You are Destined for Greatness
"Talking"
'Thought'
"YELLING"
'YELLING IN THOUGHT'
*Flashbacks*
Mother Nature
Whispering winds in the willows, soft fluffy clouds like pillows, leaves flutter in the breeze. Nature, she is such a tease.
For I am stuck inside today, but I would rather run and play, through the grass that softly sways. Nature, oh, she has her ways.
When I get off its darker now, suddenly I hear a howl, shivers running down my spine. Nature, changing with the time.
Black and scary going home, thunder and lightning in skies roam wind billowing through the boughs. Nature, less inviting now….by Elizabeth Sheaffer.
Disclaimer: Merida and Rapunzel belonged to Disney Pixar; Jack and Hiccup belonged to DreamWorks. This is going to be like a sequel for first RotG and Hiccup will be the girl in this story and his name will change into Helena, enjoy, and I hope you'll like it.
Scotland in the High Middle Ages…
In dark wood, shadow dances around from branches of the trees to the ground below, owl hoot and cricket sings but these harmony music doesn't ease the eerie strain in the air in the thick forest.
Deep within these woods a large black horse with black mane, black eyes, ivory muzzle, and ivory fetlocks. Angus is a Scottish Clydesdale horse hunch close to his only friend in such delicate state.
Merida lift her head up and look at her only friend Angus with changes that had been made since she woke up, her once fiery red hair has change into much darker red highlighted with orange-red color as if she has been kissed by the sun, and her blue eyes have dyed into bright yellowy red color as if her eyes are a blaze. She buried her head again and hugs herself even tighter, and she wished for the ground under her crack open and swallow her up so this nightmare could end. Why did it happen? She remembered…or, so she thought, but she was so sure no matter how crazy she thinks. She remembered she died.
She died in her Mother's place when horrid enemy Clans attacked the DunBroch Castle, her Father and his men have fought bravely against the offending enemies, but a few foes had managed to break inside the Castle and found Queen Elinor and about to assassinate her but Merida had them before they had their chance. She fought them with fearlessness and determination to protect her Mother as she fought like lioness, she defeats every single one of them, but one foe she missed stood behind Queen Elinor unnoticed from the enemy about to plunge his sword behind her, and Merida for one split second, she sees the enemy, sprint toward the enemy, stopping him from killing her precious Mother and that split second has deflect the enemy's blade away from her Mother, but the enemy angered by her interruption that he had driven his sword right through her stomach. Merida let out a painful gasp alongside her Mother's scream, and she was pushed from the window and fell, all the light of the world she knew has darken, and the last thing she saw was her Mother's cry from her window and bright light of the full moon glow brightly as if it's smiling proudly upon her as she fell before the waters has engulfed her.
Then she suddenly woke up and took a sharp gasp of air when she emerge from the waters and climbed up, she remembered how confused and surprised she was that she's alive, and the wound wasn't there which is strange; she looked around till she found her castle and runs to her home to see her family and tell them she's all right. But when she got there it was something she will never forget. When she got home everyone around all held such gloomy, sad air around them, but she didn't pay attention to them as she sped in the castle and into the dining hall and there the person she's been looking for is her Mother, Queen Elinor sitting in her usual chair, resting her head on her palm of her hand and her eyes are puffy and red from crying, but Merida is here to assure her that she is all right.
She talked to her so loud that she wants to startle her Mother just to ease the tension, but her Mother only replays with silent and then she start to cry again, confused she tried again, and yet her Mother didn't respond as if she's too concern to let her tears rain down, she walks up to her Mother, and when she places her hand on her shoulder and then to her shocking horror it went right through her, she gasped and pulled her hand and look at it as she tries to make sense on what happened!? It went right through her Mother's shoulder!? But why? Then the sound of the door opened she look to see her Father walk in, and when she tries to talk to him in panic it made it worse than ever when her kind Father has walked right through Merida like a ghost. She couldn't breathe; her mind is in crisis and then she watch her parents talking about her and her death as they are grieving over their loss and then it hit her. She's no longer in the land of the living she's dead, and her parents can't see her because she's a ghost. She backs away after sudden realization with tears running down on her cheeks and run away, away from the life she once knew and now gone.
Once she was out of there, she figured that she is now alone when a moment later she hears a neighed sound coming from behind along with tottering sound like hooves; she turns around to see her loving companion Angus running to her, he stopped right in front, and Merida looking unsure if he can see him but to her relief Angus hunch close and place his snout at her cheek and quickly hugged the large creature.
That's how Merida remembered and for why Angus can see her maybe because some animals can see or hear spirits. But that still won't change a thing; she can no longer go back home, her family can't hear or see her, and she has nowhere to go. She thought spirits would go to that one special place but then why she still here, is she going to be like one of those wondering spirits, she doesn't know the one she does know that she is alone.
Angus tries to comfort his companion when suddenly his head shot up, sensing someone is coming. He sees something coming out the shadow of the tree a tall, cloaked woman who holds herself with a regal air, with a long, yet lovely face. Her black hair is very long, and both her hair and clothing appear to be one with the clouds that surround her form and her eyes are gentle jungle green staring at large animal with a soft smile.
She gracefully walks toward the creature with her right hand hold out to him placing her palm on his snout calming him and then she brings her other hand and begin caressing his furry thick neck. After petting Angus, she went next to Merida and put her hand on her hair causing her to flinch and slowly she peeked from under her arms, and she was overwhelmed with warmth when she see her smile and all her past fear and loneliness are gone in an instant from the woman's smile, she faced the woman and then it struck like a bolt of lightning, the woman can see her this stranger can see her, and moreover, she looks as if she comes from the legends from her Mother's stories. That woman held an aura of power and greatness, gentleness and joy, she gave Merida a feeling like nothing before and when she spoke with a voice as smooth as silk.
"Don't fear, little one! You're not alone, not anymore" and Merida smiled.
Viking Age…
Rain, it rains heavily on the island of Berk endlessly which it got its name as the Meridian of Misery. It is rare for People of Berk to have rain in this time of the season, but it has its reason, the islanders have lost their precious jewel of Berk, their pride of Berk, and the very heart of Berk. Tragedy has befallen on them when the hand of death has snatch Stoick's only Daughter; his sweet and beautiful Helena is gone, killed by the unforgivable, notorious Alvin. The Devil man has attacked Berk along with his Outcasts, but he foolishly lost his battle again and trapped at the edge of the cliff, and when Stoick had him cornered but Alvin won't have it, so he attacked. Two mighty Vikings clash swords together as two strong men battles, one battle to protect his people and loved ones and the other battles for glory and power. Stoick is easily overpowering Alvin, but Alvin took a patch of dirt under him and tosses the dirt at Stoick's eyes, blinding him and Alvin charge at him, he kicks Stoick's sword and charge again with his sword pointing at his heart.
Helena glide over the cliff with Toothless, and she sees Alvin used a dirty trick on her Dad by throwing dirt on his eyes, blocking his eyesight and the stinging in his eyes hurt his eyes, and gasped when she sees Alvin drawing his sword and charging toward her Dad, she had to stop him.
She order Toothless to fly down and stop him and thanks to his speed he knocked Alvin's sword with his Fire Blast and Hiccup jumped off of Toothless, tackled to the ground under him, stopping him from killing her Dad. Alvin was outraged by Stoick's Daughter always interrupting and ruining his only chance to get revenge on Berk, with fury battle cry from Alvin that made Helena froze in her place from the moment she saw those eyes that she would have sworn it turn blood red, crave with bloodlust. Alvin take his chance and smack Helena across the cliff and by the time Stoick regain his eyesight he watches with horror in his eyes as Helena fell over the cliff with scream echo across Berk Island.
In secret Cove where Helena had met Toothless, where she builds a mechanical fin for Toothless since she tore him, and this where their friendship had started, and the place where Helena and Toothless settled in a cave sheltered from the heavy rain as if the Gods and the Goddesses are crying from above of Valhalla.
Toothless watch as the rain pouring down from the sky endlessly before he turns to check at the bundle that was hidden under his wing protecting her from the cold and under his wing, and it's Helena with her new shoulder-length bronze hair and brightest forest green eyes sparkled like beautiful emeralds gem adored around her pupil and at the edge of her iris framed her green eyes with creamy orange color, but in her eyes it shows sadness and overwhelming fear in them and the ebony-colored Dragon tried his best to comfort his frighten rider but how can he when he's scared too.
He recalls what Alvin had done he saw he throw his best friend over the cliff and watch her gone; he remembered indescribable fury boiling within and then he snapped and attacked Alvin like bloodthirsty monster. He ruthlessly grazed Alvin all over him till he's covered with claw marks, and when he Alvin saw Toothless attacks again he pick up the sword on the ground next to him and pierced him but Toothless won't go without a fight so with last strength he has left he push himself and Alvin to the edge of the cliff and tumble to their death.
Toothless had his revenge delivering Alvin to the jaw of death and Toothless accept his death if it means be there with his best friend in the afterlife so be it, but then the strangest thing has just accrued. Toothless suddenly woke up on the shore and to his joy his Helena is alive, sitting next to him with worry, he notices the changes on his rider but it didn't matter now all that's matter that she is alive. When they realized they're on the other side of the island they made their way back home and when they got there, no one cheers, no one overjoyed to see them alive and well, nor her friends, her boyfriend Asher, Gobber, and her Dad who are standing in the center of the sturdy town looking mournful.
When she tried to get their attention when she tripped and about to hit the Viking's back when she went right through and landed in the middle of the center looking shocked and confused, she tries to talk to them, yelling them in their ears, she even tries to grab but it all resulted to fail even Toothless tried as well and like her it went right through him and can't hear him. She tried one more on Gobber, but nothing then she went to her Dad and start calling his name, but all he got is tears streaming down on his stoic face and lastly Asher and saw him hugging himself choking with tears, and she too feels a stinging tears swelling in her eyes, she brought her hands to touch his face and plea to the Gods to let her touch him, but her plea didn't answer as her hands went right through his face, she whimpered sadly and so she give in and told Toothless to let's go but not before she feels she needs to look up and that she did, she looks up to see the full moon so bright so serene it somehow calm her just a little bit and then a soft whisper humming in her ears made her shook her thought and then she and Toothless left Berk.
And that's how she and Toothless ended up here, both of them didn't understand how all of this happen; they were sure they were dead, but they feel fine, no wound, no pain, but no one can see them or hear them, and it frightens them to think they are nothing but ghosts, they wished someone can tell them what's going on? Then their prayers have been answered.
Someone appeared at the entrance of the cave startling them, a woman with long black hair and angelic face smiled gently at them. Toothless are growling, and his pupil turn angry slit telling her to back off, but she didn't fear at the Dragon while her smile still on her lips and she slowly approached the Dragon showing no harm will come to him or her holding out her hand. Helena's eyes widen in shock and worry for the woman that Toothless might easily tear off her head but to her surprise Toothless's growl cease and his pupil turn round with curiosity and when her hand is four inches away from the Night Fury's snout and Helena gasp when Toothless gently press his snout on woman's palm hand showing he has his trust.
Never has seen anyone so brave to get so close to her Night Fury like that. Only handful of people can get close enough to pet the unholy offspring of lightening and death itself, and to see him now and trusting her so willingly it stunned her. Then the woman turn her gaze to Helena, and those two pair of eyes looks so gentle and strong, and Helena feels safe and around her and then the woman spoke.
"It's all right, there's no need to fear. I am here for you" Helena felt relieved washed over her from the woman's kind voice.
Kingdom of Germany in High Middle Age…
Rapunzel's isn't just scared; she's terribly afraid, her peach colored skin turn white, and her breathing has become hard to suck up air to breathe as her eyes franticly panicking and seek explanation to all so this.
She remembered that she and Eugene were traveling back to their kingdom after long and boring meeting in other kingdom when out of nowhere they were attacked by thieves, beating the guards and stole the carriage with Eugene, Rapunzel, and Pascal in it. The guy who steered and led the horses to the woods when one of the wheels broke by big rock causing to lose control over the carriage, and it's heading toward the cliff, Rapunzel didn't waste much time pushed her love out of unruly carriage while she about to escape it was too late as she and her chameleon friend fall.
She woke up with a grunt as she slowly got up and caressing her head and purr, but the funny thing is that not a single bone in her body is broken, and no wounds on her anywhere, she looks to her right shoulder and giggle happy to see smiling Pascal is okay. She looks around not paying attention to Pascal's shock scaly face when he saw her morphing into horror, and before he can tell her or squeak she already crawled out and by the time she's free from the wrecked carriage she heard someone sobbing not too far from here, she got up and look to see who's crying till her eyes glow with relief and happiness, it's Eugene crying his tears out and hugging himself.
Rapunzel figured that Eugene thought she died from the crash, but now she'll go there and tell him she's okay, so she runs to his giving one of her crushing hugs before Pascal can stop her Rapunzel leap to Eugene when suddenly instead of hugging Eugene she hugged the air and fell forward. Confused, she pulls herself up and turns to see Eugene hadn't moved his spot while his back is facing her.
She walks up to him and call out his name, but he kept on crying instead of responding, she tried again and again even yelling right at his ear, and nothing had moved this man, but Rapunzel refused to give up, just when she about to shout at his ear again when a gold thread entered her line of sight; she looks at it in question when she realize that is not a thread, each line is too thin and sparkling like melted gold, that's when she feels it, it felt very familiar…too familiar. She let her hand follow the line to see where it came from, and it stopped right above her head, and it baffled her, so she brought both hand to grab as many as she got and when she brought close to her and examined this thread, and then the thread glowed, and she lets out a shrilling gasp.
This is a hair! This is her hair! No! She muttered in her head countless times, but the evidence is clear, her short brunette hair had turned back to her once 70ft long golden hair. But how? How did her hair grow back? Why did it grow back? She was absolutely sure that Eugene had cut her hair saving her from taken from her evil fake Mother, Gothel. She look up at hunch up Eugene and start begging him to turn around as she reach out her hand and top her horror her hand went through his shoulder like a ghost. She screamed and then sob as tears run down on her cheeks and then it all came to her like lightning strike, she was in a carriage and fell over a cliff, and she…died…she is dead, and Eugene is alive! Which mean she'll never see Eugene again!
She feels no air breathe in as her chest hurt as if something is tightening in tight pressure till a humming croak snap her out of it and look to her right, Pascal her faithful friend and so loyal see her with sympathy, and she feel his tiny little feet touches her confirming her that she's not alone, but depression has won her over and turn to look at Eugene one last time before she stands up and walks away never want to glance back.
Rapunzel wake in silent grassy plain as the light of a full moon is her guiding light to make her way, but her heart felt heavy as each step, she took grew heavy and getting further away from the man she loved that not even her magical hair can heal her broken heart.
There's no place to return to, she can't go home with her family, she won't see her friends again, and Eugene…she'll never see her husband again. The life she once knew gone, and she'll never get it back.
"Rapunzel" a voice snapped her from her depressing thought and saw to her right a beautiful woman standing before her glory with a Mother-like smile. She blinked at the strange woman in question, and the ebony-haired woman still smiling and then Rapunzel notice the woman's physique it looks she had been kissed by nature itself and her wavy hair look so light and soft and stretch out much longer than her long blond hair, how is that woman she thought.
"All your question will be answered soon" the woman spoke as if she read Rapunzel's mind, which caused her to blink in surprise and the same goes for Pascal he looks at a woman with narrowed suspicious eyes as she continues to smile before she turn around and said.
"Follow me and I will tell you everything you need with the others"
"Others?" Rapunzel repeated as a question, but the woman walks away expecting her to follow, Rapunzel and Pascal glance at each other, hesitating if they should trust her, but they must know what's going on so with a choice they made they follow her try to keep her pace.
Rapunzel and Pascal followed the beautiful woman with more than a minute till they reach a small meadow surrounded with trees like a picture frame; she looks around in a puzzled expression when a long-haired woman speak in softest tune.
"Merida! Helena! You can come out now" she calls out two names she never heard of, and then they come out of the trees, a young girl with hair like blazing fire and eyes are like a topaz, and tottering alongside her is a large horse probably bigger than Maximus, then Rapunzel shifted her gaze to another who look very shy with fingers twiddling together and shy glance at her every now and then, her soft bronze hair shine by the light of the moon, and bright green eyes with a yellow ring on the edge of the iris and standing next to her are for she could not believe it's a Dragon, a black Dragon with puppy like eyes, curiously staring at her as it coo/growl.
The two look at her with sympathy and understanding as if they know what she has been through a tough time and they offer her their reassuring smile of their own as if they let her know that she is not alone. The woman smiled; happy to see they are getting along as well as she begins to speak.
"Girls!" the three girls look up at the person who brought them together as Pascal, Angus, and Toothless are all put their attention on the mysterious woman as she spoke again.
"My name is Mother Nature! You all been chosen by Man in Moon and present you powers that no mortal can ever obtain" she turn her head to face Merida and said.
"Merida, you're hereby as a Summer Spirit and power to control heat and flame" then she turn at Helena.
"Helena, you are a Harbinger of Fall; your leaves are your weapons as they act like steel blade" then she turns lastly at Rapunzel.
"Rapunzel, you are the Spirit of Spring, the foliage are your world and your power for you can bring plants to life at you command" Mother Nature sigh after finishing it and staring up at the full moon with a sweet smile.
"You have been chosen, and you three are destined for Greatness," she said with high pride and recognition that these girls will do wonders for the world to come.
My first RotBTD, enjoy and I'll see you next time on RotBTD: Element of Harmony.
