Hey there readers, so when we last left our story, the festival had just begun and Edward had explained his exploits and how he defeated Alrek. I hope you guys like this chapter, and make sure you review for me once you're finished, Enjoy.

Chapter 7

(Merida's POV)

I was walking with Edward and the sons across the active festival grounds, showing Edward the many activities and games around the area. At one point I saw Hamish, Hubert, and Harris sneaking around the area, trying to find anything that could be useful to them later on. Edward was talking a bit with our three friends, getting to know them better and I spotted an archery area and figured that it would be a good time to use my bow for a bit. I turned to the boys behind me and they all looked at me.

"So, which of you boys would like to see how their archery skills have improved?" I asked them. They all nodded in approval and we headed to the archery range where the targets were all set up. The Boys got the bows and arrows out, and so did I and we all lined up to each individual target and proceeded to shoot the targets. Some people saw us getting into position and decided to watch us play our friendly competition. I was up first, I aimed my sight at the target in front of me and I let go of the strings, the arrow soared through the air and hit the bulls-eye as it always does. Young Macintosh was up next; he aimed his sight on the target, took a deep breath, fired, and the arrow hit the area that was close to the bulls-eye. Wee Dingwall shot but missed and landed in a tree, and Young MacGuffin shot the arrow and it hit the outside area of the target. Finally, Edward came up and drew the arrow back and did everything that I taught him, he let lose the string, and the arrow hit the bulls-eye. The other boys looked at him and Macintosh and MacGuffin both gave him a nod of approval.

"Wait, I have something else that I'm good at" Edward said to us "Bring out another target" soon some guards brought out another target and we were all watching him, as well as the spectators around us. He dropped his bow and pulled out his knife. Some of the spectators saw this and thought that he was joking.

"What are you going to do, run up and stab the target?" one person asked sarcastically. Other people started laughing at the joke and Edward had a calm expression on his face. He quickly threw his knife and it hit the bulls-eye perfectly, when the people saw his move, they were all quiet, probably through amazement. The boys and I were amazed as well as I walked over to him.

"I didn't know you could do that" I said to him "That was amazing"

"Yeah, I have been skilled with a knife since I learned it from the warrior" said Edward. I smiled with impression, and I heard some spectators whispering to each other about him.

"That's some skill you've got there" said Young Macintosh, and the others agreed, soon we all looked at each other and continued to fire the arrows until we were all out of them.

"Would you like to see what else they have here?" I asked them.

"Sure" they all replied. We walked around the area with Edward holding my hand and we both smiled at each other. Soon Edward saw some swords and decided to see if he could be the best swords man in the land.

"Hey Merida, you're good with a bow and arrow, but are you good with a sword?" Edward asked me.

"Of course I am" I replied to him "Why, would you like to go for a little duel?"

"Yes, I do" he replied to me. With that said, we both walked over to the area that had a wooden plank on the ground to show us the limit of where we could fight. We both found some swords on the ground and walked onto the plank.

"If I win this round you owe me a dance" He said to me. I heard this and figured that this meant that he was hitting on me.

"Deal" I replied. After we stepped back several paces, the both of us charged and our swords met. We playfully dodged and blocked our attacks and we both laughed as we continued our little fight.

"Well, you're not so bad with a sword either" he said while throwing attacks.

"Thanks, you're not bas either" I replied to him. The fight went on for several minutes until he managed to make the sword fall out of my hand. I stumbled back a bit about to fall off the plank, he reached for my hand and grabbed it, but we both fell off the plank and onto the ground. We both looked at each other with a smile and laughed a bit after the sword fight.

"So, I guess this means I owe you a dance later?" I said to him.

"Yes, but only when the time is right" he replied to me. We both got up and headed off with the other sons to see what else was at the festival.

(Edward's POV)

After many hours of fun activities at the festival, night had fallen and the festival was still about, torches were lit around the tent filled areas, and you could hear music and laughter in the air. I sat up on a rock that was high above the area, watching the festival continue around me with everybody having fun. I heard someone climbing up the rock and I turned around to see Merida climbing up the rocks to see me.

"Hey, what are you doing up here, the festival is continuing down there" she said to me.

"I know that, I'm just relaxing up here for a minute" I said to her.

"Oh, do you mind if I join you?" she asked me.

"Of course you can" I said to her. Then she bent down and sat right next to me and we both looked at the festival below us, and the shining stars above us. While we were up there, I wondered how her mother allows her to have her freedom.

"Hey Merida, I'm just wondering, how do your mother and father allow you to go your own way, usually they would try to get you to take their place" I asked her.

"It's a long story" she said to me.

"Do you have the time?" I asked her. Then, she told me the story about how her mother wanted her to be lady like, and she turned to a witch for a spell that would change her fate. The spell revealed to have turned her mother into a bear, and how she managed to change her back. After she was finished, I was pretty amazed by all of this. Suddenly, I had the strange feeling inside me again and I finally realized what it was. So I figured that now would be the perfect opportunity to finally get it out of my chest.

"Merida" I said to her "Can I tell you a little secret?"

"Of course you can" she replied. So she got up and we both looked at each other and I began to speak.

"Look, I've had this feeling inside of me ever since I first met you, and I keep feeling it every time I come by you, but I keep having to hide it" I said to her "Basically, what I think I'm trying to say is that… I love you, you are unlike any girl I have met before and I think that you are the most beautiful person in the entire land, sorry I had to tell you this" She looked at me after I finished my speech and smiled a bit.

"There's no need to be sorry" she replied "Because I feel the same way too" I looked at her and couldn't believe it.

"You really feel the same way for me?" I asked her surprised.

"Of course I do" she replied "I have my freedom but what good is it without someone to share it with"

"I can't imagine" I said to her. Then, our faces slowly moved closer together and the next thing I knew, her lips were pressed against mine with our eyes closed, and I felt like a fire was bursting inside of me. The kiss lasted for about 10 seconds until we departed, we both looked at each other and we both smiled.

"Are you going to come back down to the festival?" she asked me.

"Yes, I'm just gonna sit here for a little bit" I replied to her

"Alright then, I'll see you back down there" she said to me before she got off the rocks and went back down to the tent area. After she left, I looked up into the skies and thought about my parents.

"Mother, Father" I said "I know that you are probably in a better place right now, I know that I wanted to save you, but It was your decision to keep me safe and I understand that, all I know is that you guys are probably happy together wherever you are" After I took the moment to remember them. I went back down to rejoin the others in the tent filled area.

Hey, so that's the end of the chapter, I hope you guy's liked it as much as I did. Make sure you please leave a review for me before you leave, and I will try update as soon as possible. Oh, and I just want you guys to know that there will be some action later in the story. Oh, and make sure you leave some Ideas for me for the rest of the story as well. See you guys later.