Author's Note: Hello readers! Second chapter is here. To tell you the truth, this chapter was originally a part of the first chapter but it became too long so I have to cut it into different chapters.
To reader JanessaVR: Thanks for reviewing! Now for your review, what you've point out is true and I've also thought about it before writing this story. To tell you the truth, I'm not an expert in the exact mechanics of the monarchy system but I try to write it to my best understanding. So your future input will definitely be useful.
Anyway, here's my explanation of what Elsa was considering.
1) While it's true that there is a difference between a Prince Consort and a King, to most men, becoming a Prince Consort is close enough to being a King. After all, the treatment and privilege received is almost the same. A man that doesn't care about running a kingdom would be content with the title and Elsa wouldn't want that kind of man.
About the ruling power, while it is true that Elsa can limit the power of the Prince Consort, there are many ways for the Prince Consort to gain power. The first is that he can use social engineering to get what he wants (such as suggestions or subtle manipulations and stuff). The second is even worse…he can have the queen removed entirely so that he will have absolute power.
This was what Hans tried to achieve in the movie. He could be less evil by sparing Anna and keep her in the dark but then he wouldn't have total power and would have to resort to manipulations to get what he want instead of having direct control.
This is what Elsa feared in case she chooses the wrong suitor. She wasn't afraid of the Prince Consort having ruling power or not, she was afraid if he tries to get it and the method he would use to do it.
2) It's true that a political marriage alliance is usually between prince and princess, and it would be seriously hard if it is done between the ruling monarch instead. This of course will be a plot point in the story as both Hiccup and Elsa will realize this fact.
Elsa doesn't want to sacrifice her sister's happiness and so wouldn't marry her to a foreign prince or king and Hiccup knew that he couldn't leave his throne, and it would be easier if he were to choose someone from his kingdom instead. But for his and Elsa's happiness, would he do it?
Alright, on to the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own HTTYD or Frozen. They both belong to Disney and Dreamworks.
Chapter 2 - A Viking's Tale
"Introducing, Emissary Tuffnut and Ruffnut from the Viking Kingdom of Berk!" Kai announced and the twins bowed courtly before the Snow Queen in Arendelle's court. Elsa was dressed in her Snow Queen attire as Anna called it instead of her normal official attire. She didn't want to wear it in front of foreign officials but Anna can be very persuasive.
"Woah! The rumors were true! She is a beauty!" Tuffnut whispered while they were still bowing.
"Yeah, if Hiccup still refuses her, I'm gonna punch him!" Ruffnut replied.
"And I would go for her!"
"And you too!"
The twins continued to bow for a while and Elsa raised an eyebrow at this. Anna, who was at her side could only glance at her sister.
'How long are they going to bow? Is this their custom? Should I do something? And what strange names, Tuffnut and Ruffnut?' thought Elsa.
The twins then straightened and coughed. "Ahem, greetings o' fair and beautiful Queen of Arendelle! We are from the glorious Viking Kingdom of Berk! And we wish to build a friendly and hopefully, permanent relationship with the fair Kingdom of Arendelle!" Ruffnut said.
Tuffnut then took out a round metal shield with Berk's crest and on top of the shield is a sword, book and the official letter that states the intent for the marriage proposal. Tuffnut then moved forward and presented the items to Elsa.
Elsa took it and thanked Tuffnut before he resumed his position at Ruffnut's side. Elsa took the letter first and began to read it before Ruffnut spoke.
"If there is anything that Your Highness wish to know, you can just ask," Ruffnut said and Elsa gave the letter to Kai.
"Well, yes and I hope you won't mind answering them?" Elsa said and Tuffnut grinned.
"Not at all," Tuffnut said with a grin and his sister elbowed him.
"Manners," Ruffnut whispered.
Elsa raised an eyebrow but decided to continue. "Well, for starters, I rarely heard of the Viking Kingdom of Berk and especially about your King…" Elsa's eyebrow was raised again at the name of the Viking King.
"King Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third!" Tuffnut said proudly and Anna let out a snicker before she managed to restrain herself. Elsa glared at her and Anna managed a meek apology at the Viking representatives.
"Naw, to be honest, we Vikings have a terrible naming sense, now that we think about it" Tuffnut said and waved his arm at Anna. Ruffnut rolled her eyes at Tuffnut's casual way of speaking. "The name Hiccup isn't the worst; in fact, it sounds much better when compared to Fishlegs,"
At this Anna laughed out loud and Elsa herself chuckled before regaining herself. "Fish-fishlegs? Wha-why?"
Elsa glared at her sister again and sent a wave of chill down her spine and Anna let out a small 'eep!' and apologized again.
"Well, those names were supposed to be scary to the trolls and gnomes," Ruffnut shrugged and gave up on the notion of formal talk.
Elsa, Anna and Kristoff who was among the other officials in court, looked at each other at the mention of trolls.
"I see. Regardless, you must forgive my court for our lack of knowledge on your kingdom," Elsa said, hoping to find out more about the Viking Kingdom.
"Well, that…" Tuffnut began. "It's not surprising if you don't know, the Viking Kingdom is still young,"
"And chose to isolate itself," Ruffnut whispered to herself.
"Young?" Elsa asked.
"U-huh," Tuffnut nodded. Arendelle's officials were kind of taken aback by the twin's casual way of speaking to their ruler, but in their mind, it was expected from the 'savages'. Elsa, meanwhile, didn't mind and was more interested in knowing more about the Viking Kingdom than worrying about etiquette for the moment.
"You see, the Viking Kingdom of Berk was only established a year ago," Ruffnut said and one of the Arendelle's officials smirked at this. The kingdom was too young and they hope to gain alliance with one of the oldest kingdom in the region?
"I see," Elsa said. "But, the last time I heard about the Vikings, there weren't anything bigger than tribes and clans. To think that the Vikings were finally unified,"
"Tell me about it. We Vikings are very stubborn," Tuffnut said and Ruffnut continued. "We have stubbornness issues. It wasn't easy getting them all under one banner,"
Elsa eyed the twin Vikings for a moment. They didn't tell her how exactly they unify the Vikings, but she has the impression that a lot of force was used. This was worrying. What would stop them if she refused the Vikings offer? Would they come and use force on Arendelle too?
"It must have taken a great person to be able to unite such…stubborn people," Elsa said, trying to find out more about their leader.
"Weeeell," the twins turned to look at each other. "When you put it that way, yeah he is great if compared to other Vikings," Ruffnut said.
"Come to think about it, we kind of took his achievements for granted, huh?" Ruffnut said while rubbing her chin.
"Well, he is weird, after all," Tuffnut shrugged.
Elsa's eyebrow was raised again. How many times have she done that today, she wondered. 'What a strange group of people. How could they describe their leader as such in front of other leaders?'
"Well, I'm afraid I have to know more about King Hiccup," Elsa said and glared at her sister, warning her not to laugh, in which Anna gave her an innocent look. "if I were to accept his proposal,"
"Eheheh," Tuffnut chuckled. "And that is why we gave you that book, Your Highness,"
Elsa turned her attention to the book that she received along with the shield and sword. The shield and sword seemed…plain when compared to ceremonial swords that she was accustomed to. Regardless, she handed the shield and sword to Kai and took the book.
Anna took this chance to scoot closer to her sister to observe the book. Elsa didn't stop her and instead smiled.
On the cover of the book was the crest of a…dragon? It was written in a language that she didn't understand. Elsa turn the page of the book and to her surprise, the book wasn't filled with texts like she was used too, but rather, it was more of an illustration book much like a children's fairy tale book.
Tuffnut cleared his throat and drew Elsa's attention away from the book.
"We are going to tell you the story about our GREAT king! The story of King Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third, the very First King of the Viking Kingdom of Berk!" Tuffnut began. "Hear hear!"
Elsa raised her eyebrow again. During her reign as Queen of Arendelle, she had her fair share of suitors coming to declare their intent. Of course, some suitors came personally and…bragged about their achievements. Some of course sent their representatives like what the Viking were doing and had them told of the suitor's achievements instead.
The representatives were more…restrained of course. The Vikings method was…refreshing to say the least.
'This should be interesting,' Elsa thought.
"The story begins on the Isle of Berk, 8 years ago before the Viking Kingdom of Berk was established. It's twelve days north of hopeless and few degrees south of freezing to death and it is located solidly on the meridian of misery," Tuffnut said.
Elsa and Anna exchanged looks. "Uuhhh…"Anna said slowly to her sister.
"It is our village and in a word, sturdy and it's been there for seven generations-"
"I think more," Ruffnut cut in.
"-but, every single building is new," Tuffnut ignored her. "Oh and turn the pages of the book,"
'The buildings are new? Even though they have been there for a long time?' Elsa wondered and she found the first page which showed what supposed to be the village of Berk. The colored illustration was very well done in her opinion.
"We have fishing, hunting and a charming view of the sunset. The only problem was the pests. You see other places have mice or mosquitoes..." Tuffnut continued.
"But we have DRAGONS!" Ruffnut said and everyone gave them weird looks. Ruffnut then made a motion with her finger which signaled for Elsa to turn the page and Elsa complied. Her officials were quite angry at the Vikings giving order to their Queen but couldn't do anything without their Queen's consent.
Elsa turned to the next page and found the village of Berk was now under siege by dragons and the buildings were on fire.
"Ah, so that is why the houses are new," Elsa said with a smile.
Anna however, was astonished that was what Elsa was paying attention too. "Umm, Excuse me, dragons? But they don't exist…"
"Oh so you're calling us liars then?" Ruffnut crossed her arms and Elsa glared at Anna which caused her to shrink to a little.
"Sorry…" Anna meekly replied. Elsa was about to say something when Ruffnut smiled and waved at her.
"Naw! Don't worry, we expect that much from you guys," Ruffnut said. "But yeah, they do exist, it's just that for some reason, most of them live where the Viking Kingdom is located.
"I see…" Anna replied.
"Well, there are other dragons living in other parts of the world. It's just that they're elusive, and hunted down to extinction," Ruffnut continued. "So they became legends and myth. Like for example, the Chinese Dragon which resembled an overgrown snake more than a lizard,"
"Or the Mountain Dragons living in the western parts of the world. Didn't end well for the dragons, poor thing," Tuffnut shook his head.
"I see. Please continue with the story, I would like to know more," Elsa said. 'Why would they mention dragons? It seems that it would be important…' Although Elsa doubted about the existence of dragons, she didn't deny it completely like most people would. Besides, if trolls and magic can exist, so can dragons.
"Alright!" Tuffnut began again. "Now you see, dragons have become a part of our lives for so long that it was ingrained in every Viking to slay the beast!"
Ruffnut signaled for Elsa to turn and she did. The page shows the battle between the Vikings and the dragons. The Vikings depicted were rather…cute. It was as if the book really was made for children.
"But! Hiccup was a rather…strange Viking," Tuffnut said. "Where other Vikings would say "Kill the dragons!", he would say "Train the dragons!". And that was what he set out to do,"
Elsa raised an eyebrow at this.
"Now you see, there exists many varieties of dragons. There are dragons that set themselves on fire! Dragons that eat rocks and spew lava!" Tuffnut continued in such a way that it was as if he was telling a horror story.
Well, it worked on Anna. She was shrinking closer to Elsa with every dragon mentioned. Ruffnut signaled and Elsa turned the page to see many varieties of dragons and most of them look very menacing.
"Dragons that have rotating mouth and teeth that can eat through the earth and burrows underground! Dragons with two heads! Dragons that can turn invisible and spit melting acid! Dragons that can spit boiling water!" Tuffnut said Ruffnut rolled her eyes and elbowed her brother.
Tuffnut got the hint and continued with his tale. "Well, Hiccup doesn't want to train any of the dragons mentioned, he wanted to train the rarest, and most dangerous of all dragons. The Night Fury…" Tuffnut dragged the name for emphasis.
"Night Fury?" Anna said meekly. Ruffnut signaled and Elsa turned to see an illustration of the night sky but there was a silhouette of a dragon.
"Oh yes! The Night Fury! Before Hiccup, there was never a sighting of it and nobody has ever killed one! And it only attacks during the dark. It was the fastest dragon ever recorded and the smartest too," Tuffnut said. "When it attacks, there will be a menacing sound…"
Tuffnut then enacted the sound a Night Fury makes before a high speed attack. "And then all you see is purple bolt of fire and lightning and BOOM!" Ruffnut signaled again and this time, it shows the devastation of a single bolt from the Night Fury.
Anna jumped with an 'eep' and to be honest, Elsa jumped a little too.
"And it never misses," Tuffnut said slowly.
"Now you might think, how can it compare to other dragons? Well, you see, the reaction when seeing a dragon is "Kill on Sight," but when facing a Night Fury? "Never engage this dragon. Your only chance is to hide and pray that it does not find you,"" Tuffnut resumed the tale.
"For it is the unholy offspring of lightning and death itself," Ruffnut continued in a similar scary voice and Anna squeaked again.
"And Hiccup decided to…train the Night Fury?" Elsa asked and the twins nodded.
"Yup. So knowing that he couldn't catch one on ground he made a device that can shoot a snare to capture the dragon!" Tuffnut said and Ruffnut signaled. Elsa turned and the illustration showed a…
'A boy?' Elsa wondered. 'Are they saying that Hiccup managed to train one of the most dangerous dragons in existence when he was just a boy? And that he created the device?'
Well, to be honest, her other suitors have bragged of their achievements of hunting animals when they were young. But…a dragon? And what's more, he didn't kill it, but train it. If the story was true, then it would be a man with –pardon her language- balls of steel to do so.
"He then managed to capture the beast, and confronted it," Tuffnut continued and Elsa turned the page a beat faster than Ruffnut's signal.
The illustration showed the trapped Night Fury, its black body tied with ropes and Hiccup standing near the dragon. Strangely enough, the illustration of Hiccup only showed his back and not his face and front.
"Hiccup then freed the beast and though it wasn't easy, he managed to gain the beast's trust and tame it!" Tuffnut said and Elsa turned the page. The page has many illustrations on it. The first showed Hiccup (only his back again…) holding out a hand towards the Night Fury.
For one of the most dangerous dragons known to mankind, the Night Fury looked…cute with its huge green eyes and fins around its face.
"Hiccup named the beast…Toothless," Elsa heard Tuffnut said as her eyes landed on the image of Toothless…grinning? Smiling? And as the name suggests, it was toothless.
'The great and fearsome beast is without teeth?' Elsa smiled.
Anna chuckled at the name. "But, do not let the name fool you! For the beast is able retract its teeth much like a snake!" Tuffnut said Anna let out a small 'oh'.
"Anyway, Hiccup managed to train the dragon well enough to ride it and fly!" Tuffnut said and by this time Ruffnut stopped giving Elsa the signal as she knew enough when to turn the pages.
The illustration showed Hiccup riding the dragon and flying among the night sky. Again, the illustration didn't show his face and by this time Elsa knew that the book intended to make Hiccup as mysteriously as it can.
"And then, through the interaction with the dragon, Hiccup learned many great things about them," Tuffnut said and Elsa turn the page and saw illustrations of Hiccup doing various things with Toothless such as playing in a tall grass, shining a light on the ground and scratching it in various places.
"He also learned of the terrible truth," Tuffnut said and Elsa turned again. The illustration showed various dragons converging to a place, and Toothless, along with Hiccup was among the dragons.
"It turns out that the reason why the dragons attacked the Vikings was because they have to bring food to their queen," Elsa heard Tuffnut narrating the story and turn to the next page showing the dragons dumping food down into a massive mouth.
"Having learned of the truth, Hiccup went back to his father, Stoic The Vast who was the chief of the village. Hiccup said that it would be impossible for them to take on the queen without the support of the dragons. But alas, his father did not believe in the cooperation with dragons and left towards the island with his men to kill the queen," Tuffnut narrated and Elsa turned the page showing Hiccup arguing with his father. Another illustration then showed his father along with his men heading towards the island where the queen is located.
"Like we said, stubbornness issues," Ruffnut shrugged.
"Anyway, when they reached the island and lure out the queen…" Tuffnut said and Elsa turned the page. "The RED DEATH APPEARS!"
Anna was startled but Elsa's attention was to the illustration of the dragon queen or the Red Death emerging from its mountain lair. The illustration did not fail to express the beast's size and might, showing in scale the size of the Vikings near the dragon queen.
"The dragon queen was the size of a mountain and it was the largest dragon ever known to the Vikings. It has many eyes and its mouth was so huge it could crush a ship easily! And it can spit a jet flame…"
Elsa turned and saw the Red Death spitting out fire at the Viking's ships. "…that can project for half a mile long!"
Anna gasped at this.
"Fortunately, Hiccup managed to teach his friends on how to tame dragons. They then flew towards where the battle was to help their Viking brethren," Elsa turned the page and showed Hiccup along with four more Vikings with their dragons engaging the dragon queen.
"Although their efforts were commendable, the dragon queen could not be taken down so easily," Elsa turned to the next illustration, showing the dragon queen weathering their attacks with ease.
"Hiccup then engaged the dragon in a one on one duel, in the sky," the next illustration showed Hiccup and Toothless flying to the sky with the Red Death following behind it. The other illustration then showed the duo attacking the queen from the cover of the clouds and the queen retaliated with long stream of fire around the clouds.
"And then, in a brilliant move, he exploited the queen's weakness!" Tuffnut said. Elsa turned and saw Hiccup and Toothless diving to the ground followed by the queen. The queen was about to shoot its breath of fire when Toothless shot a purple ball of fire and lightning into its mouth first. The result was that the queen's innards were set on fire as it dived towards the ground.
Hiccup and Toothless pulled back into the air at the last second while the queen plummets towards the ground, resulting in a large explosion of fire.
"But, victory costs and Hiccup paid the price," Tuffnut said sadly and Elsa turned and saw Hiccup and Toothless desperately trying to outmaneuver the destroyed remains of the queen but they were hit by its large clubbed tail.
Hiccup fell first and Toothless the dragon desperately tried to save its master before the flames consumed both of them. The next image showed Toothless on the ground and its wing covering its master. Hiccup's left leg was...
"Oh," Anna said softly and Elsa turned the page quickly.
"But, he survived, and because the queen was defeated, the dragons no longer have the need to attack Berg again. Thanks to his effort, the Vikings and Dragons are able to live together," Tuffnut said.
The illustration showed Hiccup waking up to his village, filled with Vikings and dragons together.
"And that's the end of the first part!" Tuffnut finished and Elsa found out that there was no more to the book.
"First part?" Elsa said as she closed the book.
"Well yeah, because that's one of the most interesting part of the history of the Viking Kingdom," Tuffnut said.
"The rest is kinda…not so much. You know, training the dragons, meet new dragons and stuff," Ruffnut added. "Well, at least until the Dragon-Viking War and the Viking Unification Campaign. But going into detail into those two will take too much time,"
"I see..." Elsa said.
"So we're giving a summary instead!" Ruffnut continued. "The Dragon-Viking War is about Drago Bludvist, a dragon hunter. This guy made Hiccup realize that not all Vikings share his view about the dragons. I mean, before the Viking Kingdom, only Berk was friendly with the dragons. The other Vikings still kill dragons and got killed by them. Then we have guys like Alvin the Treacherous that wanted to use the dragons for evil purposes and other guys like that crazy Dagur,"
"Hiccup decided to share his views of the dragons to the rest of the Vikings. And since we have stubbornness issues, he has to hammer his point home sometimes. Thus, the Unification Campaign," Tuffnut said.
Elsa calmly looked at the twins, trying to gauge them. This was what she wanted to know; how exactly did Hiccup 'convince' the rest of the Vikings to his side?
"I see, how exactly did he…'hammer' his point home?" Elsa asked.
Ruffnut shrugged before replying. "Eh, most of the tribes came willingly enough after hearing what he did, kinda like what we just did,"
Elsa turned to look at the book again. No wonder it was so simple! The book was a propaganda material!
"That and having dragons by your side can be very convincing. Some needed more convincing and we have to make agreements and what not. Some are very stubborn and flat-out refuses to follow Hiccup's way," Ruffnut continued and Elsa turned to look at her again.
"That is until Hiccup gave them a sound beating!" Tuffnut said with a loud cheer.
"How did he beat them?" Elsa asked again. So far it seems that Hiccup was a smart leader that doesn't resort to violence unless he needed to. She hoped that it would remain that way.
"Well, most of the tribes' ideologies are centered on their leader. If the leader hates dragons, replace said leader and problem settled! The rest of the tribe became more open after that," Tuffnut answered.
"How do you replace the leader?" Elsa asked again.
"Battle. Hiccup challenged them to a one-on-one fight. He gave quite the impression too, what with his flaming sword and all," Tuffnut said.
"Flaming sword?" Elsa sounded worried. 'Great, he rides dragons, creates devices and makes weapons too,'
"Yeah, and it's not just the sword mind you. The Vikings shit their pants seeing him fight. They said he fought like a dragon!" Ruffnut added.
Tuffnut snorted at this. "Yeah, you know he has A LOT of titles, from Dragon Conqueror, Dragon Whisperer, Dragon Trainer, Dragon Tamer," Tuffnut said as he counted on his fingers. "Even Dragon King too. Oh and the latest is Dragonborn,"
"Dragonborn?" Elsa asked.
"Yup, they said that he has the soul and blood of a dragon but body of a man," Ruffnut explained. "They even said that his roar can send people flying and he can breathe fire,"
Elsa gave them a confused look as if wanting clarification of what they said is true.
"Ehh, well, it's not easy to anger Hiccup to the point of having him scream at you, so we couldn't test that theory out. And since he could make a fire sword, I guess it will be a matter of time till he makes something that can make you breathe fire," Tuffnut shrugged.
"I guess," Elsa said and asked again. "But what about the tribes that completely refuses his ideology?"
"Eh, well we conquer them. It's not unusual for the Vikings to war against each other. It didn't take long to conquer them though; the longest was what, the Berserker tribe?"
"Yeah, Dagur's tribe. It took a week to conquer them. And that's because Hiccup aimed them first and we didn't have much force with us at that time," Ruffnut answered. "The hardest battle was against the Sky Fang Tribe. Vikings on dragons versus the other Vikings on dragons. It lasts only for a day but it was damn messy. Lost a lot on that day," Ruffnut said with a sad tone.
"Yeah…" Tuffnut joined and suddenly, the loud and cheery twins became quiet.
Elsa was speechless for a moment. The twins were so jovial about everything even when retelling their moments during their war. But to have their mood changed suddenly means that something big must have happened during that particular moment.
Perhaps, they lost someone dear to them?
"Well, I guess that's all about our Kingdom!" Ruffnut suddenly said in her cheerful tone again.
"Yes, I do believe so for the moment," Elsa said with a smile.
"And I believe that it is time take our leave!" Ruffnut said again.
"Won't you at least stay the night? I wouldn't want to be a bad hostess," Elsa offered.
"Nah, we can't leave our dragon unattended for long. Like Hiccup says, bringing an animal that's not native to an ecosystem could seriously damage it. For all we knew, Barf and Belch could have eaten most of the animals in your forest to extinction,"
"Barf and Belch?" Elsa asked.
"Our dragon's name. Like we said, we have bad naming sense, especially when we were younger," Ruffnut shrugged. "Hey, you wanna see a real dragon up close?"
The twins grinned at this and Elsa felt a shiver ran up to her spine. It was scary looking the twins like that; it was as if they were planning something…evil?
The other officials of Elsa's court gave her a worried look. They didn't believe in the existence of dragons and thought that the Viking emissaries made it up to make them look impressive. But to have them willing to prove it so casually...
Anna however, jumped at the chance. "Oh can we? Can we sis?" Anna turned to look at her and Elsa gave her a curious look.
"Weren't you the one scared of their descriptions?" Elsa said with a sly smile.
"Well, yeah but-but dragons!" Anna said with a high pithed tone and Elsa shook her head slowly.
"Alright let's go," Elsa said. Besides, she needed to see the dragons herself, because if they do exist, then Arendelle would have a very big problem.
...
"Alright, before we call our dragon, ground rules-" Tuffnut said to Elsa. They were at Arendelle's garden now waiting for the supposed dragon to show.
"-first, your guards must not show their weapon. I understand that seeing a magnificent beast such as a dragon can be scary the first time, buuuut, this is more for your protection than us or our dragon," Tuffnut explained. "You don't want to the dragon to see you as a threat, now would you?"
Elsa didn't reply for a moment, contemplating whether or not to trust the Viking emissaries about her safety and Anna.
"Don't worry, we're expert dragon handlers. Don't make any sudden moves or you might startle the dragon," Ruffnut added.
"Yeah, second rule, what she said," Tuffnut said and Ruffnut rolled her eyes. "Oh and Your Highness, can you try not to…freeze our dragon?"
Elsa smiled slyly. Well, it's not like Elsa wasn't capable of defending herself. She was the Snow Queen after all. "Very well, guards, leave us,"
The guards look at each other and hesitated before retreating away from the garden. Kristoff look worried and moved towards Elsa.
"Elsa, are you sure about this?" Kristoff asked.
"Yes. Can you hold Anna back for a moment until it is really safe to approach the dragon?" Elsa asked the ice harvester. Kristoff looked at her for a moment before sighing.
"Fine, you sisters can be a handful at times," Kristoff said and went over to Anna to bring her away from Elsa despite her protests.
"Will this be enough?" Elsa asked the Vikings and the twins surveyed their surroundings before nodding.
"Yup, 'kay, here it is. The moment of truth!" Tuffnut said and the both of them began to…shout at the sky with an animal sound that she never heard before. The twins did this for a minute before stopping and faced the Snow Queen.
"'Kay, they should be here in minute," Ruffnut said and began checking her nails. Meanwhile Tuffnut was checking his satchel for something. After a while, he found what he was looking for and brought out a…fish. He then handed the fish to his sister and took out another one.
Suddenly, the sound of an animal's roar could be heard in the sky and a shadow covered them. Ruffnut looked to the sky and whistled. Everyone looked at the sky to see a huge flying creature covering the sky.
Anna gasped but seemed more excited than scared while Kristoff was embracing Anna. The other officials of the court were wide eyed and some began backing in fear.
Elsa's heart was beating fast and ice began to form on her hands.
"Woah there, Your Highness! Be cool…uh..forgive the pun, but don't do anything rash. Show the dragon you can be trusted and it will trust you," Tuffnut said and Elsa hesitated for a moment before she nodded and dispelled the ice.
"Heeeere guys!" Ruffnut jumped and waved at the shadow. The shadow then approached the ground and everyone could finally see the form of the dragon.
The two headed green dragon landed near the twins in front of the Elsa. The dragon's head began to move around to examine its surrounding and especially the people from Arendelle.
"Hey there guys, have you been good?" Ruffnut said and stroked the dragon's neck, drawing the attention of one of the heads to her.
"You didn't eat the whole animal population, didn't you?" Tuffnut said and the other head went to him. They both then began rubbing their snout and fed them the fish. The dragons, to Elsa, looked happy.
"Your Highness," Tuffnut and Ruffnut turned to face Elsa. "Meet Barf and Belch. Would you like to touch them?"
"That..I'm not sure if it's a good idea…" Elsa said and wished she had her gloves with her now.
"Naw, don't worry! In fact, why don't we have the Princess join us?" Ruffnut said and Tuffnut began to fish out two more fishes.
Elsa's eyes narrowed at this. "That is not a good idea,"
Anna however, liked the idea very much. "Sister! Let's do it, pleeeeease?"
"Look, the Zippleback has two heads, which means it has two personalities. You have to convince both heads to like you," Tuffnut explained and handed her a fish.
Elsa's officials were fuming at the back at having their queen handed raw fish like she was some commoner.
Elsa eyed the fish, the twins and the dragon which were looking at her with curious eyes. They look…harmless for the moment.
The Queen sighed. "Alright. Anna, come here," Elsa said and took the fish with both hands. She never handled a raw fish in her life before so she was taken aback by the feeling.
Anna struggled to break free from Kristoff but he released her reluctantly. She then excitedly went to take a fish from Ruffnut and waited.
"Alright, ready? No sudden movements now," Ruffnut said and the twins brought both heads towards the sisters. The head approached them carefully and eyed the offering for a moment before opening its mouth.
The sisters sent each other a look before putting the fish into the dragons' mouth. The dragon swallowed the food before nuzzling the sisters.
Anna squeaked but thankfully it didn't startle the dragon.
"Now, scratch them," Ruffnut said and Anna didn't need any more pointers before she scratched the Barf's head. Barf looked happy and Elsa decided to do the same to Belch. Soon, both dragon head's eyelids closed in contentment at the affection they were receiving.
"Aaaw, you're a big softie, aren't you?" Anna said and began cooing at Barf and Elsa smiled. The sisters continued scratching the dragons for a few more minutes until the twins stopped them.
"Alright, I guess that's enough for the demonstration!" Ruffnut said and the sisters stopped. Anna pouted but didn't say anything as the Barf moved away from her.
"So, that's all from us for now. We'll be taking our leave then to report to our King," Ruffnut said.
"Will I hear from your Kingdom again?" Elsa asked.
"Oh you will!" Tuffnut grinned. "Expect another visit within less than a week and this time, our King will come. That I guarantee,"
"I see…I look forward to it then," Elsa replied with a smile.
"Well then Your Highness, it's time for us to go," Ruffnut said and the twins mounted their dragon. The dragon then began to flap its wing and rise to the air. "Oh and one more show!"
When the Vikings were high up in the air, one of the dragon's head let loose a stream of green gas in front of them and the other dragon ignited it with a spark, causing and explosion of flame.
The group of people gasped, including Elsa and when the flame was gone, so was the Vikings.
Elsa looked at the sky for a moment before turning to look at Anna. Anna didn't say anything and gave her sister a worried look. They both were silent but they didn't need words to tell what they were thinking.
Reality dawned on everyone that witnessed what happened today. The Vikings have dragons and it would be unwise to make an enemy out of them.
Elsa had to make sure that it won't happen.
...
High up in the clouds, a two headed dragon can be seen flying casually. On top of the dragon's heads were two Vikings seemingly in a good mood.
"So! Phase 1 success?" Ruffnut asked her brother with a grin.
"Success? We ACED it!" Tuffnut said the both of them head-butted each other.
"Argh! Now, Phase 2!" Ruffnut said and the both of them grinned again.
Author's Note: Phew! That was quite long!
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