The blood stained rat reared it head and roared. Jack was speechless. Merida was in shock. Hiccup, for one, was having the time of his life. "This is great! If only Astrid could see me now!" Jack managed to utter," This is why we don't leave Jack's staff in the forest idiots! " Merida wondered why she had never known there was a 30 FOOT TALL RODENT LIVING BENEATH WHERE SHE HAD RESIDED HER ENTIRE LIFE. She also realized she had also left her bow and the majority of her arrows in the forest as well. She stuck her hand in her dress pocket and discovered three arrows.

Three arrows, three shots, she thought. The rat had begun to take small steps to Hiccup. It smelled something it didn't like and it was ready to kill. Merida kicked a rat. MegaMouse turned abruptly to face her. She stared it down. "Oh whats'a'matter? Was that one your mom? She's ugly enough to be!" MegaMouse growled. "Merida! Watch yourself!" Jack hissed through gritted teeth. Merida assured him she knew what she was doing. "What about... This one!" She sent a pale gray rat into the bloody, stone walls. "No? That must've been yer dad." She picked up a small, insignificant brown one. MegaMouse was two yards away from her face. "Get ready to run," she whispered to Jack and Hiccup, who were admiring her bravery.

Two feet, one foot, "NOW!" She yelled. Jack and Hiccup took off in the opposite direction. They barely looked back. Merida stabbed the rat in the eyes with arrow one, shoved arrow two up its nose, and applied arrow three directly through its skull. The mice were outraged. Merida was sprinting full-speed down the passage way and soon caught up with Hiccup and Jack. A sea of mice rumbled after them. The air grew chilly.

"We're almost outside!" Jack yelled over his shoulder. A glimpse of a miniscule hole at the end of the path made Hiccup sigh with relief through all his heavy breaths. The trio started to run across a shiny, glimmering puddle. It smelled of gasoline. "Wait," Jack yelled, " It IS gasoline! Hiccup! When we all pass the puddle throw the match into it!" Hiccup looked at him strangely but nodded. Merida, who was the last one to cross, exited the puddle. Hiccup threw the match in. The gasoline caught fire immediately, roasting some of the rats.

"Get back!" Hiccup seized Merida around the waist and pulled her back from a flare of the fire. They landed on top of each other. Hiccup smiled awkwardly. At first, Merida did too, but then she looked at him as if he were a rat that survived and pushed him off and away from her. She stormed off down the tunnel. Jack patted Hiccup on the back. "You'll get her soon enough," he laughed and ran after Merida. Hiccup stuck out his lip and jogged after them. After 40 tedious minutes of walking and small talk, a light shone at the end. They picked up speed and emerged from the ground.

"FREEDOM!" Jack sang as he ran around the hole they crawled out of. "We're on the edge of the forest." Merida said. She stepped into the sunny part of the area. "Which means, or weapons are...This way!" She pointed into the forest. They all ran into the forest singing there own little victory songs.

Hiccup reached a familiar clearing. "Hey! I was here! And you guys were in a clearing to the left? No, the right. No wait! The left!" He recreated the scene in his head.

*THWACK* *THWACK*

The silence was broken. Ignoring his common sense, Hiccup ran as fast as he could to the noises. The noises to the...Left! Hiccup yelled, "This way!"

And jogged into the bushes. He ducked under the thorned branch he had run into and warned the other two, who were following closely. They made it into the right clearing in amazing time, or maybe it was just because some of their most prized possessions were on the line.

Toothless was curled up asleep around Jack's staff and Merida's bow. Merida stood shaking as she stared at Toothless. Jack was prying his staff out of Toothless' grasp. "Are you scared?" Hiccup asked Merida teasingly. "N-no," she took a step back as Toothless woke up. "J-just a little nervous..." Hiccup smiled and grabbed her hand. "Don't be nervous, he's safe." He pulled Merida over to Toothless. "Toothless this is Merida, Merida, hold out your hand. " She reluctantly stuck out her palm. It, along with her whole body, was shaking. Toothless hesitated for a moment, then put his head in her hand. "See? He likes you." I like you to, He thought to himself.

Jack landed after circling the clearing twice. "You ready to go?"

"Go?" Merida asked. "We're gonna explore the planet!" Hiccup beamed and saddled Toothless. He looked at Merida and held out his hand. "Care to join us?" Merida bit her lip. "We could use your help." Jack flashed her a thumbs-up. She wrung her hands. "I guess I could... Maybe... Oh what the heck!" She firmly grasped Hiccup's hand and let him pull her into Toothless. "I'm brave enough!"