#just realised i forgot toothless' saddle

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A small piece of art of the dragon bros falling through the sky :)

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The Story of Merida and Hiccup part 3

Chapter 3-Dining with Royalty

Merida, Hiccup, Toothless and Angus had been travelling to DunBroch for what was feeling like hours. The sun was setting as the Merida and Hiccup had been chatting and questioning each other. Hiccup asked Merida what Angus was and she was surprised that he never seen or heard of horses.

"Didn't you have horses?" Merida questioned.

"No, we don't but our dragons more than filled that role", Hiccup stated.

"Well horses can't fly or breathe fire" Merida commented.

"True but when one accidentally sets one of houses on fire, then you can start to have second thoughts about a species", Hiccup said. He and Toothless were glancing around as they walked, he had to admit, the woodlands were beautiful and he felt like he was at home.

"Speaking of dragons, why do you call him Toothless?" Merida then asked, looking down at them from her horse. She watched as the dragon looked up at her and he's teeth disappeared into his mouth.

"Did I just..."

"Yeah, that's why I call him Toothless" Hiccup expected, "Yeah, I know very original", he added sarcastically.

Merida let out a small laugh. "Well it suits him", she then said. "Are there other kind of dragons or do they all look like him?

"Yes, there all sorts of different dragons, we still finding all kind of breeds" Hiccup said excited whenever he talked about dragons.

"Like what?"

Well, there's Gronckle they are big, like a boulder with little wings, one of my friends has one. Then there a Zippleback they have two heads, one can breathe gas and the other lights it, they are pretty cool. Deadly Naddder, they have great tails in to fight with. Monstrous Nightmare, can light their bodies on fire, it's not good to ride on them then as you can imagine and of course the Night Furry, that's what you are, isn't it Bud" when Hiccup mention Night Furry, his purred happily.

Merida was going to ask more about the Toothless when she noticed something in the distance.

"Hiccup look" she told him, pointed ahead. Both Hiccup and Toothless looked up and saw far across water, on a cliff stand a stone castle. A long wall circled the kingdom and Hiccup could see tiny figures of people, even knowing it was the home of his enemies, he really likes the kingdom.

"Wow, its amazing" Hiccup exclaimed, Toothless agreed with him with a purr.

"Aye, there no place like it" Merida said smiley at her home.

"Is there a Royal family live in the castle?" Hiccup then asked.

"Aye, there is" Merida answered.

"I wonder if there's a princess.

"Aye, there is one".

"I bet she's beautiful!"

Merida checks turned red, "Well maybe she not that beautiful, in my opinion, even though her parents tell her she is, I don't think she cares about her looks, sorry, I am rambling on... Well it's nearly dinner time and we have to go".

"Oh ok then", Hiccup replied. As they set off again, down to the path that led to the kingdom.

"We hopefully have some spare rooms for you and Toothless" Merida said as they could see the bridge ahead.

"Yeah, about that, do you know any good places around there for Toothless" Hiccup asked stopping his dragon, this brought Merida and Angus to a stop.

"Why?"

"Well, unless they don't enjoy fighting, hurting and killing. It better hide him to be safe", he heard his dragon complain with a grown.

"He doesn't like that idea", Merida said, smirking. Knowing what Toothless was thinking.

"We can't risk it, Bud" Hiccup said rubbing Toothless's head. They were drawn towards a noise in the distance as the noise drew nearer they could tell no it was the sound of horse hooves and the horse and rider could now be seen in the distance.

Before Merida realise it, Hiccup and Toothless disappeared behind a huge bush. She thought that Hiccup was hiding the dragon away from sight. She jumped off Angus as she recognises rider was one of the guards.

"Hello Jamie, are you off with the messages?" Merida said, noticing his satchel, that usually contained letters from the clans".

"Aye your highness, the Queen just gives me a last minute gift for young MacGuffin". He answered looking at the bag before saying, "Well I had better be off. Farewell Princess", and with that, he rode off. Merida made a simple wave after him.

"You're... You're the princess?" Merida jumped slightly when she heard Hiccup's voice. She nearly forgot about him and turned to see a stunned look for on his face. Hiccup had heard everything while hiding with Toothless. "Oh...I...I...I'm sorry. Forgive princess", he apologised and started bowing rapidly", if I'd have know, I won't have...ur what I'm trying to say...it just...I didn't know". He fumbled his words. The princess could only watch as the boy bowed. She glanced over to Toothless who was just as confused by Hiccup.

"Please don't", Merida quickly said holding out her hands, which Hiccup stopped mid bow. "Look, I'm sorry I didn't tell you but really have never liked all that fuss and people acting like fools around me, so..." Merida explained as she crossing her arms, She wasn't sure she was explaining herself properly.

"No, it's ok!", she turned back and saw Hiccup a few feet from her. "It's hard being yourself when everyone else expects you to be different".

Hearing these words, Merida felt comforted. Maybe there was more to this boy! She thought, they smiled at each other then they heard Toothless purring.

"Oh, right let's find a place from Toothless, I think there's a dark part of woods near here", she said as she pointed to her right.

As she started to head in the direction, Hiccup thought over what just happened. He knew being around a Scot was bad, but finding out that she is the princess of the kingdom was worst. If anyone found the truth. He would be put to death instantly, so now he had to be more careful. He told himself that he need to get the tail fin fix and get back home! But he wanted to get know more about this princess.

"Hey, Hiccup. Are you coming?" He heard Merida called and turned to see both her and the dragon were ahead of him.

"Yeah, hang on", he answered and hurried to join them. They soon reached a small cleaning that had a small cave, Merida explained to them it use to be a bear cave but it's been empty for years, she pointed out a and a small burn nearby and explained that maybe some fish could be caught there if they were lucky.

Hiccup and Merida made sure that the Night Fury was comfortable and remove the saddle and Hiccup's harness, they went back to get Angus and walked into the kingdom. The Viking was surprised when they walked toward the entrance gate. He could see tents, stalls and stables with people being busy, bustling around.

"So, when do the all the people live?" He asked as Merida led Angus to his stable.

"Some live in the castle but most of the people live near by. Some live out by the fields and the vegetables patches, and so out by the coast so they can catch fish", she explained as she feed her horse and then started brushing him.

"It's, well it's just different from my home" Hiccup said.

"Oh, what's your home like?" Merida asked. He hesitated, he knew he shouldn't mention about the whole Viking thing but he didn't know when to start.

"Ur, well...there so much, I don't know where to start", Hiccup admitted truthfully.

"Well, you can tell me at dinner, now come on".

Merida said smiling and then took Hiccup by the hand and pulled him along with her.

Hiccup couldn't get a word in as Merida led him to a door that connected to the kitchens, He saw mostly women preparing food. They all stopped and said "good evening Princess", as Merida past all of them noticed the strange boy with her. Hiccup waved politely in acknowledgement of them before him and Merida went up the stairs and he noticed tapestries covering lots of the walls as they made their way to the great hall. As they reach the hall they could hear voices, the voices getting louder as they got closer.

"Honestly Lass. How is it hard to tell one man sheep from another mans sheep? Truly they all looked the same", a man said loudly.

"Well, we need a solution soon or we'll have two farmers at war", the woman's voice answered.

When Hiccup and Merida entered the hall they could see a long table with five seats. At one end was a huge man with a red moustache, he was chewing a chicken leg. At the other end of the table was an elegant woman with long brown hair, surrounded by letters and in three of seats, were three little identical boys each had a mass of red hair. Hiccup instantly knew that they were Merida's family. Merida looked liked her mother, with exception for the red hair she had inherited that from her dad.

Merida let go of Hiccup before she walked up to them.

"Well I think...oh Merida", Fergus was clearly happy to see his daughter. "Your just in time to eat before the boys ate everything", he added chuckle.

"There's plenty dad, for all we know they could have a secret stash underneath their bed", Merida joked looking over to Hamish, Hubert and Harris with a sisterly smile.

"How was trip dear?" Elinor then asked, looking up from the letter, giving a warm smile to her.

"Oh just the usual, riding Angus and shooting arrows and a bit of bad weather!", Merida told them.

Hiccup watched the family as they chatted about their day, he hadn't expected to see the royal family interacting like this, and at home it was just him and his dad so he couldn't help but smile that this scene.

Out of nowhere, the boy heard a loud, angry noise. He then saw two strange creatures covered in fur heading his way. Hiccup backed off as his heart pounded.

"Oh. Leave the lad alone" Merida's dad yelled "chew on this", and he threw some chicken legs to the dogs, the greyhounds were distracted and they turned to eat the meat.

"Merida, who is this boy?" Merida mother question.

"Oh", she quickly came to Hiccup side and gently pulled him by arm. "I like you to meet Hiccup".

Fergus nearly let out a laugh but stopped and coughed when he noticed his wife gave him a warning look.

"It's nice to meet, your Majesty" Hiccup said bowed.

The queen softly smiled at the boy before asking "How long have you know my daughter?"

"Actually we just met today", Merida intervened "I found him injured and I had to make sure he was ok"

"Oh dear" Elinor said surprised, not only for Hiccup but also Merida's actions. "Are you hurt?"

"No, no. I have a few cuts and bruises but I'm fine", Hiccup reassured, waving his hands.

"Oh if you're sure", Elinor said, Fergus joined in and stated "You two must be starving, come and sit down".

"Oh no, I don't want to disturb you dinner ", Hiccup said quickly.

"No, I insist, we'll find a chair for you", Elinor insisted and had two servants fetch one and place it next to Merida's seat. The young boy wanted to say no as Merida took her seat but he reluctantly sat down.

"So, Merida, what happened out there?" Elinor asked her daughter.

"I was about to come back when there was a storm, that's when..." Merida began but then

"That's when her horse got scared and ran off", Hiccup told. Merida looked at him, confused but it clicked. He wanted to protect his dragon.

She showed a knowing smile before telling the story. "Aye, I chased after him and we ended up by the water edge. That's when I found Hiccup".

The rest of family was listening eagerly. "So what where you doing in DunBroch by the young man", Fergus asked Hiccup.

"Well, me and my friend were...Ur sailing when we were court up in storm and landed here", Hiccup answered

"Where is your friend? The Queen asked.

"He volunteered to stay with the boat. it's ok, he can take care of himself"

"Well good, he doesn't need to worry about Mor'du roaming around" Fergus commented.

"The boy has been through enough, he doesn't need to hear about our evil bear", Elinor told him.

As the grownups chatted, Merida got a plate and put some food on it. "Here, there more if you're still hungry", Merida said gently put the plate in front of Hiccup. It was the same food as they had in Berk. Chicken, pork, vegetables and haggis but they seem bigger and full of colour. Hiccup took a small bite of beef and vegetables and he paused, the taste was like fireworks in his mouth. He never had tasted flavours so strong and amazing in his life.

"Are you all right Hiccup?" He heard Merida asked.

"Oh yeah" Hiccup answered swallowing his food. "It just I never thought food could taste so good"

"What foods do you usually have" Merida asked.

"The same but my home, are food is a bit tougher and bland". Hiccup expected.

"So where do you live Hiccup?" The queen then asked.

Hiccup took a moment before he said "well it's on an island in the middle of nowhere, we have hunting. Fishing and a wonderful views especially of the sunsets"

"That's sounds lovely", Elinor said but her face dropped "But your parents Hiccup! They must be worried sick".

Merida notices Hiccup face drop, " It's just me and dad".

"Oh, I'm sorry" Elinor apologise to him.

"It's fine, really." Hiccup said reassuring them. He was used to people knowing what happened to his mum. Of course they wouldn't have known.

Merida could see an uneasy look at Hiccup's face. She thought maybe he never knew his mum, it make her think of when she nearly lost her mum. Merida didn't want this melancholy atmosphere over everyone.

"He'll be fine here" Fergus reassured. "He'll send a letter to them, saying he's all right and he'll be home in no time".

Hiccup and Merida could see Elinor's face relax. "Right we'll get a room made up for you", then she had two maids sent to set up a room. The rest of the dinner was really pleasant. Merida's parents asked Hiccup question about home but Hiccup was careful to avoid mention some details.

After they finished, Elinor told Merida where Hiccup his room. It didn't take long for Merida to find it, Hiccup had a good looked around. The room had a warm cosy feeling, it had a big fireplace, a four posted bed with green curtains surrounding it.

"So do you like it? Is there anything wron?." Merida began ''but...''

Oh no, no, no, it's really nice. It's a lot nicer than my room back home" Hiccup turned and explained, waving his hands.

"Ok" she said a bit relieved. Hiccup walked up the big bed, he was used to his wooden bed but this bed had a mattress that was so soft.

"My room is down the hall, my parents and brothers are a bit further down and if you need anything, let..." Merida had turned and pointed the hallway but when she'd look back, Merida found Hiccup lying on the bed, already asleep.

She was surprised but then realise that he been through so much today, he must be exhausted she thought. Merida smiled before she closed the door and went to bed.

The next day, in the woods. Toothless who was hanging upside down from a tree, he yawned and opened his tired eyes. He wondered how his best friend was doing when his stomach growled. He had eaten 3 fishes from the river late but he had gone to sleep hungry night. Even though it was a risk, the Night Fury decided to visit the kingdom. It was early in the morning so barely anyone should be around; Toothless managed hide and to slip toward the gate once the way was clear and he passed the guards without being seen.

When the dragon saw two humans, men on guard duty, Toothless thought they looked weird, he was used the Vikings, but their clothes were different, seeing men wearing pleated checked skirts was very strange. As he searched for Hiccup, he sniffed the air until he smelt that familiar smell of fish. He followed it before he reached a door that was open slightly, he pushed it open and found heaps and heaps of recently caught fish, his mouth had began to drewl, he licked his lips, he was very please himself and his find.

Maudie the head maid had finished mending a dress for the queen. On the way back to the kitchen, she heard odd noises coming from the fish hold. Without thing she found herself slowly pushing open the door to reveal a mess of knocked over baskets, fish bones and half eaten fish. The creator of this disorder was a giant black monster lizard with wings. Toothless looked up to noticed the shocked maid; he simply smiled to her, Maudie screamed and ran for her life. Toothless looked on confused, he thought she was an odd woman.

Hiccup was had had a peaceful sleep and when he awoke, yawned and stretch. He wondered why Toothless hadn't woken him, when he opened his eyes, he realised that he wasn't at home and Toothless wasn't with him as usual. Looking around at room, he remembered yesterday, it all came back to him. Him and Toothless flying in a huge black cloud and ending up in Scotland and now he had stayed in this castle of the enemy. He also remembered Merida finding them; Hiccup began to thinking of the princess but stopped himself. "I should get breakfast now".

Hiccup headed downstairs and was told by one of the guards where breakfast was to be severed. He found the King, the Queen and the triples were already eating.

"Good morning Hiccup. Do you have a good sleep?" Elinor asked as she waved her arm gesturing where to sit.

"Good, in fact it the best sleep I ever had", Hiccup said while putting some food on his plate. "Where's Merida?"

"Probably still a sleep, that's where she's usually is at this time of day!" Fergus answered.

"Where I am usually?" They turned to see Merida come in, grinning modestly.

"Oh there you are!" Fergus greeted her as she sat next to Hiccup. "We surprised you're up this early".

"Well, I wanted to show Hiccup around DunBroch while he is here", Merida explained then turn to Hiccup "If that's ok with Hiccup?"

"Yeah, I like to and...", but before he could finished. They suddenly heard someone scream for dear life. The sound got louder and louder and the door burst opened and Mandie ran in. Fergus had jumped up.

"Mandie, are you all right?" The Queen asked getting up and rushing the woman side. Elinor and Fergus began to calm her so she could catch her breath and be able to speak.

Mandie tried to talk but all that came out was "d...d...d...d...d"

"What is to Mandie?" Elinor asked the poor woman, she kept asked but no responses.

This frustrated king held his head, "Ock don't fash , spit it out Mandie".

"...DRAGON! Dragon…dragon!

Hearing this, everyone looked confused except Hiccup and Merida who exchanged worries looks at each other.

"What? You must be working too hard", Fergus said thinking she was just hallucinating but Elinor though otherwise.

"Show us where you seen it" she said nodding a little at her husband.

They encouraged Maudie back to the fish hold with some reluctance she lead the way. The redhead could see the fear and worry on Hiccups face, before she could say anything him, they reach the room. Fergus held his sword ready; he swung opened the door and found...Nothing, nothing but a mess of fish.

"Well, no dragon but something has definitely been in here", The King declared. Merida and Hiccup breathed a sigh of relief, knowing the Nightfury got away.

"But it was here!" Maudie protested as she sat on the floor "it was big and black with green eyes and...and...No teeth!"

"NO TEETH" Fergus repeated in disbelief ", what kind of dragon has no teeth".

Hiccup squeezed his eyes when he heard that. Merida did heard him murmured something under his breath, it sounded like "Nightfurrys had retractable teeth"

Elinor knelt down to the maid and patted her hand supportively "Maybe it was a bear that you saw".

"Well if it is, let's hope we go don't go through the whole the bear incident again", Fergus said before turning the guards and telling them to keep an eye out any suspicious.

Elinor asked her daughter to help Maudie to her room, Hiccup offered to help. What they didn't notice was Hamish had spotted something in the room; he motioned to his brother to see. Hamish picked up what look like a black flat stone but it didn't quite feel like one. The triplets soon found more and quickly left to investigate the stones.

Merida and Hiccup helped Maudie into bed while Elinor poured some water for her and told her to the rest as she drew her curtains and they left the room.

"There, with some peace and quiet, she'll be better soon", Elinor reassured Merida and Hiccup as they walked to the kitchen.

"Do you think what she saw was real?" Merida asked.

"Well, from what we all been through, nothing will surprised me", her mother answered.

"Ok, we better head out now" Hiccup then said. He and Merida began to head to the door...

"Wait, take this" Elinor called to them. She gave Hiccup a small parcel. "This is for your friend. He must be hungry being out there minding the boat and be careful there could be a bear about!"

"Well my friend does have a big appetite", Hiccup said which was true. Hiccup and Merida went to get Angus and headed to the forest. It didn't take long for them to find the dragon. Even though Toothless had his back to them, Hiccup knew what he was doing. "Toothless. What were you thinking?"

Heading towards him Hiccup yell, Toothless turned with a fish's tail was sticking out of his mouth. Seeing the evidence, he suck it up and swallowed it.

"Toothless, this isn't Berk. These people have never had seen a dragon. So if they found you, they won't think twice of hunting you" Hiccup explained to his friend. Toothless growled in understand of his meaning.

Merida watched them in fascination. Even know the dragon didn't speak, the two were having a conversation. She of course talk to Angus like that but she could feel a special connection between the two. Suddenly a loud growling sound, coming from the Nightfury.

"He still hungry" Merida thought allowed. She then saw Hiccup rubbing his face in frustration. A thought came to her; she just hoped Hiccup didn't mind her idea. "Well if your still hungry. I know where there is a well stocked burn at this time of year, so you should be able to feed to your heart's content", she told the dragon as she and her horse joined them. This had caught Toothless interest and purred happily.

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The Lassie in the Cove-part 3

Chapter 3

Hiccup didn't know what he was more worried about the next day, the swimming or the undressing. He got a large cloth and wrapped up a couple of apples, knowing that they were Merida's favourite. He and toothless arrived at the cove, they went toward the enterance and saw the Selkie, lying on the grass and the bright sunshine on her beautiful skin. Hiccup noticed Merida's hair was dry for the first time since he had met her. It was extremely curly and reminded him of dragon's fire.

He was mesmerised by her, until Toothless nudged him out of his trance. The two climbed down carefully, Merida sat up and greeted the friends as they came closer.

"So are you ready for your swimming lesson?" she said with a smile. Hiccup gulped,

"I still don't know Merida," he said.

"Come on now, you'll be with me".

"And another thing. I'm not...not" Hiccup began, but when their eyes met, he forgot his worries and started to feel calmer.

"It's ok, I promise it will be fine" , Merida said softly.

"OK" Hiccup replied feeling scared a bit nervous and a bit excited. Merida smiled before slipping into the water.

Hiccup was just about to remove his fur vest when he noticed Merida resurfaced and looked at him.

"Can you please not look" Hiccup asked. He never felt comfortable about his body because he didn't look like any of the other Vikings in the village.

Merida nodded and turned her head away but her curiosity made her turn back. Toothless saw this and lifted his wing, blocking her view. Merida annoyed slid her face into the water, blowing bubbles.

Soon Hiccup removed his vest, shirt and belt. When Merida saw him, her cheeks turned pink. She was used to seeing Selkie men and mermen bare chests but Hiccup's was different. Even though he was thin, he had some muscle building in his arms and chest. Probably from all that dragon training.

After taking a breath, Hiccup walked to the waters edge with Toothless following closely by his side. He sat down and took off his boot. Merida swam to him as he placed his fake leg down. She remembered Hiccup telling her about how his lost his leg.

"Did you make this?" Merida asked as she took his leg and looked at it closely.

"No, Gobber made it" Hiccup said with a smile.

She put the fake leg back down,while Hiccup pulled off his pants leaving him in his underwear.

"Are you going to...?"

"This is as far as I want to go," Hiccup answered. The young Viking pushed himself into the water. The water was quite warm, he took a deep breath."Ok, I'm ready..."

Quickly the Selkie took his hands and slowly pulled him gently into the water. Toothless watched, hoping that his best friend will swim again. They stayed close to the shore but Hiccup just wanted to go back, he told himself that he could do anything, and with Merida holding his hands, he felt like anything was possible.

"Ok Hic, start kicking," Hiccup tried to kick but he began to sink, swallowing water as he did. Merida never let go of Hiccup's hands, she felt him squeeze her hands in fear and desperation. He started to work his leg and managed to keep his head above the surface and relaxed.

"I...I'm doing it, ha! I'm doing it" Hiccup said excitedly.

Merida smile and laughed with him, Toothless jumped with joy at his best friend. Glad that Hiccup over come his fear.

"Ok, now you're afloat, let's try some actual swimming," Merida said, Hiccup couldn't help but smile because now he knew he could do it.

When the Selkie thought that Hiccup felt confident enough she put her tail under his body, he kicked and pushed through the water, he was a bit wobbly at first but he gritted his teeth and kicked and pulled with his arms, he was feeling more buoyant Merida lowered her tail, when he nodded to her, she removed it. She felt really proud that she had helped Hiccup to swim, he wasn't a great swimmer but it a good start.

"Well if we keep swimming like this everyday, you could be swimming like a Selkie in no time," Merida said as they swam to the centre of the lake.

Hiccup couldn't help but chuckled softly.

"Well, I have a great teacher,".

"Thank you kind sir" Merida giggled, she moved in front of him.

"Your welcome, I just thought I...I...I.." Hiccup realised just how close they were, so close their bodies were almost touching. They couldn't help but look in each other eyes. Merida really loved his eyes, they were a deep beautiful green. Hiccup just couldn't help but admire Merida both inside and out, he wanted to reach up and touch her cheek. Toothless watched the two from the rock. Was something growing between them, Toothless thought so.

Hiccup cleared his throat

"Well what's next?" Merida blinked and was brought back to reality.

"Did you used to dive?" He gave her a small nod, "Follow me," Merida said with a wink, she dove underwater as she had done many times before, Hiccup felt he had to be brave, held his breath and went under the water. He managed to open his eyes and discovered it was really beautiful beneath the water, the fish, the plant life and the sun shining through the water, was an amazing sight to behold. He turned and spotted Merida, rolling freely, her hair flowing everywhere, she was enjoying the freedom the water gave her. He watched and smiling dreamily at her, seeing her underwater was the closest thing to being in her world.

Merida swam to Hiccup giggling, he realised that she could speak underwater. Hand in hand, they swam together. Toothless could see them from the shore, it was a few moments until Hiccup needed to go back up for air. He surfaced took a huge gulp and returned to Merida. The Selkie Was nowhere to be seen, he looked around, he saw her smiling up at him for beneath.

Merida's body lined up with Hiccup's, unable to speak the two friends swam, played and explored for hours. Soon The couple resurfaced.

"That was amazing" Hiccup said catching his breath.

"See, I knew you could do it" Merida replied smiling with joy.

"Well, It not everyday that a human has a swimming lesson from a Selkie "

"Aaah, you're so sweet" as Merida said that, she accidentally splashed Hiccup.

"I'm so sorry" to her surprise Hiccup splashed her back, this led to them splashing, laughing and chasing one another. Hiccup managed to catch Merida, he wrapped his arms around her, she froze in his arms.

"Merida, is there something wrong?" Hiccup asked with concern. The Selkie didn't pulled away, she didn't know why, because she liked his arms around her. She loved his gentle touch, it made her heart skip a beat.

"I'm er..I er don't ..er know" she whispered as she turned to face him, she suddenly hugged Hiccup. He was surprised, but returned the embrace.

"It's ok, you can tell me if anything's bothering you" Merida smiled at his kind words, it was nice just to have someone to talk to. She could feel Hiccup shivering next to her, they swam back to shore and saw Toothless collecting wood to make a small fire. Hiccup wrapped the large cloth around himself, he and Merida sat next to the fire. The Selkie watched in amazement, she had never seen anything like it in her life.

"It's so bright" Merida whispered she reach out toward it.

"Don't!" Hiccup cried grabbing Merida's hand away from the flames.

"You'll get burned" they realised that they were holding hands, they looked at each other and smiled before slowing letting go. The two began swapping stories of how things worked in their worlds.

"So why don't you get cold?" Hiccup asked. Merida shrugged.

"I think we're just born like that, it helps especially if you live near the north and south poles" she took a bite of an apple.

"So why do humans wear so many clothes?" Merida questioned. Hiccup pulled the cloth closer.

"Well they keep us warm, protect us and...for er..modesty..." He turned red at this but Merida sweetly smiled. Just then Merida heard a bird and saw it disappear high into the air. Hiccup watched her, then he smiled as he remembered that Merida wanted to fly.

"You still want to Mer?" he asked. As he gestured towards Toothless.

"Want to what?"

"Fly of course"

"Honestly!" Merida asked her eyes widened excitedly.

"Honestly" Hiccup replied and began to dress. "You've shown me your world, so I thought I'd show you mine".

The Selkie was now really excited, she had dreamt about this for a long time. "Ok let's do it!"

"Great" he replied, he finished getting dressed and went to her "First things first, we've got to get you on Toothless" Hiccup put his hands underneath Merida's tail, Merida held onto his neck nervously. Hiccup began to lift, but it was hard to pick her up. Hiccup wasn't very strong and he had trouble carrying heavy things.

"Are you ok,Hic?" Merida asked in concern.

"Yes, I'm fine" Hiccup lied, not wanting her to worry.

"You sure?" she could see his face turn white, like the air was leaving him.

Seeing this, Toothless ran to Hiccup's side as he saw his friend's legs began to give. The Viking gently lowered the Selkie on the saddle making sure she wouldn't fall off. Hiccup then climbed on and got himself ready. Merida couldn't believe it, she was going to fly. She imagined the look on her family's faces if they saw her.

"You ready bud?" Toothless nodded as if saying yes. Before Merida could say a word, they were up and away. She wrappped her arms around Hiccup tightly, her face burned into the Viking's shoulder as they climbed higher and higher until they were high above the island of Berk.

The Selkie opened her eyes and she stared in amazement. It was so much more beautiful that she had ever imagined, Merida couldn't believe her eyes. Hiccup and Toothless smiled happily, she reached out to touch the clouds, it was like a dream that she didn't want to end. They flew toward the cliffs, near the rocks. When they got out to the sea, Toothless dove in and out of the water, the teenagers laughed as they were drenched.

Hiccup and Toothless displayed some of their tricks, like spinning, loop the loop, climbing up high and head diving. Merida loved the feel of the wind in her hair, going fast, ever wanting to go faster. The Selkie gave a huge 'Woo!' with her arms stretched out, Hiccup couldn't help join in and let out his cry.

The sun slowly set, the two watched the sight from Toothless's back. Merida placed her head on Hiccup's shoulder which he liked, he placed his hand on top for hers. It was a romantic sight.

They returned to the cove and said there goodbyes. As they walked home, Hiccup noticed his dragon was giving him a wide smile, like he knew something that Hiccup didn't.

"Can you stop that. It's making me uncomfortable" He said to Toothless. Merida came into his mind and he couldn't help but smile. Toothless purred and his grin grew bigger, the Viking saw the Night Fury and realised he knew why his friend was smiling.

"No,no,no,no,no,no,no." Hiccup cried waving his hands, but it only caused Toothless to smile even more.

"Toothless, we're just friends. She's a...and I'm a...' It was really hard for him to say anything because he wasn't sure himself. Hiccup sighed as he rubbed his hair.

"Look, even if we did really like each other, how could that work?"

It took a moment before Toothless's grin disappeared, he purred as if saying,

"I understand, I'm not going to do it anymore".

"Thanks bud" Hiccup said before scratching his dragon under the chin. They continued the journey home.

Hiccup couldn't help but wonder, was Toothless right? Was he in love with Merida?

He did like her and he really liked being with her but he wasn't sure. He just delt with one love problem and wanted to focus on training dragons, But little did he know that fate had another plans.