Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon or Brave nor do own any of the character.
Since it is my first crossover I would love feedback.
This is set after Merida and Hiccup have both experienced their own adventures-movie plots-. Merida is fifteen and Hiccup is sixteen.
Also I am sorry but I am bad at accents so Merida does have an accent that everyone notices and will comment on, but I will not be writing like she does, its just to difficult for me, so I apologize in advance.
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Toothless point of view:
I watched as Hiccup left with the Terrible Terror. I growled at Trivet one last time to make sure he understands that if he doesn't help Hiccup I would eat him. Although I know other dragons eat other dragons I never had, but that doesn't mean I wouldn't threaten them with it. Trivet was one of the most mischievous Terrible Terrors I knew and although he was harmless he had a major attitude, it kind of irked me that we needed his help.
I stared at the girl resting beside me, cooing at her. 'You are a special child, probably just as special as Hiccup' I thought, resting my nose close to her exposed leg.
I wasn't going to lie this child was an odd one, she was blessed by the spirits. When we were flying the wind was speaking to me. At first I thought it was my imagination, but the voices were clear and they were getting stronger. They were telling me where to go. I had thought to ignore them, but the voices got vicious and they soon started to threaten the safety of my rider.
So I followed the wind until I looked into the water and saw something that I could not believe and I was a dragon. Each dragon knows that they're other creatures out there. We know that there are such things as spirits, and other creatures that humans consider legends. However it is rare to see these creatures, for they value their privacy. Only elder dragons claim to have seen such spirits, but there it was racing on the water was a kelpie.
I watched as the water started to rise and form into a creature that I hadn't seen at Berk. However I saw this creature once on my past travels I believe that the humans call them horses. The horse was powerful and its strides were strong, even with me flying at top speed the horse still cantered in front of me. I could tell that Hiccup was to busy paying attention to what was in front of him and enjoying just flying that he didn't notice that another kelpie had formed besides the other one leading us to our destination. Soon the kelpies started to circle around something that looked like a human before slowly disappearing back into the ocean,
When Hiccup wanted us to fly back to Berk I knew we had to make it back as fast as we could, but I couldn't help to think about the kelpies. Like dragons the kelpies have a bad myth attached to them, although I can't claim if it true of not. It is said that kelpies take the form of a horse that lures humans, especially children, into the water to drown and eat them. The horse encourages the child to ride on its back, and once its victims fell into its trap, the water horse's skin would absorb its pray cantering to the bottom floor of the water and devouring them. However these kelpies lead us to this human girl, they tried to save the girl. In all my years I had never heard of a kelpie helping anyone. 'Than again a human riding a dragon wasn't to common before Hiccup and I' I thought.
The girl started to twitch again, her head lolling to the other side. I cooed at her not actually sure what to do if the girl woke up. I mean I watched the knife that Hiccup took off of her. If there is one thing that Hiccup and the Vikings taught us dragons was to never underestimate a person due to size or gender. The girl leaned her head back and I cooed again.
Her eyes fluttered open, but they seemed cloudy. "An..gus…th..at…yo…u" her words were hard to understand what with them being slurred and quiet. "go..od…boy…An..gus" she muttered lifting one of her arms to pet me. However before she could touch me her arm fell and she was asleep. I gave a small rue noise tapping her now somewhat dry hair with my noise. 'I wonder who Angus is?' I thought, rewrapping myself around the girl.
As I brought my head down to rest. I heard a boom; I looked up to see that Hiccup's invention had blown up successfully. 'Good we may get out of here soon' I thought, looking at the bright explosion 'looks like I won't have to eat Trivet after all.' I thought, chuckling to myself. However my thoughts were interrupted by movement. I started to growl wondering how something could have gotten so close without me noticing before.
However when I turned to look at the intruder my growling stopped. I was expecting my intruder to be a human or maybe even another dragon, but for the second time today my mouth dropped. Standing in front of us was a Wulver.
Wulvers were interesting being although humans often mistake them for vicious werewolves they were actually to different beings. The wulver had a head of a wolf, the body of a man, and was covered in short brown hair. However this wulver had a buddle of something in his arms and a black cloak. I had heard that Wulver lives alone in caves, but I had never seen one before. 'This day just gets odder and odder.' I thought as I watched the Wulver step closer. I growled a warning although I had heard the wulvers were peace-loving creature I wasn't taking any chances.
The Wulver stopped in front of me and smiled. "I see you have become protective over the girl as well" he said, shifting the items in his hands.
"My rider told me to protect her" I replied curling tighter.
"I see so the spirits have not spoken to you"
"Spirits" I repeated raising my head and tilting it confused
"Yes you see spirits have a strong attachment to this girl. Do not ask me why for I do not know, but they are not ready to let this child die. They even went so far as to ask me for my help." He says laying out a few things a few feet from us.
"This water is blessed by water nymphs they told me to make sure that the princess drinks it, it has some healing properties that will help the princess, the fruit is also from the nymphs although it is safe if your rider wants to eat it as well. Although I would keep him from the water the nymphs will be awfully upset if one drop of their healing water goes to someone that isn't the princess" he explains, setting out each of the objects. I saw the water that he was talking about and the fruit that he laid next to it. He walked towards the rock and after finding a flat stone he reached into his cloak and placed three pieces of fish on it.
"Princess…Princess of what?" I asked looking at the girl to the Wulver.
"Why Princess of the spirits of course"
"But she is human" I exclaimed, the girl seemed to twitch from my roar of surprise.
"She maybe human, but that could change. The spirits have taken a liking to her and have deemed her their princess."
"Is this why you help her?"
The wulver shrugged "I have heard many things about this so called princess and when the spirits asked for my help I couldn't help, but see the girl that has enchanted the spirits so much" he went back to arranging his gifts. He stood up walking over to us and although I knew he would not harm us I still tightened myself around the girl.
"Relax the spirits aren't ready for their princess to be taken from them. I would not get very far before I was struck down by another spirit in the name of their princess." He states walking over to us waiting for me to uncurl myself. I did and he stepped closer, placing a blanket over the girl. He cocooned the girl, but as he went to tuck the blanket by her side the girl twitch violently. The girl started to mutter to herself, and the wulver only paused a frown on his face. He raised his hand to the girl head, patting it "Do not fret princess you are safe…the spirits will see to that do not worry such a brave soul shall not perish so easily." The girl calmed at his words and allowed him to finish his cocooning.
He stood up and gave a curt bow "I must be going now."
"What about the princess shouldn't you take her" I asked
He laughed placing his hands behind his back "I can not, the same reason why the spirits couldn't directly interfere with rescuing the princess. There are rules on when a spirit can and cannot interfere with a human's life. As much as the spirits love their princess even they can not break sacred rules."
"Than how can you-" He raised his hand stopping me "we can not directly interfere that does not mean we can not find loopholes and help to a certain extent. Now I must take my leave," he said, taking a step back.
Just as I was about to call out to him with another question I heard a noise. Without thinking I growled not sure if I could handle meeting another myth or spirit. To my relief it was only a shocked Hiccup. I quickly stopped growling, but kept my eyes open for any other spirits.
"Toothless what's wrong? It should take a while until anyone see our signal, and no one else seems to be on this island." 'Oh if only you knew hiccup' I thought watching him place a pile of wood down and throwing a few pieces into the fire.
It surprised us both when the fire grew so big and became a pure blue flame. As I watched the flame I heard something coming from the girl. Hiccup must have heard her to because he came over kneeling in front of the girl.
Her eyes were barely open, but they seemed more awake than before. Like before she lifted her hand out towards the fire whispering "wisps. " Like before her arm dropped to her side and her eyes closed and the blue flame turned red the fire itself still high and warm.
Hiccup stayed over the girl and asked "Toothless where did this come from?" referring to the blanket.
'Oh Hiccup how would I explain to you what I just learned' I thought glancing to the supplies that the wulver just left. Hiccup followed my gaze and walked to the gifts that were left behind.
As I watched Hiccup stare at the gift confusion written on his face I couldn't help, but feel sorry for the boy. He was never going to guess what happened here.
Soon the girl started to cough her body shaking. Hiccup grabbed the bowl of water and after examining it for a moment walked back to us. I watched as he kneeled in front of the girl. I watched as Hiccup raised the bowl to his mouth and I hissed remembering the wulver's warning. I didn't know what exactly the nymphs would do, but if the stories were true nothing good. He looked at me I looked at the girl hoping that this would be one of those times that he miraculously knows what I'm thinking.
"Toothless do you know where this came form" he asked, but all I did was use my tail to tap his hand and than dropping it in the girls laps.
"All right bud I'll trust you" he said, tilting the girl's head. The girl seemed to give a little growl at being touched. "Its alright…its just water." He lowered the girls jaw and let the water slip into her mouth. She drank the water and soon fell back asleep under the wulver's blanket.
Hiccup went to the fish and picked up the slab sitting in front of the fire. "Toothless is there someone else on this island" he asked, looking at the girls blanket.
I nodded my head not really sure if the wulver actually lived on the island or not.
"Are they dangerous" he asked, placing more wood in the fire and spearing the fish with some sharper pieces.
I shook my head; "well hopefully someone finds our flare soon."
I nodded, looking down at the sleeping girl I couldn't help but think 'just what type of trouble are you going to cause.'
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