Walt Disney College

Chapter 69

It was lunch, and Sofia sat next to Vivian, one of her best friends. Amber and she were a bit wary of James travelling to Africa alone, especially when they had received a call earlier from him saying they'd stopped off at Pennsylvania.

"Don't worry about it Sofia. If Principal Mickey can trust Timon and Pumbaa, then you should too," Vivian told her.

"Yes, but that's the thing, I don't—"

"Sofia!" Lucinda ran up to her, out of breath.

"Lucinda? Is there something wrong?"

"We're not exactly sure yet. But first, good news!"

"What do you mean you're not sure yet?" Kari asked.

"Never mind that!" Indigo said, appearing behind Lucinda, "we have proof!"

"Proof of what?" Jade spoke through a mouthful of eggs.

"That DreamWorks cheated!"

Ruby's eyes widened. "That's a big accusation Lucinda."

"Yeah, but we have proof. He hired a wizard to hex their movie."

"Are you guys absolutely sure? Which wizard?" Princess Zooey inquired.

"His name is Weasel," Indigo smiled confidently.

"It's Wendell," Lucinda corrected.

Indigo rolled her eyes.

"Wendell...Wendell the wizard? I know him! Why would he—?"

"The Money," Lucinda finished.

Hugo strolled up to them and threw his arms around Sofia and Vivian.

"Hello ladies. Is everyone doing okay? You seem troubled."

"Troubled? Where'd you get that from Hugo?" Vivian said, slowly removing Hugo's arm.

"Well look at Luci," he said.

Indigo glanced at her friend. "Oh yeah. That's because she's convinced Lily's missing."

"Well she could be. After all, Ariel went missing didn't she?"

"Exactly. Thank you Hugo! I'm not being irrational Indigo."

"But since Ariel went missing, Jane has not let her eyes off the door during the night," Zooey said.

"But Jane's in Africa," Sofia countered.

Vivian bit her lip. "Oh gosh. Lily could be missing!"

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Gogo almost passed Hiro in the halls that afternoon, but she noticed his gloomy face and stopped him before he could run.

"Hey. Why do you look like someone just killed Mochi?"

Hiro just shrugged, not saying anything.

Gogo wondered if anyone had told Hiro about Honey getting a new boyfriend, but then she thought Hiro would've said something by now.

"Hiro...have you heard anything? Like, has anything seemingly bad happened?"

Hiro gave her a weird look, then sighed.

"No, I haven't heard anything. I'm surprised you haven't heard anything about me. And the argument I had with Penny a few days ago."

"Oh no. Your girlfriend is mad at you?"

"Penny's not my girlfriend. Tiger Lil—well, she's not either but—"

"Woah woah woah. Hiro, are you having girl problems?"

Gogo never really expected something like that to happen to Hiro. At least not at this stage.

Hiro's face flushed. "I wouldn't call them girl problems. More like my friends that are girls that are kinda mad and confused right now. I mean I'm mad and confused, I just don't know who I'm mad at."

"Can't you talk to that guy friend of yours? What's his name? Wilbur?"

"He's not in the best mood right now. Definitely not in the mood to hear me rant about girls."

"Geez. What happened?"

Hiro sighed. "I don't know myself Gogo. I just need to think."

Gogo felt tears spring to her eyes. She blinked rapidly, trying to get rid of them before Hiro noticed, but it was too late.

"Gogo? Is everything okay?" Hiro asked.

She wiped away a tear before it had the chance to fall down her cheek. "Yeah. It's just...Tadashi would make so much fun of you if he knew you were having girl problems." She laughed.

Hiro gave a small smile. "He would, wouldn't he?"

"Yeah..."

Gogo thought of telling him then, that Honey had a new boyfriend, but she realized Honey should be the one to tell him, not her. Maybe now wasn't the best time either, but someone needed to tell him soon.

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Mulan saw Shang hanging around in the halls, and her first instinct was to walk right past him since she got vocally impaired whenever she was around him, but she needed to do something.

"Hey, Shang? Do you have a minute?"

"Hello Mulan, of course I do. Do you need help?" 

She shook her head. "I just wanted to ask a question." Shang motioned for her to go on. "Um, do you know why Philip broke up with Aurora?"

Shang's face fell. "Since the breakup, Philip hasn't spoken to me. It's almost as if he distanced himself from everyone. I'm trying to get in contact with his Father, but other than that I don't know what's going on with him."

"Thanks Shang."

Shang held Mulan's hands in his. "My pleasure, Fa Mulan."

He left, and Mulan shivered. She still couldn't get over his muscles. She was going to tell Merida, but then she saw Merida run past with Mowgli and Jim next to her. 

"What are those three up to..?" she whispered to herself.

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Andrina waved over the tinker fairy. "Tinkerbell! I need to speak with you!"

"Hi Andrina! Is Attina over her sickness yet? The council could really use her with Jane gone. Anyway, what is it you need?"

"Arista and I wanted to be on the dance planning committee."

Tinkerbell's face seemed to blank for a moment.

"The dance! Oh geez, the council hasn't even discussed that yet. I have to have Iridessa plan a meeting. Um, yeah, you and Arista will be the first people we put on the list."

"Thanks Tink!"

Andrina adjusted her purple boa and continued to her next class. It was a class taught by Miss Merryweather. Andrina didn't want to sign up for it, but Adella convinced her learning self-defence was important. Principal Mickey was also enforcing it more in the school.

When she walked through the doors, she saw Miss Merryweather at the front of the class, looking quite worried. She took a seat next to Moana, Ariel's friend, and started whispering.

"Is it me, or does Miss M look kind of frazzled?"

"It's not you, I see it too," Moana said.

Andrina picked at her bright purple nail polish. "Principal Mickey too. You don't think something is happening do you?"

Moana snorted. "What could be happening anyway?"

Andrina remembered the day that the lights had shut off and the villains seemed to be wandering around the school. She shivered.

"You're right, probably nothing."