AN: Hello my fellow readers and welcome to another chapter of How To Leti It Go, and probably the chapter that many of you painfully waited to read. I'm sorry for the long wait, but I'm trying to deal with my depression these past weeks and it hasn't improved not even a bit so far.

so, to the review response:

K-the-Queen-of-Types: Thank you. One of the things I found curious while writing this fic is that, even though Toothless will barely speak, let alone have his own POV like in How To Become a Dragon Chief, his relationship with both Hiccup and Windwalker turned out to be very different. It is almost as if the story itself crafted it that way. I also thank you for the kind words, although I disagree with some of them. I don't think someone (you) that has written 14 fanfictions so far has little seniority as you seem to imply. Your words didn't seem naggy or anything of the sort; it was actually sweet. You liked a lot the relationship I built, but I noticed you don't have a HTTYD fic written yet. Maybe you could give your own try at building this brotherly relationship if you like. If you want to give me any suggestions or talk about some ideas for a fic let me know through a PM.

Hospitaller1080: Yup, I made alive past 2014. I might be struggling with my depression, but I assure you, none of my fics are going into hiatus.

Guest: Again, do let a username so I can properly address you. About your confusion, it was probably caused by the lack of a line breaker. I think that if you read the chapter's end again this time it'll be more clear. If not, remember that I said a couple of chapters ago that I'd be posting at the chapter's end previews of Hiccup and Elsa meeting, for those too eager to see them together, or not too keenly interested in HTTYD alone.

Scorpion6955: I heavily disagree with you regarding Frozen, but that's, I believe, is not a thing to be discussed here. I'll just say I'm glad that you'll keep reading it. As a reader of HTBADC I can understand wy you would think these paragraphs are chumky, compared to the recent chapters of the other fic. But it'll improve, just like HTBADC did. I'll try to update these paragraphs to the actualy strcture I'm currently using. most of those lines were, after all, written months ago I believe.

Red Renegade 777:The first thing I had in mind when I began writing this fic was accuracy. I firstly wanted Hiccup to part in a friendly term with Berk, which lead to the first few chapters focused mainly on him, Astrid and Stoick. Then I wanted to write a bit about his journey to Arendelle, since obviously it would take awhile. This lead to these last few chapters. And I wanted Hiccup and Elsa to meet as realistically as possible,, which lead to chapters like this one and the few next ones. You could say nothing of extraordinary happens most of the time (no huge battles or romantic drama, as some other excellent crossovers do), and because of that this fic realies mostly on accuracy to keep things interesting. About my mistakes I admit that I was sleepy more than once, and on some ocasions sick, when I updated it, hence the repeated paragraphs. Since the second time it happened I'm putting more effort so mistakes like these don't go past me. You might have realized that HTBADC doesn't have this sort of mistake. I gave a double update to it, and am now uploading this chapter. I hope you enjoy it both, and that you have enjoyed Hurtful Words.

Noctus Fury: I get more and more curious to talk to you personally (well, through PMs at least) as you post reviews on my story. I was slightly confused with your first paragraph; if you were talking about the rescue scene then worry not, there are more scenes to come. And yes, Heather is indeed in this fic, although she won't be as important as she is in How To Become a Dragon Chief. If you're elooking for Heathercup check out my other fic Searching For Echoes of the Past. You have a lot of interesting ideas, but, to keep the surprise for you, I won't say whether these are the ones I'm using or not. If you have any suggestions to give me, feel free to make an account and PM me at any time. That way we'd be able to discuss it.

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Berk, a few weeks later…

Stoick paled 10 times more than Fishlegs when Wartog told him what had happened. The Berkians murmured worriedly, both at what a man with control of such beasts was capable of doing, and that their promising heir went on a journey to track down this very creature. Few dared to imagine two Night Furies existed, so most stuck with the idea that the same dragon that attacked them would be the one being ridden.

To some it made sense, since a mindless beast wouldn't be able to think of crippling their defenses, and since nobody had ever seen it before, there was no way to know if it had a rider during the raids or not.

Some few people rumored that Hiccup sided with the beast once they learned from the description Wartog gave that the second dragon was the White Fury that fled, although Stoick quickly shut down this idea with threats. He refused to believe that Hiccup would side with the beasts; especially considering the amount of damage he had done on the village when trying to down a Night Fury. Some others thought the rider came and freed the dragon, then forged the letter before kidnapping Hiccup. This hypothesis quickly died down once Astrid relayed the information that Hiccup had told her: he had planned to leave. Some others rumored that Hiccup had found the elusive dragon, but had been killed by the rider, thus explaining why the White Fury was free.

Stoick, on the other hand, didn't know what to think. He asked the description of the rider but all Wartog could tell him was that he had a dark leather jacket and was using a hood and a scarf to cover his face. Some didn't believe that the dragon rescued the chief's daughter, but few paid heed to this fact. There were too many witnesses for the fact to be a lie, and even those wary of the rider relayed the truth.

Word soon began being passed around the Archipelago of the mysterious Night Fury rider, initially by traders. Warthog and his people had been allowed to live in Berk, and once Heather was healed she quickly became friends with Astrid. People had different opinions about the rider, but mostly only some of the people that had been on the boat saw the rider as a good sign.

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Hiccup, a few days later after the incident

"Are we done yet?" Hiccup yelled through the storm. They had begun travelling the Belt easily at the beginning, but met a fierce snowstorm at the end of it. Hiccup was afraid that lasting longer on it would severely damage the tailfin mechanics, to the point that it'd be beyond repair. And since they could only see water and mountains, it would be almost impossible to land and repair it.

Not to mention that if the mechanism broke they would certainly die, and he wanted to explore a little more before leaving this world.

'Almost there' Windwalker answered with a somewhat strained voice. Both dragons were nervously flapping through the air, trying to maintain balance and not get thrown out by the air currents. Windwalker and Toothless were panting, the huge effort of flapping their wings to maintain on course exhausting their bodies. And it was especially tiring for the white dragon, since he had an extra pair of wings to flap.

Once they finally passed through the storm, Hiccup sighed in relief and collapsed on Toothless' back. "We did it, we finally went through, didn't we bud?" he spoke as exhausted as the Furies were. While he was not the one flying he had to hold strongly to the saddle, otherwise his safety hook would snap and he would be thrown off from Toothless, a prospect he didn't want to face. There was also the fact that he had to constantly shift the prosthesis tail, having to, more than once, look back to mirror the real tail. The dragon crooned in response, also showing his exhaustion.

They lazily flew in silence, mostly gliding as they were using the new found air currents, while trying to recover from the storm. They were taking their time to slow down their fast beating hearts before continuing their journey. Unfortunately Windwalker broke the comfortable silence by speaking: 'There is a village up ahead, though it doesn't seem like anything what we know.' He informed.

Windwalker had been outside of the Archipelago, though it had been a long time ago, even before he began his vendetta against the Viking kind. Because of this he couldn't recognize the changes that had happened, but could remember whether or not the villages knew about dragons. And this was all that he needed.

Hiccup slowly and reluctantly sat up before taking his spy glass to look at said village. He was immediately mesmerized at the size of the village and the architecture. What caught the most of his attention was the castle. He knew a little about those kingdoms from the knowledge he was able to trade and from what Windwalker knew, but couldn't hold back his awe at finally seeing a castle.

After he managed to break off from his awe he spotted a forest near the town and smiled. "We can land in the woods, rest a bit, and continue our journey tomorrow. " he said while observing the giant forest around the castle.

He was so caught up with the village's visual that he didn't notice the trembling tailfin, until the rope snatched. Because of Toothless' sudden change in his flight pattern, Hiccup was startled, and would have fallen if he didn't have the safety harness hooked in. Luckily his spy glass didn't fall off, since he didn't have the schematics to build another one, or the proper tools.

Windwalker was startled as well, if they way he shouted Hiccup's name was of any indication. Hiccup turned his head and saw that the rope was torn, and the tailfin was also frozen. Since they flew in the same pattern since the storm, it made sense that neither would notice this. It was a relief that the tail froze otherwise they would be immediately plumbing to death.

"Windwalker. Circle above us. His tailfin is frozen and the rope snapped, so we can't change course. I'll have to break the ice and hold the tail; otherwise we will fall to our deaths. If anything happen, you'll be able to catch us before we crash." Windwalker shot a worried glance at Hiccup before nodding, and flew above them as the boy indicated.

The night was dark, and the light of the moon was barely able to illuminate them. For a moment Hiccup thought it was good, since it decreased the odds of being spotted, should anyone be awaken. "And, no matter what happen, we cannot make any sound. We can't afford to be spotted. And if we are, I need you to stay hidden, should we need back-up." He said, yelling to make sure that Windwalker would hear him and understand him.

Both dragons looked at him with worry evident in their eyes and reluctantly nodded. He slowly crawled to the end of Toothless' tail to break the ice. Toothless kept looking ahead so the air flow around his body wouldn't be hindered further, while Windwalker kept looking at Hiccup while circling them from above.

They were getting closer to the castle when he succeeded in breaking the ice. Although he succeeded, the change in the tailfin's position changed their direction, specifically toward one of the castle's tower. Since the rope was torn, there was no way he could change their course, at least not without turning to look, but risking falling off from Toothless. He was already strongly holding the tail and the tailfin to avoid that fact, and this was requiring his full attention.

Toothless emitted a low shriek, loud enough only for Hiccup and Windwalker to hear. An uneasy feeling set in his stomach, as he knew that could mean only one thing: they were probably too close to crashing for Windwalker to be able to rescue them. Knowing this, Hiccup could only address him before crashing. "Stay out of sight at all costs. Let's hope nobody will find us." He said, mumbling the last part before they hit the tower's window.

A few blocks, probably no more than half a dozen largely because of Toothless' small frame, came out with them since they passed directly through the narrow window. Toothless skid to a stop when his left shoulder hit the wall, but Hiccup wasn't so lucky. He was thrown off from Toothless' tail because of the momentum and hit hard the opposite wall, crashing into the ground.

He had had enough time only to put his arms in front of his head so he wouldn't have a severe concussion. Still he felt pain flow through his entire body when his body collided with the cold, hard stones.

Not only that but he also almost blacked out as soon as his body hit the ground. He barely managed to open his eyes, and did so only to find his vision blurry and someone looking at him… someone that had blond hair. "Are you a Valkyrie?" he dizzily asked before finally blacking out.

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Earlier this day in Arendelle…

A 15 years-old Elsa was having her lessons with the Queen, her mother. Since the accident 7 years earlier, the Queen decided to take upon teaching Elsa, a job previously done by her tutors. Agdar, the King, would occasionally teach her along with her mother, but most of the times his duties kept him from doing so.

And since her power outburst 3 years before the actual day, this was pretty much the only kind of contact Elsa held with her mother. It was rare for the Queen to visit her daughter for a reason that didn't involve studying, although not because neither didn't want it, but because Elsa closed off again from everyone.

Elsa stood a little distant from her mother while they studied. It helped her that her desk was large, thus allowing her to have a certain comfort zone from her mother, and father, when studying. She feared hurting her parents if she was too close as they had nearly been in that incident.

She sadly didn't have any physical contact with her parents since the outburst.

They were in the middle of the last lesson of the day when Elsa started to doze off. While she was an avid reader, like her mother, and enjoyed most of the subjects she studied, mainly literature, she had a hard time trying to concentrate on learning all the names of the Royal chronology.

Not to mention that she was often haunted by nightmares during the night, therefore greatly reducing the quality and length of her sleep. While most of the times she managed to stay awake for the whole lesson this time she didn't, as the night had been particularly harsh on her.

She was barely half asleep when the same nightmare that haunted her ever since the beginning of the isolation came to her. Even sometimes when she was alone and closed her eyes those fateful events came back to her. Either they were mere memories, like when she hit Anna or the outburst she had when both her parents had been in her room, or nightmares of Anna or her parents dying, turning into ice because her powers had struck them.

Her mother noticed Elsa dozing off. She secretly shared the same feeling that her daughter had regarding the need to know Arendelle's lineage. Still, she had to learn it once she was married to the King, and Elsa, as princess, unfortunately had to learn too.

Unfortunately it was unbeknown to the Queen that the nightmare her daughter had the night before, made Elsa lose a good portion of her sleep time awaken. Otherwise she would have ended their lessons so Elsa could get some rest.

"Elsa?" her mother called, but, to her, it looked like that the princess didn't register it. "Elsa, wake up… we're almost finished for today." and again she didn't budge. Idun found this slightly odd since it was very rare of Elsa falling asleep during the lessons. While she could read that some subjects were clearly boring to her daughter she almost never had seen her fall asleep because of it.

"Elsa…" her mother dared nudging her lightly to wake up. She knew Elsa was afraid of being touched but shouting was not something she'd do to have Elsa wake up. Nudging her worked, although not the way both expected. The nudge, along with the nightmare, startled Elsa awake, who accidentally froze the desk in response. Her mother instantly recoiled when Elsa was startled; as she saw the ice and snow come out of thin air.

Elsa gasped once she became aware of her surroundings, and looked at her desk horrified. The once brown desk was covered with a layer of white snow, just like her books were. There was also a small part of the table with covered a bluish coat of thin ice, mostly centered where Elsa had touched the desk. She abruptly stood, the chair falling to the ground with the sudden action, as she took some distance from her mother.

She clapped her hands together while holding a frightened position, and looked fearfully to her mother. "Mother… are you…" she asked, her voice nothing but a trembling whisper, not daring to finish the sentence. She was too afraid that she had hurt another person who loved her, just like she did in here recurring nightmares.

"I'm fine dear." her mother spoke in a soothing way, while taking deep breaths to slow down her heart. "You have nothing to fear." She added. It pained her to see her daughter with a fearful look in her eyes, but even more so when Elsa made visible the gap that their relationship had.

Every time something like this happened, her mind instantly flashed a very vivid memory of that outburst Elsa had years before. And every time she felt like the girl: on the verge of tears. Not to mention that this moment she felt completely responsible for the outburst Elsa just had.

"H-how I have nothing to fear. I almost hurt you." she spoke with a broken voice. She didn't dare pointing to the desk for fear that her powers would come out if her hand was not close to her. "Just like I hurt Anna 7 years ago…" she finished in a whisper, as if Elsa was speaking to herself. Unfortunately Idun was close enough from her daughter to hear that and, much like Elsa, her heart was crushed by hearing this.

"You didn't hurt me Elsa, I assure you." When this did little to calm the whimpering princess, the Queen tried another tactic "And… if you want we can continue with the lessons later." she suggested softly, while trying to hide the sadness behind the idea of leaving so early Elsa.

It pained her to be unable to comfort her daughter. Sometimes she questioned if Agdar's plan didn't horribly backfire, for she clearly didn't remember agreeing to all end up like this, even though Elsa had been the one to shut off completely from them…

Elsa didn't find her voice, so she answered by giving a small nod. The room's temperature had dropped severely but Elsa didn't register that, while Idun decided not to voice out about the cold since it would likely make the already bad situation worse. When Elsa made eye contact with her mother, guilt flashed through her at seeing the pained look her mother's eyes held. The same happened to her mother when her grayish-blue eyes looked to Elsa's pacific-blue eyes.

She began replaying in her head the motto her father taught her when he first present the gloves. She squeezed her hands to feel the material as if it could comfort her. Truth was, losing her magic even when wearing the gloves only made her more afraid that she would never be able to control that, as she no longer felt safe wearing the gloves, for they no longer were being capable of holding off her powers. Still, a part of her believed that, with the gloves concealing her hands, her powers needed to struggled more to break out, and that's was the only reason she still worn those for the time being.

The Queen, meanwhile, saw the internal struggle her daughter was having inside her. She decided to silently pack up the books she had brought to teach her daughter and leave. Elsa only snapped out when she heard the door open.

Her eyes darted on the figure standing by it. Fortunately, she was unbeknown to Idun's guilt regarding the outburst when mother and daughter looked at each other.

"If you need anything, let me know ok?" her mother asked to Elsa, who simply nodded in return. She did so more because her mother would calm by being answered than because Elsa felt like answering. With that the Queen left the room and Elsa locked the door shortly after. It became a habit after Anna almost entered it when they tried reconnecting years ago.

After exhaling a long breath she cleaned her desk and sat in front of it. Once it was clear enough to be used Elsa tried to calm herself by drawing using the pencils Anna was so kind to give her on her birthday.

She wasn't able to focus though, even if her heart was no longer drumming impossibly fast. Her drawing attempts ended resulting worse than the first drawings she did, or in unfinished sketches to be stored and that would likely never be finished after she stored them in her drawer.

Later that day, when it was near midnight, Elsa squeezed away from her room, by using the hidden passages the castle had, to visit her favorite spot. It was a habit she developed to whenever she needs to vent after having a power outburst, and shortly after she learned of the existence of said paths. She enjoyed the company of the stone, cold walls and the moon's light gracing the room.

She enjoyed being away from the 4 walls she was so familiar with these past 7 years.

She began visiting the tower once she found out about it a couple of years earlier, when her relationship with Anna staggered again. It had been used as a spot tower should the fjord ever be invaded. But since Arendelle has been generations without being invaded, the guards no longer took position in it since decades ago.

She also visited the tower to cry a little and refresh her mind, especially since Anna had one time overheard her small sobs in her room. It had been heartbreaking to her sister's sad voice because of her, and even more because Elsa couldn't let her in. Not if it would mean risking Anna's safety. Elsa had been thankful that her mother talked to Anna the day after otherwise she wouldn't be able to cope with the idea that Anna would feel responsible for Elsa's sobs that night.She also visited the tower to cry a little and refresh her mind, especially since Anna had one time overheard her small sobs in her room. It had been heartbreaking to her sister's sad voice because of her, and even more because Elsa couldn't let her in. Not if it would mean risking Anna's safety. Elsa had been thankful that her mother talked to Anna the day after otherwise she wouldn't be able to cope with the idea that Anna would feel responsible for Elsa's sobs that night.

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The Queen, as usual, went to her daughter's room to check if Elsa was there. Unbeknownst to Elsa, both her father and mother knew of her visits to that tower, even though it pained them every time she visited it. Once the Queen was sure that Elsa went to visit it, she retreated to her room, where her husband was sitting on the bed, reading a book while waiting for her.

She slowly changed into her nightgown, since the exhaustion was finally catching up with her. Once changed, she let out a sigh, before heading to the bed. Slowly slipping into the covers, she addressed Afdar, as she was not ready to sleep yet. "I went to check her room and she wasn't there. That means she went to the tower again." She pointed with a sad tone.

Agdar closed the book and laid it on his bed table. Turning to look at his wife, he shared the same sad feeling, but didn't speak anything. "We were actually going well today. She paid attention to the lessons, and I could even sense that she was happy. Until…" she paused, the smile she had when she began talking vanished with the pause and she tensing a bit, "We were revising the Royal lineage and she started dozing off." she told Agdar as her shoulders fell.

Agdar smiled apologetically to his wife. He knew she wasn't fond of memorizing the entire lineage, and that both his daughters acquired this trail from their mother. "I tried waking her up, but she didn't register it. So I gave a small nudge on her arm and them she awoke startled, dumping snow on the entire desk." Idun closed her eyes, although not because she was sleepy. She sighed, as she closed her eyes that had briefly been opened, and pinched the bridge of her nose.

"I don't know if it was because of my nudge, or if in a couple of seconds she was already having a nightmare. It pained me to see how scared she was when looked at me, and even more because I feel responsible for her outburst. She didn't approach me until I left the room. I adjourned our lesson after this… incident." His wife's teary eyes opened and looked at his, asking for guidance. She felt lost every time her daughter plainly shut them out and Agdar was the only one that could settle her worries down, at least for momentously, since he always seemed to be confident when talking about Elsa.

"What will we do? Elsa had made such progress a while ago, and then everything staggered back to square one. She completely shut herself from everyone, us included. I didn't think she would isolate herself like that… it feels even worse than the initial months of the isolation…" she said regretfully. To his credit, neither did he think Elsa would regress so much, so he was as lost as everyone else.

Putting a hand on her shoulder, he tried to comfort her. "We can't do anything but be there for her. She'll come out when she feels safe about it, like she was doing before. It must hurt her deeply losing control over her powers like that, not to mention it must scare her a lot… we can only be there for her and be patient…" He said, and they ended the conversation in an uncomfortable silence. After a minute or two of silence, each reflecting silently about the events of that day, they bid each other goodnight and drifted to an uneasy sleep.

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It had been exactly that night, after she had gone to the tower, in which Hiccup crashed. And it had been on the tower she was occupying that he landed on.

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ANII: I believe many of you were wondering at what age Elsa would be when she met Hiccup, and how she was faring with her isolation. Some of you probably thought this chapter you'd see them meeting, but that'll happen on the next chapter since I don't want an overgrown chapter standing out on my fic. Most of next chapter is already written, so its upload shouldn't take long.

As always, reviews and constructive criticisms are always welcome. And so are PM messages.

UNtil next time!