Wooden Castle || Jelsa Fanfiction

Chapter 23

         "A toast to the groom!" The king raised his glass. People cheered as they did the same. The prince simply bowed his head, waved his hand with a simple and turned to his bride.

         "To the bride!" The king once again raised his glass and the crowd once again cheered. A long message from the prince's father then followed.

Anna leaned in to the prince and whispered. "So much for a 'simple' wedding." She said.

Hiccup just laughed. "Well, you know father is not going to let this wedding without being over the top." He whispered back.

The king turned to the two who just smiled. The king said something that needed a reply but the two didn't exactly know what the question was so they just nodded without knowing what they agreed to.

The king laughed loudly making the two curius about what they just nodded to. "Seems the two really have a world of their own." The king said.

The prince simply laughed it off. "Hold your horses here Hiccup, you'll have plenty of time with Anna after this." His father joked. The two gave each other a look before laughing once more.

         "Father you're embarassing me." The prince mumbled making Anna laugh.

         "I thought you'd be used to all of this exposure your highness." Anna teased.

         "I'm not. Are you?" Hiccup said. Anna just shook her head. "Well, get used to it... princess."

         "I feel like I just got myself an upgrade I didn't want that much." Anna joked.

         "Still royalty, just higher status." Hiccup said.

         "Don't worry, it's a bit overwhelming but you'll get used to it." Anna felt a pat of her shoulder from Hiccup's mother. Anna smiled at the queen warmly then said "thank you" with a smile.

         "You'll also have to prepare yourself for a higher status than that but don't worry about that yet since it's not going to happen that soon." Hiccup assured her. Anna sighed in relief. "I hope so. I don't think I'll be ready for a bigger responsibility." Anna said.

As the day passed, the sun began to set, the celebration was moved to inside the castle. It was seeming to be one of the longest festivity that has ever happened.

Hiccup thought his father was joking about the week-long celebration but as the night slowly turned to day it came to him that his father was indeed not kidding.

Although the two was cooped up in the castle, the party went on. Neighbooring kingdoms who have been there for the preparation and the wedding stayed a little longer because of the king's request.

         "It's crazy." Hiccup said pacing around the room. "The preparation took three days and it's been two days since the wedding was celebrated." He counted.

Anna, who sat on the edge of the bed, shrugged. "Maybe your father is planning to celebrate for another 2 days to make it 7. He did say something about a week-long party."

Hiccup groaned and plopped down next to Anna. Anna just stared at him. "And here I thought we could go back to what we were doing after the wedding." Hiccup ranted.

Anna laughed. "Relax Hiccup, I know you're eager to help Elsa, I am too, but she's fine. I know I can trust her to him. You said it yourself too, she's with good people." Anna said. She didn't say Jack's name just to make sure. Afterall, walls have ears.

         "You're right." Hiccup sighed. "I just had this bad dream last night... that their peace was disrupted because of the duchess."

Hiccup sat up and looked down. Anna looked at him with worried eyes. "I thought I broke my promise to him. I promised to help them so they both could be happy too." Hiccup said.