*I don't own any of the characters in this story. They all belong to their rightful owners at Dream Works, Walt Disney Studios, and Pixar.

Rapunzel was literally all over the place. She and Hiccup just finished painting the streets: Jack and Merida giving up early due they could only draw stick figures while Hiccup and Rapunzel showed off like a Renaissance artist. Then she'd run into a store and a few moments later, she'll be back out and go into another, despite the weird looks that she and the rest of the Four got (Jack said it was because they looked 'old-timish'). The rest of the Four were watching Rapunzel in amusement…until Merida caught something in the corner of her eye. She slightly looked over her shoulder and her lips formed into a wide grin, it was targets. And they were littered with arrows. "They have archery!"

Jack knitted his eyebrows in confusion at Merida's statement and turned to see for himself. She was right, they did have archery. "Huh. Well, that's new…Jamie never mentioned archery for the Spring Festival before. They usually have it for the Summer Festival."

Hiccup made a small, stifled chuckle and wondered out loud, "How many festivals does Burgess have?"

"They have one for every season, actually. Each one is on the first day of the season. Can't tell you much about them, Hic. I never stay around for them." Jack playfully smirked at Merida. "So, Red-Head, want to shoot something?"

Merida nodded her head eagerly but she stopped and thought for a second. "What about Rapunzel?"

Jack shrugged his shoulders. "Hic and I will stay with her, I guess."

"Maybe she wants to try it out?" Merida put her hands together in a pleading motion. "I can show you guys how to shoot! It'll be fun, I promise!"

Hiccup and Jack looked at each other then back to Merida, they nodded. Merida made a little dance of joy while Hiccup told them, "I'll go get Rapunzel." He turned and went into the crowd. He soon came back with an excited Rapunzel. "We're ready whenever you are, Merida."

"Right now be good!" Merida zipped over to the make-shift archery range and waited impatiently for the rest of the Four to catch up. "Come on, come on! I promise you it'll be fun!" When they caught up, she gave each of them a bow that she found lying on the ground. She went through her own collection of arrows and gave a small handful to each of the Four. She drew an arrow and instructed, "Set ya arrow, pull it back…" Merida pulled back her bow. "Aim, take a deep breath, let it out slowly, and…" She shot her arrow. It zoomed to the red and blue targets: bull's-eye. Claps sounded from the other shooters. "Release." Merida went to retrieve her arrow and returned to the Four. "Simple enough. Now you try."

Rapunzel got stuck on pulling the bow back. No matter how hard she tugged, the bow didn't budge. Merida snorted a small laugh and took Rapunzel's bow to replace it with a smaller, simpler bow. Rapunzel gave Merida a sheepish grin and pulled her bow back, happy that it was easier than the last…but now she couldn't get her arrow to stay put, it kept moving to the right. She bit her lower lip in both concentration and frustration. She lowered her bow. "Maybe this isn't a good—"

"Keep trying, Rapunzel. You'll get it!" Merida assured her. "Remember to let out your breath slowly…"

Rapunzel nodded and tried again. She took a deep breath and slowly let it out, she let the arrow go. The arrow stuck into the ground a few feet a head of her. "I did it!"

Merida sent Rapunzel a grin and went to get the arrow. "Good job! You're turn, Frost."

Jack sighed and pulled his bow back; he had some difficulty but got it back far enough to shoot his arrow. He squinted at the target and somewhat stuck out his tongue as he aimed, he let the arrow go. His arrow hit the most outer-rim of the target. Jack made a large smile and made a small 'whoo!' before he playfully sneered at Rapunzel, "I made it farther than you did, Goldie-Locks! Mine actually hit the target!"

Rapunzel rolled her eyes, equally playful, at Jack. "It's not a competition, Jack."

"I know it isn't…but if it was, I'd be winning." Jack heard the zip of an arrow next him then the sound of applause. He glanced over to Hiccup to see he just shot his bow, Hiccup smirked. Jack looked at the target and his jaw slightly dropped, Hiccup got a bull's-eye.

"No, I think I won." Hiccup said to Jack. "By a landslide…bull's-eye, Frost!"

Jack shook his head and playfully shoved Hiccup. "Oh, shut up, Hic."

"If this is a competition…" Merida pulled her bow and started to walk. She shot an arrow, bull's-eye. Without stopping or taking her eyes off of the targets, Merida drew two arrows, putting one in her mouth and setting the other on her bow. Still in her fast-walk pace, she pulled back her bow and shot the arrow again, hitting the next bull's-eye. The crowd started to get larger and cheered Merida on. Merida took out her last arrow out of her mouth and set it on her bow, she burst into a sprint. Right when she got to the final target, she spun around, facing away from the target. She fired her arrow. The arrow zoomed to the next target and split the arrow that was currently in the bull's-eye. Her arrow seeped through the split arrow, the only thing that stopped it was the backboard. The crowd roared in amazement and congratulated Merida. Merida snorted a laugh when Jack and Hiccup were staring at the final target with their jaws wide open and their eyes were filled with disbelief. "I think you're both wrong. I won by the 'land-slide'."

For those who guessed that the Spring Festival was based on the Lost Princess Festival/Kingdom Dance in the movie "Tangled", you are correct! ^-^

See y'all later!