Hello everyone, I'm very sorry I haven't undated the story. I wouldn't go into details but I'll just say it's a busy a round this time. Well the next and last chapter will be out next year so I'll say merry Christmas and happy new year.
P.s I posted this story this time last year.
Chapter 7
It became quieter when the sun had set and the moon shined brightly, Outside some people were still celebrating while others began to settle for night. Inside the castle, the feast had just begun, there was lively chatter and much enjoyment of the delicious dishes which were being served.
When Hiccup first came to DunBroch he enjoyed the food because there were lots of things he had never tasted before. Not only Hiccup but his friends said they enjoyed the variety of tastes and textures as well, they nodded and said things like " Mmm, tastes so good", "Niceeee" and " I have to have more of this!". There were mutton and meat pies, fresh salmon, stewed beef, steaming soups, fresh vegetables, sweet cakes, pudding and haggis (the Queen's favourite dish) even the dragons were enjoying heaps of fishs that were served in huge metal bowls.
The bride and groom were sitting at a long table, Valka sat next to her son and Merida's family sat along next to the bride. The friends and the tribes were sitting at smaller tables near the main table. The newlyweds were sharing their food occasionally offering each tasty morsels until they started to feed each other cake until Elinor tapped her cup with a spoon.
"Would I have your attention" she called everyone stopped to look at her. "Thank you, the King would like to make a speech"
"Do I?" Fergus questioned, clearly confused. His wife replied by giving him a stern look. "Alright" he sighed as he stood up and lifted his drink.
"Thank you all for being here for this glorious day, that I will cherish for years to come, a day we thought would never happen" he laughed before clearing his throat.
"I, like most men only wanted a son but I had to wait for years until three came along together" his moustache twitched as he was smiling, some guests chuckled before Fergus said, "I never... but that was until Merida was born. The first time I saw her, I thought she was the most beautiful wee child I'd ever seen and when she cried..."
"Where is dad going with this" The bride thought she was starting to feel nervous and she was getting fidgety.
"Oh I know she'll have a wonderful battle cry one day" Fergus said then winked at her, a smile appeared on his daughter face as he continued "what I'm trying to say is that she had become the most important thing in the world to us. Even if she is a princess... I have more than enjoyed teaching her to sword fight, living off the land, tracking and especially archery all to which her mother objects to" he said now looking over to Elinor smirking at him for that last part. "And now, seeing her today, well she's grown into a fine woman and I couldn't be prouder of her" The bride could see tears shining in his eyes as she wiped her own away.
"I did hope that Merida would find someone worthy of her, so I'm glad to say Hiccup is that man. To be fair I never imagined having a Viking for a son-in-law but here we are. Showing not only his dragon skills but leadership, intelligence and most importantly, the care and passion he has for Merida" the groom blushed slightly, hearing these nice word, then felt a kiss on his cheek, Merida gave a playfully grin, in which he returned then they turned back to the King. "I have faith that he'll look after my precious daughter when the time comes and that time is here now. So,what I want to finally say is, welcome to the family Hiccup" Fergus raised his goblet then everyone raise their drinks to him."
The prince couldn't help but smile as he looked around.
"Why don't you do a speech, Hiccup?" He heard Elinor say.
"I don't know, I think I said everything" Hiccup replied. He felt a bit uneasy but then felt the touch of his wife's hand.
"Maybe you need some time to think about that" Merida suggests taking his hand in hers.
Before Hiccup could answer, Maudie came up with a large plate and placed it in front of the couple. When they turned, their faces went pale for on the plate was a pile of large Oysters.
"Urr...I don't remember Oysters being on the menu" Merida said as she looked up at Maudie "What are these doing here?"
"Well this is for both of you, this will help later on" Maudie chuckled at them cheerfully before walking off. All that Merida and Hiccup could do was just stare at the oysters.
"I haven't had one but I'm already feeling sick" Hiccup said looking a bit paler than before.
"Me too, we can't eat these" Merida said looking at him.
"I know but how do we get rid of them?" He question, with all these people around they couldn't think of any way out of it that was when their answer came.
"Hey" Tuffnut came up to them and seemed excited."Ok, I made a bet but it's an eating contest", he told them, and then he spotted the oyster "These will do, do you mind? You weren't going to eat them were you?"
"No. Not at all, take them" the couple instantly said at the same time.
"Wow, great, they should slip down easy! That live chicken prize is in the bag", Tuffnut laughed to himself as he walked off with the plate for Oysters.
The Prince and Princess let out big sigh, relieved to be rid of those smelly slimy oysters. "Maybe we should get some air", Merida suggest after a moment.
"Yeah, it might help clear my head if I am going to give a speech" Hiccup agreed. They headed to the front doors. Only one person saw them disappear, "Hey Astrid, Tuff is attempting to eat a bunch of oysters. One way or the other, it's going to good" Ruffnut told her gleefully.
"No, you go and enjoy your brothers suffering" Astrid replied.
"Ok, but I will tell you what happens "Ruff said.
The blonde Viking sighed deeply as she lent her back was against the wall in deep thought.
Astrid and the others didn't know a thing about Merida until Hiccup brought her to Berk. He told them to meet at his home at night while Stoick and the other Vikings were in a meeting. When he introduced the Scottish princess to them they were shocked and thought Hiccup was crazy. Astrid at first didn't trust Merida one bit, even the next day she started a fight with Merida even though Merida had tried to talk her out of it, the two fought all over Berk, without anyone seeing them. When they reached the dragon Academy both girls had grown tired and began talking about Hiccup. When Hiccup finally found them (fearing that they would kill each other) he was surprised to see them rolling around laughing and then laughing more when they saw him. After getting to know her and Merida saving Astrid life, Astrid and Merida became best friends like Hiccup knew they'd be. It was hard for Astrid to see Hiccup leave to live with his princess but she knew he would be happy and she just wanted that for her friends.
Astrid was so deep in her thoughts that she jumped a little when she heard someone clear their throat. She looked up to find it was young Macintosh, standing next to her, holding out a red flower.
"Hi. I saw you alone here so I thought you would like some company" he said.
"Thank you" Astrid replied as she gently took the flower. "Is it that obvious" she added, as she held the flower to her nose.
"Aye, so how are you? How is Stormfly? How's she doing?" He asked.
"Um well" Astrid answered with a warm smile as she pointed to her dragon, which was playing with Toothless. Seeing her Deadly Nadder always makes her happy, "And as for me, I'm just tired. It's be a long day"
"I have to agree with that" young Macintosh said "Merida and Hiccup looked really happy today, don't you think?"
Astrid turned to him before looking away. She was honesty happy for them but she would be lying to herself if she didn't feel a little jealous. Astrid did care for Hiccup even before he met his dragon. Around the time Hiccup meet Merida, Astrid could see something was wrong with her friend. He missed Merida and she would often find him daydreaming about her, he drew pictures for his princess that he and Toothless would hide. Astrid did her best to help him but nothing worked of course, things made sense when the truth came out. Now she could see he was in love was protesting her.
"Yeah they do, aren't wedding suppose to be happy?" Astrid answered
"I thought that too. Wonder when the next wedding will be?" young Macintosh asked. The Viking girl noticed he was giving her a warm grin.
"Are you asking?" She replied smirking playfully.
"Maybe" he said and their smiles grew. Even though he seems full of himself and got easily upset, he was a nice friendly guy and Stormfly liked him as well so this could be OK. Maybe she could fall for young Macinotish.
"I actually feel like a drink" she admitted.
"Oh I'll get some" he replied. Before he left he turned and said "by the way, will you do me the honour of having a dance with me later"
A small grin appeared on Astrid's face "Yes, l would love to".
"I DID IT!"
They both jumped by someone shouting, they looked and stared at Tuffnut he was standing on his chair with both arms up triumphantly with a giant grin. "I have won, I have cleared the platter eaten them all, bow down at my great..." He suddenly turned pale and didn't look well.
Everyone now was watching him as he climbed down. Maudie went to check on him when she glanced at the table and saw a huge plate with now empty oyster shells.
"What have you done! They were for the newlyweds and you ate them all. Are you insane?" Maudie explained in disbelief.
All that Tuffnut did was turned to her and said proudly "Of course...",but he never finished because he threw up into a bucket next to him at that point, Tuffnut was taken away to the healers room and he stayed there for a very long time.
Outside Hiccup held Merida in his arms and she leaned into him. When they were ready, they both went back in, Merida could tell that Hiccup was still unsure about the speech. She thought that maybe she could do something to give him more time, it was then that her mum was walking up to them. Then she remembered a tradition that the bride did.
"EVERYONE, it's time for the bouquet toss" Merida announced loudly. Instantly all the unmarried women started to gather onto the floor, some were running and some were being pushed. The bride turned to her groom who was saying with his eyes thank you. Astrid, Cat and Orla were in front along with the other women, ready to catch the bouquet.
"Pardon me, coming through. That bouquet has my name all over it", Ruttnut said as she pushed her way forward to get in the front.
Merida stood with her bouquet in front of them, she turned around, waited and then threw it high into the air but it passed over the women's heads, they all turned as it sailed over them and Toothless had caught the bouquet with his mouth (thinking it was some sort of game). For a moment the dragon was a bit confuses as to why they were looking at him.
The women all said" Ah", thinking it was adorable. Even the newlyweds thought so, they chuckled to themselves.
After this the queen came up to them and walked them back to their table "Are you ready for your speech Hiccup?" Elinor asked.
The Viking bit his lip, he thought about saying no until he felt Merida's hand slip into his. He turned to Merida who had a reassuring smile, he also believed that Merida gave him the strength when he needed it. He nodded before the queen called for silence "Our new prince will now share a few words with you all".
"Say what's in your heart, Hic" Merida told him softly. Hiccup got up slowly before lifting his head and standing tall he took a deep breath and began to speak.
"For most of my life, I always wanted one thing, something I never had and that was a normal family. It was just me and my dad, for the most part we had a tought relationship. I wanted to prove to him that I could be the son he wanted me to be, I hope I have began to prove my worth to my father.
I thought I would never have real love until I met my best friend. We showed that even though the world said that we should be enemies this could be different because of friendship we have proved unlikely coupling can work. It even helped my dad and I as we became closer. I met the most beautiful girl in all the world, after being together for a very short time I realised that I wanted to spend my life with her. Being with Mer and her family, I got to see what her family was like. Now life is amazing, I feel like part of their family, I have the coolest mum but the only thing that's missing is my dad. I wish I could turn back time and save my dad so he could be standing here with us, but I know he is proud of me and I hope I can still make him proud until the day we meet again.
The Viking prince was in tears during his speech. Merida wrapped her arms around her prince and gently pulled him in close. Hiccup held her close too as everyone cheered and some wiped away their own tears.
"Your dad would be so proud for you" Merida whispered in his ear.
Hiccup and Merida hugged for a long time until they heard Elinor's voice, they both looked up at her as she said, " Now the bride and the groom will share their first dance as husband and wife".
A band had been setup for a while and began to play. The prince held his princess's hand as he took her to the floor. Although the couple weren't the best dancers, they loved to dance with each other. When they reach the centre of the floor Hiccup pulled Merida gently up to him and she felt one hand around her waist as she place her free hand on his shoulder. As they started to move, the Viking prince began to sing to his Scottish princess
Hiccup: I have a dream
You are there
High above the clouds somewhere
Rain is falling from the sky
But it never touches you
You're way up high
A huge smile appeared on Merida's face, she liked hearing him sing, especially for her.
Hiccup: No more worries, No more fears
You have made them disappear
Sadness tried to steal the show
But, now it feels like many years ago
Everyone watch them as Hiccup pressed his forehead to her before taking each other hands.
Hiccup: And I
I will be with you every step
Both of them clapped and moved slowly in a circle as their friends all called out (Hey! Hey!)
Tonight
I found a friend in you
And I'll keep you close forever
The bride was full with joy that she was surprised when her groom picked her up and spun her.
Hiccup: Come fly with me
everyone: (oh-oh oh-oh)
Hiccup: Into a fantasy
Everyone :(oh-oh oh-oh)
Hiccup: Where you can be
Whoever you want to be
Come fly with me
After putting her down again and dancing a little more.
Merida: We can fly all day long they continued
Show me the world
Sing me a song
Tell me what the future holds
You and me will paint it all in gold!
All Merida's friend's mouths dropped open including her mother's . She knew her daughter refused to sing if asked but this was the first time in a long time she heard her sing.
Merida: And I
I will believe your every word
Everyone:(Hey! Hey!)
'Merida: Cause I
I have a friend in you
We'll always stay together
Elinor couldn't hold back the smile from her face. She and Furgus looked from their daughter to their son in law, to the triplets who were still eating ;enjoying it more than the dancing. as for Valkia, they reminded her of her last dance with her husband.
Merida: Come fly with me
Everyone (oh-oh oh-oh)
Merida: Into a fantasy
Everyone (oh-oh oh-oh)
Merida: Where you can be
Whoever you want to be
Come fly with me
The world around seemed to disappear for the royal couple as they slowed down and only had eyes for each other.
H&M:And I
I will be with you every step
Tonight
I found a friend in you
And I keep you close forever
Come fly with me
Into a fantasy
Where you can be
Whoever you want to be
Come fly with me
Then the Viking picked up his princess and swung her around, Merida felt like they were flying then Hiccup placed her back down again and they continue their dance.
H&M:Come fly with me
Everyone(oh-oh oh-oh)
Into a fantasy
Everyone (oh-oh oh-oh)
Where you can be
Whoever you want to be
Come fly with me
(Hey!)
But just then Hiccup accidentally stepped on Merida's dress with his fake leg. This was followed by the bride falling on the groom and the two spun until they crash into a branch and fell over. Everything went quiet they were holding their breath until they all heard the couple burst out laughing.
There was a sigh of relief and the others joined in with them. The couple held each other, finding the situation funny and now enjoying being in each others arms, where they belonged.
