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fandomsecrets2014-03-04 06:32 pm
case) wrote in fandomsecrets2014-03-04 06:32 pm
[ SECRET POST #2618 ]
⌈ Secret Post #2618 ⌋
Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.
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Notes:
Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 039 secrets from Secret Submission Post #374.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.
Re: Share your drawerfic/WIPS.
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The two cousins continued chatting for a good remaining portion of the evening, inviting new people over and waving hello to others as the ebb and flow of the crowd saw fit. Anna excused herself at one point to grab some chocolate cake that'd been rolled out, bumped into her aunt who was as regal and soft-spoken as always, and promptly got swept up into their - now usual - conversation about how she was looking more and more like her mother.
"Honestly, I think Elsa looks more like her than I ever did, but thank-"
"Ahem!"
The two women turned to see a rather nervous and harried looking servant clutching a small strip of paper.
"Yes?" the Queen of Corona asked.
"May I speak to your majesty? Alone please?"
The Queen frowned.
"Anna, dear," she said, placing one of her hands lightly under her niece's. "Hopefully this should only take a second. Would you mind waiting here?"
"Umm, not at all."
The two swept out through a side door Anna hadn't even noticed until then. She was still standing there, holding her uneaten piece of cake, when Rapunzel pushed her way through the crowd again with Eugene now in tow.
"What happened? I saw mother just leave."
"I'm not sure; a servant interrupted us. I think he was holding some kind of message. It must've been extremely urgent."
"You're probably right," Rapunzel said, her tone optimistic but her face creasing with worry. "For her to leave like that though… it can't be a good message."
There was a period of tense silence.
"Uh… hi by the way," Eugene said, with a little wave to Anna.
"Oh, yes! Hi."
With nothing else coming to mind, the three fell into silence once more.
Finally, the Queen re-emerged, her face markedly paler than it'd been just a few minutes ago.
"Mother!" Rapunzel cried. "What-"
"Not right now," she said with a smile and one eye locked on the sea of guests. "It will cause a scene."
Rapunzel's eyes were wide, but she slowly nodded. Then the Queen turned to Anna.
"You on the other hand. Peter, the man you just saw, is waiting in the room beyond that door. I need you to go and hear him out."
"Anna?"
"Me?"
"Yes, you'll understand as soon as you hear it. We'll be back as soon as our absence can go unnoticed."
With a sweep of her arm, she scooped Rapunzel into her arms and herded her away. Eugene followed with a sympathetic shrug.
Anna was alone once more.
With her cake.
Feeling as though she was about to need the energy boost, she gobbled down as much as she could in one go. Placing the rest on a table full of similarly half-eaten dishes, Anna took a deep breath and walked through the door.