After forming a partnership between Arendelle and DunBroch and bonding with Hiccup over their experiences of having a friendless childhood, a wild old recluse appears to Elsa to give her input on something else.

This story is mostly rips off... I mean base itself on the Tales of Xillia skit titled "Yoked out mana lobes"

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"EEEK!" Elsa screamed. "I can't believe I'm riding on Toothless! God never meant for humans to go at such breakneck speed at a very high attitude!"

In reality, Toothless was walking along the ground very, VERY slowly. Partially because he sensed the Snow Queen's discomfort and partially because he didn't want Hiccup to berate him like he did when the dragon first met Astrid.

Hiccup was very calm despite the fact that a woman older than him was squeezing his arms in fear like a child to the point of pain. The fact that her hands were cold did not help matters.

"Don't worry, Elsa" Hiccup deadpanned. "It'll be over soon. Toothless stop trying to out walk that old lady with the cane. It's not race."

Both Hiccup and Jack had met up with Elsa back in Berk and they both decided to escort Elsa to DunBroch. Both boys knew the way to the kingdom in the highlands and Elsa could have always used the company. Jack was flying when he looked down and saw the reserved queen panicking as she left a trail of ice on the grass. He could not help but laugh and when he saw Elsa's bodyguard in tow, he decided to drop a snowball on him. Naturally, the guard assumed that it was Elsa's powers that did that.

But at least it got Elsa to lighten up. She giggled to the guard, "That wasn't me, I swear."

This is…. Nice, she thought. Even when they got back to their homes, Hiccup and Jack both went out of their way to escort me. Even when I was scared out of my mind, my friends tried to make me smile.

"Well, here we are. Thank Thor," Hiccup said. "Castle DunBroch."

Castle DunBroch was a majestic castle with its own earthly and gritty look. It was bustling with people as they welcomed the queen of a foreign land.

"I'm gonna sit this one out," Hiccup explained. "The Scots don't really like vikings. And it's your meeting."

"I'm gonna find Merida's little brothers," Jack said. "They remind me a little of myself.

Elsa nodded in understanding and she headed towards the castle to be greeted by Merida and her parents. The King of DunBroch was a burly, redhead not unlike Chief Stoick. The Queen was a beautiful middle aged woman draped in green.

"Welcome to DunBroch, Queen Elsa." the king said. "I'm Fergus, king of these lands."

"It is a pleasure to meet the young queen. I'm Queen Elinor."

Elsa bowed in respect.

"Hey, Elsa," Merida, wearing a tight, green dress with a tight corset underneath, casually said while not standing up straight compared to her parents' regal posture.

"Merida, straighten up. And show some respect," Elinor said. Even though she knew that Merida and Elsa were friends, manners were still manners.

So Merida gave a curtsy and then said, "Yo whatup, Els."

Elinor groaned while Elsa let out a tiny snicker.

"Well," Elsa began. "Shall we go ahead with this meeting?"

The trade meeting was rather uneventful as it consisted of two people, the queens, who were roughly equal in intellect and political savvy, debating the terms. Merida had almost fell asleep twice while her father almost fallen asleep seven times. Eventually after a few hours, they were able to get an agreement where everyone was happy.

"Well, Queen Elsa, those were intense negotiations," Elinor complimented.

"Indeed."

"Merida, you can learn a few things from this young woman."

Merida rolled her eyes. Sensing her sadness, Elsa said, "Oh, I'm sure Merida will be even a greater queen than I."

Merida smiled, which caused Elsa to smile back.

To think, that I can make someone else feel better. It's incredible.

"Well, your Majesties," Elsa bowed. "I do have to be going. My dear sister must miss me so much by now."

"Farewell, Queen Elsa," Fergus said. "May fortune bless your kingdom."

Elsa left the great hall leaving on the royal family of DunBroch there.

"She reminds me of myself when I was her age," Elinor bragged.

"Sure, mom," Merida responded, not really believing her.

"But I say, must she wear that gown? It's so…. revealing. She seems to be rather free with herself…"

"MOM!" Merida yelled. Then she lowered her tone, "We went over this. She's just expressing herself like any other young person."

"Besides," Fergus defended and winked. "Maybe we can ask her if there is a dress like in your size, my dear."

"Not in front of Merida!"

"Yeah, dad. I don't want to see THAT image of Mom," Merida whined as she got up to see her friends off. As soon as she got of the monkey dress anyway.

Back outside, Elsa was smiling ear to ear as she had completed her mission. Now Arendelle did not have to suffer economically after cutting ties with Weasaltown, and for the first time, Elsa did not feel like a failure as a ruler. She saw Hiccup and Toothless lying on top of the hillside and she went up to greet them.

"Hiccup! DunBroch is the newest trading partner of Arendelle," she said in relief. "We're going to be okay. When I get home, I am going to stay in bed for a month."

Hiccup smiled, "I'm happy for you, Elsa."

"My gratitude that you are happy. And thank you, Toothless, and Jack for accompanying me on to DunBroch."

"What are friends for?"

There's that word, "friends", again. It really began to hit her how lucky she was to have met such a wonderful group of people.

"Friends…" she repeated. "I still can't believe it that I actually have friends. It still feels so surreal to not be alone."

"I know the feeling," Hiccup agreed as he petted Toothless. "But it's a feeling that I never want to lose."

"And who knew that riding a dragon would be…"

"Amazing?"

"Terrifying."

"It gets easier," Hiccup comforted. But he noticed a couple of people missing and one strange person here, "Where's Jack? He's supposed to be leaving with us. And I would have thought Merida would have come to give a farewell… and who's that?"

Hiccup pointed behind Elsa and she turned around to see a short, elderly lady wearing green with a crow on her head. The elder smiled at Elsa.

"Hello dearie," the old crone greeted.

"Ummm… hello."

"The dress she wears would look nice on the missus!" the crow cawed.

Elsa and Hiccup were dumbfounded as they just heard a talking crow. But what the lady said next would shock Elsa even more.

"You have magic in you, don't you?"

Elsa's usual feeling of anxiety began to creep up inside of her as she fidgeted with hands and looked for a way out.

Great. This is how I'll probably die. Pecked to death by that talking crow while the old lady laughs and laughs.

However when the elder said, "Do show a frail, old lady your magic." Elsa was surprised.

"I'm sorry?" she said wanting clarity.

"Don't worry, I'm a fellow witch too. I won't burn you at the stake," the old lady explained.

Hiccup was not really buying this, "That phrase is what someone would usually say before they actually burn someone at the stake."

Elsa was a bit a skeptical as she thought she was the only one who was magical. But since she met dragon trainers, another guy who has ice magic, and a young girl who sees Will o Wisps, Elsa figured that it really could not hurt to show this woman. So Elsa decided a cast a few flurries and make small items with her snow. She made a patch of snow, a glob of ice, and a snowwoman because she wanted to mix it up after building so many snowmen.

"Just as I thought," the alleged witch said. "Your magic is very developed."

"It is?" asked Elsa.

"How can you tell just by looking?" Hiccup wondered.

The witch explained, "When this young dearie casts her magic, her face becomes stern and determined."

"I have trouble believing that," Hiccup denounced as he was always a rationalist.

Elsa decided to finally have her fun in teasing. "Hiccup, does this mean that you think my face is goofy looking and easily swayed?"

"N-no," stammered Hiccup. "That's not what I meant."

But when he saw Elsa laugh, he relaxed a bit as well though it wasn't as funny for him.

No wonder Anna teases so much. It is rather fun Elsa thought.

Just then overhearing the conversation, Jack Frost decided to land in. He was finishing up playing with Merida's little brothers and they'd had a good time pranking their well-endowed nanny with ice. Of course, it had gotten awkward for the four of them when they walked in on said nanny and some muscular guy doing something that is not going to be described. As soon as he told the brothers to ask their parents about…. treasure hunting in caves, he made a break for it and found his friends. And since, they were talking to an old lady about ice magic, he wanted in.

"Hold on, Hiccup," Jack interjected. "This so called witch could be onto something. I sometimes feel my face become stern lookin when I use ice magic. I wonder if the same part of the brain that controls the face can also control the magic."

Hiccup raised his hands in disbelief, "Jack, you aren't actually buying into this insanity, are you?"

"Jack?" the witch asked. "Who's Jack? Who are you talking to, you ugly child?"

Hiccup just simply sighed.

Elsa wanted to know how to control her powers better. so she decided that she should believe the witch.

Who knows, it could be nice to actually have someone teach me how to use magic.

"Then maybe," Elsa began. "Could the relationship go both ways? Maybe if we… I mean I…"

Elsa had to remember that the old woman couldn't see Jack. Of course, since this witch was supposedly magical, Elsa wondered why she couldn't see him.

"err, I strengthen our… I mean 'my' facial muscles our magic…. Ugh"

Jack could see that Elsa was struggling for his sake and to keep herself from looking psychotic, he reasoned "Elsa, don't worry about this old hag not being able to see me. From the looks of her, she lost the right to judge someone else as insane."

"Strengthen the facial muscles… maybe magic will get stronger," she said in a tone equivalent to ripping a band aid right off.

I sounded like Anna rambling just now

"Well, it can't hurt to try," Jack dared. "Let's do this. 1! 2! 3!"

At that moment both Elsa and Jack froze (not literally) their faces in a stern look. Since they weren't in any real danger and both characters are just naturally adorable looking, they looked a bit ridiculous with their serious looks. But hey, looking silly is a bit of a price to pay to control the ice and make it stronger.

Just then, Merida arrived. After she dressed into her casual clothes and after she'd wondered why her kid brothers were talking about treasure hunting in caves, she'd arrived at the hillside to see her friends off and wish them a safe journey.

"Oh good, you guys haven't left yet and…." Merida said before she stopped and saw the elderly lady. "You?! Why are you here?"

"Oh you're the girl who wanted to turn her mother into a bear," the witch said. "How did it go?"

"Did your mother BEAR the fruit of your actions?" the crow joked.

"Shoo shoo! Go away, old hag!" Merida yelled at the witch while making hand gestures as if she's shooing away a rodent. "Do not try to butter my three friends up. I won't let you scam them into becoming bears."

"Three?" the witch said in confusion. "I only see one young woman who can use magic and the ugly boy who is going mad. Are you going mad like the ugly boy?"

Hiccup sighed. "It's not like that bothers me or anything."

"Shut it, witch," Merida ordered. "Go back to your house in the middle of nowhere."

Hiccup could tell that Merida and this old woman did not have a good history together. He then figured that this must have been the witch Merida talked about who can control brooms and knives with her mind.

"Very well, I'm sorry," the witch apologized. "And to think the ice sorceress could have become even stronger with her magic. And she would have had the honor of being the first person to turn into a majestic polar bear."

The witch left as her last sentence left the ice users stunned into silence. Not to mention that they were in such disbelief, their faces STILL remained stern looking. Merida noticed their unmoving expressions.

"Hiccup, what's wrong with these two? Why are their faces like that? They look so… strict"

Hiccup raised his hands in the air again, "I think we've just witness the first scam victims being conned into making strikingly well=defined faces."

Indeed, Elsa thought.

The next story will be the conclusion of the Arendelle sisters' arc. And it will be less funny and more full of feels.