Gentle Giant

Chapter 2

Baist looked at the girl, his mouth slightly open in shock along with his wide blue eyes. She just smiled at him, the other two boys looked confused. Baist snapped out of his shock quickly as she ran toward him jumping up to hug him, he wrapped his arms around her carefully holding her up. He adjusted her slightly in his arms, placing one arm under her so she was siting on it and the other held her back gently. He looked at her grinning face.

"Aria whit urr ye daein' 'ere? howfur did ye git 'ere? does mah faither ken? urr ye a'richt?( Aria what are you doing here? how did you get here? does my father know? are you alright?)" he quickly ranted at her.

Nandag looked lost and Gregor smiled, Merida couldn't help but giggle at the display before her. Baist started to blush just a wee bit as him and his cousin were the center of attention and he didn't do so well in those situations.

"Tae answer yer questions in order cousin,i'm 'ere tae be with ye in case ye git into any trouble, ah stowed awa' on one o' the ships, na Uncle does nae know a'm 'ere yit, 'n' aye a'm fine." She said to him, she looked at the giggling Merida.

"Guid mornin princess." She bowed her head since being in her cousins arms she couldn't properly bow.

"ye can call me.."Merida began but a ruckus at the docks got their attentions.

"Looks lik' thay fun Nightmare." Aria said giggling as the color drained from Baist face.

"Ye brought th' demon beast wi' you?! howfur did ye stow awa' oan yin o' th' ships wi' that monster?!( you brought the demon beast with you?! how did you stow away on one of the ships with that monster?!)"he asked her in a slightly panicked voice. He put her down gently as they head toward the dock.

"O' coorse ah brought him, ye didnae think I'd leave him behind cousin." She answered as they walked.

"Wha or whit's a Nightmare?" Merida asked the blonde girl walking in between her and Baist.

"He's mah steed." She answered grinning at Merida who in turn grinned back.

The five of them showed up at the dock, watching as the mighty steed gave the men a run for their money. He nipped and stomped, kicking and snorting at them as they tried to rope him. He was a beautiful Clydesdale, big and pure black as the midnight sky. His deep blue eyes seemed to burn with a fire as he resisted the men. Nandag and Gregor looked at the untamed beast in shock, Merida smiled admirably at the giant beast, Baist held his face in his palm as Aria giggled at her horse.

"He's beautiful."Merida said, making Aria smile more.

"He's an untamed beast." Nandag said looking at the horse leerily.

"Wow, whit a powerful steed." Gregor said in awe. Gregor is not as much of a space case as he wants people to believe, he truly takes note of his surroundings.

"What in th' hell is gaun on here?!" they heard the king exclaim as he arrived with the other lords.

"Nightmare? whit in th' hell is Nightmare daein' 'ere?"came lord MacGuffin's gruffly exclamation, looking on in disbelief at the mighty steed.

"ye know this horse?" aske Lord Dingwall.

"Aye, he is ma niece's wild horse. Bit ah didnae bring him 'ere 'n' he only listens 'n' goes where she goes. She isnae 'ere though." He replied gruffly.

"Sae ye brought a wild horse 'n' didnae even ken it? some warriors yer, cannae even tell whin yer bring a wild horse oan a ship or nae." Lord Dingwall said as he and lord Macintosh started to laugh at lord MacGuffin who slightly growled at them.

"Dinnae ye laugh at mah Uncle enless you waant a beating lik' ne'er afore." Came Aria's angered voice from behind the three lords and the king. They turned to see their heirs and little Aria who glared at the two lords.

"Aria! whit in blazes are ye daein' 'ere young lassie? ye should be home wi' yer mum!" exclaimed lord MacGuffin shocked at seeing his young niece before them, his eyes open wide in disbelief.

The black steed named Nightmare heard his masters voice, perked his ears. He reared back causing the men to move afraid of being kicked dashed over to the girl stopping next to her and in front of Baist, the horse nuzzled the girl who hugged his face still glaring at the lords. The big midnight black Clydesdale snorted at them. Lord MacGuffin walked close to the lass and her horse, the king behind him.

"Tak' yer horse tae the stables wee lassie we will discuss this at dinner, but ye better keep that beast tamed. Boy watch ower th' wee lassie. If ye dinnae mind m' Laird." Lord MacGuffin turned to the king, the king nodded it was fine and the lords with their king headed back to the castle pushing each other slightly.

Aria turned to her cousin smiling brightly, he smiled slightly before Nightmare smacked him in the face with his tail. The two girls giggled and the five of them plus Nightmare headed back to the stables to set him up next to Angus Merida's horse. The girls were getting the steed settled, Merida got him and Angus some oats to eat and Aria brushed him down. the boys stood near by chatting, well Gregor and Nandag were, Baist watched his little cousin talk and giggle with the princess. the sight bright a warm smile to his face. The girls turned to the boys smiling, once Nightmare and Angus were taken care of. They all decided to go for a walk through the woods, as the day went on Merida and Aria grew closer. Gregor smiled as he watched his new friend Merida laugh and giggle with Baist younger cousin. Baist and Nandag talked a bit watching the girls, every so often Baist protective side would show through as he'd lift or try to help Aria over things even though she didn't really need his help. They soon came to the stone circle were Mor'du was killed when they heard the horns sounding it's time they returned home.

"Merida let's race back tae th' castle!" Aria said looking at the three boys and Merida.

"whit dae ye say boys? shall we." Merida said, they all nodded then took off in a run toward the castle, once there they ran through the halls toward the great hall were they'd be having dinner. Merida and Aria burst through the door closely followed by the boys, grabbing everyone's startled attention at the commotion. They all grinned sheepishly as their fathers and the king and queen stared at them.


That's it for chapter two. i hope you all enjoyed, i've already started on chapter three and hope to be posting it soon. please leave me a reveiw and tell me what you think of the story so far, and i wanted to thank all of my followers for following this story and i hope you enjoyed it. thank you all very much.