I'm not dead!
Was on vacation and then a bit of drama and now we're here.
I hope ya'll enjoy!
To say Elsa felt perplexed was an understatement. She eyed the paper in her hands before eyeing the man in front of her. Shang was smiling, feeling proud of this turn of events.
"A treasure hunt," Elsa said flatly. Her head was still foggy, even though she's been awake nearly two hours. She had woken up confused, not knowing where she was. Her mind was still trying to recall how she got into bed. She only had one beer, oh and half of Anna's. Those weren't enough to get her close to tipsy, slightly warm, but not buzzing. She needed to thank those nice gentlemen for giving them the beer. It was really good.
"Yes, fortunately we have a group here that specialise in events. So as their big team building project I had them design this little treasure hunt. Your team feedback on this experience would be a nice way to help improve them if something is wrong," he smiled and Elsa had to admit it was a perfect way to kill two birds with one stone.
"Alright, how are we to do this?" Elsa asked as she gave the paper back to him before taking off her glasses and started cleaning them.
"I decided to place you into groups of two, makes for healthy competition and some of you to bond and gain trust," he explained and Elsa nodded.
"As long as this doesn't turn into something like fear factor, I think it will be fun," she smiled and Shang chuckled.
"No there is nothing dangerous, nothing that requires all those papers they have to sign, or disgusting things to eat," he smiled. The rest of the group joined them as they returned from the café.
"Ah, good timing!" Shang said as he rubbed his hands together. They all fell into line with Elsa so Shang could talk to them.
"Alright, so today's activity is a little treasure hunt. You will be made into groups of two. Once I say who are together I will hand out colour bandanas, then I will hand you a paper to get you started. Each will have a slight unique experience to cater to each strengths and weaknesses. It requires you to work together, there is no such thing as one doing all the work. Now the first duo is Rapunzel and Kristoff," he said and handed the high fiving adults purple bandanas. Kristoff puts it on his upper arm as Rapunzel put it on her head.
"Tiana and Eugene," they both shrugged and took the green bands. Tiana opting to put it on her wrist as Eugene put it on his upper arm as well.
Elsa thought that the pairings so far were almost predictable. Kristoff and Rapunzel would work excellently together, always being creative. Tiana and Eugene would be more careful and plan their approach. She would guess Vanellope would be paired with Anna, those two being the most energetic, with her being paired with Belle seeing as they had a mutual respect for one another.
"Vanellope and Belle," he said and Elsa blinked. The two mentioned woman's jaws dropped. They could never work together, being total opposites! She watched him hand them yellow bandanas. Belle wrapped it around her elbow and Vanellope wrapped it around her ankle.
This means I'm paired with…
"And lastly Elsa and Anna," he smiled handing them blue bandanas. Elsa took it shakily. Anna was grinning as she wrapped the bandana around her neck making her look like a cowboy-girl! It contrasted nicely with the white sleeveless shirt she wore and shorts that narrowly escaped being daisy dukes. As Shang handed them the first clue, Elsa wrapped the bandana around her wrist.
"Alright the first team to win will get a voucher for a full body massage," he said and all the women's eyes widened. One could see the gears begin to turn.
"Let the hunt begin!" Shang smiled and the teams separated to work without distraction. Elsa was happy seeing everyone working well together as they discussed the first clue.
"I think I know what the first clue is!" Anna chirped as she jumped slightly. Elsa turned her attention back to the redhead. She gave a nod and followed the girl to the destination of their first clue.
"I missed you," Elsa couldn't believe she was actually admitting that. Anna's head snapped to her, a look of mild surprise on her face. They continued their walking as Anna turned to her. Elsa watched the redhead continue to walk backwards.
"I missed you too Miss Elsa, you were like my best friend! After moving, I didn't have anyone to talk to the way we did," Anna gave a small pout. Her pout faded however when she heard Elsa give a hearty chuckle.
"You did most of the talking," Elsa reminded her and Anna smiled.
"Yea I guess you're right, but I have gotten somewhat better with not just talking none stop. Sometimes I'll ramble when nervous or excited. Oh! I once started rambling this one time and stuttering real bad, because me and some of my friends were held at gun point. It was after our graduation party and it was like 2am and it was at that point in the night where you're so drunk you're actually sobering up and you can feel the headache starting. Anyway, this guy points a gun at us demanding our wallets and I'm just trying to keep my stupid drunk friends from making this worse. So I'm talking between them and this guy and the angrier he gets the more nervous I get and that just makes me stutter. Long story short I managed to stall everything long enough for some passer-by's to call the police," Elsa was getting light headed for the redhead as Anna just kept talking.
"Anna, relax, breath," she said and the girl was panting slightly from her winded story telling.
"Walking and talking don't normally mix well," Elsa said and Anna chuckled as she rubbed the back of her neck.
"Yea I guess you're right-whoa!" As fate would have it, it would be now that Anna awkwardly stepped onto a rock and lost her footing. Her arms flailed and Elsa barely managed to grab one of the limbs to try and steady her.
~chocolatier~chocolatier~chocolatier~
Anna's mind went blank in that second it took her body to panic and try to balance itself. It was like in the movies where things happened in slow motion. Her eyes widened as she grabbed Elsa's hand as the blond tried to help her. She could see the words in Elsa's eyes, that 'oh shit' moment as Elsa's own mind slowed down in the realisation of what's about to happen. And as fast as the moment slowed down it sped up again and they landed on the ground. Anna groaned loudly as her back made contact with the dirt, small stones and twigs poking at her. Elsa managed to use her knees and hands to stop her fall, but got scraped by the stones and twigs as well. Her knees were burning and her shoulders hurt from the impact. It didn't help that they headed butted one another in the process. Elsa's glasses slid almost off her nose as her hair fell to either side of her face.
"Fuck that hurt," Anna growled slightly as she laid her head back rubbing her forehead. Anna feels like she lost a few brain cells in the process as a headache starts to form.
"Anna, are you alright?" Elsa asked as she pushed her glasses back up her nose. The redhead's eyes blinked open to stare into concerned ice blue eyes. There was a moment of silence as teal met blue. In this moment with the older woman's hair falling like a curtain around their faces, the younger couldn't help but think of how beautiful she was. Elsa was even more beautiful without her purple eye shadow and red lipstick. In truth the makeup didn't do her justice.
"Anna?" Elsa tried again after realising the redhead wasn't responding.
"Huh? Oh yea, I'm fine no worries. I've fallen a lot while skate boarding," Anna smiled and they sat up. Elsa rubbed her hands to rid them of the dirt.
"In all honesty I've even broken some bones in the process too," Anna added as she chuckled and stood up. She helped Elsa up before trying her best to dust off the dirt.
"Broken bones?" Elsa asked slightly alarmed.
"Yea, it was mostly ankles and wrists. I have managed to break my arm too and dislocate my knees. It hurts sometimes when I do something like squats," Anna shrugged it off with a smile. Elsa on the other hand was slightly horrified.
"Anna you should be more careful! Wear some protection, especially for your head! What if you break something again and it hits an artery and you bleed out? Or if you crack your head and you get brain damaged!" Elsa was slightly freaking out, like a mother lecturing her child.
"Whoa, whoa, relax Miss Elsa! I'm fine! I was a kid then, I don't do dangerous things like that now!" Anna said waving her hands in defence. Elsa eventually calmed down and sighed.
"Sheesh, my own mother didn't react like that," Anna breathed and that just made Elsa angry.
"Well excuse me for caring!" Elsa huffed and turned away, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Elsa…I'm not a little kid anymore," Anna said softly. She remembered this sort of freak out a long time ago, before she moved away.
-Flash Back-
Anna rushed to the flower shop after school. Her smile was as wide as ever. The familiar ding of the doorbell announced her arrival as she waved to her aunt. Anna made a b-line for Elsa's corner.
"Miss Elsa!" She called and saw the blond look up with a smile. Anna slowed down as she saw the smile fade from the pretty ladies face.
"Anna what happened?" Elsa asked as she moved to kneel in front of the girl. She studied the arm that was in a cast.
"Oh I was playing with some of the boys and fell out a tree," Anna said with a shrug. Elsa's eyes were filled with shock and horror.
"Anna you need to be more careful sweetie! What if you hurt your head next time or you puncture a lung?" Elsa said as she whimpered slightly.
"Could you draw something on it Miss Elsa?" Anna asked excitedly. Her seven year old brain did not understand why it was such a big deal.
"Alright but you have to be more careful from now on okay?" Elsa asked and Anna nodded smiling.
"Okay!"
-End Flash Back-
"I know you're not, but that doesn't mean I can't care," Elsa whispered and Anna looked down.
"I'm sorry Miss Elsa. I'll be more careful from now on," Anna scuffed the ground with her shoe as Elsa turned to look to her.
"Thank you. I don't know what I'll do if something bad happened to you," Elsa said and Anna looked up to her. Anna never seemed to notice that Elsa was naturally slightly taller than her. She was used to being the tallest girl amongst her friends. The silence between them grew slightly heavy before a piercing scream made them jump and sent their hearts into panic.
"What was that?" Anna hissed.
"Sounded like Vanellope, oh what did that girl get up to now?" Elsa said a little more panicked as she took off running to where the sound came from. Anna sprinted after her as the made their way to the tree line at the back of the camp site.
Shang was on the phone as others rushed to where the girl was crying on the ground. Anna knew immediately what was wrong. She shooed the others away to give the girl some breathing room. Vanellope was trying really hard not to touch her leg as it was twisted a little unnaturally.
"Val, Val look at me. You'll be fine okay? I've broken a few bones myself this is not so bad," she said as she held the girls hand and stroked her hair.
"It hurts," she whimpered and Anna kept cooing her.
"Every things okay, Shang is calling an ambulance and they will be here before you know it. I find it hard to believe you've never broken bones before," Anna chuckled and it seemed to make the girl smile a little.
"I broke my arm once," she said and gave a choked chuckle as she tried not to cry.
"Hey that makes two of us! How'd that happen?"
"I was doing some tricks on a BMX bike," she said and Anna nodded.
"That sounds rad, do you still do MBX biking?" The redhead asked and Val nodded.
"Cause you won't let some stupid accident keep you from doing what you love right?" She asked.
"Ya bet it won't red!" Vanellope gave her best buck tooth grin. Anna chuckled.
"Wanne come to the park with me once you're back to normal?" She asked and the younger girl's eyes lit up.
"Don't you need a pass to get in there?"
"I'm friends with the guy that owns the place we can go for free," Anna grinned.
"Whoa, that's so cool!" The sparkles in her eyes made Anna chuckle some more. Good the girl already forgot about her leg somewhat.
The ambulance got there in record time. They had to cut their team building short and follow the ambulance. Shang was understandable. The ride to the hospital was a silent one. Belle was feeling bad about letting Vanellope climb the tree without some sort of safety measures. So she had gone ahead with her car to the hospital when everyone else was packing up.
Anna could see Elsa was worried. The blond was twisting her now braided hair in her hands as she bit her lip.
"She's going to be fine guys, she's a trooper," Anna said, not liking this silence one bit. The statement did seem to make them relax a little.
"Yea she can get through anything!" Rapunzel smiled.
"That girl would be back on her legs in no time no matter what the doctor says!" Tiana smiled. The atmosphere relaxed as Eugene put on some music to listen to. Anna was smiling, but she could see Elsa was still stressed. She guessed it was understandable. Elsa felt responsible, being the boss and knowing the girl so long. Anna guessed she felt like a mother to the girl.
I actually did plan on a whole treasure hunt, but once you start writing you can't really force it somewhere that doesn't feel natural.
We will get back on our schedule of weekly posts from now!
Shout out!
BlossomCharms: Thanks for correcting me...I honestly thought it was just Bell...I'm not a fan of beauty and the beast (sorry not sorry) haha yea I love Tiana she brings the African American out of me (I'm as white as they come) I hope you like this chapter!
Alright!
Thanks Sam for the beta!
Till next time!
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