Brave

Chapter 16: Mending the Bond

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Fergus hopped off his horse and approached Elinor and drew his sword. He raised it high above his head and prepared to strike. Elinor whimpered as Fergus brought his sword down, but before he could hit her, an arrow flew through the air and knocked it out of his hands.

Merid hopped off Angus and drew another arrow.

"Get back. That's my mother." Merid commanded.

"Are you out of your mind lad?" Fergus asked in shock.

"Mum, are you hurt?" He said to Elinor.

Fergus pushed Merid back and Lord Macintosh held him back. Fergus swung his sword again, but was blocked by (Y/n) with her own sword.

"(Y/n)! What are you doing lass?"

"Protecting my Queen."

Merid flipped Lord Macintosh over his shoulder and grabbed Lord Dingwall's sword and pointed it at his father too.

Merid swung at his father and disarmed him, and swung at his peg leg, knocking a chunk off, sending him to the ground.

"I'll not let you kill my mother." Merid said firmly.

Just then, the boys jumped on top of their dad.

"Boys!" (Y/n) called.

"Boys?!" Fergus crowd in shock

Suddenly, a loud thud was heard behind them. They all turned and saw the demon bear Mor'du was standing their. He rises up on two legs and roared.

"Mor'du." Merid whispered.

"Kill it!" Fergus commanded.

The men charged at the bear, but Mor'du swatted them all away.

Mor'du roared again, but was punched by Fergus.

"Come on! I'll take you with my bare hands!"

Mor'du swatted Fergus to the ground and grabbed him by his peg leg and flung him aside.

Merid fired two arrows at Mor'du, drawing his attention to him. The bear stalked towards Merid and whacked his bow out of his hands. (Y/n) swung her sword at him and scraped his side, turning his attention on her now. Mor'du smacked her to the ground and stood over her with his paws on either side of her and roared in her face, causing her to scream.

"(Y/n)! No!" Merid screamed.

Elinor roared in anger and freed herself from the ropes holding her down and tackled Mor'du off of (Y/n).

They bit and clawed and roared at each other, while Merid ran to (Y/n)'s side and held her to him. Mor'du tried to get around Elinor two attack them but Elinor stood in front of them and roared at Mor'du. They wrestled each other some more and Mor'du clawed at Elinor's face.

"Mum!" Merid cried.

Mor'du swung Elinor against one of the stone pillars and she noticed it started to crack, and it gave her an idea. She turned back to see Mor'du stalking towards (Y/n) and Merid again. Merid threw himself over (Y/n) shielding her from the bear. But before he could reach them, Elinor pulled him back and slammed him into the stone pillar multiple times, making it crack even more. Mor'du it her across the face, knocking her back and started to stalk towards them again. Just as he was about to charge, the stone pillar came crashing down and crushed him, killing him instantly.