It was nice sunny day when Hiccup woke up. It was a welcoming change from Berk's cold and harsh winters. After waking up, he was told to change into some royal clothing and to take a shower, but after explaining he didn't know what that was he was escorted to the bathroom where some servants bathed him and changed him into a royal prince attire. Hiccup was thoroughly embarrassed when he left, from both the servants actions and the slightly restricting yet comfortable attire. He was escorted by the guards to the royal dining room where he was seated on the right hand of the the King.
"My daughter Elsa will be down in a moment, she usually stays in her room because of her illnesses but she has gotten better so we are letting her out. She can eat with us today and see if she can in the future." He said while giving Hiccup a look so he would know he was lying as a little brown haired girl was sitting next to the queen on the other side of the table.
The dining room door opened and another girl entered. One look at her and Hiccup knew she was out of his league. She was the picture of elegance and poise even if you could see the nervousness on her face. As soon as their eyes met, you could see sparks flying. Her pale blond hair was in a braid down her back and wearing dark blue clothes, contrasting Hiccup's auburn hair and dark green prince suit. Hiccup could admit she was even more beautiful than Astrid.
King Agnarr then said, "Elsa, this is Hiccup. He is an orphan of sorts. He will be staying with us inside the castle with his companion Toothless."
Elsa giggled quietly at the mention of their names but she was curious. No one was allowed inside the castle except the hired staff, right? That was the current thought running through her head but instead she asked, "Who's Toothless?" She noticed Hiccup momentarily got exited before switching immediately to fear in an instant.
"Toothless is my...um...best friend but he's not...human." Hiccup said nervously, knowing that her powers could be set off by strong emotions like his does.
"Then...what is he then?"
"He may or may not be a flying fire-breathing dragon."
Elsa went immediately into shock and the room's temperatures started dropping but Hiccup managed to cover it by heating the room up. Hiccup send a pleading look to Agnarr who clapped his hands loudly to snap her out of her trance. Elsa immediately gains control of her powers and notices Hiccup visibly relaxed as she attempts to put the room's temperature back to normal but for some reason it got slightly warmer before going back to normal. That was when she realized that the boy in front of her had powers himself.
She then starts saying, "Do you..." But stops immediately when she saw him nod slightly. Her expression immediately turns to one of happiness. "You mean I'm not the only one," she says breathlessly and he nods again.
"What do you mean you're not the only one?" Everyone turned to the source of the voice and realise that Anna was still in the room, they completely forgot about the young princess.
"That she's not the only one to like animals, like don't call him a beast because he is way too intelligent for that...and he will smack me on the head with his tail. I don't know why he does that." He said to cover for Elsa and to distract Anna, much to everyone's relief. They now knew Hiccup was pretty smart to manage to think of a quick response to cover up that they both have magic powers.
"So Hiccup what can you tell us about yourself because I realised I don't know much about you." Agnarr asked curiously as they started to eat their breakfast.
"Well, my full name is Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III. My home village is Berk. My biological father was Stoick and mother was Valka, but she was taken by a dragon when I was a baby. I was a blacksmith's apprentice since my father didn't like me so he got his best friend Gobber to take care of me and keep me from trouble at a young age. Gobber, in a sense, was like a father to me and he is most likely the only reason I got through with what happened. His mentorship allowed me to build Toothless a new tail-fin since his real one was ripped off by me shooting him down and his parenting allowed me to become the decent person that I am now. I didn't have any friends since I was so weak and in a Viking society, that should have me killed as a baby."
"Wait a minute, you're a Viking? They're still alive?" the Queen asked shocked.
"Yeah, I'm guessing you heard about Vikings raiding and pillaging villages and settlements, my village never participate so don't worry about it but the main one that does are the Berserkers and they are a military powerhouse no-one messes with. Anyway, most Vikings now are more fisherman and farmers rather than raiders. I had friends when I was really young but they all abandoned me in the end. I was mostly a way for people to vent, they would beat me, humiliate me and insult me. I was mostly alone until a particular dragon raid happened and I shot down the legendary Night Fury. The single most elusive and deadly dragon known to Viking kind alike, the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself.
"He had never been seen or even hit before I did and I thought by killing one, I could finally be respected by my village and maybe even loved by my father. But the funny thing is when I went to kill him I looked into his eyes and...I saw myself. After releasing him, I was shocked when he didn't kill me. I ended up being put into dragon training, the only thing I wanted my entire life until then. I was forced to participate against my will but in my spare time, I visited the dragon whom is now called Toothless and learned that everything we knew about dragons was wrong. So when I was chosen to kill a dragon in front of the entire village, I attempted to leave but was taken prisoner by my jealous peers who tried to torture me into telling them my secrets. They took it to far and it ended with me being unconscious for three days. This only strengthened my urgency to leave and I left but not before I left a note for Gobber with the truth. And I was traveling until I crashed here in Arendelle." Hiccup finished with a sigh.
"You are a very resilient boy for putting up with what they did." Iduna stated slightly fascinated over the will power of the young boy.
"It's not that hard considering I did it. I was always Hiccup the Useless so if I could do it then others could definitely do it." He said sadly.
"You are not useless!" Elsa yelled at him. Hiccup turned and looked at her shocked.
"How would you know...you don't even know me." He wanted to know why she would stick up for him.
"B-because..." She stammered while thinking of a reason. "How could someone useless be able to ride a dragon." She said while putting emphasis on useless.
"I think it's because he saw a 'fire' inside me." He said while air quoting fire.
"B-but you're n-not useless." She stammered while blushing lightly due to embarrassment.
"Well, I'm sorry but only you and your family are the only people to think so besides Gobber."
"I think you're amazing." She said while blushing furiously at saying that. Everyone at the table had the mouths wide open at the bluntness of her statement while Hiccup sat completely frozen with shock.
After a few minutes of shock, Hiccup cleared his throat. "I-I think y-you're amazing too." He stammered while blushing, "If you like, you can meet Toothless after breakfast. If it's okay for you, your majesties?"
"Yeah, can we, momma?!" Anna asked excited, jumping in her chair. The parents looked at each other in slight concern before chuckling at the excitement of the children.
"Of course, but your father and I will come with you." Iduna replied with a smile.
Not long after finishing their breakfast, the group of royals walked to the stables where Hiccup's dragon best friend was resting. The ex-Viking had asked the guards to give Toothless some fish after explaining that it was the only thing dragons ate and not any humans as in fairytales, apparently. Elsa was slightly nervous to meet a real dragon but thinking about Hiccup's slight excitement when she asked about Toothless, it made her feel somewhat at ease with the situation. When they arrived at the stables, Toothless looked up from his spot before rushing to Hiccup in happiness and jumping around to get him to scratch his skin. The fire user just laughed at his friend and did what he asked for with a big smile on his face while the royal family could only smile at the exchange of the two.
"Bud, I want to introduce you to the royal family of Arendelle." Hiccup said as the Night Fury looked intelligently at the humans in front of them, specifically at Elsa. "You recognize King Agnarr. Well, there's his wife, Queen Iduna, and their daughters, Elsa and Anna." Toothless bowed his head slightly to the family with Hiccup smiling at the impressed looks on the royal couple.
"Oh, he's polite." Queen Iduna pointed out with a giggle.
"He's so cute!" Anna exclaimed with excitement as she ran up to have a good look at him. "You flew on him, right?! I want to ride him, too!" Hiccup chuckled as Toothless looked at his rider confused over the girl's seemingly limitless energy and giggling, not used to the reaction.
"Sorry, Anna." Hiccup apologized. "Toothless lost his left tail fin when I shot him down and I'm the only one who knows how to control the tail. But I promise that one day, we'll take you with us on a flight."
"Yay!" Anna cheered with a giggle. Agnarr and Iduna got a little nervous at the promise but it disappeared quickly once they saw Anna's smile and Hiccup's confidence.
"I knew you built everything to operate the tail but I never noticed the craftsmanship." Agnarr pointed out as Toothless playfully chased Anna a bit, showing the saddle and tail prosthetic. "You're truly talented, Hiccup."
"Thank you, your majesty." The dragon rider thanked him while bowing slightly. "I always blamed myself for making him flightless after I bonded with him, I had to do something before anyone found out about him and kill both of us. After trial and error, I realized that he needed me to survive."
"But you look so happy together." Elsa pointed out confused. "Looks to me that you two are more brothers than former enemies."
"That's because I earned his trust and now, he's the closest thing I have to a family." Hiccup explained sadly, Toothless notices this and nudged his head against Hiccup's side to comfort him. "Thanks, bud. I appreciate it."
Elsa was looking at Toothless curiously as she slowly walked over to them and Hiccup got an idea. He walked over to her and took a hold of her arm as they walked quicker towards the Night Fury and Elsa nervously stammered, "W-what are you doing?!"
"Take off your gloves." Hiccup answered and the princess looked at him like he was joking. "I want you to earn Toothless' trust and give him yours in return, for that to happen you need to feel his snout in your hand."
"B-but! What if I hurt him?!" Elsa exclaimed scared.
"Trust me." The fire user told her before whispering, "He already knows. Dragons can sense the magic inside of us." The snow princess slowly took off her white gloves and placed them in her dress pocket and Hiccup straightened her arm towards Toothless before opening her palm completely. "Now close your eyes and turn your head away, show no fear. Let Toothless come to you."
The royal couple watched nervously as Elsa did as she was instructed and closed her eyes shut before turning her head away, mentally saying to herself to be calm. Suddenly, she felt something slightly wet and scaly in her hand and quickly opened her eyes, turning her head in surprise to see Toothless' snout in her hand with his eyes closed before she smiled big at the feeling. Hiccup was smiling proudly at the scene as Toothless moved away, sneezing slightly by the cold from Elsa's hand before he started to nudged her with his head like a cat. The blue eyed princess could only laugh as she scratched Toothless' hide with delight.
"Amazing." Agnarr breathed out in fascination over the reaction.
"Look at them, dear." Iduna pointed out at the sight of the children playing with the dragon with smiles on their faces, especially Elsa. "They look so happy together."
"They truly are." The King replied. "I think there's something else between Elsa and our new member." Iduna was reminded of the two oldest reactions and the blushing that they both had when they met.
"I believe so, too." The mother agreed.
The King and Queen watched to exchange and gave each other knowing looks. Looks like there family just got a little bigger and from this day, Hiccup was appointed the title of Prince of Arendelle.