"Mum!?"
Jerking up from where they heard the eerie silence, Eleanor had tears already running down her face as she watched the place where Valka would go and watch before the fight started. Watching as Merida came into view she sighed as she ran toward her. "Merida!"
Turning, Merida hugged her mother as she got there as they both laughed and cried at the same time. "I told you I would be fine with Hiccup didn't I?"
Stepping back and looking at her, then hugging her again, Eleanor closed her eyes. "I know you did, but I will worry about you forever you know that." Hearing rocks, she looked up and then smiled as Hiccup came in view. "Thank you Hiccup. Thank you."
"I would never let anything happen to her. You don't have to thank me for it." Hiccup then turned and welcomed his own mother as she hugged him. After a moment when she eased out of his arms he saw the question in her eyes. "It's done mom. There were only a few Outcasts left that escaped, the others are either dead, or captured. Toothless took hold of all their dragons. It's all over."
"But what about the Bewilderbeast?"
Turning and putting his arm around Merida as she stepped back next to him, Hiccup laughed as he rubbed his head. "You know I am not really sure what happened to him. It is a long story, and we would rather tell it after everyone is back together again. Let's go get dad, and then get everyone out of here. Then we will tell you what happened on our end alright?"
"Alright sounds fair enough." Valka then turned to Eleanor with a smile. "You know the maze we are in. You lead everyone out."
"We are going back up to Toothless and Wisp and going to go get dad and Fergus." Hiccup then took Merida's hand and walked back up to the opening. Stepping off after a quick kiss to land on Toothless, and watched as without hesitation she did the same thing with Wisp. "Let's go get our dad's and then head back to the castle."
"Right." Merida smiled as they flew for the island to grab their dad's and then over to the mainland while everyone else helped get the others. But she couldn't help but glance toward the horizon where they saw a glimpse of a bleeding and now tuskless Bewilderbeast going. He wouldn't be a problem, all the men that were a threat were gone.
"Earth to Merida."
Jerking back around to Hiccup as they landed, Merida smiled. "Sorry about that. I was just thinking about how now, even with Mordu gone, there really isn't anything else that can stop us now."
Lifting her off of Wisp and headed for where their father's were, Hiccup kissed her as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "I can agree with that one. Nothing else to stop us from spending the rest of our lives together." He then kissed her and sat her down just before they got to their father's. Looking up Hiccup smiled. "Eleanor and Mom are leading everyone out of the maze of caves. We are all going to meet up at the castle later, and Merida and I are to going to tell you about what happened then."
"Sounds good." Fergus then gasped as faster than he thought, Merida was on her dragon and was flying him for the castle. Stoic under Hiccup's dragon just behind them. Looking up at his daughter's red hair blowing in the wind and the huge smile he sighed. "I am glad you are happy girl."
Looking down at her dad, Merida smiled as she laughed. "Me too dad."
X
By the time it was dark, everyone from Berk had stayed at the camp on the island, and were getting things ready for the wedding in a couple days, and the rest were already getting things ready to go back and see if they destroyed Berk or not.
But Hiccup and Merida found themselves sitting with their parents, and everyone his age from Berk in the Castle. Holding her hand on the table, Hiccup sighed as he pulled eyes to him. "Well I guess I will start. Merida's role in the whole fight was to fly around a route that she had memorized shooting different arrows from Wisp to let everyone know what was going on that couldn't see through the trees. Once the waves of dragons started, then she would fall back to be with our father's. But when Ifrinn….."
"Who is that?"
Looking over at his father, Hiccup sighed as he narrowed his eyes. Remembering the lustful haze that came over his eyes as he held Merida. "He was Alvin's son. He decided for some reason to kill his father and the Whispering Death that he had that had it out for Toothless. He had all the Outcasts believing that I did it though. His target was the same though. Merida and Dunbroch."
"Why is it when we saw yer dragon, and Merida's that you two were not on them?" Fergus gave the boy a stern look as he pulled his eyes to him. "Stoic and I heard them."
"I had every intention on getting Ifrinn to the ground since he was the one on the Bewilderbeast, let Toothless take off and fly it off while I fought with him. But when he told me that his father was dead and he was in charge it changed everything." Looking down at the table, Hiccup took a deep breath. "The entire battle hinged on the fact that Alvin was going to be the one calling the shots. When I found out that he wasn't, I didn't know what to expect from his son. Until we got to the island here I didn't know he had one."
Smiling as she looked up at her dad, Merida took a deep breath. "He came and got me and we flew down. The dragon that he had was so angry that Toothless beat him before, that he ignored him and went right after Toothless and Wisp while Hiccup and I took cover in the forest of the mainland." But then her eyes dropped as she took a shaky breath. "But I didn't realize it until it as too late that we were in Mordu's forest."
Seeing the way they tensed, Hiccup smiled. "It actually worked out in the end for us. The bear showed up just as Ifrinn did. I couldn't fight both and I knew it. Merida just told me that for whatever reason it wanted her and her alone. So I used that and pissed Ifrinn off and had him charge us, pulling the bears attention and we ran. We ended up at a place where there was a stone circle." Looking down at her as she closed her eyes and moved closer to him, Hiccup sighed. "I was focused on listening I knew something wasn't right, Ifrinn is fast and was able to catch up even with an injured leg. He surprised us and was able to grab her."
Not even looking up as she leaned her head on his shoulder, Merida took another nervous deep breath. She was terrified then, and even knowing it can't happen again, she couldn't talk about it. And she and Hiccup agreed that they wouldn't tell her mother about the knife to her throat.
Looking back up at her father, Hiccup took a deep breath. "Mordu showed up behind them, and pulled Ifrinn's attention just long enough I was able to get her back just before he took Ifrinn's head off."
"Now how did you get away from him then if your dragons were not with you?"
His eyes going to Eleanor, he could see her hysteria in her eyes though she tried to remain calm. "Actually, they had already driven the dragon that they were fighting off by that point and were right in after us. When I seen them, I moved Merida and I so that they could blast a rock. When it fell on him, it killed him." He didn't see a point in going into detail about what happened after that.
Letting out a relieved sigh, Eleanor closed her eyes and slumped in her chair as she covered her chest with her hand. "Thank God."
Nodding Hiccup smiled down at Merida as she seemed to get over what she remembered. "And that was when we went back to tell everyone at the island what happened, let Toothless alpha the outcast dragons, and then went to the caves."
Seeing the look on their faces, Eleanor sighed. Her little girl was getting married. Standing she turned to Valka and nodded. She then grabbed her daughter's hand and walked away from the table. "Come with me Merida."
Laughing at the shocked look on her future daughter in law as they vanished through a door Valka stood up as she shook her head. Smiling at her shocked son, she nodded to Astrid. "Come along Astrid. You can help out." She then winked at her son. "Don't worry Hiccup. Two days apart isn't that long when you will be husband and wife after that right?" Then she was gone.
Blinking Hiccup just looked at the door then turned back to the confused eyes at the table before he blinked. "What was that all about?"
Smiling Fergus stood and headed toward the door as well. The groom was not allowed to see the bride. Not the father of the bride. "It is a good thing son. Trust me. I will be back in a bit."
