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This story is set to be a prequel to my other story Revenge of the Priest. But isn't really important to the plot line other then being an explanation of how Hiccup and Merida are cousins.
This story is about Elinor and Fergus and Valka and Stoick all falling in love.
Just fyi, I suck at writing romance, so if it sounds cheesy, I'm sorry.
Enjoy!
Elinor awoke early on the morning of her 16th birthday, the day of her and her twin sister's betrothal highland games. They had spent their whole lives preparing for this. She sat up as her mother came in with her sister, Valka.
Valka jumped on her sister's bed and hugged Elinor. The two sisters looked similar, but they weren't identical. After the sisters exchanged birthday greetings, Elinor got out of bed to have her mother help her dress.
"Aren't you excited?" Valka asked her older sister. Elinor was older by only five minutes.
"To be honest, I'm a little nervous," she confessed as her mother tightened her corset. A servant came in and took Valka to her own room to get dressed.
"Don't worry my wee darling, I was nervous too," their mother, Aideen said.
She pulled Elinor's long hair into two, long braids that hung down to her waist. Her mother helped her into the dress she'd made for this occasion. It was dark, emerald green with false sleeves with white lining.
"You were?" Elinor asked. Her mother nodded.
"Aye, I was so nervous, I was physically sick. When your father won and came to greet me, I threw up on him."
"What! Really?" Elinor exclaimed. Her mother nodded.
When she was done getting dressed, she went to her sister's room. She knocked three times then entered.
Valka sat in a chair in the middle of the room as a servant pulled Valka's hair into cap.
Elinor had her hair showing because when the sisters were told about their highland games, Elinor grew angry and demanded it to be cancelled. To appease her, their parents said that if Elinor went along then they would allow her to let her beautiful hair show. They even offered Valka to let her hair show as well. She refused.
"My hair isn't nearly as beautiful as Elinor's," she'd said.
"Then what do you want my dear?" their father had asked, looking up from his battle plans. The clans were in a terrible war with the Vikings from the east.
Valka remained silent for a moment, thinking hard about what she wanted. Finally she answered, "I want to invite all the eligible Vikings to attend as well, in hopes to end the war that's making both sides suffer."
"A measurable wish, Valka. But it simply cant be done. Even if some did come, if any one of them lost, then they might continue the war. Plus, they are Vikings and can never be trusted," their father had replied.
"We just have to trust them," Valka had insisted.
"Alright, you will have your wish. Both of you will have your wishes met."
"Oh Elinor, you look so beautiful!" Valka said, pulling Elinor back into the present.
"Thank you! So do you," Elinor said, stepping further into the room. Valka wore a simple but elegant light blue dress; an extreme contrast to Elinor's dark green.
"Do you think any of the Vikings will come?" Elinor asked, moving a chess piece in their ongoing game. Valka countered the move and took one of her players.
"I am positive that they will. They wouldn't miss a chance to end this war. They've suffered as much as we have."
"How could you put so much faith in them? They're Vikings for goodness sake."
"I'm tired of everyone's prejudice towards people they don't even know!" Valka exclaimed, taking Elinor's knight and setting her twin up in a check mate.
Elinor gaped at her twin in disbelief. Never had Valka shown such temper before. It was usually Elinor who threw the tantrums when they were growing up and Valka was the one who calmed her older sister down. Elinor sat in silence, regretting her last comment.
Finally she managed to ask, "What am I going to do without you?"
Valka softened up a bit. "I don't know, but you've always been the strong one. The question is, what I'm going to do without you?"
"I'm sure you'll find someone with temper issues that you can calm, especially if you marry a Viking. "
The sisters hugged and started a new game. They were halfway through when a servant came in to tell the girls that they were requested by their parents to go to the great hall.
The two left, arm in arm. Walking down the hall to meet their fates, knowing that by the end of the day, they would be forever changed.
Aideen means fire. I think she would have hair like Merida's but tamer and not as curly, maybe a bit more red to it.
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