Worlds Collide. {fan fiction}

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Elana.

The next morning was peaceful. I finally had the chance to really unpack, for the night before I had only pulled out a large shirt and a pair of shorts to sleep in. The girl I shared a dorm with wasn't there the night I arrived and had been staying the night at a friend, who had her own dorm right down the hallway. I'd grown used to the silence and the feeling of finally being left alone, since my parents had been on my back for the last few weeks.

It wasn't surprising that I jumped when my dorm door flew open and a light-brown haired girl stumbled in. She had a look of pure shock on her face when we locked gazes, like she wasn't aware she was gaining a roommate.

"Uh. Hi." She finally said, making me think even more that no one had told her she was getting a roommate.

I put another shirt on a hanger and laid it out on a pile of other shirts I had already put on hangers, then looked at her. "Not expecting a roomie, I see."

"Well," she said, stepping inside enough for her to close the door, "I knew you were coming, just didn't know when."

"I'm sorry you weren't kept up to date." I laughed.

She stayed silent for a second before a large smile plastered on her face. "I'm Thyne. I'm the daughter of Tarzan and Jane."

I glanced over at her, "Your dad is the guy who was raised by apes?"

A light shade of pink covered her face and she nodded. "Uh, yeah. But my mom's got him a lot more up to speed with the way the real world works."

I chuckled and offered out a hand, "I'm El-"

Thyne shook my hand and smiled, "Elana. Daughter of Eric and Ariel, sister of Melody, the school success story."

I pulled my hand back after the shake had become awkward and looked down. "And that's about all there is."

Thyne frowned and walked over, taking a seat on the edge of her bed. "I'm sure that's not true."

I started hanging up my clothes in the closet next to my bed, not looking back at my roommate as I replied to her obvious attempt to make me feel "better." "It's hard to live up to my family. My grandfather is the King of the Sea, my father helped fight off two sea witches, my mother was a mermaid who did all this amazing stuff to get and after she got a guy, my sister is. Well, everyone around here knows Melody."

"So you have no talents? No stories? Nothing?" Thyne asked behind me, her voice was thick in disbelief. "I doubt that."

"I like to draw." I responded flatly.

Thyne stood up as I turned back around, her smile was even brighter now. "Really? Can I see?"

My eyes grew in size. "See my drawings? I don't think so."

"How come?"

"They're kinda personal."

"Are you afraid to let me see?"

"Um."

"You are."

I picked up the bag containing my notebooks, filled with countless doodles and drawings that took entire math classes. Thyne's expression went from pretty excited to extremely excited when she realized what the bag contained. I groaned and unzipped it, showing her the containments.

"You do draw. A lot, I see." She giggled.

"I doodle." I pulled out the notebook I'd doodled the most in, quickly flipping through the pages. "Just little stuff."

"Well, let's see just how little this "stuff" is." Thyne winked and took the notepad. She turned and plopped down on her bed, flipping her hair over her shoulder before tucking it behind her ear.

My heart sank to my stomach as I watched her expressions change. You never quite realize how much people's opinions matter until you're faced with them. It felt like an eternity before she finally flipped to the small amount of empty pages.

She looked up and slowly rose off of her bed, holding out the notebook. "Jeez."

Slowly taking it in my hands, I raised an eyebrow at her. "Good..?"

"Amazing." Thyne gasped. Her hands latched around my shoulders. "Why haven't you shared these more often?"

"I'm not big on being the center of attention." I chuckled, sliding the book under my pillow. "I'm not Melody."

Jay.

Another morning running late. I'd been up late studying for a Historical Magic final until two in the morning and had to take Duke out three times. Shoving things in my bag, I darted out of the door and let the heavy door slam behind me.

I quietly excused myself as I ran down the corridor, dodging passing peers and gasping teachers, some reminding me not to run in the school, reminders that I ignored.

"Jay!" I heard a familiar voice call from behind me.

Taking a hard stop, I turned around and saw Mal and Evie chasing after me. "We're late."

"So run." I said before turning and running once again, the two girls right on my heels.

"The princess starts today!" Evie exclaimed, reminding me of the previous conversation we'd had.

"The one of many that already goes here?" I chuckled as I slowed to a walk, the classroom was just around another corner and we had two minutes to spare.

"We went over this." Evie groaned.

I laughed and walked inside, holding the door for the girls. Evie quickly put her hand around the door as though she didn't trust my kindness. Mal smiled at her as she slipped by the both of us and stood right in front of us.

"She's Ariel's daughter." Mal smirked. "Ursula and Morgana? Remember those crazy squids?"

"Yes. Evie already explained." I replied as I passed Mal by, racing down the last set of stairs before entering the classroom. The clicking of Evie's heels followed behind me and the thump of Mal's boot dragged on behind her.

"Jay. You're late, again." Fairy Godmother reminded me as the girls and I took our seats.

"Yeah bu-" Before I could explain, I was cut off by the door flying open.

"Fairy Godmother! I found her!" Thyne's voice squealed from the back of the room.

Everyone turned to see Thyne standing up on her tip-toes and raising the hand of an absolutely gorgeous girl.

"Oh wow." I whispered.

Evie leaned over and smirked, "Told ya."