Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons: Chapter Four: Nice to Crash into You!
"You look absolutely beautiful!" said Elinor. She had just finished dressing Merida for the gathering. She wore a blue tight dress with a gold trim around the skirt, and neckline. With a golden belt that dangled down. "Uh ugh, I can't breathe!" Merida squeaked. Make that, very tight dress. White cloth covered her hair and neck, only showing her face. A golden band was sown in like a crown.
"Oh shush. Give us a turn." said Elinor. Merida did her best. "I can't move! It's too tight!" she cried. Her mother almost looked like she would cry any moment. "Oh, it's perfect!" she gleamed.
"Ooooughh!" sighed Merida. There was a moment of silence, well, if you don't count Merida's grunting and groaning. Then Merida looked at her mother. She looked as though she had something to say. "Merida-" she began. She paused. "Mum?" said Merida. Her mother for a moment looked unsure of something, then she straightened herself out. "Just-" she then straightened herself out. "Remember to smile." she finished. Elinor then left the room leaving a kind of confused Merida.
"Aye! They're a comin'!" called the doorman. Everyone got ready and began to settle down. "Places everyone, places." said Elinor to the crowd.
Merida struggled to get into her seat next to her father's seat. The dress was just so damn tight! She finally sat down, a little slouched. Her mother noticed and forced her to sit upright. Elinor looked away for a moment. Merida reached up and plucked out a lock of hair from the mass that was underneath her white cloth. But, Elinor turned back around and noticed. She tucked the strands back into the cloth. Merida sighed slightly, and frowned.
Elinor went to her own seat, and calmed down her energetic boys. She was about to fix something with Fergus' sleeve. Fergus jerked away. "I look fine Elinor, let me be." he said playfully. Merida glanced at her mother, frowning still, and pulled out the strands of hair again.
Everything calmed as one of the doormen started to introduce the clans. But he was interrupted by the doors slamming open. The four clan marched, literally marched, in. One of the men, most likely a leader, was shorter than the rest and called for a stool. They then all roared and cheered as the music played. After a few seconds, they stood still, and quiet. Fergus then stood up.
"So, here we are! Uh, the four clans! Uh, gathering!" said Fergus, Elinor sighed in the background, "uh, for-"
"The presentation of the suitors!" said Elinor, and Fergus then copied. The crowd cheered. "Clan Macintosh!" said Fergus.
"Clan Macintosh!" the clan echoed.
"Your majesty. I present my heir, and son. Who defended our land from the northern invaders, and with his own sword, stabbed and vanquished a thousand trolls." said the leader, his son displayed his sword skills as he spoke. Then the clan cheered.
Merida sat in her chair, utterly wishing she was riding and shooting. "Clan MacGuffin!" called the next clan. The leader stepped forward. "Your majesty! I present my eldest son!" his son came up. He was a big guy, but looked nervous. "Bestubbled the Viking war ships from his bare hands! And vanquished, two thousand trolls." said the leader. The son then broke a short log in half with his hands. Still looking nervous. His father patted him on the shoulder and he seemed to relax a bit more, sneaking a peak at Merida. She snuck one eye out from her hands. "And Dingwall." said Fergus.
"I present, my only son, who was be seized by ten thousand Romans, and he took out a whole Armada, singlehandedly! With one arm. He-" the leader of the Dingwall clan suddenly sneered. He pulled out from behind a huge man that they had thought to be the son, a small, kind of skinny, well- yeah. "He was stealing the ship, and with the other, he held his mighty sword, and struck down the whole attacking fleet!" finished the leader.
"Lies!" someone from another clan shouted. Everyone began to laugh. "What?! I heard that! Come on, say it to the face!" said the leader.
"Or are ya scared simpering jackanapes, afraid to mess your pretty hair?" he teased.
"At least we have hair." said the Macintosh leader. The crowd laughed. "As all our teeth." said the MacGuffin clan leader.
"And, we don't hide under bridges, ya grumpy ol' troll!" said the Macintosh leader. The crowd roared up again. "Ya wanna laugh huh?" the short leader called for his son who looked over.
Suddenly the son viciously attacked the Macintosh leader started a clan fight. Fergus was loving it, but he then looked at Elinor. She sat unimpressed. As did Merida. Probably for different reasons though. Fergus sighed. "Alright." he said, and got up.
"CUT IT! Now. That's all done. You've had goin' at each other. Show a little decorum. And..." Fergus was about to continue, however, there had been a change of plans. The boys had snuck away and without the parents noticing, started the fighting again. This time, Fergus joined in. After a moment, Elinor stood up. She began to walk amongst the now, parting crowd of men. She grabbed the leader's ears, including Fergus', and dragged them back to the front of the crowd.
There was a bit of 'I didn't start it he did', 'I feel really terrible', and 'it was much disrespectful.'
The queen walked sternly back to her seat, as did Fergus. "I'm sorry love, but I-I-I- didn- yes dear." said Fergus as Elinor gave a stern look. "Men. Men and fighting. In front of the queen and princess! Ugh!" she thought.
"Uh, eh hem. Now. Where were we? Ah yes. In accordance in our laws, by the rights of our heritage, only the first born of each of the great leaders may be presented as champions. And thus, compete for the hand of the princess of Dunbroch. To win the fair maiden they must prove their worth. By feats of strength or arms in the games. It is customary that the challenge be determined by the princess herself." said Elinor.
While she was speaking, the words, 'first born' replayed in Merida's mind. She was the first born. She could compete- right? Most importantly- she got to choose the sport. She stood up from her seat. "Archery! Archery." she exclaimed excitedly. Perhaps, too excitedly. In her mother's opinion. Elinor turned around and gapped slightly at her daughter. Merida caught her eye and straightened out a bit. "I choose archery." she finished calmly. Elinor turned to the crowd of clans. "Let the games begin!" she said.
It was certainly an interesting day to say the least. There were many different sports, there was dancing being performed, and the triplets secretly wreaking havoc in stealing sweet buns. After a while of fun, Fergus stood on the stage the dancers were on and spoke. "It's time!" he shouted. The crowd cheered. "Archers to your marks!" said Elinor. As Fergus chimed in. "Ah yes, archers t-to your marks!" he shouted.
"And may the lucky arrow find it's target!" said Elinor. Merida sat near by with a certain trick under her chair.
The sons got ready. "Aye! Get on with it!" called Fergus. Apparently very eager to see what they could do with bows and arrows.
The first, was the young MacGuffin. Making sure he didn't bust the bow in two, he pulled slightly, and shot. The arrow just made it onto the target. The crowd laughed as he sighed. Merida leaned into her father. "I bet he wishes he was tossin' cabers." she said quietly.
"Or holdin' up bridges!" Fergus laughed quietly. The two chuckled until Elinor shushed them.
Next, was the Macintosh son. He flashed a look at the crowd of women who seemed to swoon at the sight of him. Then he shot. The arrow just barely missing the centre. "Noooooooo!" he shouted.
"At least you hit the target son!" called his father. His son began to throw a fit. For someone who Merida thought was a quiet one, he for sure wasn't.
"Oh. That's attractive." she mocked. The boy began beating his bow on the ground in frustration. He then threw it far behind the crowd and collapsed on the ground. "I got it!" someone shouted, and they held up the bow as the crowd cheered.
"Good arm." said Merida.
"And such lovely flowing locks." teased Fergus. They were about to laugh again, but Elinor stopped them. "Fergus." she said sternly.
"What?" he said, innocently.
Finally, it was the son from Dingwall. He had a bit of trouble figuring out what exactly he was supposed to do. He tried putting the arrow in it's proper place on the bow. "Oh. Wee lamb." Merida said, almost pitying the boy. Almost. Fergus slapped a hand on his face. "Oh come on!" he cried. The boys arrow didn't seem to want to stay in place. "SHOOT!" shouted Fergus. The boy jumped a bit and let go of his arrow. Hitting the target dead centre. The crowd went wild!
"Ha-ha! Well done!" called his father. He smiled at his success.
His father then began to do a jig, and surprisingly mooned the other two lords. That was a sight they did not want to see. "Well. That's. Just. Grand. Now. Isn't it? Guess who's comin' to dinner?" Fergus said, sarcasm obvious.
"Fergus." Elinor said.
"By the way. I hope you don't mind being called 'Lady Ding-'" Fergus stopped what he was saying. He should have been talking to Merida. But instead, he was talking to a blood hound! He looked, wide-eyed, out into the games. A hooded figure, no doubt he knew who it was, placed a flag for Dunbroch. Merida took off her cape, revealing her wild hair. The crowd gasped. Never had a princess compete in such games before!
"I am Merida. First born descendant of Landon Broch. And I'll be shootin' for my own hand!" she shouted loudly. She turned back to the three lords who gasped. They turned to the queen who stood up slowly. "What are you doing?" she said to herself.
Merida tried to set up her weapon, but the damn dress was too tight. "Merida!" called Elinor. Merida didn't listen. She struggled with the dress and finally had enough. "Curse this dress!`she cried. She lifted her arms all the way into the shooting position, ripping the dress in the process. She got ready, and began walking. She shot the first arrow. Dead centre. The crowd was in awe. "Merida stop this!" called Elinor. Again, she didn't listen. Elinor began to step down from where the thrown area was.
She shot the next arrow. Dead centre. This time the crowd gasped more loudly. "Don't you dare loose another arrow!" said Elinor. Clearly angry now. Merida pulled out her last arrow. She placed in on the bow. She took a deep breath. "Merida. I forbid it!" said Elinor. Merida almost didn't hear her. Almost. She shot. The arrow flew. At first it was almost as if everything went slowly for a moment. The arrow then hit dead centre once more. Only this time, splitting Dingwall's arrow in half and the arrow being shot through the target so the feathers were just sticking out. The crowd was now in definite awe. She turned and glared, inches apart from her mother's similar glare.
Later that day, Merida was practically tossed into her room by Elinor. "I've just about had enough of you lass!" Elinor said loudly.
"You're the one that wants me to-"
"You embarrassed them. You embarrassed me!"
"I followed the rules!"
"You don't know what you've done!" Elinor said, her voice was deeper now. She closed the bedroom door.
"I just don't care about-" Merida's voice was higher instead of lower like her mother's.
There were a few more spats at each other. "Just listen!" Merida finally said.
"I am the queen! You listen to me."
"Aaaaaaah! This is soooo unfair!" Merida slammed a fist down on a near by table.
"Ha. Unfair?" said Elinor. Merida held a knife in her fist. "You were never there for me! This whole marriage is what you want! Do you ever both to ask what I want? No! You walk around tellin' me what to do, what not to do-" Merida began whipping her bow around angrily. "Try to make me be like you! Well, I'm not goin' to be like you!"
"Ugh, you're acting like a child." Elinor said stubbornly.
"And you're a beast!" said Merida she pointed her knife at the tapestry. "You are-"
Elinor gasped at how close the bow actually was. "Merida!" she gasped.
"I'll never be like you!" Merida placed the tip of her bow into the tapestry.
"No stop that!" cried Elinor. Merida lifted her bow. "I'd rather DIE THAN BE LIKE YOU!" she screamed- while tearing the tapestry with the knife. Her mother gasped. The tear had been made right in between Merida and Elinor.
Elinor walked angrily up to her daughter. "Merida. You are a princess." she began, she took Merida's favourite bow. "I expect you to act like one!" she placed the bow into the fireplace. This time Merida was the one to gasp. She looked like she was about to cry. Instead of letting Elinor see her cry, she stormed out of the room. "Merida!" called Elinor. She heard a crackling noise. "Oh dear!"she exclaimed. She reached for the fire stick and pulled out the bow. Her breathing came in short rasps.
"What have I done." she asked herself. She began tearing up now. The bow was burnt a bit, but it was still whole. Although- Merida left beforehand.
Merida burst through the doors of the stables. Without a word to anyone, she jumped onto Angus and road off. She had to get away. Away from the festival, away from her mother- away from the castle grounds. She road and road through the thick forest of the lands. Merida buried her face in Angus' main. She didn't know where they were going, but anywhere was good.
The forest was getting thick. Branches stuck out every which way, with some almost hitting Merida. After a few more strides, Angus suddenly came to a stop, throwing Merida forwards off of him. She landed hard with the wind knocked out of her a bit. "Angus!" she yelled. Angus stepped back in fear of something. Merida looked around.
It was obvious that they were on sacred grounds. Or ancient grounds long forgotten. Standing in a circle, all around Merida, were giant stones. That was it. But there was an odd feeling in the air. Then she saw it.
A little, blue, glowing creature. A Will'o-the-wisp. It beckoned her forward. She slowly walked up to it and reached out. But then it disappeared. A little further ahead of her, a trail of them appeared. Leading her away from the castle. She turned back to her horse who wouldn't step inside the circle. "Come on Angus." she said calmly. The horse wouldn't move. "Angus!"
No matter what she said, Angus wasn't moving. Nothing would make him go into that creepy- wait, she was going! She was leaving him behind and going into that creepy forest! Angus whinnied. He gave up and just went around the stones and followed her in.
One by one, they led her deeper into the woods. Merida walked on, only coming to a little cottage. "Why did the wisps lead me here?" she said. But then she saw more. Leading her beyond the cottage. Angus became on edge. He didn't like this. They were going beyond Don Broch's boundaries. Finally the wisps disappeared all together. Merida looked around. They were still in the forest. She walked a little on, with Angus cautious. Merida looked to her left and could see the sun. it was setting. Her mother would be worried, as well as her father. But, she didn't go back. She couldn't go back. Arranged marriages weren't something she could ever go back to. She tugged on Angus' reins. Reluctantly, he followed her further.
"Where do ya think they led me Angus?" Merida asked quietly. Angus whinnied. After a few more steps, she came to a clearing. Just a medium sized circle surrounding by trees. There was also a sign about four feet in front of Merida. A sign that marked the boundaries of- "Corona..." Merida breathed.
"Let's go!" shouted North. In no time, they took off at almost lightening speed. Jamie grasped on to the seat. Suddenly he felt the sleigh lift off of the air. "Whooooa!" he shouted. But his shouts weren't as loud as Bunny's. He mentally sighed. Of course he'd be freaking out while Cupcake threw her hands in the air like Sandy. While in the tunnel, Jamie slid a little as the sleigh tilted into a loop de loop. "Ha ha! I hope you like the loop de loop!" shouted North. Bunny nearly threw up, and Jamie swore he almost fell out. He grasped on to the seat as tightly as he could. Meanwhile, Cupcake and Sandy, and maybe Jack too, were having the times of their lives.
In s short time, they were out of the tunnel. Jamie watched as Jack stood up, actually, he wasn't sure if he ever sat down! Anyway, Jack leaned forwards and shouted with joy while Bunny shouted with terror. As for Jamie? Well, he wasn't sure if it was terror, or joy. He shut his eyes. Bad idea. The feeling was worse not knowing where the heck you were. He opened them again only to shout once more as the sleigh jumped completely off the ground.
North then pulled the sleigh higher into the air and did a sort of half loop de loop. Jack flew to the back seats and looked at the workshop they were leaving behind. "Whoa!" he said. Bunny nearly threw up again. "Hey Bunny, check out this view- ah!" said Jack. Jamie and Cupcake glanced back as Jack was flown off of the sleigh. They looked at each other, then looked at Sandy. He still had his hands in the air and was smiling. He winked at them reassuringly.
Bunny however, sighed and cautiously leaned to look downwards. He saw Jack sitting on one of the ski's just hanging out. "Aw. You do care." Jack said smugly. Bunny huffed. "Oh back off you bloody showpony!"
Jack flew back up and into the sleigh.
"Ha ha! So, how you like the sleigh ride eh?" said North as he glanced back.
"Well, I had fun!" said Jack. He glanced back at the others. Bunny still looked like he was about to be sick, and Sandy was smiling and nodding his head. "It was awesome!" shouted Cupcake. As for Jamie... "Uh, it-it uh, caught me by s-surprise, that's for sure..." was what he said. He was still clinging to the seat. Jack chuckled as did North. "It always does." he said. "Hold on everyone! I know a short cut!"
Bunny started freaking out and Jamie gripped the seat, ready for anything. "I knew I should have taken the tunnels!"
North got out a snow globe and started shaking it. "I say... Burgess..." He threw it in front of them. A huge portal opened up. "Whoa..." awed Jamie. The sleigh jerked forward hard. "Whoa!" he shouted.
After the sleigh went through the portal, their surroundings instantly changed. "Wow..." Jamie whispered. Below them on their right, stood a mountain. A mountain, with a village underneath it. "Um- that doesn't look like-"
"Whoa!" came a sudden shout. "Whoa! Whoa, whoa, no-no!"
Bam!
Something slammed into the sleigh! They got pushed to the right and everything became a blur for Jamie. He didn't know what the heck was happening. Soon everyone was free falling to the ground on the opposite side of the mountain the village was on. Everybody fell out of the sleigh. Time slowed down. Jack was having a tough time with the wind because of everyone around him. He couldn't control it very well.
Everyone braced themselves for the hard landing. Jamie closed his eyes as he saw the ground getting less and less blurry. He hit something hard and sort of bounced off of it. He fell hard on the actual ground. He heard something crash into the mountain. Slowly, Jamie opened his eyes as he came to. He groaned as he tried to move, but the pain in his back made that hard. Then he heard someone shout to him, but he couldn't make it out. His ears were too busy ringing. Jamie blinked. His vision was blurry still, and he was getting a headache. That wasn't good. "What?" was all he could say.
Suddenly, Jamie was pulled out of the way just in time before the sleigh hit the ground. Jamie looked around dizzily, and saw that Jack had saved him from being squashed. He tried to say thanks, but all that came out was a moan. "Hey, you alright?" asked Jack. Jamie didn't say anything. All he did was glance at Jack then shake his head. "He hit that mountain pretty hard mate, best be careful with him. Might have broken something. Poor kid." said Bunny.
"Oi, what hit sleigh? That never happens!" North's loud voice suddenly boomed. He walked over to his turned over sleigh. He turned it right side up and checked it out. "Huh. Seems okay. My reindeer, are you alright?" he said. "Most good, they seem to be alright." Jack frowned and looked down at Jamie. "Wish I could say the same about Jamie." he sighed quietly. North looked up at that. "Oh no..." he said. Jamie was still out of it as he walked over. "Uh guys?" said Cupcake. But no one heard.
"Someone must take care of him." said North.
"Guys?"
"I'll do it." said Jack.
"Guys!"
"And what do you know about broken bones frosty?" said Bunny.
"Ugh, guys!"
"Hey, I-"
"Um, actually, I could, and probably should, help with that. Since I'm well, the one that crashed into you. Or the one who you crashed uh...into...it's all just a blur really." said a new voice. A young teenager walked up to them with a guilty expression.
"Guys!"
"Who the heck are you?" Jack asked.
"Oh, my name is Hiccup." he said.
"Guys! Arg!"
"Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the third! Oh it's a pleasure ha!" said North as he laughed. "I remember you!" Hiccup looked at him oddly. "And how would you-"
"YO IDIOTS! SANDY SAYS THERE'S TROUBLE AT THE TOOTH PALACE!" Cupcake shouted. They all jumped at the sudden sound and stared at her and Sandy. He nodded his head while glaring. "Trouble?" said North.
"Trouble what do you mean?" said Bunny.
"Uh, Tooth Palace?" said Hiccup.
"Idiots?" said Jack. There was a pause, and they all looked at him. Jack awkwardly glanced at them. "What's up Sandy?" he said quickly.
Sandy made some hand gestures, and more images appeared above his head. "He says we should hurry." said Cupcake.
"Hurry? But, what about Jamie?" said Jack.
"Does he live around Berk? I could-"
"Berk! Hm. Snow globe must have misheard. Thought I said Burgess. Ah, I check on it later." said North.
"You know where Burgess is?" Jack asked Hiccup.
"Sort of, I mean, I haven't actually been there, but I've seen all kinds of maps. So I know the general area." he said.
"Great! I'll point it out, I kind of live there, but I've only been here a few times. Well, you know, it usually blizzards here so that makes it easy." said Jack.
"Yeah I noticed." was Hiccup's reply.
"Well, that's one thing settled, so Jack will go with Hiccup and the kids, and North, Sandy and I will get to the Tooth Palace." said Bunny. He paused. "By using my tunnels." Before he could even open one, North grabbed him and plopped him in the sleigh. Completely ignoring all of his "requests" not to. "Oh come on Bunny, it's not that bad." said Jack.
"Right and-" but Bunny's words were cut off by his screaming. In a magical blast, the sleigh was a speck. A thought suddenly came to Jack.
"Wait. You're just a regular human, right?" he asked Hiccup. He looked at him after gazing at the sleigh. "Um... yeah..." he said questioningly.
"Then how were you able to fly?"
"Oh that, well-"
"That's an easy one!" called Cupcake, getting their attention. They looked over and saw that she had moved over to a spot near a... a... Jack's eyes widened. "No way! Is that a-"
"Dragon? Yes. Yes he is." said Cupcake. Said creature smiled a toothless smile at Jack. Jack blinked. He did what now? Hiccup laughed. He was just glad that he's found people who wouldn't kill a dragon on sight.
"Yeah, I named him Toothless. For uh, obvious reasons." said Hiccup. They both walked over to Toothless, who had just sat back and watched the whole thing after coming to from the crash. These people seemed trustworthy enough for him. He's seen them before actually, and he knows that they protect the children of the world. So they're on his uh, nice list. "Right, let's do this." said Jack. Hiccup got on Toothless, and Jack placed Jamie behind him. To make sure that he stayed put, Cupcake got on behind him.
"Okay, let's go bud." said Hiccup. Just before Jack was about to jump up, Toothless beat him to it. He sighed. "Man, just like that kangaroo." he said quietly, then he followed. Suddenly, a thought hit him. "So...Hiccup. How old did you say you were?" he asked once he caught up. Hiccup glanced at him questioningly. "I didn't. But I'm fifteen, and I'll be sixteen in a few months or so." he answered. Jack stared ahead. So, he was a teenager. A teenager! He was also able to see Jack. Not to mention the others. "So. You believe?" he asked.
"Believe what?" was his response. What? That didn't make any sense. "I mean- um, hold on. Do you know who I am?" Jack asked.
"No."
"Of course you don't." sighed Jack. "Well, what about the others?" Hiccup shrugged. "I didn't get a good look."
"Of course you didn't."
Toothless listened in. He was sure curious about the others- and why one was a giant rabbit with boomerangs. Now that was a sight to see. He was surprised that Hiccup didn't notice.
"Well-" started Jack. Toothless didn't hear the rest though.
Suddenly a familiar sent, signal, and fear washed over him and he completely ignored the humans on his back. They needed to turn around. SOON!
Without warning them, Toothless suddenly dove downwards. "Toothless what's happening?!" said Hiccup. He obviously knew something was wrong. Toothless flew faster, although he didn't want to. That was how the power worked. "Whoa, what is it?" Hiccup said. He growled in response knowing that he couldn't understand. Soon, they were joined, or he joined, other dragons. A whole herd it looked like. Toothless knew something would happen to him and his companions if they didn't turn around. "Get down." said Hiccup, it would be even worse if the other dragons saw Toothless befriending them. This made him more nervous.
"What's going on?" whispered Cupcake.
"I don't know. Toothless. You gotta get us out of here bud." said Hiccup. He knew he should. "There's so many of them..." said Jack. But the power was over...well, overpowering him. At the moment, they could only fly towards...it. "It looks like they're hauling in their kill..." Hiccup said, nervous. This also made Toothless nervous. "Um, so what does that make us?" Cupcake asked nervously. Jack and Hiccup exchanged nervous glances.
The dragons dove down and began flying in between some rocks. They flew until they came to it. The volcano. They flew into a dark tunnel that led into it. Oh gods, there it was! Toothless was beginning to panic. He knew he'd get it. Since he hadn't been seen for about a month or so. That made it seem as though he ran. Or, flew more like it. Jack could feel intense heat. Well, it was intense for him. They were now in a lava pit. The dragons began to drop their kill into it. "What my dad wouldn't give to find this..." Hiccup said, half with awe and half with utter fear. Jack looked at him. His dad? What did he have to do with any of this? Toothless flew around and finally landed behind a tall stone that jutted out of the hole's side. "Well it's satisfying to know that all of our food has been dumped down a hole." said Hiccup.
"They're not eating any of it." stated Jack.
He then noticed a tiny year old Gronkle flying towards the hole. With a little tiny piece of food- That he threw up. It seemed as though he figured that would be good. Toothless got tense. Well, that was because... He knew the punishment for no food.
Jack was finding it hard to breath because of the heat. "Hey, we gotta-"
Out of nowhere, a huge, gigantic bony dragon head appeared and swallowed the tiny Gronkle as if it were nothing! Toothless heard Hiccup gasp. "What...was that." Cupcake said.
All of the other dragons that had landed were frightened. Toothless knew it wouldn't be long before he got sniffed out. The huge dragon looked as though it were going back down, but then it sniffed. "Alright bud we gotta get outta here. Now." whispered Hiccup. He was most definitely right! Toothless glanced at their leader and panic and fear rushed over him. He took off just in time before they were chomped on! All of the dragons began flying out in a spiral making it hard for the beast to get after them. Jack flew after them and spun around and fired an icy blast at the giant dragon. They were finally safe.
"It totally makes sense! It's like a giant beehive!" exclaimed Hiccup. Well, he had the right idea. "They're the workers and that's their queen!" he finished. Alright Toothless could agree with that theory. He thought it was strange at first...but once he had finished. He was right. "It controls them." said Jack. They landed in the safe outskirts of Burgess. They were among a huge thick forest, so they wouldn't be seen.
"Well, now we know why they've been raiding the villages for so long! That stupid queen is just too lazy to feed herself!" said Jack. "Hey, you said something about your dad wanting to find it? Shouldn't you tell him?" He was surprised to see Hiccup panic a bit.
"No! No. No! Not yet, they'll kill Toothless. Guys we have to think this through. Carefully. My dad...my village...well...they have a long- history with dragons." said Hiccup. Toothless looked back and forth between the two. Hiccup then began to tell his story. Then Toothless felt something move in the saddle. What? Oh right! Duh. That kid must be awakening now. He glanced back. Sure enough, the little guy was stirring.
"So, what are you gonna do about the queen then? Surely in order to restore peace between dragons and Vikings, she has to go down." said Jack. Hiccup glanced down. "Yeah, but- it's only me and Toothless." he said quietly.
"I guess we're not that different. Are we?" said Jack. Hiccup looked at him. "What do you mean?" he asked. Jack then went on to tell his story. In which afterwards, Hiccup just stared at him. There was an awkward moment of silence. "You're who now?" Hiccup said finally, his face dead panned. Jack blinked. His face was also dead panned. "Do I really need to say it again?" he asked. Toothless rolled his eyes even though they didn't see it.
Finally the two snapped out of their dead panned expressions. "Oh, we have to get Jamie back, he's probably feeling down right lousy." said Jack.
"Actually, I think he's feeling much better." said Cupcake. The two turned to see Jamie, sitting up right, with his right hand a few inches away from his head. Jack figured that he was probably just rubbing away a headache or something. Jamie was also stiff, and staring straight ahead. At Toothless. Cupcake looked at Jamie. She then waved a hand in front of his face. Nothing. "Except if you keep breaking him there won't be anything left." she said.
"Um, I take it he's never seen a dragon before huh?" said Hiccup. Nope. Not in his life.
Corona. Corona! She, Merida, princess of Dunbroch, was on the outskirts, or boundaries of Corona! Their neighbouring country! She just couldn't believe that the wisps had led her that far! She slowed her breathing and looked around her. If she walked past the sign, she would be in Corona. She'd always wondered what the place was like. But her parents would never let her go on their meetings. She made sure that there were no guards around. Maybe she should do something with her hair to make her less noticeable. People were bound to recognize her sooner or later. It was best that it'd be later. But she didn't have any hair ties or hats, or- just anything that would make her hair look different. That she would have to find in the city.
She also wished that she had more than this dumb, newly ripped dress. It was just uncomfortable. But she'd have to find that in the city also. She sighed. Perhaps she could have been more prepared. But, it'd all happened so fast. She shook her head to get rid of those thoughts.
Merida decided that it would be best to go around the circle rather that stick out in plain sight through the middle. So, she grabbed Angus' reigns, and started walking. It didn't take as long as she thought before she'd passed the circle and into Corona's woods. Merida kept her eyes out for any guards. Thankfully, there didn't seem to be any. Maybe they only guarded the inside boundaries. Or maybe she was farther from Corona than she thought.
She gazed at the trees. They were so different, yet so similar to the trees of Dunbroch. They were- "Oof!" Merida suddenly tripped on a rout onto a kind of grassy pathway. Angus whinnied a bit. Then suddenly, she heard- screaming? It was coming from...above her. What?
She looked up.
Soon she saw not one, but two figures falling down, aiming straight at her! She gasped and scampered to her feet. She tugged Angus and moved out of the way just in time. A man fell hard on the ground. But he seemed fine as he glanced up and darted out of the way just as- another horse had fallen down? What the heck was happening? She then noticed that this horse, was a palace horse of Corona. She also noticed how very...dog like he was. The man? Strange. Handsome, sure, but strange. He was also holding a satchel. The horse seemed to be after the man. Great. She'd stumbled upon a thief.
She had had enough of their little scuffle, and charged right in between them. "Oi! Ya could have hit me! You-" Oh, that horse was incredibly determined! "STOP IT! Both of you!" she shouted, taking them both by surprise. The horse stopped, as did the man.
"I will, if he will." said the man. Merida gave him a look. The man crossed his arms. Merida turned to the horse. She then started to pet him, which he seemed to enjoy. "Oh, ye are just tired of chasin' him all day, aren't ya?" she said. The horse nodded and whinnied. "What?" she heard the man say.
"Oh you're just a lovely horse now! Yes you are- Max." she said, reading his tag. He nodded again. "You've got to be kidding me." said the man. Merida ignored him. She then noticed the boot in Max's mouth. He must have grabbed it in the fight. "How about this? You drop the boot, and..." she looked around, and hoped to find an apple tree. Luckily, she found one! "And you can have all the apples on that tree." she finished. Max looked at her unsure. Then he glanced at the tree. The boot fell from his mouth. "Oh come on!" shouted the man. Yep, Merida definitely had her ways with horses. She turned to the man. "Now. Who exactly are you?" she said.
The man's eye brows raised up. Then he smiled at her. "Hi. I'm Flynn. Flynn Rider." he said.
A/N: Okay, I think this one was the interesting one lol. So, what did you think? R & R please! :)