Merida's POV
Merida almost cried in joy. It was hiccup AND he had a dragon just like hers! It was too much to take in. Toothless dived to the ground and landed softly in front of Merida. Merida shot up, ripped the hood of her dress and bolted to hiccup. "I missed you." She whispered as she hugged him. "I missed you to." He replied as he hugged her back. "What is this?!" The other clans cried out watching toothless, drawing their swords. Merida made a frantic dash to her bow and whistled. "This might be a teensy bit shocking for you." Merida giggled at his confused look.
Hiccup's POV
He heard a huge roar. "No." It can't be!" He thought to himself. But he was wrong. A light fury landed next to her, her snout purple, ready to protect Merida. Merida had her bow, ready to protect her dragon. Toothless and Hiccup stared mouth open at the two girls. "Uh, Hiccup?" Astrid said. "Your girlfriend doesn't seem to spoiled now." "Merida!" Elinor shrieked. "What is this?!" She screamed, trying to rip the bow out of her hands. Merida silently locked eyes with her enraged mother. Elinor's eyes were flaming until the light fury turned to her. She sat back down. "Everyone settled then?" Merida's strict voice rang as she began lowering her bow. Silence. "Good she said, sitting back into her chair with her dragon beside her. Hiccup loved her voice. He looked over to toothless, who couldn't take his eyes off the light fury so close to him. "Hey bud." He said, waving his hand in front of his face, trying to break him from his trance. "I guess we have another competitor!" Elinor exclaimed in an annoyed tone.
Hiccup's POV
The first competition was archery. He wasn't good at shooting a bow at a huge door, let alone a target. He closed his eyes and thought about those 7 years ago.
"I promise I'll come back and try and win it for you, if you want me to."
"Oh Hiccup!"
"So you want me to?"
"Please."
He took a deep breath and imagined what it would be like for Merida if he didn't win. "I can do this." He whispered under his breath. He opened his eyes and let the arrow fly. Astrid, Merida and hiccup held their breath as the arrow soared through the air and landed right in the center of the yellow circle.
Astrid clapped as Merida jumped out of her seat. "Is this really happening?" She thought to herself. The winners were Hiccup and the second clan to come. Merida didn't really care for their names, she only cared about her Hiccup. "My Hiccup?" She giggled to herself. She thought for a moment. "Yeah. My hiccup." She sat back down.
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Later that night hiccup and toothless were on their backs, looking at the stars.
"She sure is pretty bud."
Toothless looked over with a smug look on his face, knowing he was talking about Merida.
"The light fury, I mean." Hiccup corrected, blushing and biting his lip. He heard a giggle and sat up.
The light fury appeared right in front of him with Merida on its back. Hiccup shrieked in fright and fell backwards along with toothless, both of them startled. The light fury and Merida both rolled to the ground laughing.
"Hey!" Hiccup playfully yelled.
"How'd you find this little guy?" She asked, stroking toothless's back as he sat up straight, trying to look impressive in front of the light fury.
"He was shot down and missing part of his tail." Hiccup replied.
"You poor thing." She sighed, studying his partly red tail. "Do you know who did it?"
"Yeah…" hiccup hesitated
"Who?"
"Me."
Merida stared blankly at him, looking for words.
"The real question is, how'd you find her?" Hiccup asked, breaking the silence.
"She was caught in a net."
"Oh."
Merida sat there for a minute, looking at how different her little friend had become.
"I really missed you, ya fish bone." She laughed, trying to break the silence.
"I missed you to." He replied, looking at the ground. He smirked. "Even your crazy hair."
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Astrid hated to admit, but she was jealous of Merida.
She was a princess
She was hiccup's best friend
She had a light fury
So many people cared about her
She had a bow
She was pretty
"It just goes on and on and on!" She groaned. "She's just to perfect! How is she going to help Hiccup? They said I should get married to Hiccup!"
She blushed as she realized she did indeed want to get married to him.
"No! I'm better than her! I know I am!" She started looking for things to cook, trying to distract herself. It was 2AM now, and she was starting to wobble around.
"I-I'll prove I'm better!" She squealed, drunk from the fresh night air. She felt as if she was going crazy. She started ripping at her hair, and finally laid down in her bed. "I'll just… have to… prove…" she sighed as her drowsiness got the best of her and she fell into a deep sleep.
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The next day
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The next day hiccup and the other competitor were in the arena. He was going to have to fight him. "The first one to draw blood!" Fergus shouted from the stands. "He's going to cheat." Merida had said last night.
"What?"
"He's going to cheat."
"How?"
"He's going to try and kill you."
He could still clearly remember her face last night, struggling to hold in tears.
"I'll be ok." He had said.
A horn blew and he lunged at the other competitor.
