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Hiccup

As soon as Astrid and Link left, Zelda rolled her eyes. Hiccup shot her a curious look, and she sighed. "Link can be so oblivious sometimes," she said simply.

"What do you mean?" Hiccup asked.

"Astrid doesn't want to train with him. She just wants to be around him," Zelda replied. "And Link would never know unless she just outright told him."

Hiccup laughed. "Trust me, she's not going to do that."

Zelda smiled. "Yes, she didn't seem like the type of person to share her feelings."

"Wait, so that's why Astrid doesn't like you. Because Link loves you," Hiccup concluded.

Zelda's face turned red. "You think so?"

"Are you kidding?" Hiccup exclaimed. "You should see the way he watches you whenever you're around. He always keeps his eyes on you. Plus, he got you a dragon for your birthday. That's really awesome."

Zelda smiled. "Yeah, I guess. It's just so hard to tell how he feels. He's so different from the way he was before."

"Different?" Hiccup repeated. "How?"

Zelda sighed. "Before the Calamity, he was so serious. He never smiled. The only times he did was when I made a joke, but he smiled as if he was required to."

"Link, serious? No way," Hiccup said in disbelief.

"I'm not kidding," Zelda said. "He followed me everywhere, as my personal knight. He was always silent, and only spoke when directly asked a question. I don't think I ever heard him laugh."

"Why did he change?" Hiccup asked.

"I'm not sure," Zelda answered. "But I do have a theory. After sleeping for 100 years, and waking up with no memory of who he was, or how he was supposed to act, he just changed."

Hiccup nodded. "That makes sense."

"But also, he woke up to a land where almost everything was destroyed. After recovering some of his memories, he realized all his old friends were dead or dying. He had nothing to lose. The world around him also probably affected him. 100 years ago, a strong, silent knight was admired, for he was obedient. But when Link woke up, Hyrule's army was completely destroyed. All the citizens that were left feared leaving their precious homes and towns. It was an incredibly dismal place to live. So, Link, knowing he was the destined Hero of Hyrule, did the best he could to make these people happier. He played with their children, helped collect the ingredients necessary to make dinner, and other simple things like that. He became happy, happier than I've ever seen him, and he was so much funnier, and open to laughter, because that was what Hyrule needed at the time," Zelda explained.

Hiccup nodded again. He couldn't imagine Link as silent and obedient. His friend was anything but those two things! Link always had to share his opinion, whether or not it was wanted, and he almost always refused to listen to orders, preferring to just run in and shoot everything in sight. He was funny and reckless, and although his stubbornness in ignoring Hiccup's orders was annoying sometimes, Hiccup liked Link a lot.

Just then, Reaper and Stormfly landed a few feet away from Hiccup and Zelda. Link dismounted, and Hiccup noticed he was sweating. Astrid also dismounted, and she looked even more tired than Link. She was also sweating, but she looked like she had been rained on. Despite that, she was smiling broadly. The smile vanished as Link walked over to hold Zelda's hand.

"How was training?" Zelda asked, sending Astrid a smirk.

"Great," Link replied. "We sparred mostly. First sword on sword, and I won, then axe on axe and Astrid mostly won, thought I beat her a couple of times near the end."

Zelda nodded. "Well, we should leave now. I don't want to fly during the night, and it's a long flight home."

"I agree," Link replied. "Hopefully we'll see you soon."

"Bye Link, bye Zelda," Hiccup called as the pair took off, headed towards home.

"Bye Link," Astrid called. Both Hiccup and Astrid turned to go back to their houses, Hiccup for more boring lessons, and Astrid to practice her swordplay.

As Hiccup walked toward his house, he saw his father headed towards him. Stoick walked right up to his son, smiling happily. "Hey, Hiccup!" he called.

"Hey, Dad," Hiccup replied, looking at the floor. He really didn't want to have to do any more lessons.

"Your friends left this for me," his dad said, holding out a piece of paper in an ornate envelope. "But I can't read their language. Could you read it for me?" Hiccup nodded tore it open, and read what was inside out loud, his smile growing wider and wider.

Greetings Stoick the Vast,

The Vikings are formally invited to attend the coronation of Princess Zelda Hyrule. The coronation will take place in two weeks at 5pm sharp in Hyrule Field. We hope you can join us as we unite Hyrule once again after 100 years of ruin.

Sincerely,

Princess Zelda Hyrule

"Can we go, Dad?" Hiccup asked excitedly.

"Of course," Stoick replied, laughing. "Everyone in Berk was invited. We're all going!"

"Awesome!" Hiccup cheered. "I can't wait!"