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Destiny : Merida
1. Destiny
[first lines; young princess Merida plays hide-and-seek with her mother]
The triplets frowned. They had never seen their sister this young. She looked like a female version of themselves.
Elinor: Where are you? Come out! Come out! Come on out! I'm coming to get you! [young Merida laughs as she hides under the table] Where are you, you little rascal? I'm coming to get you! [Elinor looks under the table but Merida quickly moves to hide somewhere else] Hmm. Where is my little Birthday girl, hm? I'm going to gobble her up when I find her! [Merida comes up behind Elinor and goes to run away but Elinor catches her] I'm going to eat you! [she pretends to eat Merida and they both laugh]
The triplets shoot wide eyed looks at their mother. She frowned at them while Merida started giggling.
[as Elinor and young Merida play, Fergus places his bow on the table] Ach! Fergus, no weapons on the table! [Merida runs towards the table]
Elinor frowned. She knew that she should've gotten Merida's weapon obsession out of her a long, long time ago. She looked over at her daughter and frowned.
Young Merida: Can I shoot an arrow? [she picks up the large bow from the table] Can I? Can I? Can I? Can I? Please, can I? [she falls and laughs as the bow is too big for her]
Fergus smiled fondly. He had no idea why Elinor didn't want Merida to learn to use weapons. Elinor used to love weaponry, Fergus has no idea why Elinor gave it up actually.
Fergus: Not with that. Why not use you very own? [he presents her with a small bow] [as Fergus teaches young Merida how to shoot with her bow, Merida misses the target] Now, there's a good girl. listen. Draw all the way back now to your cheek. That's right, keep both eyes open, and...boost. [Merida shoots and misses the target again]
The triplets looked at their sister.
"I ain't missing anything now" she teased them.
Young Merida: I missed it.
Elinor: Go and fetch it, then. [as Merida runs off to fetch the bow, Elinor turns to Fergus] A bow, Fergus? She's a lady! [Fergus pinches Elinor's behind playfully and laughs]
Their children wanted to scrub that from their mind. The other clan chiefs sighed, remembering their own wives back in their own tribes.
[as Merida seeks her missed arrow in the forest and finds it, something feels strange she turns and sees a floating blue light]
The audience prayed. They were real. Actually real.
Young Merida: A Will O' the Wisp. [Merida runs towards it and tries to catch the wisp but it flies away] They are real. [Merida then sees a line of wisps and goes after them excitedly, Elinor calls out to her]
Elinor: Merida! Come on, sweetheart, we're leaving now... [Merida runs back towards her parents]
"Told ya" laughed Merida, "I did see one."
Young Merida: I saw a wisp! I saw a wisp!
Elinor: A wisp? You know, some say that Will O' the Wisps lead you to your fate.
'Hopefully' thought Merida.
Fergus: Oh, aye! Or an arrow! Come on, let's be off. Before we see a dancing charging bubu or a giant... [Fergus walks off and Elinor picks up Merida]
Merida snorted. She sure showed him
Elinor: Your father doesn't believe in magic.
Young Merida: Well he should, cause it's true. [suddenly huge black bear comes behind Elinor and Merida, making Merida scream with terror]
Merida closed her eyes. That bear still haunts her nightmares. Maudie often sits in her room with her, to help her fall back asleep. The king and queen had no idea.
Fergus: Mor'du! Elinor, hide! [Elinor and Merida run off, one of Fergus' men passes a spear to him, Fergus charges towards Mor'du but he snaps off Fergus' spear, then we see Elinor and Merida escape on horseback, then Fergus holds up his sword at Mor'du and shouts] Come on, you! [suddenly Mor'du lunges forward and the screen goes blank]
"And that is the story of how I lost ma' leg!" yelled Fergus, getting his children and the tribe leaders to laugh, his wife to hit him and Maudie shook her head.
