Anastasia

Once upon a time, there was a young girl; her name was Abigail. Abigail lived happily with her family in New York, New York. There beautiful home was home to many others whom served Abigail and kept the household going when she was on holiday with her family. Now, Abigail had great responsibilities waiting for the day she came of age. This would be the time that Abigail would begin to take over the stocks that had been bought in her name. Abigail would also learn her fathers business of stock broking. Abigail’s father was the king of stock broking: being the most successful and well known, other brokers came to him for advice.

One evening Abigail was sitting to dinner with her family. There was a knock at the door and Abigail could here the voices of a stranger and the butler coming from the foyer. There seemed to be a problem, so Father rose to see what was going on. As soon as Abigail could hear her fathers voice interrupt the scuffle, there was a loud crash. The family at the dinner table was startled. As Mother rose to see about the commotion, Fathers voice beckoned for her to hide the children. There was a moment of surprise before Mother sprinted into action. She scooped up Anastasia’s two younger sisters and had Abigial and the young servant boy Nills, who is a little older than Abigail, follows her through the house. In the commotion, Abigail and Nills, become separated from Mother. Nills shows Abigail to a crawl space of which she never knew of. The children escape through the crawl space and find them selves outside. Unfortunately, outside is another hooligan. Abigail is snatched up, Nills scrambles for her hand, but she is swept out of his reach.
Abigail has now been missing for a little more than five years. All this time her family has searched for her whilst the hooligans have hid her. Through out her time with the hooligans she has been brain washed and made to have a new identity. The hooligans acted as father figures to Anastasia until they benefited from her street talents.
While Abigail is forced to make a new life, Nills has grown up on the streets of New York, surviving as a street rat. After the intrusion his family had been let go and no longer served in Abigail’s house. Following much struggle to find work his family was forced onto the streets. Being so young he was lost among the many faces and adapted to life on the streets.
One day, Nills was working on a job and crossed paths with Abigail in the district. After a double take, he knew that Abigail was the girl he once lived with.
Feeling great guilt for allowing her to be captured Nills began talking to people and making connections. Nills connected Abigail to her family and now had to figure out how to get in contact with her. The only problem was the hooligans that had their claws in Abigail like dragons. If Nills could only get through that guard he could tell her of her past.
Posing as a client Nills finally make contact with Abilgail. A little uneasy about how she will take such a story, Nills is cautious and begins with a story from his child hood about when his house was invaded. Abigail is confused why he is talking so much but seems interested. He goes on to tell her of her family and past. Not yet convinced, but looking for a better life, Abigail agrees to follow Nills. Through their journey, Abigial is reminded of times when she was a young child and she and Nills played together.
On their way out, the Hooligans stop them. The Hooligans had been tipped off to Nills previous relationship with Abigail. There is a scuffle and the Hooligans threaten Abigail’s life. They try to make her feel guilty about what she is a bout to do. After all they have done to keep her off of the streets, in a certain sense, Abigail begins to get scared and feel guilty. Nills caught on and quickly reminded her of her family and what she meant to him. She is torn between what she wants and what she knows. Abigail is grabbed and pulled away from Nills by the Hooligans. Nills breaks free before they get a tight grasp on him. He is grown now and strong, he will not let them take her away again. After knocking one of them out Nills thrashes through the other two to reclaim Abigail.
When Nills and Anastasia reach Abigail’s childhood home there is much emotion. She has over come these dragons that have had a hold on her. Through her ignorance she has survived but not truly lived. Thanks to Nills she has family to connect to, and a past to remember. However, because of her experiences, Abigail cannot simply jump into her old high-class lifestyle. Nills and Abigail fall in love and build a life together. Abigail rejoices in being reunited with her family. She learns that true love does conquer all. She treasures her newfound companionship. Nills and Abigail live happily ever after.