I AM SO FRIGGIN SORRY! PLEASE FORGIVE ME! SCHOOL STARTED LIKE THREE WEEKS AGO AND I'VE BEEN BUSY! I MAY NOT HAVE A LIFE BUT I LIKE TO READ AS WELL AS WRITE. PLUS I'M LAZY, SO YOU CAN GET MAD AT ME FOR THAT.

Anyway...

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...Yeah, I'm weird. I thought you'd know that by now.

*Insert extremely happy and creepy smile here* FEAR ME!

What? You don't fear me? You only read this because you like my story? *Sniff* Think I'm a creepy psycho, huh? Fine then, read! You're missing out!

I DON'T OWN ANYTHING! I WISH I DID! HERE'S THE CHAPTER!

What are we Gonna Do?

The first rays of dawn rose above the horizon, casting long shadows throughout the forest. Feeling warmth return to the chilled earth, a certain midnight hued dragon began to stir. Cracking open an eye, he searched the land nearby for any potential threats. Seeing nothing other the red-haired-two-legged-friend and her smelly-four-legged-steed, he opened his wings, exposing his friend to the early morning light, thus waking him.

His human spoke something in his strange language and tried to continue sleeping. the dragon rose, and trotted over to a nearby stream. Creeping along the edge, he waited...

And waited...

And-

SNAP!

He turned around and headed back to camp, being slapped with a fish tail all the while. Emerging from the trees, he noticed the red-hair-human was beginning to stir. Settling himself besides his friend, he opened his mouth, dropping the fish on his friend. Startled awake, his human sat up quickly and hit his head on the amused reptile.

He sat back and started laughing, soon being joined by red-haired-friend. Picking up the salmon, his human pitifully threw it at him. Lets just say that there's one less being needing breakfast this morning. His human rolled his eyes and stretched, speaking to their new friend. He settled down and began to inspect their surroundings.

"Ugh. Let me sleep, bud," he grumbled, exhausted. Getting up, the dragon walked away, leaving the boy without warmth. Still tired, the boy rolled over, trying to find a comfortable position. Finding one, he stilled, willing sleep to take over him. He succeeded, but awoke once he felt something wet and scaly slap him in his face. Startled, he jumped up, hitting his head. Groaning and rubbing his now sore head, he opened his eyes to see his dragon... Laughing at him.

Picking up the salmon that was oh so rudely dropped on him, he threw it at the laughing reptile, who leapt up and swallowed it whole. Rolling his eyes and stretching, he turned to the laughing redhead. "Yeah. Its hilarious, I know. Its a lot safer than how he usually wakes me up, though."

"Well, how does he usually wake you up then?" she asked, the question laced with amusement.

"Jumping on the roof of my house." he stated simply. Getting up, she headed to her saddlebags and snatched two apples and a loaf of bread, which she tore in half and tossed him his share. Thanking her, he dug in, having not eaten in a day. She then proceeded to give her horse an apple while eating her own. Curious, he asked, "So where are you traveling to? And why? I'm not familiar with the customs here but I'm pretty sure its not normal for a girl to be traveling alone. Through the forest no less."

She snapped her head around so fast her hair didn't get the memo and stayed put, leaving him staring at a big blob of red. Moving her hair out of her face angrily, she nearly yelled, "I'll have you know that I know this forest better than anyone! I am no damsel in distress, I can handle myself!"

Startled by her outburst, he looked on in shock. He reminded her of Astrid. "S-sorry!" he stuttered, "I was just curious!"

"Well then, as for your first question," She stated in a much calmer voice, "I am heading off to the neighboring clans to meet my suitors. I need to get to know them better so I can choose which one I shall marry. I only accepted so I could get out of doing my lessons."

"Suitors, wow. You must be very popular to have suitors for marriage. I'm just glad my dad hasn't come up with anything like that yet."

"Well, I am the princess. I need to unite the clans after all." He froze at that, his brain not processing what was just said.

"Th-the WHAT?!" he practically screamed. He was having a (somewhat) casual conversation with the daughter of his dad's worst enemy!

"I am Princess Merida, first-born of Clan Dun'Broch," she stated, quite confused at his behavior. "You don't have any royalty on, what was it called... Berk?" She continued to stare as she packed up her bedroll and any other supplies laying around.

"N-no, well, sort of, um... Yes?" What was wrong with him? He hadn't stuttered since before he killed the Red Death, and only when he was around- He paused, realizing just who he left behind- Astrid. Oh gods no. I like Astrid, not this crazy redhead chick who turns out to be a PRINCESS!

He cut off his mental rantand continued. "W-we have ah, um, a chief," he barely made out. Please don't ask who, please don't ask who, he silently begged whatever gods would listen. Apparently, they enjoyed watching him in his misery.

"What's his name? I am assuming it is a he, correct?" she continued to question, truly curious. He was about to answer, but then she looked up. "Oh!" she exclaimed. The sun had traveled high int the sky during their little chat and was nearing it's zenith. She then hastily grabbed her bags and attached them to Angus' saddle. She then snatched her bow off of the ground and placed it on her back and her quiver on her hip. "I am so sorry! I lost track of time. we really must be going now. Goodbye. It was nice talking with you," she hastily exclaimed as she leapt into the saddle.

"Wait!" he called out, flustered. "What are we supposed to do? Just stay here?" She paused, confused.

"Why can't you just fly out of here, or have you forgotten the very large black dragon right next to you?" They both gave her a deadpan stare. 'Really?' she knew they were asking. With a flourish, the dragon brought his tail in front of her to view, where she saw a large tear in the bright red material of his prosthetic. Looking closer she noticed many digs and scrapes in the metal. "Oh, right." Hiccup snorted in amusement, considering this was all her fault.

"Just take us to the nearest smithy when we get to where ever you're going. I'll fix up his tail and we'll get out of here, you won't ever have to see us again." He climbed into his own saddle and gestured for her to lead the way. Realizing she really had no other choice than to help them, she settled herself more comfortably in the saddle, and away they went, oblivious to the ice-blue eyes watching their departure. With a whisper of wind, they were gone.

I KNOW, I KNOW! ITS SHORT BUT I WARNED YOU, I'M NOT GOOD WITH DIALOGUE! AND I REALLY WANTED TO GET THIS CHAPTER OUT SOON!

BUT I'VE GOT A QUESTION FOR YOU!

Q: WHO DO YOU THINK THE EYES BELONG TO, AND WHAT DO YOU THINK IT MEANS FOR THE REST OF THE STORY?

HINT: IT STARTS WITH 'T' AND ENDS WITH 'HE BIG FOUR!'

YES! I WANT TO MAKE THIS INTO A BIG FOUR STORY!

DON'T LIKE IT? DON'T READ! (But I would love it if you did)

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