29 chapters guys! Holy crap! I remember when I was still debating if I should post the first chapter... I'm so glad I did, because this has been so fun! I love you all and thank you for following me.
Sorry this chapter was so late in coming... Finals have been hell for me... 23 units worth of finals, tests, papers, and homework, on top of rehearsals or concerts every night, and a weekend job that's three hours away, have all made for a crazy past couple of weeks. I didn't have time to sleep, let alone even think about this. BUTTT this week is chill and then summer! I'm aiming to finish up this story this summer and maybe get to a few other ideas.
Here's a chapter full of fluff, set up for some upcoming conflict, and an amazing performance. :D
Merida woke up to an empty bed, reaching for the warmth she had gotten used to. She sat up and then freaked out. What if he had gone out into the apartment and then ran into the other girls?
Then she shrugged. Well, we had decided that we were going to openly date.
She climbed out of bed and then threw a sweatshirt on over her tank and shorts and put her unruly hair up into a bun.
She peeked through the door to her room, and then huffed when she saw a shirtless Hiccup sitting with Punzie at the table, drinking coffee and chatting. Merida stumbled out, blinking at the sunlight that filled up the common room.
The pair turned at the noise, and Hiccup stood up to gather her into a hug. He chuckled at her attempt to hide from the sun in his bare chest, happy that she was allowing him to show her affection in front of her friend. "Well, good morning to you, Sunshine. Want some coffee?"
He felt Merida's nod against his chest and then released her and guided her to a chair at the table. Hiccup ignored Rapunzel's cooing at how adorable they were and went into the kitchen to pour some coffee for Merida. Black, just how she liked it. He snatched an apple and pastry off the counter and then walked back to the table with the goods.
Setting the breakfast in front of the sleepy girl, he moved to sit down next to her, draping his arm over the back of her chair. He couldn't wipe the goofy grin off his face; they were dating! She needed him as much as he needed her.
His sarcastic smirk replaced the goofy grin as he teased her about her adversity to the sun and how she was not a morning person. She slugged him in the shoulder, but still cuddled into arm and chest. Hiccup knew; every punch was just her showing her affection. Though he may not be as physically tough as she is, he still gave her a run for her money in wit. Snuggling his face into her unruly bed-head, he knew that they were perfect for each other.
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Meg stalked along the hallway of the convention center, pissed that once again, the Demigods had beaten her crew. She had competed with Marty on something called "Doubles street-style" – a combination of hip-hop, breakdancing, and any tricks they wanted to pull. And though she knew that her and Marty's technique was impeccable, chorography was pristine, and passion was off-the-charts, they Demigods had still beaten them by two points!
She had watched their dance and was unimpressed with the bad technique and lack of quality choreography. Everything was just made to be visibly pleasing! There was no complicated moves or hard combinations. Meg had figured that the judges wouldn't be fooled by it, but apparently they had… She scoffed A dance like that wouldn't have made in on the real streets.
And those cocky smirks after! She flopped down onto a bench in the gardens, her head into her hands and groaned. She was fuming.
"Miss? Miss, are you alright?" a voice interrupted her internal fuming.
She rolled her eyes in her hands and huffed, "Just leave me alone, I'm fine."
The bench next to her squeaked as the male sat next to her. "Obviously, you are not alright. Is there anything I can do for you, Miss? I hate leaving a damsel in distress."
She rolled her eyes once again at this kid's hero ideal. She sat up, flipping her hair over her shoulder and removing the hands from her face. Meg turned, her eyes flashing, determined to give this kid a speech on how girls don't always need saving and need to save themselves, when her eyes caught on the red and gold Letterman Jacket with the familiar symbol. Her mouth dropped open and her eyes took in the boy.
Hercules. The rookie on the Olympia Performing Arts College dance crew, 'The Demigods.'
Her hazel eyes immediately flashed dark with anger. "What the hell do you want, Demigod. You should know by now that your team has an image of self-centered asshole to upkeep." She jabbed a finger in the shocked boy's chest. "Did they send you out here to spite me, huh? Rub your undeserved win in my face? Seems like something that asshat Achilles would do."
Meg stood up, determined in storming off, when his hand latched onto her wrist and stopped her. "Wait, what do you mean? I just wanted to see if you were okay." His blue eyes were pleading, not the normal stuck-up, smug look she got from the rest of the Demigod team.
Shocked at the look, she stopped in her tracks. Yet she still ripped her wrist from his hand and turned to face him, her hand on her hip, cocking it out. "Yes, I'm damsel, I'm in distress, I can handle this and don't need your fake, self-righteous ass to save me. Got that, Wonderboy?"
His eyes widened, and she watched as they ran over her body, appreciatively taking in her curves as she sassed him. She huffed, Of course he is checking me out.
"Look, kid. I'm from DDW and your precious Demigod team are assholess to us. In fact, that's the reason why I was sulking out here before you came to 'save me,' so drop the act, rub whatever the hell you want in my face, and then leave me to plot your team's demise, kay?"
His shocked look made her grin. He obviously hadn't been trained by his crew on how to trash-talk yet.
Meg huffed and gave him a break. She took in his appearance; the poor guy probably was used to every girl falling for his sweet disposition and attractive body. After all, all the girls at OPAC were whores.
He shook his head, trying to snap himself out of it. "I'm sorry miss, I didn't mean to… I don't know…" he took a deep breath, gathering his thoughts, "I'm sorry that they have been rude to you. They aren't normally that way, I promise! And I think your crew is fantastic. You must be Megara. They told me that you are like a poisonous plant – beautiful and dangerous. Your dancing is stunning though."
She rolled her eyes, unbelieving that the Demigod dance crew was anything but rude. Though she did appreciate that they had a good understanding of her. She smirked and switched hips, knowing the effect it had on the boy.
"Well, Wonderboy, they got it right." She strutted forward, brushing a finger under his chin and lifting it to her and dropping her voice to a sultry whisper, "I'm as dangerous as poison and will do everything to out-dance your team."
She dropped his chin, trying not to laugh at the stunned look on his face. Turning and sauntering away, she waved over her shoulder, not bothering to turn and look back.
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Anna smiled at the pair, dog and man, wrestling on the grass of the park.
She had had an amazing day with Kristoff. They had adventured to the zoo, joking around with all the animals, bought lunch from a deli and picnicked in the park, window shopped down the mall, and then returned to get Sven and play at the park.
He had a way of making her comfortable, at peace. She never felt the need to suppress her natural craziness, like she had around other boys. She never felt like she was too clumsy, for he was always there to catch her. She never felt the need to not be herself, for he accepted her for who she truly is.
Kristoff looked up from his wrestling match and flashed his half-smile at her, his eyes shining. She loved that look, it made her insides squirm and her face break out in a grin.
He kept up with her energy, yet still balanced her out and calmed her down. He followed along with her spontaneous ideas, but added a sense of logic to them. He completed her and filled her.
As her eyes met his, her heart flipped.
Then it hit her…
I'm in love.
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Elsa took a deep breath.
Two minutes. I can do this.
She peeked around the corner, taking in a group that was doing a well-choreographed dance, complete with tricks.
This was it, her first solo dance with DDW. She sighed, glad that it wasn't judged, but still nervous at the need to impress all the fans and the rest of the crews.
Elsa was doing the dance she had choreographed for fun to "Body Language" that she had shown Jack before the competition, but she had spruced it up a bit, adding some tricks and finishing the whole song. She had enjoyed working with Meg on it, who was much better at hip-hop than she was.
The applause sounded, and the group rushed off the stage, high-fiving each other. Elsa took a deep breath, and then strutted on stage and set in her beginning pose.
The first strains of music overtook her and she moved sharply, hitting every beat of the melody. On the first beat, she jumped, moving her feet from their positon together to right under her shoulders. Next, her right arm stuck out, then her shoulder popped up, followed by a lean of her rib cage to the left, making a wave motion. On the two following quicker beats, her hips rotated around. Then, she repeated the same on the left side, but left out the hip rotation because the music lacked them again. On the "whoops!" she body rolled twice, then popped her right heel out on the first beat of the repeating melody, and rotated her toes out and back in on the next two and bringing her feet together on the third. On the two quicker beats, she rotated her hips downward. Elsa then took two steps back to prepare for the rest of the dance.
It's not a lot that you've been saying, whoa
She came forward using her hands to lead and pulled them down her body in a body roll, hitting the hard beat at the end. Turning to the left, she hit the next hard beat with her right foot across her body. The next one was hit with a sharp head flick. On the whoa, she dropped to the ground and swooped her hips to the right.
But I can tell from your body language
She dropped again, but not as low, swinging her hips the opposite direction and hitting the next hard beat. She then shook it to the right twice and then back to the left, the first time hitting it with her arm and the second, adding more of a shimmy and clapping on the hard beat.
Let's talk about it
She grabbed and pulled with each hand, one after the other, her feet following. She stepped back while leaning forward and whipping her hair up, and then body rolled to the back twice, grooving with the music.
Is you 'bout it
She threw her arms in the air and then hit her hips, and then punched her left fist in the air, her body following suit with her movement, leaning and throwing her right leg in the air. She then slid to the right into the next beat.
Let's talk about it
Can we talk about it
Jumping to the right and the left, she pushed the respective arms in the air. Elsa then step-touched to the right, her hips accentuating her moves, and did the same to the left, her hands tangling in her hair.
You ain't gotta say too much
Ain't gotta say too much
Her hands came in front of her mouth, moving in sync with the music. She stepped back, and then rebounded forward, grooving down to one side, then the other, then the first twice.
I can read your body language
She shook it to the right, and then body rolled to the left and then to the right, bringing it into a hard hit with her right knee up.
You ain't gotta say too much
She brought her left knee up, following suit, and then crunched her right up twice again, using her hip to accentuate it.
I can ready your body language
On the stop of the music, she put her hands out, and then moved her feet quickly side to side. She then crunched down and moved her hips in a seductive circle twice, turning backward to do the same.
The verse continued, and she danced in the same style, accentuating her hips but still executing good footwork. Her contemporary side showed in her high kicks and a move where she jumped and spun her body in the air horizontally.
The music flowed through her, and she focused on how she felt. Elsa was so happy that she had found amazing friends who loved her and enjoyed dancing as much as she did. She loved the fun she had with them, and allowed that to shine through her dance.
The last strains of the music died out as she gave a sultry look to the audience and posed, her hip popped out and arm in the air.
The applause was thunderous, but did not compete with the joy she saw on her friends' faces.
I hope that was worth the wait! Drop me a line and let me know what you think (: The last dance was partly taken from chapter 22, with some added choreo, to "Body Language" by Kid Ink. If you didn't get the chance to look it up then, please go to youtube and watch Matt Steffanina's choreo to this song (literally type in "Body language Matt Steffanina" and it will come up). The main part was copied from that. This dance is on my "To learn to dance" list for this summer :D super excited.
Thank you all for following, favoriting, and reviewing! Please continue to do so and let me know what you think (:
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Randomperson: As cool as it would be to have the PJ series in here, I couldn't put them as the bad guys/rivals... but I hope this chapter gave a hint as to what I'm thinking... hehehehe... I hope that everything went alright with your mom and thanks for still taking the time to review, as always :D Siren, out
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KenzoJELSA: Ohmygoodness THANK YOU SO MUCH! that means so much to me :D I will be continuing to write for a while, so no worries.
disneyobsessionist: OH YE OF LITTLE FAITH! Yes I know exactly what I did :D I knew that you would notice and appreciate that, and it was just so perfect! Psh... think I didn't do it on purpose... Hahaha. And OHMYGOSHIKNOW shirtless Hiccup needs to be a thing. Like seriously. *drool* And about the whole confidence thing: part of the reason people think I'm confident is because I embraced my weirdness (though I like to call it unique-ness) and let it overtake my whole person. How I choose to dress? The way I love to, and I rock it. How I act? The way I want to, and I rock it. It doesn't matter what people think, because you are you and that's what they got. If they don't love it, then they don't deserve to be your friends. So there. Be YOU and that's all that matters.
GoudelPrincess: I'm excited too :D Thank you for always reviewing and being super encouraging, it really makes me happy!
ailluazoldyck: I'm sorry that Jack wasn't in this chapter... I promise to have some more of them shortly. It was needed to move the story line along! A lot of the Jelsa was in the beginning chapters, so now I'm working on developing the relationships of the other couples and adding the conflict of the Demigods vs. DDW. But we will be in need of some good Jelsa shortly :D And that's super cool! I'm from California, US. I honestly really want to travel to Asia at some point in my life so I'm kinda jealous.. Thank you for reviewing!
maddie: yes and yes :D
Cobalt Vixen: First of all, I absolutely adore your name. Cobalt blue is my all-time favorite color and I love the term "vixen" :D I kinda enjoy sassing people and often get called that... (and Siren, which is why it's my name) :D Thank you so much for your encouraging review! It's not often that I get complimented on my writing style, and it is good to know that it's an easy read. There will be more to come, don't you worry!
Frozen 07212000: Thank you so much for the encouraging words :D sorry this wasn't like super soon...
kiki: I hope you know that all your reviews have made me laugh :D you're absolutely adorable. Thank you so much for reviewing and following! Did you figure out who Vanessa was? She is Ursala's "human" from Little Mermaid. And did you seriously read the whole story 27 times?! That's insane! please tell me that's an exaggeration... cause that's so many hours... Please don't waste that much time on my story! Also, many thanks for defending me to the "Guest" who was slightly upset. I would have replied to them via PM but they apparently do not have an account or didn't want to leave a complaint with a name. Thank you again for reviewing! I hope you enjoyed this chapter.
Foxtail9: :D I love Rapunzel as matchmaker so much...
Guest (May 1): I am so sorry for pissing you off. If you did not read my apology at the beginning of this chapter, please allow me to repeat it. As much as I wish I had tons of free time to write, I don't... The past two weeks have been absolute hell. I've been sick, had finals, tests, papers due, concerts and rehearsals every night, and I work every weekend in a town three hours away.I averaged five hours of sleep every night, and no breaks during the day, for the past two weeks. I know how hard it is to wait for an update, but please be patient with me. It is amazing that I have been able to put out as many chapters as I have in this time frame. I am sorry for inconviencing you, but I promise that this story will be updated more regularly now that summer has hit. Also, I would have PMed you and explained if I was able, so next time please leave a name or an account!
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I hope you all have a good week and hope to hear from you soon!
xoxoxo
Siren