Disclaimer: I do not own How to Train Your Dragon or Brave nor do own any of the character.

Since it is my first crossover I would love feedback.

This is set after Merida and Hiccup have both experienced their own adventures-movie plots-. Merida is fifteen and Hiccup is sixteen.

Also I am sorry but I am bad at accents so Merida does have an accent that everyone notices and will comment on, but I will not be writing like she does, its just to difficult for me, so I apologize in advance.

thought '...'

speaking "..."

Hiccup point of view:

I was cursing in my head as I watched my dad. He seemed to be making himself taller and more imposing. He had a scowl on his face, his hair was even more crazy than usual most likely due to bedhead, and his beard was crazy due to his missing braids. In short my father looked even more intimidating than he usually did.

However after he reached the bottom of the stairs he wasn't looking at me, he was staring at Merida. His eyes were calculating, almost like he was sizing up Merida to figure out whether she was a threat or not. Which she definitely was if the ache in my shoulder was any sort of proof.

"Dad, dad…dad yay uhh dad." I kept on rambling not sure what else to say, "So uhh yay she's awake." I said, awkwardly gesturing to her. It wasn't necessary though my father was already staring her down. What surprised me though was that Merida was staring right back at my father with the same intimidation and annoyance present in her eyes. She was standing tall, shoulder's squared, hands at her side. If she was nervous she wasn't showing it. I could probably only name a few people in the village that would stand like that against my dad.

My dad stepped closer to her and she didn't move. Toothless looked between the two before moving out of Stoick's way and stepping behind Merida to come over and stand by my side. As my dad got closer Merida didn't move, she didn't squirm, me on the other hand well my hands were sweaty, my eyes darting back and forth between the two unnerved at the sudden tension.

Dad was now in front of her and the height difference was astonishing. Merida didn't even reach my dads shoulder; she maybe reached the middle of his torso. I knew she was small, but compared to my dad she was tiny. As my dad literary starred her down, Merida didn't crane her head to stare back at my dad. Instead she slightly tilted her head up, still looking dignified and poised as she stared back. It was astonishing to see the different sides to this girl. One minute she's helpless, the next she's a warrior, and now she has the air of a diplomat, just who in Odin's name is this girl.

"Hiccup"

"Yah dad" I answered swallowing the lump in my throat

"Who this is?"

"Uhh I only got a name." My father turned to look at me with a pointed stare. After a few minutes of staring I realized that my father was waiting for the name. "Oh right her name right yay her names Merida." This time I had my father and Merida staring at me. Dad was shaking his head at my inability to stop rambling and Merida had a small smile on her face like she was trying to hold in her laughter.

"Merida" my father said, turning to her. Merida's smile disappeared and went back to a blank face.

"Where do you come from Merida?" he asked, waiting for an answer.

Merida said nothing. "Where do you come from?" my father asked again this time with a little more force. However Merida seemed to bristle at his tone, her hands clenched and her eyes narrowed. I watched as my dad opened his mouth no doubt to yell his question.

"Dad now's not a good time. She just woke up and she's hungry. Maybe we can question her in the morning."

"Hiccup it its morning" he says taking a deep breathe to calm himself down.

"Really its morning already wow time sure flies" I said inserting an awkward chuckle starching the back on my neck "Well later like when the sun is actually up…when you're not tired and scaring her." Merida was now glaring at me. "Uhh scare is the wrong word uhh how about uhh make uncomfortable yah that's the word." Merida just shook her head, the small smile back.

"Can she speak" dad asked, which got a glare from Merida.

"Yes dad she can speak how else would I have known her name. She just doesn't feel like talking is all." I said, my excuse lousy.

Dad turned back to Merida "Well than I guess we will talk in the morning" empathizing the word talk. Merida said nothing, but her eyes narrowed. "Be carful Hiccup and keep the noise down." Was all he said as he climbed the stairs.

No one moved until dad's footsteps were completely gone. I let out the breath I was holding in only to get whacked in the arm by Merida. "Oww what was that for?" I asked, rubbing my abused arm. Merida just stared.

"Oh come on I know you can talk…so just talk already." I snapped walking into the kitchen to get a wet rag to pull the pan out of the fire. Still Merida said nothing instead she sat on the couch Toothless sitting in front of her.

I came back and took the pan out of the fire and let it cool as I went to the kitchen again to get plates and silverware. Merida was scratching Toothless' neck and he loved the attention. 'Well at least she not scared of dragons.' I thought, using a fork to place the pieces of meat on the plate. I was just about to place the second piece of meat on the plate until suddenly I was whacked in the back of the head by someone's tail.

"Oww Toothless" I said in a harsh whisper remembering that my dad would not be happy if we woke him up again. I turned around to see that Merida was standing up now scratching Toothless under his chin and his ear, which was causing Toothless to purr out loud, and his tail to shift back and forth violently. "Traitor" I muttered, grabbing the plates and going over to the couch. By this time Merida had found Toothless spot, which caused him to make a mini roar before falling to the ground purring loudly. Merida just looked at the dragon oddly her hands still lifted, until suddenly she started to laugh at Toothless.

I just watched her for a moment. Her hair was wild, but her eyes were shining bright. As she knelt to the ground by Toothless petting his forehead her face started to shine by the fire. It made her eyes seem lighter almost like they were glowing. It was nice to see the subtle tint of red on her face; it was a lot better than the tint of blue. My green shirt although large on her, almost exposing one shoulder and her collarbones looked good on her. Soon she shifted again so that one knee was on the ground and the other was bent where she was resting her chin her arms wrapped around her leg. She seemed fascinated by Toothless and she fascinated me.

Suddenly she turned to look at me smiling…her eyes were just so mystifying. I could feel my face getting red for probably the billionth time tonight and started to panic wondering if she had caught me staring. 'Try not to be creepy' I thought, walking over to Merida with the food. She got off of the floor and sat on the couch, sitting criss cross on the couch. I handed her the plate of food giving her a fork and a knife. She stared at the silverware for a while before grabbing it.

"What you do know how to use a fork and a knife don't you" I asked teasing, but that didn't stop her from stabbing me with a fork. "Oww will you stop hurting me" I hissed rubbing my arm.

She did nothing, but turn to her meal. She started cutting the meat into small piece and placed it in her mouth. She chewed slowly before looking at me with an innocent look. Suddenly I could feel my face getting warm, hoping that my face wasn't actually red. "Your not innocent so give it up" I said, looking at everything, but her. She gave a small laugh and went back to eating. I followed suit and we ate in silence while Toothless passed out on the floor.

"Merida why aren't you talking" I finally asked, after finishing my meat. Merida was still eating her bites small, and I couldn't tell if this was because she hasn't eaten all day so she's pacing herself, if it was actually a habit, or she thought that it was poison.

She stared at her food, the fork in her mouth. "Merida" I said again trying to get her attention. "Its okay you can trust me. Even if you don't talk to anyone else you can talk to me. Your safe here." She looked up so fast that the end of her hair smacked me; she was searching my face for something, but for what I wasn't sure. She lightly bit into her lower lip and averted her eyes.

"Hey" I said, trying to grab her attention, but she still didn't look at me. When I saw her hand moving to get another piece of meat. I grabbed her hand and this caught her attention, but in a very bad way. Her eyes narrowed and the knife in her hand was suddenly as my throat.

"Easy" I said, feeling the blade up against my skin. Although the blade wasn't that sharp it could still do damage. "No ones going to hurt you I told you this already. I just wanted to ask you…have I" my voice was shaky as I glanced down at the knife, somewhat happy that her hands were steady. "Have I ever given you a reason not to trust me?" I watched, as her eyes seemed to flicker like she was battling with herself. Finally she lowered the knife and looked at down at her lap.

"No" she whispered so quietly that I had to strain my ears to hear it.

"Than trust me…well us." I could tell that she was peeking through her hair to look at me when I said us. "Toothless and I…we'll protect you alright. Whatever happened that caused those bruises and cuts they won't hurt you again I promise."

She lifted her head this time her hair only covering half of her face. I hesitated, but I raised my hand leaving it hanging in midair so she would have an enough time to react if she didn't want me to touch her. Since she didn't move or pull the knife on me again I pushed her hair back. The red curls were soft, but tangled, it was going to hurt to try and comb through it, but the red curls were soft and I bet with the amount she has it would be a nice pillow. She suddenly seemed embarrassed and I tried to retract my arm quickly, after noticing that it was lingering in her hair for to long.

However before I could get to far away she grabbed my hand. This time I could feel I knew with out a doubt that my whole face was going red. She hesitated for a moment, but after a moment she wrapped her pinky around mine.

"Promise" she said, this time her accent clear although I still couldn't place where it was from. I'm pretty sure I had never heard it before. She was staring me straight in the eye as if challenging me to lie to her face. I smiled; I guess you're never too old for pinky promises. I tightened my pinky around hers.

"Promise." I said tightening my pinky. Merida smiled and I wanted to give back a confident smile something reassuring, but I'm sure all she saw was my stupid toothy grin. However before either of us could pull back our hands Toothless tail appeared over them. We both looked at Toothless and saw that he was looking at us with his cat like eyes giving his own grin.

"See Toothless promises to." Toothless gave a small roar also being carful with his noise level.

Merida paused before placing her free hand over Toothless' tail wing. "Thank you, both of you."