Anna frowns in her sleep, her forehead creasing with discomfort. She whimpers in pain, and Elsa begins to wake up. Elsa stretches and looks over at Anna. She gasps when she sees Anna curled up in a ball whimpering and begging. Elsa leaps out of her bed and runs over to Anna.
"Anna! Wake up!" Elsa says worriedly.
Anna whimpers in pain, "P-Please... N-no!"
Elsa shakes Anna, but no results show. She stares at Anna helplessly, not knowing what to do. Anna curls further into herself, her nightmare getting worse.
Anna grips the wall behind her, trapped. Hans and his gang walk forward, slowly surrounding her.
"Aw, is Fire Killer a little afraid? I thought you felt nothing. I mean, you did kill your parents. Even your sister thinks you did," Hans says coldly.
Anna winces, "P-Please! I didn't! I promise!"
Hans shakes his head, "Sorry, but I'm not sorry. You need to be reminded of what you did everyday."
Anna squeaks in fear, "Please! N-no!"
Hans ignores her, and his gang fans out around Anna, leaving no escape for the poor girl. Hans comes forward, bleach in his hand. Anna trembles as Hans comes forward. He grips the bleach bottle tightly and walks right in front of Anna. He lifts her chin so Anna looks up at him.
"This is all your fault. Not mine," Hans whispers so only she can hear him.
Anna screeches as she feels the horrible smell of bleach poured onto her hair. Hans grips Anna, leaving no room for struggling. Anna sobs as she feels the bleach leak off her hair. Hans steps back, and his goons laugh.
"Oh, Anna. If only someone loved you," Hans says.
He kicks the bleach bottle, and it lands in front of Anna's feet. She falls to her knees, and she puts her face in her hands. Anna sobs as she hears their footsteps walk away. She hugs herself, running away. Anna runs into the orphanage and goes to the restroom. She looks up at herself in the mirror. Anna takes a deep breath and rinses her hair in the sink. Slowly, Anna looks up. In the mirror, Anna sees a strawberry blonde girl with a platinum blonde strand of hair. She sees a murderer and a mess up.
Anna looks in the mirror, "Hans is right. No one loves me. I am a monster."
Anna gasps as she bolts upright from her bed. She whips her head around, and Anna sees a sobbing mess on the ground. Anna tilts her head, the dream still haunting her, but she had gotten used to the nightmares.
"Elsa?" Anna asks worriedly.
Elsa sniffles and looks up at Anna. Her face immediately becomes relieved and full of joy. She tackles Anna in a hug and sobs into her shoulder. Anna stiffens, but she slowly pats Elsa's head.
"I-I was worried. You were whimpering and screaming for it to stop... Why Anna? What happened..." Elsa whimpers out.
Anna takes a deep breath, still feeling tense from the sudden contact. She closes her eyes. Slowly, Anna makes Elsa sit in front of her. Anna looks at the quilted bed sheet. The design was of ice blue snowflakes with the background filled with a black landscape dotted with golden stars.
Anna messes with one of the golden stars, needing something to do while she talked, "Elsa... Some 'things' happened when you le- were adopted... I just... Sometimes it comes back to haunt me..."
Elsa winces when she hears Anna, "This is all my fault... I'm sorry A-"
Anna gets up quickly from the bed, "No! Stop saying it's your fault! It's not! I was the one who caused all of this! I-I... If I wasn't born... Mama and Papa would be alive, and you would be happy with them! All I ever do is cause problems!"
Anna begins to curl into herself. Her arms curl around her own waist, and she bites her lip. Anna tilts her head towards the ground, and Elsa feels tears come to her eyes.
"No," Elsa says.
Anna opens her mouth, but Elsa cuts her off.
"If it's not my fault... It's not yours, either. Anna, just let me prove it to you, please!" Elsa begs.
Anna grabs her head and looks at Elsa, "Fine... Elsa just... don't get your hopes up on me."
Elsa shakes her head, "I'm not giving up on you Anna."
She grabs Anna's hand, and Anna stiffens a little, but Elsa ignores it. Elsa slowly leads Anna by the hand downstairs. She takes her to the kitchen and hands Anna a poptart. They both eat their poptarts in a comfortable silence. Elsa looks up at Anna and smiles. Anna tilts her head like usual, but Elsa had gotten used to it as a sign she was listening.
"Hey, how about we go to the circus?" Elsa asks.
Anna nods, "Okay... I've actually never been."
Elsa scoffs, "Then we are going!"
Anna nods, and they finish the delicious toaster pastries. Elsa grabs Anna's hand again, leading them back to their room. Anna picks out her clothes for the day, a black, plaid flannel with a t-shirt that has a cute little dragon named "Toothless" on it. Elsa grabs her own clothes, a Kingdom Hearts jersey style shirt with a black jacket. The two sisters both grab a normal pair of jeans with their socks and shoes.
Elsa smiles, and the sisters head for the bathroom. Anna looks at Elsa, confused, when she leaves Anna by the first restroom.
"There is more than one restroom, you know..." Elsa calls behind her.
Anna blushes and nods. Elsa smiles and continues to walk down the hallway. After their showers, the two sisters meet in their room, and Elsa pulls out another brochure.
"Where are you getting all these brochures?" Anna asks quietly.
Elsa smiles, "I might have grabbed about ten different brochures while we were at the ice rink and Blizzard Run."
Anna does her half smile, and Elsa looks back down at the brochure. The brochure headline reads, "The Merco Family Circus." Elsa grabs her drawstring bag out of her closet. She stuffs her wallet and the brochure into the bag. Anna gets off the bed.
"So when are we leaving?" Anna asks.
Elsa smiles, "Right now. Come on! I want to get good seats!"
Anna nods and follows Elsa out of the room. They race down the stairs, and Elsa grabs her car's keys from the island in the kitchen. She hops out into the patio and walks around the house to the driveway. Anna follows silently behind her, a little excited about the circus. Elsa opens her car's door for Anna, and Anna climbs in. She buckles her seatbelt as Elsa walks around to the other side, getting into the car. Elsa buckles her seat and smiles at Anna.
"This'll be great," Elsa assures.
Anna nods, "Okay..."
Elsa starts the car and turns on the radio. The two sisters listened to the radio as they drove closer to their destination. Elsa smiles as she sees the Circus tent come into her vision. She quickly parks the car, and Anna gapes at the large tent.
"Anna, come on! Let's get tickets," Elsa calls from behind her.
Anna shakes her head out of her thoughts and gets out of the car. She slams the door shut and catches up to Elsa. Elsa smiles and continues to what must be the ticket stand.
A teenage boy sits in the booth, "How many tickets?"
Elsa smiles at him, "Two tickets, please!"
The boy nods and holds two tickets out to the girls, "Twenty dollars is your total."
Digging out of her bag a twenty, Elsa nods at the boy, "Okay, thank you!"
The boy hands Elsa the tickets, and she hands the boy the money. The sisters turn from the ticket booth after Elsa thanks him.
Anna looks around, "It's so cool..."
Elsa nods, and she leads them inside. Anna gasps when they enter. The circus workers all are practicing. The elephants raise on their two hind legs while a man holds a chair out to a couple of lions. What takes Anna's attention are the acrobats. She looks up at them flying through the air, flipping and twirling. A young girl actually is in the middle with a ring attached in the air. She spins and does amazing tricks on it. Finally, the girl leaps off of it, landing in a net below her.
She walks towards Anna and Elsa, smiling, "Hey! Welcome to our show! I'm one of the acrobats. I work on that ring called a 'lyra.' Oh! Where are my manners? My name is Olivia. What're yours?"
Elsa smiles, "Elsa. That's Anna, my sister."
Olivia smiles, "Nice to meet you guys, but I have to get back to practice. Sorry if it weirded you out that I talked to you. I just like talking to all the visitors."
Anna nods, "It's fine... You're pretty young, aren't you?"
Olivia shrugs, "Not really. I've been doing this for a couple years now."
"Really? Cool!" Elsa says excitedly.
Anna and Elsa wave goodbye to Olivia and walk to their seats. The sisters wait patienly for the circus to start.
"So I'm guessing you met Olivia?" a girl asks behind Elsa and Anna.
Elsa turns around, "Yeah, why?"
A girl with long, dirty blonde hair with an odd bleached streak smiles invitingly at Elsa. She is wearing blue jeans with a shirt that says "Tacos Anyone?" Elsa smiles at her.
The girl smiles, "She's my friend. Crazy, but she's still awesome."
Elsa nods, "Oh, cool."
The girl looks up at the Lyra hanging from the tent, "I still don't know how she doesn't get scared. I've been on one before; it's really freaky. Especially when you're afraid of heights."
Elsa nods, but she is interrupted by the ring master coming on the speakers.
"Hello ladies and gentlemen! Welcome to the Merco Family Circus!" the ring master says from the middle of the ring.
People cheer. Elsa notices that the circus had filled tremendously, and she was immediately glad they got front row seats. Anna wiggles in her seat, feeling a little excited.
"We are going to start the show right away so make sure you are comfortable!" the tall ring master says.
Immediately after he said that, a small car drives into the middle of the ring. The ring master smiles and walks to the side. Three clowns clamber out, and Anna squeaks in fear. Elsa smiles, remembering Anna's silly fear of clowns. She had a fear ever since she saw an old horror movie with a clown when she was three.
The clowns giggle, and they walk around the ring. They continue their hilarious act of whip cream pies, water squirting flowers, and honking their noses. Elsa feels as if she is dieing from laughter once the clowns finish. The crowd cheers loudly as the clowns bow. The ringmaster steps back up onto the stage as the clowns scramble back into the tiny car. He coughs before leaning back into the microphone.
"Ladies and gentlemen! Please give a round of applause for our acrobatics," the ringmaster says.
Music fills the tent as the acrobatics appear on trip lines. They swing across small rings, flipping in the middle of the air. Olivia smiles as she spins around on the lyra. She hangs upside down, and the sisters hear the girl behind them cheer loudly.
"Go Olivia!" she screams.
Elsa smiles at the friend and looks back up at the acrobatics. The acrobatics finish by landing into the net and immediately filing into a line. Lastly, Olivia leaps off the lyra, landing into the net. She hops lastly into line, and the crowd goes wild. Olivia and the acrobatics grin and bow.
The acrobatics walk out of the rink, and the ringmaster once again comes out.
"Next we will have our trained animals doing amazing tricks!" the ringmaster says.
He stays in the middle this time as the music starts. The elephants and other animals come out. They do backflips and tricks, making the crowd go wild. The animals all line up, and they seem to all bow. This makes the crowd cheer even louder. Elsa giggles as she sees Anna stunned with amazement.
The ringmaster smiles and leans into the microphone as the animals walk back out of the ring, "Now we need a volunteer from the audience! Luckily, we have already decided who. Would Anna Frossen come up to the middle of the ring?"
Anna gapes, but she stands up. People cheer wildly as Anna slowly climbs into the ring. She walks to the middle of the ring. The ring master walks over to her, and the music starts. Slowly, he puts a sheet over Anna. He motions over the sheet and tears it from its spot. Anna is gone. The crowd cheers in amazement. The ringmaster smiles and puts the sheet on the ground. He does his hand motions again and lifts up the sheet quickly. People gasp and cheer wildly as Anna appears again.
"Thank you! Thank you! Please come again to the Merco Family Circus!" the ringmaster calls.
Olivia walks towards Anna, taking her out of the ring. Elsa looks at the girl behind her, confusion clearly written on her face. The girl shrugs.
"Olivia is bringing her to the front of the tent. C'mon... We'll meet them there."
Elsa nods and follows the blonde girl. The two wait by the entrance of the tent, looking for Anna and Olivia. The girl squeals as she spots Olivia and Anna.
"Olivia! You were great! So were you, Anna!" the girl says.
Olivia laughs, "Hey Anna and Elsa. Sorry to leave so soon, but my mom is picking us up soon. So I hope I see you around."
Elsa smiles, "It's fine! Anna and I have to get home. It's already 6:00 anyways. Here, let's keep in touch, okay?"
Elsa hands Olivia her number. Olivia nods, and the pairs of friends and sisters seperate. As they walk to the car, Elsa smiles at Anna.
"Did you have fun?" Elsa asks.
"Yeah," Anna says.
The sisters walk to the car in silence, happy and content. Anna felt a tug in her broken heart. Maybe Elsa truly did care for her. Yeah, a slight chance. Probably one in a million, but Anna was beginning to have the tiniest of hopes.
December 4th: Meeting New Friends and Going to the Circus
A/N: Hey guys! So this chapter was suggested by BlueArtKitty (I just read your review and facepalmed... Please forgive me for not knowing the difference between a circus and a carnival ;-;) Please leave suggestions for the sisters :D Thanks for all le support! Tacos Anyone? :3 Le review time :D
Aggregate Dragon: Haha :P I asked my friends if I could race in it, but they said I would fall at the starting line... CURSE YOU CLUMSINESS XD Here's a little taste of what that chapter would be.
Anna: Elsa!
Man: Wait... Where's her sister?
Elsa: *crashes through warehouse in a taco truck, flinging tacos at the man* TACOS ATTACK!
my imagination is so weird XD sorry :P
Shadowfax321: all with time and thank you :3
Guest: I will take that suggestion ;P
Same Guy (guest): Nah, you get credit :) I always love giving credit :D
Wolf Stevens: Good suggestions :D Thank you! I will choose one of them so thanks :) I'll PM you if I need help :P
BlueArtKitty: Thanks! Again, please forgive me ;-; Uhm... Not really... She forgot about Anna because of her anger... Elsa put Anna to the back of her mind :(
thepopcornpup: Thanks :P I camoflauged more people (man that is hard to spell :/) So watch out for them :P
fan-de-caidos-del-mapa: will do! :D thank you!
Livstone: *Gasp* my friend found me! XD Yup, Hershey Squirt :P Will include suggestions... Probably sooner since you can find me ._. Well this is going to be interesting, but okay! Thanks for poking me for an update at school by the way :P Hope your satisfied now XD
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~rsbaird