The Princess and the Dragon rider
Chapter 4: Telling Elsa
The Royal family and the Vikings finally arrived at the castle, Hiccup was shocked by the view he had never seen a castle before let alone walk inside one. The young boy couldn't stare at the view for too long since a certain princess practically dragged him around with excitement.
"Hiccup! Come on! Come on! Let me show you the castle!" The girl exclaimed as she was dragging Hiccup around.
"Have you told Elsa about this?" Queen Idun whispered to her husband who now had his eyes widened.
"About that…."
"Agnar… Elsa is going to be Queen one day, she needs to know about this, not only that Anna is her little sister." the Queen sternly said.
"I will go inform her about this now, besides Hiccup will be staying with us and she needs to know about our new family member." King Agnar answered he was still met with his wife's angry look though.
"So Stoick, I will go to my eldest for her Queen lessons and I will be back later," King Agnar said, in order to break the awkward silence after the conversation he had with his wife. The Viking chief nodded.
"I will stay for two more days before departing, just to make sure that my boy is comfortable." He added.
"That sounds great. You can rest in the guest room. Hiccup will be staying in Anna's room for a while, she's been very lonely ever since her older sister shut her out…." Queen Idun said to Stoick who now wanted to know more about the two princesses past.
"What happened between them?" He asked he noticed that the Queen was getting uncomfortable with this conversation.
"Since we are going to be a family, I guess I have to tell you. Elsa and Anna used to be close when they were little until one night, the two were having fun like they always did but unfortunately, something happened and Anna got injured. Elsa never stopped blaming herself for it, she still does and the next day she asked us to move her to a different room away from Anna she didn't want to hurt her again." The Queen explained the backstory of the two sisters. The mighty chief was saddened upon hearing this.
"I-I'm so sorry, does Anna knows about this?"
"No, she had hit her head that night and she doesn't remember that part"
"Oh… So about my room…" Stock decided to change the subject since it seemed to be painful for the Queen of Arendelle to explain.
"Ah, we are here!" Idun said, she opened a door and the barbarian chief was speechless.
The room was as large as his entire house back in Berk, it had one king-size bed, and the walls were decorated with paintings. Finally, it had a large window with the castle's garden as a view.
"Wow, and this is supposed to be the guest room?" The Chief said surprised. Queen Idun gigged, he knew that the Vikings weren't used to luxuries like these, they preferred simpler lives.
"Well, I will leave you some privacy now, I got some Queen duties to attend to," Idun said, Stoick smiled and nodded understandably. Once the two leaders shook their hands Queen Iduna departed leaving the Viking Chief alone in his room.
Meanwhile, King Agnar was with Elsa in his study, the only other place the crowned princess could go without being seen. Agnar decided to teach Elsa about arranged marriages, he didn't know how to tell the princess exactly so he decided to teach her first and see her opinion about it and so far it wasn't going really well.
"But why?" The young princess asked causing the King to sigh. This was the fifth time she asked.
"Because, sometimes when two kingdoms want to unite the only way is for their prince and princess to marry and with that, the kingdoms will be allies in good and bad times and let's not forget about the trade agreements." The King explained, he had his daughter close, well as close as Elsa allowed him.
"I get that papa, but what about the prince and the princess?"
"What about them?"
"Shouldn't they have a say at this? It's their marriage after all…" The princess asked leaving King Agnar with no comeback for this.
"I believe, no one should marry someone they never met or someone they just met…" Elsa continued, Agnar felt proud for his daughter at the moment but this made his situation even harder. How was he going to explain to her that Anna, Elsa's beloved baby sister and probably the most important person to her was going to marry like this? He only hoped that Elsa wouldn't turn him into an ice statue or worse, turn Hiccup into an ice statue.
The King of Arendelle took a deep breath and faced his young heir in the eyes. Elsa was confused but she quickly realized that her father had something important to tell her.
"Elsa, the real reason I did this lesson to you today is…." But before the King could finish the young princess interrupted him.
"Because you arrange me in a marriage?" Besides her young age, Elsa could easily have conversations with adults and not act like her age which is impressive for a nine-year-old.
"Papa, I-it's fine. As long as Anna can be happy." Elsa added, Agnar was now in an even more difficult position than he was. Elsa was fine with arranged marriages as long as it involved her and not Anna.
"About that…"
"Papa… Please tell me that I am the one" Elsa was starting to lose control. The young princess looked at her father and saw the saddened look on his face. It was then that she realized that her baby sister was the one who was arranged.
"No…. Papa you c-can't do this to her" Elsa was close to tears. The princess was both sad and angry. Angry because there would be one more thing taken from Anna her freedom to love, And sad because she wouldn't be there to comfort her.
Agnar tried to hug his daughter but Elsa backed away in anger and fear. The room was cold now and a small storm was forming around the young princess. Without another word, Elsa got out of her father's study and stormed off to her room. Before she reached there, however, she heard a familiar laugh coming from the garden. Curiosity overtook Elsa's fears and she followed the voice. When the princess found herself in the garden she hid behind a bush.
It was then when she spotted Anna jumping and running around like she always does and that made Elsa chuckle then she noticed another figure, a boy around her age playing with her sister.
That boy made Anna happy, Elsa couldn't help but feel jealous, she wanted to be the one who was playing with Anna now. Elsa studied the boy who was playing with Anna. He wasn't taller than Elsa, he had short brown hair and green eyes, his clothes didn't seem royalty since they were just an old green shirt and some old pants.
The two kids played for a few minutes before they sat down to the ground looking at the bright sky. Elsa went close enough to be able to hear their conversation and far enough for Anna and the boy to notice her.
"S-so you're the only kid a-around? The boy awkwardly asked Elsa could feel his nervousness from the bush she was hiding.
"Short of, I mean I have sorry had my sister but I think she hates me…" Those words hit Elsa like a thousand bricks. Of course, she didn't hate Anna, she loved her, Elsa wanted to get out of that bush and comfort her baby sis right then and there.
"T-that's bad… H-has she told you that?"
"N-not directly, but she called me a Monster and she never told me what I did wrong, she just shuts a door in my face every time I see her." Anna was getting emotional now, the boy realized this and gave the little princess a hug.
But I never called you that…. I was telling that to me… Elsa thought, the young princess felt tears coming out of her eyes, she then realized that she was freezing the bush and that made her leave a small gasp.
"Hiccup did you heard that?" Anna said, the two kids looked around but saw nothing
"It was probably nothing…" Hiccup replied. The two kids relaxed again and continued their conversation.
Meanwhile, Elsa had run out of the garden and was finally back to her original destination: her room. When the princess entered her bedroom she immediately closed the door and when she did she allowed herself to slip to the ground sitting close to the door. Elsa curved in a ball and let herself cry until she fell asleep freezing the room in the progress…
Alright so Elsa found out and I think this is how she would react to an arranged marriage. I'll have Elsa meeting Hiccup in the next chapter and for the next 3 chapters I'll have Hiccup's adventures with Anna in Arendelle as kids and then Anna's adventures in Berk. Ps: I never expected this story to get these many favorites, followers and reviews from just the first three chapters! Thanks for the support everyone and sorry for the late update this chapter had some issues which were my fault and now I finally found the time to finish!