Hey look at that...another chapter!
This one is a tiny bit shorter, but adding more would have over done it...Small Elsanna moment near the end...well in my eyes.
Hope to bring the next chapter soon...where we reveal what Elsa is, small chapters like this will help keep things light compared to the dark that is on its way...
Enjoy!
Anna was tired, she really was. Not physically, no, she had enough energy to power a car. She was mentally tired. As a nerd she prides herself on how much information she can retain when learning, the title did come for a reason. She was, if she were brutally honest, the smartest one in their group. But damn this supernatural bullshit had bested her. There were too many!
Some creatures were practically the same yet not and ones that were nothing alike were the same but just in a different country and ugh. It was all too much for a self-study. She'd feel better if this was a subject.
"That book is not only incomplete but also grossly inaccurate."
Anna blinked and looked up to Rapunzel. They were in the library seeing as it was their free period. The brunette smiled to her kindly before sitting down.
"Try this one, it's from my family's collection," she says as she pulls a thick tomb of a book out her bag. Anna stares at it before looking to the grinning brunette.
"You carry that thing around with you?" She asks and Rapunzel shrugs.
"It's not that heavy," she says and Anna raises an eyebrow. Humming she picks it up and groans at how totally heavy it was.
"The hell you made of muscle or something?" She whines and Rapunzel giggles.
"I'm going to go with or something," she smiles and Anna can't help but smile herself. The girl had a calming aura about her, no wonder Eugene liked her.
"Just don't let Elsa find out I'm helping you out. She really isn't all that mean, just frustrated, once you get to know her you'll see, she just needs a hug," Rapunzel whispers before pulling out other books to do some actual school work.
Anna blinks and thinks this over. She can't really see Elsa being the touchy type and she's known Elsa far longer than Rapunzel. Her eyesight moves to the brunette. Then again maybe she doesn't know Elsa like she thinks.
Speaking of which, out the corner of Anna's eye she sees the blonde walk past her. Turning in her seat she watches as Elsa drops her bag at the farthest corner of the library, near a window. The girl pokes and prods the beanbag in the corner before dropping down on it. She curls up and pulls a jacket over her.
"Aww even the devil sleeps," Anna giggles to herself. Her giggling is cut short at the middle finger she receives from the curled up blonde. Anna wasn't aware she could hear her.
"She must be tired, I can't think being a hunter leaves time for relaxation," Rapunzel whispers. They watch as Elsa snuggles deeper into the beanbag and her jacket. Out the window they can see the weather turning dark as rain made the glass murky.
"How do you manage it? Working and school?" Anna asked as she looked to the brunette. Rapunzel's green eyes moved from the sleeping hunter to Anna's teal eyes. Anna could see that they too were tired. Not as tired as Elsa's was this morning, but tired nonetheless.
"I can't speak for the other, I have it pretty easy. Just be ready to go and help if someone gets injured or needs something specific. My sleep is normal, though I am a light sleeper now, for when something happens during the night. School work is fine, I do that whenever I can," Rapunzel shrugs. She looks down at the book she gave Anna. Stroking over the cover she sighs.
"I'm not sure how Elsa manages to keep her grades up, sure I help her sometimes when there is time, but it must be difficult. I've seen her go days without sleep, sometimes I find her asleep in the training room or in her jeep. Just...slumped over her steering wheel, out like a light," she whispers. Anna can hear the worry in her voice.
The redhead looks back to the sleeping hunter. Three times so far the girl had saved her and her friends. First the Lycanthrope then the Banshee and recently the Minotaur. Maybe she doesn't give her enough credit.
The redhead looks back to the book in front of her. Thick and heavy, bound in leather. There were sticky notes all around it, various colors and sizes.
"Oh those are pages I made notes, as the years went on even the creatures adapted, so these are my corrections and observations," Rapunzel explains.
"I'll try not to lose any, think I'll make my own notes. How do you suppose I go about this? Alphabetical or random?" Anna asks as she smiles.
"Well I'd say go alphabetical if you have the time, random if you are bored. I think you should start by looking up the ones you've already encountered," Rapunzel explains. Anna nods and opens the cover to the index.
"I should warn you, that these are just the animals and spirits. I also have books on fauna and flora as well as gods and other minor deities," the brunette says as she starts looking to her school work.
"Anything else?" Anna asks as she tilts her head.
"I also have region specific, but this book should give you the just of things. It has the usual's you see in the media, but also more obscure ones," Rapunzel explains as she smiles.
"I see, I'm guessing the ones portrayed in the media are laughably inaccurate?" Anna asks with a smirk. Rapunzel giggles and hums.
"Some yes, a few of them get it right because they actually do their homework, but normally our parents don't like us watching those kinds of movies. They don't want us getting the wrong information, I mean with this line of work it's easy to get hurt or even killed," Rapunzel says as she runs a hand through her short hair.
"Yikes, and they let you kids do this?" Anna asks a little uneasy with the thought.
"Best to train young, it is a little bothersome that just about all of us in this town are kids and our parents are out to help everywhere else. I understand why and Rjodthr isn't as dangerous as other places. There is a reason why Greece is known for its monsters and those stories are only the ones recorded. Most of the things here are pretty harmless, although as of late there has been an increase in high level creatures, but there is being looked into why," Rapunzel says and Anna nods.
"Well that's about all the crazy I can take for the day, I'll let you get back to school work," Anna says after a long pause to let things set in. Rapunzel giggles and nods before setting work on doing school things.
Anna's attention draws back to Elsa. The girl hadn't moved an inch. She speculates that the hunter was probably dead to the world right now. A good deep sleep, but even Anna knows that's not going to hold a person long. Not if the nap will only be about forty minutes.
Anna frowns. She can't remember the last time she saw Elsa's parents. The Arendelle house was always dark. It looked cold and hardly lived in. A few times she had seen Elsa enter and exit the home on occasions when she was in the dining room.
Her heart aches for the blonde. Who leaves their teenager alone to take care of themselves? No wonder Elsa seemed so angry all the time. Rapunzel was right, she just needs a hug.
Anna gets up without much thought. Rapunzel lifts her head just enough to watch the girl as she walked over to the sleeping blonde, a small smile tugging at her lips.
The redhead hunches down beside Elsa and gently tugs the jacket a little higher on the girl, moving the hood to be a makeshift pillow at the back of her head. Elsa nuzzles in deeper into the beanbag.
Anna smiles a little at the small content sigh that escapes the girl. She gently strokes a lock of platinum out Elsa's face and in behind her ear. Her skin was so smooth and being this up close she could see the faintest of freckles dusting her cheek and nose.
That made her smile more. Elsa was a really beautiful girl, a bad attitude but who could really blame her? With absent parents and the shit she goes through? It's a wonder she wasn't worse.
"One day Frosty, one day your heart will thaw," Anna whispers.
And maybe not be such a bitch.
Anna smirks to herself. The 'fights' she has with Elsa were actually pretty fun. Got her blood boiling and energy flowing. It was thrilling in a way, a challenge.
Sometimes Elsa actually did get her angry, to the point she wanted to hate her. Oh how she wanted to hate her. To yell and rage and make sure the blonde knew how much she hated how she treated her.
But...but she could never stay mad, never stay angry. She could never hate her. Hate was such a strong word. Sometimes she just wanted the hunter to...maybe compliment her? Give her a smile?
Anna bites her lip. Was it bad that she wanted to stop this fighting? To maybe try and be friends?
She catches herself from leaning down to peck a pale cheek. She covers her mouth with her hand, tapping her fingers as she closed her eyes.
Stupid Anna, you're natural enemies, don't be foolish. A nerd and a popular? Come on, those only happen in movies...and to heterosexuals.
Anna sighs and slowly stands up. She's about to turn and leave when a small whimper escapes the girl at her legs. She turns back and hunches back down. Elsa's brows are furrowed and she's fidgeting slightly. Anna isn't sure what to do, but she reaches out and strokes the girl's hair.
Elsa calms down and moves just enough to nuzzle into Anna's hand. The redhead can't help but smile as she sits down and keeps her hand where it is. Not like she can really move it anyway.
Well then...oh!
If there is a mythical creature any of ya'll wanne see or represented of your culture (where ever you are in the world) let me know! The research is fun, but the internet can only provide so much and I want to include a lot of the more obscure things...there is a few from my home land (South Africa) that I will add.
So please let me know which of yours you'd like to see!
Till next time!
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