This is a series of one shots with different AUs, Big fours, or anything else that involves Merida and Hiccup. If any of you have suggestion or requests your more than welcome to ask me.

I don't know Brave nor do I own How to Train your Dragon or any of the characters in the movie. Although there behaviors may be change for the one shots.

Hiccup and Rapunzel are archaeologist who are funded by the Dunbroch part of the deal being that Merida and Jack best friends tag along.

Hiccups point of view

"I can't believe you got us trapped," I say, sighing as I examine the walls for a way out.

"Me…your actually gonna blame me?" The fiery red head says behind me, her arms crossed over her chest.

"Yes, I'm blaming you!" I shout, turning to face her, blinding her with my flashlight. "We are stuck in a tomb Merida, a tomb. If you hadn't been so caught up exploring, you would have seen the wire," I continue "And we wouldn't be in this predicament."

"Seriously?" She snort, taking step forward arms still crossed. "Who the hell uses words like 'predicament' can't you say situation like a normal people. There's no need to use such fancy words professor, we all know your smart."

I sighed, pinching the bridge of my nose. I should've known better than to team up with Merida Dunbroch. Even though her parents were funding my expedition and giving me credit for the discovery of the tomb and anything inside, this still wasn't worth it. 'Fully paid Rapunzel said, what could go wrong Rapunzel said, Its just taking their daughter and best friend on an adventure, just think of them as two more inexperienced worker she says.' I clench my jaw fully done with these two.

Merida Dunbronch was one of the most insufferable people I had ever meet, only to be bested by her best friend Jack Overland. Both these two are nothing, but hotheaded goof balls, not a lick of sense in either of them. The odd white haired boy comes and sweeps Rapunzel off her feet distracting her, leaving me to deal with short-tempered arrow shooting adventure-seeking lass. Except now it didn't matter that I made the biggest discovery in the last century, oh no, now I was trapped in a thousands-years-old grave with limited light, and no water. The only entrance a small opening in the ceiling that we fell through.

"Don't worry about it," Merida says, slowly pacing the room. "I'm sure someone will notices. Jack will probably notice I haven't thrown anything at him all day and see that were missing. If anything that cat of yours-"

"Toothless" I interrupt

She waves one of her hands brushing off my correction "Will find us, I mean that cat follows you everywhere." It took all my will power to stop the groan in my throat. Merida is gently running one of her hands against the walls as I sit down in the middle. She was oddly calm for someone trapped in a thousand year old room.

'She's so certain that Jack will notice her missing and go looking for her. What if he doesn't? What if he's so focused on Rapunzel to notice that his best friend…girlfriend type person is missing? What if no one finds us?' My mind starts to get the better of me and I could feel my heartbeat start to pick up. I suddenly remembered why all my work so far has been theoretical and equations. I liked traveling, and exploring, but I also liked to be safe and have a plan. I liked open spaces, not closed off room where no one could find us. 'Astrid was right, I'm not cut out for this" I thought sighing "I wish I never met the Dunbronchs.' I closed my eyes in frustration.

I must have spaced out more than I thought, because the next thing I heard from Merida was "Oh, come on, you're not going to talk to me?" She snaps standing in front of me, towering over me since I was still sitting. She sounded frustrated 'Than again that makes two of us,' I thought.

"Okay. I'm sorry I sped off, causing you to chase after me and trip over a bobby trap. Is that what you wanted to hear?" She says sighing, her shoulders dropping as she walks away to sit against the wall in front of me.

I don't answer. I was starting to feel dizzy and my heart wasn't slowing down, and my mind wasn't helping by reminding me of all the kinds of scorpions and snakes that could be in this room waiting to come out.

"Hiccup?" She calls, noticing that the only source of light had started to shake. I could feel her moving in the dark. Her hand coming to rest on my shoulder "Hey, are you alright?"

"Define alright," I gasp, feeling like there wasn't enough oxygen in this room let alone in my lungs.

"Are you having a panic attack?" she asks, her hand squeezing my shoulder a little tighter helping me focus a bit. "You better not be having a panic attack." She growls, not sounding the least bit worried.

"I think I'm having a panic attack…"

That's when she does something completely and utterly unexpected: she loosens her grip on my shoulder, and gently reaches for my shirt, before I can fully understand what is going on, I realize that she is kissing me. I gasp in surprise, but her mouth muffles it. I can feel her teeth gently biting my lower lip, slowly releasing it from her mouth. I'm dumbfounded, my jaw becoming unhinged. She's still close to my face looking into my eyes. 'Hers are so blue' I thought, as I felt her breath on mine. 'She smells like apples.' I thought, watching as she leans further and further away.

"What…?" I ask, trying my best to not touch my lips that are still tingling from her kiss.

"Kissing releases endorphins," she says like it's a common fact, she just shrugs her shoulders retreating to her part of the room. "Helps your brain refocus and forget whatever is triggering your panic attack."

"That's not scientifically proven," I point out, trying to stop my face from turning red.

"Well your breathings back to normal right. So it worked didn't it." There was a pause "Besides it was either that or hit you," and I could hear the grin on her face from here.

She was right, it did help me focus on something and it did regulate my breathing, but my heartbeat was still out of control. I took a moment to breathe in the musty air, examining the room with a clearer mind. There was nothing much to look at. It was a room with four walls, dust, and spiders. However there was one interesting thing in the room a short-tempered arrow shooting adventure-seeking lass that was no doubt one of a kind. Part of me wanted to get out of this cave as fast as possible, but the other half didn't mind waiting around for a bit.

"Meirda?" I ask, pointing the light at the ceiling, refusing to look at the girl across from me.

"Hmm" she says, and I could feel her eyes on me. My face going red from what I'm about to say.

"I, uh…think" I gulp, not really sure what I was doing "I think…uh I'm having another panic attack." My face is on fire, and I regretted those word the minute they left my mouth.

"Oh are you now laddy" she says her thick Scottish accent coming out. I could hear movement and did my best to keep my eyes on the ceiling, but it was to slow, to soft. It felt like I was suddenly prey and Merida the hunter. Finally my nerves got the better of me and I looked. There was Merida crawling on all fours towards me. I could feel the tip of my ears burning and was suddenly glad that there was only a small amount of light in this room.

She stops right in front of me, close enough that even in this lighting I could still see her freckles, here eyes shining with a playfulness that made me my stomach do flips, and her Cheshire style grin worried me. I watched a strand of curly red hair fell in front of her face, but her grin never left her. She leans over and at first I thought she was going to kiss me, but instead she places her ear to my chest. "Well you might be right laddy, your heartbeat sounds like its about to explode" she says, placing one of her hands on my chest. I straightened up "That's odd it sounded like it skipped a bit" she says humming, a sound I felt more than heard. I gulp wondering what I should do at the moment. She removes her head and for a moment brings it close to my face, her lips almost touching mine. "Hmm you seem to be breathing heavier to" she says, her lips brushing against mine as she speaks.

She leans in a little more "Well than I guess-" I cut her off, swallowing her words with my kiss. I could feel her smile against my mouth; proud of whatever little game she was playing. I wrapped my arms around her waist pulling her closer, while she wraps her fingers around my neck.

"Are we interrupting something?" I pulled away with a jump, while Merida just looked annoyed. I looked up and there was Jack and Rapunzel peering in from the hole in the ceiling.

"There you two are we have been looking everywhere for you" says Rapunzel dropping down a rope. As I make a move towards the rope, I finally notice that I'm still holding onto Merida. Taking my hands off her waist, she takes her hands off my neck. 'Is she pouting' I thought, watching as Merida turns around and pulls on the rope.

"Jack what kind of knot did you tie." She says tugging at it.

"I'm not telling"

"Jack" There was a warning in her voice.

"No, we are not about to argue which knot is better to use. You don't trust me, than stay down there." I walked behind Merida and could hear growl, but she climbed the rope with ease. When she reached the top, I could already hear the commotion. Jack and Merida was arguing.

"Hold on Hiccup, I'm going to tie this knot right, so you don't possible die."

"Hey there was nothing wrong with my knot."

"Pht"

"Hey your alive aren't you"

"Could have died"

As the argument continued the rope was starting to move twisting and turning, and I knew that they were fighting over the rope. After a while I heard a shout of pain and the rope stilled.

"All right Hic its safe" Merida said, sounding quite pleased with herself. I unlike Merida had a difficult time with the rope, but eventually I made it. By the time I reached the top Merida and Jack were gone.

"Thank goodness your okay." Rapunzel said, checking me over.

"Where are Merida and Jack?"

"Well Merida hit Jack when they were fighting over the rope and Jack tripped and twisted his ankle, so Merida took them back to their tent."

"Oh" I said, trying to untie the knot.

"So Hiccup…" Rapunzel says, taking a step closer to me. "What were you and Merida doing?"

My hands stilled and my face got red again. "Nothing"

"Really" she says looking at me with a smile on her face "cause it looked like you two were awfully close."

"It was nothing Rapunzel," I say, finally uniting the rope trying to walk out of the pyramid with out falling into another booby trap. Rapunzel still trying to get me to talk about what happened down there. Sticking with nothing happened until we parted ways to our own tents.

'It didn't mean anything' I thought, my face still getting red when I thought about the kiss, as I lay in my cot. 'Did it?'

"Jack it didn't work" whined Rapunzel inside her own tent "Hiccup says nothing happened."

"Oh I wouldn't say nothing happened," Jack says sitting on her chair, a knowing smirk on his face.

Rapunzel instantly sat up. "You know something. Tell me tell me."

Jack shrugs "It isn't what Merida said its what she didn't, something happened down there. If anything I'm about eighty percent sure Merida likes him."

Rapunzel puffed her cheeks "I want details uhhh, but I'm a hundred percent sure Hiccup is meant to be with Merida. He's just stuck on his last relation ship."

"So what your saying is we need another plan," Jack says with a grin.

"Yup another better plan." Rapunzel says with a matching grin.