"Mum this has literally got to be your worst idea EVER" Merida said, one arm hung out of the carriage, the other held up her sagging head.
"Hush now Merida." Queen Elinor said glanced at her daughter quickly, then did a double take. "Sit up! Goodness you know we don't need the people of Corona to think you're some sort of slob! And stop slouching lass, its bad for your back." Merida groaned again and pulled herself upright. She hated this, even though she rightfully knew it was all her fault to begin with. Even after the... incident, she had still managed to get in trouble. In the past six months since her mother had changed back, she had managed to destroy the castle's kitchen... twice, set her closet of very expensive dresses on fire, get at least a dozen arrows tangled in her hair, and slipped ice down the backs of some the neighboring tribes' sons. All in all, she had been up to trouble, and her mother had had enough of it. Granted, at first her mother had wanted to send her to some convent in the west, but after much debate with her father, sending her to a private school across the sea would be a better idea. The King and Merida's brothers (wee devils more like) had stayed behind, the boys had become old enough to begin the whole "warrior training" thing, and were probably off doing something much more exciting than traveling on a boat for three days, then riding in a carriage for five hours. The boat trip had been alright, although Elinor had gotten extremely sick the last day. Merida had been stuck in the carriage for the past three hours, and only now was the shining castles of Corona visible. Add on that her mother had done nothing but preach about how wonderful it would be for Merida to get to see the world and meet new people, and while Merida agreed with the "seeing the world and meeting new people" bit, in fact it was her dream to meet new people and see the world, the school part ruined it.
"Oh Merida isn't this exciting? I heard that the King and Queen of Corona have a daughter your age! Isn't that something? And people from all four corners of the world go to this school, you'll all be able to share stories, and maybe you might meet a young lad hm?" Elinor rambled. Merida tuned her out and resumed her position and stared at the countryside surrounding the city. Corona was beautiful, the trees were bright green, and many were heavy with fresh fruit, the dirt road they had traveled on for the past, what was that now? Four hours? Either way, the dirt road had become smooth cobblestone, bright flowers lined the road, and lanterns hung from the trees. Normally all this girly stuff would've been a bit too much for Merida, but after three days of only ocean, any greenery was welcome. The grass looked soft enough to nap in, and her horse Angus would've feasted for days. Angus, she missed him dearly, unfortunately he wouldn't fit on the boat, nor would he have lasted three days on one. Her daydreaming was cut short by her mother's excited outburst. "Merida! Merida look!" Merida looked up into the distance. Or as it were, not quite so distant. Not even a five minutes walk away stood a lake, and in the center, a even larger city, with bright golden towers, and a massive gate. A large bridge connected the city and land. Elinor stared in awe, and Merida soon joined her. Suddenly Elinor went into "Full Queen Mode", she straightened herself out, and turned to her daughter. Her eyes went to Merida's messy fire-red hair.
"Oooh no, mum don't-" Merida was cut off by her mother, who had grabbed her shoulders, turned her around, and already begun trying to make her unruly flame colored hair a bit less unruly. Just as the carriage pulled up to the gate, Elinor managed to get Merida's hair into a sort-of-ponytail, by using multiple ties to hold the whole mess in place. The carriage driver dropped them off in front of the well known Sunrise Inn, along with a map to the Corona Academy for Young People, as it was called. After staring at the map for a good five minutes Elinor finally decoded the map.
"This way." She said, and began to walk off towards the center of the city.
"Mum." Merida said. Elinor turned to her daughter. "Mum the schools in the other direction."
"Merida, you don't even have a map."
"Mum," Merida pointed to a sign behind her that read "Corona Academy for Young People", that did indeed, point in the opposite direction.
"Oh. Right. On we go." Elinor turned and followed the sign. Merida rolls her eyes and smiled to herself.
"It should be right here," Elinor muttered as the two turned the last corner. Directly ahead of them stood a huge marble building atop of green hill. Dozens of stairs led up to the front gate, where two soldiers stood, dressed in full uniform.
"Race ya to the top Mum!" Merida shouted over her shoulder as she began sprinting towards the stairs.
"Merida get back here-... You cheater!" Elinor laughed as she hiked up her skirt (not above the ankle of course) and ran to catch up with her daughter. Merida reached the top step ahead of Elinor, but it wasn't long before Elinor caught up. The guards gave them strange looks as they approached the gate. Elinor straightened herself out, and approached the guards in her most dignified way possible.
"We're here to enroll Princess Merida of Dunbroch. I believe we have an appointment." Elinor said to one of the guards, who in turn, pulled out a list of names. Merida peaked at the list but was only able to make out two names.
"Hiccup Horrendous Haddoc? Jack Frost? What the devil kind of names are these?"
The guard stuffed the list away quickly and glared at Merida, who only smiled back at him.
"Right this way ma'am." He said as the opposite guard opened the gate.
*Authors Note:
Hey guys, so this is pretty much my first time doing fanfiction of any form or fasion so please just bare with me. This probably has so many errors I just don't even know.
