Arrows and Dragons and Heartstrings

by CharlieHorse98

After a treaty between the vikings and highlanders, Merida gets a chance to learn how to kill dragons. But her mother still has expectations for her and a husband must be chosen. Merida and Hiccup help each other realize that they are more than what is expected, and greater than can be defined.

15. Chapter 15 Merida Plays I Spy

Merida had been worried sick. That scrawny no good Viking had gotten himself into a heap of trouble and then bolted. She figured he was with that dragon of his, and set her mind to finding it. After all, how hard could it be to find a huge dragon in broad daylight? Hard. The answer is hard. She had dwindled away the day searching for that lousy boy. She had nearly given up, the sun had gone down a while ago and he was probably home by now. As she began heading back to the village, a dark figure swooped overhead. She heard a voice drifting from it and figured this must be Toothless and Hiccup was riding him! She chased after the dragon in the direction it had landed. By the time she reached the small valley, the rider had dismounted and was walking away. That was when she realized it was riders, plural. There was a blond with him. Astrid. Boiling rage filled Merida, it took all her willpower not to go up and slap them. She figured that there was a perfectly reasonable explanation, and she would ask Hiccup for it when that Viking left. Following behind quietly, unable to hear what they were saying but seeing them perfectly, Merida planed the long- winded speech she would give him. She was to distracted to see that they had stopped walking and almost revealed herself. She stopped and hid behind a tree, able to hear every word.

"That's for kidnapping me. That's for everything else." And then Astrid did the unthinkable. She kissed Hiccup. Merida's heart sank in a way she had never thought possible. Tears sprang to her eyes. She had met Toothless first? He had planned it, kidnapping her to take her on a romantic dragon ride. Well he could date whom he wanted but he had promised her. She slowly backed away and pushed deep into the forest.

She ran until she couldn't run. And then she walked until she couldn't walk. She found herself curled on a rock, her knees tucked under her chin. Hot tears of rage, and something else, she wasn't sure, fell down her cheeks. She had been wrong to trust Hiccup. She had kept his secret. She had helped him hide it. He had betrayed her. Well no more. She was done with him.