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.

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Merida point of view:

I'm not sure when I had fallen asleep, but I found myself oddly warm and comfortable. It was more comfortable than I had been in a while, maybe even more comfortable than my bed back home. I snuggled in deeper to my pillow afraid that this was all a dream and that I was still on that damn ship, but I didn't dwell on that thought focusing on the comfort and trying to fall back asleep.

That was until some thing nudged my cheek. I buried my head deeper into my pillow, but what ever it was that was nudging me wasn't going away. "Go away" I muttered, swatting at whatever it was that was poking me. However the object wasn't going away instead it was getting louder and the smell was uhh. It was the smell that actually woke me up.

"Uhh that disgusting" I said in a harsh whisper propping myself up on my elbow. I was no longer asleep the ripe smell of fish waking me up. As I shook my head to get my hair out of my face, I found Toothless nose to nose with me. "So that foul smell is your breath," I muttered, looking at the amused dragon with narrowed eyes as it burped in my face. "Eww gross" I muttered shaking my head burying my face, back into my pillow. Toothless gave what I think is a chuckle. "Uhh" I muttered into my pillow, only to hear a grunt.

I froze finally taking a closer look at my pillow. My eyes widened "It can't be" I muttered clenching and unclenching my hands around my green pillow. I slowly started to lift my head and my jaw nearly dropped. 'It was Hiccup, I was sleeping on Hiccup' I thought, using my hands to cover my mouth before the squeak came out. Hiccup was passed out on the couch his whole body stretched out except his one of his leg was on the ground and one arm was tucked underneath his head and the other resting on his chest, while I was pressed between the back of the couch and Hiccups body. Without thinking I tried to scurry off the couch as quick as I could my face feeling warm. However as I tried to move off the couch and tripped over my long pants falling off the couch. I crashed into the floor with a loud thump.

I froze waiting for Hiccup to wake up and for me to be humiliated, but the boy just stirred and rolled over on the couch. I slowly got up trying not to wake Hiccup. Toothless gave me another chuckle. "Oh shut it you over grown lizard." I said in another harsh whisper. Toothless just gave me an amused smile and nudged my cheek again. "Did you have to wake me up so early" I said trying my best to speak without my accent.

The whole reason I don't want to speak to Hiccup's father or even Hiccup was because I was afraid that he would be able to figure out who I was by my accent. Our war may have ended generations ago, but that doesn't mean the memories or the resentment is forgotten. However as I spoke Hiccup didn't seem to recognize my accent. 'Maybe the Scotts are just stories like the Vikings are to us.' I thought, 'But than again it didn't take me very long to realize I was with Vikings. Elder here could probably figure out who I really am. Besides it's not like my father spoke very highly of the Vikings calling them barbarian and savages.' Which was probably the reason I was so shocked to see that Vikings use silverware. I assumed that if my grandfather had fought in the war and my father being in battle as a young lad than it was possible that Hiccup's father might have been as well. So I was afraid that Hiccup's father would be able to tell where my accent is from.

'So who's worse Viking or pirates' I thought, thinking to all the stories my father told me about Vikings and thinking of the first hand experience I had with both pirates and Vikings. 'Pirates definitely pirates' I thought, my hands clenching into a fist and my jaw tightening. 'If I never see another pirate in my life it would be to soon.' I thought as I moved to lean up against the couch, Toothless lying down next to me.

"Your riders an interesting boy" I said to him, thinking of all the things I had done to him. 'Lets see first he saved me than I ran away from him, got him in trouble with his dad, and oh yay lets not forget I pulled a knife on him' I thought, bringing my knees closer to me. 'But the wisp led me to him, so I have to trust him. After all he's right…he hasn't done anything for me not to trust him other than the fact that he's a Viking.' I thought, slumping my head to knees.

I sighed 'I'm a princess; I need to hold it together. Whether its pirates or Vikings I need to be in control. I escaped pirates, I can handle Vikings…even if one of them promised to protect me' I thought, my face going red from the memory of last night 'I don't need any ones protection.' I thought with a humph 'I'm Merida I've taken on bears and pirates. I'm the best archer in my land…but…' I thought looking down at my lap trying to not fidget with my finger 'but it doesn't hurt to have an ally.' I looked at Hiccup who was still sleeping on the couch. 'Even if he's a bit scrawny and tiny.' I thought, with a giggle.

"HICCUP" I heard a familiar shout from upstairs. I humphed again, blowing a piece of hair out of my face as I thought irritating thought about Hiccup's father. Hiccup's father just seemed too strict and demanding for me. Although he was the size of my father his personality couldn't be any more different.

As Hiccup's father's loud voice rang through out the house, Hiccup leaped up on the couch. For a moment he just sat up rubbing his eyes, until his eyes widened and he was frantically searching around the room. Finally his eyes landed on me and he seemed to take a sigh of relief. I only lifted an eyebrow at him 'Is that why he slept on the couch with me was he afraid I would leave?' I thought, as I looked past Hiccup to see his father coming down the stairs.

His hair was tamer, his beard in numerous amounts of breads. A big fur cape on his shoulder, some type of gauntlets wrist bands covering his wrist to his elbow, a type of helmet on his head that had two large horns on it. He stood tall, his hands clenched at his side, his stride confident and ruthless. For a moment I could see him being a Viking from my fathers stories. His stare was hard as he came down the stairs. I narrowed my eyes, other than reminding me about savage Vikings, it was his walk and posture that reminded me of the diplomats my mother talked about.

As I narrowed my eyes I stood up slowly making sure my movements were poise and graceful. 'Unlike that fall this morning' I thought, inwardly cringing 'mom would have a fit.' Hiccup looked nervous as he slowly stood up from the couch. Toothless stood up as well, but soon was grabbing Hiccup's shirt and was trying to pull him out of the room.

"Toothless stop" Hiccup shouted trying to get his shirt back from Toothless' mouth. "I'll feed you in a little bit." But Toothless was not letting go and was successfully leading Hiccup out of the room.

"It's alright son go feed Toothless I'll keep our guest company." Hiccup's father said, as he shooed Hiccup out. Hiccup gave me a quick look, but before he could say anything Toothless had dragged him out of the room.

Suddenly Hiccup's father turned his attention to me. He took a step forward and I held my ground, although everything was telling me to shift to the right to grab a weapon from the wall. He stood in front of me and although to really look at him I would have to crane my neck I simply lifted my chin and raised my eyes. My mothers words ringing in my head 'A princess does not crane her head; she does not allow anyone to look down at her. She demands respect.'

Hiccup's father extended his hand "I am Stoick the Vast chief of this tribe." I tried not to let my eyes widen at that information, but my heart did stop for a moment. 'I wasn't just in a Viking houses I was in THE CHIEF HOUSE.' I was screaming in my head…'but wait…that means that Hiccup is…Hiccup is his son…so that makes him the heir.' I bit down on my tongue to stop the string of curses. Hiccup's father hand was still extended and I was hesitant to take it.

He must have noticed this for he lowered his arm. "Are you ready to talk now." He sounded calmer as if he was going to actually try and be patient.

'NO' I shouted in my head 'I am not ready to talk to the chief of my peoples old enemies. I definitely can't speak now, there is no way that he won't remember a Scottish accent.' On the outside I seemed composed poised even oh my mother would be proud, but on the inside I was throwing a fit that would have put my brothers to shame.

"Merida that is your name right" I nodded, dread still in my stomach.

"Can you speak?" I did nothing, but stare at him Hiccup already told him I could.

"Where do you come from?" 'Oh you know where you tried to evade, and started a war' I thought still saying nothing.

"Do you know where you are?" This time I shook my head, I know that the Vikings came from a far off land, but no one knew just where there really home was.

"You are on the island of Berk. How did you get here?" I said nothing trying to think back to all those geography lesson trying to remember if I had ever heard the island of Berk. My thoughts were interrupted by Stoick's loud sigh.

"I just have one more question and this I want an answer to." In that moment his attitude change. Instead of trying to be patient and understanding he got menacing and when he took a step forward I shifted to the right.

"Are you working with Alvin and the other outcast?" he asked his voice rough still advancing towards me. As he moved I knew what he was trying to do 'He was trying to corner me' I thought shifting more towards the wall of weapon. Stoick was to busy trying to get an answer out of me that he wasn't paying attention to where he was cornering me to. "Are you a spy?" he shouted advancing quicker.

By this time I had already hit the wall. "Answer me" with his last step I grabbed one of the swords on the wall and raised it to his throat. The sword was heavy, but not as heavy as the one my father made me practice with. Stoick seemed surprised, I'm not sure if it was because I was holding a sword to what I hopped was his neck I wasn't sure with the beard, or because someone actually pulled a weapon on him.

"Merida" shouted Hiccup entering the room. I heard my name being called, but I didn't look away from Stoick. "Merida" he said again, sounding closer. Eventually he came to my line of vision standing next to his father. "I don't know what my dad did, but I'm sure he didn't mean it." He says, taking a step forward. "Just put the sword down" he reached out towards me. He took a step closer, his hand covering mine. I lowered the sword, but I still had it pointed. 'Something tells me that no one just points a swords at the chief of the tribe and gets away with it.' I thought, hesitant to give the sword to Hiccup, but he was trying to wrench the thing out of my hands.

I gave him the sword a growl on my lip, arms crossed in defiance. Hiccup gave me his lopsided smile before placing the sword back on the wall. "Now do you want to tell me why Merida had a sword pointed at you dad?" Hiccup asked standing beside me. I couldn't help, but feel relieved that he was by my side.

"I just asked her some question"

"Like what?"

This time Stoick seemed hesitant to answer. "Dad"

Stoick sighed "I asked her is she was a spy for Alvin."

"Dad" Hiccup shouted "I found her in the middle of the ocean, wrist raw, covered in cuts and bruises, with a swollen cheek. She is not a spy, she nearly died out there." Stoick seemed to ponder this.

"We can't rule it out Hiccup, ships have been appearing on the border of Berk. We can't be sure they are Alivn's or not. You would have been aware of this had you been present in the council meeting" His voice getting louder, this caught my attention. 'Could it be the pirates' I thought, my fists clenching and jaw tightening as I thought of how close they are.

"Sorry about that, next time I see someone dying in the ocean I won't stop to help them" Hiccup shouted back. There was an awkward silence and Hiccup grabbed my hand and leads me out of the room.

However as we were about to leave through the door in the kitchen Stoick shouted "Don't forget that your helping Fishleg with the baby dragons. Your friend can tag along, but make sure she doesn't leave your sight." Hiccup took a deep breath and exited the house.

Toothless was outside an empty basket beside him. Hiccup walked towards him still leading me along. He seemed upset and I couldn't help, but feel guilty. The reason his father and he were fighting was because of me. Hiccup being the heir had a set of responsibility -something that I knew about- and he missed them to take care of me. I tugged on his hand and he stopped walking. He stooped looking down at his arm, his face quickly going red.

He tried to let go, but I tightened my grip. "I'm sorry," I said, not trying to suppress my accent. "I'm sorry for causing you so much trouble. You had responsibilities and I-" Hiccup gripped my hand stopping me.

"Merida I don't regret saving you. Don't worry about it, my dad he's just…he just wants me to be like him a good leader."

"You'll be a great leader," I said, no doubt in my words.

He gave a dry chuckle a fake smile on his face, "Your one of the few that think so. Most people think I'm a talking fishbone" he says, looking at the ground

"A leader is more than his appearance, his build or his strength." I said, catching Hiccup's attention "They must reign with righteousness, for the benefits and happiness of the people. A leader must be loyal to his people, but also to themselves. But most of all a leader must be brave enough to handle change." I was happy that my little speech sounded eloquent 'Maybe those princess lessons were useful after all.' I thought a smile on my face as I watched Hiccup's face.

His eyes were wide, his face expression shocked. For a moment I was worried that I had said something wrong, but eventually he smiled his lopsided smile that I was getting used to seeing. He squeezed my hand one last time before letting go "Thanks Merida." He stared at me for a moment as if he was trying to figure me out.

Luckily before he was able to find out that I was his enemies' daughter, Toothless trotted over to us. Before I knew it Toothless had tackled me.

"Oi get off of me you over grown lizard" I shouted, giggling as I tried to get up. Toothless just jumped along. As I sat up Toothless was crouched low tail swishing back and forth in a playful manner.

"Ahh no you wee monster" I said, getting up as fast as I can and running. Hiccup laughed as Toothless tried to catch me. As Toothless tried to tackle me again I dodged running the opposite way. Toothless actually seemed surprised that I wasn't underneath him. "Your going to be faster than that you wee lizard." I taunted running again. Toothless let out a roar and the game began. That was until I bumped into something.

I collided with something blonde before I fell to the ground hard. Toothless skidding to a stop behind me. "Watch where you're going" said a feminine voice. As I moved my hair to see what I had hit my face already in a snarl from the attitude the girl had presented.

I had bumped into a girl that had blonde hair that was braided one of her eyes covered by bangs. She wore tight pants with a skull and spike red skirt. Her shirt a striped blue tops, on her shoulder some armor. Her arms wrapped in a type of clothe.

I bit my tongue to keep my snarky remark to myself, standing up slowly dusting off my clothes as I ignored the pain on my temple. Toothless nudged me from behind me and I turned petting his noise. The blonde girl stood up still staring at me, "Who are you?" she asked, crossing her arms eyes narrowed.

Before I could even consider speaking I heard a shout behind me "Astrid." said Hiccup running towards us.