Hey there readers, I hope you guys have been waiting patiently, because the latest chapter for this story is finally here. So I'm starting to ramp up the action in this story (Which I know that you guys are happy about) and there will be some surprises throughout the rest of the story. Anyway please leave a review for me before you leave and please enjoy this chapter.

Chapter 10

(Merida's POV)

It's been a few hours since the kingdom has been locked from the inside, and some people are starting to give up hope that Alrek will even leave. Edward has decided to stay and fight with us (which I'm glad about) and I wonder if we will have the strength and courage to pull out of this situation. Men, women and children were resting throughout the hallways of the castle which didn't seem to mind to my parents, and my brothers were up to their usual mischief, mostly on the guards who were walking through the castle. The lords were talking with my parents about what is going to happen to this kingdom, and Edward watched as it continued to unfold. It was getting late, so Edward and I decided to get some rest for the night. Edward went into his room, and I went into mine. I looked around my room, which was always the same old room that I slept in with the tapestry and my personal belongings around me, I looked around the room and old memories were coming back to me. Memories of how me and my Father sword fight sometimes together, of how my mother use to tell me stories when I was younger. Then I thought about if it were all taken away from me, but I knew that it wasn't going to happen, as Edward promised.

"Goodnight Edward" I said to myself. I could tell that he was thinking the same thing. I rested for a few minutes in my bed, and then I closed my eyes and went to sleep. I woke up later that night to hear a noise which sounded like several men were getting into the hallway. I looked around my dark room and slowly got up out of my bed and I picked up my bow and loaded an arrow into it as I walked slowly to the door. I opened the door and walked out into the hallway with my bow and arrow at my side.

"Whose there" I said out into the hallway. I looked around the dimly lit hallway, but I couldn't see anybody. I felt a soft breeze on my back, and turned around to see that someone had broken the window and came in through there. I walked slowly towards the window and I looked out to see if there was anybody down there. Instead I found several dead guards lying dead in the grass and that someone had tied a rope to the bottom of the window. I didn't see anybody down there and I figured that they were gone. Suddenly, three men came up behind me and started to attack me. I fired my arrow which hit one man's leg; the man pulled it out and dropped it onto the floor, where it was still dripping blood onto the stone floor. I tried to scream for help but one man put a piece of cloth over me while another man was holding me down. The leader of the group walked up to me with a piece of wood in his hand.

"Calm down child" he said to me "Our master has something special in mind for you" Then, he hit the piece of wood on my head, and knocked me out cold as everything went black.

(Edwards POV)

I woke up in the morning to hear some noises out in the hallway, mostly mumbling, but some crying. I got up out of bed, entered the hallway and walked over to see that something happened last night. Queen Elinor was crying next to Fergus who was trying to comfort her, and I walked over to find out what had happened.

"Elinor, Fergus, what happened here?" I asked them. Elinor looked at me with tears in her eyes and continued crying, but told me what happened.

"Merida is gone" she said "And we don't know where she is" I looked around the area where the scene took place. On the ground there was a small arrow that was still stained with blood, and there was a trail of drops of blood that led straight to the broken window. Nailed to the side of the broken glass was a small piece of paper that contained a message. I picked up the letter and I walked over to Fergus and Elinor.

"Hey, look at this" I said to them. They both looked at the letter, Fergus took it from my hand, opened it, and read the message out loud which said:

King Fergus and Queen Elinor,

We have your daughter, if you ever want to see her alive again, you will give the boy to us, if you refuse, then we will lay your kingdom to waste and leave it in ruins.

Alrek the hunter

After Fergus finished reading the letter out loud, some of the people around me started looking at me with such contempt, and I knew that they were going to blame me for this. Later, Fergus and Elinor were standing in front of their thrones, with a crowd of villagers protesting on turning me in to Alrek to save this kingdom.

"Now, I understand that most of you are thinking about this" Elinor said to the crowd "But surly there must be another way to solve this"

"I say give Alrek what he wants" one villager yelled from the crowd.

"Aye, I'd say give him the boy rather than have this place destroyed" another villager said. Soon, people saw me behind the thrones and started throwing food at me in disgust and anger. I walked out of the room disappointed. Elinor and Fergus followed me outside, while employing the lords to try to tame the crowd of people. I saw them coming to me and figured that they were here to try to get me to stay and fight for them.

"What's wrong now lad?" Fergus asked me. I looked at both of them, and then let out a sign and looked to the ground.

"Everybody's right" I said to them "This all started because of me, I should probably just give myself to him anyways, just so that we can solve all of this"

"Don't do that" Elinor said to me "We would rather defend our land than give in to a man who doesn't know what honor means, stay and fight with us"

"Why should I" I said to them "I'm just as useless as any other soldier"

"Oh you're more than a soldier lad" said Fergus "I've seen the way you fight in battle, the way that you don't show fear, you're a warrior"

"I don't know what that means anymore" I said o them. With that said, I walked out of the gates and across the stone bridge. I walked out into the forest, thinking about what I had done, what this had all caused, and I felt that everything would be destroyed because of me. I walked out into a large grassy area, but what I didn't know until I looked up were that there were large stone columns that were in a circle around the area. I looked up at them in marvel and figured that it must have taken most me many years to carve them; one of them had fallen as if the structure had collapsed. Suddenly, I heard a noise off in the distance, which sounded soft and echoed a bit. I turned around to see a small blue creature that looked like a small blue fire burning in the air and it had two bright eyes looking at me. It was moving its arms, as if it wanted me to come closer. I walked towards it to get a closer look, and just as I was about to touch it, it disappeared. Then, a whole trail of them appeared in the darkest part of the forest. I quickly recognized these creatures as the Will Oa the Wisps, which Merida had told me about before in her story, they said that they would lead you to your fate. So, I decided to follow them on the trail, not knowing where they will lead me to.

I hope you guys liked the appearance of the Will Oa the Wisps, where will they lead Edward to. So I hope you liked the chapter, and make sure you leave some reviews for me and I will update as soon as possible, See ya.