Unknown Skies part 12
Inside Arendelle's castle, Sam, Elsa, Anna and Kristoff were all sat inside one of the castle's many lounges. Sven was in the stables and Olaf had wondered off somewhere. The four had a lot to talk about, now that Sam was in fact, Elsa's younger twin brother.
They had already discussed the fact that Sam wouldn't take the throne since Arendelle's laws said that no matter the gender, the first born child of the royal family would get the throne.
Sam was sitting in a single armchair whilst the sisters and Kristoff were all sat on a rather large sofa, or the Arendelle Equivalent of one.
"What's going to happen now that I am Prince of Arendelle?" Sam asked nervously. To be honest, he was still surprised at the fact that he was a brother to Elsa and Anna! Part of him thought that he would never quite believe it was real, even though the evidence was stacked up high right in his face.
"Well, you're going to have to be presented to the people as a prince, The Council as well." Elsa replied.
"You don't need to worry. We all will be with you every step of the way" Anna added in a reassuring tone.
Sam couldn't help but give a small smile at his younger sister's statement.
Kristoff had remained silent throughout this exchange, feeling it best if he let Elsa and Anna get to know Sam first.
As soon as they had gotten the important business out of the way, the sisters and Kristoff started asking questions about Sam's life before he came here.
"What made you want to become a pilot?" Kristoff had asked.
A tear fell from Sam's eye and Kristoff immediately regretted his question.
"You don't have to say if you don't want to" Anna added with a comforting tone.
Sam just took a deep breath and he said,
"When I was around five, I had developed a keen interest in aviation. My parents took me to an aviation museum in Duxford, near to where I lived at the time. It was there when I saw a machine that rocked my world completely. This was Concorde"
"What's Concorde?" Kristoff asked, to which Anna and Elsa shushed him.
Sam just smiled at Kristoff's question.
"Concorde, was the fastest passenger plane in the world. Able to do the same route as we were on in just over three hours whilst Quebec Echo needs at least 6-7 hours. A marvel of British and French Engineering, I was fascinated at that point when I first saw the Duxford Concorde. It was at that point I decided I wanted to become an airline pilot. Concorde didn't just change lives, it saved mine and everyone on flight 595"
As Sam finished speaking, his eyes began to leak tears again at the memories.
"Sadly, it was grounded back in 2003 permanently and all the aircraft are probably irradiated wrecks by now" he added.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't mean to…" Kristoff tried to say but Sam cut him off with,
"It's alright mate."
Sam then got out his phone and activated the photo gallery app. He found a good quality photo of him standing in front of British Airways Concorde G-BOAB, which had been left on its own on the edge of London's Heathrow airport. Sam had managed to gain permission to visit his favourite aircraft in its old home.
He showed Anna, Elsa and Kristoff the photograph.
"What is this?" Elsa asked in confusion, everyone, herself included hadn't seen a Photo before.
"It's a photograph of when I last saw Concorde. A Photograph is basically a high quality painting that can be captured in a split second" Sam explained.
He snapped his fingers to prove his point.
Anna, Elsa and Kristoff all looked at the photograph; Sam looked so happy and carefree in the image. He had changed since that photograph was taken, that much was clear.
Sam then closed down his phone and put it back in his pocket.
As Sam put his phone away, the four continued their conversation, Sam revealing a great deal about his life and his adventures as a Commercial Boeing 757 pilot.
Sam had to be careful about making sure that Anna, Elsa and Kristoff didn't find out about them being fictional characters in the universe where flight 595 took off.
Together, the newly reunited family would face anything that this world could throw at them. It would take a while before Sam, Dan and the rest of the crew and passengers of Winter Airways flight 595 got fully used to living here. But with Anna, Elsa, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven's help, Sam had no doubt that Arendelle was their true home.