After school, Elsa and Persephone walked over to Weird Girl's house. Elsa rang the doorbell and the door was answered by a blonde haired woman wearing a flowered dress and an apron. Behind her was a wide eyed little boy who was drinking juice from a bottle.
"Hi," said Elsa "My name is Elsa I'm here to visit… um… your daughter?" Weird Girl's mother smiled, "I'm glad she finally has some friends! She's out in the backyard, just go around that way." Elsa and Persephone walked around to the backyard and saw Weird Girl arranging several dolls and stuffed animals around a table.
Well, I guess this beats staying at Uncle Bob's house all afternoon thought Elsa. Weird Girl saw Elsa and waved. "Hello Elsa" she called, "Mr. Whiskers and I are glad you could make it, you can sit here." She pulled out a chair and Elsa sat down. Persephone sat on the ground next to Elsa.
"I brought a bowl of water for your dog," said Weird Girl. "Thank you" said Elsa. "And here is the tea," said Weird Girl "Though it's actually just water because I couldn't find any tea. Would you like a cookie?" Yes, please" said Elsa. "Take one from this plate because the ones on the other plate are just made of clay. They're for the dolls since they can't open their mouths. Speaking of the dolls, I'll tell you their names," said Weird Girl "This is Juniper, this is Prudence, these are the quadruplets, Holly, Polly, Lolly and Dolly…" ten minutes later Weird Girl was still saying "This is Morbid, this is Bunny and this here is Jimmy." "Oh, um… nice to meet them," said Elsa. (She hadn't played with dolls since she was seven.)
"I'm sorry to tell you this Elsa, but while I was waiting for you, Mr. Whiskers said that something bad will happen to you later today, something bad and unavoidable," said Weird Girl "And Mr. Whiskers is always right." "Oh… really?" said Elsa. Weird Girl nodded "Always." Then she smiled "Do you want another cookie?"
After the tea party, Elsa and Persephone arrived home, only to find Elsa's uncle, the mayor, sitting at the kitchen table.
"Where have you been?" he asked. "I was just at Weird Girl's house," said Elsa. "Who?" "The girl in my class who used to have this cat that she carried around everywhere until…"
"She was one of those kids involved in all that crazy witchcraft and bringing back the dead and whatnot that ruined my Dutch day celebration!" yelled Elsa's uncle "Don't be hangin' around with any of those kids, they're all completely insane."
"But Victor saved my life!" cried Elsa. "And he started the whole damn thing!" said Elsa's uncle "You're better off without him." "You're awful." Whispered Elsa as she and Persephone started to leave the room.
"I heard that missy!" called her uncle "Hopefully you'll learn some better manners at your ballet class!" "What!?" cried Elsa running back into the room. "Yes, I've signed you up for ballet lessons!" said the mayor "Since your parents are going to be away on that trip for quite a while longer, you might as well do something besides just hangin' around the house with your dog or going around with a bunch of weirdos!"
"But I don't want to take ballet lessons!" said Elsa. "Well, your first class is tomorrow evening. I thought you'd be thrilled, not every little girl gets to take ballet lessons, I'm sure tons of children would kill to be in your shoes!" said the mayor. "I'de welcome death." Muttered Elsa, as her and Persephone walked upstairs.
Auther's note: Yep, heres chapter two. I always thought Elsa's uncle was kind of a jerk. :P
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