Merida once did not want her mother to always make her be perfect, so she gets a potion from a witch, which eventually turned her mother into a bear. But she has too many responsibilities as a princess. Nearly an expert at this, she wishes that she could always do this. Merida is tomboyish, and her favorite hobby is archery. The elbow of the dress is added extra yellow fabrics. She wears an off-shoulder teal dress with a brown belt, on which has attached a cloth and a badge representing her clan. Merida has wild, curly carrot colored hair and pale skin tone, large baby blue eyes. On that day also, she climbs a high rock near a waterfall and drinks its water. On one day like that, she rides her horse while practicing shooting with her bow and arrow. However, there is a day where she can be free, no lessons and such. She is also thought by her mother about speeches, knowledge, art and attitudes of a princess almost everyday, which she dislikes. She describes that being a princess was tiring because she is a role model, she has expectations and duties while. Years later, Merida appears as a teenager. While her father attacked Mor'du, she was taken away by her mother on a horse. But, when her mother was walking while carrying her, Merida saw a bear Mor'du. She told her mother about the wisps and her mother carried her to the tent. Little Merida then follows the wisps, but was called by her mother.

She is told the legend that says a wisp will lead a person to his or her fate. When she retrieved the arrow, she saw a mythical creature called a wisp. However, she misses the target and the arrow went into the forest.

In the past, little Merida is seen playing and hiding from her mother.

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