Snow for the Dragon

Breakfast and Bloodbath

Boromir is the guy in the picture.
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When Elsa woke up in the morning, all she wanted to do was go back to sleep .However, she was woken up by Kai who knocked on the door relentlessly, announcing to her that breakfast is ready and her family was waiting for her.With quick hands she braided her hair in her usual braid before putting on one of her simpler dresses that had the beautiful blue color she loved very much. When she reached the dining room, she was a little surprised to see that she was the last to join in, Rapunzel, Eugene, Anna and Kristoff already sitting by the table eating and chatting lively. "I didn't expect to see you two up so early this morning even though you disappeared early last night; have the wedded bliss already been chased away?" Elsa asked with a smile towards her sister and new brother-in-law, who were both glowing as they smiled back at her, completely unfazed by her teasing."Actually, I think it is even better today." Anna said, looking at Kristoff with glowing eyes as Elsa did her best to not roll her eyes at the couple, knowing she would have to live with this for quite some time to come."And it should be! The ceremony and the feast was beautiful last night, and the ball was simply wonderful! I heard so many praising it!" Rapunzel said with a huge smile as Eugene sent her a curious look. It was not that he was surprised that Rapunzel complemented the wedding, it was the fact that she was looking at Elsa while doing so. Anna blurted out clumsily, "Oh thank the gods! I mean. could you have imagined if something went wrong ... or if the cake got lost--" Eugene and Rapunzel glanced at each other, remembering the mishap that Maximus and Pascal had caused at their wedding a couple of years back."I'm just happy everyone seemed to enjoy themselves, despite the somewhat crowded ballroom." Anna said, smiling again. "Yes, I actually think everyone did enjoy themselves last night, at least I did not see anyone who was looking gloom." Rapunzel said as she caught Anna's eyes across the table, nodding her head in Elsa's direction as Anna gasped quietly and gave her cousin an excited smile when she figured out that something wonderful must have happened to Elsa, even though she had no idea what it was.Before she had the chance to inquire , the doors opened as a young boy walked in, his face extremely nervous . His hands shaking as he met eyes with the queen, he gave her a piece of yellow parchment that everyone recognized as a letter."A letter for you, your majesty." He said with small voice as Elsa sent him a warm smile"Thank you Josef, that was really fast." She said and the young boy bowed before rushing out of the room. Rapunzel recognized the paper to be from Hiccup. He and his entourage were dining at the guest hall , which was one floor down.As Elsa opened the letter and read it, Eugene and Kristoff shared a confused look over the table, for their wives had suddenly turned very quiet and was watching Elsa's behavior intensely. They got even more suspicious when both women looked disappointed at the simply pleased look that appeared on Elsa's face as she put the letter down.Looking up, Elsa finally noticed their odd behavior."Who was the letter from? " , Anna inquired excitedly, as an f understanding look appeared in Elsa's ice blue eyes and an amused smile spread over her face."You usually never ask that." Elsa answered, taking a sip of her orange juice."I'm just... curious?" Anna replied, shrugging innocently at her. But Elsa knew that look on her sister's face to well."Then why do I get the feeling that you and Rapunzel are simply asking because you wish that it's a certain Viking royalty who sent it?" At their sheepish looks, Kristoff and Eugene both sent Elsa a grin, finding it quite funny how fast she had figured out the two other women. Elsa raised an eyebrow at her brother in law and he quickly dropped his gaze, hurriedly engrossing himself in the piece of toast on his plate."So was it?" Rapunzel asked excitedly ."It was, but before you start cheering, he simply replied that he and his friends will attend the meeting to discuss and renew some of the conditions in the trade agreement between our kingdoms that our fathers had set up.".At her reply, Anna looked a little confused as she didn't know about Elsa's little escapade from last night. Rapunzel , however had a disappointed expression on her face."Oh... so he didn't mention anything about last night?" She asked casually as the whole room turned silent,except for Kristoff , who had coughed, choking on his toast as he heard Rapunzel bring this up. He had seen Elsa and the Chief re-enter the party last night after they were both missing for a while but he didn't give it much thought as he thought that they were probably just discussing some political stuff. He glanced around to see Eugene and Anna had confused and shocked expression on their faces. So they didn't know, he thought. Elsa shared their expression of shock as she glared at Rapunzel."What?" Both sisters then exclaimed in perfect sync .Rapunzel giggled at their faces."I saw you two disappearing into the gardens last night. Sure you didn't leave together but you were both gone for quite some time and I saw when you returned together, so don't try to tell me that you didn't meet!" She said, her eyes glowing while Anna gave a squeal. Eugene and Kristoff both stayed silent, having decided that staying out of the conversation was the safest option for now. "Did you, Elsa?!" Ann squealed with excitement. She was happy that Elsa was finally letting a man be friendly with her. To everyone's surprise though, Elsa didn't get upset, instead she started laughing. "I didn't want to bring up this topic but you leave me no choice... I am sorry to break your bubble for it was hardly as romantic as you both seem to think.Chief Haddock and I both needed to get away from the party and we ran into each other in the gardens. Then, like any other normal person, we greeted each other and we talked." Elsa said calmly, grabbing a wad of butter to spread it on her french toast."Oh..." The two women said in disbelief. Eugene, who had no idea what was going on caught Kristoff's eye. The blond former iceman turned prince simply put his finger to his lips and shook his head, signalling him not to get involved in the conversation."So you two just talked for over one and a half hour?" Rapunzel asked, Kristoff noticing how a mischievous look appeared in Elsa's eyes and he decided to stuff his mouth with bread once again, knowing it was the safest option to keep quiet for now."Don't be ridiculous, I taught him to dance." Elsa said casually and this time, it was Eugene's turn to cough loudly as he had taken a bite of his food. Kai, who was standing guard near the door looked shocked at Elsa and glared at her in disbelief. "But you never dance with anyone!... well... not unless you are forced to by formality. And there definitely was no push or requirement for you to do so with Hiccup." Anna exclaimed with surprise, staring at Elsa with disbelief as the Queen rolled her eyes sent her tired look.The maids, who were on standby near the table, in case anyone needed anything more, caught each other's eye and knew they were thinking the same thing. They had a brand new topic to gossip about."No I don't dance with everyone, and it's because I find the whole ordeal to be incredibly tiring.Chief Haddock genuinely wanted to learn the basics as he didn't want to make a fool of himself at such occasions in the future. Also I have no need for rumors to start flying around that I will marry every man I dance with." At this Elsa glared at her maids as she knew their tendency to gossip and giver her a bad image. They swallowed and nodded furiously."Now, however, it turned out that my distaste of dancing had been pointed out to Chief Haddock by someone here" Here Elsa sent Rapunzel a look that clearly said that she had caught her cousin red-handed. "And so when he doubted my ability to dance, and admitted that he himself didn't know how to, I chose to teach him and at the same time, it would help prove my point that i do know how to dance.I didn't teach him anything fancy . Just the basic steps. So the whole ordeal was highly platonic and not at all interesting I can assure you." Elsa said, her voice clearly edgy, signalling everyone that this was the end of the conversation. As he heard her reasons, Kai sighed silently in relief, unnoticed by everyone. He had feared that something was up with the Queen and that Viking King. Not that he meant the Chief any disrespect. Anna and Rapunzel felt a little disappointed, but no matter what Elsa said, she had danced with Chief Hiccup and that was something out of the ordinary, no matter how much she tried to pretend that it wasn't.