Update 04/12/2020

CHAPTER 6

With a quiet grumble Elsa started to wakes and feeling the familiar warmth of Hiccup's body underneath her. Elsa shifted her body to awaken her muscles. Rubbing the side her face against Hiccup's soft chest Elsa felt something wet pressed up against her face.

"Ewww, Hiccup sweats a lot when he sleeps?" Elsa thought. Not wanting something so gross pressed against her face, she used her arms to push herself up to a sitting position on top of Hiccup.

Still a bit drowsy, Elsa opened her eyes and gave them a rub as she looked down at Hiccup. There was a single dark wet patch on top of Hiccup. Sweat did not work like this. If Hiccup was sweating last night then there would have been dark patches everywhere, sweat stains on his armpits. But no, there was only one single wet patch. Right where Elsa's mouth used to be. Eyes widened as Elsa felt the slight wetness along the edges of her mouth.

"I drooled on Hiccup last night?!" The sudden realization shocked her out of her sleepy state as she mentally screamed at herself. Her face turned completely red in embarrassment.

"I have never drooled before in my entire life. Was it because I slept on my front?" Elsa wondered in complete panic. Darting her head from left to right, she tried her best to find a solution to her problem, "why can't I have just one day, where I don't get heart attack? How do I get rid of it before Hiccup wakes up and sees it?"

Before she could hide her embarrassment, Hiccup shifted his body underneath her and let out a low grumble as his eyelids slowly twitched, signaling that he was about to wake up. Opening his eyes, Hiccup couldn't help but smile seeing Elsa's cute face first thing in the morning.

"Good morning Hiccup," Elsa said as she turned her red face away from him, as her face would surely give away her secret.

"Good Morning Elsa, I'm going to make some breakfast. While I do that, do you want to take a bath?" Hiccup asked giving her a pat on her leg. Still embarrassed the only thing she could do was give a meek nod. Getting out of bed, Hiccup patiently waited for Elsa to go her chests to grab some soaps and fresh clothes. Grabbing a hold of her hand he led her through the caverns. Following Hiccup the two had come to a new open area with a crystal clear lake.

"Careful, the water can be quite cold. But I'm sure that won't bother you," Hiccup said with a chuckle. After making sure she had everything she needed, he walked toward another cavern to start making breakfast. Undressing herself, Elsa took a fearless dive into the cold pool.

Coming back Elsa felt completely refreshed. Now in her Queenly attire, Elsa felt like she could take on the whole world. Seeing her coming back, Hiccup handed her a bowl of soup. Taking a drink, Elsa's taste buds gush in delight before taking a look at her magnificent cook.

He changed his shirt. Did he see it? Does he know where it came from? Elsa thought as she continued to eat her breakfast. Sitting in comfortable silence, the two ate their meal. But after a few minutes Elsa decided to continue their conversions from last night and learn more about Hiccup and his dragons.

"Hiccup, what do dragons eat?" Elsa asked.

"Mostly fish," He answered back.

"Dragons can swim?"

"Not all of them. I will show you how we fish someday."

"Well then, how about trades ships and fishing boats? Is it safe for them to be on the sea? Is there enough fish for both dragons and humans?" Elsa asked, ramping up the pace of her questions.

"Not a problem. If people don't bother dragons then there won't be any problems." Hiccup answered that question while following up with the second, "And the dragons can fish far away so there's no worries. And if there ever shortage, dragons will be able to help." Hearing this, Elsa gave him a pensive look, as if she wasn't sure what to say. Frowning, Hiccup attempts to clear any up misconceptions.

"Elsa, I don't what you know about dragons but they are not killers. Well that's not completely correct. They can but they are so much more than that. Friendship, love, dragons can save lives Elsa and when humans and dragons work together, miracles can happen." Hiccup reported. Seeing how upset he is, Elsa couldn't help but apologize.

"Sorry Hiccup, but there hasn't been a dragon sighting for quite some time, so please forgive us on any misunderstandings that we might have."

"It's okay Elsa I understand," Hiccup responded, giving her a reassuring smile and feeling a bit guilty about his overreaction. "Anyways, I plan doing some shopping today."

"Shopping?" Elsa repeated. Not quite sure if she heard correctly.

"I need some things, which I haven't been able to find out in the wilderness," Hiccup explained to her.

Elsa tried to imagine what Hiccup shopping would look like. She imagined Hiccup looking at various wares from the different vendors in the business district. But suddenly a loud noise was heard, Hiccup's dragon bodyguards with their large bodies had accidentally knocked over vendor carts causing everyone to scream and run in panic. A series of unfortunate events later and the dragons were in a frenzy attacking everything in its path and burning everything.

"You don't have to go shopping Hiccup," Elsa said a little too quickly as she tried to figure out a reason why. "You sound like you are ummm... very busy with whatever it is you are doing here. You promised me a tour when you finished and I REALLY want to see it. Why don't you tell me what you want, I will get it for you, and we can get your dragons to bring it to you." Elsa explained as she got up to rummage through her chest to pull out a pen and paper.

"Can you write?" Elsa asked.

"I think so. If there is any problems I can always just draw it," Hiccup replied as he took the pen and paper from Elsa. "Let's see now, what do I need, hammer, forge, anvil, and some clean clothes," Hiccup said giving her an amused but accusatory glare. Looking back at Hiccup, Elsa went wide eyed and she turned red with embarrassment as she was caught red handed.

"I-I'm sorry Hiccup. It was an accident. It won't...it won't happen again." Elsa stuttered but Hiccup merely laughed at the expense of Elsa. Hiccup's laughing made her feel even more embarrassed as Elsa covered her face with her hands to hide herself, swearing to herself that she was going to die of shame. Lowering his laugh to a chuckle, Hiccup quietly snuck up on her, grabbed both her hands with his own and gently pulled it away from her face .Taking a look at her crimson stained face, the way her lips were slightly parted, Hiccup moved in closer and gave her a tender kiss.

"Sorry," Hiccup said blushing as he pulled back, his eyes unable to meet Elsa's. "You are just so cute sometimes, I can't help it." Touching her lips with the tip of her fingers, Elsa couldn't believe what just happened. It seemed Hiccup was trying to figure out how long he could keep her face red. Kissing her because he thought she was cute? Elsa couldn't believe it.

Hiccup was like no other man. This wasn't the first time Elsa was kissed. Men who had given her a quick peck expecting a cute reaction from her were given cold indifference. And the men who tried for anything longer were quickly shoved back and were given a verbal lashing. Hiccup's brief kiss was completely different. Her heart raced as their lips touched and her breathing became ragged even though their kiss did not last long. Their tongues touched for the briefest of moments, the way Hiccup's scorching hot tongue dragged across the surface of her own tongue, sent a shock through her entire body and a chill on her back. The sound that was made when their lips separated kept echoing in her head. She fell into a daze as her mind tried to understand what just happened and her feelings behind it.

"What gave you the right to kiss me?" Elsa yelled indignantly.

"Well, you gave me yours, It's only fair that I gave you mine," Hiccup defended, smirking.

Elsa was rendered speechless by his shameless answer. His ruthlessness as he took advantage of her mistake. A little bit of drool given turned into a full blown kiss from Hiccup. Elsa remained completely frozen as Hiccup finished compiling his list. Suddenly anger flashed in Elsa's eyes as she got up from her chair and swiped the paper out of Hiccup's hand. With a stomp, ice sprouted out of the floor and encased Hiccup in ice from the waist down.

"Oh wait! NO! Elsa? You're not going to leave me like this are you? ELSA!?" Hiccup cried out as he tried to break the ice with his fists. But Elsa was too vindictive at the moment to listen to him as she started to walk away from him. "Just stay that way until I get back you stupid idiot." The last thing she heard was Hiccup calling her name as she climbed on top of her Nadder and took off, leaving him the same way she found him last night, stuck and helpless.

High up above the clouds Elsa screamed at the top of her lungs, crying out all of her emotions. A scream so loud that it seemed to bounce off the clouds and echoed across vast emptiness of the sky. With a gasp, Elsa fell on top of her Nadder as she tried to regain her breath.

"Raaaawwwwwr," Her five dragon entourage roared.

"Shut up all of you, this isn't funny," Elsa yelled back at all of them but all she got was a laugh from the dragons. Frustrated the only thing she could do was continue to rest her head on top her dragon.

She didn't know what was happening, or what to do. She should have been indifferent about that kiss but instead it left her breathless and her heart racing. Elsa really liked Hiccup but at the same time she did not know the origins of her emotions. Despite their connection Elsa she still didn't know enough about him to be sharing kisses with him.

By the time the dragons landed on the upper gardens of the palace, a contingent of her guards were already waiting, expecting the arrival of their Queen. Hopping off the dragons with practiced grace, Elsa walked towards the guards who gave a salute. The captain of her guards stepped forward and presented her the crown that rested on top of a pillow.

"We are happy to see that you are safe and unharmed my Queen," the Captain said.

"Anything happen while I was gone," Elsa asked as she rested her crown on top of her head.

"If anything did happen, it was nothing I was informed about your majesty," the Captain replied.

"Good," Elsa said as she created a standing ice table. Pulling out her pen and paper, Elsa ripped out the lower half that Hiccup didn't use and cut it into two pieces, with those two piece she wrote out Hiccup's answer to Minister Kai, and her General's question. In Kai's message however, she neglects to inform him that Hiccup and his dragons would be willing to help if needed. Folding it and signing it, Elsa hands the three papers to her captain.

"These two papers are to go to Minister Kai and General Grahm respectively," The Queen instructed, "This paper is a list of things the dragon king wants. Whatever he wants, make sure it is of good quality and not lavish. The dragons will be waiting here until you gather it all up and secure it for them to transport it back."

Opening the paper the captain took a moment to read the list

"Your majesty I am not quite sure what 'drool free clothes means," the captain questions, "aren't all clothes drool fre..."

"Ignore that one," Elsa quickly said a cutting off the captain with a cold voice, "That one has a different connotation, and I will take care of that one,"

Having no reason to argue, the captain gave a salute before leaving to carry out her orders.

'Well, I guess I can't put it off any longer,' Elsa thought as she headed into the palace. Entering the seamstress' room, Elsa can see that not much has changed since her last visit. A fact that she knew well before entering the room as Elsa was the one to blame. Shifting her weight from one leg to another, Elsa waited nervously as if she was caught in a web and was waiting for a spider pop out at any moment. Hearing the door open Elsa turned around to face the newcomer.

"To what do I owe the pleasure of my Queen visiting?" Gerda asked giving a polite curtsy

"To give you what you always keep bugging me about," Elsa replied a small smile formed at the edge of her mouth, "Work."

Gerda's official job title was royal dressmaker. She was on permanent standby until either the princess or the queen needed a dress. As they both have far too many dresses already, Gerda found herself with a lot of free time.

"Ahha, I will get started on your wedding dress right away," Gerda said completely delighted while Elsa maintained her even face, giving nothing away to the older women. An obvious bait by the seamstress that the queen didn't fall for.

Because the royal dressmaker has so much free time, she had to find a way to keep herself busy or die of boredom. As a result she earned herself a new alias 'black spider.' With nothing better to do, Gerda formed the union of seamstress, a web that stretched to every corner of Arendelle. Within this web, housewives and young women did what they love the most when they got together, they gossip. And the gossip they loved to talk about the most was royal gossip. Whether it pertained to the queen or princess' love life, or whether or not Councilor Reithan was cheating on his wife. The women of Arendelle ate it all up like ravenous animals.

Because Gerda lived within the palace and had so much free time, she was in prime position to satiate their desire. In exchange for what the housewives and young women of Arendelle wanted the most, she was given everything else. Nothing happens in Arendelle without Gerda hearing about it. However, this network of information was only half of Gerda's power which made it made it even more terrifying.

If she wanted to she could also fabricate information. She could also easily use her web to tell everyone that Councillor Reithan was cheating on his wife, and by tomorrow morning, all of Arendelle will have heard about it and believed it as if it were fact.

Such power is second to none only to the Queen and her general. Elsa would have ended it if it wasn't for the fact that Gerda hadn't declared her complete loyalty to the Queen and swore that the purpose of this web was purely for the use and benefit of the Queen. Two years ago Gerda came to her and informed her about this web and was the 'reliable source' that lead to the great exodus of suitors from her palace.

"When I need a wedding dress, I will be sure to give you ample time for it," Elsa said, giving her a noncommittal answer that could mean anything. Elsa couldn't help but be nervous, she didn't like the fact that Gerda knew more about the happenings of Arendelle than she did. Of course Gerda always informed her of any serious gossip and important info that has saved her on many occasions. But Gerda also seemed to have developed an addiction to knowing things that others didn't and her secret job. The queen feared that one day Gerda wouldn't know when to stop and get caught poking her nose into something dangerous.

"I need you to make some clothes for the Dragon King," Elsa stated as she waved of her hand and created an ice sculpture of Hiccup.

"Oh my, such detail, you certainly have been very intimate with the Dragon King haven't you my queen?" Gerda asked as she inspected the sculpture.

"You insult my capabilities Gerda, I could easily create this level of detail with just about anyone," Elsa said trying to throw Gerda off the truth and to keep her interactions with Hiccup a mystery.

"Ooooh, I have so many ideas and things I want to try. I was hoping you would ask me of this. To be making a suit for someone so unique. The one, the only, the great 'Dragon King'. It is a seamstress' greatest dream. Ahhh It has been so long since I made a suit for a man, and one so handsome as this," Gerda gushed as she used her arms to brush her hands over the ice sculpture.

"I just need you to make him some comfortable ordinary clothes Gerda," Elsa said. Taking a step back, a bit weirded out by how touchy she was being with an ice sculpture of Hiccup.

"Your majesty, you are ruining my talents for something so mundane," Gerda cried to Elsa. Her once bright mood was now completely deflated and her bright smiled turned into a pitiful frown.

"Get it done," Elsa ordered simply, not interested in arguing with her. With huff, Gerda took out her measuring tape and started to take measurements.

"Is there anything I should know about?" Elsa asked as she watched her work.

"Oooh it's the same old same old. All the women are talking about how their husbands want to pack up and leave Arendelle but they have all been too lazy. Stubborn men need a proper kick to get them motivated. I suppose we have you to thank for that." Gerda said

"The people are actually thanking me?" Elsa asked, as she felt like she hadn't really done anything special to warrant their gratitude.

"Well they are not outright proclaiming their gratefulness, but they clearly still trust you to handle this situation and for the most part everyone is more on the wait and see side of things. In fact people are much more interested in what's going inside that ice fortress. What the Dragon King and the Queen of Arendelle could be doing together all alone." Gerda explained, her eyes practically begging to Elsa for any hint.

"Why is everyone so obsessed with my love life or lack thereof?" Elsa said with a loud and tired sigh, "And what exactly, do my people think I am spending my nights with the dragon king doing what exactly?"

"Initially it was the usual terrifying stuff. Rape, torture, but after the first day when news of your well-being spread, it turned into positive things or just plain weird." Gerda replied.

"Weird?" Elsa asked, not quite sure she wanted to know the creativity of her people.

"Stuff like the Dragon King needs to drink pure royal virgin blood in order to survive, or how every night he turns into a more evil version of himself that wants to destroy the entire world and needs you to contain him. Or how their mighty Snow Queen has subdued the Dragon King and every night the queen travels to the ice fortress to continue her dominance over him. But those ideas are mostly from the men. The women are far more interested in the romantic theories" Gerda said smiling as she managed to get a rise out of the snow queen. Placing her measuring tape on the floor, Gerda slowly walked closer to Elsa to press her advantage.

"What type of romantic theories?" Elsa nervously asked, taking a step back, not quite sure if she wanted to hear it.

"The two of you falling in love at first sight. Lovers in a different life from a different time. Long ago you met him as a dragon and kissed him turning him into a human boy and he has now returned to marry you. Pretty much all the romantic stuff from fairy tales." Unable to endure Gerda's relentless teasing any longer, Elsa turns around and was about to make a quick escape.

"Please wait your majesty!" Gerda desperately called out. Turning around Elsa was surprised to find a scared women with eyes that looked like they were about to burst into tears. "Please Elsa. I know you like your privacy and I understand that. You don't have to tell me about what you do with the Dragon King. But please understand that I care about your well-being. Can't you at least tell me truthfully if things are okay? He's not hurting you is he?" Elsa hesitated for a moment, unable to look at the older women. Gerda felt like her heart was about to break watching her. But then Elsa looked back at her practically glowing.

"There's no need for you to worry Gerda," Elsa said, giving a reassuring smile that melted to heart of her seamstress. "Rest assured, Hiccup has never tried to hurt me, and has been nothing but nice to me." Listening to Elsa's sincere answer, Gerda out a sigh of relief that she was holding in. With an extremely pleased look on her face, she gave a short curtsy.

"Have a pleasant day your majesty." Gerda said as she watched the queen leave the room. Outside in the hallway, Elsa let out a sigh that she didn't know she was holding in. Leaning against the door, she reflected on what she just said to Gerda. Today was the first time Hiccup was upset at her. Remembering back on it, remembering the face that he gave her, made Elsa's chest tighten that made it hard to breathe. Elsa didn't know why she was acting like this. Hiccup got upset because of a misunderstanding.

"When humans and dragons work together, miracles can happen."

"No Hiccup, when humans and dragons work together, war happens," Elsa mumbled to herself. Despite her she felt about Hiccup, Elsa had not changed her opinions of the dragons. Elsa wasn't going to pretend like she was an expert on dragons. But she did know people. Given the opportunity, people would try to monopolize the power of dragons, which would leads to conflict, which would lead to war. Elsa knew it all too well herself. "In the thousand years that have gone by, nothing has changed, people have not changed Hiccup. It would be best for everyone if you all stayed locked up in your ice fortress. Arendelle doesn't need you or your dragons."

Authors's End Notes:

Thank You to all my reviewers and Colonel Pepper for helping me with this chapter. I would like to give a special thanks to Dialga213 for his enthusiastic reviews. They are really motivating.