Prompt 5:
Lesson
Universe: Disney crossover Frozen and Brave
"That's it, pull all way back ta ye cheek." Merida coached, her arms crossed over her chest. "Don't bring ye elbow so high. Loosen up, Snowflake." The red head grinned as she was shot an icy glare.
Elsa sighed and turned her attention back to the target, the bow awkward in her hands. The target looked pitiful, with just one arrow hanging haphazardly from the top edge, poised to fall at any moment while the rest of the arrows she had fixed stuck out of the ground like flowers. Well, at least Elsa knew one thing.
If she was ever attacked by the ground, she could use her archery skills.
That patch of earth was dead. She killed it.
Good for her.
Again she released the sting, letting it snap the arrow forward. The ground was really dead now. She heard her teacher groan dramatically.
"Here, again." The Scottish Princess made her pull her arm back again and notched another arrow. Usually she never would have been so demanding a teacher, but Elsa was Queen and the kingdoms were on the verge of war. She needed to be ready for anything that her ice may not be able to protect her from.
"Merida, I'm getting no where with thi-..."
"Arm down, shoulders square." Merida moved the Queen however she pleased, trying to improve her posture. She put one hand on the small of the blonde woman's back and the other on her stomach. "Keep yer back straight and stomach in tight." Moving around behind the Queen, she pulled her elbow down again and stayed right on her back.
"Keep this elbow level." Elsa bit her lip when she realized just how close to her Merida was. No one ever got this close, not even Anna. There was still a hand on her lower back and now a face close enough to her ear that she could heard Merida muttering to herself. She must have picked that up from Elinor.
"Breathe slowly. Now release."
Elsa did as she was told, letting go of the bowstring. The arrow hit the target with a solid thud, landing on the farthest ring of the bullseye. She spun and found herself nose to nose with her grinning redheaded tutor. Her face went red.
"See, I may make an archer of ye yet." Merida grinned and winked at the blushing Queen. "Ye might even end up as good as me, Snowflake."
She took a arrow from Elsa's quiver and notched her own bow, letting it fly without even looking.
"Perhaps. But I think we both have much to learn." A pillar of ice caught the arrow before it found its mark, the tip of the arrowhead just barely having reached the bullseye.
"Bloody hell, Elsa!" The Ice Queen smirked and tossed her bangs, leaving Merida to throw a fit.