Chapter 10: Beautiful Phantoms.
She cracked her eyes open slowly, taking in her dark surroundings confused. She'd forgotten where she was at the moment, she'd forgotten everything for those first few second, until a horrible pain slammed into her heart. Then she remembered.
Sandy...
His death was still a fresh wound in Rapunzel's heart. She couldn't cry though, and she couldn't understand why. Then again, she hadn't been able to understand a lot of the things that had happened in the past days.
She let her thoughts stray away from her dead friend and let them wander towards the countless of memories stored away into a small corner. She let those memories envelop her in their warm hugs, and ever so slowly, she drifted back to sleep.
...
She stood in the middle of, well, nowhere. Fog, very thick fog, surrounded her. She could barely see her hand right in front of her.
Whispers reached her ears, small, almost fairy like whispers. They were everywhere. She looked around, but the fog didn't let her see anything that stood a foot away.
A whisper came from behind her, closer, and she whirled around, the sight before her leaving her in awe and wonder.
"A Will O' the Wisps" she spoke quietly.
The little, blue being floated in front of her, whispering in its melodic voice. Then more appeared, in a line that would lead her deeper into the fog. She hesitated, but followed them.
She walked for what seemed like hours, her feet ached. She was barefoot, something she had just realized, and the cool ground felt moist and humid under her feet.
The wisps vanished, making her stop abruptly. She watched as the fog slowly drew back. She began to make out details. She saw large, very large, stones, in varying sizes. The more the fog drew back, the more she could see.
She was in the middle of a huge stone circle, and though she had never been here before, the place seemed familiar. A forest surrounded the clearing of where the stones stood.
Another whisper sounded from behind her, and she whirled around. A gasp escaped her lips, tears filled her eyes, and her she took a small step back.
"Mum?"
Elinor stood in front of her, or at least an image of Elinor. The pretty blue hue that surrounded the wisps surrounded her as well. She was young, and she looked like a beautiful phantom.
Elinor spoke, her graceful voice now a ghostly whisper.
"Merida...".
Merida let out a sob, it had been so long since she had last heard her mother's voice. Something scratched her leg and she glanced down, finally noticing that her clothes were not the same.
She wore a medieval-style turquoise silk gown with long arms, gold trimmings, and gold beading. She could tell the dress had been beautiful once, but now it had a huge rip by her right leg and a few smal rips by the neckline and mud covering almost every inch of it.
"Mum, where am Ah, what is this?" Merida asked.
"Youh are in the Callanish Stone circle".
Merida could see that, but where exactly was that.
As if reading her mind, Elinor answered. "We're in Scotland".
"Scotland? Why?"
Elinor did not answer, instead, she said something Merida had no expected.
"Merida... a great storm is about to befall youh... something very dark and very dangerous... Precious lives will be lost in the midst of it. You need to be strong, very strong, and very brave...Remember that youh're much more than just a Queen, you are my daughter... Be careful, Merida, for this is no ordinary battle.
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Hiccup was in his room, sitting on a chair by the window, and sketching the scenarios before him, when the door to his bedroom was thrust open.
Merida weakly stumbled inside, falling to her knees in the process.
"Oh my god, Merida, what are you doing? You're supposed to be in bed" Hiccup said as he rushed towards her.
He picked her up and carried her towards the chair where had been sitting, setting her down on it gently and then kneeling in front of her.
Merida was shaking uncontrollably, her eyes brimmed with tears. She spoke with a shaken voice.
"Ah s-saw her, Hiccup, Ah saw her" she repeated over and over.
"What? who? saw who?" he asked as he grabbed her shoulders to keep her from shaking.
"Mah mum" she said
Hiccup then understood why she was shaking so badly. Elinor had passed away years ago.
"Saw her? how? where?".
"In a dream... she told meh that a storm would befall us... that l-lives would be lost. This is not just another battle with Pitch, not like before. Hiccup... this is war".
Here's chapter 10. About Elinor, she passed away before Merida met Hiccup and Jack. I might explain how she passed, I'm not sure yet, in another chapter, but yeah. Hope you liked it. Thanks to anyone who reviewed. :)