Maiden Voyage

Chapter 2: Her Castle

{Hey! I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, and let me know what you think of this story so far in the comments! In this chapter, Merida and Moana change clothes in the master bedroom together... tensions arise.}

Moana trails closely behind Merida. The castle is bustling, practically bursting at the seams with new arrivals of lords, ladies, and fellow royalty milling around, requesting an audience with the soon to be Queen, looking for their temporary quarters, and making their way to the great dining hall.

Merida ignores them all and leads Moana up the great stone staircase to the living chambers. They peek into each room, seeing most of them occupied or inaccessible. Merida asks one of her staff if there are any open rooms, but they respond that even the kitchen quarters and dungeon are full for the coronation celebration this weekend.

Merida turns to Moana, "I suppose yeh will have to stay with me then," she said with a goofy grin.

"Oh no, I couldn't-"

"Well it's not like yeh have anywhere else to go, aye?"

Moana responded with a light chuckle and nod. "Thank you so, so much your highness."

The servant began to speak up, "Your majesty, dinner will be served in an hour. Will that be long enough to dress and greet our guests?"

"Yea, that'll do. Thank yeh, George," she dismisses George and he quickly trots off to attend to the lords.

Merida gestures for Moana to follow her up the next set of stairs. As they ascended, the muffled din coming from the crowd in the entryway began to fade father into the background. The pair walked through the private sector of rooms, only for the monarchs and family until they reached the master bedroom, where Merida slept.

As she opened the heavy door, Merida said, "Well yeh are cordially invited to the dinner and the coronation tomorrow of course. Yeh can stay with me as long as yeh need."

Moana smiled. "I appreciate it." Merida began taking off her boots and riding gear.

"Aye, we'll haveta get yeh somethin' else to wear for the dinner tonight!" Moana looked down at her skirt, tattered from the storm and now mud stained, as well as her scraped and bloody feet from walking all those miles on ice.

Merida set down her coat and headed towards the massive wardrobe across from the bed and opened both of its doors to reveal far less clothes than you'd imagine a princess to have. She grabbed an ornate dress and corset that were obviously set aside for the occasion."Here, pick out anything yeh want," was all she said as returned to her pile of recently discarded garments. Moana sifted through the few plain looking dresses until she selected the simple yellow number along with a pair of pointed shoes.

Moana turned back around to see Merida stark naked.

Her jaw dropped slightly and she couldn't tear her eyes away from the bare woman facing away from her. Her whole figure was lanky and slender, and just as pale as her face. Her broad shoulders sharply jutted out from her muscular back which led into her firm ass and wonderfully toned legs. Moana's eyes somehow managed to widen even farther as Merida slowly rotated to reveal her front. Moana's stare was now fixed on her small perky breasts, nipples standing proud in the chilly air. As Moana's gaze trailed down past her soft stomach, looking down to her second patch of red hair, she noticed Merida was pulling up her underskirts.

"Yeh like what yeh see, lass?" Moana snapped out of her trance and attempted to busy herself with her new borrowed outfit. Merida just let out a small laugh at the obviously flustered Chief.

Moana let out a shaky breath as her cheeks flushed. Why did she stare for so long? What was wrong with her? Moana turned away from Merida and quickly shimmied into the yellow dress. How rude of her! A guest in her home, her room even and she had the nerve to-

"Erm, Moana, could you help me with this?" Moana spun around to see Merida struggling with the laces on the back of her corset. She shuffled over to the other girl and started slowly weaving the strings through the small rivets. Moana's breath tickled the back of Merida's neck as she pulled the laces through the final holes at the top. Merida was still as Moana began to gingerly pull the corset tighter.

"Not too tight, aye?" Merida said, speaking softly. Moana was a little surprised by the gentle tone of her voice. She made a quick bow and lightly patted Merida's now covered back.

"All done."

"Thanks."

Moana went back to her side of the room and slid on the brown shoes. Merida added a necklace for the finishing touch and turned to Moana.

"Sadly, I haveta say hello to some distant cousins. So erm... I'll see yeh down there, then?"

"Yes, of course! See you at dinner." Moana gave a tight-lipped smile as the other woman left the room.

Moana released a huge breath and sat on the bed.

Why was she acting this way? Why did she feel this way?

She sunk her head into her hands.

This was going to be an interesting stay here.