Elsa dumped her suitcase and repacked it again and again, making sure she wasn't missing anything. She was a bundle of nerves and excitement.
This is it. Finally.
Elsa was what could only be described as a musical prodigy. From the time she was four she could listen to any ballad or melody and play it on the piano or violin. She also played the saxophone, flute, clarinet, trumpet, and was relatively familiar with almost all instruments.
She had spent hours in the family's music room alone, during what should have been her childhood, doing nothing but making and studying music. When her family had realized what a genius she was, they invested much of their time into Elsa, making sure she was familiar with every type of instrument.
Whenever people found out about Elsa's talent, they always asked her the same question.
"Do you sing?"
She wished. Her mother had forbidden singing long ago, when Elsa's father had left her when he fell in love with a singer.
But now mother was gone, buried at sea, along with Anna's father, for about two years now.
Elsa had worked hard to make sure that she and her little sister Anna would get accepted into the WD School For The Arts, she had coached Anna through the audition to make sure she didn't make a fool of herself. Elsa was always looking out for Anna, always making sure her younger sister was kept in line.
Meanwhile Anna was haphazardly throwing things in and out of her suitcase, bouncing around her messy room in excitement.
This is it. Finally.
Anna was a very... extravagant person. She loved to be dramatic and tell exaggerated stories. She was a true actress, who could think of a story line in a matter of seconds and act it out within minutes.
Being born in the shadow of a musical prodigy, Anna craved attention more than anything, causing her eccentric ways. People had always said, 'Why aren't you more like Elsa? Why can't you be like your sister? Elsa this, and Elsa that, blah blah blah.' She loved every minute she was in the spotlight, when people were looking at her, not her sister, and always wondered when she'd be in it again.
Believe it or not, Elsa had the opposite problem. She could play the violin in front of a crowd of hundreds, but had very poor social skills. She was jealous of Anna, the social butterfly who everyone loved, compared to her, the awkward, musical freak.
Elsa didn't have very many friends, well, to be frank, she didn't have any. Her social growth had been seriously stunted when her family nearly locked her away in the music room to study and perform every type of music. Thanks to that she was constantly anxiety ridden and some might even say depressed.
But today she was feeling happy, she would finally be able to do what she wanted, and not be forced to. Maybe even sing.
Anna was happy because she wouldn't have her name right beside Elsa's, she would be with people who were like her, and enjoyed what she did.
Once Anna was satisfied with her suitcase she ran down the large hall to Elsa's bedroom.
She knocked with her signature knock. Three knocks in a row followed by one last knock.
Elsa checked over her suitcase one more time, before opening the door.
"The bus is here!" Anna jumped up and down excitedly. Elsa smiled.
"Okay. Are you sure you have everything?" She followed her sister down the hallway.
"Yup." Anna said, doing twirls in the hallway, almost running into paintings on the wall.
Elsa didn't believe her sister one bit. She literally had to refrain herself from checking Anna's suitcase. The girl was almost 16, she needed to learn on her own. Elsa wouldn't always be there.
Before the girls left they hugged and kissed their godparents, Kai and Gerda. They were once part of Arendelle Manor's most trusted staff, when the girls' mother and Elsa's father were young, and the manor was grand and full of laughter and love.
As Elsa excited the front doors, she took one last look at her childhood home. It had been a prison, but she would miss it. She knew she wouldn't be back.
Elsa boarded the bus after Anna had practically ran her over to enter first.
The bus was empty, so she figured they were the first stop. Anna had sat in one of the very front seats, still smiling broadly. Elsa opted for the back, for she knew Anna would talk her ear off if she sat next to her.
It was going to be a long drive, so she popped her headphones in and turned on her playlist. It was a mix of classical instrumentals, songs from her favorite singer-songwriters, scores from her favorite movies, and some of her favorite songs from the Broadway musicals Anna forced her to watch. Elsa closed her eyes and went into her 'zone'. She wasn't asleep, but it took a bit to get her out of it. At the moment she was studying the musical patterns in Blue Velvet by Lana Del Rey, specifically the violins.
She wore blue velvet, bluer than the velvet was the night.
Anna was currently engaged in a conversation with the very annoyed bus driver. She continued this for about a half hour before another person was picked up.
A blonde with rather large sunglasses boarded, looking around the bus. She immediately sat by Anna and took off her sunglasses.
Whoa, Anna thought. Big eyes.
"Hi, I'm Rapunzel." She showed off her perfect smile. "Weird name, I know, you can call me Punzie, which is less weird, but still pretty weird." She talked fast. "Well, I guess that depends on what your definition of weird is." She fell silent for a moment. "What's your name?"
"I'm Anna." She smiled, knowing they would be friends. "What unit are you in?"
"Acting!" She said, clapping excitedly.
"You're kidding! Me, too!"
They almost instantly became best friends. Anna thought Rapunzel was beautiful. She had long, curly blonde hair and big green eyes that just pulled you in when she talked.
The next person to come on the bus was a red-head, who's curly hair nearly reached her waist. Her duffel bag had Merida monogrammed on it. She spotted the bubbly, blabbering girls and immediately knew she wanted to avoid that. Her eyes found the back of the bus, where a quiet blonde sat, staring out the window.
She came and took a seat on the chair directly in front of Elsa, and turned around, putting her elbows on the seat.
Elsa's eyes flickered in front of her and she jumped slightly, not realizing someone was there. She could faintly hear her sister nearly yelling with another girl towards the front of the bus. She took her earphones out, the orchestra leaving her ears.
If Merida was going to be on a bus for several hours, she'd be damned if she didn't make at least one friend.
"The name's Merida." She introduced herself in a thick Scottish accent.
"Elsa." She said quietly.
"I'm sorry?" Merida couldn't make out her quiet voice.
"Elsa." She said a bit louder. "My name is Elsa."
"Oh. And what unit are you in?"
"Musical arts." Elsa didn't want to sound rude, but why was this girl talking to her? Anna and that one girl seemed more than willing to have a conversation. Even though Elsa was not very sociable, she knew proper manners. "And you?"
"Athletics!" She patted her trusty duffel bag, which contained her bow and arrows. "Also musical arts." She said with less excitement. "I play the bagpipes."
"You do?" This peaked Elsa's interest.
"Yeah, its just a side thing, though. It was mainly my parents who wanted me to. What do you play?"
"Piano and violin." Elsa hated to list all the instruments she played, she hated to sound like a show-off. She was best at the piano and violin anyways.
Anna and Rapunzel had calmed down a bit, and were now just regularly chatting about random things.
"I heard that the musical and acting units were going to perform Wicked this year!" Rapunzel said.
"Really?" Anna peaked up. "That's, like, my favorite musical! I've always wanted to play Glinda!"
"Really?!" The girls began yelling again. "I've always wanted to play Elphaba!"
This, Anna thought. Is going to be an incredible year.
She had no idea.