"Are you ready?" my 13-year-old sister asked me, while pointing the camera at me.
"I'm actually kind of nervous" I confessed with a shy laugh.
"Hey, come on you can do it! It was your idea after all" Anna said with an encouraging smile.
"I don't think I'm ready for this, what will Mama and Papa say about it if they see it?"
"Elsa, you're vlogging not posing for Playboy" Anna said giving me her Are-you-kidding-me? look. I couldn't help but smile at her.
"Have you got the questions ready?" I asked her. Anna winked at me showing me the papers she had in her hands.
"Okay, camera's ready…3…2…1… recording!" she said and hit the record button on the camera. Now it was my moment to talk, I put on my best smiling face, trying to hide my nervousness and started talking.
"Hello Youtube!" I started "If you are watching this video after… whatever time after I posted this, I'll have you know that this is my first video ever" I took a look at Anna who was smiling at me motioning me to continue "So, to help me out on this first video I have a guest whom you might know for her cover videos, so give a warm welcome to PictureofSophisticatedGrace a.k.a PSG a.k.a. my little sister, Miss Anna Arendelle!" I said and with a small clap of the hands Anna got into the shot sitting down next to me making a silly face in front of the camera.
"Hellllllooooo viewers!" Anna said with genuine enthusiasm "I'm so glad you finally got to meet my big sister! You might have seen Elsa a couple of times in some outtake videos of my covers, but… Yay! I finally convinced her to get on Youtube! And trust me… it wasn't easy"
"By the way PictureofSophisticatedGrace next time don't use words you don't know when creating a nickname" I told her.
"I know what 'sophisticated' means" Anna complained.
"What does it mean?" I said with a smirk. Anna looked away from me and the camera, staring at the floor. I started giggling quietly behind her covering my mouth with a hand "This is what happens when you repeat stuff I tell you without knowing the meaning of it" I said laughing quietly.
"You don't know what it means either! You heard that from Mama!"
"Sophisticated:having refined or cultured tastes and habits" I answered. Anna frowned and I stuck the tip of my tongue at her.
"Tell them what we're gonna do" she said scowling and sitting back crossing her arms.
"Okay, so" I said
"You're cutting this in the editing" she muttered.
"Maybe" I answered and continued speaking to the camera "Since I just opened this Youtube channel, I'll have you know that this will be my vlogging channel, so Anna and I will have our own channel where we do… you know… what we do, but…"
"We opened another channel together, called ArendelleSisters where we will upload challenges or Vlogs when we're together or other stuff we do together" Anna said pausing and looking at me "Which will be a lot!" she said smiling as I nodded at her with the same grin on my face "Since well… we kind of do almost everything together" she added.
"Exactly" I confirmed "But today, to inaugurate my new channel, The Snow Queen, we're going to have a Rapid-Fire challenge. Ready, Anna?" I asked her taking out the questions I had for her as she did the same with mine.
"I was BOOORN ready!" she said as I took out a coin to see who was going to start, and as I made it flip in the air, Anna chose tail and I chose head. Then I grabbed the coin and flipped it on the back of my hands and tail came up. Anna was the first to ask questions.
"Last album you bought?" she started.
"Speak Now" I answered. "Morning person or night owl?" I asked
"Night owl all the way!" she said
"Yeah… a little too much for my likings" I muttered muttered
"Last book you read?" she asked
"Edgar Allan Poe's Stories of Mystery. Say something that's awesome about me" I said giving her a smirk.
"What?" said Anna surprised and starting to laugh
"You heard me. Say something awesome about me" I repeated smiling.
"Uhm… I don't know! There are so many!" Anna said thinking about it. I couldn't help but smile at her. Anna then looked at me and the glint in her eyes told me that she knew what to say "Your smile!" she decided.
"Really, my smile?" I said surprised.
"Yeah! It's beautiful!"
"Aww thanks!"
"Party or after party?"Anna asked
"I'm not a party person, you know that!" I said
"You should have answered 'party-pooper' then" Anna said with a smirk. I gave her a look and she just giggled back at me.
"Puppies or kittens?"
"Kittens" she answered, then her blue eyes lit up.
"This question is perfect for you, sis. I'm so proud of myself!" Anna said "How much do you think you'll score on your SATs?" I raised an eyebrow.
"Why is that a perfect question for me?"
"Because you're smart" Anna said smiling. I smiled back at her for the compliment.
"I don't know! I'm taking it next year. I have no idea"
"You're gonna get the maximum score, I'm sure of it" Anna said.
"I'm not going to ace it, but I sure hope so" I said "Something that I think is awesome about you" I asked.
"What kind of question is that?!" Anna said confused
"Exactly what I said: tell me something that I think is awesome about you" I repeated amused.
"Uhm…I don't know… uhm…" Anna thought about it for a moment "My voice?" I thought about it for a moment.
"That is true… but not what I was thinking about. I was thinking of you being so outgoing, quirky and funny" Anna giggled
"Thank you" she said "And… that was it with the questions! Soooo, this was our Rapid-fire" Anna said looking at the camera "If you guys liked it give it a thumbs uuuuup, and subscribe to my big sister's channel The Snow Queen!"
"And don't forget to subscribe to our mutual channel ArendelleSisters" I said finishing her sentence "and also, go check out Anna's channel, PictureofSophisticatedGrace, because she has a lovely voice and trust me, you won't regret listening to her covers, and because she is my little sister and I think she's awesome" I said smiling at her. Anna smiled back and placed her head on my shoulder hugging my arm. And with that, we said our last goodbye to the viewers and after posing for a moment so that I could cut the shot in the editing, I got up and shut down the camera. After that we spent a little bit editing the video, of which I did NOT cut the 'sophisticated grace' part, and then we posted it on Youtube. To both of our surprise, viewers actually liked the video and told us to keep vlogging and that they couldn't wait to see more of the two of us together. A few viewers also said that he or she had seen Anna before and said that even though they liked her on her own and singing songs, they really wanted to see the both of us together because we were 'so funny' or 'so cute'.
And that was how my vlogging career started.
And there you go! This is my first drabble attempt. It is a Helsa drabble and... I hope you like it!
See you next episode! ;-)