My parents won't give me freedom

hi I'm princess Jonna of Estonia a tiny Kingdom somewhere in Europe my parents the king and queen of Estonia always made sure I had everything except freedom I couldn't go anywhere without someone watching me and I hated that all I wanted to do was experience life like a normal teen and that chance finally came on my 17th birthday when they surprised me with a trip to the Maldives but as they say be careful what you wish for the private jet waited as Aaron limo pulled up my best friend Emma my boyfriend Sebastian and I got out of the limo and walked to the plane Mr Boris My Bodyguard pulled our suitcases OMG I can't believe this is real somebody Pinch Me Sebastian pinched Emma playfully and they laughed I liked that they got along it's just a private jet end my dad owns like three of them show off [Music] Emma was my only friend she'd been picked by my mother and introduced to me on my fifth birthday my mother had called her my birthday present crazy I know Sebastian on the other hand was the son of a wealthy businessman and we met when his family visited the palace do you guys want to go bungee jumping I've always wanted to try it bungee jumping are you insane the queen will never approve it she doesn't need to know sub what do you think you can go Jonna we'll cover for you with Mr Boris we are good at keeping secrets right em yeah totally a hours later I stood at a huge Bridge as I eagerly awaited my turn to jump just then spotted a cute guy carrying some jumping gear and figured he worked there hello I'm Jonna you work here right it's my first time doing well anything so I guess we'll need to be strapped together for my jump hmm sure you can strap yourself to me any day my name is Nicholas by the way what a flirt anyway as I was busy blushing he squatted and strapped my ankle to his um I know we just met but you're going to have to hug me for this one I mean I knew it was for the jump why was my heart beating so fast without thinking too much I wrapped my hands around him and closed my eyes ready yes here we go hold on tight and that is exactly what I did when we jumped I squealed all the way through while he laughed it was the most exhilarating experience of my life after my adventure I sneaked back into the hotel excited to Tell Sebastian and Emma all about it but they were not in the room so I went looking for them a few minutes later her I spotted them lounging by our Suites private pool and was about to open the door when I heard Emma mention my name I'm so sick of Jonna if I hear her complain one more time about not being able to live a normal life my ears will bleed right I'm only dating her because the king requested my dad that I do it as a favor to him wait what I thought you were into her no way I can't even stand her besides you're way hotter than her I think you're hot too you can do way better than her entitled highness I watched in a shock as Sebastian moved towards Emma and kissed her enraged by a storm interview and they jumped apart are you freaking kidding me how could you could do this to me and how could you say all those awful things about me well everything you just heard it's all true we can't stand you she wasn't even sorry and it's not my fault that Seb likes me better than a whiny little brat like you I was so mad I lunged at her and we fell into the pool oh whiny brat how dare you let me go whoa ladies let's all calm down and talk about this please there's nothing to talk about I'm done with both of you I got out of the pool angry and as I walked away I slipped and fell ow ow as I lay there clutching my knee Mr Boris came rushing in Jonah what happened here caught them saying mean things about me then they kissed tonight please take a deep breath everything will be fine darling but right now we have to go back home so your personal doctor can check your knee as he carried me out of there I felt safe like everything would be okay Mr Boris always made me feel this way he was more of a father to me than the king thank you for always being there for me Mr Boris when we arrived back home Mr Boris wheeled me into the living room when my mother saw me she got off her chair and rushed towards me John what happened Jonah went bungee jumping we tried to stop her but she didn't want to listen to us have you completely lost your mind mother I she tried to take us with her but we refuse Sebastian and Emma really wanted me to get into trouble how could you be so reckless we trusted you this one time but you failed and you how could you let her do that you're so lucky I can't fire you I followed her and watched her she was not in any danger your highness what I was alone you're never alone my girl go to your room no don't you mean my prison cell as Mr Boris pushed me out of the room I couldn't help but wish that he was the king a few days later Mr Boris and I were out on the lawn when he knelt next to me and handed me a necklace with a locket on it what's this it's my birthday gift to you I'm sorry your trip didn't go as planned wow thank you so much it's beautiful I'm never taking it off as Mr Boris helped me put on the necklace we saw my mother walk towards us a bunch of servants following her closely mother is everything okay yes Jonna I'm here to introduce you to your nurse we hired him just a few minutes ago nurse I don't need a nurse my knee is much better and I my words died in my throat when a familiar guy moved from behind the servants and stood right in front of me hello princess I'm Nicholas it's a pleasure to meet you for the first time ever clearly Nicholas didn't want the queen to know we'd met before because she'd probably fire him on second thought Mom I don't mind being pushed around and taken care of I don't want to strain my knee too much very well Jonah I'll see you later and please do everything in Nicholas asks you heard her this was going to be fun a few minutes later Nicholas pushed me down a paved path and when we were far enough I asked him what I'd been dying to ask how are you here aren't you supposed to be in the Maldives because I live here I was just in the Maldives for vacation why didn't you tell me you weren't the jumping instructor you look scared so I figured I assist the Damsel in Distress whoa there's no Damsel in Distress here if whatever just wheel me back to my room now I'm quite tired and I need to rest hmm first day you're already inviting me to your room fine I'll just wheel myself I wheeled myself away from Nicholas and just when I rounded a corner I saw Sebastian and Emma kissing in front of the palace Fountain I took out my phone and took a picture of them when I got a chance I'd use that against them this year full you might hurt your other leg and die eye of jealousy all together and then all of a sudden when Emma noticed Nicholas she threw herself at him like a groupie hi handsome I'm Emma and you are not interested as much as I was enjoying him as embarrassment I noticed something much more interesting the main gate was wide open and without thinking I took off hey where are you going anywhere but here I can't look at these two anymore I expected him to stop me but to my surprise he smiled okay well just wait here while I go get my car as he walked away I felt so excited Nicholas was my ticket to freedom Nicholas drove us to a movie theater and when we arrived he parked his car and took his shirt off what are you doing relax princess it's not that kind of date I'm just changing into regular clothes I can't go to a movie in Scrubs of course makes sense did you say date I I've ever been on a date before what about Mr Casanova back there I assume he was your boyfriend at some point he was but we never went out anywhere well that's his loss let's go they're showing a new horror movie this should be fun he was right it was fun for him at least I on the other hand screamed and covered my face so many times much to Nicholas's Amusement after the movie Nicholas pushed me out and was about to help me back in his car when I stopped him wait will you do me one last favor no God please stop doing that you look like you're having a seizure I really thought I was being cute okay okay what do you want I want to drive your car absolutely not you're hurt just then I stood up for my wheelchair snapped the car keys from Nicholas and climbed into the driver's seat what the heck you can walk yeah my knee is all healed it's a miracle now get in okay so let me get this clear you could walk this whole time yeah sorry you're not mad what no it's obvious you pretended just so you could keep me around you liked me he was right but there was no way I was going to admit it Sean up as soon as I stepped on the gas the car jerked backwards and rammed right into a tree Nick are you okay yes princess I'm okay I can't say the same from my car I'm so sorry my parents are gonna kill me you're right they are Nick and I turned to see Mr Boris standing there let's go with Boris where did you come from I found you through the mobile tracker on your phone of course my phone had a Tracker I wasn't even surprised anymore don't worry about the car I've already called a tow company I need to get you home now I'm really sorry Nick as soon as we walked into the living room my father walked towards us angry Boris you were supposed to bring Jonna back hours ago and wait you can walk your majesty the princess went to a movie and I didn't want to interrupt because she looked happy for once are you saying that she's unhappy here yeah had to pretend just so I could spend time with Nicholas you ungrateful girl we should have never adopted you in the first place of all the things I expected her to say that was not one of them and as it was summoned by the Devil Himself Emma and Sebastian chose that moment to walk in oh she walks I knew it she was faking it so she could keep that stupidness around [Music] Sonu all along you didn't have Royal Blood in you you two need to get out don't talk to your friends like that friends these two betrayed me and you didn't even bother to ask for my side of the story oh honey I'm sure it was a momentary lapse of judgment on their part seeing how clueless my mother was I fished out the picture I took of them earlier and showed it to her see what my so-called friends have been doing right under my nose she took one look at the photo and grabbed Emma by her ears is this what I paid you for I am so sorry your highness I got it both of you get out Emma was finally getting what she deserved I couldn't take the tension anymore so I stormed out I thought my day couldn't get any crazier boy was I wrong after I stormed out I went to the Palace garden and as I sat crying Mr Boris joined me you look so much like your mother you know your real mother I mean you knew my mom yes she was my wife what I don't understand as I waited for Mr Boris to explain he reached into his pocket and took out a necklace that looked exactly like the one I was wearing this belonged to your mom the one you're wearing belongs to me we had them made when you were born this is a picture of you and your mom I don't understand why did you give me away I had no choice when you were born your mother and I could barely provide for you one day you became very ill and I decided to seek help from the king and queen Mr Boris continued to explain that the king and his wife who couldn't have children agreed to help him on one condition that he let them adopt me I only agreed as long as they allowed me to stay by your side your mother was so angry that she left us I stared at the photo and sobbed Mr Boris was my dad it all made sense now why he was always there for me why I always felt a connection with him just then Our Moment was interrupted by a blood curdling scream what was that hurry let's go find out we hurried to the front lawn and found Emma in a heated argument with an elderly couple wearing tattered clothes Emma dear please don't be upset we are so happy to see you who the heck are you you're mistaking me for someone else am I my daughter I know you were just a small girl when we gave you to the queen but you can't forget your parents Emma tried to take Sebastian's hand but he shoved her off him don't touch me I don't want your poverty rubbing off on me security come through this trash out guards grabbed Emma and her parents but before they could throw them out I stopped them stop I'll take it from here hi I'm Jonna please come with me as soon as we walked into the Queen's office she screamed and took a step back who are these people are we being robbed these are Emma's parents you need to help them and why would I do that I already spend a lot on Emma's day here besides she's been busy messing around with your chosen Suitor I don't owe them anything they need to leave now how can you be so cruel you just don't get it Janna if we helped every charity case that came to us we'd have nothing I can see now we made a poor selection when we adopted you for an Eris you know what you don't have to regret your selection anymore I'm leaving the palace look I know we probably have not been the most attentive parents The King and I but we have only wanted the best for you why would you want to leave us because even though Mr Boris was just My Chauffeur he was more of a parent than you guys were all you did was lock me up and set me up with people who didn't even genuinely like me I want to be more myself be free to do whatever I want I wasn't meant to be an heir you said it yourself the queen surprised me with a hug I heard expected it but she had never hugged me like this all my life was she sad I am so sorry I failed at being a mom to you Donna I was overprotective and I didn't give you a chance you're right you deserve to be free and your dad will take good care of you just promise you'll come visit us from time to time I will take good care of her your highness and make sure she visits thank you Boris you've always been kind if you need anything don't hesitate to call me the queen kissed my cheek and left I was still trying to process her reaction when Mr Boris took my hand come on honey we have some packing to do a few hours later Mr Boris and I drove to a cabin outside of town and imagined my surprise when I saw Nicholas waiting I was so excited I ran up to him and hugged him Nick what are you doing here Mr Boris called me and asked me to meet you here thank you Mr Boris um Dad for everything so princess are you ready for your new life you know I'm not a princess anymore you'll always be a princess to me that's so corny Nick I felt a sense of pace as I knew with Nicholas and my dad by my side I would always be okay Z baby do you want to watch me decorate this cake it's a unicorn cake let me finish my sketch first Mom this is my best one how are you going to learn about my business if you keep on sketching please don't turn into your father Mom this is what I love mom never took what I loved seriously she wanted me to take over her business instead of following my dreams I was born to a loving and caring family my mom is a Baker and my dad is a fashion designer my childhood was so much fun but then my dad left about a year ago with his evil boss and didn't come back and ever since Mom has been so bitter about anything to do with Dad one day when I was 14 I had managed to make my own dress and I wanted to show it to Mom and then I twirled and accidentally bumped the cake she was decorating right off the table mom had a total meltdown Siana Lopez look what you've done I am sorry Mom I didn't mean to I just wanted to show you the dress I made mom wasn't interested in my dress or my Apollo allergies I offered to help her but she didn't want that either and ever since then she spent more time working and hardly took the time just to look at me by the time I graduated high school mom had her own little Bakery and one morning when I was looking for some cereal I made a shocking Discovery I found a stack of letters hidden in the cupboard they were from my dad I couldn't believe that Mom would keep these from me I had to know why Daisy how is how could you keep these from me sorry they're just letters if you really cared he would never have left us mom's bitterness towards dad made me sick I needed to know why she did what she did but I wasn't getting anywhere with my mom so I went to my room and stayed there all night the next morning I left home before Mom was awake and sat in the park across our apartment building his mom couldn't tell me why I was going to find out on my own I picked up the top later to open it but then a gust of wind ripped it from my hands I couldn't lose the litter now somebody locked my eyes onto it and finally it was low enough for me to reach but as I left to grab it I bumped heads with someone hey are you all right I didn't know if it was the bump on the head or the fact that this guy was a total knockout that I couldn't reply then he waved his fingers in my face hey are you all right can you see how many fingers I'm holding up ah I'm fine sorry for bumping into you I was just chasing just then I remembered how I ended up here and I was about to start searching again when the stranger handed me the letter hey is uh this what you're looking for oh thank you so much can I buy you a hot dog as a thank you another time maybe I am off to work my name's Brett I'm Ziana I had quite a bump by the afternoon a sort of nagging reminder of the brawny brat I wondered if I would ever see him again then mom walked in hi do you really want to see your father aren't I enough mom was doing this right now trying to guilt me I was not going to fall for it yes Mom I do the next morning I read Dad's letters and they were really sweet and it seemed like he cared I decided to call him my dad agreed to come over to our apartment that same night Dad come in I hadn't missed you so much what are you doing here I am here to see Ziana she invited me well this is my apartment and I didn't invite you so leave Ziana baby I should go but I will send a car for you tomorrow we can meet at my office suddenly I felt like that little girl dad left years ago mom you've kept me away from my father long enough and you have to stop now dad's in the car for me just like he said I felt like royalty all the way there I imagine what it must be like to be a famous designer there was a young assistant who took me into a board room filled with people and dad gave me a seat at the table everyone this is my daughter Ziana and she will be working here from today she needs to learn exactly what goes into making us a successful company thank you Dad Rihanna this is Tori your stepsister and Lauren your stepmom they also work here I recognize the lady from the day Dad left the girl looked about my age they were so beautiful but not very welcoming okay back to work no time to waste Ziana Tori will show you around I have a meeting to attend now after dad left Tori and her mom made it quite clear where my place was are you ready to see your new office okay let's go I saw Lauren and Tori grinning at each other like Cheshire cats it seemed so odd until I got to my new office Tori and Lauren took me to an office that had nothing to do with designing it was the mail room so this is where you will be working enjoy they left me there and walked off laughing like hyenas did Todd even know they took me to the mail room was I supposed to design from there the next morning I was up early and ready to go Tori and Lauren weren't gonna get rid of me that easily I was going to be the best mail room girl they had ever seen dad would surely see how committed I was I was busy sorting the mail when I got the surprise of my life to suddenly see Brett in front of me still chasing letters I see [Music] I work here Tori tells me that you're an intern here now how are you enjoying it more like mail delivery girl I haven't even had a chance to show Dad some of my designs and how do you know Tori oh you design maybe I can see them and tell you if they're any good you know before you show them to your dad I thought that it was strange that Brett wanted to see my designs but I showed them to him anyway he was so cute well are they good these are okay not really what we do here but you've got potential keep at it after Brett left dad sent his assistant to call for me your dad would like to see you hey Dad did you want to see me there have been some Mix-Ups with the materials and Designs Lauren said that you were behind it Dad I just followed What Tori said she said to deliver the designs to the storeroom and the material to accounts Ziana taking responsibility when you make a mistake is one of the ways to success I am going to let this one go but next time please be careful yaziana we work too hard to see you mess things up Tori was being her usual pompous self but but Dad he should have realized by now that they stuffed me into the mail room but all he cared about was work I couldn't let Tori and her mom win I would double check everything with Dad that would make him see that my talent was wasted in the mail room the next morning Tori told me that I needed to take the delivery of his zippers to the Janitor's Closet and then clear up a storeroom that didn't sound right so I went to see Dad Dad I need your uh help wait aren't those my designs on the models you snake you saw my designs and shared them with Tori when were you gonna mention that this was my work Ziana calmed down what are you talking about these are my designs your models are wearing I drew them I can show you my book with my designs it's gone you stole it you took my book and now you're acting like this is your work Ziana these designs are excellent there is no way you could have done these especially since all you have done is mix everything up couldn't believe my dad or Brett but then Brett spoke Ziana it's nothing personal please understand oh shine Tori was such a liar no matter what I said she was just going to lie and how would I prove these were my designs she even had Brett steal my book ah I wish I had never come here fine you win Dory I quit and no amount of designer clothes could cover up your ugly heart my heart was so heavy when I left dad's company I needed my mom mom come talk please what's wrong Z I wish I never found those letters that doesn't even treat me like his daughter it's like I'm just another employee well ex-employing now baby I'm sorry loving Mike can do that makes Hearts cold towards each other I shouldn't have hid those letters from you if you really want to design and make dresses then I will help you [Music] but I have been saving to buy the building next door for the bakery but you can have it to start your boutique oh my thank you I'll make it up to you I promise Mom had saved up enough money for me to have my designs made up and rent a little shop it took six months but at last I had my own little Boutique hi there will this be all hi yes thank you opening day was good although I did expect it to be better and then near Closing Time gret and Tori walked in what do you want here for some inspiration I see you're working my old job your dad asked if I could give this to you he said it was important I am sorry for the way things ended for you at the company from the looks of things here I'm not you're just signs are rubbish I felt like pouncing on Tori and pulling out her fake hair but then mom came up behind me is everything okay zai yeah Mom I was about to call the cops on these two design thieves but I guess they can go ahead and steal a few designs because they can't steal my talent after Tori and Brett's visit business suddenly slowed down and I needed to pay rent soon so I opened the letter dad sent it was an invitation to show my designs at their fashion show but how could I trust him after the way he treated me hi Zai I brought you some lunch thanks Mom can we talk mom had done so much for me it showed that she only wanted to help me so I knew I could trust her for advice what's on your mind dad's letter is an invite to show my designs at his fashion show it would be great for business but he heard me so badly before your dad left he had the choice to start his own little Boutique instead he chose a shortcut and left us for Lauren who had lots of money I know I've always said don't become like your dad but you go to the fashion show I was confused I thought Mama hated dad but Mom zai don't let your emotions destroy your dreams be strong and fight to make it happen I listened to Mom and before the show could begin dad came backstage we hugged and he apologized for how he treated me Z darling I'm sorry for the way I treated you it was wrong and I know that now I love you thank you Dad I love you too now I have to go wow this crowd so since I couldn't afford a model I was backstage getting ready to model my own designs then I heard my name it was like I was floating on a cloud people loved my dress and when I went backstage the devil herself looked at me sternly it was Lauren don't let the Limelight give you any bright ideas your designs may be good but there's no place for you here I only have one daughter and that's Tori listen lady I didn't come here because I needed a mom I came here from my dad I wasn't gonna let Lauren get me down the crowd was waiting to see another crazy original and I couldn't disappoint but then I saw Brett standing at the dressing room door what do you want Brett Ziana you're back yes I am back now move I need to change into another dress oh do you have more designs in this room I couldn't believe that I thought Brett was cute too bad being cute didn't make up for being dumb Brett was wasting my time so I shoved him aside and went in only just this is a as it looks like this it's victory to admit that she was trying to ruin me she would just lie so I grabbed my dresses and left no point arguing with a fool Tori and her lacky boyfriend deserved each other the next morning when I got to the boutique there were people already queuing to get in I was so happy business was so good that within a year I was able to buy the building mom wanted it was big enough for the both of us oh see baby this is ours you never have to worry about rent money again yes Mom and I promise I won't twirl near any of your cakes while Mom and I celebrated our Victory dad suddenly entered dad what are you doing here I heard everything between you and Lauren [Music] I'd never seen dad with tears in his eyes before so I hugged him it's all right Dad I forgive you I should have never chosen them over you but I won't do that again what do you mean Lauren told me that it was either them or you dad left the big fashion house and asked if he could help with getting the new building ready mom found it hard to forgive him just yet but then she gave him a chance after he surprised her with new baking utensils fine I'll give you a chance to help us around the business here we were the three of us all working together I was happy that we got a do-over because a family that sticks together six seeds together hi everyone I'm Felix and I was born with the weirdest allergy an allergy to dust it had a weird smell that always made me sneeze uncontrollably and as if that wasn't weird enough I also came from a family of detectives my paternal great grandparents were FBI agents they had a son who became a CIA agent and married another agent after which the two had a son my dad who also became a CIA agent and fell in love with my mother a private investigator whose parents were both FBI agents and whose grandfather worked as a KGB spy during the World War then they both had me the handsome one and my sister The Ugly Duckling who was a huge pain in my butt stop bumping into me stop being so close to me get your own tree for as long as I could remember mum and dad had been training mod and I to take after them as detectives just like the entire family was ma did pretty well but I wasn't so great I was very clumsy and I couldn't help it no matter how hard I tried do I really have to be a detective I hate spying on people don't say that we're giving you basic life skills in case anything bad ever happened never trust anyone ever my parents didn't trust anyone around them and because of that we barely had any friends in fact the first time I made my first friend they chased him away with all their weirdness who gave you the chocolate and sent you the Mafia the KGB answers now oh my granny after that day I never saw him again and I was pretty mad at them but I got over it quickly meanwhile at school I love to spend most of my time in my favorite place the lab where I could study dust particles and develop a cure for my allergy one day I was brainstorming when a girl sneaked up behind me hey what you doing and holy smoke she was pretty whoa I um didn't see you there I'm feelings I mean Felix Sorry God I wish the ground could open up and swallow me didn't have any conversation skills with girls because my parents distrust chased everyone away I'm Diana and I'm a new student my parents just moved here what brings them to Cottonwood uh just work so what are you busy with I have an allergy to dust so I'm trying to come up with a cure oh that's super cool can I touch um sure after that day Diana and I became super tight friends we sat next to each other on the school bus and she waved goodbye to me whenever it dropped me off first one day I was on my way home from the bus when I ran into mod at the store thought you were Voldemort you shouldn't be sneaking in on people with that face says the nerd by the way who's the girl you were waving at hmm she's called none of your business I walked away from her before she could say anything more the next morning I missed the school bus and had to walk all the way to school on my way I bumped into Diana hey you missed the bus too yeah seems like we're both unlucky we walked to school together until we came across a miniature Diamond crusted Santa sitting quaintly in a show glass in the middle of the Town Square what's that it's a cottonwood Christmas tradition Santa is rumored to be from here so this was built in his honor everyone believes that there's been a lot of good fortune to the town since this was erected especially with Christmas approaching it looks so valuable is it safe to leave something like that out here it's guarded by security so I doubt it'll get stolen what a super interesting tradition I love your town Christmas here will be the best come on let's go or we'll be late Diana and I rushed to the school and later when we are on our way back we noticed the crowd had gathered around the statue we had been talking about this morning curious I asked someone what all the fuss was our Cinderella has been stolen oh it was just here this morning Felix showed it to me well someone's stolen it this Christmas is going to be bad why would anyone steal Santa the entire town was in turmoil when I got home that day my parents also seemed stressed about the entire situation this has never happened before it's still Santa I bet it's those new neighbors it's not a coincidence that Santa suddenly goes missing when they moved here what new neighbors are you talking about Mom I really hope she wasn't referring to Diana's family here Mom suddenly whipped out her phone and shoved in my face to my surprise it was how do you already have their pictures when they moved in I did some background check who did this they moved out of their old Town within two months of staying there they've been doing so with all other towns for years maybe they have their reasons not everyone is evil mom suddenly mod appeared behind me and looked at the picture on the phone hey that's your little girl she's not my little anything shut up mod I tried to shush mod but mum and dad already heard her and soon enough their attention was on me Felix it's time you went on a mission with your sister your mission will be this girlfriend of yours you'll use your friendship with her to investigate her family and find Clues connecting them to the robbery huh what I'm not doing anything and she's not my girlfriend if you don't we'll have to do it ourselves I couldn't let that happen my parents were super weird when they didn't trust someone and they could make me lose my friendship with Diana I had to agree to the mission spying on Diana behind her back was really hard I felt like a terrible friend and each time she asked if something was wrong but I knew I couldn't even tell her the truth are you sure you're okay yeah I'm fine don't worry then one day she asked me out to dinner with her family and I agreed after all this was what mom and dad wanted right if I could establish Diana's innocence they'd be offered back dinner with Diana and her parents was fun they were pretty cool people who showed actual interest in my science experiments unlike Mom and Dad Felix right Diana said you were a scientist developing some sort of cure how's that coming along I'm actually close to finishing it I just need some ghost orchid seeds but they're hard to find around here you just didn't lock it I have some from our trip to Cuba my husband and I are globetrotting reporters so I frequently collect souvenirs from each country we visit that explained mum's discovery about them moving from one town to another in a short time really that's awesome after the dinner I followed Diana's mom to her room to get the seeds and on my way out I came across a door that got me really curious it had a huge keep off sign pasted to it I wondered what was in there but I opened the door and was attacked by a cloud of dust my allergy struck in and I started to sneeze uncontrollably at that moment Diana walked in and ran over to my side to help oh Felix what are you all right she looked around until her gay settled upon the open room in front of us and she turned to me with a frown were you snooping around my house I I can't explain as Santa Santa leave my house this instant she had a really mad look on her face that I had never seen before and I had to leave when I got out my sneezing stopped and I felt a little better so I went home ashamed and angry at my parents for ruining another friendship for me but this was the last time as soon as I got home I found mum and dad waiting for me with high expectations on their faces well how was it did you find anything incriminating God they were beginning to annoy me to no end no I found nothing and thanks to you guys you've ruined another friendship for me honey leave me alone I ran up to my room the next day when I got to school I searched around for Diana and finally found her in the cafeteria alone at a table and approached her Diana about yesterday I'm really sorry I didn't mean to Snoop around your house I'm also sorry for yelling at you like that I didn't mean to it's just that the room you opened is an old basement with a rodent problem from the previous tenants and we didn't want an infestation in the main house before the past control people could arrive uh I understand I really hate rats right they're so tiny and annoying Diana and I reconciled and became Inseparable she always came over to my house dad and mom never said anything about it guess that after my attitude from that day they felt quite repentant but mod she was a constant Pest and always had something to say oh look it's the nerd and his girlfriend what are are you two up to this time back off smeagle nothing here's for your small brain mud laughed as she picked a tube of some chemicals I just mixed and sniffed it mmm smells like vanilla ice cream I wonder what it tastes like no no my that's my allergy antidote it's still in progress don't before we could finish our sentences mod took a small Sip and Diana and I stared at her curiously are you all right mod you weren't supposed to drink that I wasn't done with it yet calm down Albert Einstein it was just a sip I what's that smell suddenly mods nose started to grow red and she began to sneeze a lot what smells it's that awful scent oh I need to get it out of here mod bolted from the room and throughout the day whenever she came close to me or my room she sneezed like crazy as a result she began to avoid me and claimed that she was allergic to me typical mod now I was tasked with making an antidote for her too during the week I got so busy developing the antidotes that I missed Mom and Dad's presence in my room one day oh I didn't see you two there honey your mom and I have been thinking of a way to show you how sorry we are about that day why don't you invite Diana and her parents over for lunch we'd like to know our neighbors a little better really yes Felix I think it will be a great bonding moment for everyone I found Diana excitedly and asked if her parents could come have lunch with mine she quickly asked them and they all agreed to come over during the lunch mod couldn't make it because of her Felix allergy but the conversations flowed smoothly regardless until mom and dad went a bit off the mark and began to ask weird questions I love the diamonds on your neck they remind me of a certain Diamond crusted Santa where did you get them have you ever taken something that doesn't belong to you like a Santa statue for instance I realized what they were up to as Diana's dad dipped his hand into his pocket to pull out his phone Mom and Dad suddenly leaped across the table to confront him I knew it you're stealing a Cutlery are you what I'm just trying to get out of my phone so this is why you invited us over for you and your parents to embarrass us come on Diana and her parents left the house angrily and I faced mum and dad a disappointment written all over my face honey we didn't mean to go that far we just wanted to make sure save it I'm sick and tired of you guys always ruining everything I didn't want to hear any more of their excuses I needed some space so I walked out of the house and just strolled down the street lost in my thoughts but as I walked I noticed empty shops and people huddled together Whispering what was wrong this time I approached a friendly looking shopkeeper and inquired hey please do you have any idea what's going on do you sure of rock someone's been stealing from our town for weeks first Santa now we're good will be bad for us all this was more serious than I thought a Serial Thief was on the loose in my town I also noticed that in the spot where Santa had been earlier some flowers were growing there they weren't just any flowers they were ghost tour kids just like the ones Diana's mom had given me but that'd mean no I couldn't bear to think of it I turned back and strolled home so confused about everything as I passed by Mod's room that night I noticed she looked in a worse State than before and felt really bad for her hey mod do you need help go away that's scent it's everywhere when I turned around to leave that was when I noticed the ghost orchid seeds on her table and the Santa statue hiding in the Open Drawer mud what's this I asked as I picked the statue up I can't explain I was speechless as a lot of thoughts invaded my head mud sneezes got worse limiting Her speech and I had to leave the room back to mine I sat at my table frustrated something wasn't right a lot of things weren't adding up I could feel it in my bones since we were kids mod had never had reason to steal so why now I got up from my desk to find Mom and Dad and found them in the sitting room Mom Dad we have to talk if it's about the dinner no it isn't it's about the thief I found the Santa and Diana's Orchid seeds in Mod's room our baby girl isn't a thief exactly I've thought about this whole thing and my guts tell me there's someone out there trying to frame Maude or Diana's family the person thinks they're smart but we're detectives and we're smarter my parents had looks of surprise on their faces but I couldn't blame them I thought you didn't like being a detective well I just wanted you and Mom to give me some breathing space Oh sweetie you should have just said so and for real we're really sorry about the dinner this time Mom and Dad apologize over and over and after a while they got out some UV lights for the investigation we started with Mod's room tracing hand prints and footprints in the dark shoe print that belongs to none of us that's our first clue we'll follow the shoe Prince I'll be out of your hair soon mod I want to tag along you don't have to no matter what I said mod insisted and we had no choice but to agree because mod always did what she wanted anyways when we left the house mod sneezing subsided we began to follow the pattern of the footprints all the way to Diana's house we found Diana and her family packing up their things out of the house into a big van Diana why are you guys moving out this late at night she avoided my eyes guiltily and mod sneezing came back tenfold it's so strong on you it's choking me I have to leave that was when it dawned on me mod wasn't allergic to me she was allergic to Diana the only reason she thought she was allergic to me was because Diana was often around me so I carried some of her scent Diana why is mod allergic to you did you mess with my antidote yes I mixed your internet with my scent it wasn't meant for mod it was meant for you I wanted you to stay away from me I am a bad person how so mom exclaimed oh my God you guys are the thieves I found her looking at the back of the van Diana's family were loading their things into inside where a lot of stolen items from the town residents I could couldn't believe my eyes all this while you've been the thieves and you've been tricking me I'm so sorry Felix but I wasn't tricking you my daughter has a condition called kleptomania she can't help stealing and that's the real reason we've never stayed long in any town I was the one who planted the evidence in Mod's room your parents were onto me we were going to return everything stolen tonight before driving to another town I stared at Diana and she really looked sad I felt bad for her I moved closer and grasped her hand and mine I had no idea you had a mental condition Diana you could have told me I was ashamed your parents didn't like me so much what have you stopped liking me too that'll never happen there's a reason I always stood up for you to my family it's because I believed you were different and special oh Felix I'm so lucky to have a friend like you Diana hugged me before turning towards her parents for being a difficult parents ever their parents and the moment felt so passionate and almost made me tear up Dad and Mom stepped up to Diana's family looking remorseful we're also sorry for making her stay in Cottonwood uncomfortable please don't travel your daughter can get help here we know a good mental health facility Diana's parents accepted Dad's offer and the following day we helped them in returning all the stolen items we put Santa back in his spot and in a week I finished my antidote after drinking it mod and I got better it worked I guess we will have a scientist in the family for a change I'm proud of you brother thank you mod it really means a lot I was finally accepted for being different in my family and I think this was the best Christmas ever We Wish You a Merry Christmas after the festive season Diana left for the mental health facility and I kept in touch with her and then one day when I visited her she had a surprise to show me they asked us to paint the most special person or thing in our lives great and what did you draw wow Diana this is beautiful wait does that mean I'm your special person Diana nodded shyly and then kissed me on the cheek I turned red and then took her hand and Drew her closer to me you're special to me too Diana hi I'm Milan and I grew up in an orphanage which wasn't so bad since many people loved me because of my incredible skating skills when I was just seven years old I could even spin in the air with my skate shoes wow she's like a bird I love the attention I got from everyone though there were a few kids who were jealous of me I simply ignored them until one Christmas Day this boy with a big head tried to ruin my skating shoes oh what do we have here is it your ugly shoes Mulan bulon give it back no Hammerhead if you gotta catch it one of them high up in the air and ice and Ice sprung onto the dining table and caught it with my mouth before I charged after the silly boy who couldn't even fight back after that leave me alone don't ever touch my shoe again Mulan get down from the table right now you've ruined Christmas sorry that was the last Christmas we were ever served chicken and everyone hated me because of it especially our Guardian she spread lies about me being too wild so no one wanted to adopt me she's pretty but a bit too strong for a girl it hurt and I thought I was doomed to never be a part of a family but when I turned 16 something out of this world happened I was running an errand for the orphanage when I saw a woman standing by the bridge she looked like she wanted to jump but some idiots were busy videoing her no I flew like Wonder Woman and got her away from there cut cut kid who are you you just ruined our show show are you with your stupid phones suddenly the woman I saved and everyone else began to laugh at me we are shooting a movie Dear I'm an actress but thanks for saving me my hero oh I ran away from there before I could embarrass myself further wishing no one in the movie crew and I would ever cross ways again but the next day I was called into the nuns office and I was shocked to see the actress and the producer smiling at me hey I didn't introduce myself yesterday my name is Percy and this is my husband will we would like you to be a part of our family are you sure you don't want to choose anyone else Mulan is a bit ungirly you may just bring her back in a week a straightforward personality is just what we like what do you say Mulan the guardian's words made me super angry and determined to prove her wrong I said yes that same day I packed up and followed the couple home I was a bit nervous but Percy's sweetness was reassuring we already have a son and I'm sure you two would get along his name is Gordon there their house was a big multi-duplex and just as we went into the sitting room a bowl of mashed potatoes suddenly came flying at us a guy my age was yelling at a shivering maid I couldn't believe he had just thrown food like it was nothing it's too lumpy why can't you do anything right Gordon honey please calm down come and meet your new sis Gordon stopped over to me I nearly melted from how he glared at me and don't call her my sis she will never be Laura you got that half right bro I am a champion what are you a loser who throws tantrums over food his jaw dropped in shock and he pointed at me return it I don't want it I'm a person not an IT dumb skull she's part of our family now Gordon There's No Going Back Gordon walked out angrily and after dinner my parents showed me to a beautiful bedroom I tried to act all cool but inside I was all jittery I had a beautiful large space all to myself bye bye cramps dorms don't worry about Gordon he'll come around I hoped you did because I was already feeling super comfortable thanks I can deal with babies like him I fell asleep just as my head touched the very soft mattress but hours later I felt something crawling up my side when I turned I came face to face with a monster wearing a red jacket I grabbed my pillow and smashed blindly at it but only ended up smashing the vanity mirror and lampstand it ran and jumped out of the window just as my new parents came in hold on what's wrong haunted your house is haunted no way did you see something all I could do was point at the window there's nothing there no one must be your imagination you know the change in environment and stuff they were looking at me like I was a little crazy so I decided to play it down sure you you must be right in I didn't sleep for the rest of the night and kept my lights on thankfully Percy stayed with me the next morning Percy and will left super early for work so I went to the kitchen and insisted on helping the maid prepare breakfast okay you can blend these Tomatoes she put some tomatoes in a glass jar and switched a button I yelped when the Tomato turned liquid in seconds Nick what is that it's a blender doofus never seen one before I glared at Gordon as he came in looking all smug of course I have flyer I know you were nothing but a Backwater Village girl don't call me that prove me wrong what is this the thing was a blocking machine with a really big pipe I had no idea what it was says I know what it is but I'm not telling just because you asked he smiled evilly at me and did something with the machine that had it coming at me with its pipe wide and about to suck me in he chased me around the house with it despite the maybe yelling for him to stop ruining everything in his path later when Percy and will came back the house still looked like a war zone despite my efforts and the maids to put it back together what happened here it's Milan I think she's a bit crazy she just started screaming and ruining everything he's lying ask her he's the one who went crazy I turned to the maid for her to speak as a witness but she was staring at Gordon and shivering like a leaf it's true Mulan did it with the way I had ruined my room last night I couldn't totally blame them for believing the LIE Milan one hour the porch now I went out to the porch feeling horrible Gordon had succeeded in making me appear like a nutcase anymore and I was sure the couple would kick me out I couldn't let that happen the guardian would laugh at me I am sorry Milan I know you didn't do it then why did you send me out it was the only way to avoid Gordon throwing Tantrums Warden is kind of a problem child my husband and I thought that maybe he was just really lonely and needed a sibling so that's why I'm here as his pacifier no you see Gordon had a twin sister with your personality you became this way soon after we lost her I felt chills run down my spine at the sad news oh sorry about that our family has never been the same again and we just we just wanted to be a family of four again this Christmas and the rest I won't baby him like you guys but I'll try to understand him that was my promise but it was so hard to keep because Gordon now aware of my technophobia kept pulling pranks at me soon I was registered in the same school as him him and I was stunned to see how different Gordon was there it was the complete opposite quiet and so reserved it didn't take long for me to discover why I was working out some class assignments when a group of overgrown boys entered our class and walked right up to him hey Gordon what's in the bag they grabbed his bag and began rummaging through it like raccoons oh yes Mommy's boy got the cash as usual wait that's my lunch don't take it are you sure Gordon you know what will happen if I don't write I will show everyone the video okay okay take it it's all yours they laughed and walked away and though I was really mad at them I didn't want to jump in until I understood what they had over him so the moment we were on our ride home I asked those kids from before what's their deal mind your business look I don't know what has you so angry but if being nasty to everyone is your way of feeling better after those kids are nasty to you then you're the lowest you didn't talk to me again and I ignored him right back leaving the car as soon as we arrived home later just to pass the time I went exploring the house and I was shocked to find a fancy pair of used skating shoes that's my sisters she used to skate I do too oh so that's why my parents adopted you you remind them of oh whoa don't pull any reincarnation stuff on me now he looked so sad and I had to comfort him I am not a replacement for your sister but I can be an awesome sis to you if you drop the attitude you were right I am always angry not only because I miss my sis but those kids make my life horrible I was dared to bark like a dog at one of their birthday parties I didn't know they videoed it if they show it to the whole school I'll be the biggest laughing stock of the century those jerks you have an idea but first you owe me an apology for sneaking into my room that night the masked figure was you wasn't it yeah I am sorry wanted to freak you out in a way the following school week I had dog costumes ready for my plan um are you sure about this trust me do something worse than what they have done in the video and the video won't hold water as if timed the group came to us hey Gordon lunch money you know what will happen if you don't cooperate post a video of me barking like a dog oh growing wings now just watch as we show the whole school the video next week as a Christmas gift as soon as they turn their backs Gordon and I don the dog costumes and chased after them on all fours barking like dogs freaks they ran screaming like babies and many students got a good video the big guy had tears in his eyes when we pinned him down now you're the one on camera how's that for a Merry Christmas in advance the sun earned us a detention but it did didn't matter because Gordon was so happy he hugged me right as we got home thanks sis it's what siblings do for each other Gordon and I nearly had a heart attack when our parents arrived looking like mad people pack your Essentials and let's leave now what why just Bay Milan we will explain later there's no time we packed up and they drove us to a decaying cabin there was no light and we had to get firewood to heat ourselves up okay can anyone explain what we are doing here now my question exactly well he didn't have enough money to adopt you so we had to borrow from a loan shark now he's asking for the money in a week oh he's going to make trouble almost you take me I am not some doll how much are we talking about 15 grand there's no way we would get that in a week can't let Milan go so we have to hide for now until we get the money I'm sorry Milan rather stay in this in this eyeing cabin and let me go but I had no idea how to help even Gordon was so desperate to help he began to activate crazy we were having dinner one night when he came in wearing the red cape the one he scared me with on my first night at the house and carrying a shovel where are you going if I shovel a thousand driveways I can get 15 grand and we can go back home shovel a thousand driveways are you crazy young man drop the cape and come eat never this house is on the brink of collapse suddenly the roof of our cabin tore off and the wind rushed in taking the cape Gordon had refused to remove and bringing in a flyer oh no oh see well everyone was panicking about the roof I grabbed the flyer and almost screamed with joy 15 grand for winning a skating competition on the 25th before we could read more the wind took it back but I knew how to help and it wasn't at all crazy like shoveling a thousand driveways I trained for the day like a horse but when Percy arrived with the costume she designed I wanted to run why does it have bulbs and wires inside it's going to display Christmas lights and make a performance stand out sounds nice but the idea of the gown was a big challenge to my technophobia look it's okay if it makes you uncomfortable I will just go ahead with my own plan Gordon's words gave me a morale boost he was willing to shovel a thousand driveways for me this was my family now too and making sacrifices came with the package it's okay I'll wear it the D-Day came and I dressed up in the clothes that felt like bombs to me just as I was announced to come and perform Gordon handed me his sister's skating shoes I'm want you to have it because you're my sister now I couldn't speak with how happy I was to finally be accepted by Gordon I changed into the shoes and felt A Renewed confidence I got onto the ring and began to skate when our clothes lit up with different colors and lights people stood up and gave us a standing ovation you did it you did it we did it I came in second place for a 12 Grand dollar prize and to top it all one of the judges asked to be my coach for the next Winter Olympics mom and dad were so happy we're so proud of you at least with what I have it's more than enough to pay our lender now let's go home and have a proper Christmas party but instead of getting home we got stuck in traffic hey what's going on there's a mountain of snow ahead we need to wait for it to be cleared up yeah this Christmas is ruined hey it's not compulsory we sit around a table eating chicken for Christmas we hardly did that at the orphanage really what did you do then we sing no way on the first day of Christmas my true love said to me one pair of slippers two pairs of boxers and a very hot bowl of beef stew um okay let's not sing you are something else Milan you came and lit up our family like a Christmas tree thank you it wasn't the typical family Christmas but I was so happy and grateful for what I now had I was loved I had a family what makes Christmas perfect isn't the lights and the bulbs and the gifts it's just being with the ones who love you and who you love

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Length: 59min 54sec (3594 seconds)

Published: Wed Aug 23 2023