Hey there! Okay,so I'm just gonna get right into the story because I've got nothing to say right now.

I DO NOT OWN HTTYD OR BRAVE!

Chapter 7: The escape

Hiccup woke up. He didn't know when he fell asleep or how long he even slept because his cell was dark either way,except for the light coming from the torch on the wall.

''Hiccup'' whispered a voice from the other side of the wall. He knew it was Merida ofcourse. ''Yes?...''

''Okay, 're awake. That took quite a while,you sleepyhead. I think I know how to get out of here.'' Hiccup couldn't believe his ears. Okay,she was pretty inovative but he was so used to being the one source of a plan he almost forgot Merida had a similar way of finding out clever plans.

''Really?What is it?'' he asked her. Merida whispered back. ''Okay,so when you were sleeping I noticed every once in a while, a hunter checks both of our cells to ensure we're still here and sometimes to bring some food.''

Hiccup looked to the door and noticed some bread and a glass of water standing on the floor. He just wanted to get some,because he got hungry.

''Don't get your hopes up. It's disgusting.'' Said Merida. Hiccup stopped in his tracks and crawled back to the wall again.

''Okay,so when they get here. We take out the hunters that checks us and get the heck out of here.'' Hiccup thought it was a great plan,until he remembered something.

''Merida,how am I ever going to take out that hunter when I don't even have my leg to stand on?'' He could almost hear Merida roll her eyes,if that was even possible.

''Okay,just tackle the hunter and I will help you walk once we get out. Good plan?'' Hiccup nodded. ''Good,now we just have to wait.''

They waited for a while before agreeing they could better talk to pass the time. Soon enough they remembered something while talking.

''Oh,I almost forgot the letter!'' Merida quickly got the letter,which luckily wasn't taken from her, and read it out loud.

Fergus,

I agree,we can't deal with a war right now. I'm already busy enough with the dragons and it would not be good for my tribe to go into war. Besides, I don't want to upset Hiccup by fighting with the father of his best friend. However I do not want Hiccup to hang around with your girl anymore. Unless ofcourse you apologise for calling the war with the dragons an unhealthy obsession because yours is much more of an obsession than mine. My wife got taken by them, for thor's sake!

Stoick the vast

Hiccup gaped at the hole where Merida's face was probably located. ''They were fighting about their damn obsession?! You've got to be kidding me!They're like little kids!Besides,the war with dragons is over already!Why didn't he apologise?!''

Merida was already cursing on the other side of the wall. ''Both of their obsessions were unhealthy!Why are they even still angry?!''

Hiccup thought about it for a second. They probably thought the other declared their loss as something unimportant. His father had lost his wife to the dragons which caused most of his hatred. Not to mention they were threatening the lifes of his tribe before the war ended. And Fergus lost his leg to the bear and almost his life. And it was a demon bear so it made sense he wanted to kill it. But both of their obsessions went beyond reason and they wouldn't listen to their family just because of it.

Stoick had disowned and almost ignored his only son just because of his hatred and Fergus had been searching for Mor'du for years straight without sucess,even going so far to nearly kill his own wife when she had been turned into a bear. Both of it had gotten too far and now it had even cost them their friendship.

Suddenly Merida shook him out of his thoughts. ''Hiccup,I hear them coming. Get ready to kick some ass!'' Merida sounded more excited than nervous. Hiccup only felt nervous.

The footsteps got closer. His door opened first. He took his chance and kicked the leg of the hunter as fast and as hard as he could. The hunter fell to the floor. He heard a loud bang coming from Merida's cell. Hiccup grabbed the torch from the wall,blew it out and knocked out the hunter with it.

Just a few seconds later Merida came running in. She helped Hiccup walk out and soon enough they were standing at the end of the cave.

''So,what do we do now Hic?'' She asked. Hiccup quickly formulated a plan.

''Okay,I know these guys. Krogan is merciless and clever. But the biggest trouble is the advice Viggo gives him. Krogan underestimates me but Viggo knows my every move. He doesn't know yours however. He doesn't know you at all.''

Merida smiled. She looked both determined and excited. ''Okay,I think I've got an idea. You can train any dragon right?''

''Except for speedstingers,whispering deaths and changewings.''said he. Merida smiled even brighter. ''Okay,I've got no idea what those dragons look like but luckily I've got the walking and talking book of dragons with me here…okay,the not completely walking and talking book of dragons.'' She joked.

They walked the island,avoided hunters and eventually reached the place some dragons were kept. It wasn't any of the dragons they knew. No Toothless,no Stormfly,no Meatlug and not Barf,Belch or Hookfang either. But atleast these were dragons.

There were no hunters around since they were the only prisoners on the island and they probably didn't expect people to steal their dragons right now.

Merida helped Hiccup get to the dragon cage of a purple deadly nadder with orange horns and spikes. They opened the cage.

''Okay Hic. Do your dragon train thingy.'' Said Merida. She let go of Hiccup once he was holding the door of the cage for support.

He got a bit closer to the dragon,holding out his hand. The dragon hesitated for a while. Hiccup muttered stuff like: ''It's okay,I'm not gonna hurt you. We just need your help getting out of here.''

Then finally, the dragon put his head against Hiccup's outstretched hand. Merida smiled,it was amazing to watch how Hiccup had found his passion. And now watching him do it made her smile a lot.

She quickly walked over to Hiccup so she could help him walk again but Hiccup didn't walk over to the dragon. ''Wait,we first need to free the other can't leave them here. They will die if they stay here.''

Merida agreed with him. She let Hiccup hold onto the cage and walked over,freeing every dragon from it's cage.

When she was busy doing that,Hiccup didn't pay attention. Suddenly a hunter appeared from behind. He grabbed the collar of Hiccup's tunic.

''Ah,what do we have here!Someone escaped his cage. You're not allowed to do that young man.'' The dragonhunter was mocking him.

He continued mocking him until suddenly he fell forward. Hiccup fell too,since the hunter was holding him. He turned around and saw Merida. She had apparantly sneaked up behind him and knocked him out.

Merida grabbed the sword the hunter had on his belt and reached out to help Hiccup up from the floor. She helped him get to the dragon.

''You can't stay alone without getting into trouble for one second can you?'' she joked. Hiccup laughed. ''Did you free the other dragons?''

Merida nodded. She helped Hiccup climb onto the deadly nadder and Hiccup helped Merida get up. Then they flew away together,away from the island.

This had succeeded,but they still had to prevent a war from happening. And now,they had no idea how to do that just hoped they weren't too late to stop it from happening.

Okay,that was the 7th chapter already!The next chapter will come tomorrow. I have a feeling this chapter has a lot of spelling mistakes but just ignore that please. Like I've already mentioned in an earlier story: I'm not a native English speaker. I'm dutch but I prefer English. I didn't put everything into the story I mentioned in the last chapter like the fight between Stoick and Fergus starting here but I decided I just wanted to focus on Merida and Hiccup's escape for this chapter. In one of the next chapters Stoick and Fergus will fight, Astrid and the others will appear once again and the action will continue.