ok, so this is a new story. I thought it would do good as a three shot, but then i thought to make it more intense. so i might have only a few chapters, and i might have a ton of chapters :) Oh, and sorry for any spelling mistakes. And sorry if anyone seems OOC.

THE MAIL

Merida sat down on her bed, thinking of the wonderful ride on Angus she had just taken with her mother Elinor. She was tired, and wanted to rest knowing that dinner was five minutes away. She thought about skipping it, but she knew that her mother would only get mad at her.

Merida had done all the work that day. She had to climb the Fire Falls, shoot fish, and other things that would make her very tired. Merida's mother just watched, so it wasn't too much of a ride for her.

Merida decided to get up. She headed for the door, went down the stairs, and went into the dinning room. There, her mother Elinor at one end of the table waited. Fergus, her father was at the other end. And her three obnoxious brothers where in the middle. Merida walked over to her seat and sat down. The family ate for about five minutes, when Maudie came over with the mail. Elinor took the three envelopes full of mail, and began mumbling them off while reading them. She did this with the first two she opened, but when she came across the third one, she immediately stopped.

"Fergus, this is what we have been hoping not to get EVER in the mail…" Elinor said the words with fear, as if she were afraid that something awful was going to happen. Merida was looking confused because she was. What were they talking about? What was going on? There were so many questions that couldn't be answered.

"Mom, whats the problem?" Merida asked, afraid. Her mother and father both sighed.

"Boys, leave." Elinor said. "Merida, It seems that we must leave...! It's hard to explain but, It seems that since we are the king and queen of this country, we must do our job as you probably understand. But our job could mean war, death, and so we need to keep the peace between countrys. The only way we can do this is if the king and queen of at least three countrys every year, go to the capital and sign a treaty. This year our country has been chosen"

"So why is this such a big problem?" Merida asked. She thought the situation would be a little bit more intense.

Fergus and Elinor both made a huge sigh. Merida had never even seen her father this concerned, so what was the problem?

Fergus began to say something, "Someone has to take care of the kingdom, so as first in line..." Merida imedietly cut him off.

"NO. Not ME! You know how i'd act. I cant do it! What were you thinking!""

"Merida, it's not our fault we got picked. We've been trying to prevent it from happening for seven years now, we have to do it. We have to go."

"No you don't." Merida said fiercely.

"You don't understand. All of those years trying to trian you young was for this. We knew you'd have to do it someday, but your father was thinking maybe we could hold it off until you had to be queen. We cant do anything about it, seven years is just too long."

"No it's not. I will not do this. It's too much!" But Merida could not get away from what she had to do.

Three days later was the crowning of Merida as queen for two weeks. The next day, her parents would be on their way.

When the crown hit Merida's head, she felt chills up her spine, and all around her. Imagine doing this on real crowning day, Merida though.

And the next day was when disaster struck...

Ok, so i hope you liked that first chapter! I probably will not be able to update frequently because the computer is often taken, and my iPod has an awful keyboard for writing.

Please review!