Disclaimer: "Frankenweenie" belongs to The Walt Disney Company.
It was Friday, March 12th, and Elsa Van Helsing was on her way home from her job as an archivist for the New Holland Historical Society. Normally, when Elsa headed home from work, her weekends were quiet and uneventful. She would read books she had checked out from the local library and play with Persephone. But this weekend was no ordinary weekend.
Tomorrow, she would be marrying the man of her dreams, Victor Frankenstein.
Her emotions about the wedding ceremony were very strong, and she was not good at hiding them. They alternated between pure joy and absolute terror, rarely finding any balance in between. She would have felt pure joy 100% of the time after accepting Victor's proposal last December if she knew that it would just be a simple ceremony with just her, Victor, her parents, her uncle, and Victor's parents. However, her uncle was still the mayor and he was determined to give Elsa a wedding fit for royalty whether she liked it or not. And Elsa's words advising restraint had no power over her uncle.
The ceremony was to be held tomorrow at 2 pm at the Trinity Lutheran Church, with hundreds of guests. She would be wearing a long poufy dress with a veil and a tiara. The reception would have a cake three feet in diameter and three feet tall.
It would be just as bad as Dutch Day. And she imagined Victor would be just as nervous as she was.
No, it wouldn't be as bad as Dutch Day. Dutch Day was for her uncle's enjoyment along with the town's. Tomorrow's ceremony and party would be mainly for her and Victor. Victor would forgive her if she messed up-hopefully.
But what about the guests? There were hundreds of guests and only one Victor. She did not want to be remembered for the wrong reasons.
She took a long deep breath to calm herself. Then she opened the door. She wished that her emotional state could be consistent at least, instead of her feelings swinging from joy to fear like a clock's pendulum. Now it was time to wash up for dinner with her parents and her uncle.
To be continued...