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Vanellope winced in her sleep, tossing and turning in the too large bed. From an outsider's perspective it was obvious she was suffering a nightmare, but an outsider would never guess the demons torturing the poor girl ...
"Ralph?" Her brother had his back turned to her and was walking away from her. She cupped her hands around her mouth, "Hey Stinkbrain turn around!" Ralph didn't turn, only continued to increase the distance between.
"Why are you still here?"
Vanellope turned to see Taffyta and her posse.
The bully put her hands on her hips, "This can't be a surprise to you. Your parents abandoned you and now Ralph is too. It is so pathetic you thought he cared about you."
Vanellope bit her lip. "Ralph cares about me. He said he would be my brother and I could be his sister."
Taffyta crossed her arms. "If he really cared about you he wouldn't have left you." Vanellope looked to where her brother had been to see no one. "You're a freak and thats all that you'll ever be!" She pushed Vanellope onto the ground. The posse surrounded her and started throwing kicks and punches.
Vanellope closed her eyes, "Stop it!"
"Stop it!"
Elsa sat bolt upright in bed.
"Somebody help me!"
Elsa jumped out of her bed and rushed to Anna's. A steady breath cycle reassured her that her sister was not the source of the cry for help. She glanced over at the door, Who then? Elsa slowly approached the door, pausing in front of it. She slowly pushed the door open, wincing as it creaked. Elsa entered the hallway, shutting the door behind her.
"Hello?" She took a step to the right. "Is anyone there?" Elsa looked over her shoulder to the other end of the hallway, nothing. A grandfather clock tolled twice, indicating the ridiculous time. She turned back to her door, Did I imagine it?
"Ralph don't leave me!"
Elsa spun around. There was only one person she could think of that would call for Ralph in trouble. "Vanellope?"
"Ralph don't leave me!"
"Vanellope?" Ralph rubbed his eyes and turned toward his sister's bed. Her sheets were splayed in a way he knew meant she had teleported away in her sleep. He pulled himself out of bed and grabbed the candle on the night table. Ralph grabbed the flint off the night table as well and lit the candle.
Knock-knock
"Vanellope?" Ralph rushed to the door, flinging it open to reveal Elsa. "Y-your majesty!" He stuttered in surprise, dropping to a bow. Elsa sighed, but didn't protest his manners. He suspected she was too tired to argue. Ralph rose from the ground, "Queen Elsa, what to I owe to your visit?"
Elsa wrung her hands, "I heard Vanellope cry out, is she okay?"
Ralph glanced over his shoulder at Vanellope's empty bed, how much can I trust the Queen? He turned back to her, only to be struck by the genuine concern in her eyes. He bit his lip, maybe I can trust her a little. "Vanellope sleep walks, I think she's sleepwalked away in the middle of a nightmare."
The Queen pursed her lips. "Then I will help you look for her."
"Oh don't trouble yourself." He started, but was quickly silenced by the Queen's expression.
Elsa crossed her arms, "I'm helping and you can't stop me."
Ralph smiled at her determination. "Something tells me it would be a fool's errand."
"Stop it!" Vanellope teleported away from the posse. They turned and started running towards her. She searched the horizon for her brother. "Ralph where did you go?"
"Vanellope, why are you still here?"
She spun around to see her brother, but no bullies. Vanellope's eyes widened, "Where did they go?"
He rolled his eyes, "They left because like me, they no longer care about you." He turned and started walking away again.
"Wait!" She teleported in front him. "You said you would never leave me!"
Ralph shrugged, "Things change. Goodbye." Again he turned and walked away.
Vanellope watched in disbelief as he got farther and farther away. She tried to teleport to him, but every time she did he got farther and farther away. "Ralph!"
Ralph grinned sheepishly, "Thanks for the help."
Elsa grinned back. "No problem." She glanced over at the newly appointed Ice Harvester. "Does this happen a lot?"
He shrugged, "Every now and then."
"Ralph!" Vanellope's cry echoed down the corridor.
Elsa paused, the direction of the echo clicking in her mind. "Wait a minute! That's coming from the painting room!" She ran ahead to the end of the corridor and threw open the door. Sure enough, Vanellope was curled in a shivering ball in the center of the room. Elsa rushed to her, kneeled and gathered the girl in her arms. Vanellope whimpered and shook in her arms.
"Don't leave me."
Elsa brushed the girl's hair. "Don't worry Vanellope, nobody's going anywhere." She looked up to see Ralph in the doorway. "See Ralph's right here."
"Ralph?" Vanellope slowly opened her eyes. Her eyes focused on him, and suddenly she wasn't in Elsa's lap, but in front of Ralph. She jumped up on him, arms around his neck.
He wrapped his arms around his little sister. Ralph's eyes darted from her to Vanellope. "Uhh, its been a long night can I give you an explanation in the morning?"
"Wait a minute, Ice Queen knows?!" Vanellope stood on her bed, still in her mint nightdress, her hands on her hips
"Yep." Ralph bent down to tousle the girl's hair. "She knows."
Vanellope tilted her head, "How does she know again?"
Ralph kneeled to be at his sister's eye level. "That would be courtesy of you."
She crossed her arms, "Me? What do you mean me?"
He shot her a look. "Last night?"
Vanellope paused, her eyes widening. "Oh."
Ralph rubbed his temples. "Now help me figure out how I'm going to begin to explain everything."