Hiccup's POV

I rushed my way to the cabin to wake the sisters up. Barging my way in, I spotted Elsa already up from her slumber, sitting on her own bed while caressing Blue.

"Elsa! We're here!"

She slowly turned to me. The looks on her eyes suggested that she was still sleepy. "Huhhh?"

"We're here! Old Berk!"

Her face immediately brightened up. She rushed over to her sister's bed and shook her by the shoulder. "Anna! We have arrived!"

"Nghh…" She rolled to see her sister. "Berk?"

"Where else?" I scoffed. "Ready yourself, come on!" I made my way back out of the cabin to the wheel. I steered the ship to pass the statues my people built generations ago. The fire inside the statutes' mouths were put out by age, sadly. However, we were here.

The sisters came out of the cabin to join me with Blue hanging on Elsa's shoulder. The two were in awe by the view, their mouths gaping open. The sisters have only visited Old Berk once in their lives, and a lot of changes had been made ever since their visit. The colorful buildings I have architected were still standing proudly. The only difference was the degradation of the color of them, which had aged out throughout the years. Seeing the view, Blue immediately flew off to the isle by himself.

"Awh, Blue!" Elsa called.

"Let him, Els. The dragon misses his other buddies," Anna said.

We spectated the dragon going farther and farther, until it became a mere speck in the view. My eyes spotted the dragon landing on one of the cliffs, and I saw a group of people welcoming it. It was hard to really determine, but from the looks of it, I saw a figure peeking from the cliff. The figure waved a hand, which we returned with ours.

"Heyyy!" Anna called, seemingly spotting what I was seeing as well.

The figure vanished from our sights. With our closing distance, I made the ship dock by the dock that sat below the gigantic cliffs. I released the anchor of the ship and hopped off the ship with the sisters. Nokk breached the surface of the water, standing magically on the water. Elsa turned the form of the spirit into ice, allowing it to walk on land to follow us.

"It seems… very lonely," Elsa commented.

I placed my hands on my hips. "Dead, more like. I never thought I'd visit this place again."

"Hiccup, look!" Anna said, pointing at the top of the cliff. Some people were descending down the wooden elevator that bridged the dock and the main island of the archipelago. I rushed my way towards the elevator, and the faces soon became clear; my mom! Eret! Astrid! Tuffnut! Fishleg!

"GUYS!" I screamed on top of my lungs.

"Hiccup?", "That's Hiccup!", "It really is!"

The faces of these people brightened up when seeing my arrival. Once touching down on the dock, they spread their arms and I jumped into them. Mother gave me kisses in the middle of the hugs, while the others were giving my rubs by the head.

"We thought you were dead!" Astrid said.

"Lad, you really did scare me there!" Eret said.

I let myself melt in the moment and pulled away. All of us had tears building up on our eyes. Soon, they noticed the feminine figures behind me. They simply gave the guys a wave of hand, presumably not wanting to interfere the moment. Mother was the only one who had a smile upon seeing them, the others looked suspicious.

"Is this the Arendellian duo?" She asked. From her back emerged Blue, gnawing as if saying 'yes'. "And the… blue horse?"

"Y-Yeah. Mom, meet Elsa," I gestured to Elsa, "And Anna," I gestured to Anna. "And Nokk. The water spirit of Northuldra, a land north from Arendelle. In short, we have a lot of catching up to do."

"Hello," the sisters greeted in unison.

Anna's POV

The Berkians did the same greeting gesture to reply our greeting. It was obvious that I was happy to see Hiccup finally meeting some actual Berkians, however, it was more obvious that Elsa and I didn't want to ruin the moment for him. So, we kept a distance from the scene.

"Queen Elsa, Princess Anna," Hiccup's mother approached us, and the rest followed her. She placed a hand on her chest, "Thank you for bringing my son back. Thank you, thank you, thank you. I can't express my gratitude enough!"

The rest did the same as well, expressing their gratitude to us.

"It's o-okay! He's our friend," I replied. "And um, there has been a change in the throne. I'm the queen now, and my sister, Elsa, she is, um," I turned to her, giving her a look that said 'how do I explain this?'

She waved it off.

"Working somewhere else!" I said. The explanation, of course, placed a big question mark above their heads. "Like I said, it's my pleasure. Had my guards not found him in the Therondian ship, we would've never found him. So really, it was not either of us that found him."

"Theron what now?" The blonde female asked.

"Like I said, Astrid," Hiccup emerged from behind them. "We have a lot of catching up to do. Where are the others?"

All of them gave Hiccup an uneasy look, which was most likely due to his question, I was guessing.


Here we were, in the village hall.

The hall was illuminated by the light reaching from the giant door of the hall and the large torches behind us. Hiccup, Elsa, Nokk, and I were behind this large and long tables. Ahead of us, there were only fifteen people, including the ones that had welcomed us by the dock. And the flock of Terrible Terrors.

I looked to Hiccup. He was trying so hard to hide it away, but disappointment was certainly there inside him. There were only fifteen survivors! Only fifteen out of thousands of Berkians made it out of the raid. This hall was certainly designed to fit thousands of people, and with only fifteen presents, it was quite the empty view from my perspective.

Since everyone was present the moment we sat on the chairs provided for us, Hiccup never sat down on one.

"Is anyone else coming?" He asked.

They took their time to respond, until the blonde male responded, whom I learned was named Tuffnut, "This is all, Hiccy."

Hiccup slowly fisted the table. "…Right, well, no need to be formal, come closer, all of ya," Hiccup gestured. With that, all of them circled the long table.

"Okay. First of all, it's very good to see you all in one piece. I never thought that there were survivors, to begin with. I mean, Eret," he gestured to the black-haired male. "You were there."

"Indeed, I was, chief," he replied.

"In the middle of the attack, the leader of the enemy told us that they would stop the slaughter if I turned myself in. It was… a no brainer for me. My people were caked in their own blood, and I wanted to see no more drop of blood. So, I turned myself in," Hiccup explained. His explanation was not taken nicely by the survivors. "Of course, as you witnessed, it was a lie. They kept killing Berkians, and… I will take full responsibility for this. The deaths of your friends and families are all on… me. I never invested enough labor into the island's defense system, and I brought this chaos upon you."

I tried to reach my hand to him, "Hiccup, you can't possibly…"

"Shh, it's okay."

I shut my mouth afterwards. Later, Hiccup walked around the table to the front of the remaining Berkians. He faced them and knelt down. His hands met together, face looking down to the floor.

"I'm… I'm sorry."

I exchanged a glance with Elsa, and she seemed to be thinking what I was thinking. What a leader he was.

"Stand up, Hiccup," his mother, Valka, commanded. Her son rose on his feet slowly. "I speak behalf the rest of us, and all is forgiven."

Hiccup simply stared at his mother, still looking unsure of her statement. He walked backwards back to the table where we were. The Viking sighed before continuing.

"As I was saying. I turned myself in, and somehow, the leader spared me and planned to 'sell' me somewhere else," he explained.

"Sell you?" Fishleg asked.

"Yes. It will be explained later. So, I was planned to be sold. I was taken into their ship, and frankly, was about to give up. But then, the ship stopped, miraculously stopped, by Arendelle; an ally we are very fond of," Hiccup gestured to me and Elsa. "The silvers that the buildings stood on, the weapons you wield, anything that has silver in it, they are Arendellian."

"Care to take it from here… Queen Anna?" Hiccup sat on the table. I nodded to his request and stood up.

"Sure. Hello everybody. I am… Queen Anna, this is my sister, Elsa."

"Hello!" Elsa greeted.

"Now… Yes, as some of you have heard, we found Hiccup in the Therondian ship. The name of the kingdom of these people is Therondia. Therondia is a kingdom south from Arendelle, and yes, they have technology so advanced, and they invested a lot of it in their military. To be fair, the technology that Berk possessed was quite advanced when I first visited this land. However, Therondian's is… well, quite more advanced, let's say. So, it's not entirely your fault, Hiccup," I placed a hand on his shoulder, and he merely half-turned to me.

I continued, "We found Hiccup in a pretty bad shape, and took care of him afterwards. We kept the crew of the ship imprisoned to interrogate them. What we learned from the interrogation was the fact that Therondians are heavily involved in human trafficking market."

"Human trafficking?" One Viking asked in disbelief.

"Yes. But they sell people with unique features, either it's their title, or where they are from, whatever that makes them unique. Apparently, there are demands for this… unfortunately. And when there are demands, one or plenty will try to fulfill it to gain profit."

The Berkians murmured to each other.

"And then, several days ago, on one night, Hiccup and I discovered the letter from Valka, and immediately set off to an expedition!" I finished. "It's still something that I can hardly take in. We are so lucky."

"How would Blue know if he has spotted 'Hiccup' anyway? Don't think a Terrible Terror would recognize a familiar person by the face," Hiccup suddenly asked. His mother gave her a cheeky smile. From behind her, she accepted something that looked like a prosthetic leg. Could it be?

"My prosthetic!"

Hiccup walked excitingly to the object, accepting it in his grasps. He used his fingers to fiddle with its mechanism, most likely giving it a test.

"We found it floating on our way to here," his mother said. "The dragon used its smell."

"Yeah, you must've left a buttload of sweat on it, even after floating on the water for days." Tuffnut said. All of us cringed at his statement, really wishing he had never mentioned it.

"Ahh, okay…" Hiccup examined the object from every angle before placing it on the table. I sensed a nudge from my side. I looked to the source, and it was Elsa.

"Anna, I think you're forgetting something…" she spoke in a low volume. "The dragons…"

It hit me. How could I forget?

"Oh yes, but the most important thing is… The Therondians have learned about the dragon haven you talked about, the Edge of the World. How? We do not know. Hiccup and I suspected that they are going to capture the dragons to sell them because of their rarity," I crossed my arms. This news immediately turned the small crowd frightened. They murmured to each other in disbelief.

"And we need to move as fast as we can to protect the dragons. We must head back to New Berk again!" Hiccup proposed.

"And do what? We are outnumbered! We have no chance against them!" Astrid argued.

"You have me."

I turned to Elsa, who was on her feet already. "I… have an incredibly powerful ice magic inside me. I am willing to use it for this cause, to protect the dragons, and my people as well. Why? Therondia recently signed a treaty to be allies with Arendelle, and having learned their devilish side, I see no more point in continuing the alliance."

She summoned a small flurry of ice with a clap. Everyone was mesmerized by the sight, but one lady Viking was not buying it right away.

"Some snow? Is that how you're gonna help us?" The lady mocked.

My sister palmed her hand, and released a large blast of ice towards the opening of the door of the hall. That very much sealed the lady's mouth, and her mouth only. The others looked amazed by the sight of my sister's power.

Hiccup cleared his throat. "We do, indeed, have Elsa on our side. We will first do a recon mission. We head to New Berk to see what's what. Gather as many intel as possible, then we decide what's next after that."

"Hiccup, how do we approach the island without being noticed?" Eret asked.

"To maintain stealth, we will make sure that we arrive during dark and… if you remember, there's a waterfall on the north side of the island. There is a cave behind the waterfall, and I bet the Therondians have no idea about that place. We will reside there while collecting information," Hiccup explained. Once again, everybody murmured to each other about the plan. Hearing from the words that slipped into my ears, I was positive that they were feeling positive about the whole idea. That is, until Astrid raised her hand.

"Astrid?" Hiccup said.

"This idea… is very you, I must say," Astrid shrugged. Suddenly, she raised her axe. "I'm with him! Who else?"

"Me!" Fishleg exclaimed.

"Aye!" One Viking followed.

"Me!", "Count me in!", "Yeah!", "I am!"

The enthusiasm was pleasing to hear, especially for Hiccup. He looked proud to the fifteen Berkians in front of him. The last to reply was Valka. Casually, she stepped forward from the crowd.

"You know I am always with you, son," she softly said.

"… Thank you, everybody. We will leave at dawn, for now, pack up your needs," Hiccup sighed. Judging from his pose, he seemed to be in a need for sleep. "Meeting dismissed."

With the dismissal, the Vikings walked to leave the hall to prepare their things. The Viking turned around to us. "Hey… thanks, I owe you two big time."

"Don't sweat it," I assured. "We're in this together."

He crossed his arms uneasily. "I can't thank you enough-*yawn* seriously."

"Hiccup, you need some sleep. You haven't had any, right?" I asked.

He nodded, sleepily. "Yeah… I agree. Damn, I really shouldn't be sleepy after having a reunion with my people."

"It's alright, Hicc," Elsa said. "You were on night's shift with the wheel."

"Hfft… Alright. Want to see my old house?"


It's been two hours or so since Elsa and I were taken to Hiccup's house for the moment. Hiccup's room was upstairs, so we left him be to sleep. The interior of the house was in a desperate need for some cleaning, so Elsa and I were on cleaning duty for the past two hours.

By saying cleaning duty, I meant cleaning-and-inspecting-any-interesting-Viking-esque-objects duty. The helmets, the shields, the books, the fireplace, heck; the spoon! Everything was in the shape that neither of us had seen previously. The interior of the house was relatively small, and it would've certainly taken us a mere thirty minutes or so to clean it had we not stop to fulfill our curiosity with the things around the house.

Once done with the chore, we sat down on a couch. Suddenly, Elsa sprung up again on her feet. "I'm gonna take Nokk for a walk around the village, you wanna come?"

I waved it off. "I think I'll stay."

"Suit yourself, Your Majesty," she nudged my side. "See you in a bit!"

With that, she left the house.

I looked to the low ceiling of the house. It was probably the lowest ceiling I have ever seen. It struck me with a question of how these people lived inside here while they are gigantic. I could only wonder how.

But then it hit me. I should check on Hiccup.

I made my way up the wooden stairs. There wasn't any corridor or anything but the door to his room right away. I knocked it and realized that it was never closed. The knock I made gave me a small view of the room, and immediately, I spotted Hiccup! He was sitting by the window.

"Hiccup?" I slowly opened the door.

The Viking turned to me, almost startled. "Oh hey! Hey, where has Elsa gone to?" He pointed a thumb to the view outside of the window.

"She's taking Nokk for a walk around the village. She really is in the mood for exploration," I replied, approaching him. I quickly realized something off, something odd from him. His beard, it's gone? It was not entirely gone, per se. He still had some, but they were definitely cut.

"Did you shave?" I asked.

He smiled playfully. "I did."

"Why?" I chuckled.

"Thought I could use some new looks, so then the Therondians wouldn't recognize me. The Odin's beard is a very distinctive look that would differ me from other men in this world, I'm afraid," he said proudly.

I crossed my arms. "Right… You look good with that cut," I sat on the window, joining him.

"Thanks."

We both turned to the view that the window provided. The sky was clear, the sea looked calm, but to be frank, the silence of the village was a little disheartening, considering most of its inhabitants were all dead. I bet Old Berk was crowded, since Hiccup mentioned that one of the reasons Berk moved to the new island was because of overcrowded population. They needed more space. But now, its earie silence was deafening and unpleasant to hear. Sure, there was the wind, but that was it.

"Very silent, isn't it?" Hiccup asked.

I looked up to him. "I was just thinking of that."

"Fifteen people… I expected at least a good… fifty," he sighed.

"Don't blame yourself for that. Look at it this way, there are survivors of the attack. You can't argue with that, can you?"

He scoffed. "I sure can't."

It was a vain effort of giving the Viking some measure of optimism. At least, I tried.

"Did you sleep?" I asked.

"I didn't."

"Why?"

"… I'm just overwhelmed. Within the next several days, we are about to enter the enemy's territory, which used to be my home. So much for irony, huh?" He replied, not batting an eye to me.

I was going to verbally strengthen him, but then another method came to mind. I simply scooched closer to him and hugged him. I ran my right hand up and down his back, the other on his scruffy hair.

"You're going to be alright, Hiccup," I whispered on his ear.

He was silent for a moment. Then, he lifted his arms to hug me back. But then, his hands reached for my shoulders and gently pushed me away. After creating a gap, he closed it again by kissing me.

It took me by surprise, but I welcomed it. I kissed him back.

Hiccup pulled away, resting his forehead against mine, our eyes connecting in an unbreakable gaze. "What will I do without you?"

Good Lord. Those eyes. I was sure my heart was on the verge of failure just because of them. "You'll always have me," I assured.

He smiled endearingly, then closed the gap once again. I returned the kiss passionately, pulling myself closer to him.

I pulled away briefly, "Hiccup, does this mean we're…"

"Nothing more exciting than love in the battlefield," He smiled.

"Of course, love in the battlefield… I love the sound of it," I kissed his smile and we continued again.

After a good minute or two, we pulled away. We checked our surroundings because we quickly realized that we were making out on the window, a spot very much exposed to many eyes. Luckily, there was nobody but us.

"I wanna show you something," Hiccup suddenly said.

"What?" I smiled.

"The past. Let's find your sister first."