"Earth people have fish eyes, smell like fish, they have to be fish." LP remarked as she was alone with Miracle and they were going into the princess's old bedroom.
Miracle tilted her head with a smile. "I guess..."
"I wanna see an actual fish," LP said, taking out a Moon-Drenched Shores of Transylvania book to show Miracle about the world she actually came from. "This is the beaches of Transsexual, Miracle, they're a lot prettier and more special than Earth's beaches. The moon is so bright and the waves are so peaceful and tranquil, Nana has her own beach for the royal Furter family. If you want, I can tell you all about Transsexual."
Miracle looked intrigued. "I'd love to know about Transsexual..."
"What would you like to know?" LP asked, smiling and kneeling close to her.
Miracle looked down in thought a second and then back up at LP. "Vhat things can you do there?"
LP flipped through some of the pages, showing her pictures of several Transylvanians. "There's of course the Time Warp, the sacred Transylvanian tradition. There's annual conventions, usually held by the royal depending on which part of Transylvania you go to with food, dancing, fun, and meeting the royal host of the convention. You can also go to the beach whether day or night, just make sure you keep a jacket when its very late, it gets really cold there at late hours. Plus, we don't see the sun, we see it at least once a month or so. I never saw the Transylvanian sun."
Miracle looked very intrigued at LP's description. She couldn't wait until she had a chance to visit Transsexual.
LP then flipped to a page and gave a small smirk to a group of children around a little girl that looked like LP wearing a midnight blue dress with her hair in twisted pigtails. They all actually looked like they were having a good time as they played on the beaches with her on the moon-drenched ocean shores.
Miracle looked at the picture and smiled. "Is that you, LP?"
"Yeah," LP smiled friendly. "My old playgroup. I only got to see them like twice a month, they're good friends, but I barely see them anymore since I came to Earth." she then had an idea strike, "WE SHOULD GO MEET THEM!" her voice was louder than it had ever been and she anxiously cupped her mouth sheepishly at her outburst.
Miracle blinked, and then smiled. "Ve could sometime."
"Sorry about that outburst, I don't know where that came from." LP cupped her mouth, looking awkwardly around Miracle.
"Don't vorry about it." Miracle gave a comforting smile. She was trying to keep the act up that she was oblivious to the bruises, like they didn't affect her.
"Daddy didn't hurt you did he?" LP gently took Miracle's hands.
Miracle squeezed both of LP's hands gently. She opened her mouth but words failed her, she didn't know what to say fully.
LP took her hands away. "It's okay," LP then pulled her glasses off, showed some makeup and showed a black eye. "It hurts more if you hide it than share it with someone."
Miracle looked at the bruise with wide eyes. She wasn't ready to tell LP about the full extent Frank had managed to hurt her, however, she didn't want to cause anymore friction between LP and Frank than there already was. "Vhat happened?"
"I was wearing his best heels once when I was playing, but I fell and they broke underneath me," LP replied. "He punched me, didn't help that he was hungover too. I thought Magenta was gonna skin him alive though, I still remember her looking at him that he had hit a little girl."
Miracle gently hugged her friend.
"Don't worry about me, I'm not afraid of anyone anymore," LP smiled, then bit her lip. "Except your mother when she's having a cycle, take my advice and don't bug her too much if she's in a worse mood than usual. You will regret it."
"Is she really that bad?" Miracle nervously smiled. She then looked down, ready to tell LP what had happened, after the reply, as she couldn't hide a secret from LP, now that LP had showed her bruise.
"Let's just say when she's bloating, Daddy made a huge mistake of asking her if she were pregnant again." LP said, shivering from that incident. "Maybe she'll go easy on you, it can be stressful working for my father it seems."
Miracle gave a tiny smile but continued to look at the floor. After requesting LP didn't hold it against Frank, as she did herself, she told her about what had happened. She paraphrased it so that there were no details and hopefully LP wouldn't understand properly until she was old enough.
LP bit her fist at every word and detail. She couldn't believe her father was such a monstrous beast. She had heard many others tell her that, but she never wanted to believe them. She wanted to think of him just stressed from his job and being a single parent all together. "I'm so sorry, Miracle. I promise he won't hurt you ever again, if he does, I'll release your mother's dogs. Though, I think he won't," she smirked.
Miracle hugged her friend and then giggled slightly at the thought of Frank liking Nation.
LP smiled, handing the moon-drenched shores book to Miracle. "Hold onto this, to remember me by... I will never forget you, Miracle Vitus..." she smiled. "I wish my last name were Vitus sometimes, but I'm merely a Furter. Better than my Daddy though, he must've gotten made fun of for having the same name as a hot dog."
Miracle hugged the book close to her chest with one arm, using the other to hug LP. "Maybe it vill become McKinley... But if Nation marries Frank, then it vill still be Furter, but it shouldn't be so bad then."
"Little Precious McKinley," LP said her full name, then squealed. "OOH, THAT SOUNDS GREAT TO SAY!"
"And here..." Miracle handed LP a clip she had for as long as she could remember, sure it was from Janet, but she had it since she was young.
LP took the clip gently. "What's this?" she looked around it with awe and wonder.
Just then, Nation came inside. It was time to say goodbye and go back home to the TV Station.
LP frowned a little, seeing her and slumped her shoulders. "Aw, Nation, can't we stay a little longer?" she whined, batting her eyelashes to look innocent.
"Sorry, Little Precious," Nation shook her head. "But we can come back in a few days if you like."
Miracle looked at Nation. She gave the woman a quick hug and once again gave LP a hug. She would have to apologize to Frank about the maid uniform, but that could wait a little while.
"Okay," LP sighed in defeat, hopping off the bed and joining Nation. "Well, see you later, Miracle. Good luck and have fun with your new life."
Miracle followed LP and Nation until she could wave to the trio going back to the TV Station. She then returned back in the castle, placing the book carefully in her room and went in search of her parents as they discussed dinner options such as 'creamed ice'. Nation held LP's hand as they headed back to the TV Station. Thoughts of Frank, LP, and the life they could have one day shared went through her mind.
Cosmo went out and followed the girls back to the TV Station. He smiled one last time at Miracle, then continued walking to keep up business back home. Though he was teasing her more than usual today, Cosmo was happy that his younger sister had someone to keep her safe, secure and happy. Plus she was getting the child she had always wanted. He wondered what sort of future life he could carry on his shoulders with Miracle now involved, but would she really go for someone like him?
Nation looked at Cosmo. "She does like you, brother." She didn't physically tell him but gave a look in her eye about what she was thinking. Cosmo and Nation weren't exactly twins, but still had a telepathic link to each other like many Transylvanians.
"What are you yapping about, Nation?" Cosmo turned to her in surprise that Nation was telepathically speaking to his suddenly. He was a little embarrassed, but he couldn't deny it any longer. He was in love with Miracle.
Nation rolled her eyes at his reply. "It's okay to be in love with someone," her looks said.
"Yeah, you take a roll in the hay with old Frankie." Cosmo snickered.
"Hush your pervy thoughts," Nation replied in a teasing tone, then smiled at LP, looking down at her. "What would you like for dinner tonight?"
"Hmm... I want one of these things..." LP held her hands together to make a shape. "They kinda look like this, filled with noodles and have some sort of tomato sauce on top with sprinkled cheese? I think they called it 'spee-ghetti' I had never tried it, but I hear its famous."
"Spaghetti?" Nation thought, and smiled. "I think we can manage that."
"Okay!" LP chirped. "No meatballs please though for me, I don't like meatballs that much. I'll take cheesy bread though."
Nation chuckled. "Okay dear, I'll have to go get changed and see to the patient, but I'll make sure we have that spaghetti on time, okay?"
"Okay!" LP danced, then clung onto Cosmo. "Looks like it's just you and me Carlo!"
"Cosmo." the bald man gazed at her, annoyingly.
"And I told you my name is not Little Princess!" she teased him, laughing.
Back at the castle, Miracle had found her parents, looking through many recipe books.
"What should be for dinner?" Magenta looked through a book that was in Columbia's shelf. It was full of desserts however and not a proper dinner. Magenta saw several foods she had never seen heard of. "What is this creamed ice?"
Miracle, who had come into the kitchen, described the wonders of Ice Cream. It was the one treat she had always loved to eat.
"Iced Cream..." Magenta looked as Miracle described it to her. "It looks quite good. But I heard Columbia say she would get headaches from eating it too fast and catching the brain freeze."
Miracle giggled slightly. "Brain Freeze isn't a disease, Mom. It's just a reaction caused by how cold the ice cream is. I'm going to get changed, and if you're making ice cream, can you add cherries, in it, pretty please?"
"Cherries? I know those, but very well, Miracle," Magenta smiled at her daughter. It felt very precious to hear herself being called 'Mom' from her long-lost daughter. "What type of ice cream would you hunger for, darling?"
"The normal kind." Miracle smiled, deciding not to joke about it saying 'the cold kind'. She then went to get a change of clothes and if she happened to see Frank on the way, apologize about the maid outfit.
"Normal it will be." Magenta smiled, taking out a bowl to prepare this 'creamed ice' concoction. Hopefully she could get it all right on her first try without any mess ups, but then again, neither of them had ice cream before so maybe if any accidents happen, they'll be intentional.
Riff helped as best he could.
Frank felt horrified from what happened inside his room. He was so shocked he didn't notice Miracle was with him with a whole new change in wardrobe. He was a lot paler than normal, with or without makeup.
Miracle looked at Frank with wide eyes, she hadn't seen him without his makeup before. She softly cleared her throat and kind of averted her eyes so she wouldn't be caught 'staring'. "Are you alright... Sir?"
Frank blinked, turning to her. He was lightly breathing and stood next to her. "Oh, Miracle..." he sniffled, wiping his nose. "Little Precious and I... we... we need to get home... for my... wedding..." he gulped in mid-sentence. "To Annette..." He didn't seem to notice her change in clothes.
Miracle looked surprised and strangely a little saddened for Frank. "An ar-arranged marriage?" she asks, her voice gentling a little.
Frank slowly nodded, his eyes still wide. "I'm the one to take the throne after my mother dies and she's getting old. Little Precious will go after me. If we don't accept the throne, it will go to my cousin, DeLordy, and no one likes DeLordy!"
Miracle walked a little closer, and only doing this as she knew Frank was in shock, she patted his shoulder in a kind of comforting way.
Frank sniffled, and pulled Miracle into a hug without warning, patting her back.
Miracle stiffened but gently patted his back. "It'll be ok, somehow it vill be sorted..."
"Thank you, Miracle, I'm sorry I was rough on you." Frank sniffled, looking as good as a kicked puppy.
Miracle let out a soft sigh. "If it happens again I vill never forgive you, but for now... I forgive you..."
Frank sniffled and blew his nose in her hair and squeezed her more.
Miracle winced slightly but was going to allow Frank to have the hug a little while longer. If he tried anything she would be out of there as quick as she could.