The two girls stood their for a moment, taking in each others presence. Merida couldn't take her eyes off of the girls hair. It must have been 60 feet long. She didn't even know that was possible. The hair was surprisingly in good condition. It was well brushed and shiny. Merdia wondered if it was soft to touch.
Repunzel couldn't contain her excitement. Her first new person! Repunzel noticed the girl wasn't looking at her, she was looking at her hair. She was probably going to have to explain everything. But she couldn't. She had already taken such a big, dangerous step. SHe wasn't sure if she wanted to take another. SO she just laughed it off. "Don't mind the hair." She giggled.
"Is it real?" Merida questioned skeptically.
"Yep. Yeppers. Real as hair can be." Repunzel answered, "See, feel it." She through her hair over to Merida. At first Merida wasn't sure what she was supposed to do with the hair. But she picked it up and held it. And it was soft. Like a pussycat. Merida couldn't help but notice how weird this was. She was holding the hair of a random girl she didn't even know the name of that she had met in the forest. She dropped the blonde hair. Repunzel let it sit there in the grass.
"Anyway, let me introduce myself. I am Repunzel." She said cheerfully. She curtsied, like the woman did in all the books she read. Merida nodded and introduced herself.
"It's nice to meet you, Murida." Repunzel responded. Merida cringed at the mispronunciation.
"It's MErida. Like a female horse." She responded kindly.
"Oooh. Sorry about that." Repunzel apologized. "So anyway, what brings you to my tower?"
Merida bit her lip. "I was running away from home." She answered.
Repunzel gasped. "No way! So am I! Except I haven't gotten very far. Thats my home right there" she said gesturing to the tower.
"You live in a tower?" Merida asked. The entrance was cover in vines. How did she go in and out?
"Sure do. Well, did. I don't know where I'm going now." Repunzel said.
Merida felt as if she had to invite Repunzel to join her. What good would it do to have a girl like her wandering around, cluelessly. Besides she seemed nice. Very chatty. Merida could get used to that. Or at least she would try.
"You know, I, uh" Merida couldn't believe she was doing this, "Im headed for a nearby kingdom. I could take you there." Yes, take her there. They didn't have to make some huge elaborate life together. They were just two travelers wanting to start new. Besides, though she loved Angus he couldn't talk to her. And she always enjoyed having someone to talk to who could actually respond.
Repunzel thought about Merida's offer. Her first thought was what would mother say about this? She quickly tried to brush those thoughts away. It didn't matter what her mother said. She was her own, independent woman. She could do whatever she pleased. Still, going somewhere unknown with someone she had just met didn't seem like smart idea. But for some reason, Repunzel trusted this girl. She didn't look like she would hurt her or use her hair for a profit. Something told her that this would be fun. Why wouldn't it be?
"Sure! That sounds like a great idea." Repunzel smiled. Merida let out a sigh of relief she didn't realize she was holding in. She was silently glad that she had accepted.
"So when are we gonna leave?" Repunzel asked curiously.
"Oh, actually I'm done for the day. It's getting dark and Angus and I need our rest." Merida answered.
Repunzel cocked her head. "Angus?" She asked.
"Oh, Angus is my horse. Had him since I was wee little girl." Merida explained.
Repunzel gasped. She had always loved horses. Granted she'd never actually seen one. But she loved everything she had read about them. "A horse? Where is he?" She asked excitedly.
"Uh," Merida looked around dumbly. In all the excitement of meeting this girl she had forgotten about Angus. She had left him on the other side of the wall of vines. Merida stuck her head out of the vines to see if Angus was there. And he was. He was pleasantly grazing on the grass. Repunzel gasped when she saw it. She never would have guessed that a horse would look like that. but she liked how it looked.
"Oh my goodness! This is just the cutest thing I've ever seen! It's soooooo fluffy!" Repunzel squealed. Merida laughed. She had never seen anyone get so excited over seeing an animal.
"You act as if you've never seen a horse before." Merida says.
"That because I never have seen a horse before. This is this first time I've ever been outside." Repunzel responded like it was the most normal thing in the world.
Merida stood there, amazed. She had never been outside? No wonder she was so pale!
"Can I pet him?" Repunzel asked hesitantly.
"Of course ya can." Merida answered.
"Yay!" Repunzel was acting like a 5 year old. Merida thought it was cute. She stopped herself. Cute wasn't the right word. Interesting? Different? No other word fit. She tried putting it off her mind.
Repunzel was talking to Angus as if he was a person. Merida thought she was the only one who did that.
"So how are we gonna get to the kingdom?" Repunzel asked as she stroked the horse.
"By horseback, of course." Merida answered patiently.
"Do you have another horse?" Repunzel asked dumbly.
"Nope. Just Angus." Merida didn't see why this was perplexing the blonde so much.
"But there are two of us, and one horse.." Repunzel pointed out.
"Oh." Merida finally found her logic. "We can both ride Angus." she answered.
Repunzel was pulsing with excitement. She'd get to ride a horse! She knew this was a good idea. "I'm excited! Ya know I've never ridden a horse before." She said.
Merida bit her lip. That would slow her down. She had a tendency of going fast and she couldn't if Repunzel was still getting over her first-time-on-a-horse anxieties.
"Why don't I teach ya how to ride?" She suggested. Repunzel wouldn't be driving the horse tomorrow, obviously. Maybe sometime in the future she could.
"Sure!" Repunzel agreed.
"Alright. Let me give a leg up." Merida offered.
Merida got on her knee and Repunzel awkwardly made her way over to the redhead. Repunzel stood there dumbly looking at Merida, confused. This was going to be harder then Merida thought. Merida grabbed Angus' bridle and led him over to a tree stump.
"Here, now stand on the stump." Merida said. Repunzel obeyed.
"Okay. What now?" She asked. Merida knew she was going to have to help the girl mount.
She stood behind Repunzel and placed her hands on the blondes hips. Repunzel gasped. She had never really been touched before. It left a tingly feeling where Meridas hands rested.
"Ya ready?" Merida asked.
"Ready for what?" Repunzel asked confusedly.
"To get on the horse." Merida answered.
"Oh, um sure." Repunzel answered.
"When I say three, jump on the horse." Merida said. Repunzel wasn't sure how she'd ever make it on to the horses back. But she would try. "One, two, three."
Merida lifted Repunzel off the ground and Repunzel, who was just about to jump, stopped. She didn't know what this girl was doing.
"Was I supposed to jump then?" she asked.
Merida nodded. The two laughed. This was going to be harder then Merida thought. Bjt that was okay. Something inside her told her that this would be worth it.
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