Here's Prompt 2 for Mericcup Month!

Summary: Wreck-It-Ralph 2 Universe. In which Merida is flabbergasted, Hiccup is smooth as marble, and the Princesses ship it.

Disclaimer: I don't own Wreck It Ralph, Brave, or How to Train Your Dragon


All Grown Up

Merida blew some of her unruly hair out of her face in annoyance, grumbling to herself as she fingered her dress. She wished she and the other princesses didn't have to wear their princess attire to the Annual Animation Studios Gathering, but "A Princess must always look their best" Cinderella and Snow White would say, tossing off their casual clothes to dress up. Naturally, since she was one of them despite being from Pixar, she too had to be included.

However, Merida was excited to see her family again as well as her friends from her fellow studio. Disney studio was nice, but a lot of the times the other princesses had a hard time understanding her accent with Mulan, Moana, Pocahontas, and Rapunzel being the few that took the time to try to figure out what she was saying.

Vanellope, their newest honorary princess, looked right at home with all the attention she was getting for being with the other princesses. Merida grinned at the spirited child, remembering the girl asking to learn archery from Merida to shoot candy arrows to get stuck in people's hair. The young girl reminded Merida of her naughty little brothers and took to Vanellope naturally whereas some of the other princesses were not as skilled with rambunctious children.

As the Disney Princesses took the spotlight as usual at these gatherings, Merida snuck over to the snack table, intent to steal a permanent spot besides Tiana's famous beignets. Tiana's cooking was one of the things she looked forward to at parties and she wouldn't let the other guests eat all her treats before Merida could get there like the first time Tiana baked for the Studio Gathering after Merida debuted.

Seeing the beignets untouched, Merida grinned, taking one to munch on while retrieving a plate to fill it up with more beignets. Someone slid up beside her, smirking.

"I thought princesses were supposed to be ladylike." Jack Frost from Dreamworks teased her. Merida swallowed down her treat and stuck her tongue out at him. The Scottish princess and the Guardian from Dreamworks Studios both debuted the same year and found they both had a free-spirit and a stubborn streak that could put a bull to shame.

"Hiya Jack. Aren't ye supposed to be with North and Sandy helping the newcomers in yer studio settle in?" Merida quipped back, eyes glinting in jest. Jack waved her off.

"They're fine. You know I'm not much for small talk with people I don't know." Jack told her, swiping a beignet from her plate. Merida rolled her eyes.

"Ye? Not a social butterfly? I would argue against that." Merida said. Jack chuckled, leaning against his staff.

"So, have the princesses gotten further in trying to understand your accent?" Jack inquired, hoping that she was fitting in with the other princesses. He remembered her confiding in him once that she felt left out at times because most of the princesses wrote off anything she said because she was "from the other studio"

"The new one, Moana, is making an effort. Mulan and Pocohontas have taken it upon themselves to try due to us having more in common while Punzie is just all-around sweet and doesn't want anyone to be left out."

"How is Rapunzel?" Jack asked. He was on good-terms with the golden-haired princess, but often at times his flirty nature with her would get him in trouble with Eugene. Merida laughed.

"She's great. Though if yer gonna flirt with her I would think twice. Eugene is even more wary of ye since he found out lots of people pair ye and Punzie together." She replied. Jack snickered.

"Ah yes, the Big Four fandom. Their amvs are actually really good with masking techniques." Jack grinned, eyes shining. "You should see some of the ones with you and Hiccup. I quite enjoy them." Merida snorted, chomping on another beignet.

"I haven't seen Hiccup since before his redesign from your studio." Merida said, not bothering to wipe her mouth of powdered sugar. Jack stole another beignet from her plate.

"You should try to find him. He's been asking about you." Jack's eyes twinkled, as if he knew something she didn't. Merida rolled her eyes, shoving him.

"Don't try yer matchmaking on me, ye sneaky spirit. The Princesses are bad enough with that 'finding yer true love' nonsense." The redhead grumbled. Since most of the princesses had a significant other, they often tried to get the single girls to date. Moana, Elsa, and Merida would often sneak off during these talks, intent to hide from matchmaking and whatever other shenanigans the princesses would do. It was usually Mulan, Belle, Tiana, and Pocohontas that would cover for them. Jack burst out laughing.

"All I'm saying is you might reconsider when you see him all grown up. He looks good." Jack explained, holding his hands out to show her no harm. Regardless, Merida glared at him.

"Then ye date 'em!" Merida poked his side making Jack yelp. Someone caught Jack's eye and he grinned.

"Elsa's actually free for once. I'm going to go see her. Tell Punzie I said hi." With that, Jack took off to probably chat up the Snow Queen. Merida shook her head, a grin overtaking her features at her friend's antics.

The characters from Pixar still weren't here yet, and Merida's shoulders slumped, toeing the marble floor of the ballroom. She wanted to see all her friends from Pixar and her family. While the Princesses were her friends, it was Pixar where she was from and those characters were the first she's met.

She reached down to eat another beignet but noticed her plate was empty. Piling more beignets on, she stuffed one in her mouth, not noticing someone approaching her. Someone tapped her shoulder, and she turned around to face them, a beignet hanging out from her mouth and powdered sugar all over her lips.

Her ocean eyes widened when she caught sight of a handsome man with messy brown hair and forest green eyes. He was taller than her, wearing leather armor, and had some stubble on his chin. The young man, seeing her face him, gave her a shy, boyish smile that Merida found endearing.

"Hi, Merida, it's been a while." He said. Merida squinted her eyes, trying to piece who this young man was talking to her. She examined him from head to toe, taking in the detailed craftsmanship of his armor. It was when her eyes caught the metal leg that she realized who exactly was talking to her and she choked on swallowing the rest of her beignet.

Hiccup's expression turned into one of concern as Merida coughed heavily, banging against her chest. He rubbed her back gently, trying to ease her choking fit. The princess grabbed some punch quickly, gulping it down before breathing in relief. Hiccup's expression didn't change.

"Are you all right, Merida?" he was worried. Merida waved off his concerns.

"It's fine, Hiccup." Merida reassured him. She gave him a once over again before speaking. "I see ye got a nice redesign from Dreamworks." Merida kept her face diplomatic like her mother taught her or else she'd be a blushing mess. Hiccup grinned bashfully, running a hand through his messy hair.

"Err yeah. Though I hope they don't make me keep the full beard they have designed for me in the next film." Hiccup joked. Merida laughed, giving off a snort, trying to get over her shock at the fact that the stumbling Hiccup she knew was now a bombshell.

"Ahem" Merida heard a voice and peaked behind Hiccup to see the princesses giving her looks that were begging her to stop the snorting. Cinderella, Snow, Rapunzel, Aurora, Ariel, and Anna appeared to be on the verge of squealing that a boy was talking to Merida that wasn't Jack while Mulan, Belle, Jasmine, and Pocohontas were smirking at her flustered state and Moana, Tiana, and Elsa were giving her sympathetic glances.

Merida had the strongest urge to flip them the bird.

"Is everything okay?" Hiccup asked, noticing she was distracted. Merida switched her gaze to him, panicked that he would see the other princesses watching them. She rushed to keep his attention on her.

"Oh everything is fine!" Merida hurriedly assured him. "I just remembered how I have to rid of pests when I get home." Merida directed that to the princesses who appeared to be completely unapologetic. Hiccup gave her a smile.

"Yeah, I hear ya. Dragons tend to pile up in our part of the Dreamworks city. It sometimes blocks through traffic enough that we've gotten complaints from travelers." Hiccup winced.

Even his grimaces are charming! Merida screamed in her mind frustrated that she felt like she was going to start to lose her cool soon and turn into a pile of goo.

"Is there any reason ye came over here, Hiccup?" Merida asked, trying to slow her pounding heart. Hiccup brightened.

"Actually, yes, I saw you eating Tiana's beignets and wondered if they were good." He replied. Merida sighed in relief. He just wanted food and then he would soon be out of her hair and she could compose herself.

"Here. You can taste one of mine." Merida offered, holding up her plate. Hiccup smirked, like something naughty was on his mind, and leaned his head down. Instead of taking a beignet from her plate, he kissed the corner of her mouth, his tongue peaking out to taste the remains of beignet on her lips before pulling away, staring down at her with a heated gaze. Gasps and squeals were heard behind him as Merida gaped, red faced from flushing so bad.

Hiccup didn't appear deterred, rather he looked pleased he managed to get that reaction out of her. He took her hand gently, placing a piece of paper on her palm and curling her fingers back over the paper securely. Then, his fingers grasped her chin softly as he placed feather-like kiss on her cheek.

"I hope you accept." He whispered. Then he straightened, giving her a look of adoration, and bid her farewell. The princesses watched him go, gaping as well.

"I hate to see him leave, but I love watching him go…" Cinderella sighed. The other girls nodded in agreement as they watched Hiccup go over to one of the Disney characters to engage in conversation like he didn't just leave a girl stupefied. The princesses raced over to Merida, who was still shell-shocked, and shook her.

"Snap out of it, Merida! What did Hiccup give you?" Anna urged. Ariel splashed some water in her face and Merida jumped. She glared at the other princesses.

"That really wasn't necessary." Merida glared. Ariel shrugged. Rapunzel was bouncing.

"Merida! The letter! What does it say?" Rapunzel asked eagerly. If it was anyone else besides Punzie, Merida would've told them to bug off, but since it was her dear friend, she shook her head with an affectionate smile. Seeing that the princesses would not leave her alone, Merida opened the letter, letting herself and the other princesses read the letter.

Meet me for a flight on Toothless tonight, Milady? I'll wait for you after the gathering. – Hiccup

Merida gaped while she read the note, head snapping up to lock eyes with Hiccup, who gave her another charming smile full of tenderness and Merida knew she could not deny this boy anything.

She nodded, grinning shyly, and Hiccup beamed at her, his eyes shining in adoration only meant for her.

The Princesses promptly squealed.


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