Author's Note: Hello readers! And so the story went to our couple again! And as you can expect, it was Elsa's turn to tell her story. Now, please do not skip this chapter. Don't worry, it wasn't a total recap of the Frozen storyline as it was told from Elsa's point of view, not Anna's. It also has a lot of information about other stuff.

Elsa101: Yes, I will write more. So no worries. And you do not have to use 'no offence' all the time. I'm not offended, so no offence, k?

Yoshi-Strange: Muahaha! I'm glad that you're confused about him! That's what I'm aiming for! I don't want a cookie cutter villain that you'll hate straight away (although a lot already hated him), I want a villain that made you doubt about his villainess! Trust me, you'll be confused by him a lot in the future. Although his definite status will take a looooong time to clear.

Mandalore Requiem: Ohoho! Now think, if such an intelligent person had to resort to being used by Omega, what does that mean? Dun dun duuun.

Kuro-Sacchi: Thanks for the compliment! Although I like to think myself as one, I don't think I can claim that title until I've proven it with a, what I would like to say, the definitive proof. Unfortunately that proof is very far away.

Alright, so on with the story!

Chapter 20 – Her Story

"So! Finally I get to hear about your life story!" Hiccup asked excitedly with a grin. He then rubbed his hands in a villainous sort of way.

Elsa pursed her lips at the sight but at the inside, she felt a bit nervous. Aside from Anna, she had never told anyone about her past. Mostly because they didn't ask. It wasn't that they didn't care, most of them like Kai, Gerda and Frederik already knew anyway. People that doesn't like Kristoff knew it from other sources. They didn't ask because they didn't want to make her relieve her somewhat painful past.

They want her to move on to the future and didn't want her to get stuck in the past. She understood.

She was also a bit disappointed. Elsa wasn't that fragile. It wasn't like she was going conjure Eternal Winters every time someone ask her about her past.

So to have a chance to tell her past to someone was a refreshing experience.

"Alright, let's start," Elsa said and looked around the grand hall for a moment and Hiccup looked confused at this. Elsa then smiled as she conjured a pair of single seat plush chairs from ice and snow. She then took a seat on one of them.

Hiccup didn't need an invitation and sat on the remaining chair. The both of them were silent for a moment before Hiccup turned to look at her. "Okay, I know this is obvious since the chair is made from ice and snow and all but uh…it's cold,"

Elsa giggled and waved her hand at Hiccup's chair. Her magic then made the snow lose its cold, causing Hiccup to sigh. "That's heavenly. I don't want to get up from this chair, ever," he drawled and Elsa giggled again.

"I'm glad to see that you are comfortable. So let's get to my story, shall we?" Elsa said and Hiccup perked up at this.

"Fire away!" he said and Elsa giggled.

"To start, the origin of my powers were never known," Elsa started. "When I was born, my hair was mostly brown," Hiccup raised an eyebrow at this, as if to say, 'mostly?'. "I have a streak of white hair,"

"I see, so I guess that's an indication of your powers then?" Hiccup asked and Elsa nodded.

"Yes, although my parents didn't realize it at the time. However, they were worried by it, thinking that I was stricken with a disease," Elsa continued and Hiccup looked serious at the mention of the disease. "The doctors didn't know what caused it but since I was healthy, they couldn't do anything but to observe my condition,"

"Over the years, the white streak continue to grow and replace my brown hair. It was then that my father thought that what caused it might be magical in nature. And so he began to study about it with hopes that he could find what caused it and…its cure," Elsa said.

"Did he succeed?" Hiccup asked.

"Sort of. He found a legend about the founders of Arendelle. The legend says that the first King came from the icy north and had the power over winter himself," Elsa explained. At this, Hiccup raised an eyebrow.

"North? Then that means he's a Viking?" Hiccup asked and Elsa nodded.

"Yes, and that means the Arendellians, especially the Royal Family have Viking blood in our veins. Although it is not as strong as yours, obviously," Elsa stated and Hiccup's eyes widened at this. He then pointed a finger at her and then to him, and then to her again.

"Yes, we have something in common after all," Elsa giggled at his response.

"Wow, really? But you guys hardly look like a Viking!" Hiccup stated and Elsa nodded.

"That is true. Our culture still have Viking elements but only in small amounts as large parts of it were replaced by newer and different cultures," Elsa explained and Hiccup frowned as he processed the information. Suddenly, he snapped his fingers.

"I see! So let me get this straight," Hiccup started. "So your ancestor and mine came from the same place. But your ancestor decided to travel south and found Arendelle. Meanwhile, our ancestor decided to stay!"

Elsa smiled. "That is correct,"

"And because the people of different cultures rarely went to the Viking Archipelago and we rarely get outside, our culture remained mostly the same," Hiccup stated.

"And my ancestors encountered other civilizations, resulting in a mix of culture and unfortunately, a heavy dilution of the Viking ways," Elsa explained.

In Arendelle, the native language was the North Germanic language. It was also known as Nordic language as it was influenced by the Old Norse language used by the Vikings. It was the reason why the people of Arendelle were able to understand the Vikings easily.

Hiccup chuckled. "So that's why your people reacted like they've never seen us before! We must be like, cavemen to them!"

Elsa smiled. "That and Vikings have a bad reputation. Although, that is mostly my ancestors' fault,"

"Eh?" Hiccup simply said.

Elsa giggled. "My ancestors might not have dragons, but they are still Vikings. What do you think should happen if your ancestors decided to explore outside of the Viking Archipelago?"

Hiccup rubbed his chin. "You know, standard Viking stuff at that time such as…pillaging and stuff…oh,"

Elsa nodded. "Yes, and my ancestors were very good at that too. They terrorized much of Britain's land, even attacking their sacred abbeys. And such, the Britains painted them as bloodthirsty, violent barbarians. Of course, that ended when most of the Vikings were converted to Christianity,"

Hiccup looked very impressed at this. "Wow. That is awesome. It made our ancestors look bad in comparison,"

Elsa pursed her lips before she spoke. "Oh hush! Your ancestors managed to achieve wonderful feats as well,"

"Yeah, by being too stubborn to leave," Hiccup said nonchalantly. "Still, I love to to check your history books later on. And we're also getting sidetracked by our awesome ancestors,"

Elsa smiled and she nodded. "Right, so where was I? Ah yes, the origin of my magic," Elsa continued. "My father believed in the legend and he thought that I must have inherited it,"

"If that's true, then that means winter magic is quite common in the royal family," Hiccup said.

"Perhaps," Elsa answered and Hiccup raised an eyebrow. "It seems that apart from the legend of the First King and myself, there was no record of any other person with magic,"

Hiccup pondered at this. "Either the winter magic skipped a lot of generations or…it just wasn't recorded," he stated.

Elsa nodded. "The latter is more likely. It could be that after my ancestors converted to Christianity, they have to keep it hidden or risk persecution or worse," she said and Hiccup's gaze hardened. He looked furious, but it wasn't directed at her. Even so, she didn't like to see it and so she continued with her story.

"By the time I was 3, my hair turned completely white and I could use my magic," Elsa said and let out a flurry of snow dance in her palm. "And my sister was born in the same year as well,"

She smiled. "I used my magic to entertain her ever since she was a baby," Elsa remembered the moment. A gurgling baby trying to reach the snow dancing in the air. A snowflake landed on the baby's nose and she giggled happily.

"At that time, I wasn't scared of my powers and my father didn't prohibit me from using it, only that I limit it. Anna however, loved my powers and would try to get me to use it every chance she got," Elsa continued. "She was and is still good at that. She would ask me, 'Do you want to build a snowman?' and well, it's hard for me to resist her after that,"

Hiccup remembered his snowman building session he had with Elsa. 'No wonder,' he thought.

"Everything was fine until I was 8. Anna was only 5 at that time. That one night, she couldn't sleep and she asked me to play with her. Of course, we ended up playing with my powers," Elsa's expression turned sad. "I created snow pillars for Anna to jump on. However, I created the subsequent pillars high and higher and Anna was moving too fast and…"

Hiccup was grateful that their chairs weren't so far apart. He then reached to touch her hand and Elsa smiled gratefully for the support.

"I slipped on the slippery floor," Elsa said and Hiccup gave her a skeptical look. "I didn't master that ability at that time," Hiccup nodded and she continued. "Anna jumped without a pillar and she was so high up! In my panic, I send a bolt of magic that hit her head,"

Elsa looked down at this and Hiccup squeezed her hand. "The resulting momentum send her towards a snow mound and save her from the fall but not from my magic. A part of her hair turned white and she started to turn cold…"

Elsa seemed hesitant to continue but Hiccup pressed on. "What happened next?"

"My parents realized what happened and they took us to meet…" suddenly Elsa realized something. "…the trolls,"

"…"

"…"

"What?" Hiccup simply said.

Elsa knew what Hiccup probably wanted to ask next so she took the initiative first. "The trolls…they're made from stone," she then conjured an ice statue of the troll in their inactive state at first. Then a swish of her hand and the ice statue changed to show the true form of a troll.

Hiccup's mouth was gaping wide open for a moment before he suddenly laughed. "I knew it! I've met them before in Berk!"

Elsa raised an eyebrow. "You have?"

"Yes! Although they never showed their true selves to me. When I was little, I found strange boulders that have tracks behind them. It was as if somebody pushed them or they moved on their own. I even found a large number of them in a clearing and their position always change every time I checked on them!" Hiccup explained.

"I see," Elsa said. That was good news. The trolls had told them that they were more of them outside of Arendelle but they didn't know where. Grandpabbie and the others would be thrilled knowing about this.

"No wonder I never found them! I never thought that the trolls could be rocks!" Hiccup shook his head.

Elsa smiled. "So, back to my story," she said and Hiccup turned his attention to her again. "The leader of the trolls named Pabbie or Grandpabbie as everyone called him has the ability to remove the magic from Anna's head, but he also has to remove her memories about my magic,"

Hiccup gave her a confused look. "Why?"

"As a precaution," Elsa said. "He was afraid that the same thing might happen again. He warned me that my powers will only grow and I need to control it. He also told me that fear will be my greatest enemy,"

"Unfortunately, even though he has a point, the way he did it was wrong," Elsa stated and Hiccup gave her a disbelieving look. After all, Elsa had just claimed that a magical and most likely ancient being was wrong.

"That was because, before the incident, I didn't fear my powers at all and I have near perfect control. But after the incident and Grandpabbie's warning, I grew to fear it, making me lose control," Elsa explained and Hiccup nodded.

"That's…true," Hiccup said and Elsa sighed.

"Truth to be told, it wasn't entirely his fault," Elsa continued. "At that time, he thought that I wasn't going to be afraid of my powers and the only fear that I have to be afraid of was from other people," Elsa continued.

Elsa and Anna had confronted Grandpabbie about the matter and that was his answer. "He told me that even if I wasn't afraid of my powers, even if I had it under perfect control, it won't matter if people were to be afraid of me. To him, the greatest fear comes from the others and not myself,"

"That logic has its merit," Hiccup said. He was no stranger to other people's fears. And it was even more dangerous as it can amplify your own fear. "But I had a feeling that it caused you more harm than good,"

"That's true," Elsa nodded. "Grandpabbie was a magical being to begin with and so he didn't fear magic. Magic to him was as natural as nature. It would be incomprehensible for him to fear it. What he was afraid of was things or beings that tend to defy nature, namely us,"

Hiccup nodded in understanding. "I understand why they choose to hid from humans,"

"That's right. He was afraid of what the people would do once they know I have powers. My parents had that fear as well. It wasn't unjustified, truth be told," Elsa said and she looked down.

It hurt at first, to know that such extreme measures were prepared by the man that she trusted the most. It hurt to know that her loved ones feared her…or that was she thought at first.

After the Great Thaw, she had confronted Frederik about the special chains prepared for her.

"It was because they loved you," Frederik said.

"And that made it alright?!" Elsa almost screamed and frost began to creep on the floor from her feet.

"Of course not. But it was either that or killing you," Frederik simply replied and Elsa's eyes widened.

"What?" she said in disbelieve.

Frederik turned away from her to look at her parents' portrait. "You're not the first, Elsa. Back then before there was Arendelle, your power was a symbol of divine gift, power and authority. Your ancestors wield them proudly and their people didn't fear it. Nowadays however, it was a symbol of evil, of sorcery and the unnatural,"

"There were many more before you Elsa. The difference was they didn't make it into the history books," he said and Elsa's eyes widened again as she realized the truth.

"No…that's…" Elsa tried.

"Anything could had happen to them. Either they were forced to hide their powers, exiled or killed," Frederik continued. "They took a great risk in loving you Elsa. And believe me, not a single day that your parents wished that they didn't have to use those chains,"

"I…I,"

"Yes, they were afraid. But they're not afraid of you. They're afraid for you. Afraid that should you lose control, they have to do things that a parent should never have to do. Afraid that they have to choose between the responsibility of a leader or a parent," Frederik said.

"Yes, they were afraid. But that's only because they loved you," he finished.

Elsa was broken out of her thoughts by Hiccup who squeezed her hand. A single tear escaped her and she wiped it away with a smile. "They were afraid for me,"

Hiccup gave her a soft smile. "And because of that, they wanted me to fully control my powers first. So they isolated me from the world by closing the gates, reducing the staff and didn't allow me to see Anna,"

"I'm guessing it didn't work as well as they hoped?" Hiccup asked and Elsa sighed.

"No. I didn't make any progress in controlling my powers and they were growing stronger. My father implement a method of control. I have to wear gloves since I tend to freeze everything I touch," Elsa said and Hiccup looked at their joined hands.

"Well, if my hands were to freeze with yours, I'd say it would be worth it," Hiccup grinned. This made the Snow Queen blush. They didn't remove their hands however.

'Hopeless romantic,' Elsa thought.

"An-anyway," she continued. "I also have to conceal it, not to feel it and don't let it show,"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow at this. "To conceal and not to let it show is doable, but not to feel? That's…impossible,"

"My father didn't mean not to feel any emotions, but rather, not to feel my powers. He guessed that perhaps if I can ignore it and act like it doesn't exist, it would just…go away," Elsa explained.

Hiccup scratched his head. "That's like asking to treat like your legs doesn't exist," he said and pointed to his prosthetic leg. "Sure, I lost one, but I still remember the need for two legs,"

Elsa giggled. "That's true. Anyway, my isolation years was a nightmare for Anna and me, "Elsa said.

"Anna didn't remember I had magic and so she didn't remember that I hurt her. After that night, I tried my best to avoid her without telling her the truth. Can you imagine being in her shoes at that time? To suddenly have someone that's close to you to avoid you like a plague and you didn't even know why or what you did wrong to deserve it," Elsa stated and Hiccup nodded.

"I can imagine," Hiccup nodded.

"But Anna, bless her. She wasn't the type of person to give up or break easily. Every day, for 10 years she would knock on my doors to try and get me out of my room," Elsa said and Hiccup whistled.

"10 years? Wow, that is impressive," he said and Elsa nodded.

"It is. Anyway, when I was 18 and, Anna was 15, disaster struck our family," Elsa continued and Hiccup gave her a curious look. "My parents had to go on a long trip overseas and they were caught in a heavy storm. They were lost at sea,"

"I'm sorry for your loss," Hiccup squeezed her hand. Elsa nodded and thanked him.

"It was…painful at that time. Anna had to bury our parents alone because I was afraid of going to the funeral. I couldn't risk it. I already froze my room from sadness at that time. From that point on, Anna stopped knocking on my doors," Elsa said and Hiccup squeezed her hand again. Elsa smiled before she continued.

"Things went normally for 3 years after that, which is 2 years ago. I was 21 at that time and of age to inherit the throne. In order for to be officially recognized as the Queen, I have to undergo a coronation ceremony," Elsa said. "And that's when my life began to change,"

Hiccup perked up at this. "For the first time in years, the castle gates were opened to the public and dignitaries from other countries," Elsa said.

"And you're going to be focus of everything," Hiccup stated and Elsa nodded. "And you didn't have control over your powers yet?"

She nodded again. "It was agony, having to stand in front of those people while you're the equivalent to a volcano waiting to erupt," Elsa continued. "Things went well for the most part. That was until Anna had told me that she wanted to marry Prince Hans from the Southern Isles. They had only met for a day,"

Hiccup pursed his lips and gave her a blank look. "A day. Really?" he said.

Elsa nodded. "Yes, although it is understandable. She is the type of person that requires socialization with other people, unlike me. After years of isolation, she was desperate for human contact,"

"And she grabbed the first opportunity presented to her," Hiccup stated and Elsa nodded.

"Since I was Anna's guardian, they required my blessing which I refused of course. And that's when things went bad. We had an argument and Anna managed to snag one of my gloves," she said and Hiccup 'ooh'ed.

"That's bad," Hiccup drawled and Elsa nodded.

"She then said that she couldn't live in isolation anymore and I…I told her to leave," Elsa said with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Hiccup squeezed her hand again. "So did she leave?"

"Fortunately no. She asked what her fault was with me, why I shut the world out and what I was so afraid of," Elsa said. "I couldn't take it and I accidently released my magic in front of everyone,"

"Was it really bad?" Hiccup asked.

"Well…not really. Nobody got hurt. But there was a nasty Duke from Weselton that kept calling me a monster," Elsa said. To her surprise, Hiccup didn't react to it. She expected for him to be angry about it and declared that she wasn't a monster. Hiccup however, remained…impassive.

"Then?" he asked.

Elsa decided to ignore it for the moment. "I ran away. I ran to the Northern Mountains, to here," she continued.

Hiccup gave her a surprised look. "Wait, you ran, all the way here? Alone? And in your fancy dress?"

Elsa pursed her lips. "Yes,"

Hiccup gave her a disbelieving look this time. "Oookay," he said.

Truth to be told, Elsa herself was quite surprised by what she had done. Sure she ran for a while, but after that, she walked all the way to the top of the Northern Mountain without difficulty. It didn't tire her as well. She heard that Anna, Kristoff and the group of people that went after her didn't have such luck.

Elsa decided to continue. "When I've reached here, I felt…free. I concealed my powers because there were people around me. Now that I was alone, I don't have to hide it anymore. I could…let it go,"

At this Elsa blushed and Hiccup caught on to this. "And how did you let it go?" he asked.

"I…sang," she replied and looked away.

"…"

"…"

"You sang?" Hiccup broke the silence.

"Yes…" she simply said and Hiccup grinned.

"Can I hear it?" he asked and Elsa nodded nervously.

"But can we do it after the story?" Elsa offered and he nodded. His grin then faded into a small smile and Elsa continued her story. "I also created this castle when I was singing,"

Hiccup gave her an impressed look. "On the spot? No prior plan at all?" he asked and Elsa shook her head. He then whistled in amazement.

"Things went well for a while. I decided to live here alone so that I couldn't hurt people," Elsa said and Hiccup gave her a skeptical look again.

"Waaait," he started and Elsa knew what he was going to ask. "What about food? I mean, do you know how to hunt and cook before this?"

"I hadn't thought about it at that time," Elsa said sheepishly. Back then, the logistics of food supply was on the bottom of her list. "And I was up here for only about a day, so I didn't have to worry about food,"

Hiccup still had his skeptical look as he asked again. "Okay so let's say that you decided to stay up here forever, alone. What are you going to do about food? I don't think there's enough vegetables or fruit to sustain you up here, so you'll have to hunt. And I don't doubt you can hunt with your powers. It's just the preparation and cooking that I'm curious about,"

In his mind, Hiccup imagined an awkward Elsa running around chasing after rabbits in her royal dress. After a while, she would grow frustrated and resorted to freezing her prey to death. She would then feel bad because she used her powers to kill, but he thought that Elsa would get over it. It was an animal after all. After that, she would have to skin it, which would be the most entertaining part since Hiccup guessed that Elsa was squeamish.

Hiccup imagined a crying Elsa with bloodied hands, holding an ice knife over a mutilated rabbit. Suddenly, without a warning, she vomited. Okay, that was sad.

Then, should she get past that stage, how would she cook it? Does she know how to make fire without the use of a fire starter? Most likely not. And her powers might not help. Which meant that she might have to eat the rabbit raw.

An image of a feral Elsa came to his mind, eating animals raw like some cavewoman. Her clothes were dirty and tattered and -

While Hiccup was lost in his own imagination. Elsa blushed and pouted. The subject on food was a running joke by her sister and Kristoff back then. It was one of the reason why she learned how to cook. Kristoff had even thought her basic survival lessons like how to start a fire. She still didn't have much luck with hunting and skinning animals however.

"I'll manage somehow," Elsa replied with a huff.

Hiccup chuckled. "I believe you, after all, you have Viking blood in you,"

"Mine's quite diluted, I doubt I've inherited any Viking skills at all," Elsa replied and Hiccup shrugged.

"Perhaps. Still, if you do manage it, it will be quite a sight! You'll be like, the Mountain Queen or something. That would be incredible…and hot," Hiccup mumbled the last part. Fortunately, Elsa did not hear it.

Hiccup's curious mind then imagined a jungle-warrior Elsa. Not the feral one, mind you, but rather, someone that had managed to adapt to the wild but still retain the grace of a royalty. He imagined Elsa with a spear made of ice, her royal dress' were ripped off from the legs to allow movement and-

"So! Let's continue with the story," Elsa said and Hiccup was broken out of his thoughts.

He nodded and Elsa was grateful that they could move on from the rather embarrassing topic. However, she felt as if she had forgotten something. Fortunately for her, she didn't have to ponder about it for long. "Oh! And I also accidentally created my first living sentient snowman, Olaf,"

Elsa pointed a finger towards where the ice statue of Olaf was. Hiccup's gaze followed suit and fell upon the small snowman. "He looks chipper, much different than your Marshmallow,"

"That was because he was created when I was happy whereas Marshmallow, wasn't," Elsa explained and Hiccup nodded. He then turned his attention back to her again.

"So I was all alone in the mountains for a while. Alone, but happy. Then, to my surprise, Anna managed to find me together with Kristoff and Olaf. She tried to convince me to go back to Arendelle and fix things. At first, I thought she meant about what had happened; the revealing of my powers and so on. However, it turned out that I subconsciously conjured an everlasting winter that buried Arendelle in deep snow," Elsa said and Hiccup looked surprised.

"You did?" he asked and she nodded sadly.

"I didn't realize that I had done that. It served as a wake up call that I can't be free. I thought that by isolating myself up here, I would do everyone a favor. Arendelle would be safe from me and I could live without fear and without the need to conceal anymore. But the winter just showed that all I did was running away from my problems," Elsa continued.

Hiccup was reminded of how he tried himself had tried to ran away from his problems. "Don't be too hard on yourself, things might have been worse," he said and squeezed her hand.

Elsa nodded. It would have been worse. Had she stayed, Anna and Kristoff would have never met, Hans' true nature might have never been revealed and Elsa might not learn that love thaws.

"So what did you do next?" Hiccup asked and Elsa hesitated to continue.

"I panicked and I…I accidently hit Anna on her heart with my magic," Elsa said and looked down, ashamed to look at Hiccup.

Hiccup picked up on this and shrugged. "Eh, we all have hurt someone unintentionally. So what happened to her?"

Elsa turned to look at him again. "I…slowly froze her heart, but I didn't know I had done it. Although, it turned for the better. If I had realized it, things might have gotten worse," Elsa sighed. "At that time, I still didn't see a solution to my problem and just wanted to be alone. Anna, Kristoff and Olaf insisted on staying. So I made them leave by creating Marshmallow,"

Hiccup ooh'ed at this.

"After Marshmallow had done his job. I was left alone for a while. Then, Prince Hans came and brought along a couple of men to find Anna," Elsa said. "However, because Marshmallow was on guard…"

Hiccup nodded his head with an understanding look. "Things got bad, huh?"

Elsa nodded. "To be fair, it wasn't Marshmallow's fault. He was created by my desire to be left alone and I wasn't in a good state at that time," she said and Hiccup nodded again. "The men ended up fighting him. During the scuffle, two men managed to get past him. It turned out those men were the Duke of Weselton's bodyguards, sent to end me,"

"That wasn't surprising," Hiccup said and Elsa sighed.

"It wasn't," Elsa continued. "Shortly afterwards, Prince Hans managed to cut one of Marshmallow's legs and it made him fall to down the mountain,"

Hiccup rubbed his chin as he remembered a particular detail about the giant snowman. 'No wonder he wore ice plates all over his body when fighting,' Hiccup thought.

"Anyway, the Duke's men managed to corner me in the castle and they attacked me with their crossbows. I had no choice but to fight," Elsa said and Hiccup perked up at this.

"How did you do?" he asked and Elsa looked down at this.

"Extremely well," Elsa said in almost a whisper. "They couldn't land a hit on me but I almost killed them,"

Hiccup didn't say anything and Elsa continued the story. "Fortunately, before I could kill them, Prince Hans arrived and told me not to be the monster they fear,". Those words stopped me. Unfortunately, one of the Duke's men still had his crossbow with him. He was about to take a shot at me but Prince Hans managed to get to him in time and redirect the crossbow to the chandelier above me,"

"Chandelier?" Hiccup asked. "From ice?" Elsa nodded and Hiccup gave her a disbelieving look. "Even normal chandeliers are a deathtrap. Why would you have one made from ice?"

Elsa pouted. "The castle wouldn't be grand without it," she replied and Hiccup chuckled.

"Well, I don't know anything about non-Viking interior design, so don't let my opinion stop you," he said and Elsa huffed.

"Of course!" she said. A second of silence later, she took a deep breath before continuing. "Alright, so the Duke's men shot a bolt at the chandelier, causing it to fall towards me. I managed to avoid it in time but the crash knocked me out,"

Hiccup grinned and Elsa glared at him. "I didn't say anything," he defended.

Elsa's glare softened before she continued. "When I wake up, I was in Arendelle's prison and my hands were shackled. It turned out the shackles were…special,"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow at this.

"It completely covers the whole hand," Elsa said. It took a second for Hiccup to piece everything. Usually, normal shackles were enough to restrain the average person. However, Elsa wasn't average.

"Could it be that your father…?" Hiccup asked and she nodded.

"I see," Hiccup said. "Did you ever know why he had it prepared?"

Elsa nodded. "It was one of the options prepared in case that I couldn't control my powers,"

Hiccup didn't need to ask what the other options was.

"How did you feel about it?" he asked.

Elsa sighed. "At first I didn't give it much thought. But after everything has calmed down and it crossed my mind, I was angry. But I learned and understood the reasoning behind it. In the end, I accepted it. In fact, if my powers weren't so powerful, I would have shackled myself,"

Hiccup gave her an awkward smile. "Well, it's good that you weren't depressed about that anymore but I uh, I wasn't sure about shackling yourself part. Unless it's your thing, then I won't judge,"

Elsa blushed when she realized what Hiccup had meant. She glared at him and send a powerful cold down his hand. Hiccup yelped at the sudden cold spike and chuckled.

"Kidding, kidding!" he said as he smiled and used his free hand to massage the top of her hand. The warmth from his hand and his smile made her blush again.

Elsa turned away for a few seconds to calm herself down. After her blush was gone, she turned to him again and decided to continue her story. "So-so, back to the story! Prince Hans came into my dungeon cell and asked me to stop the winter. I said that I couldn't and I needed Anna. However, he told me that Anna hadn't returned. I was so worried at that time. Worried for Anna and the people of Arendelle. And because my emotions were in turmoil, I subconsciously caused a heavy blizzard. It was then I I knew that I couldn't be in Arendelle at all. I had to go somewhere very far, further than the mountains with the hope that the blizzard would follow me. And so I asked Prince Hans to release me,"

"Did he though?" Hiccup asked and Elsa's lips pursed into a grim line.

"He said that he'll do what he can," Elsa said and Hiccup had a bad feeling about those words. Apparently, Elsa had the same idea. "I didn't believe that he or anyone would let me out so easily. So I had to escape on my own. Fortunately, my powers had grown so strong that not even the shackles or the dungeon could hold me. I managed to shatter the shackles and the dungeon walls,"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow and whistled.

Elsa smiled sheepishly. "The repair cost wasn't cheap," she said and Hiccup chuckled. "Anyway, I tried to run away but the blizzard made it hard. And so Prince Hans managed to find me. I told him to take care of Anna but he told me that my sister had returned but she was cold as ice. He told me that I froze her heart, that she was frozen to death because of me,"

Hiccup didn't say anything but only squeezed her hand. Elsa smiled softly and continued. "It wasn't true however. Anna hasn't froze completely yet, but I didn't know it at the time. I was so heartbroken that the blizzard just stopped and I just didn't care about anything at all. I didn't care that I heard Prince Hans had drawn his sword to kill me,"

Elsa was silent for a moment. She was prepared to die at that time. Why wouldn't she? She was at the lowest. Her powers were uncontrollable and she had 'killed' someone with it. What was worse that it was her sister. At that moment, she was truly alone.

"Fortunately, my sister stepped in between me and Hans at the right moment. She blocked the sword at the same time her body completely turned to ice," Elsa continued. "The sword shattered and it send a shockwave that knocked Prince Hans away,"

Hiccup gave her a skeptical look. "Anna didn't shatter?"

Elsa shook her head with a smile. "Fortunately, no. Fortunately, she thawed and turned normal again,"

Hiccup had that look again. "How so?"

"If fear is my greatest enemy, what is the opposite of fear?" Elsa asked.

"I would say courage but I don't think that applies here," Hiccup answered and Elsa giggled.

"Well, you're right on both accounts. In my case, it was-is love," Elsa answered. "Anna had met with the trolls on her way back to the castle to seek help with her…freezing affliction. Grandpabbie had told her that since I had frozen her heart, the only way to remove it is with love. For only an act of true love will thaw a frozen heart,"

Hiccup raised an eyebrow before he chuckled. "That's…corny,"

Elsa nodded. "But it worked. You see, at that time Anna thought that an act of true love was a kiss from someone that she love romantically. She thought that it was Prince Hans but it turned out that he didn't love her at all. He only wanted to marry her for the throne and he was more than happy to let her die and kill me to get to it,"

Hiccup was confused. "Wait, Prince Hans was evil? And how would he get the throne if the both of you were dead?" he asked.

"I'm not sure if he is still evil but yes, Prince Hans was evil back then. And he said to my council members that he and Anna had exchanged marriage vows and that they were married. And so that made him Prince Hans of Arendelle. And with Anna and I gone, he would become King Hans of Arendelle," Elsa explained.

Hiccup gave her a blank look. "Can that even work?"

Elsa giggled. "No. Even if they did exchanged marriage vows, there were no witness or person with the authority to approve it. Even if Prince Hans had managed to kill the both of us, his claim will be in doubt, especially by my General. However in retrospect, Prince Hans might actually succeed as he has established a good image while I was gone. That and with the true royalties gone, Hans could have easily asked for support either from his country or others to take over Arendelle by force if needed,"

Hiccup nodded. "That might be a sound plan actually. Crafty that guy,"

Elsa nodded. "But luck wasn't on his side…" Elsa said. '…or to be exact, Olaf,' she finished the thought in her mind. "Anyway, it turned out that it was-is Kristoff that she loves and Kristoff loves her as well. At first, she wanted to get to him so that they can kiss but along the way, Anna saw that Hans was about to kill me. And so she chose to sacrifice her chance of curing herself to save me,"

Hiccup's eyes widened as he pieced the puzzle. "Ah! So an act of true love doesn't have to be a kiss!"

Elsa nodded with a smile. "And true love doesn't necessarily mean romantic love. The love from family applies as well. It was at then I realized that to properly control my powers, all I need was love. All this time, I thought that I wasn't loved. Even though my parents loved me, the way they showed it wasn't enough to convince me. And I thought that Anna hated me for all that I've put her through. But she didn't. And that made me feel loved. After that, I could control my powers well and I undid the Eternal Winter,"

Hiccup nodded. "So what happened to Prince Hans?"

Elsa smiled. "Anna punched him, hard,"

Hiccup whistled.

"And after that, we send him back to be punished by his brothers," Elsa said in a rather unsatisfied tone. "Given choice, I would punished him here but politics. Had I done so, his brothers might use it as an excuse for war, even if he deserved it. That and I want to build a positive image," Elsa explained and Hiccup nodded.

"That's a good move, especially with your powers made public to the world. You wouldn't want them be afraid of you," Hiccup said and Elsa nodded. She wanted to build a kind and caring image, not someone that would freeze a person for a light offense.

Although what Hans did wasn't exactly light.

"And that's the end of my story," Elsa said and Hiccup nodded again.

"So…if things could go differently, how would you want it?" Hiccup asked and Elsa gave him a curious look.

It was a strange question because nobody had ever asked her that. Well why would they? They wanted her to move on and asking that will only made her stuck in the past.

"Well, I wished that the trolls had told my father that love thaws. In retrospect, I should have hit Anna on the heart that night. Things might have been different then," Elsa answered.

Hiccup nodded before chuckling. "So all this could be avoided if the trolls weren't so vague, eh?"

"Unfortunately, yes. Anna and I did gave Grandpabbie a piece of our mind but it's all in the past," Elsa sighed. Truth to be told, they couldn't entirely blame the trolls. They had different a mentality than humans as they saw the world differently.

For the trolls, the act of destroying nature was unthinkable. The natural world was sacred to them. To humans however, nature was just a hindrance to their progress.

As such, when her parents went to the trolls for a solution, they gave it according to their views. Asking for their help was like asking a magical creature the best way to stop humans from destroying nature. The most likely answer was the removal of humans from the world.

It wasn't the best solution for humanity, but for everyone or everything else, it was the obvious answer.

"Say, what happened to the Duke that called you a monster?" Hiccup asked and Elsa perked up at this. Hiccup's question reminded her of a matter that Elsa wanted his opinion about.

"Well, I sent him back to his country and banned any trade from Arendelle to Weselton. Ever since then, he has been trying to convince everyone that I'm a monster," Elsa answered.

Hiccup didn't say anything about the matter but he instead released her arm and stood up to do some light stretching.

His reaction disappointed Elsa. The truth was that, she knew that it wasn't possible to make the whole world think that she wasn't a monster. She has already accepted that and she wouldn't mind it even if the people of Arendelle thought her as such.

However, it was a different matter if the people that were close to her shared the same thought. If Anna said that Elsa was a monster, you can bet that there might be a second Eternal Winter. But that was it, the people that were dear to her had told her that she wasn't a monster. That she was a human.

Despite their short time together, Hiccup was considered to be a dear person to her. They had bared their hearts to each other, something that Elsa had difficulty doing. So the fact that Hiccup didn't tell her that she wasn't a monster, disappointed and pained her.

'Why would it matter if he thought so?' Elsa asked herself. 'It would be just one opinion against many others. Would his opinion matter over others like Anna?'

With a heavy heart, she thought yes. Why actually? Why would his opinion held more sway than Anna who still loved Elsa despite all that she had inflicted on her?

It could be because Hiccup was a young monarch like her. He didn't judge, looked at her with fear, disdain or sympathy like the Kings and Queens that she had met. He wasn't a prince that had never properly ruled. He understood the burden of leadership and they could talk about it like two people comparing study notes, instead of one being a teacher and the other a student.

Hiccup was her equal in so many ways that others couldn't be, including Anna.

It could be because Hiccup had similarities with her that other people don't have. It could be because of his vast experience that Anna or Kristoff didn't have. Or it could be that he has a different perspective on life than her, that Hiccup might have seen something else that everyone missed.

If Hiccup indeed saw her as a monster, why? She was afraid that his answer might break her but she had to know.

"Hiccup," she started and Hiccup stopped what he was doing. "Do you think that I'm a monster? Please answer honestly,"

Hiccup didn't turn to face her and the effects was immediate and terrible. It made her feel like she was a horrible thing to look at. It crushed the confidence that she had built up all those years after her coronation. It made her feel like she was a monster.

How strange that he had such an effect on her.

After what seemed like an eternity, Hiccup only replied with a single word.

"Yes,"

Author's Note: What is this?! Hiccup thought that Elsa is a monster?! How could he?! And why?! Wait, why am I asking you guys this when I already know the answer? And I have a feeling that some of you might know the answer too! See you next chapter!

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