Here is Chapter 3 and where our story really starts kicking in to gear, I hope ya'll like it and please review!


Some say our destiny is tied to the land, as much a part of us as we are of it. Others say fate is woven together like a cloth so that one's destiny intertwines with many others, it's the one thing we search for or fight to change. Some never find it, but there are some who are led. The story of how my father lost his leg to the demon bear, Mor'du, became legend. Merida and I became sisters to three new brothers the princes; Hamish, Hubert and Harris. Wee devils, more like, they get away with murder. My older sister, Merida, and I never gets away with anything. We are, after all, the princesses, but since she's the older princess, she's the example. We both have duties, responsibilities, and expectations, but sadly her whole life is planned out preparing her for the day she becomes...well, our mother. She's in charge of every single day of both our lives.


Tavie watched Merida stride from the doors to her rightful seat between their father and herself, tossing the apple she had behind her gaining a disaproving glnce from their mother. She could help but smile at her sisters slumped form, she was always doing something to rebel against their mother's orders. Tavie had the same duties as Merdia though she isn't drilled as hard since Merida was born first and will take the throne when the time comes, but then again Tavaie liked what she learned and always had been opposite from her sister.

Later that day she watched Merida recite her words that mother made them memorize, though she didn't have to recite them since her lack of speech saved her from this torment.

"Aye, Robin. Jolly Robin. And thou shalt know of mine." Merida recited.

"Project!" Elinor commented.

"And thou shalt know of mine!"

"Enunciate! You must be understood from anywhere in the room or it's all for naught," Elinor drilled.

"This is all fer naught." Merida grumbled.

"I heard that, from the top!"Elinor ordered, Tavie giggled under her breath at Merida's sigh of misery as she began to restring her lute.

The next day at their morning lessons Tavie busied herself with note taking while Merida made a doodle of their mom.

"A princess must be knowledgeable about her kingdom." Elinor explained snatching Merida paper to chek on her progress, "She does not doodle!"

In the music room the three were playing their instrument's, Elinor and Tavie had their lutes while Merida had a small harp. Elinor smiled at Tavie as she took the harder melody proving that she had been practicing, though cringed when she heard Merida on the other side of her.

"That's a C dear," She corrected.

Outside Fergus was teaching them to use their messenger hawks, Tavie stroked her hawk's feathers lovingly and Merida took her hawk's blind off. Having their father as the first thing in it's sight the hawk must have thought of him as an imposing threat and instantly attaked him. Merida burst into a fit of laughter snorting every once in a while, Tavie tried her best to keep from giggling but the sight of her ferocious father rolling on the ground to protect heimself from a small hawk was too much even for her.

"A princess does not chortle," Elinor reprimanded them.

At dinner Tavie made herself a small plate while Merida stuffed everything she saw into her mouth playing no mind to the plate before her.

"A princess does not stuff her gode!" Elinor reminded.

In the morning Tavie shook Merida's shoulder to wake her while Elinor threw open the curtains allowing the suns bright rays to shine in Merida's eyes.

"Rises early!," Elinor sang.

Through out the entire day they heard different things from Elinor whether it be in the kitchen; "Is compasionate.", the throne room; "Patient!", the armory; "Cautious!", the bathing room; "Clean.", or even just walking around with dad; "And above all a princess strive for...well perfection."


But every once in a while, there's a day when we don't have to be princesses, no lessons, no expectations. A day where anything can happen, a day where can change our fate, and on those days my sister and I live them to the fullest.


Merida and Tavie raced down to the stables, bow and lute strung to their backs. Merida jumped on to Angus' back grabbing her arrows and waited for Tavie to mount her horse Seamus. Seamus was a pure white stallion, younger brother to Angus born a year later. Once ready Tavie and Merida took of into the forrest outside the castle's walls, arrows soared through the air as Merida shot at all of her targets. Tavie laughed ather sister's shouts of excitement, soon the forrest ended and they came to a clearing . Both horses reveled at their break time as Merida and Tavie sat in the tall grass listening to the tune Tavie made from her lute.

" 'ave ye learned anythin' new Tavie?" Merida sighed not really wanting to hear the song that their mother made them practice.

"Well I have been practicing something new..."

"Great! let's hear it," Merida ordered, she loved hearing her sister play and knew that she had been really working hard on something for the past few fortnights.

Tavie nodded and began strumming a few chords before she opened her mouth and began to sing:

When the cold wind is a calling
And the sky is clear and bright,
Misty mountains sing and beckon,
Lead me out into the light.

I will ride, I will fly,
Chase the wind and touch the sky,
I will fly,
Chase the wind and touch the sky.

Where dark woods hide secrets,
And mountains are fierce and bold,
Deep waters hold reflections,
Of times lost long ago.

I will hear their every story,
Take hold of my own dream,
Be as strong as the seas are stormy,
And proud as an eagle's scream.

I will ride, I will fly,
Chase the wind and touch the sky,
I will fly,
Chase the wind and touch the sky.

And touch the sky.

Chase the wind, chase the wind.

Touch the sky.

She strummed the final chords before looking to her sister, Merida sat there mouth wide open. She knew that Tavie had been singing for a while and even heard her sing the boys to sleep a few times but this was the best she had ever heard her sing.

"Oh Tavie that was amazing you've gotten so good at singing, mum and dad would be proud!" Merida gushed.

Tavie shook her head smiling, "I've just gotten use to talking to talking to mum and dad, and now you want me to sing for them?"

Merida shrugged while getting back on Angus,"You'll never know unless yeh try."

"Aye, and you just used mums words against me," Tavie smirked swinging her leg over Seamus' saddle. Merida gave her a horrified stare before taking off again, Tavaie followed her sister all the way to Fire Falls where she watched Merida drink from the golden water.

Back at the castle and after putting the horses away the two entered the dining hall carrying a larger plate of cakes. Tavie saw Hamish and Harris falling asleep at their plates while Hubert mimicked ther father whom was retelling the story of how he lost his leg to the great beast Mor'du.

"Then out of nowhere the biggest bear you've ever seen! His hide littered with the weapons of fallen warriors, his face scarred with one dead eye. I drew my sword and-!" Fergus started.

"Whoosh!" Merida shouted startling the boys awake and gaining their attention, "One swipe and his sword shattered then, chomp dad's leg was clean off down the monster's throat it went!"

"AWWW thats my favorite part!" Fergus whinned.

"Mor'du has never been seen since and is roaming the wilds waiting his chance fer revenge." She snarled, growling like an animal.

"Let 'im return I'll finish what I started in the first place!"He challanged as Tavie took her seat next to their mother while Merida set her bow down on the table.

"Merida a princess does not place her weapons on the table," Elinor chided.

"Mom it's just my bow."

"A princess should not have weapons in my opinion."

"Ahh leave her be, princess or not learnin' to fight is essential," Fergus interupted.

"Mom you'll never guess what i did today."

"Hmm?"

"I climbed the Crow's Tooth and drank from the Fire Falls."Merida explained, causing the boys mouths to drop open in shock.

"Fire Falls?"Fergus inquired," they say only the ancient kings were brave enoughto drink the fire." he teased laughing with Merida and Tavie.

"What did you do dear?" Elinor asked.

"Nothing."

"Hungry aren't we?" Elinor commented noticing her daughters plate full of pasties.

"Mom!"

"You'll get dreadfull colly wobbles, oh Fergus will look at your daughter's plate?" she asked.

"So what?" he said.

Soon the hounds charged into the room jumping onto the table eating their father food and liking his face. Elinor began complaining while Merida slipped the pastried under the table for the boys. Tavie just smiled at her disfunctional family while noticing Maudie walk with three envelope sitting on top of the silver platter she was holding. Elinor took the letters reading all three at once when finished she had an excited gleam in her eyes.

"Fergus," she called gaining everyone's attention. "They've all accepted!"

The entire table went quiet and the tension set in, Fergus looked as though he's rather be fighting Mor'du bare handed than where he was now.

"Who's accepted what mother?" Merida asked.

"Boys you are ecxused." Elinor permitted ignoring Merida's question, "Tavie make sure they get to bed."

Tavie hurried after the boys not wanting to see what would happen next, she already knew about the suitors because her mother had asked her to knit scarves for the lords and their heirs as welcoming gifts incase they accepted. When she caught up to the boys she held up three fingers, then two, then one, then the loud bang of slamming doors echoed through the halls. The boys mimicked her then a loud crash sounded and their fathers angry cry sounded, taking that as a sign to go Tavie ushered Hamish, Harris, and Hubert into their room.

"Well that went better than I expected." Tavie commented.

The boys all arched an eye brow, Tavie laughed at their silent answer.

"OK into bed you go," She shooed

One by one they climbed into bed Hamish being the last as he handed Tavie her lute, all three looked at her expectantly waiting for their usual lullaby.

"You are getting spoiled ye wee devils," she laughed plucking a few chords. "I've got a new one today."

Lay down your head and I'll sing you a lullaby
Back to the years of loo-li lai-lay
And I'll sing you to sleep and I'll sing you tomorrow
Bless you with love for the road that you go

May you sail far to the far fields of fortune
With diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet
And may you need never to banish misfortune
May you find kindness in all that you meet

May there always be angels to watch over you
To guide you each step of the way
To guard you and keep you safe from all harm
Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay

May you bring love and may you bring happiness
Be loved in return to the end of your days
Now fall off to sleep, I'm not meaning to keep you
I'll just sit for a while and sing loo-li, lai-lay

May there always be angels to watch over you
To guide you each step of the way
To guard you and keep you safe from all harm
Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay
Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay...

When she was sure they wer all asleep Tavie left for her and Merida's shared room. Merida was laying across her bed, head slightly over the edge a deep frown settled on the face.

"It's not fair why do I have to get married?" Merida whined.

"Because you are the heir to the throne," Tavie replied settling down next to her sister pulling Merida's head to lay in her lap humming to her quietly.

"Why can't you be the heir?"

"Because you're older."

"By ten lousey minutes!"

"Well that not something you'd hear the older sibling say," Tavie laughed hoping to lighten her sister's mood. "Oh Merida who knows maybe they'll be nice."

"Aye or bumblin' fools." Merida muttered falling asleep to her sister's humming, Tavie got up and tucked her sister in before retiring to her own bed.


Well Chapter 3 done, really long this one was and as you can see Tavie does talk quite a bit just to very few people so it won't be completely OMG! when she talks but still be shocking. Well that's all I've got to say for now so please review and have a great day!

~Raibu-Shinu out!