A man with tan skin, brown hair and a beard, blue eyes wearing a red and blue suit, Frederic sat on an aquamarine bed in an aquamarine room with grey dolphins next to Natalia, who had tan skin, brown curly hair, green eyes, pink lips, wearing an aquamarine dress who was holding a pink stuffed dolphin.
"I can't tell you all my secrets"
Frederic started.
"May-be you sh-ou-ld st-ar-t wi-th o-ne"
Natalia suggested.
"You're right" He replied.
"I'll show you where I met your mom
She'd be proud of who you've become"
He began as he put his hand on his adopted daughter's shoulder.
Natalia grabbed an aquamarine notebook and a blue and green peacock feather pen. She opened the notebook to dirty, yellow parchment paper. *Who cares?* She wrote.
"We-re bet-ter off wi-th-ou-t her"
She sang.
"No" He replied.
"It's time you found out
More about her"
Frederic was pushing Natalia in a brown wooden wheelchair; with an aquamarine backpack on it; on a tan, sandy beach overlooking a blue ocean with giant waves. Wow, look at the size of those waves Natalia wrote.
"Somebody needs a marshmallow, and they're blue!" Frederic told Natalia as he grabbed an aquamarine marshmallow out of the backpack. She turned around, gave him an unamused look, grabbed the marshmallow and popped it in her mouth. "Don't tell me you're too old for blue food".
You met Mom on this beach? Natalia wrote.
"I first saw her in the water
Coming out of the morning mist
She was beautiful, brave, and strong"
Frederic sang.
An eleven year old boy with tan skin, brown hair, blue eyes wearing a red shirt and vest and blue pants, look at an eleven year old girl with tan skin, green eyes, brown, wavy hair, and , wearing a purple one-piece swimsuit strutting out of the white mist.
"And before too long-"
A 15 year old boy with tan skin, brown hair, blue eyes wearing a white suit kissed a 15 year old girl with tan skin, green eyes, brown hair in an updo, tan skin, green eyes, pink lipstick wearing a white gown, Arianna in a chapel with golden wallpaper.
"You're elder sister came
To exist"
An 18 year old Frederic stood on a pink balcony up against the backdrop of a blue sky supporting a 17 year old pregnant Arianna with tan skin, green eyes, brown hair in an updo, tan skin, green eyes, pink lipstick wearing a white pearl necklace with three pink jewels in the middle, a purple and white renaissance dress and purple slippers by putting one hand on her back and the other on her stomach.
And she ditched us. Natalia wrote.
"No com-in-g ho-me f-or di-nner
Ye-ah, S-h-E sO-uN-dS lI-kE a Re-aL wIn-NeR"
She sang.
"Natalia, she didn't have a choice. She would have loved to have met you, but her best friend attacked her when she was about to have your older sister and they both got deathly sick.".
Frederic gently dabbed a damp, pale pink wet cloth to Arianna's forehead as she laid in a pink and purple bed skin pale, sweating, shivering, breathing heavily, crying hoarsely and bundled in blankets.
"And then her best friend forced Quirin to tell the royal court not to take the Sundrop which sent her into an anxiety attack, which almost killed her and your sister in her fragile state.".
Frederic held Arianna close and stroked her face as she cried hoarsely and hyperventilated as sticky sweat poured down her face and her chest rapidly contracted.
"But, as you know, we found the Sundrop and they both survived the night.".
Frederic gently craned Arianna's head up with one hand and held a white porcelain bowl with a yellow, glowing broth. He wept for joy when her green eyes fluttered open.
"But, her best friend kidnapped your older sister." An old woman with white hair, pale wrinkly skin, bluish-grey eyes, pale skin, wearing a red renaissance dress and a black cloak holding a baby girl with blonde hair, tan skin swaddled in a purple blanket gave him a death glare as she stood on the white marble rail.
So she was a screw up too! And her best friend was a sicko. Natalia wrote. Frederic just looked at her.
Sorry, Dad. If I was only... normal- She wrote.
"Hey," He gently addressed her.
"Blue food isn't normal
Blue food is strange"
Frederic sang as he grabbed an aquamarine marshmallow out of the backpack and popped it in Natalia's mouth. She giggled.
"And that's why it's my favorite
I never want it to change"
He sang as he looked towards the ocean.
"To make it boring orange or green
Why be blah
When there's aquamarine"
Frederic sang as he flopped his hand down.
"Normal is a myth
Everyone has issues they're dealing with"
Frederic sang.
"D-ad, if you-'re we-ird, you-re we-ak"
Natalia protested.
"That's where you're wrong
The things that make you different
Are the very things that make you
Strong
So, be strong"
Frederic sang as he smiled.
"You'll see, you're destined for great things." Frederic told Natalia as he put his hand on her shoulder and smiled at her.
The only thing I seem to be destined for is doom. Natalia wrote in protest.
"I ca-n't foc-us
I wo-u-ld st-in-k in a reg-lu-ar sch-oo-l"
Natalia was looking around her room as she sat at an aquamarine, wooden desk with a yellow parchment scroll on it and held a blue and green peacock feather pen in her room.
"My cer-e-br-al pa-l-sy ge-ts th-e be-st of me"
She fell down a plight of grey stairs.
"Mu-t-ism: no-t co-ol"
She sang as she crossed her arms.
"Just hang on kiddo
One day you'll find
You'll leave that boring little life behind"
Frederic sang as he picked up Natalia and spun her. She giggled.
Frederic sat Natalia back in her chair.
"Normal is a myth
Everyone has issues they're dealing with"
They sang in unison.
Arianna sat on a blue, crystal window sill and looked out the window to an aquamarine island.
A girl with tan skin, golden hair, green eyes, freckles, wearing a purple dress laced up with pink ribbon, Rapunzel sat on a brown, wooden window sill and looked out the window to evergreen trees.
A skinny teenage girl with pale skin, wavy white hair, and red eyes wearing a white dress, and a green cloak, Gabriella was curled up in a darkness.
"And there's some friends
You will find
With whom you belong"
Frederic sang. Arianna, Gabriella, Rapunzel and Natalia hugged on the balcony.
"Where the things that make you different
Are the things that make you special
Special like your mother
Yes, Natalia, you are special"
He sang. Arianna hugged Natalia on the balcony.
"Like food the color blue
All the things that make you, you"
Frederic sang as he grabbed Natalia and tilted her back. She giggled.
"Are the things
That will make you
Strong"
He sang.
"So be strong"
Frederic and Natalia sang in unison.
THE END