were you?" Elsa asked him.

"Nope. Toothless would never hurt me, and this proves it. You lose control when you're scared but when you're calm, or at least when I'm around you. You have control, as long as you aren't afraid." Hiccup smiled at her.

"The elder troll was right. Hiccup was the stranger he saw to help, Elsa..." Iduna said gently.

"Just as the troll told me. I have to control it or fear will be my enemy...This is...great!" Elsa exclaimed as she threw her arms around Hiccup in joy. "Oh thank you so much, Hiccup." Elsa said happily.

"I didn't do anything. I'm as happy as you are to have a friend who doesn't judge me...I started with nothing and now I could have all I ever want all because your parents let me stay here...so thank you, Lady Iduna and Lord Agnarr..." Hiccup smiled offering a bow to them.

"It was our pleasure, you are a good young man. It's a shame your tribe never saw how skilled and wonderful you are." Iduna smiled to him.

"Do you miss them?" Agnarr asked curiously now.

"Miss being treated like a dragon almost, causing destruction where ever I went? No. Miss being hated, no. But I do wonder how they are from time to time They know I ran away, I left notes to 3 people explaining why I did." Hiccup sighed softly sitting down as Elsa sat beside him.

"Tell me about it...well if you want too?" Elsa offered.

"Sure, why not. Not like I'm ever going back, or going to see them again. So what can it hurt? Dragons were always a problem for us, constantly raiding and taking food. For the longest, I wanted to be like the other Vikings. I wanted to kill dragons too but I guess I wanted too only to get acceptance. My father hated them especially because a dragon took my mom from us when I was a baby. I guess after that he started to hate me, no idea why. He stuck me under Gobber's care, he's the smithy there, so I became a blacksmith apprentice." Hiccup began softly sipping at the water in the cup he had from lunch.

"That's terrible...how can a parent hate their own child..." Elsa frowned putting her hand on Hiccup's arm comfortingly.

"I guess I reminded him of my mom. According to village legend, she never wanted to fight dragons. Always believed that peace was possible. Guess because I was so different, they thought I'd be like her and my dad must of hated the memory. Who knows. I never asked. I just brushed it off because I wanted to focus on my inventions...I made a lot of them. I didn't have friends, my cousin even hated me. The village hated me too. Hiccup the Useless I was known as there...yeah most of my inventions failed but no one gave me the chance to fix anything either, they just shut it down." Hiccup mumbled.

"I've seen your inventions first hand, I think they are great. Especially that tail you build for Toothless..." Agnarr smiled.

"One of my best pieces too...the tools and metals here are stronger, that tail is just about indestructible right now." Hiccup returned the smile to him. "Like I said, I was the village trouble maker...the worst Viking there, the embarrassment, the disappointment. All names I was known by, I'd get teased constantly. Beat on by the kids from the dragon training class, tripped...I was pretty much a punching bag for them and my father...never stopped it. He never hit me, but his words hurt the more than the physical beatings I got from his so called people...the only three people who didn't give me trouble were Gobber, Gothi, and Fishlegs..." Hiccup sighed.

"What peculiar names you Viking's have..." Iduna stated.

"Yeah...pretty interesting huh. My name was given because I was born early and Viking parents believe a hideous name will scare off gnomes and trolls...Gobber was the smithy worker, Gothi was the elder and healer, and Fishlegs was one of the kids in the training class but he never gave me any trouble. I was grateful for that. My cousin's name is Snotlout, then there were the twins, Ruffnut and Tuffnut. Those were the main pranksters who picked on me. Then there was Astrid, she never hurt me but she was the girl I used to like a lot. But I was invisible to her until training started...She only noticed me, spoke to me when I started beating her in training because of my understanding with dragons..." Hiccup chuckled a bit.

"So who did you leave notes too?" Agnarr asked.

"My father, Gobber, and Astrid. Basically told them all the same thing. I wasn't a dragon killer, never would be. Hated living there and refused to stay where I was hated and was running away. They think I left on a small raft the night before my supposed big exam. They don't know I left on a dragon, or which way I went. They probably think I'm dead by now. 12 year old on his own? Especially a Hiccup, they didn't have high hopes for me. I remember before I left...my father was proud of me but it was all based on lies of why I did good so...I don't know. I just didn't want that life anymore, that's why I set out to start somewhere new." Hiccup smiled.

"Now...you said if you ever returned you would be marked a traitor?" Iduna stated curiously now.

"Yes because I sided with dragons...my tribes mortal enemy, mainly my father's since a dragon took my mom...If they knew what I'd done...let a dragon go, then trained it, helped it, fly it...I'd probably be killed on the spot. Its treason to them, that's why I won't go back...if I even step foot on that island with a dragon...I'd be killed right away." Hiccup shrugged a little.

"That's terrible...You're safe here, Hiccup." Elsa smiled as she leaned her head on his shoulder lightly.

"No...I'm happy here." Hiccup said as he laid his head on hers. Iduna and Agnarr smiled wide, they already saw it happening and neither of them were going to stop it. Elsa and Hiccup had formed crushes on one another. "And here I'll stay." Hiccup added afterwards.

"I'm glad. I'd be lost without you." Elsa giggled a little.

"Alright you two. Time for lessons, we'll see you both at dinner later on." Agnarr said softly.

"Yes father." Elsa nodded as she and Hiccup nodded getting up and walking back in to the castle. Toothless continued to to bask in the sunshine on the grass. Agnarr and Iduna sat outside at the bistro table enjoying their tea and enjoying the warmth of the summer day. What else could make them happier? Both of their daughters were safe, and happy and it was thanks to Hiccup coming in their lives.

(Berk)

The search parties were returning to port for the 6th time since they began. As Stoick ordered, they began their searches for Hiccup in every direction. It would last two weeks before they would return to the Berk docks to stock up and make fixes, rest up too. But so far they always returned empty handed. Hiccup wasn't found, there were no leads to follow, or word from other tribes about him. It was as if he disappeared in to thin air, literally.

As Stoick's ship docked he climbed off and met Gobber there, "Nothing eh?" Gobber asked calmly with a saddened expression.

"Nothing in the Western direction..." Stoick sighed heavily. He watched as the ship with Astrid and her father pulled up and the board was put out so they could come down, both with disheartened looks on their faces.

"Nothing Northern..." Calick Hofferson said as he put a hand on Stoick's shoulder.

"Nothing South either..." Fishlegs said as his ship docked and he got off with Snotlout holding his bag over his shoulder.

"Where are the twins?" Astrid asked looking for their ship. It was like this for the last 6 months, they all went on a different ship in a different direction to look for Hiccup but they came back with nothing. It was set so they'd only be gone a week, then a week to sail back to Berk. Some trips had been delayed because of weather or raids damaging ships. No one killed dragons anymore, just got them go away using Hiccup's tricks he'd mentioned in his letter to Astrid.

Some agreed with it, others did not. Changing their whole lifestyle because of the chief's son deciding to leave on his own. Didn't seem fair but it was voted on by the village and the vote for not killing dragons was higher than the one to kill them. "Their ship hasn't come in yet." Gobber chimed in.

"Odd, they usually meet us on time...I wonder if they found something." Stoick said with a little hope in his voice. Spitelout, Snotlout's father and Stoick's brother in law made his way down to the docks to greet Stoick.

"Hey Stoick...still nothing?" He asked the group of 5 standing on the docks.

"Nothing at all, Spitelout. How was the village while I was gone? Stoick asked.

"Quiet, few raids. Didn't lose much except two sheep and a basket of fish. Seems like the raids are lessening for the year again, heading to warmer places before bad winter hits." Spitelout told him. "I was...talking with some of the others Stoick...and well frankly, we're wondering...how long you're going to keep up these searches for?" Spitelout said cautiously.

"Until I find him, Spitelout. I will bring my son home..." Stoick remarked calmly.

"Stoick, you've searched for two weeks, every month for 6 months...he is gone. You have to face that...He ran away and left on a raft...he was 12, there's no way he survived these waters alone. I know its not what you want to hear brother but its reality..." Spitelout sighed sadly.

"Until I get proof he's gone, I will search." Stoick said firmly to his brother in law now.

"Ship incoming!" Gobber called pointing to a ship with the Berk crest on the sail.

"It's the Thorsten kids and Balder." Spitelout stated pulling out his spyglass and looking.

"Well lets pull them to port. They were in charge of the East islands right?" Fishlegs asked looking to Stoick who only nodded. After 15 minutes, the ship pulled to the next open spot on the docks and the board was placed out so they could walk off the ship. "You guys find anything?" Fishlegs looked at them.

"We did..." Tuffnut looked down as Ruffnut stepped up to Stoick and pulled a basket with her.

"Its filled with Hiccup's stuff...it was just...sitting on the beach of another island chief." Ruffnut said sadly.

"Where was it?" Stoick asked quickly.

"Right by the Archipelago boundary sir." Balder informed him. Stoick opened the basket and saw his son's things. His clothes, some charcoal pencils, and pieces of paper, and a dagger with the initials HHH III on the handle.

"That's Hiccup's dagger alright. It was his first piece of completed work in the forge..." Gobber stated looking at it from beside Stoick. Astrid pulled out the wet papers and carefully pulled them apart looking at them, the drawings were wet and faded but she could make out some of them.

"Looks like he was drawing to pass the time he sailed. And these just doodles...no real purpose." Astrid said lightly.

"There is...something else too sir..." Balder said as he flipped the basket around and revealed blood on it, dried there near the latch. Stoick closed his eyes tightly pulling out one of Hiccup's brown vests and holding it against him.

"It...can't be. He can't be gone...Not my son...my only son. Oh Hiccup...what have I done son..." Stoick asked trying to keep from crying.

"We gave it...our best...we just didn't find him in time..." Fishlegs looked down with Snotlout, Astrid, and the twins. After 10 minutes of standing there in silence, trying to settle with the fact Hiccup was gone to them Stoick began walking off the docks.

"I'll make the announcement...and we'll hold a funeral for him..." Stoick said. The others nodded slowly and followed Stoick off the docks, the basket being carried with Hiccup's things in it. Reaching the hall, Stoick got everyone's attention and the room fell quiet wondering what was going on, they could tell by the chief's pained expression that it wasn't good. "After...months of searching it has come to my attention that...my son, Hiccup is no longer with us. He's moved in to Valhalla...his basket of things was recovered on an Eastern island just inside the Archipelago walls...at this time...all searches will stop. A funeral...will be held this evening on Thor's beach..." Stoick forced out.

The room seemed to fall in to a deep sadness now, no one could believe it. That Hiccup was gone and the reason he left was because of them treating him badly. 'Val...I'm sorry...I'm so sorry. I failed you and our son...please keep him safe with you...' Stoick prayed sadly to his late wife. As stated, later that night a small ship was constructed with a set of Hiccup's clothes on it, the dagger pinning them in place on the ship deck. As per tradition, Stoick fired an arrow to light it on fire, then Gobber, Spitelout, Astrid, Snotlout, Fishlegs, and the twins did the same after him.

And so it was this night that they laid their fallen heir to rest, there might not of been a body to burn but this was it for Stoick. A basket of Hiccup's things sitting alone on a beach was all that was needed for Stoick to stop the searches and call it quits, it was his proof that Hiccup was gone. His son was dead and it was his fault for being a terrible father to him. Everyone on this night felt guilt over what they'd put Hiccup through, had they acted like a village at all they wouldn't of treated Hiccup like an outcast or that he was the root of all evil. No one felt worse than Stoick, and now he'd have to live with that for the rest of his life.