Hello everyone! I hope you enjoy the previously chapter of "Things I almost remember". Well, here it's: the final chapter! Thank you so much to everybody. You've been a blessing. Thank you for your support and input. I enjoyed this story, though it was a bit on the dramatic side. Anyway I don't own them except my oc's and they are belong to Disney. I hope you all continue to enjoy this story and see you all later bye!
Meanwhile, in Marie's, the music box sits on her desk beside an unopened jewelry box. Marie sits on a sofa, a large simple wooden box is opened beside her. Delia, the crown princess Delilah herself, wearing her nightgown and sits on a hammock at her feet. She was looking at an informal photograph of her family, touching the faces slowly with her fingertips, tears welling up in her eyes. Marie gently takes the picture from behind her, stroking her hair.
"I remember now…how much I loved them." Delilah said as she rest her head on her great grandmother lap.
Marie, stroking her hair said. "They would not want us to live in the past- not now that we have found each other. Oh, look here." Marie takes out a water-colored drawing from the box. The drawings you gave me. Remember?
Delilah then takes the picture. "Yes. Vladimire made me so mad. She said it looked like a pig riding a donkey. She was right." Delilah's voice bubbles with laughter, her grandmama joining in as they relive all those wonderful memories together.
"In your laughter once again, I hear Dimitri, your dear father.…"
Mid-sentence, Marie stands and leads Delilah to the jewel box, opening it gently. Displayed inside in rich velvet is a dazzling array of jewelry: A beautiful crown. The very sight of it makes Delilah gasp.
"But you have the beauty of your mother, Anastasia, empress of all Russia." Marie continue.
Marie takes the exquisite tiara from the box, placing it atop of Delilah's head, turning her so she can look towards the mirror. Wide-eyed, Delilah could now truly see that she not only looked like a Princess but it was all true… Before her was the image of the Tsaritsa herself.
With that same crown, the same wide-eyed expression, Delilah is now garbed in the most beautiful gown and band made fit for a princess, actually, it was a same dress that her mom Anastasia Romanov wore. Of course it was a marvelous dress, sewed really carefully. The pattern on the dress is made lace. The dress consists of 2 parts: the skirt and the bodice. Ornaments on the neck and wrist from the crystal. The blue sash. Her hair was tied in a bun.
Sophie, Vladimire, Mal, Evie, Lonnie, Jane, and a seamstress step back, rapturous, making final adjustments for Delilah's equally exquisite gown. Delilah turns slightly, watching herself, touching the gown in wonder seeing that what was once a dream has now been brought to life as a reality.
Elsewhere, in Marie's bedroom, King Ben, and his parents stands before the Dowager Empress Marie, who stands behind an open valise filled with the reward money for the safe return of her long-lost Great Granddaughter, Delilah.
Ben, King Adam, and Queen Belle then bow/curtis at Marie. "You sent for us, Your Grace?" Ben ask.
Marie then presents the money. "Ten million dollars… As promised, with my gratitude."
"We accept your gratitude, Your Highness, but w-we don't want the money." Queen Belle said
Marie then smiles, yet a bit suspicious. "What do you want, then?"
"Unfortunately, nothing you can give." King Adam bow. "All we want was to see you and your great granddaughter Delilah happiness, that's our rewards."
"I want to say thank you for taking care my Delilah," Marie thank them all for taking care of her. "You're very welcome Empress Marie." Ben smile.
At a Grand Palace ballroom, couples in splendor waltz on the floor, while guests whisper excitedly about Delilah's appearance. And the people had every good reason to be excited for this event. For many of them were at the opening ball in St. Petersburg ten years ago. An ornate chair sits alone on an empty stage - But finally, it would soon be filled by the long-lost princess herself after all these years.
Delilah looks through the curtain at the dancing crowd, looking for Jay, knowing he's probably there in the crowd, somewhere. Marie has been watching Delilah during this time, knowing exactly what's on her mind,
"He's here Delilah. But I don't where he's at, probably with his friend." said Empress Marie.
"Oh, I know he's here, he -." Delia then realizes she's caught, tries to cover, badly. "Who's here, Great Grandmama?
"A remarkable young man who fall in love with you." Empress Marie replied.
"Oh! You mean Jay? Thank god he's still here, I'm kinda nervous."
Empress Marie then look through a curtain. "Look at them dance. You were born to this world of glittering jewels and fine titles, but I wonder if this is what you really want."
"Of course, of course it is. I found what I was looking for. I found out who I am. I found you." And yet, even so, Marie knows that Delilah doesn't sound happy. She turns to Marie, and now her voice is filled with real warmth.
"Yes, you did find me, and you'll always have me. But is it enough?"
They embrace. For a moment, Marie just holds her warmly in her arms. There are tears in her eyes, for she knows she has to tell Delilah the truth, even if it means they would have to part ways one more time. She pulls away, looks at Delilah, and sighs.
"My darling- your adopted family didn't take the money.
Delia looks at her in shock. "They didn't?"
"Knowing that you are alive, seeing the woman you have become, brings me joy I never thought I could feel again." Marie kisses Delilah on the forehead.
Delilah embraces her great grandmama again, resting her head on Marie's shoulder. Marie turns Delilah gently, pulling back the curtain to look out at the crowd.
Empress Marie then continued. "Whatever you choose, we will always have each other."
Delilah began to think and she turning again. "Great Grandmama, can't you tell me…"
However, Marie is already gone. Delilah looks toward where the crowd awaits, she straightens her shoulders, pushes the curtain a little farther back - And yet, she almost hesitates to go out. And now she asks herself, 'Is this really what I want?' As she thinks, she suddenly hears Dude's hysterical barking. She turns to see him just disappearing through the terrace doors.
"Dude? Dude?"
Delilah hurries out to the Terrace. A shadow moves through the garden door, slithering into the darkness like the crafty Serpent of Eden. Dude barks in the distance, he edges her further out into the topiary garden. Towering hedges in the shape of horses, elephants, and giraffes surround him, as he slowly disappears in the hedge maze. Delilah appears in the doorway, with a worried look on her face. She could hear Dude's barks and is confused as to what's causing him to run out, maybe Dude saw a cat? She hitches up her gown and heads after him. As Delilah submerges herself deeper and deeper into the darkness, leaving the light and cheer of the party behind, the barking continues into the distance.
Meanwhile, back inside the Catherine palace, everyone were anxiously waiting to see the future Tsaritia emerge from the curtains. They have already seen the Dowager Empress come out, but now they had to wait and see if Delilah would soon arrive. But with this bit of a delay, they couldn't help but feel worried in-between their happiness.
"Where's Delilah?" Lonnie ask. "Shouldn't she have come out by now?
Jane then shrugs. "If Ben were here, he'd say she probably went to the bathroom or something."
At that moment, Ben suddenly appears, exhausted as if he had just ran a marathon. But even so, a worried expression hangs on his face.
"Speaking of which, here he is right now."
Mal then turns to Ben. "Ben! Where the heck have you run off to? You had me worried sick!
"Guys, I'm sorry, but we've got a serious problem. It's Delilah."
"Delilah? Where she is? What happened?" Evie ask.
"I don't know, but the guards are searching for her in the palace and outside the palace. But I think we should find her, who know what happen." Ben said as the group went to find Delilah separately.
The shadows move along the hedges, as Delilah's silhouette passes through a moonbeam. She is no longer worried, but she's definitely scared. For just one moment Dude's barking stopped and nothing but silence filled the whole area. Delilah is now lost in the topiary garden, completely alone and cut off. She senses a presence… And a bark! Delilah spins in circles, desperately trying to orient herself and… She sees Dude, barking at the bushes around him.
"Dude? Here, boy!" Delilah called out.
Dude keeps barking. Delilah whirls about to face…a topiary bush blocking her way out. She frowns: it wasn't there before.
Delilah then continued. "There you are."
Delilah s practically spinning - The Topiary Bushes are rearranged, casting long shadows across her face like groping fingers. She is trapped, boxed in even. Dude barks as the green creatures seem poised and ready to spring at her.
Delilah… Delilah…
Delilah gulps as her eyes widen. She firmly grabs her gown and makes a run for it through a small opening. Dude follows, barking at all sides. Dude pushes through to come upon… The bridge just over the top of a river. The Topiary bushes had blocked her one other exit with it's thorns. The princess is no longer in the gardens.
Delilah
Delilah turns to face…Rasputin the 2nd; a silhouette in the moonlight, hunched over, atrophied, holding a glowing reliquary. As he steps closer, he bows cynically and cruelly with one arm behind him.
"Your Imperial Highness. Look what ten years have done to us. You, a beautiful young flower. And my father…a rotting corpse."
"W-what?" Delilah whispered.
"Last seen at a party like this one."
"A curse…"
Ralph then ominously raises the reliquary. "Followed by a tragic night on the ice… Remember? My father? Rasputin?"
Ralph fires a stream of crackling water from the reliquary. It ices over the bridge and everything around it. The stone cherub faces twist horribly, they grow fangs, ears are pointed, they become devilish imps. Delia is thrown to the ground by the blast. She picks herself up. Now she remembers.
"Rasputin!
Ralph then imitating, mocking. "Rasputin!" He laughs. "Destroyed by your despicable family! But what goes around comes around! And around and around and around and around!"
Ralph bursts out in laughter as he raises the reliquary. Delilah stands frozen in terror, unsure of what comes next as the smoke billows out. Minions take shape from the smoke, swarming towards Delilah like a pack of locusts. Thousands of these devilish fiends taunt her, poke her, tear her dress, and steal her crown, as they spin around and around in circles.
"Let go!" Delilah growled. "Stop, no! Get away!"
When the minions done turning the princess dress to rags they disappeared.
"I'm not afraid of you." Delia said angrily.
"I can fix that!" Ralph said as he took out a trigger.
"Do it! Do it and I will be with my parents and everyone else in that cellar in Yekaterinburg, all over again!" Delilah exclaimed.
"Now I can pull this trigger, and you will be gone! For the last time who are you!?"
"I AM! THE CROWN PRINCESS! DELILAH DMITRIEVNA ROMANOV!" Delilah yell very loudly.
"Say your prayers, Delilah! No one can save you!
"Wanna bet?"
Ralph spins to see Jay charging him, smashing him in the face with his fist. Ralph spins and the Reliquary shoots again from his coat, blasting the bridge. Delilah falls further downward as pieces of the bridge crumble. Jay leaps over the side after her.
"Jay!" Delilah said holding Jay hands. "Jay! If we live through this remind me to thank you." Delia said.
"You can thank me later." Jay stated.
"How enchanting, "together again" for the last TIME!" Ralph said fires his Reliquary as a swarm of minions blast Jay into the air, higher and higher and right onto the Pegasus statue. "You'll get a kick out of this!" He continue.
The Pegasus springs to life and majestically leaps off it's column with Jay on it.
"NO!" Delia screamed.
It bucks Jay off it's back and he land on the bridge.
The Pegasus attacks him, rearing and neighing.
"Jay!" Delia called out.
Ralph rushed to them.
"Watch Out!" Jay called out.
The Pegasus distracted him.
Ralph grabbed Delilah by the hand. "Dasvidaniya, your majesty."
He throws her down, sending her back over the edge.
"Hold on!" Jay called out.
Ralph laughs as Delilah looks side-ward to see another way up. Suddenly, Dude bites Ralph ankle! Ralph screeches! He turns back to see Delia gone and assumes she has fallen. He blasts the reliquary over the side for good measure.
Ralph raise his hands high in the air. "Yes!"
"NO! DELIA!"
Jay leap off the bridge after Delia, but the Pegasus charges from under the bridge. He grab onto its head and hang on in mid-air as it carries him aloft. Ralph Looks down to see nothing but a cloud of ice and smoke.
"Long live the Romanovs!" Ralph said as he chuckle evilly.
But then, Delilah steps through the smoke. "Right! I couldn't have said it better myself!"
Delia lunges at Ralph, butting his head-on. They fall to the ground and struggle to grasp the Reliquary, which rolls across the bridge. Ralph grabs Delilah and kicks her off, sending her tumbling backwards.
Rasputin raises the reliquary, aiming for a death blow to Anastasia. Just then, Dude leaps high in the air, gripping the Reliquary away from his grasp. Dude lands on the ground, trips and the reliquary falls right at Delia's foot, causing the artifact to crack. Ralph cowers as he can feel his power disappear. Delia hears a horse whinny and looks over to see Jay lying still, perhaps dead, beneath the crumbling horse. Now, Delilah was furious.
"This is for Jay!" Delia said as she stomps on the reliquary, further cracking it
"Give it back!" Ralph said as crawl to her.
"This is for my family!" She stomps harder.
"I'll tear you to pieces!" Ralph said as he grips Delilah's dress.
"And this, this is for you!"
"No!"
"Do svidaniya!" Delilah gives a final stomp onto the reliquary, Ralph screams as she strikes it once more, as the relic is suddenly smashed into tiny bits.
KABOOM!
The Reliquary explodes, causing Delilah to leap back as a green light sprays into Ralph. Beginning with his fingers, they course into Ralph like an electric current, a beacon in the night, and a lighthouse attracting the denizens of hell, who arrive, wings beating him down… Enveloping him… Circling him as he screams.
Ralph's skin glows, shimmering in the blackness, until it starts to melt off him and leaving nothing but a rattling, screaming skeleton. The skeleton cracks, unhinges, the skull screaming. The bones fall apart and crumble to dust.
Everything was now quiet.
She hurries over to Jay, who lies there, still as death. Delilah gently strokes his hair.
"Ooh… Oh no… Jay…" Delilah said sadly as her tear drop into Jay. Then she heard Jay waking making them smile in relief. And Delia accidentally hit him.
"Jay! Oh!" She said and hugged him.
"Ow, ow, ow, ow…oh no, let go! Easy!" Jay groaned.
"Sorry!" Delia pologized.
jay picks himself up as Delia pulls back.
"Yeah, I know, I know." Jay said. "All men are babies!"
"How did you find me?" Delia said.
"I just heard your scream..."Jay stated.
Their lips are about to meet when Dude barked. They pull apart to see Dude with the crown in his mouth.
Jay takes it and hands it to Delia. "Oh... they're waiting for you."
Delia looks at him and then the crown.
At the Grand Palace, a hat box sits opened on a table. For a moment, Marie holds Delia's crown before she sets the crown next to it. Sophie cries tears of joy as the Dowager Empress, regal and wise, reads the note that came with it.
"Dear Great Grandma, wish me luck. We'll be together in Russia again soon. A bientot."
Marie smiled and handed the letter to Queen Belle.
"They've eloped." Belle said in joy and holding a tissue. "Isn't it romantic."
Queen Belle showed the letter to everyone.
"It's a perfect ending isn't Marie?" Valdimire asked.
"No my dear, it's a perfect beginning." Marie corrected with a smile as she looked out in the window.
Later on, we heard a music from Anastasia Broadway finale song was playing.
Ensemble:
Far away,
Long ago,
Delia and Jay rode off on Delia scooter, both wearing helmets, Jay have his arms around Delia as Delia dress flowing into the winds. They rode through the road and on their left where the beach are.*
Glowing dim as an ember,
Things my heart used to know...
Delia and Jay got off the scooter as they park on the sidewalk where park are.*
Ensemble:
Once upon….
Jay and Delia look at the ocean sea where the stars above shine brightly as Delia head have her arms around Jay hand and her head resting on Jay shoulder. They both look at each other and slowly, finally, at the most pivotal moment of this enchanted evening, Delia and Jay kiss. The Romanov family's spirits watch the whole thing. Anastasia Romanov have tear in her eyes as she finally she her daughter happy, just how she and her husband Dimitri were. Their spirits slowly disappears and went back to heaven.*
Ensemble:
December!
THE END...
...Oh! You think this is a end of the story didn't you? But don't worry, there is no just thing of happy ending, why you may ask? Because this story, wasn't over, this story, was just a beginning…..
Wow. I can hardly believe we've reached the conclusion of this story! It's been an exciting journey for me. A great big Thank you to everyone AGAIN for going down this journey with me. Thank you so much for reading this fanfic, I do have plan for Descendants 2 but having trouble with a plot.
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