DISCLAIMER: I don't own Brave.
So I just now saw this wonderous movie, and OH MY GOODNESS. WOW. I can't even describe it. The plot was just a bit too Brother Bear-esque for my taste, but other than that I have no complaints. Anywho, enjoy!
The darkness is coming. I feel it. I'm tired from fighting Mor'du, and I can't battle this back too. I look at my daughter one more time, trying to memorize her face, her hair and her beautiful eyes. "Merida!" I call her name, but I know she can't understand me. Then the bear takes over and I am lost.
Until I hear her cry, from impossibly far away, "Mum!" Dimly I see her face, as if the bear's vision and my own are overlapping. She is crying, tears streaming down her cheeks, and my heart breaks. Pushing back against my beast side with all my might, I reach out and snuffle her face, trying to brush away the droplets—my paws are far too large to use. She sobs and throws her arms around my neck, face buried into my fur. Her touch is like a shield; as strong as the bear is, my love for my daughter is far more so. I will not hurt my little girl again. I press my jaw to her shoulder, trying to tell her that everything is okay as minute by minute the bear releases its grip on my mind. She cries harder, fingers curling into my fur. "Oh Mum, I'm so sorry….this is all my fault, I did this to you! Don't go…don't go, please don't leave me. I love you," she whispers.
As the sun hits my body under the tapestry, I feel myself changing. The bear melts away; my fur vanishes, my paws shrink into hands, and I lift one to my daughter's hair, fingers burrowing into her thick locks. She gasps and pulls back, her eyes shining. "Mum!" I laugh and kiss her face all over and make a silent promise to myself that I will be my little girl's mother from now on. Not her queen—just her mother.