3 – Dreams and reality

While in the Scuyler sisters' house

Gandra always had an easy life. Her father was a well-known gentleman, very loved and respected for everyone, Gandra felt really proud and blessed for having someone like Duckworth as her father. He'd always been very kind to her and her sisters, always looking out for the best for the three of them, showing the them how much he loved them.

Gandra sighed, her thoughts went to her older sister, Daisy. Daisy was a very responsible person, always taking care of her and her little sister Webby. Daisy was, from the three sisters, the one who had the most similarities with their father, but it didn't mean that Daisy was like their father. No, she was kind of rebel, like Gandra herself.

Daisy and Gandra shared an idea that both were sure that their father was against, the idea that they could have 'close' relationships with workers. Both thought that they could even get marry with them. Maybe it could be considered a stupid idea, in fact, a lot of rich people thought that this was a stupid idea, but Gandra didn't care about that, she dreamed of true love, and she was open to accept it wherever it came from, including the poorest zone in the world.

A knock on her bedroom door interrupted Gandra of her thoughts.

"Come in" said the middle sister loud enough to be heard.

The door was opened slowly and Webby appeared on the other side. Webby was the youngest of the three sisters. Gandra loved her, she was so pure and innocent, she seemed to always make the other happy, specially their father. Sometimes it seemed that Webby's worst fear was to disappoint him. Very noble, but the youngest sister would someday learn that they can't always please their father, she'll have to learn to accept it.

Webby once approached Gandra with a big smile on her beak and said:

"Hey Sissy"

Gandra smoked back, Webby always called her Sissy, and both youngest sisters called Daisy Sis. It was their tradition. Looking at Webby kindly, the middle sister said:

"Hi Webby, what do you want?"

The youngest girl looked surprised at first but soon she reacted and answered to her sister question saying:

"Oh right, I almost forgot it, Daisy wants to see you"

Gandra's eyes widened in surprise and then she asked:

"Really?"

"Yes, she told me to say it to you," answered Webby.

The middle sister nodded and then she said to the youngest Schuyler:

"Fine, thanks Webby, tell Daisy I'll go in a moment."

"Yeah, of course," said Webby joyfully and also nodding.

The youngest girl turned to get out of the bedroom but suddenly stopped and turning to Gandra again, she asked:

"I was wondering… can I know what are you two going to talk about?"

Gandra opened her eyes in surprise and then she answered:

"How am I supposed to know that? it's Daisy who wants to talk, I've no idea what she wants to say to me"

Webby blinked a several times and finally she admitted:

"Right… well, I'll go to advertise Daisy"

"Thanks, Webby" answered Gandra with a big smile.

Webby also smiled and then she said:

"You're welcome Sissy"

After saying that, the youngest sister left the bedroom. Gandra sighed, Webby was a completely wonderful girl. The middle sister got up. She was intrigued, what wanted Daisy say to her? Well, she was about to discover it.

Gandra walked to her elder sister bedroom and once there, took a deep breath and then she knocked the door. She didn't have to wait a long time before she heard from the other side:

"Enter."

Gandra opened the door and came in. She saw her older sister sitting on a chair next to the hearth reading a book.

'Common Sense' by Thomas Paine.

Daisy looked up and she smiled when she saw her sister there. The oldest sister closed her book and stood up. Then, approaching her sister, she said:

"Oh Gandra, thanks for coming, I've been waiting for you."

Gandra nodded to her sister and said:

"You wanted to talk with me Sis, what do you want?"

Daisy had a giant smile in her face, what made Gandra believe that her older sister had one of her crazy ideas… again.

"I've got an awesome idea, and I wanted to ask to you if you'll go ahead with me on this idea"

Gandra smiled too and then she answered:

"Tell me first, I'll decide later."

Daisy could do nothing but laugh a little before saying:

"Okay, it seems fear enough, listen then."

"I'm listening," was all what the middle sister said.

The older one's smile grew bigger than before as she explained:

"I've got the idea to go to that part of the city that father told us to not go, what do you think?"

Gandra opened her eyes, completely surprised. This idea was… everything but expected. How could Daisy came up with something like this?

Knowing that her sister was waiting for an answer, Gandra shook her head and said to her sister:

"Exciting! But… could we take Webby with us?"

Daisy's smile left her beak and with a little annoyed voice, she replied:

"Webby? Come on Gandra, you know how she is, she's always trying to not disappoint Father. If we allow her to come with us, I'm sure that she'll make father discover us"

Gandra sighed, she knew that Daisy would react like that, but in Gandra's opinion, if Daisy and herself could enjoy being in that part of the city, Webby also could. And this is exactly what she explained to her sister:

"Don't be like that Sis, Webby deserves to have as great of a time as we do, you can't keep her away of this forever"

Daisy seemed to doubt a little, and because of that, Gandra used this to continue saying:

"And on the other side, it might will make her grow up and don't be as dependent as she is of our Father, don't you think I'm right?"

The middle sister smiled when she heard her sister sigh, it made her believe that she won, a thought confirmed when the eldest sister finally said:

"Okay, we can try, but don't come to me if everything turns into a disaster."

"Understood" said Gandra nodding, he was happy knowing that Webby would join them.

Suddenly, someone knocked to the door, and the voice from the other side said:

"Miss Daisy?"

It was Matilda their personal maid, she slowly opened the door, and once she was sure she could enter, she did it.

Daisy stood up and asked:

"Yes Matilda? What do you want?"

The maid looked at her miss and explained:

"There's a gentleman downstairs who want to see you"

Daisy sighed and with a disinterested voice asked:

"Let me guess someone called Gyro Gearloose?"

"Yes, Miss" was the maid's answer.

Daisy sighed again closing her eyes, and Gandra knew what was going to happen next. Daisy opened her eyes and then she said:

"Matilda please, tell him that I'm very busy right now and I can't receive him."

Matilda made a little reverence and then she answered:

"As you wish miss."

Matilda left the room, and once the two sisters were alone again, Gandra turned to her older sister and asked:

"Why don't you want to see him, Sis?"

Daisy looked at her with narrowed eyes and grumbled:

"Because I'm not interested in him Gandra. He disgusts me, even if he seems really interested in me, it truly seems he want to marry me, but I don't want to, I'm looking for…"

"True love?" guessed Gandra from the unfinished sentence of her sister. Daisy could do nothing but smile and exclaim:

"Exactly!"

Gandra smiled and then she admitted:

"It's the same for me, I dream with true love, and I know that someday I'll find him"

The older sister laughed a little and then she asked to the middle sister:

"How will you know that is him?"

Gandra opened her eyes in surprise, how could she answer to this question? Actually… she never thought very deep in that. But that was true, how will she know that she was in front of her true love? After a few moments thinking on it, the middle sister finally answered:

"Oh, about that, I know it'll be him because I'll feel like I'm floating. Music will start to sound around me and I'll be sure that is him when he'll make me laugh"

After finish explaining that, Gandra saw her eldest sister trying to contain her lgiggles, something that proved to be more difficult than she thought, because Daisy finally couldn't stand it anymore started to laugh, noisily. Once she finally was able to calm herself, she looked at her younger sister and with joyful voice, she said:

"Oh Sissy, you're a total dreamer. Things like that doesn't happen in real live"

Gandra knew that Daisy didn't say that to make her angry, that's why she shook her head still with a smile in her beak and then she said:

"Oh Sis, you're no fun."

Daisy smiled more than before and replied to Gandra's sentence by saying:

"Older sister's job I guess, we've to make sure our sisters confront real live between dream and reality"

Gandra waved her hand with disinterest.

"Yeah, yeah, I got it, let's find Webby and prepare our travel to New York worker zone. Adventure is waiting for us"

"Totally agree Sissy, let's go" answered Daisy.

After that, the two older sisters went to find Webby, to explain to their baby sister Daisy's idea.

New York was awesome! And the zone they were visiting was the most exciting part that they were visiting. Gandra could say now that she was having the greatest adventure she had in her live, and with a look to her older sister, she knew she was feeling the same thing. Webby on the other hand looked a little scared. She could be enjoying it, but it was clear the she was also afraid that something could happen to them, something that would make their Father know what did the three sisters were doing.

Gandra smiled, Webby was absolutely pure and innocent. While the three sisters were walking among the streets, Gandra suddenly saw something in the distance, a group of people were standing around a parrot, a parrot that was pronouncing a speech supporting King Glomgold.

King Glomgold…

Gandra didn't like king Glomgold, and she knew that her Father didn't like him either, even if he pretended to be on his side. Gandra wasn't stupid, she knew that a rebellion was brewing among the settlers of the new world. Their father was involved secretly in this rebellion, but because of his position, he couldn't let anyone know that.

Looking at the people reunited around the parrot, someone in particular called Gandra's attention, someone standing in the middle of a group of people who clearly disliked all that they were hearing. She could also see Gyro Gearloose in this group, it'd be better for Daisy if the chicken didn't notice the Schuyler sisters' presence. The middle sister looked at the one who caught her interest, a duck, the most… handsome and elegant duck that she'd ever seen, not bad, for a normal and worker duck. This duck looked like he was about to jump and shut the parrot up at any moment.

She felt… something new looking at this duck, something, a feeling that made her think that she was… floating? Oh wow, was that music? What was going on? All because she saw this duck? Who was he? Approaching a random person, Gandra asked to him:

"Excuse me sir, could you tell me who is that duck over there?"

The person who Gandra asked, a roaster tall and muscular turned to see who Gandra was pointing at and then asked:

"You mean the one with brown plumage?"

"Exactly, sir, do you know him?" said Gandra again with excited voice. The roaster looked to that duck again and scratching his head, answering:

"No, no… I don't know him personally, I just know that his name is Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera"

"Fenton…" repeated Gandra for herself, then she looked at the roaster one last time and said:

"Okay, thank you sir."

"You're welcome young lady," answered the roaster with a kind smile.

Gandra walked away. In the distance, she saw Daisy talking with Gyro.

Poor Daisy, facing him again.

But Gandra had to admit that Mr. Gearloose was very persistant. The middle sister started to think again in that duck, Fenton, she got absolutely distracted with Fenton, well, or at least she was distracted until Webby's voice arrived to her ears. Turning to face her little sister, she saw her approaching while saying:

"Gandra? Gandra, what are you doing? Come on, we've to return home, hurry up!"

Gandra realized that it was actually a little late. If they didn't hurry up, their father would be mad with the three of them. Looking at the youngest sister, Gandra answered to her:

"Okay, okay I'm coming"

The three sisters were soon reunited and then the three of them started their way back to home. Gandra didn't dare to talk with Daisy, just seeing her face, it was clear that she wasn't happy with her encounter with Gyro Gearloose.

Poor, poor Daisy, why someone like him be after her sister?

On the other side, while they were walking through New York streets, Gandra couldn't stop thinking about the duck she saw. Nobody made her feel the same that she felt when she saw him.

Fenton Crackshell-Cabrera… I hope that our paths will cross again

Hello everyone, I know it's been a while since the last chapter, and I'm sorry for that, it's hard to find time to write, like really hard, but I finally managed to get this one. At first I thought that I'd delay the Schuyler sisters' appearance, but then an idea came to my mind so, here you have the three sisters, I hope you liked how I made them.

I want to give a special thank you to Empro-8, who very kindly corrected my mistakes, giving to all of you a better chapter to read. She also corrected the two previous chapters, so if you re-read them, you'll notice that they've been changed a little.

I hope that you liked this chapter (I put a reference from a Mickey Mouse's movie, can you figure out what movie?)

Welp after say that, I hope that I'll have the next chapter sooner than this one.