Woo! I love how the words are just flowing lately! Anyway, onto the triggers.

TW: co-conscience fronting, hypnosis

Chapter 17- One Voice (Elsa, Kiri, Astra)

Arcana had been at the park with Anna. She had never met her before but Arcy liked the teen. "Ms. Anna, how old are you?"

"I'm 13, little Arcy. And how old is Arcy?" It felt weird to talk to someone like that but it was the only way Arcy would talk.

"She's 8! Her birthday is coming soon, but she doesn't think anyone will remember or care. No one cares about Arcy's birthday," she frowned.

"Oh, come now Arcy. She has a family who loves her very much! Of course her birthday will be remembered and celebrated!"

Arcy shrugged. "Anna, why can't she be by Nia? She loves the soft, white feathers…"

"Aw sweetie, Nia is sick. Last thing Nia wants is to get Arcy sick. Everyone loves Arcy, so we don't want her to be sick."

"Well, okay. But the minute Nia is better, she's gonna tuck herself under the wings and never leave. Nia is sick cause she left her side. Arcy feels terrible…"

Anna frowned a little. "Little Arcy, it's not her fault Nia got sick. Nia does so much for everyone that she forgets to take care of herself as well. That's why Nia is sick. It has nothing to do with sweet little Arcy."

"Is Anna sure?"

"Positive."

"Well, if Anna says so…"

Elsa woke up the next morning and stretched, rubbing her eyes. Her head throbbed, as if she had hit her headboard in her sleep. A dull ringing in her ears and a bit of nausea kept Elsa laying down for a little longer. "Did I eat something that doesn't agree with my stomach?" She yawned and slowly sat up. An image of burned wings flashed before her eyes and she shook her head. "Oh crap! I really hope everything turned out okay for Nia…Even if it was a dream, I feel terrible about what happened…" She looked at the clock, seeing it was a Sunday. "Cool, I can stay in my pajamas." Elsa jumped out of bed and walked out of her room. She had neglected to check the time so seeing lunch on the table confused her. "Lunch for breakfast? That's a new one."

Diane turned form her chair at the table. "Oh, you're up. I tried waking you for breakfast but you were just so out of it that not even 5 minutes of shaking you did anything. So I just let you sleep." She gestured to the chair next to her. "Come eat with me. I made grilled cheese with pickles, your favorite. Plus there's some cheddar cheese ruffles, too."

"Ah, sweet! I'm starving!" Elsa ran to the table and sat, grabbing the sandwich. "It smells so good!" She took a huge bite and sat back, relishing the taste.

Diane studied her for a second, using body language and the voice to figure out who was fronting. "So, Elsa, how did you sleep?"

Elsa had finished her sandwich rather quickly and drank down the cup of juice in a few big gulps. She paused, maybe to catch her breath. "I slept fine but had a horrible nightmare! I can still remember it!"

A knock on the door had both of them turning. "Hold that thought, sweetie. I'll get the door." Diane stood and walked to the door. With a huge sigh, she opened it. "Thank goodness. Thank you so much for coming, Dina. We really need your help."

"Given what you told me, this couldn't wait. So tell me, what's going on?"

Elsa blinked. Why was her psychiatrist here? What had gone on? Did Elsa miss something? Diane talked with her in private for a moment before both of them sat at the table.

"So, Elsa. Your mom said you had a nightmare last night. Care to share it?" Dina unfolded her laptop, pushed a button and the screen lit up. A little red dot distracted Elsa for a split second before she spoke.

Elsa shrugged. "I guess. So, I was in a room in a castle and out of nowhere there were shadow people. They were laughing and trying to burn me with glowing sticks. There were voices mocking everything I did. I think I knocked a lamp over and started a fire. Next thing I know, an actual angel literally flies into my room. Another woman carried me out and I was panicking. I had a panic attack and felt even worse after I saw the angel come downstairs. Her beautiful white wings had been completely burned. The woman who took me from the room led me to somewhere and then I woke up. It's all so surreal, as if it actually did happen."

The two adults exchanged glances. "What if I were to tell you it did happen?"

Elsa laughed. "Then I'd tell you that you need a psych and not me, Dina."

Dina studied Elsa for a moment. "Tell me, Elsa. What memories do you have of your childhood?"

"That's an odd question. I had a normal childhood. Sure, kids were mean about my hair but I had come to expect that back in like, kindergarten. Nothing abnormal really sticks out except maybe a weird teacher or two."

"hmm," Dina raised an eyebrow and rifled through a file she had beside her. She took out a drawing and showed it to Elsa. "Do you remember this?"

Elsa took the drawing and tilted her head. "Not really, no." It was a an amazingly done drawing of demons holding down a blonde haired girl as she slept. Dina took it back and gave her another one. This drawing was sloppy and the color wasn't always in the lines. It was a picture of an angel fighting another angel. Both of them looked similar, aside from wing color. "Hey, wait. That white winged angel…She looks like the one I saw get burned…"

Diane looked to Dina. "Should we tell her? What's going on?"

"It would seem something traumatized Elsa into a denial of everything we had worked up to. I don't know what's happened, so I would need to speak with someone else to find out more." She turned to Elsa and held up a pen. "Elsa, focus on this pen." Dina slowly waved it back and forth. "Concentrate on nothing else but this pen. I will count down from ten. When I get to one, I want you to imagine falling into a castle."

"Okay…" Elsa was intently staring at the pen, feeling a little light headed.

"10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1." Dina sighed lightly as Elsa slumped against the chair. "Glad that worked. Hypnosis relies majorly on the suggestibility of the subject." Dina looked to Elsa. "Whoever is the caretaker as of now, please front. We need to find out what's going on with Elsa and why."

Elsa straightened and crossed her legs, hands folding on her lap. "Oh, hello. I do believe we spoke a few times before." Astra had come to front.

"Astra get your ass back in bed. You aren't healed enough." Kiri wasn't happy about it though.

"She called for the caretaker and that's me."

"You're on a damn leave of absence now get back to bed, woman!"

Diane giggled. "I think you called both the adults out. Kiri, Astra, will you stop arguing long enough for us to figure out what's going on?"

"Yeah," Kiri grumbled.

"Of course."

"Okay," Dina addressed them both. "Who saw the reason for Elsa's dip into denial?"

"I did," they both replied.

"Hm, interesting. Ok, which one of you witnessed the exact moment this started?"

"Ah, that would be me, Dina." Astra raised her hand.

"Okay, so tell us what started this." Dina put her hands on the keyboard, ready to type.

"I hope you're ready for this. It's quite long." Astra paused to let Dina crack her knuckles. "Elsa was in a coma due to Nassiri. However, Nassiri managed to find the part of the void that Elsa was in during this coma. I was unable to get there in time but when I did get there, Elsa and Nassiri were bloody from fighting. Elsa requested the dagger I had and I gave it to her. I had offered my help but it was refused. Elsa said and I quote: "No. I'm sorry, Astrania, but if I created her like she says, I need to face her. It might be the only way she'll die." And from there, a very bloody battle ensued. Elsa won, killing Nassiri. I have a suspicion that it created a very heavy conflict for Elsa. She could feel as if she killed herself."

Dina was wide eyed. "She killed Nassiri? Physically killed her?"

"Indeed, it was bloody and a bit unsettling to watch. But it was done. I checked the vixen's pulse and she was dead alright."

Dina began furiously typing into her laptop. "Your theory is most likely right, Astrania. Having killed an alter, something she knew was part of her, Elsa could feel like she killed herself."

"Add onto that the lesson I gave her of violence never being the answer and it probably made it worse," Diane frowned.

"What happened afterward?"

"Well, Elsa was fine for a while but while Nia was here with Diane, Elsa started having hallucinations. She would taste colors, see words, shadows were attacking her and she started believing everything was just a dream," Kiri replied. "Things only got worse when her panic attack caused a fire and Nia nearly lost her wings. I managed to calm her down and coax her back to the real world but her denial has gotten heavy."

"And Kiri, how do you fit into how everything played out?"

"Until Nia here has recovered, I've taken on the role of caretaker and gatekeeper. Though it would seem this stubborn angel refuses to listen to me."

"I can hear you, Kiri."

"Yeah, I know. Now get back to bed!"

"One last question before you go, Nia. How have the others handled the recent events?"

"Everyone is thrilled that Nassiri is gone but it's countered by the heavy concern for Elsa. We're all worried about her. Her hallucinations have escalated, as Kiri said. She claimed that purple tasted like cabbage."

"She has gotten worse. She's regressed. It is most likely due to the stress of Nassiri and the heavy panic attack. All those left over emotions mixed with panic and guilt over what happened in the castle. She doesn't seem to know what she has anymore."

"What can we do to help her? I bought a journal for everyone to write in so hopefully that's a start," Diane held her hands to her chest. Kiri and Nia now knew where Elsa got it from.

"Well, we can keep this session going. If you'd like, we can move to the living room so I can reintroduce Elsa to her alters. Though after everything that's happened, it would need to be one at a time."

"Do you think she could handle it?" Kiri frowned. "Hey, Nia, get back to bed already before I kick your ass that way!"

"Alright, alright! For a tiny Transylvanian woman, you have quite the temper. Until next time everyone," Nia waved before leaving.

"Thank god, feeling as if I had phantom wings was making my shoulders so itchy! I don't know how she stands it!" Kiri leaned against the back of the chair.

Dina stared at her laptop for a moment, deep in thought. "Reintroduction might be a bit much at the moment. But I do have an idea. It branches off the journal idea. We can get her a small camera that we can attach to a piece of clothing. Every day, it will record everything. Be sure to look in a mirror or turn it to yourself once in while. Show Elsa that it is her body doing everything. Video tape everything and document things in the journal. Anything to help Elsa figure out what's going on. Diane, set aside some time to have Elsa read the journal and watch the videos." She ruffled through a little bag and pulled out a small camera. "I'll give you a note that you can show the teachers and principal at her school so it won't be taken. It can record for up to 36 hours on a single charge. Take it anywhere that you go," Dina handed the camera to Kiri. "Make sure she reads and watches everything. This will make a reintroduction to everyone much smoother."

"Alright. Do we need to hook it up to anything or no?" Kiri studied the camera. "What kind of storage does it use?"

"Elsa can just watch videos straight from the little side screen and it takes any micro s.d. card. Here's the charger and carrying case." Dina handed them to Diane while Kiri turned on the camera to adjust the settings. "Call me on my personal number if you ever need me after office hours. I want to help however I can. And when you want to wake Elsa up, just snap your fingers."

"Thank you so much, Dina. I have no idea what we'd do without you." Diane stood and walked with Dina to the door.

"Go crazy ourselves," Kiri laughed.

"I doubt that. Though it would be a lot more difficult without my help. I'll work on some more methods for treatment while I'm at home. Take care everyone!"

"Later!"

Diane sat back at the table and looked to Kiri. "Ok, random question Kiri. Where does your accent come from?"

"Remember that movie Hotel Transylvania? Elsa loved that father guy, whatever his name was. She loved his accent and so I guess it just kinda came to me."

Diane blinked and face palmed. "Now why didn't I think of that?"

"Hey, you've got enough to worry about already." Kiri hit record and turned the camera to herself. "Hey, Elsa! It's gotta be strange watching yourself talk and not actually be talking. Anyway, to my point!" Kiri held up a sharpened pencil. "Okay that was just bad. Today's date, as you can see by this conveniently placed calendar here, is Sunday, August 7th, 2016. It's around 1:30 p.m. and we just had a session with your psychiatrist Dina. We talked about your denial, what caused it and how to help. This video journal and the other journal "The Missing Pieces" are the ways we're helping." Kiri turned the camera to Diane. "Any words for Elsa?"

Diane blinked and smiled, rubbing the back of her head. "Um, hi, baby girl. You've got something pretty serious going on in that complex little brain of yours. But no matter, I will always love you and always be here for you. I love you, Elsa. I love all the other people you live with, too."

Kiri made a point to gag. "And on that note, we end this first video journal. See ya later, twerp!" Kiri closed the camera and turned it off. "Well, that's done. Should we wake up the twerp?"

"Yeah, go ahead and bring her back here."

"Gotcha." Kiri leaned back and left. Elsa slouched over and her head fell, a little snoring barely audible.

Diane smiled and kissed Elsa's head before she snapped her fingers. "Yo, sleepy head!"

Elsa yawned. "Hm, what?" She stretched. "Oh, food!" Elsa grabbed a handful of chips from the bag. "What's up, Mom?"

Diane smiled. "Quite a bit, Elsa. You'll find out in a little bit." She ruffled Elsa's hair with a smile.

How about that update, huh? Don't forget guys, the first fic, "The Storm Inside of Me," is being rewritten. I am adding in some extras to that one so that everything makes a little more sense. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and I'll see you guys in the next update! As always, thanks for reading!