Author's Note: Hello readers! I'm back! Sorry for the long wait. Truth to be told, I wanted to wait until I've seen HTTYD2 before moving on with the story so as to match with the canon plot as possible. But, alas, because I'm in my final weeks, I couldn't watch it until a while later and even then, I have assignments, exams and…Steam Summer Sale...

Anyhow! Watched the movie and I'm glad it turned out to be good! Still, there's just one thing that made me wanna kick myself on the head! Of course Stoick has to die for Hiccup to be chief! Why didn't I thought of that? ARRRGH! Now I have to edit the parts that have Stoick in it. I could let him live but then the impact of Hiccup's decisions (which would be explored later on) would not be as great then.

Anyhow number 2! Because of the long hiatus, there's a lot of things that had happened! Thus, the Author's Note is going to be a bit long.

Edge of Tomorrow! Fantastic movie! Go and watch it even if you have something against Tom Cruise. Heck, if you hate him, you can at least watch him die and die again. Then go and read the original material it is based on, the novel All You Need Is Kill. That story is golden and the main character's POV is damn funny. Now I have inspiration to do a HTTYD X Edge of Tomorrow fic. Heck, the setting is dead on! Astrid as the Full Metal Bitch and Hiccup as the new guy…

This story has breached the 600 reviews mark and it's all thanks to you guys! You guys are awesome! Now, I've had some people said that they sort of want me to make a HTTYD X Skyrim crossover? I've checked the crossover section for both of them and was surprised to found very little of them. I don't think I have the time to write a new one though but I am inspired by you readers to put in just a teeny weeny bit of Skyrim element into this story.

Anyway, let's move on to the story! Eh, wait, one more thing.

sierra . steinbrecher: Hot coffee is a reference to two things; the GTA: San Andreas mod of the same name and when a woman offers a man to have a coffee in her home which is an euphemism for sex.

Alright, let's go!

Chapter 16 – His Story Part 2

"You know, coffee with milk isn't that bad," Hiccup said as he took another sip of his coffee.

Elsa nodded. "I agree, although it still can't beat a cup of hot chocolate,"

Hiccup chuckled and turned his head on the starry night sky. They were both at the ice palace's observatory tower after Elsa suggested a change of scenery to keep things lively. When they arrived, the observatory tower was just like any other tower, until Elsa magically removed the ceiling which gave them full view of the sky. They were also sitting on the floor per Hiccup's suggestion while Toothless was curled up like a cat in a corner, watching the stars quietly.

"So! Before we start, any questions?" Hiccup smiled at Elsa.

"Well…what happened to your foot?" Elsa asked and gestured to his prosthetic foot.

Hiccup looked at his prosthetic foot and cross it on his other leg. "Oh, this? After we defeated the Queen, we were knocked by its tail. I was falling first and Toothless couldn't grab me. So he reached for the closest limb he could get with his mouth. He forgot what his name is at that time," Hiccup glanced at the obsidian dragon. Toothless, who had heard about the conversation, rolled his eyes in return.

Elsa nodded. Toothless didn't retract his teeth when he bit Hiccup's leg. "I was afraid that he would like the taste of Hiccup meat after that," Hiccup said. Elsa blushed after hearing the innuendo? Thankfully, Hiccup didn't notice as Toothless sneak on him and bit his real leg, earning a startled scream from the Viking. Toothless then released his bite and made a disgusted gesture before he growled.

"Cheeky dragon," Hiccup said and nursed his leg.

"What did he say?" Elsa asked. She had to know what they talking about this time.

"He said that I'm a talking fishbone. There's hardly any meat on me," Hiccup said and Elsa giggled before her face turned sad.

"Still, I'm sorry for your loss," Elsa said and Hiccup waved her away.

"Nah, it wasn't a big deal. If anything, you could say that it was penance for what I did to Toothless," Hiccup said and gestured at the dragon. Toothless then brought his tail to Hiccup's prosthetic, showing the similarities. Left leg for the left tailfin. "A small price to pay for everything,"

"Besides! Now we match!"

Elsa giggled. "I say the similarities is too uncanny,"

Hiccup grinned at this and he leaned closer. "They say that Toothless is my soul twin,"

"I'm inclined to believe that as well," Elsa smiled. The Viking King and The Night Fury was indeed too similar. The both of them had green eyes, their bodies were more suitable for speed than strength, they were of a different and rare breed among their kinds and the both of them were very intelligent as well.

It became silent for a moment before Elsa gathered her courage to ask another question.

"Is it…hard? Living like that?" Elsa asked and hoped that she didn't touched a sensitive topic.

Hiccup shrugged. "It was at first and the phantom limb didn't help,"

Elsa raised an eyebrow and Hiccup noticed this. "It's when you've had a limb removed from your body but you feel as if it was still attached to you, except that you feel it was distorted and in pain most of the time,"

"Oh, I'm sorry to hear that," Elsa said sympathetically and Hiccup his hand at her.

"Eh, I was lucky mine was short. Others could have it for a long time before it went away. But aside from the pain and getting used to it, it wasn't so bad when you can literally customize your leg," Hiccup grinned and leaned towards Elsa.

"I've had half a mind to integrate a crossbow with it,"

Elsa raised an eyebrow at the statement. "How did that work out?"

"It's a work in progress. It's a hassle to remove my peg leg to use it but in emergencies it can be useful, sort of like this," Hiccup said pointed his left leg at an imaginary foe in the distance. It didn't help that he brought his knee close to his face as if he was aiming down his leg.

Elsa giggled. "Even your leg have its own story!"

Hiccup smiled. "Eh, that's my life." Hiccup asked.

"But I doubt that is all to your life. I believe that the story you've told me before was just the first part?" Elsa said with a sly smile and Hiccup scratched the back of his neck.

"Well…yeah but…are you sure you want to listen to all of them? I mean it's going to take a while," Hiccup asked and Elsa smiled.

"I do, but let's save them for some other time. I want to hear your next life-changing adventure," Elsa answered and Hiccup turned his eye towards the sky again.

Toothless yawned and Hiccup rubbed his snout. "Go and sleep bud, you deserved it," Hiccup said and the dragon nodded before going back to his previous spot to rest. Hiccup then turned back his attention to her.

"Well…to me almost every adventure is that! But…" Hiccup's tone suddenly became somber. "The most life changing after the first…there's two of them," Hiccup said, looking uncomfortable. Elsa realized this and was about to say something when Hiccup spoke again.

"It's funny when I think about it now. The first story is about me being accepted by the Vikings as their own. The second and third story which I'm going to tell you, is about how I become their Chief and then King," Hiccup turned to look at her with a sad smile.

"You don't have to tell me if it pains you. I don't mind," Elsa said and Hiccup shook his head.

"No, I want to do this," Hiccup smiled a happier smile than before. "Actually, I never told my life to anyone, since you know, most of them knew it firsthand and I guess that telling this to you and hearing your thoughts about it is…good?"

Elsa smiled and placed her hand on his arm. "If there is one thing I've learned from my adventure is that, it is not healthy to keep it bottled,"

Hiccup chuckled. "Alright, let's start with my journey to become the Chief,"

"Life was awesome at that time. We have dragon racing, food stations, customized stables and among other things. While the villagers was content with dragon racing and staying at Berk, I was busy exploring the Viking Archipelago," Hiccup started.

Elsa nodded as she listened intently. "Let me tell you, the Viking Archipelago is quite big! We may not have large landmasses like other kingdoms, but we have lots of diverse islands! What's more, even though the Viking Archipelago is located up north, not all the islands are all covered in snow,"

Elsa raised a skeptical eyebrow. "It's true! You should come and see it!" Hiccup said and Elsa smiled.

"One day I will," Elsa answered and Hiccup was surprised. He was expecting a 'perhaps' or no as answer and not a 'yes'. Hiccup smiled but Elsa urged him to continue.

"Anyway, my dad wanted to me to start chieftain training seriously but if I did, it means that I have to be…'grounded' most of the time," Hiccup continued.

"But you didn't want to," Elsa said and Hiccup nodded.

"Part of the reason was because I want to explore and see the world. Another part was because of my dad,"

Elsa gave him a questioning look but didn't press for answer.

"My dad is a…to me, he's the epitome of what a Viking should be. Tough, brave, fair, selfless, knows what to do in all situations even though he might be wrong," Hiccup chuckled at that. "Yet at the same time, he could be soft and caring with the people that he loves,"

"I always want to be like him when I was small. Then when the opportunity comes, I didn't think I could be like him. I'm…the opposite of him!" Hiccup said.

Elsa frowned at this. Despite what Hiccup has achieved, why does he still seem to have self-esteem issues? "But Hiccup, why would you want to be like him? You've already accomplished amazing achievements of your own! Compared to your dad…"

Hiccup shook his head. "It's not about achievements. Sure, I've done some pretty awesome stuff but when it comes to leadership, it doesn't matter much. You know before I became King, the other Chieftains thought highly of me at first for what I've accomplished. But when I told them my plan to unite them, they thought that I'm just a kid with an inflated ego because of my what I did,"

Elsa's eyes widened as she realized that Hiccup was right. Having outstanding accomplishments doesn't necessarily mean that you were fit to become a leader of many. A legendary soldier was invaluable at times of war but when it comes to politics and changing the lives of many through other methods, the same soldier might not be the right person at all.

"What I did with the dragons. Anyone can do it if they were willing to have an open mind. My mom and Drago could do it, even if his method is unsavory," Hiccup said. "I didn't think I could do a good job as my dad,"

Elsa turned her gaze at the floor. She could relate with Hiccup in that matter. She gained her throne and recognition by birthright, not through war or hard work. If the situation was different, if she wasn't born of royal blood, what would people think if she were to claim Arendelle's throne on the basis that she was…special?

One thing for sure, they weren't going to just hand her the throne. In fact, that was why the whole world feared her. It was the possibility that she would suddenly lay a claim to the world and she, in their eyes, would be unstoppable.

"Anyway, as you can expect, we both handle the "me-becoming-Chief" issue our own way. My dad kept thinking that I would relent eventually and tend to ignore my thoughts about it and I tend to fly away," Hiccup continued and smiled as he remembered the memory he had with Astrid before meeting with Eret.

"One day, when I flew away again, Astrid and I found a fortress destroyed by ice of all things," Hiccup said and Elsa perked up at this.

"Ice?" Elsa gave him disbelieving look, part hoping that Hiccup wouldn't imply that it was her doing and part curious.

Hiccup chuckled at this. "Yep! You should see it! The fortress was blasted by ice that made it look like a mountain of…spiky ice. Although the ice was emerald color instead,"

Elsa tried to imagine the scenery. Disregarding the color of the ice, it would require something very powerful to achieve what Hiccup had said.

"I see. I take it that a dragon did that?" Elsa asked and Hiccup nodded. She's heard of fire breathing dragon, but never ice-breathing ones.

"We tried to get close to inspect the fortress in detail but then Astrid's dragon, Stormfly got caught by a dragon trapper whose name is Eret…Son of Eret," Hiccup said and Elsa gave him a blank look.

"Eret...Son of Eret?" Elsa asked and Hiccup nodded slowly while studying her features. Hiccup then slowly grinned as he knew what Elsa was thinking.

"That…out of respect, I won't comment on it,"

"Aw come on! It's not like I'm going to tell anyone," Hiccup goaded and Elsa pursed her lips for a moment but she didn't give.

"Nope, nope. This isn't about Eret…who…is the Son of Eret, but of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third," Elsa said and Hiccup pouted.

"Fine. Anyway, Eret was kind enough to tell us why he was trapping the dragons. Turns out he has to sell them to Drago Bludvist," Hiccup continued and Elsa nodded.

Elsa gave him a curious look. "I've heard about him. He wanted to control all the dragons, correct?" Hiccup nodded.

"So I decided to tell my dad about the guy and my 'brilliant'-" Hiccup air-quoted. "-plan to deal with Drago,"

Elsa gave him a curious look. "I take it that your plan didn't go well?"

Hiccup sighed and ran his hand over his hair. "I…the moment I tell my dad about Drago, he issued a lockdown on the island and told us to prepare for war,"

Elsa didn't looked surprised. A man that was amassing a dragon army. What else was he going to do with them?

"I didn't want a war to happen. Part of the reason was because I don't want to kill people and dragons. Another reason was because I knew I could do something. I could change Drago's mind about the dragons. I thought that he was just a man that misunderstood the dragons, just like my dad. And if I can change my dad's mind, surely Drago or the world for that matter wouldn't be a problem, right?" Hiccup asked rhetorically.

Elsa didn't respond to the question.

"My dad didn't think that Drago could be reasoned with. I didn't agree at the time. I mean, I don't like to think that people are…just that. That they're just black and white. That they couldn't change. That they couldn't be saved, but only be stopped," Hiccup sighed.

Elsa wanted to ask whether he still had that belief but Hiccup continued his story.

"So I ran away and purposely tried to get myself captured by Eret so I can meet with Drago and hopefully, change his mind," Hiccup chuckled. "What a fool I was. Luckily my dad managed to find and stop me. If not, Drago would have killed me on the spot,"

"Then my dad told me of why he thought Drago was an insane murderous man. Years ago, there was a meeting between the Chieftains to discuss about the dragon problem. Drago appeared at that meeting and offered them a proposal. He would took care of the dragon problem but only if…they were to submit to him," Hiccup said and grinned in a malicious way at Elsa.

It spooked Elsa to see that grin. "Sounds familiar?" Hiccup asked and Elsa cleared her mind to think of what Hiccup meant.

"You did the same thing," Elsa answered and Hiccup smiled and looked away.

"Well, not exactly the same. Drago issued his proposal to handle the dragon problem while at the same time, becoming their ruler. I issued my proposal to better their lives while at the same time, becoming their ruler. Both of our proposal got rejected and laughed at. Drago used his dragons to burn the Chieftains, which my dad was the only survivor by the way. While I…I unknowingly had my best friend kill the opposing leaders for me," Hiccup stated with a far away look while Elsa was shocked at the last statement.

"I-I, Hiccup? What do you mean by that?" Elsa asked.

Hiccup sadly smiled at her again. "That's the next story. For now, let's finish this one first,"

Elsa stared at Hiccup again, unsure of what to think but she nodded, knowing that the answer will come in time.

"Anyway, even after hearing that, I still don't believe that a total war was inevitable. So I flew away again and I decided I want to be alone up in the clouds for a while. It was then that my mom found me,"

Elsa raised an eyebrow. "Your mom?"

"Yeah, she was riding a dragon and really knew how to make an entrance!" Hiccup laughed.

Hiccup had told her that he got her mom back, but he wasn't specific about it.

Seeing that Elsa was a bit confused, he continued. "It turns out, her dragon, Cloud Jumper didn't abduct her because he want to hurt her but rather he thought that she belonged with the dragons,"

"Seriously?" Elsa asked.

"Yep, I guess Cloud Jumper saw the dragon in her. That or it was a case of Beauty and the Beast that is hopefully, only from the dragon," Hiccup answered.

"That…is interesting," Elsa voiced her opinion and Hiccup chuckled.

"My mom spend 20 years living with them and learning their ways. She was befriending dragons ever since I was a baby!" Hiccup said proudly with a smile. Elsa however, didn't smile.

"True, but it was at your expense…" Elsa said and to her surprise, Hiccup only shrugged like it was nothing. "You're not angry?"

"A little bit at first but it was overshadowed by a lot of other factors," Hiccup said.

"Such as?" Elsa asked curiously. She wondered what could have made Hiccup so easily forgive her mom that had abandoned him for two decades.

"Well, I've lost two decades of time without her, I don't want to spoil more of it by being negative," Hiccup answered and Elsa couldn't help but to think of Anna. "And she also thought that she would bring harm to me, which is kind of ridiculous actually,"

Elsa gave Hiccup a curious look. "What do you mean?"

"Well, she didn't think dragons were as dangerous as people thought they were be. Even when the village was attacked, she was trying to stop people from harming the dragons. Then one day, her soon-to-be dragon managed to enter the house and found me," Hiccup explained. "At that time, she had a choice to make, to either kill the dragon or spare it and risk my safety,"

"And she hesitated. Even though Cloud Jumper didn't want to harm me, it still made her think of the "what-if-she-was-wrong" scenario and that haunted her," Hiccup finished.

"I see…" was what Elsa could only say.

"So you know, I don't want to increase her guilt or anything,"

Elsa smiled and was proud of Hiccup's ability to put others above his pain.

"It also helps that we share the same passion and I took after her, a lot. I guess my dad didn't contribute much, huh?"

Elsa giggled.

"There's also another reason that kept her away from us and it was Drago. He started capturing and taming them by force a few years after my mom was kidnapped. She noticed this and began a one man-I mean woman campaign against him. She couldn't stop him alone however since he has quite an army. So she did what she could, rescuing the dragons that were trapped and captured. She was quite good at it too since by the time I met her, she had freed more than a thousand,"

Elsa's mouth opened in shock. "She's a vigilante?"

Hiccup chuckled. "I know right? It's not every day you find out that your mom is some kind of crazy, feral, vigilante dragon lady. And do you know what her response to that?"

Elsa shook her head.

"Well at least I'm not boring," Hiccup imitated his mother's voice.

Elsa couldn't help but to giggle after hearing that. After all those years, she was afraid that her son might find her boring. "But why she didn't ask for your dad's help earlier?"

"For a lot reasons. Berk still hated dragons at that time, her trust in people was quite low and she didn't want to attract Drago to Berk, which was fortunate for us," Hiccup said and Elsa raised an eyebrow.

"Wait, you said that Drago became active a few years after your mom was kidnapped. So how could he not noticed Berk even after you've stopped the dragon-Viking war on Berk?" Elsa asked and Hiccup smiled.

"Drago viewed my mom as his nemesis so he was preoccupied with her. That and remember what I said about the Viking Archipelago being huge?" Hiccup asked and Elsa nodded. "Well, when I met Drago, he has enough army to start his invasion plan starting with Arendelle and your neighboring kingdoms…without dragons. Yet, there are still Vikings clans in the Archipelago that didn't even know about Drago,"

Elsa's mouth gaped as she processed the information. Arendelle was a small nation, that was true, but it still would take a considerable force to invade it. Not to mention quite a large force to invade her surrounding neighbors as well. That means Drago must have quite a large army comparable to medium nation. Furthermore, most of the soldiers must be local and yet, there are still areas of the Archipelago that didn't know of Drago's army?

"But still how could the others not know about Drago? Didn't you said that he burned the Chieftains?" Elsa asked.

"Not all Chieftains went to that meeting," Hiccup simply said and Elsa nodded.

"I see," Elsa answered and she began to ponder about other information, such as the fact that Hiccup's mom alone managed to slow Drago's progress. In a sense, they were balanced by each other as Drago couldn't take Valka down and vice versa. That was, until Hiccup was added into the equation.

"If anything, Drago was smart to gather his strength until he can be truly sure he could conquer the Viking Archipelago," Hiccup continued and Elsa gave him a curious look. "The thing is, we have a lot of different Viking tribes living in the Viking Archipelago. Some of those tribes are like Berk where the people are kind and have an open mind to things. Some are…"

Hiccup hesitated to answer. "Some are the worst people you will ever meet. I'm talking about a tribe full of killers, rapists and all the worst kind of people you could think of. If I was from that tribe, they wouldn't be living with dragons peacefully but instead would use them like how Drago would. And you think we have a dragon problem back then? They didn't because they were so good at killing them. If you ever have a dragon infestation problem, they're the dragon slayers that you'd want,"

Elsa didn't say anything.

Hiccup chuckled. "Even Drago didn't want to take them on until he has ALL the dragons on his side. Even then, he knew he would be losing a lot of them before he could defeat them. So yeah, I guess even if there weren't my mom or my tribe to stop him, other Vikings would step in to at least hold him for a while,"

"But you managed to succeed where Drago failed," Elsa said softly and Hiccup looked at his hands sadly.

"Yeah, but not in the way that I liked. Anyway," Hiccup perked up again before Elsa could question him further. "Turns out, my mom brought me to the Dragon Sanctuary where all the dragons that she had rescued were hiding. Oh and the ice-breathing dragon was also living there and he was the King, or Alpha of the dragons,"

"Oh? The ice-breathing dragon was the King of the dragons?" Elsa asked with a sly smile, liking the fact that said dragon was the leader, much like her. Hiccup noticed this and gave her a grin. But then Elsa remembered something.

"You said was?"

Hiccup looked sad but continued with his story. "Before we get to that, the Bewilderbeast, which is the ice-breathing dragon we were talking about, was from an Alpha species of dragons. Alpha species are, as of what we know of them, were born rulers of the dragon species. They were larger and stronger and had this ability to mind control other lesser dragons through sound and eye contact,"

"I take it that the Red Death also had this ability?" Elsa asked and Hiccup nodded. "But that doesn't seem fair, to be born into leadership position like that,"

"Well, not really. Two Alphas in the same territory had to fight each other to see who the true Alpha is. Even then, other dragons that weren't Alpha species can still challenge them for the position," Hiccup explained.

Elsa gave him a disbelieving look. "Is that even possible? The Alphas have their mind-control powers so how could other dragons ever hope to even challenge them?"

"Well, it's hard, but not impossible. Any-way," Hiccup continued with the story, leaving Elsa hanging about the subject. Elsa gave him a glare but decided to let Hiccup continue with his story.

"While I was bonding with my mom, my dad managed to found me," Hiccup said and Elsa's eyes widened.

"A family reunion," Elsa breathed and Hiccup smiled a small smile.

"Yep. You should see my parents when they found each other," Hiccup chuckled. "My mom, the one that wasn't afraid of dragons? She was afraid that my dad would blame her for everything. My dad however, just…said that she was as beautiful as ever,"

Elsa looked surprised. "He just forgive her?" Hiccup nodded with a smile. "Well, I'm glad to know that it runs in the family,"

Hiccup chuckled. "But my mom wasn't too keen on going back. She rarely had…intimate human contact for two decades. And deep down I know that she still blame herself for leaving us, especially when it turns out that Berk wasn't as stubborn as she thought they would be and that if she had tried harder…things would be very different,"

Elsa nodded in understanding. She too have had her own 'what-ifs' scenario that she regretted. 'If only her dad didn't do this, if only she realized that love is what it takes, if only…'

"And my dad could sing! Who knew!" Hiccup said with a chuckle, waking Elsa from her thoughts.

"He sung to your mom?" Elsa asked and Hiccup nodded.

"It's their love song," Hiccup shrugged slowly. "Anyway, we then decided to tackle the Drago problem together. But even my mom agreed with my dad that there was no use talking to Drago…but…I still want to try back then…"

Hiccup sighed. "It was then that Drago attacked the Dragon Sanctuary,"

Elsa's eyes widened at this. "What happen?"

"A lot. We used all the dragons in the sanctuary to fight Drago and his army. We even used the Bewilderbeast, but it turns out, Drago had his own Bewilderbeast as well. The both of them fought and Drago's Bewilderbeast won. It killed our Bewilderbeast, became the new Alpha and took control of our dragons…including Toothless," Hiccup stole a glance at Toothless, who fortunately, was still sleeping.

Elsa gasped at this. "No…"

Hiccup sighed. "I was a fool. I was on the ground at that time, to try and talk Drago out of his mad conquest, to try and get him to see reason. I thought that he misunderstood the dragons at first but…he wasn't. He lost his family and his entire left arm to a dragon attack,"

Elsa gasped again.

"At first he said that he wanted to control the dragons to make sure that it won't happen again, but then it became to getting more power and control. It was at that time that his Bewilderbeast won and he took control of Toothless…and set him to kill me,"

"What…what happen then?" Elsa dared to ask.

"Toothless fired his plasma blast and my dad took the hit for me," Hiccup said while looking at the stars. "He didn't survive,"

"Oh Hiccup, I-I'm sorry, I'm so sorry for your loss…" Elsa began to tear which didn't go unnoticed by Hiccup.

"Hey, hey, don't cry on me now! I'm fine, really! I've come to terms with it so I'm fine!" Hiccup said with a smile but Elsa wasn't entirely convinced. Then she remembered that Hiccup had Astrid to get him through…

Elsa then relented and nodded. "Alright, I'm alright now. It's just…it's too cruel! Your parents had just met each other and-and Toothless!"

"Ssshhh, not too loud! You'll wake him up," Hiccup gestured to the sleeping dragon and Elsa nodded before calming herself.

Hiccup sighed before running his hand over his hair. "It's true…but that's life. We don't always get what we want, the way we want it,"

They both went into a momentary silence before Elsa spoke again. "After that what happens?" Elsa felt that the story needed to move on or it will cause the both of them to linger on this sad moment.

"Well, Drago took all of our dragons and left, by riding on Toothless by the way. That jerk. We then gave my dad the Viking funeral where, you know-we put the deceased on a boat, let it sail and light it on fire with flaming arrows," Hiccup explained and Elsa nodded, showing that she understood.

"Anyway, I was on a cliff again, like what I had told you in my first story. I lost my dragon, again and I did not know what to do, again. The only difference was that my dad would never return,"

Elsa could only offer a silent sympathy.

"Then I realized that all this time, all I've been doing was just running away from my responsibility as a Chief. I didn't even give it a shot because I thought that I could never be as good as my dad. So I decided that even if I can't be as good as him, I'll give it a try," Hiccup said and he became silent for a while.

Elsa frowned again. It seemed that Hiccup really have self-esteem issues about his leadership. She wanted to say to him that he was doing a wonderful job so far considering what he had achieved. But then those achievements were only one side of the story that she knew of. What about the rest of the story? Of the things that he had to sacrifice and do to get where he is now?

Elsa then pondered of what she would feel if she was to be in Hiccup's shoes. Back then Hiccup believed that everything can be solved peacefully without fighting. But then he learned the harsh truth in that sometimes, you just have to fight. But the cost for that lesson? His father.

Because of this, Hiccup also had his own "what-ifs". What if he had listened to his father? What if he didn't try to reason with Drago at all and just, stopped him?

Then there was the matter with how he became king. What was it that Hiccup had said before?

"I unknowingly had my best friend kill the opposing leaders for me,"

To Elsa, that wasn't a cause for much grief, if his best friend had killed the opposing leaders in war. She certainly have heard there was a unification war back then. Perhaps it was in a different way that he didn't like? However, because Hiccup hasn't reveal the whole story yet, she could only surmise that to Hiccup, his victories felt hollow.

It would not be surprising, considering that he lost his father, his fiancée and friend. All of it was indirectly because of him.

And so Elsa decided not to say that Hiccup had done a good job until Hiccup has finished his story, lest it would make things worse.

"So we then decided to stop Drago since he decided to destroy Berk," Hiccup finally continued his story.

Elsa perked up at this. "But how? Didn't Drago took all of the dragons?"

Hiccup smiled at her. "Well, not all of them. Only the baby dragons were left. They were immune to an Alpha's control since…you know babies," Hiccup shrugged.

Elsa smiled. "Of course,"

"Well, anyway, we rode the babies back to Berk, and found that Drago was already there, wreaking havoc and stuff," Hiccup continued. "I had my friends distract Drago's Bewilderbeast while I would try and take back Toothless from Drago,"

"Was it hard to accomplish that?" Elsa asked and Hiccup shook his head.

"Eh, Drago was so assured of his control of the dragons that he didn't think I could succeed in freeing Toothless from an Alpha's control. So he just let me try," Hiccup answered and Elsa was surprised at this.

"He just…let you try? He didn't try to stop you?"

Hiccup nodded. "Yep. In his own words, 'but please, oh great Dragon Master, try to take him'," Hiccup mimicked Drago's voice.

Elsa smirked at that. "Well, that was egoistic and idiotic of him. How did it went?"

Hiccup grinned. "I proved to him that I am the true Dragon Master after all and freed Toothless. The look on his face was priceless, especially when Toothless dropped him,"

"Good, he got that coming,"

Hiccup nodded. "True. But Drago was lucky as he fell on the Bewilderbeast's tusks. Have I told you that the Bewilderbeast have two large tusks like an elephant's?" Hiccup asked and Elsa shook her head. "Ah sorry, well you know now, heh,"

Hiccup rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly and Elsa smiled.

"Anyway, so he managed to get on his Bewilderbeast's head so it wasn't over yet. I figured at that time to win the war, I had to separate Drago from his dragon," at this Hiccup sighed. "I could have just use Toothless to shoot him down but…I guess I didn't want to add anymore human to his kill count at the time,"

Elsa turned to Toothless and gave him a sad look. She noticed how Hiccup mentioned 'at the time,' which meant that Toothless has indeed killed more people.

"So I used a distraction tactic and managed to get him off the Bewilderbeast. Once on the ground, I managed to disarm him, so I thought that it was over," Hiccup said and shook his head. "Even after what happened, I still didn't learn anything at that time,"

Elsa understood what Hiccup had meant and it saddened her. The Hiccup that was in front of her had accepted that to keep the peace, violence and death was necessary sometimes. And despite his reservations about it, he was willing to resort to it if necessary.

"Of course, it wasn't over yet. His dragon was strangely loyal to him, even though I could tell that Drago was abusive to him. And so his Bewilderbeast shot an ice-blast at me," Hiccup continued and Elsa gasped.

"I should be dead if it weren't for Toothless. He jumped in front of me but the both of us were still encased in ice. Actually, we both should have been dead if not for Toothless's…secret skill," Hiccup said and Elsa gave him a curious look.

"Turns out Night Furies can enter sort of a…super mode, I guess?" Hiccup tried to explain. "The scales on his spine glowed blue and he gain increased firepower. It's his species' final trump card in a life and death situation,"

"I see," Elsa said and glanced at Toothless, trying to imagine a Toothless that was glowing blue.

"Anyway, with his new found ability, he managed to free the both of us from the ice and challenged the Bewilderbeast for the Alpha status," Hiccup said and Elsa gave him a surprised look.

"He did?"

Hiccup chucked. "He did. He has always been a rebel,"

"So what happens then?" Elsa asked, getting more excited about the prospect of a 'David versus Goliath' moment. Hiccup noticed this and smirked.

"Toothless lost, so we have to retreat for round three with Drago,"

"What?" Elsa deflated. "But-but,"

At this Hiccup, laughed a litte and Elsa, realizing that she had been tricked, pouted. "That is so mean of you!"

"Sorry, sorry. I couldn't resist," Hiccup said and Elsa glared at him.

"On with the story. Now. And the truth this time,"

"Alright, alright," Hiccup raised his hands in defense. "Okay so, Toothless challenged the Alpha and shot his plasma blasts at him. It was quite the sight as the Bewilderbeast was reeling from the attack and it was enough to weaken his control over the other dragons. Toothless realized this and commanded the rest of the dragons to come to his side and they did, even though the fight wasn't over yet,"

Elsa raised an eyebrow at this and Hiccup noticed it. "It's weird right? Usually in the animal kingdom, an animal in a group would side with the Alpha that was victorious after the fight was over and not before, and certainly not to a dragon that wasn't born as Alpha,"

Elsa nodded. It certainly was strange. Perhaps it shows that with kindness, even dragons can go against their natural programming.

"Anyway, Drago certainly wasn't happy with the way things were going. So he climbed his dragon while shouting at him to keep fighting back," Hiccup continued. "Even then, it didn't stop him from losing control of the other dragons. At that point, I rode on Toothless and offered him the chance to surrender. And he refused,"

Hiccup looked…relieved at this and Elsa frowned a little. She didn't like for Hiccup to be glad to be rid of someone but then, she could say the same for herself about a certain Prince.

"Toothless then decided to shows his…'Alpha' status by commanding the other dragons to attack Drago's Bewilderbeast. They all attacked him in unison but the Bewilderbeast was known to have the strongest armor of all dragons and it shows. He still didn't go down and decided to finish the fight once and for all,"

Hiccup was silent for a moment as he saw Elsa becoming excited again for a moment before she realized what was happening. Suddenly, he felt cold creeping down his spine as Elsa glared at him again.

Hiccup didn't give in though. "Maybe we should save this for another night?" Hiccup said.

"What? Why? The story is almost finished!" Elsa asked.

"So that I can spend a thousand and one nights with you?" Hiccup answered and Elsa looked confused until it came to her.

"What are you-oh…that…you know of that story?" Elsa asked again, referring to the One Thousand and One Nights story compilation.

"Trader Johann, remember?" Hiccup answered and Elsa gave him an 'oh'.

Elsa blushed then at what Hiccup had implied. In the One Thousand and One Nights, the story was told by Scheherazade, a Persian Queen that had been married to the Persian King. She has to tell him stories for one thousand and one nights to prevent the King from executing her.

Which, if applied to their situation right now, the role would be reversed and well, minus the marriage and execution.

Hiccup however, was enjoying observing the distracted and blushing Elsa. It was only for a moment however as Elsa regained herself and glared at him again.

"Well, it's good that you know about it but we are talking about a different story right now. So please, no more distractions," Elsa almost commanded and Hiccup smiled again.

"Alright, alright," Hiccup continued. "So Drago's Bewilderbeast decided to attack Toothless but he was faster and shot a final blast at him. It hit his left tusk and broke it…which, now that I think about it…it sort of fits?"

Elsa gave him a half questioning look and a glare, as if warning him not to distract her again.

"No-I mean, I lost my left leg, Toothless lost his left tailfin. Drago lost his left arm, and his dragon lost his left tusk…huh," Hiccup scratched his head. "Man, what is with all the left side dismemberment?"

Elsa pondered about it as well. It was such a strange string of coincidences that it was almost unsettling. Then suddenly, it occurred to Elsa. Drago Bludvist was the opposite of Hiccup Horrendous Haddock. He represented the worst that Hiccup could be.

"Eh, well, moving on," Hiccup shrugged. "So anyway, Toothless broke his left tusk and it was then that the Bewilderbeast admited defeat. He even bowed to Toothless! Although it was a bit subtle,"

Elsa looked really excited at this. "And then what happens?"

"The Bewilderbeast ran away into the ocean, with Drago still on top of him," Hiccup said and Elsa gasped.

"But-but why? And what happens to Drago?" Elsa asked.

"Drago lived,"

Elsa noticed the use of past tense.

"As for why the Bewilderbeast ran away, it's in their behavior. The loser either dies or has to leave. Well, if he didn't, he would get killed anyway. It's just like most animals, like lions for example. So he thought that maybe Toothless would kill him if he didn't leave," Hiccup explained.

"Would he though?"

"If we have to," Hiccup said in a serious tone and it unnerved Elsa a little bit. "Luckily we don't need to," Hiccup suddenly said in a cheery tone. "We found him sometime after that and he's been good,"

"Actually, it was lucky for us that things turn the way it did," Hiccup said and Elsa gave him a curious look. "Thing is, Alpha dragons was evolved to be the Apex of the dragon species and their only predator is other Alphas. It is borderline cheating! I mean, we humans are the apex species on earth, even with dragons around and we can still get killed by other animals,"

"What do you mean? That it was impossible for non-Alphas to win against Alphas?" Elsa asked and Hiccup nodded.

"Almost,"

"But you killed the Red Death!" Elsa stated.

"Not in the conventional way. The Red Death can live in lava comfortably, mind you," Hiccup said and Elsa's eyes widened. "It has very strong defense and offense and even if Toothless were to shoot at her non-stop, there's no guarantee that he'll win,"

"We only won because we exploited her very specific weaknesses that other dragons didn't have the knowledge or means to exploit it. Now, the Bewilderbeast, sports an even stronger defense," Hiccup continued. "I mean, sure his belly is his weak spot, but even then he could just lay on the ground to cover it or swim in the ocean, which for something of his size, is actually quite fast underwater,"

"And then you have his head. Even after receiving all the dragon attacks to his head, he was still fine and he could even survive Toothless's most powerful attack. Heck, without my influence, Toothless would have aimed it into its mouth and that could be lethal. Instead he aimed at his tusk,"

"I see. So on paper, without external help, it is impossible for non-Alphas to win against Alphas," Elsa said and Hiccup nodded. Elsa also realized that Marshmallow's victory over Toothless back then was because of the overwhelming odds on her's and Marshmallow's side. If it was a fair fight…

"We only win because Drago's Bewilderbeast has been trained to be submissive all its life and Toothless and the other dragons knew that. When you were trained to be submissive through pain and fear, when a bigger force comes along, your loyalty can change pretty quickly,"

Elsa nodded. It was why controlling with fear tend to not last. Sure it was the easiest, but when that fear dissipates or was replaced with other fear that was stronger...

"It would be a different story if we had faced against my mom's Bewilderbeast. He won't back down, that's for sure. Now that's a true Alpha. He didn't even have to use his dragon-controlling ability to rule. Heck, he even feed his subjects! Even Toothless acknowledged his leadership," Hiccup stated and Elsa looked surprised at this.

"Strange right? The complete opposite of the Red Death," Hiccup said and Elsa nodded.

"Well of course. When you use ice…" Elsa smirked and Hiccup chuckled.

"Well, we were lucky too because the other dragons were the legacy of my mom's Bewilderbeast. They had been under a good management and certainly like it better than Drago's. So they decide to side with the next best thing," Hiccup smirked.

"Well, that certainly seems like it," Elsa smiled in return. "And what happens after that?"

"Well, the other dragons recognize Toothless as the new Alpha. You know, now that I think about it, it was probably why the other dragons were more submissive when we defeated the Red Death," Hiccup scratched his chin. "They could have been following Toothless even though he himself might not know it at the time,"

Elsa sweat dropped at this. Hiccup sure has a lot of 'now that I think about it,'.

"And I was also recognized as the Chief of Berk," Hiccup said in a happy tone and Elsa smiled.

"I'm sure your father is proud of you," Elsa said and hoped that Hiccup didn't feel bad from mentioning her father.

Fortunately, Hiccup smiled. "Yeah, I know he is,"

Elsa felt relief yet at the same time, sad. Hiccup has come to terms that his father is proud of him, no matter what he did. But it doesn't mean that Hiccup felt the same about it.

"So that's it! The story of how I became the Chief of Berk," Hiccup said and Elsa clapped quietly.

"Your storytelling has improved!" Elsa stated and Hiccup scratched the back of his neck.

"Really? Because I kind of got sidetracked a lot, what with the exposition and stuff…"

"Well, to me the exposition is necessary, lest I got lost and have to bombard you with questions later," Elsa answered and Hiccup shrugged.

"If you say so,"

Elsa then took out her pocket watch to check the time. "I seems that we still have the time for your third story,"

Technically, for someone of her status, she should be back at home right now to prepare for bed and not having a one thousand and one nights session with the opposite sex that is not her husband…alone. But she couldn't care less for tonight.

"Well…" Hiccup finished his now cold coffee in one gulp. "Hey, cold milk coffee is good! We should drink it with ice next time!"

Elsa giggled and playfully slapped him on the arm. "Focus, Hiccup!"

Hiccup grinned. "Alright, alright. Now get ready,"

Hiccup took a deep breath and relaxed himself for a moment. Elsa could hardly contain herself for the next story.

"For the next story was about how I became the villain of the Viking Kingdom and caused a great war,"

Elsa's eyes widened at this. She expected the war but not Hiccup becoming the villain. "Wha-what?"

"And how my friend, Varin Hafrson, made me the hero by becoming the villain instead. How he was almost insane at the end and how he became one of the most hated and feared man in the Viking history. And I played a part in it,"

Author's Note: Tadaa! A cliffy! Muahaha! Alright, in all seriousness, I want to stop here to prevent overloading you guys. So yeah! Now, to other matters. The previous and this chapter was sort of a retelling of the HTTYD canon story but with in depth view of what Hiccup thought and feel of the situation. I know, you might be thinking, "but we already know about the story!". True, but I felt it was necessary to tell the story this way instead of just summarizing the story in one line like "Hiccup told Elsa his story of how he become Chief," and moved on. So yeah.

Buuut, the next chapter will be an original storyline with an OC of mine who will play a large part. It will be important because it will...hint of the bigger bad that is to come.

So until the next time, faithful readers! I hope you enjoy this!

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