Note:(mini rant): I was reading some of my comments, and this is not directed at anyone in particular, but I just wanted to let people know why I haven't updated as quickly as they want me to. I have a job, so that means work, and I also have a social life. There are also some days I just don't want to write when I am off, I want to play my video games, or draw. I also have other fanfics I need to work on, but due to the popularity of this one, and that I do love this story, I've been mostly focusing on this one. I am only posting this, because someone complained that I took too long to put out the chapters, which kind of annoyed me. For one, I have been following some fics that haven't been updated in a year, and my readers for my other stories are waiting much longer for the updated chapters for those stories. I am trying to get this done, so I can return to those. I also have a trip planned, so I am going to write more stuff while I am on the plane. Sorry if I offended anyone, but I just wanted to get this off my chest. I love all of you, but just remember that the author of the fanfics you read do have a life. Thank you for understanding. ^_^
Note: I saw the second HTTYD movie, it was great, I won't put events of that movie in here right now, but I plan a series of one shots focusing on the two movies, the series, the specials, and any idea I come up with. I also bought Animal Crossing: New Leaf recently, I know it's been out for a year, but I wanted to wait to buy it. It's a pretty cute game so far. Once I unlock the QR code for the game, I am downloading Elsa and Anna's dresses for my character.
Healing and Awakening
Elsa paced around the room she was in. Kristoff and Ann stood in the corner of the room watching her. Elsa ran a hand through her white blonde hair.
"Elsa, what's wrong?" Anna asked.
"That boy is a Viking!" Elsa exclaimed.
"What's wrong with that?"
Elsa sighed and looked at her sister.
"Vikings are a warrior type society; they fight each other, and believe in the 'eye for an eye' mentality." Elsa told her. "The Duke set us up!"
"Well, maybe the boy comes from a nice Viking tribe." Anna said.
Elsa opened her mouth, but was interrupted.
"Your Majesty, we got the boy stable." A healer told her.
"Thank you for letting me know; I'll be right there." Elsa replied.
The healer bowed to her and left. Elsa let out a sigh, before she led the way to the infirmary, with Anna and Kristoff trailing behind her. She hesitated at the door, before she opened it to enter the infirmary. Anna and Kristoff followed in after her.
"He doesn't look much like a Viking." Kristoff noted.
Anna smacked him on the shoulder.
"Be nice." Anna replied.
"Why should he care, he's unconscious right now." Kristoff pointed out.
Elsa rolled her eyes at them, before she turned to look at the still sleeping boy. It had almost been a day since the boy arrived. Kristoff was right, he did not look much like a Viking, but his clothes gave away his heritage. She frowned; the boy was still much too pale. She gently ran a hand through his hair. She did not know why, but she felt motherly urge regarding the boy, even though he was two years younger than Anna. She wanted to protect this stranger.
"The Trolls!" Anna suddenly blurted out.
Kristoff and Elsa jumped, before turning to stare at Anna.
"Um, the trolls can heal him." Anna shyly told them.
Elsa turned back to the injured boy.
"They could, but we will have to wait a bit." Elsa replied.
"Why?" Anna asked.
"Look at him Anna; he might not even survive the journey if we take him now." Elsa said.
Elsa watched as Anna studied the boy.
"You're right." Anna said. "We'll have to wait."
"You know, the clothes he's wearing are bloodstained, and he could probably use a bath." Kristoff pointed out.
Elsa felt her cheeks go warm, the same time she saw Anna blush.
"We will get him fresh clothes, and summon someone to give him a bath." Elsa said.
She rushed out to get a servant and a healer. She was mortified, how could she forget about etiquette? Elsa summoned a servant and a healer, who followed her to the infirmary. The servant carried a set of clothes, while the healer brought nothing. To Elsa's horror, and embarrassment, the healer stripped the boy. Anna covered her red face, but peeked through her fingers. Elsa averted her eyes. Kristoff threw a pillow on the boy's lap. The servant his behind the clothes she had brought with her.
"There it is, glad I had everything prepared beforehand." The healer said.
In front of the healer was a small bath filled with warm water, Elsa gave the healer a confused look.
"Kristoff, I need you to help me wash the boy. Princess Anna, I need to help keep the bandages on his arms from getting wet. Queen Elsa, I need to you keep his head above the water so he doesn't drown." The healer said.
"How dare you-" The servant began.
Elsa stopped her by raising her hand in a placating manner.
"It's quite all right, I don't mind helping." She said.
Kristoff helped the healer place the Viking boy into the bathtub. Once the boy was submerged up to his chest, Elsa kneeled down and placed the boy's head in her lap. Anna rushed over, and lifted his arms up, so the bandages did not get wet. Kristoff helped the healer bathe the boy. After that, the healer took a cloth, and used that to wash the boy's face. The healer then took a jar, and filled it with water. She tipped the jar slowly over the boy's hair, and then she put shampoo in the boy's hair. She rubbed the shampoo into his hair, and then picked up the jar again to wash the shampoo out of the boy's hair. Anna and Elsa held the boy while the healer took some towels from a closet. Kristoff lifted the boy out of the tub, and the healer dried him off. Elsa averted her eyes again when she felt her face warm up. Anna's stared at the wall, her cheeks were bright red.
"You can bring the clothes over now." The healer told the servant. "Kristoff, I require your assistance."
"What?!" Kristoff exclaimed.
"I need you to help me dress him, I can't ask the Queen or the Princess to help me." The healer told him.
Kristoff laid the boy on the bed, and covered his lap with a towel. The healer handed Kristoff a pair of boxers first, the blonde man blushed, realizing the unspoken task he was forced to do. Looking away, he took the towel off, and put the boxers on the boy. The boxers were a pale green. Next the healer gave Kristoff a pair of white pants, which Kristoff pulled over the boy's legs and the boxers. Finally, the healer gave Kristoff a long sleeved, high collared, green silk tunic. Kristoff put the tunic on the boy, which covered the bandages on the boy's arms and neck. Elsa and Anna deemed it now safe to turn around.
"He looks less like a Viking now." Anna commented.
Elsa did not want to admit it, but Anna was right. When the boy had his original, blood stained outfit, it linked him to the Vikings. Wearing Arendelle clothes, he looked no different from them. Elsa still could not believe he was a Viking.
"Let's leave him to rest." Elsa told everyone.
The healer and the servant bowed to her, and left the room. Elsa took a blanket and covered the boy with it. If the servants saw her do such a menial task, they would have been horrified. She left the room with Anna and Kristoff.
Hiccup's dreams were lucid; it seemed that every time a dream started to take form, it would disappear into the mists of his mind. Slowly, the dreams started to come into focus, and Hiccup was thrown into another nightmare. In his nightmares, he was trapped by the Ice Queen, the troll, and the doll-sister. A red-haired figure flickered amongst them. Every time Hiccup tried to focus on the figure's face, the figure would vanish.
"Who are you?" Hiccup asked the figure.
The figure did not respond, it vanished into the mist, and its laughter rang in his ears.
Wake up
Hiccup tried to open his eyes, but they refused to open. His body refused to cooperate. Every time he tried to wake up, there was something that forced him to fall back asleep. As he continued to fight the lull of sleep, the force gradually seemed to disappear. Hiccup heard a far off groan, which he did not realize was his, when he opened his eyes to slits. His eyelids felt too heavy for him to open fully. The first thing Hiccup became aware of was a bright light, which caused him to close his eyes again. His slow, sleepy mind eventually caught up with him. He opened his eyes as much as he could again, which were still slits, and waited for his eyes to adjust to the bright light.
"Hello new friend!" A voice crashed into his thoughts.
Hiccup turned towards the voice, and his eyes widened in horror.
"Hi, I'm Olaf, and I like warm hugs!" The voice exclaimed.
Hiccup tried to scream, but no sound came from his mouth. A talking snowman, who must have been the Ice Queen's evil servant, spoke to him. Snowmen did not speak! The creepy thing approached him, and reached out with its stick arms. Using all of his strength, Hiccup tried to get away from the snowman. He lost his balance, and had a painful collision with the floor.
"Oh! Are you okay new friend?" The snowman asked. "I am going to get my friends, stay right there."
If Hiccup could have responded, he would've, but realized that he could not speak. He also could not move. The snowman left the room to get his 'friends.'
He's going to get the Ice Queen!
He tried to get up, but could not move.
"Hi Anna! Hi Kristoff! Hi Elsa!" Olaf exclaimed waving his arms.
"Hello Olaf!" Anna responded, waving back.
Elsa smiled at Anna and Olaf's antics.
"What is it Olaf?" Elsa asked.
"Our new friend is awake." Olaf told them.
Elsa's eyes widened. The boy was awake! According to what the healers had said, he should have stayed asleep for much longer, due to the drugs that had been given to him. The boy was more of a Viking than she thought. Kristoff and Anna ran out of the room to see the boy. Elsa followed after them at a slower pace.
"Bye Bye!" Olaf called after them.
Anna and Kristoff reached the room first, and Elsa joined them shortly afterwards.
"Where is he?" Anna asked, looking around the room.
Elsa looked around the room too. She did not see the boy, but noticed that the blanket she had given him was hanging off the right side of the bed. She went over, and saw the boy tangled in the sheets on the floor. The boy did not notice them right away.
"Are you alright?" Elsa asked.
She kneeled down next to the boy, and extended her hand. The boy turned towards her, and his eyes widened. He pulled away from here as much as he could, and tried to get up, but was unable to do so. Elsa felt like she had been slapped, she was not prepared to see so much fear in a person's eyes before.
"Here, let me help you up." Elsa heard Kristoff say.
The large blonde man put his hands around the boy's waist, and pulled him to his feet. The boy leaned into Kristoff's hold, not out of want, but out of necessity. Anna bounded over to them, and the boy looked at her with some confusion. It hurt Elsa to see the boy so at ease with Kristoff and Anna.
"Hi, I'm Anna and that's Kristoff. You have pretty green eyes! Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce my sister Elsa."
Elsa watched as something seemed to click in the boy's mind. His eyes shot to her, then Anna, and then Kristoff. He began to panic, and tried to break free from Kristoff's grasp. Anna got closer to him.
"Did I say something wrong? Please calm down!" Anna begged.
Elsa realized that the boy's fear got worse the closer she got to him.
"Anna." Elsa said, reaching out her hand.
That had been a bad move; the boy thought she was attacking him with how hard he struggled to break free. Anna and Kristoff tried to calm him down, but it only made things worse. The fear caught up to the injured boy, and Elsa watched as he fainted in Kristoff's arms.
"Put him back on the bed." Elsa told Kristoff.
Kristoff placed the boy back on the bed.
"I'm sorry." Anna said. "I didn't mean to scare him."
"It wasn't just you." Kristoff told her. "For some reason we all scared him."
"Only after Anna told him she was my sister." Elsa pointed out.
What did the Duke say to him about us?
Elsa looked at the boy, before placing the blanket on him again.
Hiccup opened his eyes again; it was a bit darker than before. He could not open his eyes all the way, but he felt slightly better than before. Although his head hurt a bit. His tired mind caught up to him once more, and his eyes widened. He tried to sit up, but he did not have the strength.
I've been captured by the Ice Queen! I'm her prisoner!
Hiccup stared at the ceiling above the bed, which he lay on. The bed was way too soft. He closed his eyes, partly to block out the world around him, and partly to focus on his memories before he ended up a prisoner. His memory was fuzzy, and he had a hard time remembering the last few days. He remembered Hans arriving to Berk, his father leaving to help their allies, and his nightmare. Everything else was gone.
What happened to Hans? Are my friends safe? Toothless!
Hiccup mustered up all of his strength, and managed to sit upright. He was hit by a case of vertigo, and fell back on to the bed. Hiccup closed his eyes in pain, and tried to calm down. The throbbing in his head became worse. He needed to get out, who knew what the Evil Queen would do to him. He tried to move again, but pain shot through his arms. He let out a silent scream in agony. He was in so much pain, that he did not notice any movement. A cooling hand was placed on his forehead, and in his painful state, it was a big relief.
Elsa checked on the boy after the boy's breathing evened out. She removed her hand form his forehead, and stared at him. The boy was running a slight fever, which she concluded was probably brought on by his injuries and stress. The boy was not asleep, even though his eyes were closed, but the pain seemed to have subsided a bit.
"Elsa?" Anna asked. "What are you doing?"
Elsa was slightly startled by her sister's voice.
"I came to check on the boy. Do you mind getting the healer?"
Of course! I'll be right back."
Anna left the infirmary to get a healer. Elsa went back to the boy; his eyes were now open to slits. His green eyes were looking at her. Elsa did not move; she did not want to scare the boy again. Her luck did not last, because the boy's eyes widened at the sight of her. Elsa began to panic, because the boy's struggles caused his injuries to get worse.
"Stop!" Elsa pleaded. "I am not going to hurt you!"
The boy did not listen; he still tried to get away from her.
"Stop!"
The boy stopped, and stared at her in fear.
Did he understand me?
She decided to continue talking, whether the boy could understand her or not, because he seemed to respond to her voice.
"I don't want to hurt you." Elsa stated. "My name is Elsa."
The boy gave her a wary look, but did not react in fear of her.
"I want to help you, and I can't do that if you won't let me."
Elsa stopped when Anna and the healer arrived.
"You've met my sister Anna." Elsa told him.
Anna waved at the boy, and bounced in place, she was trying to hide her excitement.
"This is our healer; she will give you some medicine to feel better."
The healer approached the boy, and handed him some medicine. The boy tried to take the medicine, but was too weak to move his arms. The healer put the medicine to his lips, and Elsa watched as he cautiously drank the medicine. After he was done drinking it, the healer left the room.
"Are you feeling better now?" Anna asked.
Elsa smiled at her sister; she envied the fact that Anna was so good with people. The boy looked at her, it may have been due to the medicine, but Elsa noticed that the fear in his eyes was fading a bit. The boy gave a small nod at Anna's question, which showed Elsa that the boy could understand them. Before the boy fell asleep again, he looked over at Elsa. She was taken by surprise when he gave her a small smile. Once the boy was asleep, Anna turned to her.
"We made progress! He likes us now!"
"Hush Anna, you'll wake him." Elsa gently scolded.
"Sorry. I just didn't like it when he was scared of us."
"Of me you mean."
"Elsa…"
"It's fine. When the boy wakes up, and as he recovers, you will be the one that will help him. He responds well to you."
"Yay!"
"Anna!"
"Sorry."
Anna and Elsa turned to leave the room, but not before checking on the boy. The boy was sleeping peacefully now. Both sisters left the room with smiles on their faces; they had made some progress with the boy.
To be Continued…
Note: You are probably wondering why Hiccup started to forgave them so easily. One of the biggest reasons is that in the beginning he is tired from the remnants of the drug and the pain. Later it was due to the medicine he was given. Also, taking his personality into account, Hiccup is shown being very forgiving. Spoilers He forgives his mom for not being there for his whole life, but she did have a good reason. End Spoilers
Next Chapter: Hiccup will be more aware in the next chapter, and Anna is going to be his guide to everything. Astrid may pop up, but not for very long. Hiccup will still be bedridden though, but he will have his own POV.
Note: I made a save file on my Animal Crossing: New Leaf game with a character named Hiccup. Yes, he is based on the HTTYD Hiccup, and what is funny is that the game randomly gave the character reddish hair and green eyes. See you next time. ^_^