The Other Sister

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A few hours later, I was in the kitchen going through the ingredients we had. "I'm hungry!" Lucy whines.

I smirked, "Hello Hungry, I'm Rose."

"Will you stop that, Rose!" Ivy snaps. "And get out of here!"

Both Lucy and I looked at her. "Why?! Do you know how to cook?"

Ivy glared at me, "Of course, I do, Rose!"

"I'm gonna order pizza just in case..." I state.

"No, you won't!" Ivy takes my phone. "You are gonna get this back after dinner. Oh and you too Lucy."

"But... but..."

Ivy grabs a box and puts my phone and her phone in it, "In the box, Lucy."

Lucy relanctuntly places her phone in the box before storming out to the living room.

A few hours of playing Sorry™ with Lucy and Ana, Ivy finally calls us to eat.

Once the three of us walked in the dinning area, it was a shock. I mean in the middle of the table was chicken and rice then rolls on the side.

Ana, Lucy, and I looked at each other, before all our jaws dropped. Ivy chuckled, "Dig in."

"Um... did Mr. Cluck's do delivery?" I tease.

"Just sit and eat!" Ivy snaps, as she sits down on her usual place.

We all sat around the table leaving mother's seat unoccupied. As I took my first bite I sighed as I recognize the taste, "It taste like the one mother used to cook for us in the enchanted forest."

Ivy smiled, "It's her recipe... the little black book that she owns is filled with recipes our pictures and letters she had written to... to... never mind."

"What Ivy?" I ask. "Who did she write to?"

"Cora... she wrote about you, Rose."

"She was in contact with Cora?!"

"Yes, but..." I ran and slam my bedroom door. "Rose?!" Ivy knocks on the door. "Rose! Yes, mother wrote to Cora but it was because..."

"Was taking me in a mistake?" I sob as I sat on the floor with my back against the door.

"No, you weren't." Ivy replies. "Rose, mother was fighting to keep you."

I didn't believe her. I just sat there motionless and in silent. I must've fallen asleep because the next sound I heard was Ivy talking.

... send my daughter back she belongs to me. I'm her mother, you already have two daughters and a stepdaughter what could you possibly want with Seraphina?

Cora.

"Next is mother's reply:

Seraphina's happy here with a family that loves her, a mother that loves her. She is as much my daughter as I am her mother. I will not give my daughter to someone who had hurt her. I will not give any of my daughters to someone who would potentially harm them.

Rapunzel Tremaine

"There are hundreds of these letters going back and forth mother never once gave up on you, Rose."

I streched my arms, stood up, and opened the door, "I'm listening."

Ivy smiled and offered me a plate of food, "Eat first and I'll give you your phone back and the letters."

I closed my eyes, I was starving so I grabbed the plate and sat down on my bed as I started eating.

Ivy sat beside me smiling. "Slow down, you might choke." she warns.

She placed the box where she had put our phone in beside me. "Here you are, princess." she hands me back my phone, "And of course as promised the letters are in this box."