The next day.
After Hiccup woke up that morning and had breakfast with his aunts, he decided that he should know what Elsa was doing in her office. But knowing she might have a lot to do he decided that he should wait until she gets out from her office and then he will enter. The time was running slowly him while he was waiting.
"Oh, in the name of heavens, she truly has to stay there all day?" he said to himself thinking that maybe he could do something else, but then he heard a door opening and he looked to the hall and saw the door to Elsa's office had opened and she came out from there and closed it before leaving.
This was Hiccup's chance, now he immediately went to the door and entered Elsa's office. In her office there was a desk with lots of papers, an ink pot and a feather for writing, a map of the kingdom and many other things as well. All that impressed Hiccup very much.
When he turned his head to his right side he saw a portrait of a man with a mustache, wearing a crown, with some medals, who was holding a globe in his left hand and a scepter in the right hand. Hiccup presumed he was the former king of Arendelle, Elsa and Anna's father and of course his uncle who died when he was coming to visit Berk with the queen. Seeing his portrait he felt sorry for what happened to him and of course he will never manage to meet him in person now, but he took a deep breath and said:
"Hi…...uncle" Hiccup began "I think you never met me but you heard of me, I only wonder how you were during your life." Hiccup said while looking at the king's portrait.
Hiccup thought that he was a very good king loved by his people, as Anna and Elsa are, and believed that he was a loving father as well for his aunts.
"Rest in peace uncle." Hiccup said and went to Elsa's desk and began to look in the papers on it, there were lots of them.
From trade agreements to alliances, to marriage proposals and many other stuff and while Hiccup was looking in them he was shocked to see all of these, of course he thought that being a king, queen or emperor was something important and a great responsability, they are prepared from a very young age to be the future ruler of a country and to do good for there subjects to be happy and to keep a balance. But he never thought that they have so much to do.
"In the name of Odin, a king has to do all these?!" Hiccup asked himself "Now this is really too much."
While he was looking in the papers he began to think a little about being a chief in a Viking village. 'Being a chief in a village is hard as well as being a king, but still being a chief might be a little easier in some point of view.' He thought to himself.
While he was looking around his attention moved back towards the portrait of the king who was holding the scepter and the globe in his hands.
Hiccup wondered how a coronation might be and while he was wondering he was trying to imagine that and then he noticed a small blue box and a candle on the table.
"All right" Hiccup began "From what I know, the bishop has to put the crown on the king's head first" he said to himself.
"Then the bishop gives the scepter and the globe to the king," Hiccup said taking on of the candle stake and holds it in his right hand and the box in his left hand.
"And while the bishop is saying some prayer, or a speech" Hiccup said turning around "the king holds the scepter and the globe in his hands, towards the crowd and….." Hiccup while imagining the office to be the church full of people looking at him made him completely speechless and realized: "I can't do this." He said and put the candle stick and the box back on the table.
"If there is something I can not do, this is it." Hiccup said, of course for him it will be something very annoying, still didn't like to get too much attention.
After a moment he decided to look inside Elsa's desk to see what is in there.
In first drawer there were lots of other documents in the second there were other writing instruments, things not too much of interest but then he saw the last drawer who was a little open.
"I wonder what is in there." Hiccup said to himself and decided to open it.
After his hand touched the drawer he slowly opened it and saw only one document and decided to take a look at it but while he was taking it to see what was in it…
"What are you doing?" Hiccup heard and he immediately stands up and sees Elsa who was looking at him waiting for an answer, Hiccup was stupefied, and didn't knowing how to explain what he was doing.
"Aunt Elsa, I was just umm….."
"Just what?" Elsa asked again more seriously, but Hiccup didn't know how to express himself.
"Looking to find out what a queen has to do?" Elsa said.
"Well….yes that is what I was doing." Hiccup said.
"Well, if you truly wanted to know, you could only ask, Hiccup." Elsa said.
"Sorry auntie, it will not happen again, but I truly want to know what a king or a queen has to do." Hiccup said.
"Well if this is what you want, I will tell you." Elsa said.
"A queen or a king, has to make sure that the kingdom and its people work good, that they are happy and safe from danger, and the queen or king must be a good example for all of them, because if not they will not respect them. Of course they have to meet with dignitaries from other countries to make treaties and talk about politics." Elsa said and continued the explanations, till she finished.
"Wow, there is a lot of work to do." Hiccup said.
"Well, it is but we have to do this, it's our duty, we are prepared for it since we are young." Elsa said "Is there anything else you want to know?" she asked.
"Well yeah, I heard that you had some sort of personal problem, what kind of problem is that?" Hiccup asked, shocking Elsa a little, but of course she knew that she has to lie, even if she hated to do this.
"Hiccup this is more like something personal. I have to handle it myself." Elsa said.
"But I only want to know what it is." Hiccup said.
"Look Hiccup I have lots of things to do in today's agenda and I don't have time to tell you." Elsa said.
"And now I need some peace and quiet, so if I will ask you to leave if you don't mind." Elsa said.
"All right aunt Elsa, maybe we can meet later after you finish." Hiccup said.
"I will try, see you later Hiccup." Elsa said before Hiccup left and closed the door.
Of course for her it was very painful, she truly wanted to spend time with her new nephew, but it isn't the work she has to do, it was the fact she has to hide her powers from him.
Walking down the hall, Hiccup was thinking about Elsa and the work she has to do and then, he remembered about Toothless who was outside and immediately went to see him, hoping nothing happened to him or more specifically he hasn't jumped on a soldier or a servant of the palace again.
Hiccup went outside in the palace gardens and found Toothless there leaning on the grass waiting for him like a loyal dog. Hiccup went to him and remembered something from the other day when he meet Kristoff and Sven and questioned about the Snow Queen, of course he noticed Kristoff`s and Anna's strange behavior when he mentioned about her.
"Well Toothless, it seems that we will go on a little ride." Hiccup said while getting on his saddle.
"In the highest mountains of Arendelle, to find a strange ice palace, who knows maybe we will find Kristoff and Sven as well." Hiccup finished and busted in the air.
After a few minutes they have manage to get into the mountains of Arendelle, the mountains were reminding Hiccup of Berk in winter, the mountains were full of snow and there were some glaciers around, but not what Hiccup was looking for.
"All right Toothless, we will land there to take a closer look around." Hiccup said to Toothless as they were landing.
Hiccup got off his saddle and together with Toothless, he began searching the area to see if he will find the palace, but as they were doing this, they noticed that far away a snow storm was approaching.
After thirteen minutes of searching and looking around he arrived at a frozen lake which looked like the ice was cut with a chainsaw and Hiccup assumed that Kristoff was here to take the ice he had to sell as well as others with the same job and continued to look for what he has came for but he couldn't find the ice palace of the Snow Queen.
"I knew it, that she is only a story." Hiccup said to himself and jumped on the saddle and went into the air to return to the royal castle of Arendelle.
While they were flying he saw Kristoff and Sven with their sledge full with ice.
"I wonder if they know of the coming storm?" Hiccup questioned himself and decided to land to warn them about it.
"All right Toothless, we have to tell them about the snow storm we saw in the distance." Hiccup said to his dragon and they decided to land in front of them.
Kristoff and Sven while moving forward to the city to sell their ice, they saw something black in the air which was coming towards them, once that thing landed it made Sven rise his front legs and Kristoff to jump and land in the snow, he managed to get up after a minute and then he saw Hiccup and his black dragon.
"Oh, Hiccup it`s you." Kristoff said.
"Hi Kristoff, sorry if we scared you." Hiccup apologized.
"No, no, it's nothing to worry about." Kristoff said before asking.
"But what are you doing here, I thought you were at the castle with your aunts?"
"I was but I came here to be sure of a certain thing" Hiccup replied.
"About, what thing more exactly?" Kristoff asked.
"Do you remember when I mentioned about the Snow Queen and when I asked you if you have seen an ice palace?" Hiccup asked.
"Oh, so that`s what you are looking for." Kristoff said. "I think you didn't believe in it?"
"Well yeah, I don't believe in it but I want to be sure, to make Fishlegs to calm down when I go back to Berk. I think I didn't tell you about how scared he was when I mentioned about Arendelle and my aunts." Hiccup said.
"No, you didn't mention about this." Kristoff said before asking "And now you are certain that she is not real?"
"Yes I am officially certain, and there is another thing I should tell you." Hiccup said.
"And what is that?" Kristoff asked.
"There, in the distance a storm is approaching and I think you should know." Hiccup pointed towards the horizon..
"Oh yeah, thanks for telling me about this." Kristoff said, and continued "I will try to get to the city immediately before it comes, but the storm will get to the city as well and the rain will begin at midnight."
"How do you know it will get to the city?" Hiccup asked.
"From how it looks, you see the wind is pushing the clouds forward in that direction." Kristoff said pointing in the direction of the city. Of course he knew how it will go because he spent all his life with the trolls and they taught him how nature goes, but of course he thought that it is not the time for Hiccup to know about the trolls.
"Well then good to know and I think I should go back to the castle as well before it starts." Hiccup said. "Can I help you with something Kristoff?"
"Well, if you ask I want to get this ice block to your aunts before the storm rages on." Kristoff said.
"I can try to give it to them if you want." Hiccup said
"Are you sure about it? I think an ice block it's not so easy to take, especially if you fly with it." Kristoff informed Hiccup.
"I think I can manage, all I need is a rope." Hiccup said and Kristoff remembered he has two spare ropes in case of need, in his sledge and began to searching for them and found it near the place he stayed and handed it to Hiccup.
"Thanks Kristoff and don't worry, I will give the rope back to you."
"With pleasure, now the ice block." Kristoff said and took the ice block from his sledge, but when he wanted to put it on Toothless he rose in two legs and made the ice fall in the snow. Hiccup was trying to calm him down while Kristoff put the block on him and then Hiccup tied the rope to make sure it will not fall while they are flying back to the city.
"I hope you will be alright when you come to the city." Hiccup said.
"Don't worry Hiccup it will not be a big deal." Kristoff said.
"Then let's hope it will be the way you say." Hiccup said.
"It will be, see you tomorrow." Kristoff said.
"See you tomorrow as well." Hiccup said before bursting into the air and arrived at the royal castle safely where they met Anna.
"Hiccup, where have you've been?" Anna asked.
"I took a trip to the mountains to find an ice palace. On my way back, I met Kristoff and Sven and told them that a storm will come, so they gave me this ice block to give it to you." Hiccup said getting of his saddle and handing the ice block to Anna.
"Oh good we truly needed it, but why did go to the mountains to look for an ice palace, I thought that you don't believe in the Snow Queen?" Anna asked.
"I don't I wanted only to be sure of it, to tell Fishlegs that she is only a story and there is nothing to worry about." Hiccup replied.
"Well then good to know and about the storm you saw?" Anna asked.
"I have seen big clouds that are coming when Toothless and I arrived there, after several minutes that we have walked and realize there is no ice palace we wanted to return and while we were flying we saw Kristoff with his sledge full of ice blocks and wanted to tell him about the storm, he told us that he knew about it and said that it will get to the city at midnight." Hiccup explained.
"In that case we should get inside before it starts, shouldn`t we?" Anna said smiling before calling a servant to take the ice block and went inside.
For the rest of the day Hiccup tried to stay near his aunt Elsa watching what she was doing and Elsa as well tried to do so but with her fear of not hearting him or to show him her powers she just couldn't stop but avoiding him in any way.
Hiccup began to think that Elsa simply dislikes him which in reality wasn't true. Elsa is not disliking her nephew she is doing this only to protect him the same thing she did when it was with Anna, for her it was the most horrible time in her life and now it is the same thing all over again.
In that evening when Hiccup was on his bed he thought of how Elsa was behaving when he wanted to be with her, not knowing why it was like she simply disliked him and Toothless was near him awake as well.
"Why aunt Elsa has avoided me, it is so weird." Hiccup said and Toothless heard him placing his head on his lap like a cat.
"I think she dislikes me Toothless." Hiccup said to his dragon who behaved as he understood but thinking the contrary.
"All right Toothless I understand, you think it is not the way I think." Hiccup said and placed his head on his pillow and fell asleep with Toothless near him, sleeping now peacefully. But in Elsa's room her sleep was different.
It was her nightmare.
Elsa was in a strange place everything around her was black. She was trembling she stared at her hands and saw ice was coming out of them continuously, she couldn't control her powers even if she was trying she simply couldn't do anything.
"Oh God why is this happening?" She said before hearing a voice.
"Aunt Elsa." She turned around to see Hiccup who was approaching her worried.
"HICCUP, STAY BACK." She yelled at him and she began losing control of her powers more and more, but her nephew was still approaching.
"Auntie what is going on? Maybe I can help you." Hiccup said but Elsa was still worried.
"Hiccup please stay back, you can't do anything for me." Elsa said, even more scared.
"Auntie please." Hiccup said but Elsa put her right hand forward and without knowing a little ice needle jumped and hit Hiccup in his chest making him fall down with his hands on his heart, in pain.
"NOOOOOO." Elsa yelled and ran towards him placing her hands on him Hugging him and looking at him.
"Auntie…..help." Hiccup said very weakly.
"Hiccup, no." Elsa said with tears in her eyes. "I am so sorry."
But with in a blink of an eye Hiccup closed his eyes unconscious, making Elsa to despair and to wake up.
"NOOO." Elsa screamed and woke up from her dream.
Nightmare Ends.
Elsa was breathing heavily and was very stressed, she was now wide awake but very worried and so she got out of bed and went out of the room running in the halls. She got to a door and opened it and there she found Hiccup safe and sound sleeping peacefully in his bed with his black dragon near him, that made her calm down and went near him, he may be different but for her and Anna he was still a member of the family.
On seeing him now she placed her hand and kissed his face. But when she opened the door she didn't notice that Toothless woke up and saw everything, but just after she kissed Hiccup she realized.
"What, never seen affection like this before?" Elsa asked and Toothless put his head down on the floor.
Elsa stood there and a little but she realized that it was still dark outside and it was stormy and she was still exhausted from the day. She leaned her head on the bed near Hiccup and kissed him again on his head (she being behind him), and she fell asleep again.
But in that moment the door opened again and Anna entered to see what was going on and saw Elsa sleeping near Hiccup. Seeing this, she thought it was very cute and she was happy to see her sister and her new nephew together even they were not awake in the day but still it was better then nothing.
"Sweet dreams." Anna said very low and went outside the room to go back to bed for her sleep and be ready for tomorrow.