I snuck carefully through the trees, being careful to not make a sound, suddenly, I leapt forward, tagging Merida on the shoulder, who screeched in surprise,
"Ha! Got you!" I yelled in triumph,
"Naht fair! Ya cheated!" Merida frowned, she normally saw me well before I got to her.
"Did not!"
"Did tooh!" We began playfully pushing each other until Angus, Merida's horse, whinnied at us. I had been living in the woods for about a month now and in that time, Merida had taught me how to shoot, helped me set up camp and had become my best, and only, ever friend. I had eventually overtaken her in skills with a bow and now I could have a blindfold put on me, be spun around, and still be able to shoot a perfect bullseye. The dizziness nor the blindfold affected my shooting. That afternoon, we sat in the sun, carving patterns into our bows. We then raced each other up the cliff near the Fire Falls, I won, but only just, and drank the fresh, clean water that thundered down. We then went to my camp site. In the past month, Merida has snuck away as much as possible. Sometimes we meet in the hidden clearing where I have my camp, sometimes not. Merida tells me about her adventures and how she accidentally turned her mother into a bear, and how they defeated Mordu, the demon bear. I joked about how they have a lot of stories involving bears and we both laughed when I mentioned that! I had taught her how to sing a song I had learnt once and she taught me how to dance. This time, Merida hadn't bothered with the stories and instead urged me to join her, singing and dancing.
"When the cold wind's a-calling
And the sky is clear and bright
Misty mountains sing and beckon,
Lead me out into the light
I will ride, I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky
I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky
Where dark woods hide secrets,
And Mountains are fierce and bold
Deep waters hold reflections
of times lost long ago
I will hear their every story
Take hold of my own dream
be as strong as the seas are stormy
and proud as an eagle's scream
I will ride, I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky
I will fly
Chase the wind and touch the sky"
We had only just finished our wild dance and song when I heard voices, I hushed Merida and listened carefully, taking my bow and nocking an arrow, Merida did the same.
"Roxy! We're getting too close!" It sounded like three people were arguing,
"Night told us to watch the anomaly, to observe it, to see what it is, didn't she Unknown?" The second voice, evidently Roxy, countered.
"She did, Roxy, BUT Raseri's right, we don't know what this is, and Night specifically said NOT to get too close, because it might be…" At this point, two girls and a boy wandered into the clearing, still arguing, and now had two arrows pointed at their heads.
"… Dangerous," The boy, Unknown, finished, having seen the arrows, he nudged his friends. They looked up, one of the girls, this one had short, blue hair, spoke.
"Oh no…" She said.
Cliffy! Again, thanks for reading, I got NattenRaseri to edit Merida's accent in again. Please review!
I'm still lazy! :P
Sapphire363
P.S. longest chapter EVA!