Author's note:

I have never posted one of my fanfictions on here before so please bear with me if I do something ignorant! I am planning for this to be a short fic (3-5 short chapters) but if I get a random burst of inspiration it may end up being longer! Please give me constructive criticism! I am not much of a writer but I do enjoy it from time to time so I would love to improve!

Chapter one

"Merida!" Elinor shouted as she barged through Merida's bedroom door.

"Ugh mom! Can't you at least knock!" Merida said as she rolled lazily off her bed and into a standing position on the floor.

Elinor's eyebrows were furrowed and her face was tinted scarlet with anger "How dare you!" She finally managed to shout out "You refuse to marry one of the suitors because of… This!" she scoffed in disgust.

"M-mom… what are you-" Merida started, but she was immediately cut off by her mother

"Not ready, you said! May never be ready, you said!" Elinor continued "You and that… woman. I can't believe this!"

"Mom… I don't know what you are talking about…" Merida replied nervously

"Maudie saw the two of you! Don't you dare lie to me young lady!"

A large knot formed in Merida's throat as her mother spoke. "I….. I am sorry…" Was all she could manage to say to her still furious mother.

"You are sorry?! That is a woman Merida! You are a woman!" Elinor started to pace across the room, rubbing her temple with one hand "If word of this ever got out… we would be humiliated! Or worse, shunned! How could you do this?!"

"I…. I can't help how I feel!" Merida said, trying to gain her composure.

"Enough of this Merida! I am getting all too tired of these rebellious teenage years!" Elinor snapped

"This isn't me trying to be rebellious!" Merida said, raising her voice.

"Oh really?" Elinor said, matching her daughter's loud tone "Then what is it?!"

"I'm in love with her, mother!" Merida shouted as loudly as she could.

Elinor whipped her head in Merida's direction quickly and raised a hand to her agape mouth. The stood there like this for a moment, Merida trying her best to keep from looking upset and Elinor staring at her bug-eyed. Suddenly Elinor's eyebrows furrowed and her mouth closed into a frown. "You listen to me young lady. You are going to go to her and tell her you no longer want to see her."

Merida scoffed "And what if I don't?!"

"If you don't then the entire kingdom will fall because of your mistake! Do you think the other kingdoms will take this lightly?! They will surely try and conquer us to keep you from taking the throne!" Elinor retorted.

Merida's composure finally broke. Tears started to pour out of her eyes as she quickly ran out of the room. She was not letting go of Elsa, but her mother was right. The kingdom would fall. What am I supposed to do?! She thought as she jumped up onto her horse and rode away from the castle and into the woods.

Elsa sat quietly under the tree that her and her fiery companion used as a secret meeting spot. Merida was running late. Well, later than normal. Elsa bit her lip and looked around anxiously, all worst case scenarios running through her mind.

Did she get hurt?! Elsa thought frantically or maybe she is just tired of me… she frowned and shook the thoughts out of her head No, she has probably just lost track of time… that has to be it. I mean, it wouldn't be unlike her to-

Suddenly Elsa heard something that caused her to stop mid-thought. The clopping sound of Merida's horse Angus approaching. Elsa's face lit up instantly as she quickly rose to greet her dear… friend.

Merida, on the other hand, was not in such high spirits. She flung herself forcefully off of her horse almost losing her balance as she hit the ground; her face red with anger and her cheeks stained with tears.

"She found out." Merida spat, avoiding eye contact with Elsa.

"F….. Found out?" Elsa replied weakly, her heart sinking into her stomach.

"About us!" Merida shouted, again on the verge of tears. She took a deep breath and wiped her still damp face with the edge of her sleeve "See found out about us…"

Elsa's throat clenched up. She finally managed to croak out "Your mother?"

Merida looked down at her feet and rested her back against Angus "Yea…. My mother." She said quietly.

Elsa's heart began to beat painfully in her chest. Her thoughts raced a thousand miles per second as she tried to digest everything Merida was telling her. Tears started to well up in her eyes as she finally realized what this meant "…So this is the last time?" She finally asked faintly.

Merida paused momentarily, her fists balling up in frustration. For the first time since she had arrived Merida looked straight into Elsa's eyes and stared at her, she just… stared.

Elsa was suddenly all too aware of herself. She started blushing wildly, wanting to ask Merida what she was looking at, but the intense look on Merida's face seemed to render Elsa speechless so instead she just stared back quietly.

Suddenly Merida furrowed her eyebrows spoke out "No. This doesn't have to be the last time!" she stood up quickly from her spot leaned up against her horse "I won't let it be!" Merida unclenched her hands and wrapped them around Elsa's neck, pulling her in for a rough, passionate kiss.

Elsa's eyes bulged out as the shock of an unexpected kiss hit her. A moment later her face relaxed and her eyes glazed over with fresh tears. She closed her still damp eyes and quickly wrapped her arms around Merida's waist, drawing her closer and deepening the kiss. Elsa knew that, despite Merida's wishes, this may be the last kiss they ever shared.

Finally the two girls parted from the kiss, still wrapped around each other. Merida sighed a quiet relief and looked back up to Elsa whose tears were just starting to break free from her eyes.

Merida's eyes suddenly widened as she saw Elsa's face. She quickly wiped the girls tear away with her thumb and said "What is the matter bae?" frantically.

"No matter what-" Elsa sniffled "No matter what we do or where we go we will always be princesses… We will always be found, hunted!"

Merida's eyes saddened suddenly "Don't say that!" She whimpered "Please don't say that…"

"It's true Mer… Oh how I wish it wasn't true, but it is…" Elsa said, gathering as much composure as she could.

Merida pursed her lips together and allowed her thoughts to stir around in her mind. Suddenly her mind cleared, leaving only the solution to their problem. She knew what had to be done. "It doesn't have to end this way." She said quickly pulling away from Elsa and climbing up onto Angus.

"Merida wait!" Elsa shouted as Merida rode away from her "Please… Don't leave me…" Elsa broke down and fell to the ground in a loud sobbing mess.

"Witch!" Merida shouted when she had finally reached the witch's cottage. She barged through the door loudly shouting "Come on I know you are here!"

Suddenly the witch appeared from behind a large bear carving "There is no need to shout, dearie" She said "You could make an old woman go deaf. What can I do you for, princess?"

"I need a spell." Merida explained in a determined voice.

"A spell?" the witch asked "Well how do you plan on paying for this spell, hmm? They aren't cheap!"

Merida's eyes narrowed as she said "You owe me."

The witch laughed loudly "I owe you? What on earth gave you that impression?"

"You turned my mother into a bear!" Merida protested

"You asked me to change her and I did!" The witch snapped back "You need to learn to be more specific!"

Merida glowered at the witch for a moment, allowing herself to calm down before replying "I wonder what my father would do if he knew exactly where the witch that turned his wife into a bear was located" she retorted.

The witch scowled back at Merida for a moment before scoffing out a "Fine. One spell. That's it. No take backs, no ways out, one spell."

"Fine. I only need one." Merida said back to her

"Alrighty then. What is it that you need now, dearie?" The witch asked

Merida stood up straighter and looked dead into the witch's eyes "Turn me into a boy." She said finally.