Witness
Chapter 8
The storm echoed all around her, rain falling and clashing against her cheeks. Her hair hung loosely and her ginger curls tied together. All Merida could smell was the damp woods around her and the slight aroma of what was a burning fire, but had since been destroyed by the cruel drops of the rain.
Merida looked at her wooden shelter she'd made for herself, it had leaks and the wood itself was damp. Merida looked across to Hiccup who was being covered by Hiccup's wings from the rain. Astrid had told him something, Merida didn't hear and left.
The storm echoed around her again, reminding her of a time shortly after her sixth birthday. It was stormy outside, dragons had already attacked that fateful day. Merida hadn't seen Hiccup, his Mother had accidentally been killed by a viking. He was aiming for the dragon and she was in the wrong place at the wrong time.
Merida had always been afraid of storms, so when she saw a flash of lightning outside she'd screamed and ran to her Mother, who sang a song with her. Merida could still remember some words of it; A naoidhean bhig, cluinn mo ghuth. Mise ri d' thaobh, O mhaighdean bhan. Ar righinn oig, fas as faic. Little baby, hear my voice, I'm beside you, O maiden fair. Our young Lady, grow and see. At the time, Merida hadn't understood what the words of the song meant, they just helped to calm her down and chase away the fear. Now she did though, no matter where she went or who she was, her Mother would always be beside her. Always.
Merida lay on the damp floor and closed her eyes, trying to forget about the storm around her and focusing on the words of the song.
As much as she didn't want to admit it to herself, she really missed her Mother.
A few hours later, the storm had died down and Rapunzel woke up. It was still night, about four a.m. As she kept her eyes open, the night got more clear. Shapes and figures revealed themselves. She saw Merida first, curled into a ball underneath a wooden shelter. Then Toothless, who she assumed covered Hiccup from the rain. Last she saw Eugene.
She sighed, looking across to the tree where she'd hidden the satchel. 'Likes you? Please Rapunzel, that's demented!' Rapunzel felt tears sting her eyes as she thought back to the hour when her Mother found her, and broke her heart.
A/N: So sorry this is so late! I got writer's block and well, this came out of nowhere. And sorry it's so short!
I told you this chapter would be the campfire scene, but that will be the next scene. It might not be the entire scene though, cause I really want Hiccup to tell them how he met Toothless and his dad. Such.
Please leave a review! Forgive me for the late update? :)