Saving a Princess - Part 1

Authors note: hey guys- okay I soooo so so so so so so sooooooooooo sorry about the lack of inactivity I've been on holiday with no Internet so I've not been able to post luckily that's given me time to write a bit more so I've got a decent amount o put up now ^^ consider tis short story an apology for not putting anything up in so long- it was a gift for a friend of mine oh and I apologise in advance or Meridas terrible over the top accent. I might fix it later if I have time but until them enjoy the story. It does have a fairly open ending but not really. Anyways that's all I can think to say- enjoy reading and Ill be back soon with another story I've been working on (blood moon isn't quite finished yet but its on the way) but for now see you later^^ oh almost forgot please leave a review and I hope you enjoy it^^

Little Merida giggled as she ran through the forest. Slapping the branches of a thornless berry bush as she went. Where was that arrow? She wondered, turning to search the trunks of the trees surrounding her... There it was! She grinned, as she spotted it, and tugged it out the tree. Wow, she shot it in pretty deep- she must be getting pretty strong! Maybe she'd be as strong as daddy one day! She froze.

A strange, otherworldly sound reached her ears. What was that? She thought, keeping very still. I'm not scared, she stubbornly told herself, glancing curiously from side to side, to see what was making the noise.

She heard it again, louder this time, behind her. She turned to see it, and gasped.
"A will o' the wisp." She whispered, amazed. Scrambling to get closer to it, until she was stood right next to it. A small, blue floaty thing just hovering there, right in front of her. Then, slowly, she lifted up a hand towards it, holding her breath, eyes widening... It vanished.

Far from disappointing her, the disappearing act had only excited her even more.
"They are real." She muttered in awe. She gasped again, as another blue figure appeared with that peculiar little noise. She ran after it, but as she got close, it vanished, and another one, slightly further away, took its place.

She giggled, as she played this game of chase. Challenging herself to get closer, and closer, to the flickering, blue shapes. Then, one of them stopped at a wall of vines, and vanished. Merida stopped.

Huh? Where was the next one? She looked for it, confused. The strange wisp noise sounded from behind her, wait, not just behind her... behind the vines? It seemed strange, but... She reached out, and moved aside some of the vines. There was the wisp, in some kind of secret tunnel. Wow, this was great! She thought. She'd just found her own secret den!

Stalking up to the unsuspecting wisp, she cupped her hands, and attempted to trap it.
"Gotcha!" She peeked inside her hands. Gone. Another one appeared to be laughing at her, further into the cave. She followed it... and another... and another. Wait, this wasn't a cave...

Suddenly, it opened up into a little, secret place- in the middle of which, stood a tower. Woooow... She marvelled, staring at the tall, stone pillar with only a single window at the top.

She wondered who lived there- a troll? A witch? A goblin, maybe? A giant? Maybe a princess! Ooh, perhaps she was being held hostage by a demon hag! Maybe she could rescue her! Like a hero in her mum's stories!

"Merida!" The call was very quiet, and very distant, but she still heard it. It was her mother! Oh, just wait until he heard about this!

She ran off towards the voice, excited to tell her tale- though she was a little out of breath when she got there.
"Mum... I saw a wisp, and then... there were more... and then, a secret cave... and it led to a secret tower, which I think has a princess inside! A secret tower, Mummy! And will o' the wisps!" She gasped, jumping with glee as she told her.
"A wisp!" Her mother exclaimed. She nodded- oh, she wished she'd have seen it too!

The queen bent down to her, with that secret, mystic legend look in her eyes. Merida leaned forwards to listen.
"Some say... the will o' the wisps, lead you... to your fate." She told her. Merida's eyes went very wide, and round, with these words. Wow, really?! Wait... what's a fate? She wondered. Oh well, whatever it was, she bet the wisps had led her to it. Hold on- they'd led her to that tower! Was that a fate?

She thought back to that magical tower, in its secret cave. Perhaps she'd go back, and save that princess some day, she thought.

Yeah! She'd take her bow, and she'd climb up that tower, and she'd defeat the mighty beast keeping her captive! Like a great hero! And then, her and that princess would be the best friends ever!