Walt Disney Academy

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A R I E L

Once we'd finished up in the dinner hall, Elsa and I decided to head back up to the West Wing to start unpacking her things. Jane said something about going into town with Tarzan, Meg wanted to have a bit of alone time before classes started tomorrow and Esmeralda decided to spend the rest of the night in Tiana's dorm.

"You don't have to help me if you don't want to," The platinum blonde said to me as she grabbed a hanger and hung up one of her grey t-shirts in her small wardrobe. "You can go and have fun with Adam."

I shook my head gently. "No, I'd rather be here with you. I think Adam can survive without me for one night."

She looked over at me for a second and cracked a grateful smile. I unknowingly tilted my head to the side in curiosity as I stared back at her. She's... unusual. In a good way, I mean. She's what Disney's been missing, and I've found myself wanting to know what she's thinking about on a few occasions.

"After we finish up in here, do you wanna head over to my dorm and meet my roommates? Well, Aurora and Cinderella. Hopefully you'll never have to be around Jasmine for more than ten seconds at a time."

Elsa chuckled lightly and pulled a few pairs of shoes out of one of her lilac suitcases and placed them neatly under her bed.

"It can't hurt, right?"

I nodded my head and my hair fell into my face. "Right."

*****

"Honey's, I'm home!" I announced as I shoved the mustard yellow door to dorm 527 open, yanking my key out of the lock and carelessly tossing it onto my bedside table.

"Hey, A," Cinderella greeted without looking up at me. She was writing in a pale blue journal and a bunch of pens, markers and highlighters were scattered over the small desk she was sitting at.

"Where're Aurora and Jasmine?" I questioned, plopping down on my bed. I patted the free space to my left, encouraging Elsa to come and sit beside me. She hesitated for a moment before taking the few steps towards the bed.

"Aurora's having, ehm... private time with Phillip and Jasmine is probably with Snow and Wendy, bitching about the three of us." She put the lid on the black fiber pen she was using and grabbed the pretty coral highlighter, smoothly dragging it over the paper. Her eyebrows were furrowed and her tongue was poking out in concentration as she swapped between the coral, sky blue and daffodil yellow highlighters.

I rolled my eyes at the thought of Jasmine and I threaded my right arm through Elsa's left. "I want you to meet somebody."

Cinderella looked up from her journal to see Elsa and I sitting on my bed. She quickly put the lids on all her pens and stood up, wiping her hands on her worn-out jeans.

"Sorry, I didn't see you there," She said to Elsa, holding out her right hand. "I'm Cinderella, it's very nice to meet you."

Elsa gently removed her arm from mine to take Cinderella's hand. "You too, I'm Elsa."

"Great!" I exclaimed happily, clapping my hands together. "Did you manage to grab one of the extra-curricular information sheets?"

"Of course. I grabbed three, knowing you and Aurora would forget," Cinderella teased, handing me a sheet of paper. She gave one to Elsa too, claiming, "Aurora can get her own."

My eyes scanned the list of clubs and activities that were available this year.

Archery - Coach Phil: Starts in March.

Art Club – Miss Godmother: Starts on 13/9 at 4:15pm in Art Room Two.

Athletics – Coach Phil & Coach Radcliffe: Starts in March.