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Hey there guys. This is my first story and first contribution to my beloved fandoms. I'm not that experienced so please leave by any comments or suggestions so I can improve in my writing. In this story there will be a lot of pairings and such plus I just go with the flow. Updates wont be that frequent because I'm still a beginner and much of a perfectionist. Haha.
DISCLAIMER : I do not own anything in this story. The lovely credit goes to Mr. Rick Riordan (Trollordan. *rolls eyes ) , Dreamworks and Disney.
Merida looked up groggily to her alarm clock. She cleared away the tangled wild mop of red locks that was messing up her vision and stared blankly at the screen. "6 AM." She muttered. Great, just in time. She didn't like waking up early but being early meant more time in the archery range. She pulled away the thick bunk covers and slowly sat up. She rubbed the sleep off her eyes and stretched with difficulty. Still stiff and sore from practicing all day at the archery range yesterday so it seemed. She yawned and glanced to her half siblings and saw that they were still looping around like a batch of tossed ragged dolls on their messy bunks. "How lovely," she snickers.
She got up from her bunk and slowly shuffled her way to the bathroom door. She kicks any laundry that comes her way but it pretty much inched every space of their cabin. Only because the harpies were at a monster convention or something like that. After several attempts to tame her royal mess and a nice long shower she was all freshened up wearing a new Camp Half-Blood shirt and jeans plus her favorite blue Converse.
She smoothed down any creases on her shirt and adjusted her leather necklace. She smiled to herself because there were three beads now. Each one representing a different year at this camp. Each also had its own special symbol. Hers had a black bear, a tiny blue flame and her favorite, two crisscrossing switch blade swords. All these adventures she remembered so well and sometimes she wished that time would stop going by so fast. She glanced to the mirror and scrunched up her nose as she saw her reflection. Not that she particularly cared about her looks, it was just that today was special. For Zeus's sake she even tried to tame her hair for the occasion. She hoped someone would notice the effort she put and remember how this day meant for her. Merida could just be so crazy sometimes.
She storms out of the bathroom, not caring about her sleeping cabinmates. She crouches down under her bunk to try and get her bow and quiver which she kept there for safekeeping. Gingerly reaching into the darkness, she hoped she wouldn't impale herself with the extra daggers she kept under there. "Shootin' arrows won' be enough te survive. Ye need to learn other ways of defense tew'…." She mutters as she looked through the dustbunnies that littered there.
It was all Chiron's idea. After Merida protested to him when he cut her archery time and added 6 more hours in the sword arena (boy did he get a lot of Scott) , the old timer just shook his head and gave her that advice. It greatly annoyed her since. But don't get her wrong. She loved Chiron. It's just he can be too much sometimes.
When she finally found them she made her way to the exit, careful not to trip on her siblings (they are very active during the night and some poses just wanted Merida to blackmail them for) . She opens the door and stepped out into the fresh air. Outside, the cabins where still quiet with sleeping demigods but a few early birds can be seen jogging or taking a stroll. Merida breathed in the sweetly sour scent of what she calls home and smiles. Another day at camp.
She started to run to the archery range. Oh how she loved it there. With her red hair flying and getting tangled in the wind she chuckles. Well tamin' it was a waste.. She thought. But she didn't really care. It made her feel free.
She looked back to the Apollo cabin for some reason. It was glittering in gold as the precious first few hours of daylight lapped it's roofs. Only it wasn't the usual eerie glow the cabin always had during daylight. It somehow reached to Merida, in a language only they can understand. If there is such a thing.
Her eyes light up and she smiled , suddenly realizing what it meant. "Thanks Dad," she mutters, still gazing as the last of the special glow as it slowly faded. When it did, Merida was still processing what had happened when she then ran into someone. Sending them both toppling to the grass.
"Oi! Watch wer yer goin' now righ'?" Her strong accent muffling her words as she felt embarrassment flush her cheeks. Her vision cleared and she saw books and papers were strewn in every direction. That just made her more embarrassed. Good thing there weren't much onlookers to notice the little incident. Her eyes then focus to the girl trying to gather all of it before the autumn wind tries to blow them away. Merida immediately recognized her as one of the new campers. She didn't know her that well and had vague memory seeing her before let alone knowing what cabin she belonged in. But she had long blonde hair braided up in a neat weave, rosy cheeks and bright green eyes. She too was wearing a Camp Half-Blood shirt plus jeans only she didn't wear any shoes which seemed odd to Merida. She didn't realize she was still staring when she realized that all this was her fault in the first place. So she got on her knees and started to pick up the books nearest to her.
"Oh. I'm sorry there. Pretty clumsy today," said the girl she ran into. She also said it nonchalantly as if it was only her fault. She tucked one of the strands of her golden hair that had fallen on her pretty face behind her ear and smiled at Merida. Merida chortles. "Nah. The faults ol mine. Ef onleh I was wotchin' war I wos goin'.." They both chuckled and carried on with their task. "Good gollie ye do read a lot for a lass," Merida said as she picked up a large book on something about ancient recipes or something like that. Gods who even reads those?
She smiled as Merida started flipping the pages with a shocked look on her face. "Well thats what happens if you have a lot of spare time on your hands," she shrugged and looked at her with those bright green eyes of hers. "Re'lly now. Bein' a' this kind o' camp I fin' it hard te believe," Merida countered smiling sheepishly.
"I believe we haven' been properly introduced," she finally said. She was starting to get fond of this girl. She took out her hand and cocked her head to one side. "Merida," She snickers. "Merida Dunbroch." Gladly, the blonde took her hand and shook it with a happy look on her face. "Rapunzel," she says. "Rapunzel Gothel." Merida raises an eyebrow. "Gothel now ay?" she pauses , letting it sink in. Rapunzel laughed. "Yeah, yeah I know. Weird isn't it? For a gal like me anyways." She then gazed upon her quiver. "Daughter of Apollo I presume... Right?" Merida chuckles and waves her quiver sarcastically. "Gee I wonder how'd ye guess," she laughs. "How bou' ye then ay Rapunzel," she points to the stack of books now in her hands. "Cabin 6?" For a minute there, Rapunzel's eyes widened and she stopped smiling.
"Uhm..." she started to say. Merida raised an eyebrow in curiosity. Rapunzel opened her mouth to say something but was cut off by the sound of clopping hooves. Merida shrugs. "Great timing' ye ol' little.."she mutters. Rapunzel had her bright smile on again and nodded at the figure coming towards them. "T have a feeling its for you," she said, "I better get going now if you don't mind." Merida nodded but Rapunzel already started to run off. "It was nice meeting you Merida!" she called, her hair bouncing behind her. "And to you Rapunzel." Merida said in reply though she knew she was already too far away to hear.
"Making new friends?" the calm voice of Chiron knocked Merida out of her daze. She snickers and tucked a strand of her hair behind her ear. "Wha's it te ye Chiron," she said facing him. The old teacher laughed. "No no its a good thing my dear," Merida rolled her eyes which just made him laugh more.
She raises an eyebrow at him "Alrigh' tell meh wha' ye wan' with meh."
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