Electra: My Home Away From Home

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We spent all morning discussing a plan to defeat Ursula.

Then we had to come up with an identity for me.

I am a nobleman's daughter, and we were at sea when we got shipwrecked. I swam to the shore, and then was found by a passerby. Now, here I am.

—•—

We were interrupted by a nurse.

She said I needed my rest. She gave me some medicine, and told me to take a nap.

—•—

I woke up to see the Queen by my bedside.

"How are you feeling?"

"Better."

"Aspen told me about you. I'm sorry about your family."

"I...I..."

I cried.

Not for my fake family, but for my mother. For the loss of my powers. Because I was so far away from my sisters, from my father, from Sebestian.

I was alone in a completely different world away from everyone I knew and loved.

"There, there." she hugged me.

And to my surprise, it felt just like when my mother used to hug me.

For once, after all these days, I was happy.

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