Chapter Thirty-Seven: The Truth about Mor'du

After following the the trail of wisps which leads them out of a fog covered forest and into the ruins of a castle that bears the symbol of the crossed axes.

"Wait a second" Jason said recognizing the symbol.

"Mom, look! Why did the wisps bring us here?" Merida said as they walk around the ruins.

"Who odd" Jason said touching a destroyed wall.

"Whoever they were, they've been gone for a long long tim…" suddenly Merida, Max and Jason falls through the floor.

"AHHHH!" they yelled as they hit the ground.

"Ow" Jason groaned as Elinor begins to roar and Merida shouts to Elinor.

"We're fine, mom! Just fine!" Merida said.

"What the..." Max said as he froze as he picked up an animal bone and quickly dropped it as Merida looks around her with Jason starting to notice the bones.

"It's a…throne room" Merida said as Jason and her look at the wall, "Do you suppose this could have been the kingdom in that story you were telling me? The one with the princes?"

Merida, Max and Jason than sees a stone with three figures and a split stone with the fourth figure.

"One, two, three, four. The oldest. Like…like the tapestry. The spell! It's happened before!" Merida said as Merida sees bones all over the floor, and she remembers what the witch said about the prince.

"The strength of ten men! Fate be changed. Changed with fate." Merida said as she realizes that the one-eyed bear is actually the prince, transformed.

"Oh my…! The prince that approached the witch! Those stories you told us!" Jason said looking around also realizing what happened to the prince.

"Oh, no! The prince became…" Merida said as suddenly they see the bear come up behind the, "Mor'du!"

(A.N. Let's begin the new Dinsey Boss fight! Play the Encounter now!)

"Stay back!" Jason yelled summoning his keyblades as the bear roars.

"Ya! Ha! Ya! Take this!" Jason yelled making strike with Max.

"Ha! Rah! Yah!" Max yelled as they saw the bear didn't feel they attack and swung it's paw and smacked them both hard into the wall.

"Gah!" Jason and Max both grunted as they hit the ground and coughed.

"Thay beast really dose have strength of ten men! It didn't feel out attacks!" Jason grunted as the bear goes to attack Merida but she starts shooting arrows at it and it starts chasing after her.

"Firaga!" Jason yelled hitting the bear in the face as they quickly began to climb the rocks.

"Move! Our attacks don't work on it!" Max yelled as Merida jumps for her mom claws as she caught it and Elinor pulls her up as Jason gives Max a boost.

"Jason jump!" Max yelled as the bear smacked Jason to the ground.

"Gack!" Jason cried out as he hit the wall than the ground hard.

"Jason!" Max yelled as Mor'du came running at Jason.

"Come on!" Jason yelled and as the bear came Jason ran at him and slid under the bear body and used Double Flight out of the hole.

"Run!" Jason yelled as they begin to make a run for it as Mor'du busted out of the ground.

"Gravaga!" Jason yelled using the spell to knock over a old part of the ruins onto Mor'du as Merida climbed onto Elinor as they all quickly began to run.

"There has to be a way to beat him!" Max yelled.

"Here he comes!" Jason yelled seeing Mor'du running after them.

"Huh?" Jason said seeing both his keyblades glow as he turned around.

"Jason!" Max yelled as Jason yelled his Keyblades to both side.

"Faith!" Jason yelled as the powerful light spell smacked Mor'du and sent him crashing through a tree, "that will keep him out for a while! Go!" Jason yelled as they ran and Elinor and Merida crashed into one of the stone circles.

"Mom, we need to get back to the castle. If we don't hurry, you'll become like Mor'du! A bear! A real bear! Forever! Mend the bond torn by pride. The witch gave us the answer. The tapestry!" Merida said.

"Then we have a plan than, get back into the castle, fix that tapestry and break the spell and we better hurry before Mor'du catches up!" Jason panted.

"Hey are you okay?" Max asked.

"Yeah, that spell was one I hadn't tried yet but it's powerful by the looks of it, come on" Jason said as they all began to run back for the castle.

Outside the castle they saw how heavily guarded it was as Elinor tried to go back.

"Mom! Do you have a better idea?" Merida said as they snuck under the bridge where a gated door was as Elinor tried to pry it open as she ripped the bars off their henges.

"Well that will do" Merida said.

"Yep" Jason nodded.

After sneaking back into the castle they peak into the Great Hall they see that Fergus and the lords are fighting again.

"Oh man this is not like before!" Jason said.

"They're going to murder each other! You got to stop them before it's too late" Merida said.

Elinor than did a 'uh hello!' look gesturing to her present state.

"I know! I know! But how do we get you threw there and up to the tapestry with the lot of them fighting over like that?" Merida said.

Elinor then did a 'I don't know' look as Merida groaned as Elinor then pointed at Merida.

"WILL YOU ALL SHUT UP!" Jason yelled as they walked into the hall behind Merida as the room grew quiet and they walk into the middle of the room

"What are you doing lass?" King Fergus asked.

"It's alright dad" Merida said turning to the lords, "I uh, I have, well you see I...I have been in conference with the queen" Merida said.

"Is that so?" Lord Digwall said approaching.

"Aye it is" Merida said.

"Then where is she then?" Lord MacGuffin asked approaching.

"She uh..." Merida said.

"How do we know this isn't some trick?" Lord Macintosh said.

"I would never!" Merida yelled.

"Where is the queen?!"

"I will not stand for anymore of this nonsense!"

"Aye let's see her!"

"SHUT IT!" Merida yelled loudly as King Fergus chuckled, "Well I uh..." Merida said as she Max and Jason saw Elinor sneaking towards the stairs and gestured for them to continue, "once there was an ancient kingdom."

"What is this?" Lord MacGuffin asked.

"Shut it buddy! Let her continue!" Jason said.

"That kingdom fell into war and chaos and ruin!"

"Oh we all heard that tale!" Lord Macintosh said.

"Aye but it's true! I know now how one selfish act can turn the face of a kingdom."

"Bah! It's just a legend!"

"Legends are lessons they ring with truths, our kingdom is young our stories are not yet legend but in them are boderstuck in them our clans were once enemies but when invaders threatened us from the sea you joined together to defend our lands you fought for each other you risked everything for each other, MacGuffin! My dad saved your life stopping an arrow when you ran to Dinwall aid!"

"Aye and I will never forget it" Lord MacGuffin said.

"And Lord Macintosh you saved my dad when you charged in on heavy horse and held off the advance!"

"Eh" Lord Macintosh said.

"And we all know Lord Digwall broke the enemy line-"

"With a might throw of his spere!" Lord Macintosh said.

"I was aiming for you, you big tompsey!" Lord Digwall chuckled as the room began to laugh.

"The story of this kingdom is a powerful one, my dad rallied your forces and you made him your king it was an alliance forged in bravery and friendship and it lives to this day! I've been selfish. I tore a great rift in our kingdom. There's no one to blame but me. And I know now that I need to amend my mistake and mend our bond. And so, there is the matter of my betrothal. I decided to do what's right, and…" She began she looks around the room she notices Elinor in the background trying to stop her.

"And…and break tradition" she said as the room began to mummer at this and Merida looks over at Elinor, who is miming what Merida should say.

"My mother, the queen, feels…uh, in her heart, that I…that we be free to…write our own story. Follow our hearts, and find love in our time" Merida said smiling at her mother as Jason and Max see the lords are all now crying.

"Beautiful" Lord Dingwall said.

"The queen and I put the decision to you my lords. Might our young people decide for themselves who they will love?"

"Huh?" Lord Dingwall said.

"Well, since you've obviously made up your minds about this, I have one thing to say. This is-" Lord Macintosh said as his son intrupted.

"A grand idea! Give us our own say in choosing our fates?" Young Macintosh said.

"What?" Lord Macintosh said.

"Aye! Why shouldn't we choose?" Young Dingwall said.

"But she's the princess!" Lord Dingwall said.

"I didn't pick her out. It was your idea" Young Dingwall said as Lord MacGuffin turns to his son.

"And you, do you feel the same way?" Lord MacGuffin said as young MacGuffin speaks but as his accent is so thick no one understands him and Merida laughs.

"I did not get any of that did you?" Jason whispered to Max as Max shrugged.

"Well, that's it. Let these lads try win her heart before they win her hand, if they can!" Lord MacGuffin said.

"I say the wee Dingwall has a fighting chance!" Lord Dingwall said.

"Fine then! Seems for once we agree! It was my idea in the first place" Lord Macintosh said as the Lords bow to Merida as she curtsey as Jason and Max also bowed.

"Just like your mom, you devil" King Fergus said to Merida

Merida then turns and notices a guard staring at Elinor's frozen pose as a stuffed bear and tries to distract everyone.

"Everyone! To the cellar! Lets crack open the king's private reserves to celebrate!" she yelled as everyone cheers and start heading for the cellar.

"Woh! Woh! Woh!" King Fergus said as he turns to one his servants and whispers, "Bring them tiny glasses."

They all leave the Great Hall and Merida, Max and Jason goes to Elinor and Merida does a little dance of joy "ge-ge-ge-ge..." before realizing they have to mend the tapestry.

"The tapestry!" Merida yelled.

"Come on!" Jason said as they began to run up the stairs.

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