Elsa was having a nice Sunday lunch out with her sister when their temporary calm was disrupted by the sudden heart attack of the man who was seated on the next table.
"Someone call an ambulance!" yelled the old man's very young wife, when Elsa tried to get a closer look she remembered the lady to be Miss France.
Anna being the empathic person wanted to help "Oh my gosh miss calm down!" she said was going to touch the woman's shoulder but the said person slapped her hand.
"Don't you dare touch me!" she yelled at Anna "Honey . . . are you ok?"
"Hey! I was only trying to help!" Anna argued.
"Anna don't" Elsa stood up from her table "That woman's just waiting for the old bloke to die so she could take all his money"
The so called 'Miss France' stood up dropping her husband "NOW WHAT YOU TALKING ABOUT!?"
"Look she dropped the poor man's head just for her sickly pride" Elsa held her sister's shoulder "Come on Anna I'm starting to lose my appetite with all personalities in here"
Anna looked mortified "But we can't leave him there!" she pointed at the old man "He's practically dying"
Elsa sighed "The ambulance will come and if he pays well the doctor would save his life if he doesn't make it then I'm sure he's lived a long and happy life" she turned to Miss France "And at least he could escape the wrath of that woman"
"Are you seriously insulting me?" the woman stomped her heels.
"I suggest you take a sad wife look, you don't wanna mess the papers now" Elsa said before dragging her younger sister out of the restaurant and sure enough as soon as they were out an ambulance had come and the paramedics quickly rushed inside.
Anna on the other hand was still feeling pretty guilty "Elsa what if the man there really died, no one was really trying to help him there"
"We can't really do much in there now can't we?" Elsa said as she waited for the valet to bring in their car "And that man had more heart attacks than hamsters you've had throughout your childhood"
"HEY!" the brunette held her hips "They ran away they didn't necessarily die"
"I'm just saying he'll live through it" Elsa checked her watch "I just hope he doesn't bring the flashy wife of his to the wedding"
Anna again was surprised "Wait he's invited to the wedding?"
"Yeah, he was I think the head of the Financial Department during father's time" by now her Porsche had arrived and Elsa took the wheel with Anna at shotgun "I don't remember his name though"
Her sister nodded, when Elsa had told her about her marriage to Arthur Anna admitted that she was more than surprised. She knew that there was a possibility that it might have happened but it turns out that Anna's kidnapping had made them decide to pull off the trump card which was this.
Sure she was alright with Arthur being a brother-in-law but seeing as the base of their marriage was more on protection of their own interests it just felt slightly off. And not to mention she was not sure if the two even felt anything else for each other.
Anna had questioned it once but after seeing that it was partially for her that the two were willing to go on with the plan made her feel quite guilty.
"So have you guys decided on a date?" Anna asked.
"Three months after Arthur graduates" Elsa took a turn "So far that's the only thing we've planned . . . or decided"
Anna decided to remain silent for a while seeing as she couldn't think of anything to say at that time.
The platinum blonde turned to her sister "Are you still mad about that man?"
"Ah no I'm not" Anna turned towards the view of the snowy mountains overlooking the road.
Elsa decided not to pester her too much on the topic she couldn't help that Anna didn't attend those oh so many social events that she didn't know half the weasels she was fending off.
/
"Ok whoa what are we doing here?" Arthur asked. He had been having lunch with his foster brother Kay when he suddenly led him to some shady clinic. Almost at once he had presumed they were either getting weed from the suspicious looking doctor or that he was going to pay for his girlfriend's abortion.
When Arthur told this to Kay the latter just cringed.
"Do you think I'd do something like that?" he said.
Arthur shrugged "Well it's not like you're exactly a boy scout"
Kay glared "Are you saying I don't come prepared?"
"I'm saying you tend to forget" Arthur took a seat on one of the chairs next some suspicious Spanish man who wore a very large coat bought from the flea market complete with a dilapidated hat and who smelled definitely of Mary Jane.
Kay went to the doctor's receptionist while Arthur waited. He looked around the room and he was not sure if he was seeing things but the walls seemed to have several blood splats in some corners.
"I heard they found three thirteen year old girls dead in here" the man next to Arthur whispered "One was hanging there" he pointed at where the bathroom was "They found a head I think there" pointing at where Kay was standing "And right here was where they found one of the girl's body completely open like a cut right from the head" he touched his head then he went down "Up to the stomach"
Arthur just nodded in reply "So . . . did they find out who did it?"
When he said that the man just started laughing really loud that everyone started looking at him and Arthur decided to laugh along with him and before they knew it they were patting each other and hugging like they were old friends.
Kay did not seem amused by this and quickly pulled his foster brother from the strange man and brought him to a corner far from him "What the bloody hell were you talking about with that . . . hobo" he then sniffed him "Gordon Bennett! Wart did he give you any weed?"
"You should have heard the things he'd been telling me they were quite entertaining" Arthur coughed a bit "Apparently this clinic was a crime scene"
"A crime scene?" Kay shook his head "This was an old soup kitchen"
"Then what's with the blood on the walls" Arthur tried to lower his voice "I mean seriously I could see a nice hook that they use for slaughtering pigs right there"
"Can't I bring you to one place and not make some weird scene" Kay shook his brother.
"If only you'd tell me why the heck we're in here when we could have just made an appointment with Doctor Watson" Arthur removed Kay's hands.
Kay took a deep breath "Well . . . this . . . is kind of personal . . ."
Arthur raised his brow "Then why did you bring me here"
"Well . . . I uh . . . well I needed moral support" Kay stuttered "It's a delicate subject"
"Do you want me to roll on the floor and start screaming ravioli and start hitting you with a thermometer the nice nurse has" Arthur deadpanned.
"And here I thought being a married man would change you" Kay rebutted.
"I'm not yet married" he crossed his arms.
Kay sighed "Fine" he then mumbled something.
"Excuse me?" Arthur asked.
Kay grit his teeth "I think I got herpes"
The younger boy took a step back "WHAT!?"
At once Kay covered his foster brother's mouth "I told you not to scream!"
Arthur mumbled something on the lines of "No you didn't"
Kay released his brother "Ok I was with some . . . girl the other night and one of the boys said that she was some hooker"
"We live in Oxford it's bound to thrive with those chicks" Arthur shook his head "So you think you got something?"
"Well I don't wanna end my weekly entertainment" Kay grunted.
"Forget the hooker you're gonna get something on your own" Arthur raised his hands "So what are you gonna tell Sir Ector about this?"
"Well you're a reasonable person you think of something" Kay did a toothy smile.
Arthur facepalmed "Of course"
And to make things even worse for the brothers that annoying Justin Bieber song started playing on the radio bringing much more irritation for both of them.
"I hate it when they play that thing" Kay rolled his eyes "He sounds like a retarded seal saying 'Baby Baby' all the time"
"Think of it as an omen for things to come" Arthur offered.
That was when the nurse called out "Mr. Cynyr the doctor will see you now"
"I still don't know why we had to go to a shady doctor" Arthur said as he led his brother to the doctor's door "I mean there are . . ."
"Shut up" Kay said before slamming the door at him.
/
The sun was setting over New Orleans signifying the end of another day and since it was a Sunday there were people both leaving and entering the churches. Though not many people are actually considered Christian in the land of Mardi Gras there are still some who fear the Lord after the whole Hurricane Katrina incident that flooded the city not so long ago.
Tiana's family were affected greatly by the incident as their home was in a nearby swamp, it was quite hellish for the girl to see her family struggling to get back on their feet while the only problem she had was trying to get some sleep. It was a good thing that Big Daddy La Bouff was kind enough to assist them financially and even offered them a place to stay.
So Eudora had made it quite a habit since that incident to come to church more often because the good Lord had been oh so good to her even after her husband's passing.
As they were walking back towards their home (which had been repaired a few months after the flooding) Eudora suddenly remembered "Oh wait dear isn't your birthday coming up?"
Tiana sighed "As if you'd actually forget that"
Eudora shook her head "I've been too busy helping the Police Department that I almost forgot about that"
"Police Department? Are they changing their uniform again?" it was quite common for them to change uniform designs every time they got a new mayor for some reason.
"No no" Eudora waved her hand "They're doing a musical production as a fundraiser for their outreach program and I'm doing their costumes"
Tiana raised her brow "Oh really what are they doing?"
Her mother tried to cover her laughter "Oh it's really silly"
"Come on tell me" Tiana said shaking her mother's arm.
"Alright it's Kinky Boots" Eudora laughed.
Tiana cocked her head "Kinky Boots?"
"Oh you never heard of it?" Eudora asked.
"Well . . . not really" Tiana's watched a few productions with Merida heck she even managed to convince Tiana to try out for their stage production of Saturday Night Fever, which she chickened out in the end it was not a good time for her then.
"They're gonna have an opening night on Christmas day" they had finally reached their front door "You're gonna love it it's really hilarious"
"I'm counting on it" Tiana grabbed her key and opened the door "Is Ray doing the lead?"
"Oh you'll see" Eudora winked.
Tiana quickly laid down on the sofa exhausted "Well it's Ray so it must be big"
"Hmm hmm" her mother hummed "Anyway you never told me how was your semester"
"Well it's really dramatic" Tiana rubbed her temples "Anna tried to run away with some guy"
Eudora stopped on her way to the kitchen "Oh that nice girl who sent me a scarf for my birthday?"
"Yup" Tiana waved her hand "But it all went alright in the end her sister Merida and Arthur went to get her and all went well" she decided to remove the more dramatic details.
"Oh so those sisters finally patched things up?" Eudora turned on the lights of their kitchen and tried to look for something to cook for dinner. "That's good to hear"
"Yup" Tiana stretched.
"So who's the Arthur boy?" Eudora was wondering whether to make beefsteak of carrot stew.
"Oh a friend" Tiana sat up "Hey I said I was making dinner"
"No you just sit back there you already cooked enough" Eudora brought out the meat from the fridge "Whenever you're home it's like you're saying I can't cook"
Tiana laughed "Sorry Ma"
"So you didn't meet anyone special?" Eudora asked.
At once the woman cringed recalling a certain doctor "Nope, no significant man has entered my life"
"Oh come on" Eudora washed the meat "Remember what your father used to say . . ."
"Never forget what's most important" Tiana stood up from the sofa and made her way to the kitchen "Ma I know very well what Pa meant there"
"And that is?" Eudora looked over her daughter.
Tiana leaned against the counter "That is to never give up on my dreams about opening my own restaurant"
Eudora shook her head "Of course it is"
"So how's everyone in Duke's?" Tiana asked helping her mother chop onions.
"Oh they're doing well as always" Eudora prepared the pan "Though Cal's Diner closed down last month"
"What happened?" Tiana asked.
"Something about food poisoning and them serving cooked rats or something" Eudora shrugged "I don't know when you left for college the owner changed and things have gotten quite bizarre in that place"
"I don't know what to say about that" Tiana said.
After they've finished cooking their dinner and they were now setting up the table Eudora spoke "You know I wish you were in that musical"
"Huh?"
"Come on, it's not only in cooking where you have talent" Eudora sat down "I remember you singing all those Whitney Houston songs when you were little and everyone thought that the radio was really loud"
Tiana sat down across her mother "I did try doing that one musical . . ."
"But you backed out before you could even audition" Eudora had heard the story from Merida when she stayed with them before "I told Merida to force you into the next time they put out a musical"
"MAAAA" Tiana whined "My plan is to run a restaurant, not be the next Nat King Cole"
"I'm just saying" Eudora pointed at her with her fork "Sometimes you have a one track mind you know"
/
"I can't believe you spent an entire day buying gifts for yourself" Malina said as they were having dinner in Mudka's back in Lima.
"That's not true I bought a gift old Yzma and I'm going to FedEx it later" he turned to Kronk "How's that greeting card going?"
Kronk was currently trying to fit in a long and meaningful message into a small index card, heck he was even using a feathered pen for this.
"Why can't you just write it on something bigger?" Malina sipped on her drink.
Kuzco shook his head "Malina Malina Malina . . . this is where we show effort"
"Kronk's effort I could see" the girl looked at the small box she assumed was Yzma's gift, its wrapping paper was purple and had skulls drawn in Aztec style around it "I don't see the effort in yours"
"Hey size does not matter!" Kuzco raised his hand.
"You bought her a pair of socks" Malina deadpanned.
"The thought is what counts" Kuzco defended "Ever heard of the Christmas spirit giving is better than receiving, there is a reason why it's said that way"
Malina rolled her eyes before turning to Kronk "You're still at that thing?"
"I'm describing her without downright telling her she's old and ugly and will never find a husband" Kronk tapped the feather to his chin "Hmm . . . Oh I got it!" then he proceeded writing.
"So what time does the Christmas party in your place start?" Malina asked as she played with the ice cubes on her drink.
"Don't know I'm gonna ask my political advisor" Kuzco brought out his phone.
"Why do you call your uncle your political advisor?" Malina never really got over it "I mean he raised you ever since your dad died"
"It's like he ever corrected me" Kuzco took a bit off his Mudka's Meat Mug "And he does hold a political office . . . so after I graduate I shall slowly climb up the ranks of this corrupted monarchy!"
"Kuzco Peru is a Republic" Malina corrected.
"Then I'll turn it into a Constitutional Monarchy just you wait" he rose up from his table "I shall bring back the glory of the Incan empire!"
In here a chubby guy who was handling the cashier cheered "Kuzco rules!"
"Yes you!" Kuzco pointed at the person "Shall be my campaign manager!"
"Guaka is still in high school" Malina crossed her arms "And don't you think you're being a little ambitious over your 'political reign'"
"Of course there are critics" Kuzco flipped his hair "Malina why do you have to be such a downer?"
"I'm not a downer" she said irritation present in her voice.
Kuzco sat down and pulled his chair nearer to her "Come on don't you see all the greed everyone in the big house is doing towards us? Don't you see how there are people out there in the streets who die not knowing what a Mudka's Meat Pie taste like?"
"Kuzco . . ."
"Shhh I'm not yet done" he waved his finger at her before continuing "How about the girls who leave their families looking for a job only to end up standing on the side of the road with pimps waiting for their next client. How 'bout the little boys who have no idea between right and wrong and only know how to survive become lap dogs for drug mafias? How bout some of those guys in the big house who use our taxes just to pay for that nice Jacuzzi for their home in LA?"
Malina seemed to be taken aback by all the things he said, she looked at the man in front of her and she could see he was being serious.
When she didn't say anything he continued "Sure I may have lived a proper life thanks to my dad and all the royalties he got from writing those songs. I may be a rich man's son but my dad wasn't" he then stood up from the table with his usual face back "Ok now where's the toilet I think I ate too much" he then quickly ran off.
Which left Malina pondering "Hey Kronk, do we ever look over the fact that Kuzco might have more insight than any of us"
The said man looked up from his letter "Well he speaks from somewhere you know, after all he's been through then"
"What do you mean?" the girl asked.
Kronk stopped writing all together "Oh yeah, you didn't know about that time"
"What time?" Malina went closer.
Kronk removed his glasses "Well right after his dad died when he was seven, Kuzco ran away and he didn't come back until a year later"
"WHAT?" she yelled and everyone started to look at them.
Kronk mused "Funny how people in restaurants like to look at people"
"So what happened to Kuzco?" Malina asked.
"Well I don't know the exact story, even Kuzco doesn't talk about it that much I only heard a couple of things from my dad" Kronk tapped his chin "Basically Kuzco lived in the slumps for quite awhile . . . then things went ugly and he had to join a gang"
At this the girl's eyes widened "So you mean all those things he said, he didn't know them because of his dad's songs"
"He knew them because he saw it himself" Kronk put back his glasses on "You know just between you and me I remember the guy used to go to that old pueblo was it . . . 'the city of god'?"
"You mean that old place where drug lords used to control? The one they burned down?" Malina remembered watching it over the news when she was younger, she remembered wanting to know more about that place it was one of those stories that made her wanna be a reporter.
Kronk nodded "Kuzco used to go over to that ghost place, I don't know what his does but whenever he leaves he has this real somber look on his face"
"GUYS!" Kuzco came running from the bathroom.
At once both Kronk and Malina jumped from his sudden appearance.
"Oh Kuzco I didn't mean to tell about that thing" Kronk quickly defended himself.
"Yeah I was just asking I just never knew that you know . . . you were all serious" Malina was waving her hands "If you don't want us to talk about it . . ."
"WHAT ARE YOU BLABBERING ABOUT I NEED TISSUESS!" Kuzco jumped "The damn stall ran out and I can't . . . hoooooolllld!" he quickly ran back to the restroom.
/
When Hans entered his father's study he couldn't help but cringe at how dark the place was, his father had always said he liked the dark. It was totally pitch black that the only source of light in the room was the candle lamp that was on what seemed to be the desk table.
Hans slowly entered the room and closed the door succumbing to the darkness, he never really came to this room during the daytime it was usually locked by then.
"Son I have some disturbing news for you" echoed the voice of Lord Vlad Chernobog.
At once the young man straightened "What is it father"
He still couldn't be spotted and his presence was only felt by the roaring of his voice "Miss Vinterdotter is to be married to a certain Pendragon"
"Which . . . you mean Elsa?" Hans was quite surprised, from his observation of the two during his stay in Disney they were as distant as possible heck he was sure Anna had only met the guy when he gave that 'camera-that-wasn't-so-secret-of-a-secret camera' to her.
"From your reports you say they almost had zero interaction to one another" his father spoke.
"Why yes father, Elsa is busy with the student government with Wart busy with the tennis club and I hardly think a psychologist will need an architect anytime soon. Sure they go to the library but they're not only in different buildings but they go in at different time frames"
In here Hans heard moving "You should have dug deeper into the library, you say young Pendragon was an architect? He might have had the blueprints to the school and found some secret passage way Disney is quite an old school I wouldn't be surprised if that place thrived with dungeons."
"I've . . . covered that father" Hans replied. "Dean Moghadam had made sure that all passages had been blocked"
"What if Vinterdotter managed to hypnotize one of your spies?" his father rebutted again "Heck she might have manipulated you as well"
Hans lowered his head "I am sorry father"
"Well it's too late now, once those two are wed you have no chance of taking your inheritance" it was at this that the lamp had managed to get a side of Lord Chernobog's face which was pale an as angular as it could be "There is only one option now and you should have done it with the younger one when you had the chance"
"There was a reason why I didn't kill the younger one father" Hans spoke.
The Chernobog's yellow eyes turned to his son "Oh and what is that?"
"If I did kill the girl then I would be not only in much danger but Elsa and Wart would probably get married even if Wart didn't graduate, Anna is simply too worthless to waste blood on" Hans kept his posture "I would have managed to kill off Elsa but she was sent to study abroad"
The man pounded his fist "And there is where Pendragon strikes! Don't you see that boy had intentionally outsmarted you!"
Hans took a deep breath "I don't think he had that much influence on the board, it could have been Elsa . . ."
"Elsa has no power over the board because her family though influential had never stepped foot on that school" Chernobog turned away from his son. "Heck even Elsa herself was surprised"
"That's because of the Tintagels, his mother's family" the Chernobog rose "They're one of the founders of the school so they have slightly more influence over us, but that is beyond the matter right now we must do what must be done in order to stop this Holy Matrimony"
"Are you saying that . . ."
Chernobog smirked "Well then, it's time to prove your worth as a son of mine to me"
/
After the ten hour bus ride from London Merida had finally managed to reach DunBroch by ten minutes past nine in the morning. Her legs were aching from being bended for so long it was a miracle she still had the strength to carry her bags.
Unluckily for her there was a storm going on in her place and sadly it wasn't a snow storm, it was a lightning one.
"It's a dreich day" Merida mumbled as she dragged her things to the bus stop, there weren't much people inside except some drag queen smoking on one corner and a priest who was getting drunk in the bar.
Merida removed her coat and cursed herself for again switching clothes with Anna . . . or was it Mulan? Yes it probably was Mulan because Anna would kill herself before she wore a see through blouse. And Merida should probably look for a gun right now because she now wearing said see through blouse.
"Just hope thon sleekit father didnae look at me" she grabbed her phone from her coat and started to text her father to pick her up, he was always late.
That was when another pair of people came inside from the rain they seemed to be dating from fighting as soon as they got in.
The red head ignored their squabbling when her mother started calling her "Hello?"
"Merida, your father just left and he's going to pick you up" Said Elinor.
"You could've just texted ya know" Merida replied, she turned over to the couple oh look their fighting over how they got lost for the tenth time that day.
"Don't that tone on me young lady" leave it to her mother to be overly sensitive.
"Am umnae" Merida defended.
Elinor rolled her eyes "Just wait for your father alright"
"Aye" she said before hanging up on her.
She decided to order something to eat so she went to the bartender and asked he if served food, she got fish and chips in the end and decided to eat them in the bar, before she could leave for her table the priest seemed to have taken note of her appearance.
"Why aren't you a fine lass" the drunken man said grabbing her arm.
"Why get your mockit hands off me" Merida pulled back her arm "Yer oot yer face"
The priest did a goofy smile "Why feisty" he grinned.
"Yer bum's oot the windae" she glared before walking away from him.
But the man decided to stand up and he staggered towards her seat "Now . . . why do you have to be so coy . . . hic you know I'm quite the holy man"
"Yer aff yer heid go take a walk!" Merida wondered if it was a sin against God to strike one of his servants, but then again the said man was drunk so maybe she was doing the good Lord a favor.
"My, such words . . . "he crept up closer to her "Wonder what else those luscious lips of yours could do . . ."
The bartender had finally come back from cleaning the kitchen when he saw Merida throw a nice hook into the priest's face hitting his right eye.
The holy man fell into the floor and everyone turned to look at Merida who was eating her chips as if nothing happened.
"Wat yer all lookin' at?" she said.
The drag queen just shook his head and muttered "Finally"
While the young boy couldn't help but stare at Merida only for his ear to be pulled by his girlfriend.
"Alright John time to get up" the bartender jumped over the bar and went over to the slightly confused priest "You've had enough"
The man tried to get up and held unto the bartender's apron "Where's the lass . . . wers the young lass . . . I like her Paulie"
"Well she doesn't like you" the bartender ended up carrying the man "Sorry for that trouble young lady, nice hook though wished I took a picture of it"
Merida chewed her chips "Want me to do his other eye, it's free"
The bartender laughed before dragging the man to the back as leaving him outside the storm was cruel even for him.
The girl decided that she better wear her coat before she starts giving black eyes to every man who tries to hit on her. Yes she should really dispose of this garment as soon as she went home, it probably wasn't worth that much anyway.
She had almost finished eating her chips when her phone rang again "Mother he ain't here yet" she said in irritation.
"Who ain't there yet?" the voice said.
Merida had knocked over her glass of club soda upon hearing the familiar voice "Pendragon?"
/
"So we're spending the holidays in London?" Anna asked as they were having breakfast in one of their father's old summer homes that was one of the only property Elsa could get her hands on at that time.
The house was located near the ports of Arendelle and when they were younger, before their parents died, they used to often sail around the coast and fish around. As they grew older Elsa seemed to have gotten along with the local fishermen and their wives they even had dinner with their families more than once.
Elsa was preparing her coffee "It's your call there's no real rush about it"
"No it's alright I guess" Anna chewed her croissant "I mean seeing Arthur doesn't seem so bad"
"Alright how bout after Christmas" Elsa took her cup of coffee and sat across her sister "I mean, we haven't really bonded that much over the years" she looked at the nice view of the ocean "And when I get married there might not be much time"
Anna put down her food "I know I've asked this before but . . . are you really sure on marrying him?" she spoke softly "It's not like he's a bad choice, heck he's actually quite a catch but well it's just that . . . what I'm saying is that . . ."
"You're saying we don't love each other" Elsa finished her sentence.
The strawberry blonde bit her lip "Well . . . I'm not saying you don't care . . ."
"We do love each other, as a sister loves brother and vice versa" for a moment Elsa thought what she said reminded her of Game of Thrones but that went far from her point "But that isn't the love that you're preferring to"
Anna played with her pigtails "I didn't mean to offend you in any way"
"No" Elsa turned to her sister "I guess it's alright that you bring up things like that, because it's true" she took a sip of her coffee.
"On second thought I didn't offend you" Anna said guiltily "You're just feeling worst"
The platinum blonde shook her head "No, it just occurred to me on how often infidelities happen so much in marriages especially when they were wed because of other reasons like money and power" Elsa snorted "And guess what I'm doing now"
"Don't say that" Anna spoke.
"Who am I kidding" Elsa placed her cup down "That's exactly what I'm doing, not only do I get the family fortune but I'll probably get half of Arthur's as well and you know how much property the Pendragons have"
Anna stood up from her chair "Isn't there any other way for you to get mom and dad's money? I mean do we even need the money? We could work I could survive without a big house and all those stuff . . ."
"Anna" Elsa looked at the table "What about your tuition? Disney isn't really that cheap your boarding your food then there's those things you'll need for projects, books have never really been cheap" Elsa stood up taking her cup "I think I need more coffee"
The younger Vinterdotter balled her fists "I could work, I'll try doing two jobs and you don't need to worry about all those other stuff I'll buying from thrift shops I'm not that choosy in clothes, heck I'll even sell my clothes"
Elsa poured more coffee into her cup "There are debts to pay too you know, all those tutors we had, the hospital bills, this house, the car, airline tickets, our visas heck even our security against possible activists who try to take our lives is being paid"
"Why didn't you tell me we were that broke?" Anna slumped to her chair.
"Anna I know you . . ."
"You've spent too much on me already" Anna went toward her sister "You've probably sacrificed a lot for me already but please . . . don't even sacrifice your happiness . . ."
Elsa took another shot of her coffee "Anna" she touched her sister's face "Your happiness is worth all of this, don't worry it isn't that easy I know but . . . it's worth it"
"Why . . . Elsa . . ." tears were streaming down the younger girl's face "Why do you always have to sacrifice yourself for me . . . and I . . . I don't deserve it . . ." she quickly ran off from the kitchen crying.
Elsa covered her mouth with one hand and held unto the counter for support on the other "Because I love you Anna" she whispered "You're all I have left"
That was when the telephone rang and quickly Elsa tried to compose herself before answering "Hello . . ."
"Elsa I . . . have you been crying?" it was Anita.
Elsa didn't realize her face was already covered with her own tears until she saw her reflection on the glass doors of the covert "Well . . . I guess it's some pollen"
"Winter hasn't even started I doubt there's pollen now" Anita was probably rolling her eyes as she said that "Come on tell me did you have another fight with Anna or did you fight with your groom?"
"No me and the groom are fine" Elsa grabbed some tissues to wipe her face "Anna though . . ."
Anita sighed "You just go one step forward and two steps back with her don't you?"
"She doesn't want me to get married" Elsa realized her mascara was running and she probably looked terrible now "Saying I wasn't doing it for myself and I'm sacrificing my happiness for her"
"THAT'S WHAT I TOLD YOU!" Anita was one volume away from actual screaming.
Elsa side glared "You are not helping me"
"Ok I'm sorry" Anita took a deep breath before talking again "I know you stacks of bills to pay and Anna's future as well as yours hangs in a balance, better him than some older guy and better it be you than Anna running off with that . . . well twat"
"There why doesn't Anna see the logic in that?" Elsa then sighed "Well of course she's a sensitive soul and thus she believes true love will conquer all even though it doesn't half the time but yes she's naïve I admit that"
"Did you call me just so you could answer your own questions?" Anita asked.
Elsa placed a hand on her hip "You're the one who called me"
"Oh yes . . . I'm sending you the first designs of your wedding dress" Anita said enthusiastically "Though if you don't like them I can always send you another batch"
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The sunset always signified the end of another day, though it was pouring rain that day Eilonwy was sure that over those dark gray clouds the sun was still there only it was setting.
It was the usual Christmas rush, it was two days before the holiday and everyone was rushing to get home or to do their 'not-exactly-last-minute' shopping. So right now there was quite the traffic in the M-25 and she shouldn't complain because it was not only her who was delayed but the people right behind her.
Hmm she should have brought Coco along with the ride at least she'd have someone to talk to . . . or someone to talk to her. Just any noise aside from the constant yelling and beeping of horns would be lovely.
Eilonwy sighed then resigned to using the car radio, hopefully there was something decent playing, the problem with London as far as she knew was that there were only two or more radio stations.
She sighed in relief when she heard Blur come out but it was near the end of the song, oh and it was Tender how lovely.
Eilonwy singing along to avoid boredom "Oh my baby, oh my baby, oh why, oh my, oh my baby, oh my baby, oh why, oh my"
The horns were getting louder so she decided to sing louder "Come on come on come on! Get through it!" she then lowered her voice to imitate the singer "Love's the greatest thing, that we have" then went back to screaming "I'M WAITING FOR THAT FEELING WAITING FOR THAT FEELING TO COMEE!"
She didn't mind if there were men currently blaring their horns at her and if there were men cursing her to sing such a sad song. She just opened her window and screamed at them "KILL ME!" then closed her window and moved her car.
By the time the song was over some Pitbull song played and she quickly turned off the radio, yup she really should have changed her cassette tapes to CD's or at least bought an iPod. She never really bought one because she always used Taran's.
Maybe she should work at a charity that was nearer to her house she thought, but then again she never really liked working where she lived. It just seemed to her that those who end up poor in the city choose to live a lazy life and be dependent on the nice people who want to help them or something.
"Hmm wonder what dad's cooking for dinner" she mused anything to get her mind of the never ending traffic. Maybe he would be making those Holly Wreath Clusters that she liked so much she licked her lips remembering the time she tried to make them only for her to put too much marshmallows and too little cornflakes, a Llyr Christmas was always a sweet one indeed.
Having been caught up with her thoughts of food she didn't realize that she was actually moving and she failed to spot that there was a certain speeding Aston Martin One-77, driven what could be composed of the many spoiled ignorant heirs, was just right behind her.
The driver of the said sportcar seemed to be pissed at how slow Eilonwy was driving and decided to overtake her, this wouldn't have caused so much damage if he did not happen to hit a lumber truck.
The driver of the truck was taken aback from the sudden impact and tried to regain control in doing so he banged his truck to the Aston Martin which also hit Eilonwy's smaller car.
Eilonwy jolted when she realized she was being pushed to the left side of the road and before she knew it her car had hit the railings knocking her out in the process before the car had flipped.
In the aftermath of the accident the young foolish heir stepped out of the car and was about to have a shouting match with the truck driver, only for the large man to push him away as he was running towards Eilonwy's car.
Inside the car Eilonwy was still strapped to her seatbelt the airbag didn't come off on time and there was blood trickling on her head.
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A/N: Thanks to meg-leighleigh15 for her review last time, thank for appreciating this story and hopefully I keep you and everyone else reading this entertained.
Originally I planned something bad to happen to Anna here but it went on like this. Also it's not like I'm criticizing politics in Peru but that's generally what a government is in my opinion especially for countries like that.
So cheerio and see you for the next chapter.
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