When Princesses Meet Dragons
Chapter 1: Journey to Germany
So, this is going to be a Brave 2012, Tangled, and How to Train your Dragon mega crossover. Yes, I know, I'm a sucker for crossovers, but requests for stories that you would want to read are welcome. Now, on with the story. P.S. I don't own Brave, Tangled, or HTTYD. They belong to Pixar, Disney, and Dreamworks.
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In a magnificent castle facing the sea in Scotland, Princess Merida was leaning against the window of her room, staring out toward the endless blue sea. It had been four months since she had last heard from Rapunzel. As everyone knows, four months is a long time when you're waiting for something exciting to happen. Any day now, Rapunzel would send an invitation to her and her family to come and visit Germany. Merida had heard all about Germany from Rapunzel when she was staying here. She could almost picture the castle on the cliff, towering over the village that surrounded it. She could see the people dancing to the sound of violins in the marketplace, laughing with joy.
"Merida, don't forget your lessons."
"Coming, Mum," Merida sighed, tramping down the steps.
Four months of never-ending lessons on walking properly, bending down properly, eating properly. She even had to learn how to ride properly. It was all because her mother didn't want to give the Lord's sons the wrong impression. After all, like Elinor had said countless times, Merida had to be ready to rule, and that meant that she had to be prepared for her royal duties. Ever since the incident with Mordu, Merida had been careful to not complain too much. She had seen what could happen to a person if they were too self-absorbed.
Merida hardly noticed that she tripped a wire, until a bunch of weapons came hurtling in her direction. Screaming, she managed to duck before they lodged into the wall behind her. Straightening up slowly, just in case, Merida sighed.
"I thought we had disarmed all of these," she mumbled, picking up the swords, bolas, and other weapons so that they wouldn't clutter up the stairs. Apparently, this trap hadn't been triggered by either Mordu or Gothel four months ago. Merida made a note to herself to check for others that hadn't been disarmed. As Merida expected, the pattering of feet brought Merida's mom, who was looking quite horrified.
"Merida, are you alright?"
"Yes, Mum, I'm fine. When I find those boys, I'm going to have to tell them to find any other traps so that no one gets hurt. By the way, where are the boys? I haven't seen them for a long time."
"I don't know, they could be torturing Maudie, or setting up another one of their pranks. I honestly can't seem to keep track of them nowadays, and it makes me uneasy."
Suddenly, they heard a scream. Scant seconds later, Maudie, the boys' nurse, came barreling up the stairs, screaming her head off.
"BEARS!"
Rushing downstairs, Merida nearly bumped into her father, Fergus.
"Stay back, lass. I don't want you getting hurt."
"Dad, I can do this. Now, come on!"
Hearing a huge commotion down a corridor, Merida and Fergus watched as three giant black bears padded into the throne room, roaring in fury. Before Fergus could charge them, Merida pointed to the ceiling. Nodding in understanding, Fergus ran toward them.
"OI! If you want someone to fight, try me on for size."
While Fergus was distracting the bears, Merida had managed to get into the rafters, shimmying her way over to her triplet brothers, who were dangling a bunch of bear skins with near-invisible string. As they were giggling to themselves, Merida grabbed them from behind.
"GOTCHA!"
When Merida had brought them safely down, their parents waited with folded arms, which clearly meant that the boys were never going to hear the end of this one.
"Now, boys, I know that you like to prank people, but did you really have to make everyone think that there were bears in the castle?" Fergus said.
"Do you know how much trouble you are in?" Elinor growled, almost as if she were a bear again.
As Elinor dragged the boys off, Fergus went to tell everyone that it was a false alarm and that there was nothing to worry about. Since her mother was distracted for a little bit, Merida figured that it wouldn't hurt to have a little ride with Angus. Skipping out to the stables, she realized that there was quite a commotion in the village outside of the castle. Wondering what all the fuss was about, she heard that foreign ships were just coming into the harbor. Wondering if what she had heard was true, she began to listen further. What she heard next made her want to dance and twirl, for the ships had just come from Germany.
Racing to Angus, she quickly mounted him and urged him to the peak overlooking the sea where the dreaded Mordu used to reside. No sooner had she reached the ancient castle than she started to dance for joy. The sails on the ships had the signature sun of Rapunzel's kingdom. Climbing down the worn path toward the beach, she started to wave her arms ecstatically, hoping to attract their attention. Squinting her eyes, she just managed to make out Rapunzel on the deck of the lead ship waving to her, with Pascal on her shoulder. Racing back up the path, Merida mounted Angus and rode back to the castle, where the citizens were already starting to greet the newcomers.
"Rapunzel, you came at last!" Merida exclaimed.
"Yes, Merida, I finally came, and I'm taking you and your family to Germany."
"When?"
"Now."
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And so the journey begins! Tell me how you like the story so far in a review! Don't worry, I'll get to the real action soon enough.