Ch.9: Warning for Hiccup
It was a warm morning in Corona, and the Royal Family, plus Hiccup and their dragons were having a breakfast while discussing Hiccup's and Rapunzel's upcoming wedding.
"So since Cassandra and her dragon will be part of the guard, who will escort Rapunzel to the alter," asked Queen Auriana.
"How about Serenade," suggested Hiccup. "She can escort Rapunzel and Toothless can escort me."
"I love it," said Rapunzel.
"Well, since there's no other option, Serenade will escort you to the alter," said King Fredrik, eyeing his daughter.
Before anyone could say something, the door opened, and Pete, Stan and their Zippleback, walked inside.
"Sorry to bother you, Your Highness, but one of the watch towers just spotted a dragon heading this way," said Pete and everyone, except Hiccup, tensed a little.
"What kind of a dragon is it," asked Hiccup.
"We managed to identify it as a Razorwhip and there's also a human on its back," said Stan.
"A Razorwhip and someone was riding it," muttered Hiccup and then came to a realization.
"Hiccup, do you know who it is," asked Rapunzel.
"Yeah, but why are Heather and Windshear coming to Corona," said Hiccup.
"Wait, isn't that your friend from Berserker Island," asked King Fredrik.
"That's her," nodded Hiccup.
"That's great, but what is she doing here," asked Rapunzel.
"I don't know, so let's find out," said Hiccup as he walked out of the room, followed by Toothless, Rapunzel and her parents.
Once outside, they saw Windshear land on the ground and Heather hopped off of her dragon and ran up to Hiccup.
"Heather, what's wrong," asked Hiccup.
"Hiccup, something happened," said Heather. "A ship form Corona arrived on Berk yesterday. Your father and a few more Vikings will be coming here for your wedding."
Hiccup and the Royal Family just stared at her, trying to process what Heather had just said.
"Who exactly will be coming," asked Hiccup in a low voice.
"Stoick, Gobber, Astrid, Tuffnut, Ruffnut, Fishlegs, Snotlout, Bertha, Camicazi, my father and Dagur," said Heather. "I told my father that I'd be staying on Berserker Island, but i just had warn you and if I have to be honest, I don't think I can stay on Berserker Island. Some villagers are already suspecting I'm hiding something and I don't know what'll happen if they find Windshear."
"It's okay, Heather. I understand," said Hiccup. "You can stay here if you want."
"Thanks, but I don't want to be a burden," said Heather.
"Nonsense. You're Hiccup's friend. And every friend of Hiccup's is a friend to the family," said King Fredrik and turned to a guard. "Please walk Heather to one of the guest rooms. I'm sure she and her dragon are tired from the long flight."
The guard nodded and escorted Heather to a guest room, leaving Hiccup, Rapunzel, her parents and their dragons.
"Hiccup, what are we going to do," asked Rapunzel, softly.
"I don't know. At first, I ran away from Berk to hide Toothless and myself from father. But, that was 5 years ago. I'm done running," said Hiccup, determined.
"So we'll just let them come to our wedding," asked Rapunzel and Hiccup nodded.
"I think it's time for them to face the real Hiccup. Not the Hiccup they wanted me to be," said Hiccup. "Let them come, but we'll keep an eye on them. And not just for our safety, but for the dragons' safety as well. They're still at war with them, but even they're not that stupid to start fighting thousands of dragons, but you the saying 'better safe than sorry'."
"You know Vikings better than any of us," said Queen Auriana. "If that is your wish, we'll respect it. Not to mention that you and Rapunzel are the future King and Queen of Corona and sometimes you have to make hard decisions."
"Thank you, Queen Auriana," said Hiccup.
"Oh, Hiccup, you're part of the family. Call me Auriana," said the queen. "There's no need for formalities."
"The same goes for me," said King Fredrik.
"I need to go for a flight to clear up my mind," said Hiccup and his future in–laws smiled, knowing that Hiccup always went flying when he was feeling down.
Hiccup hopped on Toothless and the two bolted into the sky. The king and queen have known then for 5 years and they were still impressed by Toothless' speed.
"I'll join them," said Rapunzel and she hopped on her Death Song, and followed Hiccup and Toothless into the air, and her parents just laughed.
"Did you notice that none of them denied being Corona's future king and queen," asked Queen Auriana and King Fredrik nodded.
"I swear, if those two spend a day without each other, we better make sure they're still breathing," joked the king and the queen just laughed even harder.
To be continued…
Hey, everybody. I'm back with another chapter. This'll most likely be the shortest chapter of the story. I hope you enjoyed it. Next time, the Vikings will arrive in Corona and tensions will be high. The 10th chapter will be out by the end of the month, so I'll see you all next time. Until then, have a nice day.
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