I Promise [Jackunzel & Mericcup]

Hiccup and Stoic

“What were you thinking, running away like that with a complete stranger?!” Elinor scolded Merida as she was thrown into her room.

“Heh, funny that I’m hearing that from you,” Merida said.

Elinor didn’t understand her that much, “And what do you mean by that, young lady?”

“YOU were the one to set me up with him in the first place. You even took other people that were complete strangers to me and made them compete for my hand! How do you think does that make me feel, mum?!”

“I did think that for the sake of our kingdom, Merida!” Elinor tried explaining.

“Oh yeah, I shouldn’t be selfish and I should always listen to you. You never let me get to choose even the slightest bit of freedom in anything. From how I act and until the point of me choosing who I want to marry… Tell me now who’s selfish, mum… Is it really me… Or is it YOU?”

Elinor suddenly slapped Merida hard that her cheek turned red as cherries, making her face at her side. She was speechless; she never thought that her mother would even do something like that to her.

“How dare you talk back like that to us. You have no right,” Elinor told Merida.

Merida was enraged, “Yeah, ‘cause I don’t have freedom to do anything, not even one thing.”

“You used to be so different, Merida… What happened to you?” Elinor said.

Merida looked back, with her eyes like it was on fire, “What happened to YOU, mum?”

Elinor did’t know what to say. She left the room, leaving King Fergus and Merida.

“Merida, sweetie… Why on earth would you like someone like that Haddock? He can’t even hold an axe right… He even kidnapped you,” the king said.

“He did not kidnap me, dad… He was even forcing me to go back but I didn’t listen… And even if he’s weak, I don’t care. It’s not always based on their strength, dad,” Merida looked at her father’s eyes, “I’ve seen the real him, dad… He’s far better than what you think he’s only capable of.”

King Fergus kept silent; he still thought that Merida was only covering for him.

“No. You are not marrying him and never will. Dunbroch and Berk are now going separate ways,” the king slammed the door closed… Leaving Merida weeping in grief and disappointment.

…

Hiccup was stuck in his room, drawing a portrait of Merida. He couldn’t stop thinking of her and even the thought that they could never be together. After a while, Stoick suddenly comes in.

“Son,” he looks at who Hiccup was drawing and felt guilty.

Hiccup looked at him with disappointed eyes, sighing, “What do you want?”

Stoick sat down and had a heart-to-heart talk with his son, “You know perfectly that your mother wasn’t a Viking, right?”

“Yeah, she just came from a town you passed by before,” Hiccup said.

“Exactly. And she wasn’t the type of girl I dreamed of marrying. She wasn’t as tough as the girls here; she couldn’t hold a weapon or even kill any animal… My parents didn’t like her for me, but there was just something about your mother that shined throughout all that that made our love stronger, and you know what it was?”

Hiccup looked at his dad to listen more.

“She had a heart, Hiccup. Her heart showed love, determination and hope. And because of that, she showed me that my parents would see that side of her no matter what.”

Hiccup was speechless.

“That’s one of the traits you got from your mother, Hiccup. Your mother and I wanted you to marry the girl you love… and I can see how much you love Merida,” Stoick added.

Stoick patted Hiccup’s shoulder, making Hiccup look back at him. Hiccup’s eyes showed a sign of determination and hope when he suddenly had a plan.

“Dad,” Hiccup said. His father nodded gently as Hiccup ran outside, “Thanks, dad!”

Hiccup looked for toothless, “Toothless! Over here, buddy!”

“Get ready, Toothless, ‘cause we’ve got some hard work to do!” Hiccup hopped onto Toothless and they soared up high to the sky, with Hiccup full of hope and courage.