Merida aimed her arrow at a red "X" on a dummy's head.
She release the bow and hits the middle perfectly.
"You're good"Hiccup compliments
She rolls her eyes
"Thanks,I guess"
She aims at a swinging target and shoots, hitting the middle perfectly once again.
"I don't think I've ever seen you miss a target."He says
She turns to him and shoots her arrow inches away from his face.
"I never miss"She says letting her bow down.
"O-kay"He nods as he watches her walk to a bench on the side of the training room, drinking a little bit of water.
He follows at sits beside her.
"Why do you ignore me?"He asks
"Didn't I just acknowledge your presence by talking?"She asks
"And shooting an arrow at me"
"But did it kill you?"She asks
"No"
"You're mean"
"I know"
She gets up and gives Hiccup a salute.
"See ya later, dragon boy"
She walks out of the training room.
Hiccup sat there, processing what just happened.
"Merida talked to you?"A voice asked
Hiccup turned around to see Jack leaning on a wall.
"Yeah"Hiccup nodded
Jack chuckled
"It's an improvement, looks like she's warming up to you
Merida walked along the halls, her fingers dragging on the walls.
"Come to me..."
The voice came out as a melodic whisper.
Merida was confused and spooked. She walked towards the voice with a brave face.
She gasps as she turns the corner of the hall.
"Are you sure?"Jack asks Hiccup
"I don-"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH!"Hiccup was cut off by a scream
Jack and Hiccup look at each other.They ran out of the training room,following the echo.
"What's happening?"Elsa and Rapunzel came out of he kitchen and ran along the two boys.
Hiccup paused, he looked at them.
"Merida!"He exclaimed
They ran as fast as they could to the source of the scream.
They gasped as they saw Merida on the floor. There was a mark on the wall.
Hiccup knelt down and grabbed Merida's hand. He sighed in relief as he felt her pulse. It was beating.
"She's alive, just passed out"He says
They nod. It was silent as they saw Hiccup staring up at the stone wall.
"Hicc?"Jack asks
"There's an impression on the wall"Hiccup points to the stone wall Merida's body was pressed against
"Which means?"Jack asks,confused
"It means that Merida was thrown to the wall"Elsa hit Jack's arm,who winced in pain
"Honestly Jack, I never knew you could be so stupid"
"Correct"Hiccup nodded
"Correct...what? Jack is stupid or Merida was thrown to the wall?"Rapunzel asks
"Both"
"Wow, thanks"Jack rolled his eyes
"Let's take her to the infirmary"Elsa said as Jack picked Merida up.
"Wait!"Hiccup exclaims
They turned to him.
"There are black specks on the wall"Hiccup says
"Is that normal?"
"Pitch"Jack exhales
"We'll worry about that later"Rapunzel said, she acted like an older sister to them. Of course,she had a motherly personality.
"Is she going to be okay?"Elsa asks, concerned for her friend.
"She will be okay"Rapunzel says as she wraps her hair around Merida's body
"What are you doing?"Jack asks
"Healing her"They raise their eyebrows
"Just watch"
"Flower gleam and glow..."
Rapunzel sang as her hair glowed
The rest watched in astonishment as Rapunzel finished her song.
Rapunzel unwraps her hair from Merida and stands up.
"So?"Hiccup asks,anxiously
"She's okay. Her bones are fixed, she just needs to rest"Rapunzel said
"In the meantime, someone will watch after her while the rest will investigate"
"I'll watch after her"Hiccup suggested
"No,we need you to investigate with us"Elsa says
"But-"
"It's settled, I'll watch after Merida and you guys go investigate. Merida can't just throw herself to the wall"Rapunzel says and sits on a chair beside her cot.
"Fine"Hiccup says as he, Elsa and Jack exit the room
"Where are the guardians?"Elsa asks
"They left to their jobs, Pitch is working faster. They have to be at their stations at all time"Jack says
"They can't help us anymore"
Hiccup nods as they walk towards the wall Merida was thrown against. They grimaced as they saw a bit of blood on the wall.
"Do you think Rapunzel had Merida's blood in her hair?"Jack asks
Elsa hits him again.
"Ow!"He exclaims
"I regret training you in hand-to-hand combat"
"Shh!"Hiccup ordered
He inspected the wall and picked up some black and red specks, running it through his fingers.
"It's like sand"Hiccup commented
"It's Pitch Black"Jack says
"Wasn't he defeated?"Elsa asks
"Keeping someone under a bed doesn't mean defeating them"Jack says
As Elsa and Jack bickered, Hiccup looked around the halls.
After a few hours, Hiccup sighed in frustration.
"There aren't any explanations as to why Merida was thrown to the wall"Hiccup said
"Let's wait for Merida to wake up and ask her what she saw"Jack suggested
They nodded and walked back to the infirmary. There they saw Merida drinking Rapunzel's famous Hazel Nut Soup. Rapunzel must have done Merida's hair since it was braided. Probably to keep it out of her soup.
"Hey guys!"Rapunzel greeted them
"Did you find anything?"
"No"Elsa confessed
"Merida, how are...um...are you-are you okay?"Hiccup asked
"Better"She nodded at him and continued to eat
"Well...um...good"Hiccup nodded as Merida raised an eyebrow
"I'll just-I'll just go to the training room"He awkwardly walked out of the room, not making eye contact with anyone.
"What's with him?"Merida asked
"We have no idea"