The Witch (Brave)

The Witch is a supporting character in the movie: Brave. In the film, she is the one who makes Merida turn her mother into a bear.

Role in Brave
After Queen Elinor burns Merida's bow, Merida becomes upset and leaves the castle. On her way, she encounters some will'o wisps. Merida follows them and enters a cottage.

Merida encounters the witch, who claims she's a woodcarver. After several mishaps, the witch agrees to help Merida after she gives her her necklace (as payment to create a spell, along with all her woodcarvings).

Merida asks the witch for something that will change her mother's mind about the marriage (See Brave). The witch creates a enchanted cake that does so. However, when Merida does give the cake, it turns her mother into a bear.

The two head back to the cottage, but the witch is not there. Instead, (see picture), she tells Merida that in order to change Elinor back:

"Fate be changed, look inside. Mend the bond torn by pride."

Confused, Merida asks what the witch means, but the witch poofs away. As the movie goes on, it reveals that the bond mended is between Merida and her mother (or some consider it as the bond between the clans), and Merida has to look inside her mother and find who she is.

However, Merida thinks the witch means the tapestry that she torn earlier (See Brave). She sews it up together, and puts it on Elinor (after she defeats M'ordu), but it does not work. She begins sobbing, and asks forgiveness for her mother, telling her that she loves her. The spell is broken, and the mother turns back.

Role in the Crossover
According to Pineapplebobo on Wattpad (www.wattpad.com/story/9724744-the-prophecy-between-brave-and-how) the prophecy (see above indent) is also connected to Hiccup in How to Train Your Dragon. Hiccup has to mend the bond between dragons and Vikings. In the story, Hiccup hears a outside voice that says the same words, and that causes him to realize his fate.

The words: "Fate be changed, look inside. Mend the bond torn by pride" might also apply to Frozen (Frozen Tangled Guardians) between the sisters Anna and Elsa, but the story does not state so.