How To Thaw Your Frozen Heart

La Taverna

"Are you sure sending those guys back was a good idea?" Hiccup asked Elsa . She nodded "my men had taken too much injuries. I had to send them back. I won't have any more distress because of me....and besides...I'm pretty sure a dragon is good enough to scare off any attackers. " she grinned as she patted toothless. The dragon was groaning because Olaf hadn't kept quiet for a second, hugging and cuddling the dragon. "So..uh.. any idea where Anna could be?" Kristoff interjected. "Ogden had sent a batch of guards to the island hiccup had found. But apparently it's deserted. He thinks any trail of them should be up north" she finished,pointing forwards. Hiccup didn't trust Ogden as much as Elsa did , as he knew that any giant dragon would've found it impossible to hide themselves ."And you trust his words? I could just fly out over there and back you know--" . "No! Hiccup please. I'm already worrying over Anna.... Please don't add any more worries onto my head. ..and I trust Ogden. .yes. he's served my father before me and he is trust worthy." . Hiccup shrugged.

Dusk was approaching fast. Toothless was happily cooing as his stochastic was full. Hiccup had taken him for eating a while back as they all rested. Everyone else, however, were feeling the effects of growling stomachs. "Hmmm. I just wish I had brought somethin' to munch on...." hiccup whispered as Olaf chuckled."Henhhyuk . You want my carrot?" He asked jokingly, taking his nose and handing it to hiccup. "Uhhh no thanks Olaf...I'm good." Hiccup said , feeling slightly disgruntled as he returned the carrot to the snowman. "Guys.. what's that?" Kristoff whispered as they came to a stop. Hiccup squinted his eyes as he gazed ahead. A quaint looking bar house could be seen, squashed tightly against an overgrown cedar tree. "Hmmm La Taverna..." hiccup read the sign board. "Any idea what it is?" Kristoff mumbled ."No. ..but there's only one way to find out."

As soon as hiccup opened the door, a dozen eyes stood still and stared them. There were a few gasps as toothless entered behind hiccup. Hiccup tried to ignore them as he went up to the barmaid "Uhhh mm ...We'll have a beef sandwich if you got any..." . The barmaid grunted to say she understood as hiccup felt a sharp tap on his shoulder. "Yea--ho.....ummm" hiccup muttered as a bald , husky looking man stood before him, pointing a hook , which he had for a hand, on his throat."Elsa. Please , stand down ." Hiccup muttered to his wife as he noticed her palms had begun to release a cold fog from it. The man sneered. His bald head gleamed in the humid weather inside the bar. Hic black moustache quivered as he said "You...are Chief Hiccup. ..yes?" . Hiccup responded indifferently "Uhhh. Yeah. Wait...How did you....know that?" . The man pointed to a poster on the wall. It bore hiccup's face on it with a prize money attached to it. The thug explained. " The queen has placed a price on your head for assistance in the kidnapping of the princess. And also..I've been meaning to have my revenge on the son of Stoick the vast for what he did to me all those years ago. Hiccup glanced around and saw that half the tavern was filled with thug like vikings.He looked at Elsa questioningly as she looked back at him, sharing his confusion . So she hadn't placed a price on his head. Toothless began growling. " but I'm right here...I haven't placed any price on his head. He is my husband ." Elsa interjects , evidently confused. The man sneered " oh. Double the money then, seeing as you've managed to kidnap the queen as well, and brainwashed her." Ok okay. .. I have no idea what you're talking about. Does anything you say make sense, strange hostile person we've never met?" . The man looked around mockingly. " Where are my manners. I'm dagger. Chief of the berserkers....Arendelle I'm the one who's going to collect the reward for you head." He leapt at hiccup as he dodged out of the way. He gestured to Elsa and toothless to stand down. They both looked at each other, confused as to what hiccup's plan was. Hiccup pulled out his inferno sword and waved it around. To Elsa and kristoff's surprise, all the vikings stared at it, amazed at this piece of engineering. Dagger charged at him and hiccup parried it with his inferno. "A li'l swordsman, are we?" Dagger sneered at hiccup. Hiccup clenched his teeth and and blocked an oncoming attack and counter it. Hiccup was highly agile, compared to dagger, who was merely a bulky ruffian. He stood no chance as hiccup blocked his blows and found an opening . He turned his sword around and knocked down the ruffian with the hilt. Pointing the blade around t the panting viking, hiccup whispered "Alright. Talk...." ."What do you wanna know?" . Elsa spoke up "I never placed any bounty on his head. He is my husband. Speak up about that". The man sneered "Oh. Didn't you know? While all of you've been out searching for your lost princess, someone else has taken over the castle. And he doesn't like Mr dragon rider over here. ". Hiccup's eyes widened "Wait...How did you know she's been kidnapped?" .Dagger smirked "Word travels fast over here stupid boy...your palace is compromised. And the man works for the Hondra clan.". "The who?" Kristoff interjected, looking slightly confused. Hiccup noticed dagger peer over their shoulders. He sneered as he whispered " the answer to your question is fascinating. ..Unfortunately, you'll be too dead to hear it." .As he said this, a cloud of purple smoke filled the bar . "Elsa!" Hiccup yelled and to his relief, his wife's face appeared out of the smoke. She seemed to be evidently frightened
Out of the corner of his eye, he spotted someone lurching at them, with a raised sword.He was too late to react and covered to protect Elsa "No." He whispered, as he prepared for the pain to come...but it never did. He turned around to see a familiar red headed someone fighting the attacker. Hiccup gasped silently as he recognised both of them . The attacker was the same person who had kidnapped Anna. And she was locked in combat with none other than Merida. How did she find them? Hiccup looked on slightly Perplexed as merida screamed and was more than a match for the attacker.She struck the person down and was about to strike the final blow before hiccup yelled "Wait!" She looked at him with a raised eyebrow as he approached them. He gazed into the attacker's eyes and instantly recognised that this was not the same person. This person had piercing blue eyes and not the green ones hiccup had seen that night. But they were wearing identical attires. He punched the floor next to the person's head as he yelled "Who are you!? Why are you attacking us?". The assassin pulled down the mask, revealing a sneering female face as she laughed "Hah. You don't know what's coming do you , foolish boy? The clan is coming. He shall rid this world and cleanse it of all evil. Starting with you and the ice witch!" . Merida had had enough. She knocked the woman out with her bat and panted. Hiccup spun around to see the confused faces of Elsa and Kristoff. What did the woman mean? ." Hiccup you have to come back . Right now. And you too Elsa. Some beefy guy , calling himself Ogden has taken charge of the castle in your absence and has placed a price for you head. All of us had to hide in some secret pathway in the castle that Kai showed us. ". Hiccup realised who the mile in the castle was now. Elsa's ' trusted' advisor had betrayed her. He spun around to see elsa look back at him, her eyes widening in shock.