"Leave me alone!" yelped Snotlout not feeling very brave in this moment with a cold knife to his neck held by what appeared to be a dwarf.
"What is it now, Ginarrbrik?" said an almost annoyed and impatient voice but still cold and disinterested feminine voice.
"Make him let me go! I didn't do anything wrong!" cried out Snotlout from underneath the small man.
"How dare you address the Queen of Narnia!" scorned the dwarf who's name was apparently Ginarrbrik who's voice sounded rough and scratchy.
"I didn't know!"
"You will now know her better hereafter!" shouted the dwarf again who was dressed in a thick brown coat and was wearing a red hat, though that's not what's important right now i'm guessing.
"Wait!" came a command from the passenger which was the Queen of Narnia, causing Ginarrbrik to stop just moments before he was about to run Snotlout through.
The very tall woman I mean she wasn't just tall, she was Tall, bigger than most men back where he was from. She stepped out of her carriage, she wore a white furry jacket on her back and a very light blue tress tinted white under that, she had blonde hair in done in dreadlocks and a ponytail her face was pale and seemed to be as cold as stone her expression still that of her voice, cold and disinterested until she saw him where it changed to something unreadable, was it shock? Fear? Anger? Annoyance? Perhaps a mix. She had a bright golden crown on her head clearly stating she was of nobility and according to the dwarf she was the Queen of this land.
"What is your name, Son of Adam?" she said signaling for her companion to get off of him as Snotlout slowly stood up.
"Snotlout… Your Highness," he said nervously, eyes darting towards Ginarrbrik hoping he wasn't going to attack again.
"A strange name for a strange creature," she said with a small smile, though it was not a warm smile or even an amused one, it was more just stretching her muscles upwards, "And how Snotlout did you come to enter my domain?"
"I-I came through a wardrobe because I was following my-" he was cut off as the Queen started to muse something to herself.
"Ha! A door. A door from the world of men! But he is only one, and he is easily dealt with," said the Queen speaking to herself before focusing on him again, "Do go on,"
Snotlout felt uneasy since she said "dealt with" well more uneasy but he feared for his life and continued, "I was following my cousin through the wardrobe and I ended up here, your Majesty,"
"Cousin? How many are you? And where is your thingamabob?" she questioned exchanging a glance with her companion.
"Um well I am staying at Mr. W's house since there is a war going on with eight other children, Hiccup, er my cousin, is the only one who's been here before, he said he met some faun named Tumnus… and I- I don't know what a "thingamabob" is…"
"You know, your thing that goes around your finger thats lets you hop around realms, I don't think they were called a "War-drobe" though, it started with an R though," she continued to muse and explain to the boy who she thought was very unintelligent talking in a voice that one might talk in for a little boy, that was not unlike Snotlout's own when he would mock his cousin, "I remember now, there was a green one and a yellow one and that half pint "magican" Ugh, and those dreadful children don't even get me started about them…"
She trailed off seeing Snotlout's confused expression and that she was rambling, figuring out that the "War-Drobe" and the thingamabobs were different things, also the fact that she could live for long stretches of time thousands of years if she needed to which she had already done.
She seemed to have a thoughtful face on, though not quite, it was not thoughtful in the way you would think a thoughtful face would look, like one was being sympathetic. Made up nonsense to the "The Rightful Queen" of Narnia. It was more of a thinking thoughtful face, carefully weighing her options, it was just for a flash though before she put on a warm smile, "Snotlout, you look so cold. Will you come and sit with me?"
Snotlout sent her a suspicious glance but dared not disobey considering her companion had a whip and knife handy, and also the fact that she was the Queen of Narnia. He climbed onto her sleigh sitting next to her as she put a fold of her furry white coat on him and then another one both white sides keeping them warm, he was honestly getting tired of the color and the word white. Like when you read a word over and over and over and over and over it feels like it loses its meaning.
"Now, how about something hot to drink," smiled the Queen at him as he shifted uneasily at this awkward position.
"Yes please, Your Majesty," he said considering his teeth were chattering, afterall he wasn't dressed for the cold considering he was still in his pajamas, and he was never one to pass up a nice warm drink. The Queen proceeded to take a small bottle out of her wrappings which seemed to be made out of copper and had green liquid in it as she dropped a bit on the ground causing a silver goblet to grow out of thin air, or rather snow if you looked closely enough, with hot liquid inside of it to which she had the Dwarf give to Snotlout.
"Your drink, sire," said Ginarrbrik handing it to him with a bow and a smile, though the smile wasn't warm nor friendly much like the Queen's smiles when Snotlout first met her.
"How did you do that?" questioned Snotlout curiously as he began to sip the hot liquid feeling better now though nearly burning his tongue but it tasted so good he didn't mind as he greedily began to slurp more despite the burning of his mouth.
"I can make anything you like," she said kindly to the boy.
"Can you make me taller?" he asked instantly despite being rather big for his age, as the Queen chuckled before clarifying.
"Anything you would like to eat,"
"Turkish Delight?" he asked her as she did the same process again creating a small silver box full of Turkish Delight which the dwarf handed to him, taking his cup and throwing it against a tree causing it to revert back to its snow form, how this magic works is beyond me, is it merely an illusion? Or is she doing a transformation spell that wears off? Perhaps it is something else, we will probably never know so best not dwell on it I guess, magic is magic, magic is crazy and unpredictable along with being nearly unexplainable, it wouldn't be magic if it wasn't crazy right?!
Back to the story though, Snotlout is currently stuffing his face full of Turkish Delight despite the small box it held quite a lot of Turkish Delight, each piece was sweet and light to the very center and Snotlout had never tasted anything more delicious. He was quite warm now and very comfortable.
While he was eating like a slob, the Queen kept asking him questions. At first Snotlout tried to remember that it is rude to speak with your mouth full, but since when did he have good manners? Snotlout soon forgot about this and thought only of trying to shovel as much Turkish Delight as he could and the more he ate the more he wanted more and he never asked himself why the Queen should be so inquisitive.
She got him to tell her about each one of the children, and many other things but she kept coming back to the fact that there was 3 Daughters of Eve and 5 sons of Adam no more and no less and Snotlout with his face full of Turkish Delight kept saying, "Yes, I told you that before," though the effect was muffled as his face was stuffed and he kept forgetting to call her "Your Majesty" or "Your Highness" or some other name befitting royalty she hardly seemed to care now only wanting one thing… info which he almost too easily gave up.
At last the Turkish Delight box was finally empty, and Snotlout looked at the box with a wistful expression most likely wanting the Queen to ask him if he wanted more. Which the Queen knew quite well what he was thinking already afterall she was the one who offered the food.
"Well you see Snotlout, I don't have any children of my own," she said pulling him closer to her knowing exactly what she was saying, "And you are exactly the sort of boy who I could see, one day becoming Prince of Narnia, maybe even king,"
"Really?"
"Of course Snotlout you would need to bring your friends, I would very much like to meet the rest of your family and friends,"
"Why? They are nothing special," he said disdainfully worried they might upstage him. He was one of the best children in New Berk, but Astrid easily beat him in many things. Along with Heather and Dagur, and he wanted his new found glory only for himself.
"I am sure none of them are nearly as handsome or as clever as you," flattered the Queen obviously having a trick up her alley.
"Do you mean Dagur would be King too? Or Hiccup? Astrid?" he said disdainfully and anxious if only his father could see him now, he would like to bring his father through the wardrobe so he may see how he would become King, surely he would be proud of him then? Right?
"No, no no, but a King needs servants," she smirked.
"I guess I could bring them," he said halfheartedly, entertaining the thought, finally he could get back on Astrid and Heather and especially Dagur for each time they humiliated him.
"Beyond those woods, you see those two hills? My house is right between them, it's a lovely place my house, I am sure you would like it. There are whole rooms filled with Turkish Delight. When you are Prince you can wear a gold crown and eat Turkish Delight all day long; you certainly are the most cleverest and handsomest young man I have ever met," she continued flattering in a sweet voice, though he did not look either clever or handsome right now with a red face with his mouth and hands sticky from the Turkish Delight while in his pajamas. The Queen seemed to notice this and grabbed her servants hat using it to wipe his hands and face. She then proceeded to hand it back to her servant who looked at it disgusted trying to get the stuff off the hat.
Anyone in their right mind would ask why or what do you get out of it or something along those lines, though Snotlout was not in his right mind right now, if he ever was, and instead asked, "Couldn't we go there now? Or have some more now?"
"NO!" she snapped at the boy her sweet demeanor all but a distant memory as she rose to her full height before calming back down a little giving a small yet very clearly forced smile, "Don't want to ruin your appetite, remeber my house between those two hills, don't forget to bring the others with you though, or I might need to be very angry with you,"
"And by the way you needn't tell them about me, it would be fun to keep it a secret just the two of us? Our little secret hmm?"
"I wasn't going to tell them anyways, I can't wait to see the look of surprise as they realize I am going to become King of Narnia!" he boasted puffing out his chest.
"See you later, Son of Adam!" she called as he walked out of her sleigh still asking for a little more Turkish Delight, "You must wait till next time, don't forget! Come soon!
She waved bye to him as the jingles of the Reindeer were getting farther and farther away and all Snotlout could think of was how he wanted that Turkish Delight and to see the looks on everyone's faces as he was crowned Prince soon to be King of Narnia!
He almost forgot why he was here and intended to walk back home and get the others when he heard a voice call out to him from behind, "Snotlout!?"
"Hiccup," he said instantly knowing his high pitched voice almost like a girl's as he turned around to see his gangly little cousin running towards him.
Hiccup completely forgot about his earlier disagreement and disappearance just glad he wasn't going mad! If someone else here meant it Had to be real!
"You got in too!" yelled Hiccup happily running towards him though stopping a safe distance aways, force of habit, "Isn't it wonderful, and now-"
"All right," said Snotlout sharply, "I see you were right and there is a magic wardrobe after all, but where on Earth- or I guess not Earth, Narnia have you been all this time? I've been looking for you everywhere,"
"So you do care," smirked Hiccup not fully believing it himself but wanting to get under his cousin's skin as Snotlout rolled his eyes with a huff as if to say, "As if!"
"If i'd known you had gotten in I'd have waited for you, I thought only people who believed could get in though since every time I checked a wardrobe there was always someone there, you know how the movies work? How if you don't believe you cant see magic?" he continued, as was too happy to see someone else could get in and didn't notice how snappish Snotlout is, though that isn't that uncommon or how flushed and strange his face was. "I've been having lunch with dear Mr. Tumnus, the Faun, and he is fine! The White Witch has done nothing to him for letting me go, so he thinks she can't have found out and perhaps everything is going to be alright after all!"
Snotlout was hardly listening to which he thought of listless babbling talk still thinking about the Queen he met earlier.
"The White Witch?" he questioned, a witch being the only thing he found even vaguely meaningful in the chatter of his cousins talking.
"She calls herself the Queen of Narnia, though she really isn't," he explained, "She is horrible, and she has no right to be queen at all, all the fauns, and other creatures are Terrified of her and hate her! She is the one that makes it always winter in Narnia, and they don't have Snoggletog can you believe that?"
Hiccup called it Snoggletog because that is what his family calls it though he knows most other people called it Christmas so he used the word Christmas when speaking to Mr. Tumnus.
"Are you alright? You look awful!" said Hiccup bluntly before covering his mouth and taking a step back half expecting to be pummeled by Snotlout lucky for him Snotlout's mind was still in the clouds, clouds made of Turkish Delight to be exact.
"Well what do you expect? I mean, it's freezing!" snapped Snotlout to Hiccup.
"Is there anything else you would like to say?"
"No! Lets just go home where it's Warm, I am in my pajamas you know!"
"You should have grabbed a coat then, then again this forest Really disguises its cold nature, everything is so green and sunny without a hint of snow in sight-"
"I get it! I get it! You know nobody likes a smart arse," he said pushing his cousin out of the way and into a tree getting snow dunked onto him.
"Better than being a dumb one!" he said cheerfully with a small smirk before skipping after his cousin ignoring the fact there was snow all over him, "You dont have anything Else you wish to say?"
"What are you talking about?" he asked staring at his cousin as if he had gone mad again something Hiccup did not appreciate, he knew his cousin wanted something… but what?
"Sorry perhaps?" said Hiccup as if reading his mind as they walked the snow crunching under their feet.
"Is that another word you have made up?"
"Well So far one thing that I have "made up" is actually true, how much you are willing to bet sorry is too?" said Hiccup cheekily.
Snotlout found it surprisingly hard to say sorry to Hiccup despite him yelling it to the entire forest while searching for him earlier perhaps it was the Turkish Delight settling in or the fact he wasn't as worried about Hiccup, maybe a mixture of both but he said it, albeit not very apologetically, "Fine fine fine! Sorry for not believing you but you have to admit if someone came in yelling there was a magic wardrobe leading to a land with witches and warlocks and half human half goat people would you believe it?"
"Well I was pretty insistent on it," said Hiccup, "And maybe… I would want to see it just for the trolls! Oh and there are trolls here, Mr. Tummnus said so!"
"You can't believe everything a Faun says!"
"Who said so?"
"Ask about anyone and they know," he said trying to sound like he knew more than Hiccup though Hiccup wasn't buying it, scoffing.
"And who said that?"
"I did! And so did tons of other people remember in History Class?"
"You can read? This is Earth shattering! Narnian Shattering too!" gasped Hiccup in mock surprise, "And I saw one today! It wasnet like the ones Gobber told us about, it was Much bigger more like a giant, but there can be different species right?"
"Fine fine fine, MAYBE you're right! Just don't let this go to your head, do you have any idea how hard it is to live with someone who thinks that they are better than everyone else?" he said thinking of his father, he did not need another Spitelout however much he loved his Dad.
He could have sworn he heard Hiccup mumble something along the lines of, "You're the one with the big head," Though he wasn't sure so he let it slide though he sensed something was wrong when Hiccup wouldn't stop staring at him with an amused expression on his face.
"What!?" he demanded indecorously.
"Mmm must be hard," commented Hiccup with a smirk as Snotlout kept staring at him with confusion written all over his face, he was a little slow on things so Hiccup spelled it out, "I live with two of them!"
"Why you little-" he said as Hiccup started laughing as Snotlout chased him around in circles until Hiccup veered right running past the Lamppost and into the thicket/wardrobe where Snotlout tackled him getting them both covered in snow when he finally let Hiccup up.
