Hey everyone this is my first Disney fanfiction and it's focusing on two rival schools being forced to merge. All characters involved in the story are from Disney movies. Please review as I would love to know what I could do to make the story better.

Chapter One: The Merge

It was a hot July morning when the e-mail arrived. Ariel Waterman was relaxing on one of the loungers besides her family pool enjoying the early morning sun before it got too hot and she had to go inside. If she spent too long in the afternoon sun, her fair skin resembled a tomato. Being a redhead meant that she was more likely to burn even with factor fifty sunscreen on. She was just about to turn onto her back to make sure her tan was even, when her dad's furious roar echoed from the house and through Ariel's headphones that were playing Queen's greatest hits. 'ARIEL WATERMAN, YOU GET UP HERE THIS MINUTE!' Anxiously taking her headphones off, she jumped off the lounger and ran back into the house. As she raced towards her father's study, she thought back to the last few days to see if she could recall anything she did to make her dad this mad. Her room was clean, she did her chores, her grades had come weeks ago and they were good so it couldn't be that, she knew that he hadn't discovered her secret stash of clothes; he had to go to a chest buried under a pile of sweaters in the very back of her wardrobe for that and he couldn't stay there for more than five seconds because he hated the smell of her perfume, had she logged out of her social media? Panic then replaced the blood in her veins. She had used her dad's laptop to check her Facebook last night! What if he had opened the internet it showed her Facebook page because that was the last thing it was on last night? What if he saw the pictures of her in her 'other clothes'? Oh no!

Entering her dad's study she tensed up immediately when she saw he was indeed on the laptop. Glancing at the screen she relaxed a tiny bit when she saw that he was on his e-mail rather than a Facebook page, ok worst case scenario averted. Fixing her gaze on her father, she saw him madder than she had ever seen him; well at her anyways; she was always his favourite and often managed to get away with murder but right now she didn't know what she did was so wrong. 'What's the matter Daddy?' she asked innocently. In response he jabbed a finger at the laptop screen. 'I just got an e-mail from your school. Care to explain why?' Scrunching up her nose Ariel moved closer to the screen to look at the e-mail. Scanning the contents briefly, a small smile broke out on her face. 'Daddy did you read the e-mail at all?'

'I don't need to young lady; I know from experience with Adriana that an email from the school means you've broken at least three school rules.' Adriana was Ariel's older sister who was the second youngest and had just graduated this year. She was known for pulling pranks and getting into trouble. The only other person in their entire school who had been in their principal's office more times than her was a senior named Flynn Ruder. 'Daddy will you please just read the email.' Frowning a little at how his youngest seemed just about to burst out laughing, he leaned over and read the typed lines. Usually when he got an email it was usually about Adriana's behaviour and jokes and could he please come in at his earliest convenience. This email however contained totally different information:

'Dear Parents and Guardians,

We hope that this email reaches you in good health and that you are all enjoying the nice summer weather. The reason this email is being sent out is to ask all students as well as their parents or guardians to please attend a short assembly on Monday the 25th of July at 11:00 a.m. in Disney High's school auditorium. This is a mandatory meeting for all parents, guardians and students to attend. We apologise for the short notice but this is a rather important assembly as we'll be discussing major changes to the school. The reason you're not being informed of these changes through letters or emails is to allow you to ask questions regarding these changes and how it will affect your child and their education.

We look forward to seeing you there and if you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact us.

Yours sincerely,

Walter E. Disney

School Principal'

'Oh my bad' Triton said in a sheepish voice, while Ariel started to laugh unable to hold it back any longer. 'Well can you blame me' he said defensively, 'Adriana only graduated this year, when I saw that email I was reacting on auto-pilot.'

'Yes Daddy' Ariel giggled 'is that it?' Triton sheepishly nodded his head. 'Good, now I'm going outside' Ariel said already halfway out the door.

Triton then slumped in his chair going over the email again. 'Easy mistake to make' he muttered to no one in particular.

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Ariel and her dad walked into Disney High's auditorium and were immediately hit by the crowds. Now the school didn't have a large population nor did they have a tiny in the middle of nowhere population. They have an average population but Ariel had never even seen some of the teenagers that were present right now.

'Ariel!' Turning, Ariel saw her two best friends Belle and Mulan running towards her. Squealing with delight, trio hugged as this was the first they've seen each other since the start of July as Ariel had gone on family vacation for two weeks. 'Where are we sitting?' Ariel asked looking around for a place to sit down.

'Snow and Charming are saving us some seats' Mulan replied, before turning to face Triton, who was watching the girls excited reunion with amusement. 'Excuse me sir' Mulan said politely 'but mine and Belle's parents are sitting over by the exit over there if you wish to join them' pointing over to where their parents and Mulan's grandmother were talking. 'Yes, yes, I'll get out of you girl's hair won't I?' Triton laughed 'well I'll come find you after this assembly, will I Ariel?' 'Yes, bye Daddy' Ariel replied eager to catch up with her friends and as she turning away, she heard her father mutter under his breath 'I never knew this many students attended the school.'

Dragging Ariel over to the far end of the auditorium as far away from their parents as possible, Ariel spotted Snow White and her childhood/best friend Henry 'Charming' Osborne saving a row of seats for them. The moment she saw them coming, Snow immediately jumped up and ran over causing another group hug to happen between the girls while Charming was concentrating on saving their seats from students and parents alike.

'So how was Greece, Ariel?' Belle asked her as they settled down into their seats. 'It was amazing' Ariel said dreamily 'we went sailing around the Greek coast in the family boat, the views were amazing and I got you girl's presents!' 'Your summer seems so much better than mine' Mulan admitted jealously 'my parents have been on my case about studying hard and joining clubs and all the usual stuff. When they saw the email they thought I done something wrong. It took ten minutes to convince them that it was a group email and I did nothing wrong.' 'My dad just saw the email was from the school and thought I did something wrong. In his defence though Adriana had only graduated a couple of weeks ago, he was still acting on autopilot' Ariel laughed remembering her dad's sheepish expression.

'Hey, speaking of that email, does anyone know what it's about? And who are all these people, they can't all be freshman, most of them look way too old' Charming asked, glancing around. Looking around Ariel saw that Charming was right. When she had first came she had written off the large number of people present as incoming freshman, but now that she had a second look she saw that the majority of students looked older, most of them looked like juniors and seniors and Ariel knew for a fact that they didn't even go to Disney High.

'Who's that blonde girl with Anastasia and Drizella?' Belle asked pointing to the Tremaine sisters were. 'I think that's their step-sister, I remember them saying that they have one' Snow answered turning to get a good look at the girl 'but I thought she went to Auradon Prep on the other side of town.'

Auradon Prep was a private school and Disney High's biggest rival. Both schools were situated in the same town and it wasn't uncommon for the two schools to square off against each other. They tried to outdo each other in everything, from whose football team scored higher in the league, to which school had the highest GPA, to which school had more students attending, to who won the most awards. Disney High usually did better but that didn't stop the Auradons from constantly bragging about their successes and that the majority of their students were from rich and well known families.

'Look there's Principal Walt now, maybe he's going to explain why we had to be here' Snow said turning towards the stage. As the small group settled back down in their seats, their principal coughed into the microphone and struggled to get everyone's attention. 'Excuse me everybody, may I have your attention please?' The noise then started to die away and soon every eye in the room was turned towards the stage where their principal stood. 'Yes, thank you all for coming and I apologise once again for the short notice the email was sent out on. The reason you are all here is because the budget for education has been cut in half.' If he was hoping to get gasps of shock or any form of reaction really then he was disappointed; most students couldn't really care about it and the parents just wanted to know how it affected their children. 'Because of that' Mr Disney carried on 'the State can no longer afford to keep all the schools running, so they have decided to merge Disney High and Auradon Prep together in order to reduce costs. Now that got a reaction. Students immediately started to complain, to shout, to argue, while the parents struggled to make their concerns heard over the general ruckus.

'QUIET!' a voice suddenly screamed over the noise. Up on the stage beside the Disney High school principal was some lady, who looked like she survived living with the dinosaurs. Once the noise died down she continued. 'Hello everybody, to all those who don't know me I am Yzma, principal of Auradon Prep. I know that you parents will have some concerns over this merge, but I assure that this will not affect your child's education in any way. In fact as part of this merger I will be taking over as principal of Disney High as Principal Walter Disney is retiring before September and will personally make sure that no child suffers in their education because of the merge.'

This announcement got murmurs of approval from the parents who were pleased to know that their children's education wouldn't be affected, while the students themselves gasped with horror. Flynn Rider couldn't believe it. Now he didn't mind the merge too much as it meant that there were more cute girls around, not to mention a bigger student population meant less focus would be on him – perfect for pulling pranks. The thing that really got him worried though was the fact the Mr Disney would be retiring. Hell he was a great principal! He was always up for a laugh and he was one of those adults who could take a joke (well he had his limits) but Yzma lady looked like living proof that dinosaurs had once walked the earth and Flynn doubted that the lady could take a joke.

'Well your screwed' his best friend Aladdin whispered to him as the Yzma lady droned on about school times and important dates and stuff like that. 'How's that?' he whispered never taking his eyes off the stage. 'Because that Auradon Prep lady looks like she wouldn't know a joke if it slapped her on the face, so I think your time of getting away relatively scot free when it comes to your pranks are over' his friend Phoebus answered leaning over from the row behind him, Aladdin and Hercules, where he was sitting with the rest of their friends, Eric and John Smith. I think you better watch your back Ryder.'

Flynn was just about to answer that remark when a new voice echoed through the hall, 'THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE!' the man roared, stamping his foot on the ground. He looked to be Chinese and was dressed in a military uniform. The boy sitting beside him, who Flynn assumed was his son looked torn between agreeing with his father and wanting to die of shame because of the way he was acting. 'Did that man just stamp his foot?' Hercules whispered, while the rest of their group sniggered at how childish he was acting. 'General Li if you could please wait until the end, we will be more than happy to answer any quest-'the Yzma lady said trying to calm the man down so she could finish her speech. 'No I think I speak for all Auradon Prep parents here when I say that this whole thing is unfair. We pay good money to send our kids to your school and now you're saying that due to 'lack of funds' we have to merge with a public school! What are you doing with our money?' that got cheers sent up from the crowd. 'And what our children, the majority of them have plans to go to an Ivy League school and now your jeopardising the senior students chances by throwing them into a new school when they should be thinking about college and forcing them to mix with lower GPA'S.' 'Did he just say we have low GPA's?' a shocked Belle whispered to Snow, who shrugged wanting to see how long they'd let the crazy guy rant before someone stepped in. 'And what about the sports, are the students who were practically guaranteed to be captions of teams, are now going to have that reward taken away from them?'

'Ah excuse me' a new voice rang out into the mix. Everybody turned to see a girl standing up on her chair looking at the General Li guy at what could only be described as annoyance. To nobody at Disney' High surprise it was Tiana Rose, one of the most hard-working and determined girls around. She was just entering her senior year but she already took part in a huge amount of clubs, she got perfect grades, she never missed a day ever, and worked two jobs to pay for college. Rumours had started back in their freshman year that she would her class's valedictorian. 'How much do you want to bet that she's mad her valedictorian place is jeopardised?' Flynn whispered. 'I bet ten bucks, she's madder that the man said we had low GPA's' Aladdin whispered. 'You're on.'

'First off, General Li, it isn't only your child that's being affected here, it's all of us, it's a big change for every student, for some of us it means leaving a place we know well and moving to a totally different school, it means new classmates, new teachers possibly, a new way of teaching things but it's happening to all of us. Your complaining about it won't stop this from happening. Second of all we do not have low GPA's! Our parents may not be able to send us to a fancy private school but that doesn't mean that we are less intelligent or that we study less or we aren't as dedicated to achieving our dreams. We work hard too! Your talking like just because your child goes to a private school means that their automatically going to be accepted into Harvard or get captaincy of the football team and now that your merging with a public school that means they'll never get it; well here's a newsflash: nobody gets anything in life just because of who their parents are and where they went to school. The only way you get anything in life is through hard work. And if that two school merging means that you have to work a little bit harder to get want they want so what? If they want that badly they'll do it! That goes for everything in life! Lastly getting to be captain of an extra-curricular isn't a reward. It's a privilege you earn through hard work and dedication. Other students work hard for that honour too because they care about their team whether it's football or debating or cheer-leading. Their willing to put in the effort to earn that title and to do everything in their power to help the people who feel the same way about their club, achieve their very best. So don't act all high and mighty. We want to achieve our very best too.'

For a few moments the gym was silent, and then someone stood up. A girl, probably in her late teens from gyspy descendent and emerald green eyes looked at Tiana and slowly started to clap. Other people joined in and soon the noise was deafening. Smiling a little, Tiana sat back in her seat as her best friend Lottie hugged her. 'You go Tiana girl!' she squealed in delight.

'Yes, uh thank you, uh –'Yzma said as Walt whispered a name in her ear, 'Tiana' she finished. 'And General Li in regards to your question about extra-curriculars, the teams from both schools will merge and captions will be selected, looking at each individual players skill and leadership abilities, before deciding on captaincy and who makes the team and for the GPA-'.

Phoebus didn't pay much attention after that. Instead he just glanced around the room taking everyone in. The general Li guy still seemed mad, but Tiana's speech seemed to have knocked him off his high perch, there were parents paying close attention to the speech, probably looking for anything that might affect their children, some students he recognised from Disney High, others he guessed went to Auradon Prep. Some were with their parents, others with their friends. He spotted the gypsy girl who was the first to clap for Tiana. She was sitting with another girl of Native American descendent, and a hunchback boy. The girl saw him staring and blew a kiss, winking an eye as she did so. Feeling flustered he quickly moved his gaze away and continued staring around the room. After seeing that there was nothing more interesting going on, he faced the front again, just in time to see Flynn hand Aladdin ten dollars.

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After the assembly there were refreshments being served in the room next door, but it was mostly the parents who were still there at that point, trying to get extra information about this merge out of a teacher. The majority of the students realising that they were now able to leave took off for more cooler places that they could hang, some opted to stay by the carpark to wait for their rides home to come out, while others took advantage of the nice weather to walk home.

Snow and Charming had decided on option three and after Snow had said farewell to the other girls the two set off home, walking down the sunny tree-lined streets towards the suburbs.

Snow and Charming have been friends since they were babies. Their mothers had been best friends and they often spent a lot of their time together allowing the two children to become close. All through elementary school and middle school the two had remained close but they started to drift away a bit in high school. Snow had made friends with Belle, Mulan and Ariel while Charming often drifted between groups never really finding a particular group of friends to hang out with. That and their conflicting schedules made it hard for them to hang out but they were still as thick as thieves. They could talk to each other about anything and only saw each other as siblings despite many people in their school assuming that they were going out.

'So what do you think about them merging the two schools together?' Charming asked as Snow was digging around in her handbag for something. 'I don't mind it actually. I mean we're not freshmen so it's not like we'll be intimidated by the new school and the huge numbers, we're still in Disney High so we know the place and we're only juniors so we don't have to worry about it affecting our grades for college just yet.'

She then drew a plastic bag out of her handbag and offered it to him. 'Strawberry lace?' she asked. Taking one out of the bag, Charming chewed on it thoughtfully, while Snow leaned her head back, lowering the lace into her mouth as she did so. 'Hey Snow?' he asked thoughtfully. 'Uh-hum' Snow answered. 'Who was that girl with the Tremaine sisters? I know that's their step-sister but what's her name?'

'I don't know' Snow admitted, 'I know it begins with a 'C' but that's all. Why? Got a crush have you Henry?' she teased. Elbowing her in the side Charming then started to run ahead so Snow couldn't attack him back. But the truth was he couldn't stop thinking about that girl. She was very pretty with strawberry-blonde hair and big blue eyes. She looked so cheerful and kind and maybe he wanted to get to know her a little. There was no crime in that was there?

Charming was knocked out of his thoughts however when Snow jumped onto his back wrapping his arms around his neck, cutting off half of his air supply and wrapped her legs around his waist piggy-back style. Quickly grabbing the back of her knees to support her weight before the duo fell to the ground, Charming tried to get both his breath and balance back while Snow was laughing at him. 'Yes! Yes! I am the supreme ruler who has won against you in the battle of strength; you will now obey my every command!' Charming briefly considered dropping her as revenge for almost choking him, but decided at the last minute to give her a reprieve. 'Where to my lady?' he asked in a posh voice. 'Back to my palace' Snow answered in an equally posh voice 'where I can watch the latest episode of 'Pretty Little Liars', but before that, stop at the corner shop. I'm almost out of strawberry laces.' Neighing like a horse, Charming then pushed the thoughts of the school merge and the Tremaine's pretty step-sister out of his head, as he galloped down the street with his best friend on his back thinking of nothing but strawberry laces and who the hell was 'A'.

And that's chapter one! And just in case anyone's wondering:

All students involved in the story are junior and senior students. This is too make it easier to merge storylines if needed and because it would be too weird to see freshmen hanging around seniors

For anybody wondering why I made Ariel's last name Waterman, it is an English and Dutch last name meaning boatman or water carrier. And Ariel's dad Triton is the owner of several shipping companies so I thought it'd be a nice reference to what he does for a living.

I also got inspiration for having two rival schools merging by another fanfiction story I read. It's written by pamplemousse46 and it's called 'The Pretty Little 100'. This is not a Disney fanfiction; it's a crossover between 'Pretty Little Liars' and 'The 100'. I'm not sure if it's available here but you can read it on archive of our own if you want. I recommend the story though it's amazing!

I've gotten the ideas for some of the friend groups by morloth88 comics on deviant Art and on Disney High another fanfiction, written by Nina-D-Lux, but I am incorporating my own friend groups as well (Charming and Snow White being best friends and mixing with Ariel, Belle and Mulan. There will be some friend groups that'll end up merging as the story goes on (not going to say who) and I will include back stories as to how people met and became friends.

What do you think about Yzma as principal? I always loved watching her in the 'Emperor's New Groove' and 'The Emperor's New School' and I really never see her included in Disney High school fanfics even though she is Disney and is pretty funny.

And finally what did you think of Snow White and Charming? Personally Snow White is one of my favourite princesses and she's always lumped together with Cinderella and Aurora so I wanted to see what's she's like away from them and what type of friendships she could have. I also love the idea of her and Charming being best friends and having a brother-sister kind of relationship. I don't think either characters are fleshed out enough in their respective Disney movies and I wanted to add something to their characters. Also while we do see a close platonic friendship between opposite genders a lot (Esmeralda and Flynn being a good example) it hasn't really been done with the 'traditional' Disney characters before (Snow White, Cinderella, Aurora and their princes) and I think it's nice to show it between Snow and Charming.

So that's all for chapter one and please review so I know what you think. And if you're disappointed that your favourite Disney character didn't show up remember its only chapter one! It's just the beginning. . .