Author's Note: Thank you guys for reviewing and giving such positive feedbacks! I really appreciate it! It made me feel giddy to receive them!

ONE MORE THING! I received a critique that made me realize something…I kind of info dump too much. Kind of forcing you guys to read a history book before allowing you to read a novel or comic. Because of that I've done a major edit to this chapter and perhaps, to the previous ones too if required.

EDIT: Previously, this chapter tells the problems that Elsa and Hiccup faced by sort of inner monologue and I realized that it sounded boring to read. So I revamped it to make it more interesting...I hope. Unfortunately, it became longer so I have to split Elsa and Hiccup's side.

Flashback Format: When you see this symbol ...~... it is the start of long flashback and the next ...~... is the end of that particular flashback. Italics outside those symbols are for short flashbacks.

Chapter 2 - White Queen

To Elsa, the sky was a wonderful and magical thing. Why wouldn't it? Countless civilizations and religions all viewed the sky as the place where the divine or gods came from.

During the day, it brought the Sun and with it, life and energy to everything that it touches. Animals would wake to hunt and humans would go out to work to earn their living. And during the night, the sky brought out the darkness so that living things could rest. Animals would rest and sleep and humans would bond with their family and friends before sleep claim them.

Elsa favoured and loved the night more than day. It was so beautiful during the night, where countless brethren of the Sun would come out along with the Moon to shine the light during the dark. During that time, the stars would make funny patterns which Elsa learned, were connected and have their own names. The Moon also would have its own patterns on different nights.

Night time was also the time when her parents, especially her father, would devote their time and attention to Elsa and Anna.

But, the night sky she was seeing was unnatural; a mockery of the night sky she loved and adore.

That night, it was filled with terrible noises. She could hear the roar of animals that she never heard of and the sound of her people screaming in fear and pain. The sky was filled with countless creatures that were large enough to block light from the stars and the moon.

And there was fire.

The sky was filled with fire spewed from the creatures. The buildings, roads, ships and even her people was on fire! The kingdom of her family, her kingdom was burning to the ground!

She could see her soldiers and guards tried in vain to stop the fires and the creatures that breathe it. She saw a man swooped to the sky and dropped to the ground while screaming to his death. She saw a man swallowed and she saw someone who was so badly burned; she couldn't tell if it was a she, or he.

Her people screamed for her help and she wanted to.

But then she heard a loud screeching noise. She tried to find the source, but she couldn't! And then, she saw a flash of purple bolt before it struck the ground in front of her, knocking her away.

She tried to get up but it was hard as she was still disoriented. A guard helped her to her feet and told her to take shelter in the castle, where it was safer. She wanted to say no, and wanted to help but her body disobeyed her and she ran towards the castle.

She reached her throne room where a group of soldier waited for her. They told her to stay at the throne as they form the last line of defence against the invaders.

They waited. And then what seemed like an eternity, a figure approached.

Elsa couldn't see the man's face as it was covered in a helmet that shaped like a dragon. The man's huge body was muscled and covered in leather armor. His left shoulder has a snow leopard's head and its fur was fashioned into a cape. She could see that he was dragging a long two handed sword that was flaming.

Her soldiers rushed to repel the intruder and the man roared. They were taken aback by it and the man took the opportunity first.

Elsa could only see in horror as the man faced her soldiers, dodging their attacks and returning them fatally. The fight ended in less than a minute.

The man then turned his attention towards her and his fiery gaze was melting her resolve. She conjured ice but it turned to steam against him. He let out a booming laugh as he walked towards her. His walk was confident and powerful. It was the walk of a king, the walk of a man that would own everything if he wishes it.

This was the man that conquered dragons.

"Your kingdom is mine," his voice was deep and confident and Elsa backed away until she stumbled and fell to her throne.

This was the man that conquered and unified the Vikings; warriors that faced dragons and didn't back away from them for more than seven generations.

The man stabbed his sword on the floor before nearing her. His hand touched her cheek and she felt as if she was on fire; a feat that she thought was impossible. "And so are you,"

The Snow Queen was powerless to do anything but to only ask a question, "Why?"

"Because you refused me. And I always…get whatever I want," the man said.

This was the man that conquered her kingdom.

…

Elsa woke up with a start and let out a short scream. It took a moment and a frantic scan of her surrounding that she realized that it was just a nightmare. She then calmed herself down and realized that it was still dark. That and she had frozen her room.

With a sigh, she thawed her room and took a look at her window. The night sky was full of stars along with the Moon and it was quiet, just the way it was supposed to be.

Elsa then turned her attention to her left and found the book that chronicled the Viking King's tale of his early years. The book was opened at the page that showed Hiccup getting ready to capture the Night Fury.

Elsa hugged her knees while giving the book a glare that froze it, as if it would solve her problem. At least she could hope, right?

Elsa then sighed and turned her attention away from the frozen book. She was facing quite a problem, namely her recently and mysterious suitor; the Viking King and his dragons.

Well, to be honest, the Viking King himself was a little cause of concern, but it was the dragons that had worried her and her council.

She then remembered the meeting she had with her council the night before.

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"Gentlemen, I thank you all for coming to the meeting tonight," Elsa said to the people that made her kingdom's council including Anna. Elsa wanted her to be involved in the kingdom's ruling as much as possible to prepare her in case something happened to Elsa.

They nodded before Elsa resumed. "Yesterday, I received another marriage proposal. Now, this usually wasn't a cause of much concern to the kingdom as I've received quite a number of them from various kingdoms. However, the latest marriage proposal I received is from the Viking King from the Kingdom of Berk,"

"Usually, I could choose to refuse the other marriage proposals without affecting the relationship with their kingdom and ours. However, I'm afraid that if I refuse the Viking King, he might wage war on Arendelle," Elsa finished and silence took over the room for a moment.

"But Your Majesty, surely they wouldn't do that, just because you refuse?" Hugo Johannes, the Minister of Foreign Affairs asked. He was a short brunette in his early thirties, has black eyes and wore a brown formal suit with matching pants.

"They might," Finn Gerhad, Arendelle's Minister of Finance said. He was a blonde middle aged man with black eyes and a thick mustache. He wore a white suit with matching pants and gloves and currently, he was busy wiping his glasses.

"Our Queen doesn't make baseless assumptions. Before this, much of the encounters with the Vikings were not friendly. They're like the Mongol savages. Besides, what would you expect from them? They usually use force to get what they want. I'm surprised that they even bother with the marriage proposal at all," Finn said.

Elsa knew about the Mongolian Empire. It was the largest land empire known to mankind and they didn't achieve it using peaceful means.

"Savages? How would you know? That was in the past! From what we know, they could have changed!" Hugo said.

"Really now? Have you seen the way they speak to Our Queen? Only savages didn't know their manners when meeting a person of utmost importance," Finn said with a sly smile.

"Different cultures have different ways. They might not be accustomed to ours!" Hugo countered.

"Gentlemen, please, calm down," Elsa said and the council was silent. Elsa sighed. "I don't mind about the way they speak to me that day. I understand if they didn't know about our ways. Despite that, I do not think them as savages,"

Elsa eyed Finn until he reluctantly caved in.

"I apologize, I won't refer them as such again" Finn said.

"Good," Elsa said and Hugo looked triumphant. "That said, we still do not know what the outcome would be. All we can do is prepare for the worst, and hope for the best,"

"That's true," a man said. The man was a middle aged with blue eyes, black flattop hair along with well-kept goatee and a mustache. He was wearing the ceremonial military uniform decorated with the highest ranking badges Arendelle could give to her people. His name was Frederik Havar, general of Arendelle's military force and long-time friend to her father. He was the closest thing to an uncle for the royal sisters.

"The war is indeed a big IF. One of the reasons that they even bother with the marriage proposal instead of invading us, is that they might be recovering from their unification campaign," Frederik said.

"Regardless, it is important to be prepared. When a kingdom increases its army, we have to be prepared regardless of their intention. After all, intentions can change overnight. Furthermore; it's not unusual for a stronger nation to take advantage of weaker ones. It certainly happened before. This is one of the outcomes that we fear might happen," Frederik continued. "And that is the agenda of this meeting tonight,"

Elsa nodded. "That is true. General, please continue,"

"Unfortunately, we are facing what could be Arendelle's greatest foe, or perhaps the entire world. We all know the story of the Mongol Empire, like Finn reminded us," Frederik said and glanced at Finn before resuming. "They managed to build the largest empire in the history of mankind and that's only with horses. Now imagine, what would happen if the Mongols have access to dragons back then?"

The council was silent again.

"This could happen, should the Vikings choose to follow the history of the Mongol Empire, except that they will have much greater success," Frederik said.

"As far as I know, all the dragons can fly and that means air superiority. Furthermore, from their description, each dragon species is essentially a weapon. We are talking about an advantage so unfair that you can call it as cheating if war is a game," Frederick said. "It would be like fighting against a steel armoured enemy while our army only has wooden swords,"

The council members started to look worried at this.

"Oceans and large bodies of water can be traversed easily without the use of boats or ships. Obstacles and terrains meant for slowing ground forces are useless. Defenses are also useless as they can just fly high up and drop rocks at us like some sick punishment from god," Frederick said.

"Don't you think that you put too much credit to these creatures? They're not invincible. What happened to the Mountain Dragons was proof to that," Finn said.

"That is just a single type of dragon, and to be honest, that dragon is tame compared to what the dragons the Vikings faced on a daily basis," Frederik said.

He then moved to a tripod that was holding a map that showed the region of Arendelle and its closest neighbors. "Now, Unfortunately for Arendelle, she is the nearest kingdom to the Vikings, and thus, its neighbor,"

"The Viking Kingdom is located to the north of Arendelle," Frederik showed the location of where the Viking Kingdom was. It was still quite far from Arendelle and would take a few days by ship to reach them. Furthermore, the region was covered in clouds.

Elsa knew what the clouds meant. It was uncharted area.

"So far, the place is uncharted. To my knowledge, no one has managed to travel there and return alive," Frederik explained. "The Vikings said that Berk is located in the Meridian of Misery, correct? Well, it turns out that name was appropriate along with others like Niflheim, Sea of Monsters and so on," Frederik continued.

"The traders and sailors refused to go to anywhere near that area. Lots of supernatural stuff I heard," Frederik said. "They say if you sail there, the sky is clear. But once you get farther in, suddenly, out of nowhere a fog appears. Then, you will hear noises and something will hit your ship. That was your cue to get out of there. If you pressed on, then the monsters comes out,"

"Monsters?" Anna looked horrified.

"Yes. Years ago, sailors found a pirate ship floating aimlessly at the sea. Almost everyone on board was scalded to death," Frederik said calmly. "A survivor said that a large winged creature flew from the sea and spit boiling water at them,"

"Dragons…" Elsa said.

Frederik only nodded before continuing. "And that's not the worse yet. Have you heard of what happened to the pirate Blood Beard?"

Elsa and Anna nodded but a council member shook his head.

"Blood Beard was a pirate famous for dunking his beard in his victim's blood," Frederik explained and Anna looked horrified. "He was also a slaver, murderer, and rapist; in short, one of the vilest man to ever grace the world. He wasn't just a pirate too, but a pirate lord. He was one of the most successful pirates as he has twenty ships under his command,"

"6 months ago, he decided to conquer the Sea of Monsters with his whole fleet. He decided to do it during the night, thinking that maybe the monsters were asleep," Frederik shook his head. "It was a foolish move. All he heard of was loud screeching sounds in the air, similar to what the Viking emissaries described before his fleet was hit by flashes of purple and exploded. His entire fleet was disabled in less than 5 minutes before the fog consumed them,"

Elsa's eyes widened as she heard the description. 'Night Fury…but it seems like they have more of them…'

The whole council was silent. They were familiar with the story since some of the remains, including survivors of the pirate lord's fleet have washed to Arendelle's shore.

"To sum it up," Frederik continue. "It seems that there are many types of dragons, including aquatic ones. This means, they not only have air superiority, but naval as well. Furthermore, there is also a dragon that can dig tunnels underground. That means they can just sink this whole castle if they want to,"

"Great, so the Vikings come from a monstrous place and managed to tame the monsters there. Wonderful, just wonderful!" Hugo shook his head sadly.

Finn looked annoyed at this. "So? They have dragons, but Our Queen controls ice, surely they would think twice about attacking us,"

"No, if anything, it would motivate them more," Hugo said, much to Finn's chagrin. "Acquiring Arendelle is the most logical thing if they want to set up forward base for expansion and Queen Elsa, because of her power, is the icing on the cake. Please forgive me, My Queen," Hugo said to Elsa.

"I am not offended, Hugo. I understand," Elsa smiled and Hugo returned the smile.

"Hugo is right," Frederick continued. "Queen Elsa's power is just as cheating as the dragons are when in war,"

"When your father decided to…isolate you and keep your powers hidden from the public, he did it not only to protect Arendelle and the others from…you…at that time -" Frederik said with a sad look on his serious face. Anna also looked sad but Elsa gave Frederik a reassuring smile that she was fine with it.

Frederik's face steeled again before continuing. "- he also did it to protect you, Your Majesty. If word had spread out that a girl with the powers to control ice, you can bet that everybody will be interested in getting you, Your Majesty. Hell – pardon my words – if I didn't belong to Arendelle, I would tell my king to get you by any means necessary,"

The council understood what Frederik meant. It was the reason why there were so many marriage proposals for Elsa and not Anna.

"But of course, that was then. Now, you're in control of your powers and trying to get you by force would be very hard," Frederik said. "Unfortunately, the Vikings might have the force to do so,"

"Have you forgotten something? Have you forgotten how powerful Our Queen is? She could freeze the dragons before they could reach here!" Finn said.

"That is true. But Our Queen is not as powerful as you think she is. Forgive me, My Queen," Frederick said.

Elsa smiled. "No need to apologize, I know my own strength and weaknesses,"

"The Queen's power is like a sword," Frederik said and pulled out his sword. "With it, she is powerful," Frederik then placed the sword on the table. "Without it, she is weak,"

Elsa smiled sadly. "That is true, without my power, I'm just a girl with a kingdom on her shoulders. There is a possibility that my power could fail me,"

"And even with her power, Our Queen still bleeds like any of us do. Much like a game of chess, the Queen piece can be taken down by a single misstep," Frederik said.

"Way to make things seem hopeless," Finn said and crossed his arms.

"I'm just stating the facts. This is my first time facing such enemy. If you tell me that the Mongol Empire is knocking on our doors, I will tell you with confidence that we will drive away the Mongols and that Arendelle's sovereignty will be preserved," Frederik replied. "But, against such an unfair enemy?"

"What about our allies? Would they come to our defense?" Elsa asked.

"If we can convince that the Vikings are a threat that cannot be faced alone, then yes," Frederik said and Elsa's worry was lessened a bit.

"But that is a big IF, yes?" Elsa said and Frederik smiled sadly.

"Yes,"

Frederik sighed and ran his hand over his hair. "So then that means we have to suck it up to them for the moment,"

Elsa nodded slowly. "That is true,"

"Wait, so we're just going to cave in to their demands?" Finn said with angry look. "We're just going to let Arendelle be assimilated into the Viking Kingdom?"

"Would you prefer war on our heads?" Hugo answered. "And Arendelle won't necessarily be assimilated into their kingdom should Our Queen accepts the marriage. Princess Anna will become the next queen and our sovereignty will still be intact. If anything, we will be allies with them at best,"

"But that's the thing, if they really want to expand; it doesn't make sense for them even bother with the marriage at all," Hugo said. "All I'm saying is that we might have overthink a situation that might not even happen!"

Hugo looked at Elsa sadly.

"Your Majesty, I understand the problem that you're facing. One of the reasons why you haven't accepted any suitors is because of personal preference," Hugo said and Elsa suddenly found that her hands are more interesting. Anna could only gave her sister a sad look.

"And you think that the marriage proposal from the Viking King is finally forcing you to choose," Hugo continued. "But, please believe me when I say that nobody in this kingdom will blame you if you refuse,"

"Even if it leads to war?" Elsa said sadly and turned her gaze to Hugo.

"Forgive me Your Majesty, but you don't know that! You are letting fear clouding your judgment! Fear of the dragons and fear of the Vikings' supposedly savage nature! We are assuming too much based on the actions of a few from the past and a single meeting from their emissaries! For all we know, the Vikings might be different than what we thought," Hugo said.

"All I'm saying is that there might be another way that can benefit all," Hugo continued. "We can try to negotiate for a different outcome like-"

"Princess Anna instead of Our Queen," Finn cut in and Elsa glared at him.

Anna looked at her hands guiltily.

"The Viking King asks for my hand in marriage, not my sister's," Elsa said coldly and the temperature of the room began to drop. Anna grasped and squeezed Elsa's hand to calm her down. Finn looked scared and hastily apologized before the temperature returned to normal

"Regardless, you are right Minister Hugo; I may have overthink this situation," Elsa said.

Hugo nodded. "Please Your Majesty, don't worry for the moment. Until we meet the Viking King himself and hear his decision, then we worry at that time,"

Elsa nodded with a smile.

Even so, she couldn't help but to feel worry.

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How could she not? It was the first time that she ever encountered someone that could do whatever he wanted without much concern.

Elsa sighed and turned to look at the book again. She then unfroze it and saw the image of the young Hiccup.

"All these worrying are because of your dragons and not knowing what kind of person you are. What will you do should I refuse you, I wonder? If you didn't have those dragons, then things will be much simpler, no?" Elsa said and traced the image of Hiccup and unknowingly smiled a little.

"I wonder…what kind of person are you, Hiccup?"

Author's Note: Right, so uh, I hope you guys liked the hopefully improved version!

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