Yeah I don't really know about this one. I think it could've also fit tomorrow's prompt, but whatever. READ AWAY.
Mericcup Week
Day 2: Breakaway
"What do you mean the Vikings are on their way?" Merida hisses in a panicked tone.
"My dad has been kind of frazzled with the dragons, and then he found out that I've been sneaking away to see you almost every day. He thinks I've become a traitor or I'm in some sort of deal with you guys so you guys can attack us. I tried to explain to him that's not the case, but he wouldn't listen. They'll be here soon. The only reason I got here faster is because I know all of the shortcuts," Hiccup says.
"Hiccup!" Merida says in exasperation. "How much time do you suppose we have before they finally get here and attack?"
"At least fifteen minutes…twenty at the most. It's not hard to get here from Berk, but they went in the direction of an incoming storm. That won't stop them, though. I tried, Merida. I tried so hard to get them to stay back. I'm hoping Astrid and Fishlegs, at least, will try and steer them off-track and eventually circle them back to Berk, but my father is bent on getting here."
"Hiccup, what'll we do?" Merida asks. "We aren't prepared for an attack by angry Vikings with dragons!"
"We need to breakaway. From tradition. I'm going to go find them. You have to go and convince your father and mother to talk diplomatically with my father. I'll try and do the same. We need to end this stupid rivalry. It didn't start with any of our generations, so why are we continuing it?" Hiccup says. "Whatever you do, make sure you guys do not end up having an assembled army ready to kill."
"Got it," Merida says, mounting Angus and heading back in the direction of the castle. Hiccup jumps on Toothless's back and heads off in the direction the Vikings would be coming from.
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"Hiccup, you're back!" Merida cries as she sees Hiccup landing with Toothless. Hiccup wipes sweat from his forehead as he jumps down from Toothless.
"My dad said he'd listen. What about yours?" Hiccup asks, looking toward the sky for any sign of the other Vikings.
"He'd be willing to make an agreement, after I told him that we're actually best friends and we mean no harm to our loyalties."
"We're finally going to breakaway," Merida says, a grin coming over her face. "You won't have to sneak away on Toothless anymore, and I don't have to hide our meetings from my parents, either!"
