Some nights.

(Chapter 2)

Merida's POV.

the spotlight went round and round until it landed on...

a random person.

A random person who looked familiar.

A random person sitting on the couch with a book.

He looked up.

Everyone was silent.

"oh my gods..." was all I could say.

That boy, that man, was the man from my dreams.

"pick someone else!" Shouted Punzie.

"Ya, that scrawny little excuse, Can't be him Mer!" Came from jack.

Everyone started shouting insults at the boy.

"Okay everyone quiet down." tried hook hand.

"SHUT IT!" I screamed.

Silence.

The boy was gone.

I leaped from the stage and ran through the screaming crowd of people.

I got outside and I looked back and fourth, up and down the street.

No sign of him.

I heard something.

A shout, "please, -oof!- stop..."

I reached for my bow, notched an arrow, and went around to the side of the building.

I peeked around the side if the building and saw him being beaten up by this group of people.

A blonde girl I knew from science at school, Astrid, The Thorsten twins, Snotlout, And Fishlegs.

I jumped from my hiding spot, and pulled back an arrow.

"Get Back!"

Astrid looked over when she heard me,

"STOP! She's armed!"

At once Snotlout tried to grab the boy on the ground, but I fired right next to his hand.

"AAH!"

"I SAID GET BACK!"

They backed away when I readied my next arrow.

I walked over to where the boy was.

I stood between where the boy was and the group.

"Now, I have two options for you guys. Option one, I can call the cops on you guys."

"Whats option two?" asked Astrid.

"I could let you go. Your choice."

They shared a look between them and, ran.

I quickly spun around and set down my bow.

I looked at the boy, he was unconscious.

And he wasn't waking up soon.

"great."

so I picked up my bow and slung it on my back.

Then I picked him up, he was surprisingly light.

And I started my trek home.

By the time I got home with nameless unconscious man, it was dark.

I opened my door with great difficulty.

The house was quiet and dark.

"Dammit."

I closed the door as silently as possible.

"Merida?"

"Even worse." I muttered. " Hi mum!" I said as happily as I could.

"Why are you Soo late? Where have you been? What on earth is in your arms? Is that a human? IS THAT A BOY?!" she shouted.

"This boy is why I'm Soo late mum, I couldn't take Angus because it's too dangerous. A unconscious boy who was beaten up in the ally, yes he's human, and YES HE IS!" I spat back as fast as I could.

"no need to shout." she said.

"UGH!" I shoved past her to get to the living room.

I laid him on the couch, and turned on the lamp.

"Merida, I know your concerned for this boy. But you can't just waltz into the house at 1:00 in the morning with some 'unconscious boy', and expect me to be A-O.K. With it,"

"I KNOW MUM, but I didn't find him, I fought this group of people who were beating him up!"

"Why Merida, Just, Why?"

"Because I am a sensible person who will help someone in need!"

the figure on the couch started to stir.

"hello? Are ye' alright?" I said

"..where am I exactly?"

"oh! I'm Merida. Your at the Dunbroch residence."

"oh my gods!" he tried to sit up but I pushed him back down.

"you took quite the beating, do you remember?"

"only a little, wait, you were the one on the stage! Why did you do this for me?"

"it's what any normal person would do." I smiled.

My mum cleared her throat.

"oh!this is my mum, Elinor Dunbroch. Mum, this is..."

"Hiccup. My name is Hiccup."

"Hiccup? What kind of a name is that?" my mom laughs.

"MUM!"

she smiled, then her face went dark.

my mum pulled me out of the room,"mum, what-"

she cut me off, "Merida if this boy is who I think he is, we can't keep him here."

"but he needs to rest!"

"No. not at all."

"what's so bad about hiccup?"

"i'll tell you later."

I just shook it off and went back into the room.

"so hiccup, whats your last name?" I asked.

"Haddock, I'm Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third." he stated shyly.

My mum gasped.

"I know, i'll be going now." he said sadly.

"wait! You can't leave in this condition!" I shouted.

"I've had worse." he said quietly.

With some help, he stood up to go.

"Wait for me" I whispered. "Mum, I have to go get angus."

"Hiccup, which way are you going?"

He looked at me, I mouthed south.

"South."

"O.K. You can go."

With that hiccup left.

My mum stopped me at the doorway, "hold it, wait five minutes."

"O.K. But can you tell me why hiccup had to go now?"

"fine, there is a legend, it takes place a long time ago. In a faraway land, there was a kingdom of Dunbroch. In this kingdom there was a princess named Merida. She had hair as red as fire, eyes as blue as the sky. But her best feature was her archery skills. Her skills weren't widely known. She often went into the forest to shoot on her horse Angus. She also had to sit through princess lessons, which she hated. One day when she came back from shooting in the forest, she ate dinner with her family when her mother told her she was being forced into an arranged marriage. Merida was furious, she shouted at her mother that she won't do it and ran off on Angus. She was riding through the woods when she saw that her targets were scorched and blown to pieces. So she went to investigate when she saw a will o the wisp, now, wisps are said to lead one to their fate. She followed the wisp into the woods with Angus following her, when she came to an empty clearing she said 'well this was stupid.' when she heard a tremendous roar! She jumped behind a tree when she heard something land. Whatever it was, it was big, she notched an arrow and peered around the tree. At first she didn't see anything, then there was green, then black. When she woke she heard a mans voice, a voice that she did not know, he said 'are you O.K.?' she sat up and he said 'sorry about that, my dr- friend, got a little protective.' Merida looked around and couldn't find her bow, 'where's ma' bow?' she yelled. 'Oh that, well when toothless jumped on you it sorta broke...' 'WHAT!?' he showed it to her. Her eyes teared up. And she burst into tears. 'no no no, don't cry!' He took her into a hug, 'shh. It'll be alright. I'll make you a new one. It's O.K. To cry, let it all out.' when she finished crying into his shoulder, she sat bolt upright. 'Wha' is yer' name?' 'Hiccup, Hiccup Horrendous Haddock.' 'well, wa' ar''ye' doin' 'ere?' 'I -' another roar. She screamed. He blocked her. 'toothless! Hey Mer, this is toothless. Toothless, Merida. She's a friend.' She smiled. 'so I'm yer' friend?' 'did I say friend? I meant acquaintance...' he blabbered on and on. 'hiccup, HICCUP, yes we're friends.' he smiled. Now Merida and Hiccup became fast friends, soon they fell in love. But, the king and queen did not know of this love. So when the tournaments came around, Merida choose dragon training. The king and queen were baffled but they allowed this sport. But they'd soon feel different. The suitors all failed, but then came a stranger into the ring, 'HICCUP!' Merida shouted. 'what?' asked the queen. Then the young stranger had a night fury set loose. Everyone gasped. Then he dropped his weapons, and held out his hands, and the dragon was tame. He then jumped on the dragon flew out the open gate, scooped up Merida and flew away. Now the king thought that his daughter had been kidnapped, so he and the best group of hunters went after them. An arrow sliced the wing. Falling. 'I love you hiccup.' 'I love you Merida.' aren't we pretty, intertwined forever, even death can't part us, was all she said."

"well tha's a nice story."

legends are lessons, they ring with truth." Elinor said.

"O.K. Mum, can I go now?"

"go on."

"be back."

Merida left.

Elinor sighed.

Authors note: well this is kinda long. I got carried away a little... :-) so tell me what you think! I should be posting a new chapter every week. Preferably on the weekends, but maybe not. So bye! :-P

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