A/N: Stop right here! If you haven't read my story Out of the Sea, then hit the "Back" button and go read it before you start with this collection. These stories all take place within an AU I created, which essentially puts the HTTYD characters into the world of Disney's The Little Mermaid. I suppose reading the actual story isn't strictly necessary to understand what's going on in these tales, but it would certainly help. So if you haven't read Out of the Sea, I encourage you to do so before you take a look at these stories.

For those of you still with me, this takes place before the events of Out of the Sea, though probably not by long. I'd say Hiccup is about fifteen, maybe just turned sixteen at this point. It's basically just an excuse for him to sing a song from the Little Mermaid TV show that I love. So…yeah, hope you enjoy. More stories from this AU are on the way.

In Harmony

The morning was bright and clear, the sun shining through the crystal waters surrounding Hyacinth. Hiccup wanted more than anything to be out swimming with Toothless, but his father had decided that now was a great time to teach his son more about how to rule a kingdom. Why Stoick had picked now of all times for this lesson was beyond Hiccup's comprehension, and he made his displeasure known to the king, who naturally ignored the prince's muttered complaints. "We couldn't do this later, Dad?" he asked. "I was planning on taking Toothless for a swim around the reef."

This was a lie, in fact. He'd been hoping to explore the surface again. Though, as this was forbidden to him, he had to settle for a half-truth. It made no difference anyway. Stoick was firm. "You can swim with your dragon later, Hiccup. Right now we have things to attend to. As king, you must be prepared to handle any situation at any time of day. And right now, we are needed to handle a domestic dispute. This isn't something that can wait until we feel like dealing with it, son."

Hiccup, knowing the cause was lost, merely sighed in resignation.

Stoick led him to a stone house, where a burly merman was arguing with his blond wife. Hiccup listened along with his father as they explained the source of their disagreement, but the prince had a hard time following along. It seemed like such a simple misunderstanding but it had been blown so badly out of proportion that he suspected that there was another problem at the base of it all. It was one of those he said/she said things that had just exploded to a point where the source of the argument had been all but forgotten.

To be fair, Stoick handled the situation with the appropriate tact and diplomacy, and they reached a compromise within a half-hour. "I hope you learned something from that, son," the king said as they departed.

"Yeah," Hiccup replied, shaking his head. "I learned that I'm never getting married. Too complicated. "

Stoick groaned but didn't say anything more.

Later that afternoon, Hiccup was free to finally take his dragon for a swim. Toothless crooned excitedly as he followed his merman friend away from the castle and into open ocean. Hiccup glanced over his shoulder, making sure his father wasn't watching or perhaps about to call him back as he remembered some forgotten duty. He didn't head up to the surface yet. He'd have to make sure he was far away from the palace and surrounding buildings before swimming upward. If word got back to his father about him visiting the world above, he'd never hear the end of…

"How dare you?!"

Hiccup came to a stop, looking around at the yell that reached his ears. He knew that voice. It belonged to his sister Camicazi. Frowning, he changed course, swimming over to where the blond mermaid was floating alongside their friends Fishlegs, Dogsbreath, Speedifist, Wartihog, and Clueless. They all seemed to be arguing about something. Arms were crossed, faces contorted in snarls, voices raised, hands clenched into fists. They looked as if they were about to come to blows.

"Hey, whoa there!" he called as he approached, holding his arms and coming between them all. "What's going on here?"

"They're being awful to me!" Camicazi accused, pointing her finger wildly at the others, looking specifically at Fishlegs.

Hiccup followed her gaze, but before he could ask his stout friend anything he barked, "We're being awful?! Hiccup, she never stops going on about how girls are better than boys in every regard! How many insults are we supposed to take before we snap?!"

Hiccup pursed his lips. He knew his sister was extremely prideful about her femininity. "Humility" wasn't in Camicazi's vocabulary. But they all knew this and had quietly dealt with it, even laughed with her on occasion. Apparently, though, she'd finally gone too far.

"She goes around challenging us to contests and won't let us have a moment's peace until we agree," Dogsbreath interjected. "And then when she wins she gloats and rubs it in our face! Really, it's no wonder we don't want to play games with her!"

"Well—" Hiccup tried to speak, but Speedifist also had a complaint.

"We don't mind having contests and competitions, but it's no fun if the winner always brags about it afterward!" he said, glaring at Camicazi.

"Yes, but—" Hiccup tried again, but Camicazi scoffed.

"What? It's just a little fun teasing, that's all!"

"It's only fun the first time," Wartihog snapped. "But when it keeps going and when you do it every time you win, it becomes irritating."

"Guys, can we just—"

Hiccup was interrupted yet again by Clueless, who apparently also wanted to make his voice heard. "She called me 'clueless'!" he cried.

Hiccup barely stopped himself from rolling his eyes. "Well, that is your name."

Clueless blinked. "Oh…right…"

"Look," Hiccup said, looking at his friends, "we can sort this out. Cami…" He turned to his sister. "…I know you're competitive by nature and I'm not faulting you for it. But maybe if you could, well…tone it down just a bit? You know, they have a point: boasting all the time isn't very nice…"

Camicazi looked hurt. "Hiccup, you're asking me to stop being myself. I can't help teasing, it's part of who I am."

"Hiccup, just face it," Fishlegs said, sounding resigned. "We're just too different to get along."

"No, guys, come on," Hiccup said earnestly. Then he paused, thinking. From behind him, Toothless sensed his friend's sudden shift in mood and warbled questioningly. Hiccup ignored him. "Too different?" he repeated. Then he laughed. "But guys, that's ridiculous! Of course you're different! Everyone is different! We're all different! But why should that be a bad thing? Look…" He gestured toward Camicazi. "…my sister is better at some things than the rest of us. But Fishlegs…" He looked at his friend. "…you're good at things too. You're good at working with the dragons. You're smart, you have a vast well of knowledge about these creatures."

"Yeah…that's true…" Fishlegs conceded.

"Dogsbreath," Hiccup continued, "you're a really strong guy. Speedifist, you're one of the fastest swimmers I know. Wartihog, you're really good at sword fighting. And Clueless…" He hesitated for maybe half a second. "…you're good at making us laugh."

The boys all looked at each other thoughtfully and nodded.

"So you see?" Hiccup continued, gesturing around at them all and smiling. "We're all different and have different strengths and weaknesses. But we shouldn't fight over them. We should celebrate them."

He paused for a moment, and then to their mild surprise, he started to sing. This was natural for Hiccup: whenever his emotions became too strong for mere words to express, he turned to song.

"What makes someone special?

I suppose it all depends

It's what's unique in each of us

That we all share as friends"

Toothless crooned; he loved the sound of his friend's singing. Hiccup's voice was among the most beautiful in the entire kingdom, and his sister and friends all listened attentively as he continued:

"The difference is our differences

May be small or great

Variety adds spice to life

So we should celebrate"

He took Camicazi's hand and pulled her over to Fishlegs. Smiling, he slipped her hand into the stout merman's. Fishlegs grinned weakly and didn't release it, and Camicazi smiled sheepishly. For once, she had nothing to say.

Hiccup beamed and launched into the chorus:

"In harmony

Harmony

You're you, I'm me

Together we

Can live in harmony"

He turned to Toothless, who was grinning his trademark gummy smile. Chuckling, Hiccup sang the next two lines in a flat monotone to help prove his point:

"If there was only one note

How boring life would be"

Then he shifted out of monotone, his voice climbing and falling in a complicated scale that made the others raise their eyebrows:

"I'm glad there are so many notes

In many different keys"

At this point, the others were starting to get into the music, nodding their heads in tune to the beat.

"I hear each voice singing

With a special quality

And when we sing together we

Bring music to the sea"

When Hiccup sang the chorus again, Camicazi joined him, her beautiful alto harmonizing with his tenor. Together the two siblings' voices rang out:

"In harmony

Harmony

You're you, I'm me

Together we

Can live in harmony"

Fishlegs and the others glanced at each other and then they too started singing:

"In harmony

Harmony

You're you, I'm me

Together we

Can live in harmony"

Hiccup looked around at his sister and friends, all singing together, their argument forgotten. A feeling of joy filled him from head to fin, and grinning broadly he launched into the chorus one more time, climbing to a slightly higher key in his delight.

"In harmony

Harmony

You're you, I'm me

Together we

Can live in harmony

You're you, I'm me

Together we

Can live in harmony"

As Hiccup, his sister, and his friends all sang their disagreement away, they didn't know they were being observed. Stoick, watching from behind a rock shelf, smiled as he watched his son first attempt to placate the others with words and then burst into song. He felt his chest swell with pride.

Perhaps the boy would turn out to be a great king after all.