Hiccup's POV

It was dark.

But then, I sensed something brightening my eyes.

I opened my eyes, and they were immediately greeted by the ray of sunlight from the window. By reflex, I evaded the sunlight to a shade behind the barrel. In the process, I noticed Anna, who was already awake.

"Hey… Good morning."

Indeed, it was a good morning, Anna.

"Morning…" I laid my back against the barrel she used to lay her back. "Good sleep?"

"I didn't sleep," she replied nonchalantly. The answer took me by surprise.

"Why?"

"I don't know… I guess I'm just… too anxious to sleep. Iduna slept, and still is, which is the only thing that matters, anyway," she gestured to the child, sleeping soundlessly. Her arms were wrapped around Anna's right one, screaming vulnerability. "Who would've thought I would be with you right now, and a child named after my mother in a prison, heading to Therondia and about to be sold?"

Though it was mostly spoken in sarcasm, it didn't take an expert to tell that she was feeling hopeless, yet in the same time, she had a responsibility in a form of a helpless little girl to take care of.

"Anna…"

"Hiccup, why did those guys cheer when finding you alive?" She suddenly asked. "I know it means that their 'good' still exists for them, but… still alive?"

Needless to say, I was speechless by the question for a moment. I didn't want to answer the question, to be frank, as it was merely a thing in the past that I had moved on from. But her eyes demanded an answer.

"I uh… When you discovered me trying to kill myself in the inn, that was not the first time I tried to do it—"

"Oh my god…" she groaned, cutting me off.

"I tried… the same method, on the same spot," I gestured to my right wrist, which is still wrapped with a bandage. Slowly, I undid the wrap. "Your servants might've thought that it was merely a cut done by those guys, but, it was actually my own doing."

I revealed my heavily stitched wrist to her, and her face cringed in fear right away. The cut messed my skin severely, that even the tidiest stitching would still look messy.

"The guys noticed me… did some stitching on me with whatever knowledge they had in stitching wounds, and handcuffed me for the rest of the journey," I finished my explanation and covered my hand back with the bandage.

I tilted my head to her to wait for a response, but her eyes were locked onto something else on the floor, which I noticed what. Dried blood. The morning light really did reveal the interior of the cell better.

"Y-yeah… that was my doing…" I admitted.

I noticed her eyes beginning to water. "Y-You could have died… My guard c-could have discovered your corpse instead!"

I knelt in front of her. "But you didn't! I'm here, very much alive! Yes, we could've been ended up in a better place—"

SLAP!

Previously, it was my right cheek. Now my left one received the same treatment as well.

"Hiccup… knowing that the chances of you dying in the ship instead were that big, i-i-it scares me!" Her lips quivered. "I could've lost you!"

I remained silent for a moment.

I didn't take the slap nicely, but the queen was in a desperate need for some light in this darkness in which we were breathing in. I decided to be the better person overall.

"Anna," I looked up to her. "You're scared right now. My words remain the same; I am here. Alive, animate, and most importantly… no longer suicidal. I have some people to live up to. My mother, the survivors…" I dragged my sentence.

"Elsa… You…" I reached for her arms to shove them, conveying reassurances. "And Iduna," I eyed at the sleeping girl while smiling.

"And… goodness… I thank you, Anna, from the bottom of the bottom of my heart for saving my life. I can't stress that enough. Heck, there are survivors out there, Anna! Had I died… in vain… before Blue arrived to Arendelle…"

I rolled my sight onto the floor. I couldn't imagine how awful it would've been.

But then, Anna lifted my chin.

"You're right, I'm just scared, fear took the better of me. I'm… terribly sorry for slapping you. Again. Never have I ever thought that I would slap a person like you, Hiccup," she smiled sheepishly, though her expression still showed guilt. I merely smiled at her, nodding down to say that it was okay.

YAaawnn…

I looked down to Iduna, and she was scrunching her eyes. The little girl was awake.

"Mom, what's for breakfast?"

We couldn't help but to giggle at Iduna's question. Anna quickly wiped away her watery eyes to fix the little girl's bed hair.

"Good morning Iduna~" Anna simply responded. The girl stretched every muscle in her body and cracked a few bones. When she fully opened her eyes, that's the moment she realized of our current fate.

"Oh…" She looked up to Anna. "I'm hungry…"

"I'm sorry, Iduna. We don't really have anything," Anna said in a sorry tone.

"Awww…" Iduna turned to me, "Mr. Haddock, don't you have something to eat?"

I shook my head.

"I'm sure they will give us something, you can eat my portion later, kay?" Anna offered.

"Are you on a diet, Anna?" Iduna innocently asked. At this, I couldn't hold my big "HAHA!"

The queen gave me a glare, but quickly softened her eyes when she looked down at the child.

"N-No, I'm not."

"I think you are. Anyway, are you two a couple? Like mommy and daddy?"

Bwoah, what a question, kid!

We exchanged some looks, some uneasy looks. But when we did so, I briefly noticed… how much of a gorgeous woman Anna was. It was almost like the kid's question was a catalyst for me to really appreciate her beauty. Her freckles, her blue eyes, her hair, her lips.

Luckily, it took me quickly enough to realize that I was staring at her. Luckily, while doing so, Anna was staring back at the kid, trying to come up with an answer.

"We're not, Iduna," I ended the awkward pause.

"Y-Yeah! We're really good friends, though," Anna added.

Aw, just really good friends?

Wait, did I really imply that I would've preferred something more?

Now's not the time, Hiccup. Let's not squeeze any romanticism in my life for now.

With that, I shook my head to get myself out of it.

"What she said," I nodded to agree.

"Okay, I think I'll sleep again, wake me up when it's breakfast time, yea?" Iduna asked, laying in Anna's arms once again.

"Will do, love," Anna replied.

The awkward question made me want to have no eye contact with Anna for a few moments, so I rested my back again on the barrel.

"Where were we?" I asked.

"Oh—hmm… I was apolo—"

"INCOMING CAVALRY FROM BEHIND!"

A voice exclaimed from the main deck. Both of us immediately looked up to direction of the voice. Followed after the warning was footsteps of the crew, emerging from the floor beneath us. Men soon rushed their way to the deck, and chatters filled the air.

"Prepare the cannons!"

"Loosen all sails! We need every speed we can!"

"What's the estimated time of arrival?"

"Three minutes and closing in, fast! How are they closing in so quickly?!"

"Man those cannons!"

"Who are they?!"

"Arendellian, sir! Five ships in total!"

When the name was spoken, Anna and I exchanged surprised expressions right away. Before we could even say anything to each other, the ship suddenly banked to the right drastically, making ourselves to be thrown to the bars of the cell. From outside, torrential water sounded harshly, almost like washing against the boat. It didn't take long for Iduna to reopen her eyes once again. She pulled Anna's arm close to her.

"What's happening?" She asked.

"Rescue is coming," Anna replied confidently. Hearing the response, the little girl's face brightened.

"Why are we being dragged towards them?!"

"I don't know sir! The water, the wind, they're making us go to their direction!"

"What the fooking hell, FIRE THE CANNONS!"

BOOM, BAM

BAM, BOOM

"Where did those ice walls come from?! Keep shooting, boys!"

BOOM BOOM

BAM BAM

Anna and I exchanged another look. "Elsa!" We spoke in unison.

"Sir, they're getting close—INCOMING!"

Something huge collided with our ship. The three of us were once again thrown to the other end of the cell because of the impact. Fortunately, both of us had Iduna secure in our arms, though our backs were sacrificed as they hit the barrels hard.

Soon, cheering of men and sounds of swords clashing each other took place. I also heard rifles being shot as well. What a battle it was just above of our heads! To top it off, we heard that very distinct sound of ice magic.

"WHOA WHOA WHOAA—"

"WAHHH—"

Splash

More scared 'whooah's sounded from above. I think it might be some men being thrown off onboard.

"Check every corner!"

That voice. There was no mistaking.

A pair of slender feet descended down the stairs, revealing none other than Elsa herself.

"Elsa!" Both of us called. Elsa turned to us.

"ANNA! HICCUP!" She called, rushing to our cell. Her hands immediately tried to open the bars with force, but her muscles were nowhere near strong enough to open them.

"You have to find the key," Anna said. "One of those guys must be the one—"

"No need, back off, all of you."

We followed her instruction without questioning anything. With that, she firmly held two bars with her hands. The ice queen shut her eyes and began to freeze the bars. She seemed to be attempting to break it with ice, and I knew for a fact that to break metal, it would need a very low temperature to do it. And that was exactly what was happening; even after backing off to a safe distance, my skin sensed the cold Elsa was flowing onto those bars.

"Nghh…" she grunted, flowing more and more magic onto the thick bars. Finally, she let go of them and punched it, breaking the bars into pieces.

"Ouch… One more!" She grabbed the two bars next to the ones she had destroyed and did the same, seeing that the opening was not enough yet for us to get out.

Again, the cold radiated so harshly, I was sure at one point, I began to shiver. Fortunately, Elsa managed to break the bars before the cold was unbearable.

"E-Elsa…" Anna went through the opening while carrying Iduna on one arm, hugging her sister afterwards with Iduna in the middle. In the hug, Elsa looked at me and smiled. I merely smiled back and nodded while walking out of the cell.

"And who might you be, little one?" Elsa asked, pulling away from the hug and also taking the girl on her arms instead.

"Iduna…"

The name gave Elsa a shock, judging from her gasp. When she looked at her sister, she could only give a nod that said "Yeah, that's her name."

The ice queen looked at the little girl again, "That's a beautiful name! Hi, I'm Elsa."

"Hi Queen Elsa. Thank you for rescuing us. But I'm hungry."

The fact that she mentioned the title that she no longer possessed and how urgent a breakfast for her made us giggle at her innocence.

"Hi Hungry, I'm Hiccup. Let's get you some food, shall we?" I pointed a thumb to the upper floor. They nodded down, and followed me to the stairs.

"You sound like daddy," Iduna said. The sisters inevitably broke out a laughter.

"Ohh, I could only hope that was a compliment," I responded. After reaching out to the main deck, the object that drew my attention right away was one of the Arendellian ships near the one we stood on, its bowsprit piercing through the Therondian ship. That would explain the massive impact; Elsa practically hit the ship with her own. Later, after looking at the wreck in awe, I discovered that the deck was only filled with Arendellian soldiers. No Therondian was in sight. Our presence was welcomed warmly by the soldiers, as they cheered and clapped for us.

"Where are the Therondians, Elsa?" I asked while responding to the greetings by waving.

"We threw them off into the sea. Hiccup, meet four out of five spirits of Northuldra!" She turned to an empty spot of the deck. Out of the blue, a tiny purple-ish lizard hopped onto her shoulder, and onto the floor. It circled me, and I noticed the trail of purple flame it left as it walked. Its eyes were big and googly, very much reminiscent of Toothless' eyes.

After that, a blow of wind blew from behind, making me nearly lose my balance. The wind, which had autumn leaves, sort of… stood next to the lizard. The lizard looked up to the leaves with a wide smile, which were simply floating next to it.

Next, we felt the boat swayed a little. I heard a torrent of water near starboard, and from there, jumped a horse onboard, its body made out of water. Elsa approached the horse and used her magic to change its body into ice.

"In case you were wondering, the last one who's present is me, Hiccup," Elsa giggled, pointing at herself.

"Ohhh! You must've asked for their help to reach us!" Anna said. Her sister nodded in confirmation.

"Correct. Nokk moved the water beneath us," she looked at the horse, "And Gale blew our ships forward! And… the Therondians off of the ship, as well." She gestured at the leaves of autumn.

"Wow!" Iduna said in amazement.

"Queen Elsa, Queen Anna."

We turned around to see the same old Lieutenant Mattias, who cleared his throat for a moment. "I hate to break the introduction of the spirits, but I must ask you of what to do to the Therondians. What do we do to them?"

"We leave their ship, they climb aboard and go home to their kingdom with a message that Arendelle do not fear them," Elsa proposed.

"Elsa, they have killed some guards when they escaped! We must at least give them a punishment for taking the lives of our men! They held Iduna as hostage, for crying out loud! Let's just sink this ship! Burn it!" Anna replied angrily, stomping on the floor.

"Uh… But an eye for an eye…" Elsa said.

"And the world becomes blind," I finished, stepping forward. "Anna, I'll admit that I can never see myself taking one's life, and I'm… actually quite sure as well that you can't do that as well. Let's be the bigger adult in here, even if it means taking the most ridiculous sounding decision there is."

The queen of Arendelle pondered for a moment. "… What are you suggesting?"

"We leave those guys here… Elsa, you said that the um, horse, moved the water, right?" I asked.

"Nokk is a water spirit, yes."

"We throw these men something to keep them floating, perhaps the lifeboats, and send them to a deserted island or something! This way, Therondia Kingdom will still not know that we have learned about their plan and all, and we also give these men a 'punishment' for their crimes."

Everybody onboard processed my suggestion, and their expressions seemed to show agreement.

"I quite agree with you…" Anna spoke. "What do you think, sis?"

"I honestly can't think of a better option," her sister replied, shrugging.

"Myself included," Lieutenant Mattias added. "I need a map! Let's find ourselves remote island."

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