AN: I'm so, so, so, so, so sorry it took so long guys. I have tons of school stuff I need to attend to. But it is finally done and I hope it meets your expectaiton.

Merry Christmas! Even though it is a little after Christmas. So I will say happy holidays instead.

Enjoy!

Upon returning to the place they were staying during their visit, Hiccup's first thing to do was to find her mother, Valka. During her absence from Berk, she has been in many places and she has seen and heard about many things. If anyone can give him some advices, it would be her.

Passing past his loyal Night Fury with a quick greeting – who could barely notice it as long as he got his morning basket of fish. - he made his way inside the house. He didn't have to look for long. Her mother was in the kitchen, making lunch.

"Hi, mom." he greeted as he entered. Valka looked up at him with a smile.

"Hi, son." she greeted back as she was chopping some vegetables.

"What are you making?" Hiccup asked curiously.

"Well, there isn't much to do back at Berk, besides, fish or boar, so I'm just making a bit of both. The vegetables are for the side. The chief of Berk needs some energy." Hiccup rolled his eyes. His mother absolutely loved teasing him like this.

"Mom, you do realize that I'm a twenty year old man. I don't need to be patronized by you."

"That doesn't matter. You are still my son. Not to mention that we have many years of mother-son time we need to make up for." she smiled. Hiccup managed to crack a small smile as well. That he could not deny. "Anyway, did you manage to talk with the Queen?"

"Actually," Hiccup began. " I did not only speak with the queen. She invited me to join her on this..." he stopped, trying to remember the word that was still so unfamiliar to him. "...Christmas festival." When she heard this, Valka's face lit up like a christmas tree.

"Hiccup, that's wonderful!" she exclaimed as she went to hug her son.

"Yeah, but you know, there is a tiny little problem." Hiccup confessed with equal frustration of his mother not listening to him and nervousness because of his lack of knowledge on this particular holiday. "I don't really know what's this Christmas about?" he shyly admitted. Her mother just smiled warmly at him.

"So what are you planning to do about it?" she asked.

"I don't know." Hiccup admitted, sheepishly rubbing the back of his head. "But I don't wanna let Elsa down. This obviously means a lot to her and I don't want to ruin her holiday by making a total fool of myself and/or her." he told her. Valka's smile widened.

"You must really like her." she told him. Hiccup didn't even try to deny it. There would be no point. It would take a blind person to say Elsa is not beautiful. He was attreacted to her the moment he saw her. And as time passed, and the two young rulers' relationship progressed into a friendship, Hiccup found himself liking Elsa more and more. He wouldn't exactly say that he loved her, but he would be happy to try. But he was uncertain of the queen's feelings. Elsa liked him. That much was certain. But just how much. Would she also be willing to give a relationship between the two of them a try?

"Yes." Hiccup admited after his little brainstorm. "But doe she? I mean, what's the point of spending your life loving someone you can never get? Me and Elsa are from two entirely different worlds. There are great expectations from our people for the both of us. I cannot let..." Hiccup was silenced by his mother putting her forefinger to his lips. However, her cheerful expression changed into a serious one. Hiccup was a little worried. He rarely saw his mother look like this.

"Hiccup," she started, a little sternly. "love doesn't work like that. If you love Queen Elsa, you should give her a chance to understand that. Wether she feels the same or not, you shouldn't live your life with your feelings pent up like that. Especially if that feeling is love. An unconfessed love will continue to eat you for the rest of your life." Her words made Hiccup think. Elsa told him about how her pent up fear almost destroyed her relationship with her sister. He decided that her mother was right. He smiled gratefully that she finally had someone in his life to help him with his feelings.

"Thanks, mom. You helped me a lot." he said as he hugged her.

"You're welcome." she said as she hugged him back. "Now, what do you have in mind?" Hiccup thought for a moment, before he came up with the following.

"Well, Elsa will be waiting for me at the festival in the town today. Sounds like an ideal time." he acknowledged with a smile. "I better go get ready. Thanks again, mom!" He said as he rushed back into his room. Valka just shook her head with a smile as she went back to cooking.

"Come on, Elsa! It's almost time!" Anna shouted to her sister from the stage set up in the middle of the town square. Elsa knew that the festival would start off with her announcement, but right now she was a little concerned about Hiccup. It was almost time to begin and he was nowhere to be seen.

"Elsa!" Anna called again. "Come up here already!" Elsa sighed, but eventually she gave in to her sister's request. As she made her way to the stage, Anna couldn't help, but notice her sister's sad expression. "Oh, Elsa! Why the long face? It's Christmas! There is no place for any sadness!"

"I know, Anna. It's just that..."

"Don't tell me you're feeling blue because the viking hasn't shown up yet." Anna said with crossed arms. Elsa looked down, saying nothing. "Look, I know you like him," Elsa didn't even try to deny it. "but he can't ruin this day. He isn't worth crying over on Christmas."

"I guess you're right." Elsa sighed, but she didn't feel any better. Anna noticed this. She didn't want Elsa to be like this over some guy, but she had it bad. She eventually decided that she has to help her.

"Look," she said with a sigh. "It is still three minutes until we start. If he doesn't show up until then, I will go down to his place and drag him here by his ear, I promise. But right now, you need to stop acting like this and announce the Christmas festival in Arendelle." Seeing Anna like this made Elsa finally snap out of her brooding and chuckle. "So go up there and shine!" Elsa needed no further encouragement.

That three minutes have passed and quite a crowd gathered around the town square, all waiting for their Queen to speak. Elsa walked up to the middle of the stage and her gaze wandered around the crowd. At first, she was saddened that she didn't see Hiccup in the crowd after he promised he will come, but just when she finally accepted that he won't come, she finally noticed him trying to wave his way through the crowd. Elsa's mood suddenly became fit for the holiday announcement again. That and she was happy Anna won't have to chew out Hiccup for not turning up. Hiccup looked up at the stage and waved shyly at Elsa, who returned the gesture. Eventually, Hiccup managed to walk up to Anna and Kristoff, who were standing at in the first line, waiting for Elsa's speech. Anna noticed him.

"Nice of you to finally show up." she told him reproachingly.

"Sorry for being late. I didn't want to show up as a mess, risking that I would embarrass Elsa." Hiccup told her, ashamed of himself that he was late.

"Well, apologize to her, not me. She felt terrible when she thought you're going to ditch her."

"I would never do that." Hiccup snapped at her, a little mad that she expected sucha rude thing from him.

"I hope not." Anna said, before turning back to the stage.

Elsa was finally ready. She turned to the crowd, cleared her throat and began.

"Greetings, people of Arendelle! As the Queen, I would like to wish all of you Happy Holidays! We have come to the end of a quite eventful year." This casued many in the crowd to snicker. "We had some difficult challenges ahead of us, but together we overcame them and we deserve to celebrate not only Christmas, but everything that we have accomplished this year. May we all have a peaceful, merry and joyous Christmas!" The crowd erupted into cheers, making Elsa smile. She loved basking in the admiration of her people. After a few seconds of it, she turned to the back of the stage, which was looking at the middle of the square, which had an enormous oine tree standing in the middle of it. Elsa raised her arms and used her powers to summon a blast of ice, which circled around the tree from it's bottom to it's top. By the time it was over, the entire tree was shining in beautiful, ice made christmas decoration. The people stood in awe. That was exactly what they were hoping to see that day: the Queen displaying her magic. And the result was beyond what they could hope for. They started to cheer on Elsa, who turned back to them and received it with graceful bows.

"Show off." Kristoff murmured, loud enough for Anna to hear. This earned him her elbow in his ribcage.

"Let the traditional Christmas festival of Arendelle begin!" Elsa declared cheerfully, much to the crowd's enthusiasm. She walked off of the stage and she went straight up to Hiccup. Hiccup was happy to see her, but the stern expression on her face worried him. What was she up to now?

"Hiccup," she began on the most regal voice she could muster. "Didn't you know it's improper to keep a lady waiting?"

"Uh..." Hiccup started, blushing in embarrassment. "Well... technically, I arrieved just in time, so I didn't keep you waiting." he said. Elsa's expression didn't soften a bit, so Hiccup knew he was in trouble. "Uh... I'm sorry. It won't happen again." he started, with at least five more excuses made up in his head, but luckily he didn't need them. Elsa chuckled as she covered her mouth with her hand.

"It's fine, I'm just teasing you." she said. That made Hiccup chuckle as well, but when Elsa's stern expression came back, he stopped. "But it better won't happen again."

"It... it won't. Honest." Anna laughed at the sight of him.

"Come on, sis. Give him a break. To his credit, he did say he's sorry." At this, Elsa smiled again.

"Okay, okay. You're off the hook." Hiccup breathed a sigh of relief, muttering a quick "thanks" to Anna.

"So, what do you guys want to do first?" Elsa asked them.

"Uh, actually..." started Anna. "Me and Kristoff have our own plans for the first few hours of the festival." she said as she interlocked her arm with her boyfriend. Elsa was shocked.

"What?" Anna was the one who was the most excited about them spending today together and now she's ditching her for Kristoff?

"Yeah. We decided that we let you two sort your business from the morning out together." Anna told them. Both were confused and Anna decided to use this to her advantege and dragged Kristoff away. "See you guys!" she yelled, before they disappeared in the crowd. Elsa and Hiccup were left alone by themselves, and needless to say, that bred an awkward situation.

"So..." Elsa started.

"So..." Hiccup continued. "What do you want to do first?"

"I don't know. Whatever you wanna do, I guess."

"Okay..." Hiccup started to think of something. "Uh... how about we just take a walk around the town until we find something to do?"

"Sounds great." Elsa said with a smile. "Let's go." With this, the two started walking around the festival, without any real purpose.

"So..." Hiccup started. "Tell me about Christmas. I'm always eager to learn new things." Elsa was happy to enlighten him, but she wasn't sure where to begin.

"Well, let's see. Here in Arendelle, Christmas is about gifting our loved ones, being together with our family and friends, put up fancy decorations – as you no doubt noticed – and basically just celebrate together." Elsa tried to explain, hoping he understood.

"I see." Hiccup replied. "So, I guess everyday I spend with you is Christmas." Elsa stood dead in her tracks.

"What makes you say that?" she asked, blushing a little.

"Well, everytime we come together, we act more like we're in a friendly come together, rather than political meetings. And everytime I'm with you feels like a time of celebration to me." he confessed, blushing furiously.

"Th...thank you" Elsa told him, with a little more confidense than him. "But what about the decprations and the presents?" she asked.

"Well, we discuss matters in your palace, which I suppose is the most fancy building in the kingdom."

"Fair enough."

"And our meetings always end with us trading something with each other."

"Yes, but that is trading, not gifting. On Christmas, we give from the depth of our hearts. And we do not expect anything in return." Elsa explained.

"Oh," Hiccup said as he looked around the festival. "Well, thank you for explaining this to me. I think I understand now."

"I'm glad." Elsa said. "So, you see anything you would be interested in doing?" Asking this was formality of course. Both of them knew they would end up trying everything there. Hiccup noticed a group of people ice skating on a frozen area, that no doubt Elsa froze down for this very reason. Hiccup cringed. She despised ice skating. The closeness of an ice skating rink made him very uncomfortable. Even worse, Elsa noticed this.

"Oh, so you wanna go ice skating?" she teased.

"No!" he objected. "No, I don't!" Elsa smiled mischiefously, as she pointed to Hiccup's feet and froze the ground. Hiccup started slipping on it, but before he fell, Elsa grabbed his hands and pulled him with herself, right to the rink.

For the rest of the day, Elsa and Hiccup did everything together. They tried every game the festival provided. They ice skated, rode a sliegh together, participated in snowball fights, – which Elsa dominated – a snowmen bulding competition – in which they only participated for fun, as Elsa was the judge - and having the time of their lives. They never had this much fun since they were kids. Before they noticed it, it was starting to get dark. After a day of fun, they decided to head in and have dinner together.

"Thank you for today, Hiccup. I didn't have this much fun in a long time." Elsa told him, over a bowl of soup in a small, cozy salon, before the roaring fireplace. They decided they'll have dinner in private.

"You better prey your sister didn't hear that." Hiccup said and she laughed. "But you're welcome. I am happy we were able to spend this day together."

"So am I." Elsa said as she finished her soup and put the bowl down to a table before her.

"And" Hiccup contineued "I have something for you." Elsa looked at him curiously. Hiccup pulled out a small box from a bag that Elsa noticed he had been carrying with him for a while now. She shrugged it off, thinking it was none of her concern. Apparently, she was wrong. "I'm sorry it is not wrapped up, but I wanted to work on it myself a little." He said as he handed it to her.

Elsa observed it carefully. It was a small, wooden box, with nothing really special about it. It wasn't painted, it didn't have any design on it, except the side of it, which featured a pattern that was quite similar to her ballroom. She raised an eyebrow. That was curious.

"Well," Hiccup urged her. "Open it." Elsa did so and what happened left her completely awestruck. She opened it and two small ice figures, which portrayed obviusly them came to view. The ice figures stood together in a dancing position, holding each other's hands. And then they started spinning around with a sweet melody playing from the box.

Elsa stared at them, seemingly hypnotized by them. Hiccup was a little worried. Did she not like it? She should have said something about it by now. But she just stared at it, wordlessly. Elsa continued to stare at the twirling figures, wanting to see every moment until they stopped, which – to Elsa's greatest regret – everntually of course happened.

After the music box stopped, Elsa slowly, carefully placed it down on the table, afraid that she might break it and turned back to Hiccup. Hiccup stared back at her, unsure of what to say, or to say anything at all.

"So..." he asked, rubbing the back of his head. "...do you... like it?"

"Like it?" Elsa replied. "No, Hiccup. I don't like it." That made Hiccup sadden and look down.

"Oh, well then..."

"I LOVE IT!" she exclaimed as she threw her arms around his neck. "THANK YOU! THANK YOU SO MUCH!" Hiccup was caught so off guard by this that he fell back on the caouch they were sitting on. But eventually, he came to his senses and hugged her back.

"I'm glad." he said. "I saw it at one of the vendor stands at the festival and I just had to buy it to you. Of course I replaced the dancing figures in it. I hope you don't mind that I borrowed a few pieces of decoration from that huge tree from the square."

"Of course not." Elsa said, crying tears of joy. "Thank you again, Hiccup. This is the best gift I ever got." Hiccup came out of the embrace and looked into her eyes.

"You're welcome, Elsa." he said. "Merry Christmas."

"Merry Christmas to you too." Elsa said. They kept staring into each other's eyes, before Elsa noticed a piece of rather familiar looking plant above them as a part of the decoration of the couch. She knew exactly what it was.

"Hiccup..." she started, blushing a little. "There is a Christmas tradition I didn't really explain to you yet..."

AN: Again, sorry it took so long. But it is finally done and that's all that matters.

Tell me the truth, was it very rushed? I think it was. Sorry guys. I didn't have much time for writing lately and I had to finish this. Preferably in this year. But it is done!

I would like to thank all of you that you read my work in 2015. I wish all of you a happy and successful 2016! Stay awesome, guys! I can't say I will, but I will definitely try.

This is fanfictionmakermachine, signing off for the last time in 2015. Peace!