A/N: First of all, thanks to everyone who has favorited and followed this story. Means a lot to me that people are enjoying this story. Hope you guys are doing okay during this global pandemic that we're all dealing with. Now to lighten the mood, here's another chapter that has dropped in. Hope you enjoy it!
PS: I don't own Disney's Frozen series. If I did, I'm pretty sure I would have the Frozen characters give a hopeful message to the public about how to ensure safety against Covid 19 so that children and young people can be motivated to stay safe and follow the suggestions of CDC. Just saying. :)
Chapter 16: First reactions
"Alex, my baby come here to Mama!" Are the first words I hear as I walk to the car that my mother is coming out of, the middle aged brown haired woman leaving the passenger side to come embrace me in a hug while I'm a bit embarrassed that she still treats me like I'm a kid. I return the hug to her, of course, as she simplys talks about how much she missed me and how long it has been since she last saw me in person while I see my dad come out of the car as well, sighing at the sight of my mother hugging me like she was never going to hug me again.
"Mary, let Alex get some air. You're suffocating the poor man for Christ's sake," my father tells my mother as she lets go of me with an apology while I actually catch my breath.
"Oh Martin hush now! It's been about more than a year since we last saw our son, and you're telling me to not overreact?" She reprimands my father, my father simply shaking his head at her. "I have every right as a mother to worry about my baby boy."
"Again my dear, he's a grown man. He's practically 22 now, not the 7 year old child that would cry whenever he got himself hurt while riding a bicycle."
Now both of my parents are embarrassing me. "Mom and Dad, perhaps you guys could stop now. I'm right here you know."
As they do, the back side passenger door of my parent's car opens, a little girl with blondish brown hair and glasses departing quickly from the vehicle and running towards me with a big smile on her face. "Big brother!"
As I step away from my mom, I kneel and embrace my younger sister in a warm hug as she runs towards me. "Hey Emily. Glad to see you too."
Emily steps away after our hug, giving a giggle as I ruffle her hair in a playful manner. "Stop it! Mom just fixed it for me before we came here."
"Oh alright. I'll stop," I reply as I stand up, seeing that she's quite taller than last time I saw her, about up to my waistline actually. Since I'm about 5 feet and 8 inches, that would make her around 2 feet and 8 inches (kinda a math whiz actually). "You're taller than before Emily. Guess you're getting pretty big right?"
"Yep!" Emily replies happily, my mother giving a chuckle at my sister's happy mood. "Now that I'm 7, I'm a pretty big girl now."
"Not yet missy," my mother tells her, Emily crossing her arms with a frown, "You might be 7, but don't you think that you're a big girl now. In my eyes, you're still my baby girl."
"Mom!"
I chuckle to myself quietly at my sister's reaction. She's very feisty and adorable when she's mad or is simply embarrassed by our mother. As my mother turns to face me, she then looks at my shoulder, looking very worried. "My God, Alex, what happened to your shoulder?"
As she examines it with my father coming as well, I see they noticed the scar that has formed on my shoulder, making me swear to myself quietly in my head. I had hoped that they wouldn't notice it quickly, but it seems that they did. Emily wants to see what happened to me, but of course, she's not tall enough yet to see the scar that my parents are blocking her sight from.
"Alex son," my dad tells me, "Explain why there's a scar that's about the size of a marker on your shoulder? And don't you tell me not to worry about it mister, because it might not look bad now, but I've seen a similar wound to this one in a surgery I performed on a man who survived a bullet to the brain."
My parents look at me for an explanation, so I gather the courage to tell them the truth. "Well, you see, while I was over here away from you guys, some strange things have happened in the last 4 months to me that you might consider me crazy if I told you without proof."
"Alex dear," my mom reassures me in a soothing voice, "I heard crazy stories from my patients. As a psychiatrist, I can deal with it."
I frown. "It's not related to your patients, but nevermind that!" Taking a deep breath, I decide to tell the truth.
"Elsa from Frozen 2 appeared in my apartment about 4 months ago, I saved her from a bunch of mysterious bad guys who are trying to kill her and the Enchanted Forest spirits along with Atohallan and are trying to eliminate Arendelle, we're now roommates and I'm now taking care of the spirits of water, fire, and wind as well while I'm trying to get them back home to their home dimension." I catch my breath quickly. "There I said it. Oh, I almost forgot. I almost died trying to protect Elsa."
It's a moment of silence, but I study my parent's reactions along with Emily. They seem confused at first, but then understanding. I was pretty sure they might have believed me, but of course, I was a bit too overconfident that they would understand from what my mom then tells me.
"Alex dear, have you taken any type of drug that has made you believe this?"
I facepalm myself, feeling shocked. "No, I haven't done anything illegal. You should know me mom as you yourself taught me not to do that stuff."
"Of course dear, but I have dealt with patients that make this stuff up in their heads and really believe…"
I raise my hand at her, stopping her. "If you don't believe me, perhaps it's best that I show you."
As I walk to my apartment, my parents, who I see exchange worried glances at each other, and sister follow me, Emily running to be by my side, and looking up at me with a smile. "I believe you big brother." She whispers to me, making me smile at her.
God I love my little sister.
Approaching the door of my apartment, I knock on the door in a specific way, opening the door slowly and, while clearing my voice, I speak as if I was a royal announcer. "Ladies and gentlemen of the Connor family, I present you, whether you believe it or not, Queen and protector of the Enchanted Forest from the Frozen franchise, Elsa."
As if on cue and like she knew what to do, I see Elsa come out into the hallway with an elegance only a queen such as herself could possess. Walking to the door, we exchange a smile as I then turn to my parents to see their reaction at seeing Elsa. Unfortunately, it wasn't what I expected, as then my father began to laugh.
"Well son, if your friend or girlfriend wants to fool me, it will have to take more than a dressup to completely make me believe you. And it is not going to work on me."
Elsa blushes red hot at that comment and looks away for a moment while I'm simply embarrassed as well, so I decide to finally just get this over with. "Elsa would you mind if you showed them that you're actaully real?"
I see her look at me with a worried expression, so I decide to tell her by mouthing to her that it would be fine for her. With a quiet sigh and a nod, she stepped back into the hall within reasonable distance, raising her arm with a quick maneuvering of her hand, a jet of icy blue color shooting from her hands and freezing the floor into a snowflake symbol. The floor was now covered by ice.
I turned back to my dad, who's reaction had now changed to that of shock with his mouth open along with my mother. "Is ice powers enough to convince you guys that she's the real deal?"
As they're now trying to figure out how this is actually possible, I suppose they're totally mind blown by what Elsa just did, but Emily is the first to react in the most fangirl way possible. "Oh my God! It really is Elsa!" She then runs past me and goes to hug Elsa, Elsa being surprised for a moment before returning the hug back to my sister Emily with a smile on her face. "It's you! My favorite Disney princess."
I smile at the 5th spirit hugging my sister before turning my attention to my mother, who has walked up to me clearly still in shock and looking for an explanation. "How is this possible?"
I give a chuckle to my mother's reaction. "It's kinda a long story."
I then notice Elsa departing from the hug with Emily, coming to my mother while taking a slight bow of respect towards her. "Hello ma'am, I am Elsa of Arendelle and guardian of the Enchanted Forest. I suppose you are Alex's mother. I would like to inform you that your son has been very helpful in this strange confusing situation for me." She tells my mother with a polite smile.
I looked at my mother, who just stared at me and back Elsa like she was still trying to figure this out. It was a bit awkward for me and Elsa since we were waiting for a reply, but finally my mother responded.
"Umm, the pleasure is all mine," she said to the 5th spirit with uncertainty, turning to me then afterwards. "Sorry if I didn't believe you then Alex…"
"It's alright," I replied quickly, turning my attention to my father who has walked to be at my mother's side. "It's a bit strange to me as well, but I'm getting used to it." Elsa shoots an annoyed glance towards me, making me roll my eyes in exaggeration. "What? It is the truth."
I turn back to my parents, who are still standing and looking at each other now with confusion still. "We better get inside for the meanwhile. I'll explain everything inside."
As my parents head inside the apartment, I close the door and walk to the living room while Elsa walks by my side, giving me a worried look. "Are you sure about doing this Alex? We don't have to risk the lives of your sister and your parents."
I nod. "I'm pretty sure. Knowing my parents and sister, they would help out anyone who would need assistance regardless of who they are. Besides, it's too late to back out now in the end."
While my parents head into the living room to sit down on the sofa, Emily follows me and Elsa into the kitchen as I prepare to get some cups to fill with water, sitting at the table while gazing at the 5th spirit like she was the most beautiful person in the world that she has ever seen. Elsa notices Emily and smiles at my younger sister. "So you're Emily, Alex's sister right?"
Emily nods with excitement. "Yep! Emily Connor, that's me! I'm one of your biggest fans!" As Elsa sits down by her side as I fill the cups with water, I see Emily is very excited by this encounter with Elsa in real life. "You're much prettier in real life Elsa."
Elsa giggled at the comment and replied, "Thank you. You're really pretty too Emily." I see my sister smile at the compliment by the 5th spirit. "How old are you, if I may ask?"
"I just turned 7 last month! I'm kinda a big girl now!"
I laugh at my sister. "Sure Emily. Sure." Emily glares at me, making me chuckle at my younger sister's reaction. "I'm just stating facts, that's all."
"Oh yeah? Well, perhaps I must tell Elsa on how much you like her."
This gets my attention as I feel myself blush heavily while Elsa looks at me with a surprised look before smirking at me. "What?! No, I don't know what you're talking about. Hahaha!" I laugh nervously while Emily leans in to whisper something in Elsa's ear, the 5th spirit nodding in agreement.
"I can see Emily. It isn't hard to notice his reactions since I have to deal with him almost everyday," she replies in a joking manner, making me frown at the two. "It isn't difficult to realize perhaps Alex may like me, even though he won't admit it."
I sigh in disappointment. "I'm really done with you guys." As I head back to filling the cups of water while letting Elsa talk with Emily, I notice how the two are getting along okay. I'm also trying to deal with my rapid pacing heart to calm down, because Elsa might be right about me liking her, and I'm trying to refrain from that happening. Not that I would enjoy the idea of asking Elsa out, but I don't want her to be involved in my life problems.
Not after how I lost my little brother…
"Hey Alex?"
"Hmm?" I come back into reality, seeing Elsa gesture to the living room where my parents are. "Oh right." I get a tray to carry the cups of water that are for all of us, setting the cups on and preparing to carry them. "Better get a move on."
As I carry the tray to the living room while Elsa and Emily follow me, my parents look and notice me entering the room with the tray, standing up and getting a cup of water with a thank you. As Elsa and Emily get one, Emily goes and sits down by my parents while me and Elsa get some chairs for us to sit on right in front of my family. After we sit down, my family looks at the two of us for a more clear explanation, making me take a deep breath before I begin my explanation.
"It all began in the month of February…"
A/N: Chapter 16 concluded. And now, perhaps a little thought, but I might be considering the idea of a beta reader for the next chapter and perhaps further on for early beta access. Of course, it would be to review any mistakes and perhaps suggestions of their own. But it's still in consideration. Also I might need help working on my other story Frozen 2 Abridged, cause I need some fresh jokes and other stuff that are HISHE Dub and Abridged worthy.
Anyways, leave a review (at least 2-3 reviews per chapter would be appreciated a lot guys, helps in these times) if you can. If you like this fanfic, leave a like and follow. Also, stay safe during this quarantine and make sure to stock up on toilet paper (seriously there's none at the stores these days) if you can. Expect the next chapter by the end of this week if life works with me. Until then guys! :)
… What is the mystery with Alex's little brother Erick by the way…?
