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I do not own rights to Frozen, Disney does. But Joan is my OC and everyone else is from Norse myths.
Dreamscape
7 year old Anna was looking across the lunchroom at 9 year old Elsa. It had been a day since their first meeting where Anna publically humiliated her. Now Elsa was sitting all by herself eating what Anna assumed to be a PB&J sandwich, completely ignoring everyone else, giving off the aura that she didn't want to be disturbed. Yet for some reason Anna couldn't take her eyes off her. Suddenly Anna flinches as she feels a slap against her back.
"Hey Anna." Marcy exclaims.
"Oh...hey Marcy. Hey Kevin."
"Whatcha lookin at?" Kevin asks.
"Staring at the freak?"
"I was thinking I should apologize." Anna admits.
The twins look appalled.
"What!? Why?" Kevin asks the same way one would ask 'why did you kill my puppy.'
"Anna what you did was hilarious! You should be proud of yourself." Marcy said.
"I mean it's just that, Elsa never did anything to me and mom always told me to be nice to people."
"Listen Anna, your only supposed to be nice in public. When your by yourself you can do whatever you want."
Kevin nodes agreeing with his sister. "Yeah. Like, just the other day dad donated some money to this homeless shelter."
"Oh yeah. I think my dad showed me that in the paper." Anna says.
"And then when we were by ourselves dad told us 'homeless people are disgusting' blah blah blah, and when one approached him personally for money you know what he did? He swatted him away with a newspaper and told us not to tell anyone, said it would ruin his image."
"Thats horrible." Anna says.
"It's the way the world works Anna." Marcy says. "You be nice in public then when the camera's are away you can be whatever you want."
"But I still hurt her for no reason."
"Anna it's just good fun." Kevin says with a smile and a calming voice. Then Maryc puts her arm around Anna.
"Yeah, she knows you were just teasing. Nothing much. I mean she hasn't told on you right?"
"Well….no." Anna admits.
Then Anna starts thinking- 'Yeah it's true. She never did tell the principle. I mustn't have really bothered her if she didn't tell on me, right? And besides Kevin and Marcy said it's alright, they are my friends they would never lie to me.'
"Great! And you know what Anna, what you did the other day made everyone laugh. It can't be wrong if everyone else laughed, right? Your happy, the schools happy, and she doesn't care so what's the problem?" Marcy asks, anticipating my answer.
Anna thinks again- 'Well…..everyone else did laugh. I mean if it was really wrong then someone else would have told on me other than Elsa.'
'Wait? But I saw her run into the bathroom after I sprayed her. She looked so upset.'
'Wait? No, Kevin said she just had to go really bad. Hmmm, maybe she did.'
"Yeah. I guess your right." Anna says but her face remained the same. "But I have other issues too. Like this math test I got a D- on. Daddy's gonna kill me."
"Hey. You know what always makes ME feel better when I know my dad's not gonna be happy with me. Insult someone. It makes you feel better about yourself." Kevin says.
"But I dont wanna hurt anyone's feelings." Anna said.
"Well why don't you say something to the albino-freak over there.. I mean you know she won't care. Hmph, brainiac probably got an A on her test and she didn't even bother to help you, I think that deserves punishment." Marcy says with a wicked tone.
"Yeah Anna! Go up to her and tell her that she's a huge nerd!" Kevin shouts wanting action.
"But, you said I wouldn't have to do anything else to her."
"Yeah….she's right Kevin….Or maybe little Anna is just to stupid to come up with a good insult." Marcy teases. Smirking evilly.
"What!?" Anna shouts insulted. "No im not!"
"I mean I could go up to her and say something like 'hey ice queen! Where are all your friends? Hiding?' but I guess you need to be smart enough to get an A in math to think of something like that.
Now Anna was hurt and angry. She could think of something nasty like that. And she was going to!
"I'll be right back." Anna said angrily before making her way over to Elsa.
Suddenly Anna wakes up with a gasp. She is looking down at the ground, or more like the ocean beneath her. She was just dreaming, playing back a memory from her past. She was 18 now, having rested her head and fallen asleep on the back of her former victim as they flew on a magic horse by a dead-girl.
She leans her head forward, Joan is occupied flying Ping (the horse), not taking her eyes off the horizon, while Elsa herself was fast asleep with her arms around Joans waist. She looked so calm and peaceful when asleep. Not like Anna who usually wakes up with a monsterous case of bedhead.
Anna's face frowns abit. That dream had reminded her of all the mistakes she had made in her life. She was so stupid to think that Kevin and Marcy were her friends. To just do anything they asked because they told them it was fine. When all they made her do was cause the most amazing woman who ever walked the earth pain. Anna released her arms from around Elsa. She didn't think she had the right to touch her.
'No wait it's ok." Anna thinks to herself. 'Things have changed. Elsa knows you've changed. You've done all this for her. She's sure to have forgiven you. And once this is over we can…'
'We can what?" Another part of Anna's brain thought. 'Sure you know that Elsa is gay, but that doesn't mean she wants to date you! I mean Joan has been her friend a lot longer than you have. And look how tight Elsa has her arm around her.'
'But Joan isn't gay, she dated Kristoff.'
'SHe could be bi, you don't know. Besides we both know Joan is WAY hotter than you.'
Anna was getting depressed again. Even if Elsa and Joan stayed just friends. She had to make sure Elsa actually liked her before doing anything stupid.
'Don't want another Liz incident.'
Anna looks over at Elsa's face again, Still sound asleep.
'Hmm. I wonder what she's dreaming about?
Elsa isn't quite sure where she is. She feels like she's standing on a ground of some sort, but when she looks down all she sees is clouds and stars, above her is the same, yet she cannot see an inch in front of her nose due to all the fog. The air smells of vanilla and…..popcorn?
Elsa continues to walk through the mist, her arms extended, feeling all around her, looking for something to grab onto. As she walked the smell of popcorn was getting stronger. Elsa could almost taste it in her mouth, all buttery and salty. Reminds her of when she would go to the park with her dad.
Suddenly Elsa felt different. She didn't know what, but something was wrong. She swiped the mist away from around her and she looked down. She realized she was now much shorter than before. Elsa gasped, she touched her face, it wide rounder and had baby cheeks, just like the did when she was a little kid. Actually looking down again Elsa realized that she was dressed like a kid too, blue dress, long white socks with back strap-on shoes. She even had the same black bandana she used to wear. Suddenly her hand hit something.
It was the metal rail to a park bench. Elsa moved in closer, it WAS a park bench, it had a wooden seat and everything. Looking on the ground Elsa saw four pigeons picking the popcorn that the owner of the brown leather shoes was throwing on the ground. Elsa followed the owner of the shoes all the way up the green jean pant-legs, to where a pair of hairy, lean yet muscular arms were holding a bag of popcorn while the other threw some to the ground. She continued gazing up his button-up purple t-shirt until she looked upon a familiar, smiling face. He was a blonde man, his hair combed over to the left, clean shaven except for a thin mustache.
Her father.
Except he wasn't quite the same as before, he had a light yellow glow to him, and he almost looked transparent.
"D-Dad?" Elsa managed to say, she was speechless. Her dead father was sitting right in front of her.
'Oh, maybe i'm just dreaming.' Elsa though sadly extinguishing her feelings.
"You are." Henry said.
"Im what?"
"You are dreaming But im really here, I heard you've been having problems lately and I came to give you some fatherly advice. Come take a seat, have some popcorn."
Elsa grabbed the edge of the bench, she lifted her little knee onto the seat and pulled the rest of her up. She sat close to her father, who handed her his bag of popcorn. Elsa reached in and took a few bites, it was just as delicious as the kind she used to eat with her dad as a kid. Going to the park with him after school feeding the pigeons. She looked over to her father, he raises his hand up and the mist swirls around it. The mist joins together and forms a soda bottle, rootbeer to be precise. Elsa looks at him shocked.
"You can have anything you want here. Except it's made out of mist." Henry screws off the top cap and takes a sip of the soda. "Tastes the same though." The he released the bottle and it fell to the ground. Dissolving back into the mist from whence it came. "Now Elsa. I understand you have been having some trouble coping with everything that has been happening lately. I mean with your mother, the gods after you, Anna."
"Did you know?" Elsa asks. "About Skadi."
Henry took a sigh.
"I had graduated from college, gotten my teaching degree. I could have taken any job in America, but for some reason I was drawn to Norway. I was there for a couple of days when I met her. She told me that her name was Nora Menzel, a translator for visiting tourists. We both liked talking about mythology and she was the most stunning woman I had ever seen. She was quite taller than me but beautiful nonetheless, actually you look alot like her."
"Dad. Please don't say that again." Elsa really wasn't liking the woman who gave birth to her at the moment.
"Anyways, she approached me, we talked for awhile, went on a few dates. Then one morning I woke up and she was gone. She left a note, actually I have it right here."
Henry reached into his pocket and pulled out a folded piece of paper. He handed it to his daughter, Elsa opened it and read it outloud.
Henry,
Though I did enjoy our time together, it must now come to an end.
You may not believe this, but I am actually Skadi, the goddess of Winter.
My kind, the Jotun have gone extinct.
For over a century I have tried to help repopulate my kind by laying with humankind, but you are the first to implant me.
Now I must return to Jotunheim to raise our child and repopulate my kind.
I am sorry Henry, you are a kind, wonderful man, but I see no point in continuing a relationship with a being who I will long outlive.
It really is easier for the both of us.
I wish you good luck.
-Nora
"Now at first I thought it was just her playing some joke on me. Making the break up easier, but when you showed up on my doorstep making snowflakes fly in the air, I knew it was the truth."
"Why didnt you tell me?"
"Im sorry Elsa. Your mother left another note with you saying that the other gods were angered by your birth and that it was best to keep you a secret. I thought it would be easier if you thought you were a full blood human. I was going to tell you when you were older, but I guess I should have told you sooner."
Henry said looking down in shame. Elsa put her hand on her father's knee, smiled at him.
"You were the best father ever. I was lucky to have you."
"And now it's time for some real fatherly advice. Dating." Henry said. "I've seen how you and Anna look at each other."
"So?"
"She really likes you, I know you really like her. So what's holding you back?"
"Right now, how about the fact that i'm barely human, gods want to kill me and were on our way right now to kill a giant snake in the hope that they will have mercy." Elsa shouts. Henry nodes.
"Ok. Now why are you REALLY hesitant."
Elsa sighed, her father could always tell something was wrong. Even when she didn't tell him about her being bullied and tried to hide her sadness he would always ask her what was bothering her.
"Look, before she was with me, she was dating this really bad guy."
"Ok." Henry nodes.
"She was only with him because her father was a homophobe. He used to insult her, treat her like crap, even rape her. And i'm afraid she's just clinging onto me because of it."
Henry grabs her shoulder, looks at her in the eyes. And speaks.
"Elsa, Anna cares deeply about you. Yes some of it is driven by guilt of the past, and maybe having a wonderful girl such as you is a huge relief from dating the man you described, but that doesn't change the fact that there is something there. If you like her and she likes you then ask her out. If these feelings you have stay their and grow stronger over time, then you know it's true love. Just give her a chance."
Elsa grabbed his hand, with her now adult one. She looks at him, now at eye level and their mature eyes meet.
"Ok. I will." Adult Elsa says. She gives her father a light smile who releases her hand.
"Your going to be waking up soon. Listen, all children of Loki are shape shifters. A giant serpent is just it's favorite form to take." Henry warns.
"What do you mean?"
"Look for the red cobra."
"Red cobra?"
"Whitebridge! Go to Whitebridge!"
"Whitebridge? Ok, got it."
"Oh and one more thing, beware the four eyed demon!"
"Four eyed…? What are you talking about?"
Suddenly everything went black.
Elsa opens her eyes. She was still on the horse. Anna and Joan were still with her. Now they were approaching the land. Elsa could see Big Ben in the distance, they were approaching London.
"Elsa your up!" Anna squeals.
"Yeah im up." Elsa then turns to Joan.
"Joan why are we on London I thought we were going to Scotland."
Joan turns around to face her, her eyes are bagged and drowsy.
"We've been flying all night. Me and Ping are exhausted." The horse grunted in agreement. "Were going to take a quick break. Take a few hours to sleep, have a bite to eat. Then we'll be on our way." Joan said yawning at the end.
Anna turns to Elsa. "You know i've always wanted to go to London. Maybe while Joan is resting you and I could….sight see?" Anna asks hoping to get a good answer.
Elsa gives her a smug smirk. "Are you asking me on a date?"
"Wait what!? No! I mean, why would you ask that? What's a date? I mean do you want to? I mean I will if you want to, Im not desperate or any….."
"Yes Anna. I will go on a date with you."
Anna's face freezes, her cheeks blush deep. A small smile breaks from her lips and she squeals.
"GREAT!"
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