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          Before Elinor was wedded, Elinor always loved to dance,
          more importantly dancing with her shoes off. 
          The best thing she was the eldest sister of three
          other girls. Watching them was one of the best
          tasks the high class maiden could hope for. 

          She had met Fergus a couple of times, as well as
          other suitors. She wasn’t interested, not one bit.
          She wanted to stay at home, with her sisters.

          Fergus had fell madly in love with her, when he first
          saw Elinor. When he was ever around her, he tried
          his best to impress her. 

          However those happy days were limited. 
          Elinor had to pick a someone. The day she
          was going to pick, was the day she wouldn’t ever
          see her family again. The precious home was soon
          covered in the colour red.  That day haunted the
          girl for along time. The scar on her left cheek was the
          only thing she had to remember from that day.
          The stress & sorrow caused the teenager to gain a grey
          streak in her hair. 
          
          But on her sixteen birthday, she still decided to be
          married & picking Fergus as her husband &
          becoming a Queen.

                      Two years later Merida was born.
                      Not wanting her family traditions to break, she raised
                      Merida the way her mother raised her.