Maria's Story: Being Me
Disclaimer: The Plot and Characters belong to The Sound of Music & 20th Century Fox, However Maria's Thoughts are mine.
Written by: Maria's Georg
Authors Note* I included the 3 deleted scenes from the film, info I learned and info I made up. Also this is a working story, and a working title! I'm back from my trip and I've finally updated the story so here is the next chapter! Enjoy Reading and please review it! Feel free to e-mail me!
Where Can this Fanfic be found?* At my site's Fanfiction page & at the New The First EVER Sound of Music Fanfiction Archive! Both are located through my main page, web address is on my profile page here!
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Chapter 9: 1 Jar of Spiders, 1 Cat, 6 Frightened Children and 1 Very Scary Bat!
This has been an eventful day. I walk to the other side of my new bed, I take my rob off and drape it across the back of a beautiful rounded chair that matches the rest of the house. I kneel down and begin to pray.
" Dear, Father, now I know why you've sent me here. To help these children prepare themselves for a new mother. And I pray that this will become a happy family in thy sight. God Bless the Captain, God Bless Liesl & Friedrich, God Bless Louisa, Brigitta, Maria and Little Gretl. And Oh, I forgot the other boy. What's his name? Well, God Bless, what's his name. God Bless the Reverend Mother, Sister Margaretta-" Liesl, so she's finally returned home. I wonder where she's been. Now doubt out with that messenger boy.
"And everybody at Nonnberg Abbey. And now God, about Liesl -" That got her attention.
"help her to know that I'm her friend and help her to tell me what she's been up to."
"Are you going to tell on me?"
"Shh. Help me to be understanding so that I may guide her footsteps. In the name, of the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen." As I finish my nightly prayer I stand up meeting Liesl as she explains herself. This is turning out to be a very interesting family.
"I was out taking a walk, when somebody locked the doors earlier than usual, and I didn't want to wake everybody up so when I saw your window open - your not going to tell father are you?"
"Hmm." Ah, of course, walking to my window I look down finding nothing for her to climb up except for the house itself. How did she do it?
"How in the world did you climb up here?"
"That's how we've always gotten in this room to play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a jar of spiders in her hand." A Jar of Spiders??! I slam the window shut in disgust just as she revealed to me Louisa's Favorite prank.
"Spiders?!" Spiders were defiantly not any kind of friend of mine! I decided to drop the spider's subject and change it to something a little more interesting.
"Liesl were you out walking all by yourself?" I knew the answer but I had to get it out of her. She nods "yes" carefully. I give her my "Tell me the truth look." And she changes her answer to a swift "no."
"You know, if we wash that dress out tonight, nobody would notice it tomorrow. You could put this on." I sped towards me nifty new amour taking advantage of it. I open one half and slide out my best nightgown. I hand it to her and she takes it willingly. Moving to the bathroom I open the door and flick on the light.
"Take your dress in there, put it to soak in the bathtub, then come back here, sit on the bed and will have a talk."
"I told you today I didn't need a governess. Well maybe I do." I smile and shut the door as she goes in. and I think Life won't be so bad here after all. Moving swiftly I shut the door to my amoiror. I have to be neat. Compulsive Reaction. * Play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a whole jar of spiders. * oh! The idea goes straight to my head. Spiders in my bed. Eww Gross! I fling back the covers of my bed, finding --!
Nothing.
Thank God! As I piece my bed back together, Gretl bursts through the door. She stands next to the wall, looking mighty frightened.
"Gretl? Are you scared?" She shakes her head, but she obviously is frightened by the storm as she races into my legs as the next bolt of thunderstorm hits. Grasping my legs, tightly as her little shaken body could, I envelop her, hugging her for comfort.
"Your not frightened of a thunderstorm, are you?" I ask, she peaks her head out from the comfort of my arms and nods a no.
"You just stay right here with me." I scoop her up and sit on the bed.
"Where are the others?" She peeks her head out to answer my question.
"There asleep there not scared." The thunderstorm noises and Gretl squeezes me, I protect her from the noise. I watch as Louisa, Brigitta and Marta bolt into the room. Each clutching the wall, I smile to myself.
"Oh, No?" I say to Gretl, as she rises to meet my gaze. "Look."
"Alright everybody, up here on the bed." They all run to the bed excited.
"Really?"
"Well just this once. Come on." They all jump on the bed the two older ones at the foot of the bed and Mart snuggles next to me, little Gretl on the other side of me. As soon as we were settled in I ask them about the boys.
"Now, all we have to do is wait for the boys."
"You won't see them boys are brave." More thunder strikes and the girls comfort themselves in the bed. The boys run in, and as soon as they reach the door they slow down. And act like brave little boys. I smile to myself, knowing full well that they're just as scared as the girls.
"Eh, you boys weren't scared, too, were you?"
"Oh, no. We just wanted to be sure you weren't."
"That's very thoughtful of you, Friedrich." "It wasn't my idea. It was Kurt." Kurt! Yes now I remember!
"Kurt! That's the one I left out! God Bless Kurt!" Thunderstorms and I can feel a fluff of something under the bed. I fish it out and take a look, someone's lost slippers. Yuck. I throw them on the floor. The boys decided to join us on the bed, they lay by the foot of the bed next to the older girls.
"Why does it do that?" Marta asks after the noise has past. Um.lets see.ah yes!
"Well, the lightning says something to the thunder and the thunder answers back."
"The lightning must be nasty."
"Not really."
"Then why does the thunder get so angry makes me want to cry." Thunder sounds once more, and once more they berry their heads. Perhaps if I think of something For them to do it will get their minds off of the thunderstorm. Ah yes, happy thoughts!
"Well, now when anything bothers me and I'm feeling unhappy, I just try and think of nice things."
"What kind of things?"
"Uh.well let me see, nice things - "Singing!
"Daffodils. Green Meadows. Skies full of Stars. Raindrops on Roses and whiskers on kittens."
I begin to sing, to reassure the children of their safety and not to be afraid of the thunderstorm. I get excited in the moment and stand on my bed, I'm starting to feel the effect that singing always has had on me.
"Does it really work?"
"Of Course it does. You try it. What things do you like?" Marta jumps up and yells
"Pussy Willows!" The rest follow with shouting their favorite thing.
"Christmas!"
"Bunny Rabbits!"
"Snakes!"
"Chocolate Icing!"
"No School!"
"Telegrams!" I notice Liesl emerged from the bathroom hair wet and in my nightgown. It's a bit big on her.
"Birthday presents!"
"Any presents!" OooH!
"Yes!" They're finally getting the idea!
"Ladybugs!"
"What?"
"Cats!"
"Rats!"
"A Good Sneeze!" Kurt sneezes.
"Ah choo!" We all laugh.
"Gesundheit! See what fun it is?" I stand up once more and begin to my happy song again. The window flies open to my left and I jump down to close it. I finish the song, and fling around to look at the children. I find them waiting for more fun to be had. My hand flings to my head, trying to think of what to do next. Sing another verse!
I sing, twirling back and forth, I move to the side of the bed picking up a waiting Gretl. I fling her from side to side. I lower her to Liesl's waiting arms and twirl to Louisa and Brigitta we clasps hands and spin in a small circle. I twirl and sing some more, I'm having so much fun. So much fun that I don't want any of this to stop. I begin the next verse of my song.
"When the dog bi -" uh oh! I just miss flinging myself into the Captain. I stop and catch my breath, he doesn't look too happy.
"Dog bites -uh!" I notice the children, forgetting about the storm and have already assembled in a straight line. The Captain looks to the children, then back at me. A look of stone anger upon his face.
"Uh, Hello." I smile, trying to make the best of the situation.
"Fraulein, did I not tell you that bedtime is to be strictly observed in this house?" I begin to explain myself and of course always telling the truth.
"Well, the children were upset by the thunderstorm, so I thought that if I ---." *bedtime is to be strictly observed no exceptions.* I wanted to comfort them, and I had begun to enjoy our time together. But he was right he did say that.
"You did, Sir."
"And do you or do you not have difficulty remembering such simple instructions?" I didn't have difficulty remembering them, I just knew they need some comfort. I smiled, as I came up with my next response. "Only during thunderstorms, Sir." The Captain gives me a tangent look, and Kurt giggles at my comment. The Captain turns his focus towards the children.
"Liesl?"
"Yes, Father?"
"I don't recall seeing you anywhere after dinner." Uh oh. She's in for it.
"Oh, Really? Well, as a matter of fact -."
"Yes?"
"Well, I - I was, I was -" I have to help her out, what would he say about it? I know! I'll say we were getting to know each other. Well I'm not really lying we were getting to know each other. "Uh, what she would like to say, Captain, is that, uh, she and I have been getting better acquainted tonight." As I was coming up with an excuse, I noticed how uncomfortable the children seem to be. I didn't want them to be in more trouble than they already had gotten in. Perhaps if the Captain were to cool off some, he would forget about this altogether.
"But it's much too late to go into all that. Come along children. You heard your father. Go back to bed immediately." The children run to leave, and I grab my robe, covering myself. The Captain moves to the door.
"Fraulein, you have managed to remember that I'm leaving in the morning?" Yes, to receive the Baroness and perhaps marry her in the near future. I nod. I feel like Liesl, had when she climbed into my room.
"Is it also possible that you remember that the first rule in this house is discipline?" Uh. Ah yes. I'm not very good at being disciplined, much less disciplining others.
"Then I trust that before I return you will have acquired some?"
"Captain?" Now is a good time as any to ask about the play clothes.
"Uh, I wonder, if before you go, I could talk to you about some clothes for the children --."
"Fraulein Maria--."
" for when they play. If I could just have some material --."
"you are obviously many, things, not the least of which is repetitious." Those poor children don't play 'they march'.
"But their children!"
"Yes. And I'm their father. Good night." He leaves, closing the door. Grr! How could he not see? Children simply can't be children without having fun?!
"Oh!" I feel like I could throw something! I do. I fling my robe onto my bed in frustrastion. I can't believe the man! He's so infuriating! How can he not see!? I've got knock some sense into that man! I've got to think of a way to make play clothes for the children. I make my way to a chair in the corner of the room next to a window.
This little argument had made me a little depressed, so I sing another verse of my song. I begin to feel the draps hanging from the window and an idea pops into my head! That's it! that's how I'll make play clothes! * There'll be new drapes at the windows.* I run to the other window imagining what wonderful play clothes I can make for the children. I wrap myself up in the material singing the rest of the song.
"And then I don't feel so bad!!"
Disclaimer: The Plot and Characters belong to The Sound of Music & 20th Century Fox, However Maria's Thoughts are mine.
Written by: Maria's Georg
Authors Note* I included the 3 deleted scenes from the film, info I learned and info I made up. Also this is a working story, and a working title! I'm back from my trip and I've finally updated the story so here is the next chapter! Enjoy Reading and please review it! Feel free to e-mail me!
Where Can this Fanfic be found?* At my site's Fanfiction page & at the New The First EVER Sound of Music Fanfiction Archive! Both are located through my main page, web address is on my profile page here!
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Chapter 9: 1 Jar of Spiders, 1 Cat, 6 Frightened Children and 1 Very Scary Bat!
This has been an eventful day. I walk to the other side of my new bed, I take my rob off and drape it across the back of a beautiful rounded chair that matches the rest of the house. I kneel down and begin to pray.
" Dear, Father, now I know why you've sent me here. To help these children prepare themselves for a new mother. And I pray that this will become a happy family in thy sight. God Bless the Captain, God Bless Liesl & Friedrich, God Bless Louisa, Brigitta, Maria and Little Gretl. And Oh, I forgot the other boy. What's his name? Well, God Bless, what's his name. God Bless the Reverend Mother, Sister Margaretta-" Liesl, so she's finally returned home. I wonder where she's been. Now doubt out with that messenger boy.
"And everybody at Nonnberg Abbey. And now God, about Liesl -" That got her attention.
"help her to know that I'm her friend and help her to tell me what she's been up to."
"Are you going to tell on me?"
"Shh. Help me to be understanding so that I may guide her footsteps. In the name, of the father, the son, and the Holy Ghost. Amen." As I finish my nightly prayer I stand up meeting Liesl as she explains herself. This is turning out to be a very interesting family.
"I was out taking a walk, when somebody locked the doors earlier than usual, and I didn't want to wake everybody up so when I saw your window open - your not going to tell father are you?"
"Hmm." Ah, of course, walking to my window I look down finding nothing for her to climb up except for the house itself. How did she do it?
"How in the world did you climb up here?"
"That's how we've always gotten in this room to play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a jar of spiders in her hand." A Jar of Spiders??! I slam the window shut in disgust just as she revealed to me Louisa's Favorite prank.
"Spiders?!" Spiders were defiantly not any kind of friend of mine! I decided to drop the spider's subject and change it to something a little more interesting.
"Liesl were you out walking all by yourself?" I knew the answer but I had to get it out of her. She nods "yes" carefully. I give her my "Tell me the truth look." And she changes her answer to a swift "no."
"You know, if we wash that dress out tonight, nobody would notice it tomorrow. You could put this on." I sped towards me nifty new amour taking advantage of it. I open one half and slide out my best nightgown. I hand it to her and she takes it willingly. Moving to the bathroom I open the door and flick on the light.
"Take your dress in there, put it to soak in the bathtub, then come back here, sit on the bed and will have a talk."
"I told you today I didn't need a governess. Well maybe I do." I smile and shut the door as she goes in. and I think Life won't be so bad here after all. Moving swiftly I shut the door to my amoiror. I have to be neat. Compulsive Reaction. * Play tricks on the governess. Louisa can make it with a whole jar of spiders. * oh! The idea goes straight to my head. Spiders in my bed. Eww Gross! I fling back the covers of my bed, finding --!
Nothing.
Thank God! As I piece my bed back together, Gretl bursts through the door. She stands next to the wall, looking mighty frightened.
"Gretl? Are you scared?" She shakes her head, but she obviously is frightened by the storm as she races into my legs as the next bolt of thunderstorm hits. Grasping my legs, tightly as her little shaken body could, I envelop her, hugging her for comfort.
"Your not frightened of a thunderstorm, are you?" I ask, she peaks her head out from the comfort of my arms and nods a no.
"You just stay right here with me." I scoop her up and sit on the bed.
"Where are the others?" She peeks her head out to answer my question.
"There asleep there not scared." The thunderstorm noises and Gretl squeezes me, I protect her from the noise. I watch as Louisa, Brigitta and Marta bolt into the room. Each clutching the wall, I smile to myself.
"Oh, No?" I say to Gretl, as she rises to meet my gaze. "Look."
"Alright everybody, up here on the bed." They all run to the bed excited.
"Really?"
"Well just this once. Come on." They all jump on the bed the two older ones at the foot of the bed and Mart snuggles next to me, little Gretl on the other side of me. As soon as we were settled in I ask them about the boys.
"Now, all we have to do is wait for the boys."
"You won't see them boys are brave." More thunder strikes and the girls comfort themselves in the bed. The boys run in, and as soon as they reach the door they slow down. And act like brave little boys. I smile to myself, knowing full well that they're just as scared as the girls.
"Eh, you boys weren't scared, too, were you?"
"Oh, no. We just wanted to be sure you weren't."
"That's very thoughtful of you, Friedrich." "It wasn't my idea. It was Kurt." Kurt! Yes now I remember!
"Kurt! That's the one I left out! God Bless Kurt!" Thunderstorms and I can feel a fluff of something under the bed. I fish it out and take a look, someone's lost slippers. Yuck. I throw them on the floor. The boys decided to join us on the bed, they lay by the foot of the bed next to the older girls.
"Why does it do that?" Marta asks after the noise has past. Um.lets see.ah yes!
"Well, the lightning says something to the thunder and the thunder answers back."
"The lightning must be nasty."
"Not really."
"Then why does the thunder get so angry makes me want to cry." Thunder sounds once more, and once more they berry their heads. Perhaps if I think of something For them to do it will get their minds off of the thunderstorm. Ah yes, happy thoughts!
"Well, now when anything bothers me and I'm feeling unhappy, I just try and think of nice things."
"What kind of things?"
"Uh.well let me see, nice things - "Singing!
"Daffodils. Green Meadows. Skies full of Stars. Raindrops on Roses and whiskers on kittens."
I begin to sing, to reassure the children of their safety and not to be afraid of the thunderstorm. I get excited in the moment and stand on my bed, I'm starting to feel the effect that singing always has had on me.
"Does it really work?"
"Of Course it does. You try it. What things do you like?" Marta jumps up and yells
"Pussy Willows!" The rest follow with shouting their favorite thing.
"Christmas!"
"Bunny Rabbits!"
"Snakes!"
"Chocolate Icing!"
"No School!"
"Telegrams!" I notice Liesl emerged from the bathroom hair wet and in my nightgown. It's a bit big on her.
"Birthday presents!"
"Any presents!" OooH!
"Yes!" They're finally getting the idea!
"Ladybugs!"
"What?"
"Cats!"
"Rats!"
"A Good Sneeze!" Kurt sneezes.
"Ah choo!" We all laugh.
"Gesundheit! See what fun it is?" I stand up once more and begin to my happy song again. The window flies open to my left and I jump down to close it. I finish the song, and fling around to look at the children. I find them waiting for more fun to be had. My hand flings to my head, trying to think of what to do next. Sing another verse!
I sing, twirling back and forth, I move to the side of the bed picking up a waiting Gretl. I fling her from side to side. I lower her to Liesl's waiting arms and twirl to Louisa and Brigitta we clasps hands and spin in a small circle. I twirl and sing some more, I'm having so much fun. So much fun that I don't want any of this to stop. I begin the next verse of my song.
"When the dog bi -" uh oh! I just miss flinging myself into the Captain. I stop and catch my breath, he doesn't look too happy.
"Dog bites -uh!" I notice the children, forgetting about the storm and have already assembled in a straight line. The Captain looks to the children, then back at me. A look of stone anger upon his face.
"Uh, Hello." I smile, trying to make the best of the situation.
"Fraulein, did I not tell you that bedtime is to be strictly observed in this house?" I begin to explain myself and of course always telling the truth.
"Well, the children were upset by the thunderstorm, so I thought that if I ---." *bedtime is to be strictly observed no exceptions.* I wanted to comfort them, and I had begun to enjoy our time together. But he was right he did say that.
"You did, Sir."
"And do you or do you not have difficulty remembering such simple instructions?" I didn't have difficulty remembering them, I just knew they need some comfort. I smiled, as I came up with my next response. "Only during thunderstorms, Sir." The Captain gives me a tangent look, and Kurt giggles at my comment. The Captain turns his focus towards the children.
"Liesl?"
"Yes, Father?"
"I don't recall seeing you anywhere after dinner." Uh oh. She's in for it.
"Oh, Really? Well, as a matter of fact -."
"Yes?"
"Well, I - I was, I was -" I have to help her out, what would he say about it? I know! I'll say we were getting to know each other. Well I'm not really lying we were getting to know each other. "Uh, what she would like to say, Captain, is that, uh, she and I have been getting better acquainted tonight." As I was coming up with an excuse, I noticed how uncomfortable the children seem to be. I didn't want them to be in more trouble than they already had gotten in. Perhaps if the Captain were to cool off some, he would forget about this altogether.
"But it's much too late to go into all that. Come along children. You heard your father. Go back to bed immediately." The children run to leave, and I grab my robe, covering myself. The Captain moves to the door.
"Fraulein, you have managed to remember that I'm leaving in the morning?" Yes, to receive the Baroness and perhaps marry her in the near future. I nod. I feel like Liesl, had when she climbed into my room.
"Is it also possible that you remember that the first rule in this house is discipline?" Uh. Ah yes. I'm not very good at being disciplined, much less disciplining others.
"Then I trust that before I return you will have acquired some?"
"Captain?" Now is a good time as any to ask about the play clothes.
"Uh, I wonder, if before you go, I could talk to you about some clothes for the children --."
"Fraulein Maria--."
" for when they play. If I could just have some material --."
"you are obviously many, things, not the least of which is repetitious." Those poor children don't play 'they march'.
"But their children!"
"Yes. And I'm their father. Good night." He leaves, closing the door. Grr! How could he not see? Children simply can't be children without having fun?!
"Oh!" I feel like I could throw something! I do. I fling my robe onto my bed in frustrastion. I can't believe the man! He's so infuriating! How can he not see!? I've got knock some sense into that man! I've got to think of a way to make play clothes for the children. I make my way to a chair in the corner of the room next to a window.
This little argument had made me a little depressed, so I sing another verse of my song. I begin to feel the draps hanging from the window and an idea pops into my head! That's it! that's how I'll make play clothes! * There'll be new drapes at the windows.* I run to the other window imagining what wonderful play clothes I can make for the children. I wrap myself up in the material singing the rest of the song.
"And then I don't feel so bad!!"