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Merida

Queen of Summer my butt.

This was all ridiculous. I don't understand why the others didn't just turn around. They were the only reason I didn't turn around. I felt protective of them somehow. Of course, that didn't mean I was their sister! I already had three brothers, I don't need two more. A sister could be nice though.

That's not the point. All of this was completely stupid.

Hiccup and Nadia had already gone through the set of doors, downstairs, to the right. Rapunzel and Flynn were arguing. Wolfgang seemed to be giving Jack a lecture, and Jack was spacing out.

I was ready to blow that joint, and I would've if Abraham hadn't took my bow. I couldn't help he was a tall guy.

"Give it back!" I yelled

"Manners, my queen." He replied calmly, walking down the stairs slowly.

"Manners never helped anyone! And I'm not your queen!"

"Manners have stopped wars."

I looked around at the soldiers, expecting them to be looking at Abraham and me, but they weren't batting an eye.

"What are they, robots?" I asked Abe, still jumping for my bow.

"Distraction is a weakness on the battlefield. They are trained to focus on the matter at hand."

"So, they basically have no life of their own."

He turned to face me. His eyes met mine, and they were scary. I thought my gaze was scary, but his was withering. To make it worse, his eyes were a stormy, scary grey. I couldn't help but look away.

"Eyes up, my Queen."

I glared up at him. "I said don't call me that."

He ignored me. "These soldiers choose their place. No one is forced here. I suggest you get the facts before a conclusion."

He turned around so fast he almost took off my head with his axe. Then he continued on so that we were across the room from where we started. He opened the door and walked in without me.

Turning toward the exit, I thought about running for it. Except for one little detail. Abe still had my bow. I cursed and stormed through the doors. I was met by a searing heat and a blinding light. When my eyes finally adjusted my jaw dropped.

I was standing in a desert. It stretched for maybe half a mile every direction. Surrounding the desert was a ring of trees.

Abe stood to my right, axe in his hands. My bow was strapped onto his back. I slowly crept up to him and tried to snag it, but he simply sidestepped.

"Your stealth needs work." He turned toward me and looked me over. Then he grabbed my arm and pulled me next to him.

"Stand up straight, my queen."

"How many times do I have to say don't call me that?!" I glared and tried to come up with a plan. I had to get out of there. But I also had to get my bow.

Was the sand rising?

I looked down and gasped. We were standing in quicksand, and we were sinking fast. I struggled, desperate to pull myself out of the muck. Looking over, I saw Abraham was perfectly still. He wasn't even blinking.

The sand was up to my neck when I finally stopped struggling. This was such a dumb way to die.

Then, my feet seemed to break through to open air. I could swing them back and forth. What the-

I screamed as I fell through the quicksand and landed… on pillows?

Looking around, I saw I was in a corridor made of sand brick. Torches lit the hallways that spread every direction.

"Welcome to home base." Abe said as he shimmied out of the pillow pile, pulling his long beard out from under the pile. "Come with me."

I pulled myself from the pile and jogged after him. Our footsteps echoed down the hallway. Soon I was distracted by the pictures scratched into the walls. So I didn't notice Abe walk over to a lever and pull.

Suddenly everything was rumbling. I drew my sword.

"Figure out the situation before you act, my queen! A sword will not help you here!" Abe called from farther down the corridor somewhere.

"I'm NOT your queen!"

You've got to be kidding me. Turning around, a rock almost took my face off. The ground was still shaking. The wall was caving in. Dust was everywhere. Rocks were falling.

And one was about to fall right on top of me.

I screamed in desperation and shielded my head with my hands. I waited for the blow. But it never came. Suddenly, everything got hot. And right before the boulder hit me, fire shot from my hands and split the rock into a million pieces.

What. The. Heck.

I stared at my hands. Since when could I do THAT?

I carefully held out my hands again. Red and orange balls of flame ignited and dance across my palm.

The earthquake was finished. But now I face a new problem. I was stuck. Rubble and rock surrounded me. I was choking on dust. It would've been pitch black if not for my flame.

I hadn't even realized I had dropped my sword, but there it was. I scooped it up and sheathed it. I ended up lighting my palms again. Then I searched for a weak spot in the rubble.

When I finally found an okay spot, I blasted through the rubble with my fire. It was pretty fun. I stepped through my opening and found Abe staring at me, arms crossed.

"You survived. That's always the first test." He said simply.

"What the heck! I thought you were supposed to train me, not kill me!"

"Real life experience is the best training, my queen. And now I know that quick thinking, adapting, and stealth are things we must work on."

I didn't say anything. I just looked at the rubble that almost made me into a pancake.

"My queen?"

"What?"

"Does this mean you're accepting your destiny?"

I realized I had let him call me queen.

I stomped past him, not sure where I was going.

"I choose my own fate."

I felt him smile and follow me.