What with finals on the horizon I'll most likely just be mass posting these chapters today. I hope they are at least somewhat enjoyable to read.


Pink Mist – Chapter 9


Elsa and Gerda set out to make all of the necessary preparations for their plan. Gerda reached out to all of her past colleagues in the hopes of amassing all of the necessary people. When they were told of the circumstances surrounding this seemingly random request, all of them agreed in a heartbeat, but when Gerda found herself unable to find several key individuals that were pivotal in the success or failure of this plan, the elderly woman was at a loss of what to do.

That was until Elsa's father, who had been brought up to speed about the entire situation and knew about all of Elsa's intentions and feelings about this plan and about Anna, offered to 'take care of it' without informing Gerda of what he planned to do exactly. Gerda had some misgivings getting the obviously very busy CEO of an international company involved, but when Adgar Winter explained that he had failed to be there for Elsa in the past but was determined to not make the same mistakes twice, Gerda graciously accepted his assistance.

Elsa, on the other hand, petitioned to Arendelle's administrative body that they allow a campus wide event to be held on an unspecified date in the future. She also requested that the school participate in the funding for this event to some degree. She reasoned that this event would surely draw the attention of the media and would be good press for the university, as well as serve to help one of the greatest minds to have ever attended Arendelle.

But when the governing administrative body denied both requests Elsa set out to circumvent their authority entirely. With the help of her friends and nearly the entire student body at the music program, Elsa was able to set up fundraising events all across campus and in town. Every club that Elsa and her gang had performed at with Anna's music readily agreed to sponsor Elsa in her project, some even asked for Anna's address to send employment requests to. The club owners even went out of their to host weekend events where a portion of the funds generated were sent to Elsa for her project.

All across campus, Elsa and her gang performed in a number of venues. Every time using Anna's music, in an effort to spread the word about what Elsa was trying to do and to gather funds and donations.

Elsa initially offered to pay for the entire thing herself, but after talking about her plans in detail with her mother, who had also vowed to improve herself and be there for her daughter, she realized that it would mean more to Anna if she knew that all of the people she reached with her music helped to pull this grand scheme off.

While all of this was going on, Elsa visited Anna every day. She would talk to the comatose redhead for hours on end. She often was reduced to tears, but she never let her heartache weigh her down. She now had an idea of how Anna had suffered for over a decade, and she knew that if Anna could carry her burdens for that long without letting it stop her from doing the one thing she loved the most, then neither could she. So every morning she was free from either performing at clubs or on campus to raise money, or when she didn't have classes, Elsa went to Gerda's home to learn the necessary skills to accomplish her role in this plan.


"You … you spineless worm! You gave me your word that you would uphold your side of this deal!" Adgar bellowed into the phone's receiver. His tight hold on the plastic device caused the casing to creak from the pressure being exerted onto it.

Elsa and her parents had been going over the financials of this project when the phone rang. The owner of the venue had backed out of the agreement to hold the space reserved for when Anna would wake up. Adgar had offered to pay the man for all profits that he would have lost due to not hosting his usual clients, but the man had cracked under the pressure of his past clients.

They were now without a venue and Anna was expected to wake up in the next few months. Elsa's head fell into her hands at the news. Her mother, Idun sat down beside her daughter to rub her back in comfort. Adgar on the other hand was threatening the man on the phone with lawsuits, but his rant was cut off when the venue owner hung up on the CEO.

Adgar stormed into the dining room, where they had been going over their progress thus far, before angrily throwing the wireless phone into the opposite wall. Adgar had grown close to his daughter in these past few months, closer than he had been in years. He had felt more motivation towards this project than he had in years of running his company, he supported his daughter 100% and was glad to put his all into helping his beloved daughter in this endeavor, but when self-centered idiots threatened to derail this entire project he had let his temper get the better of him.

Adgar sent his wife an apologetic glance over the now destroyed phone, but Idun waved off his silent apology. She appeared to be just as annoyed as he was. Adgar was about to ask his family what they thought was the best move forward, until Idun rose from the couch and grabbed one of the other wireless phones from its stand. She looked to her husband with the phone in hand, before addressing the still fuming man.

"Adgar, Honey, I told you we should have gone with my plan from the start. It's a good thing that man backed out of your agreement, other wise my efforts would have gone to waste."

Adgar stared at his wife in shock, even Elsa lifted her head to gape at her mother. Idun hit the speed dial button on the house phone before lifting the speaker to her ear.

"My husband's man backed out … we're going with our plan." Idun ended the call and tossed the phone to her husband, before turning to her daughter.

"Elsa, Sweetie, we won't have to worry about the seating arrangements anymore. I made several calls a while back and acquired all of the land and building permits to build a new venue just off campus. This one is eight times the size of the one your father wanted to use, and it can easily hold everyone on our current guest list with plenty of extra space."

Idun moved next to her husband before addressing her daughter again.

"We were thinking that we could invite some other people … if we could find them … Honey?"

Adgar glanced at his daughter hesitantly before turning back to his wife.

"I thought we were going to surprise her and Anna?"

"I figured after nearly giving her a heart attack over the venue, we owe it to her to let her in on the surprise."

"Fair enough … we managed to track down some people from Anna's past … people who I think she would be glad to meet again."

Elsa's eyes were tearing up. She quickly wiped the tears away before looked up at her parents with hope and curiosity.

"Who did you find?"


End of Chapter 9