So because I wasn't able to include the newer Disney Princesses in the original fanfic, I thought I'd make up for it in this sequel that will focus on them as well as continue the stories of the lesser-focused Princesses such as Esmeralda Meg and Kida. With that said, I hope you enjoy this!

Chapter 1: Topsy Turvy

As the Spring Semester of Disney Academy began, most students were preoccupied not with their studies but on an upcoming event called the Festival of Fools. Held every year in January, it included many activities such as music and dancing along with a contest to determine the ugliest person in the school who would be crowned the King of Fools. This was a subject of controversy not only due to its offensive nature but also because of its roots in a tradition held by the Romani, an underrepresented minority in the city. But Esmeralda, who was Romani herself, didn't care for these things as she was too busy getting ready for her annual dance at the festival by practicing with her pet goat Djali.

Because pets weren't allowed on the school grounds, though, she decided to take her practice performances to the city streets. This caused some passing people to throw coins her way, despite her dance being only a practiced version of it. Then one afternoon, Djali suddenly made a bleating noise as two guys showed up. One was skinny with a long face while the other was fat with a pudgy nose, though they both wore gray jackets and pants with silver caps on.

"All right, Gypsy, where did you get the money?" Asked the skinny guy.

Esmeralda frowned and picked up an old hat in front of her where the coins were tossed into. "For your information, I earned it."

The skinny guy gave her a skeptical look. "Gypsies don't earn money."

"They steal it," replied the fat guy, grabbing Esmeralda's shoulders from behind.

As Esmeralda struggled against the fat guy, the skinny guy moved closer to her. Just then, a horse's rear end backed into the skinny guy while the blond-haired rider said, "Achilles, sit!"

Immediately, the horse sat on the skinny guy causing the fat guy to loosen his grip enough for Esmeralda to push him back and run away with Djali following at her heels. Inside a dark alleyway, Esmeralda realized she had dropped the coins from her hat in the commotion leaving an obvious trail behind her. Then she heard footsteps and covered herself in an old blanket lying on the ground while Djali stood on her lap.

The two of them sat perfectly still against the wall of the alleyway as the footsteps drew closer, then two coins fell into the old hat Esmeralda had placed in front of her. As the footsteps retreated, Esmeralda peeked out from beneath the blanket and saw a tall figure walking away from her. She recognized him as the blond-haired rider from before, who was wearing a navy blue jacket gold-colored slacks and shoes causing her to realize he was a male student from Disney Academy.

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On the day of the festival, Esmeralda was inside a private tent looking at herself in a nearby mirror. Instead of her school uniform, who consisted of a gold skirt and matching vest over a white dress shirt and stockings with black shoes, she wore a red flowing dress and a gold tiara over her dark curly brown hair with matching gold hooped earrings. Then as she was about to apply makeup to her face, a short figure in a black hooded cloak suddenly fell into her tent from outside onto the floor.

"Are you hurt?" Esmeralda asked, trying to help the figure up.

"N-N-No," the figure stuttered, looking up at Esmeralda.

In the light of a nearby lamp, the figure's face appeared to be lopsided with misshapen eyes a large nose and a buck-toothed mouth. Not flinching, Esmeralda pulled the figure to his feet.

"See? No harm done," Esmeralda smiled. Then as the figure covered up his face with the cloak and walked out of the tent, Esmeralda called, "By the way, great mask!"

Afterwards, Esmeralda applied her makeup and left the tent. On her way to a big wooden platform at the middle of an intersection of colorful tents and booths, she ran into a young boy with short brown hair wearing a green shirt under a brown vest with matching pants and shoes.

"Sorry!" The boy apologized, backing away from Esmeralda in embarrassment. "Have you seen my pig run through here?"

"A pig?" Esmeralda shook her head. "I haven't seen one."

"It's actually his adopted father Dallben's pig," said a young girl with light blonde hair wearing a white blouse under a purple dress who stood beside the boy. "Her name is Hen Wen and she can see into the future."

"I see," Esmeralda replied, trying to hide her bewilderment. "Well, if I should see your pig I'll let you know."

"Oh, thanks!" The brown-haired boy said. "But I'm pretty sure I'll be able to find her."

In response, the blonde-haired girl bobbed the brown-haired boy on the head. Then she smiled at Esmeralda. "My name is Eilonwy, by the way, and this overconfident dolt is Taran. We're both Freshman at Disney Academy."

"That would explain why I don't recognize you two," Esmeralda realized. "I'm Esmeralda and this is the second semester of my Senior year."

"I've heard about you!" Eilonwy exclaimed. "You became the school's Swim Team Captain after Ariel temporarily quit, right?"

"Yes, that is true," Esmeralda confirmed.

"Though I've heard the reason Ariel quit was because she was starting to regress into a Mermaid after White Apple Pharmaceuticals went under, which produced Sea Pills that temporarily gives legs to Mermaids," Eilonwy brought up. "Is there some truth to that, even though she seems fine now?"

Before Esmeralda could answer, she noticed a parade was heading toward the wooden platform. At the front of it was a masked jester in purple-and-blue clothing whom she recognized as Clopin Trouillefou, who was not only the head of the Theater Club at Disney Academy but also in the same Romani group Esmeralda was a part of.

"Well, I must be going," Esmeralda said to Eilonwy and Taran. "It was nice meeting you two, and good luck finding your pig."

As Clopin leaped onto the platform, he gestured to several ugly people running past causing the crowds to cheer and laugh in delight. Then Clopin said Esmeralda's name and disappeared in a cloud of red smoke with Esmeralda dancing in his place. Banging on her tambourine and shaking the bells on her wrists and ankles, she danced around the platform much to the crowds' amusement. She soon noticed a tall man with a sour-looking face wearing a black suit whom she realized was Claude Frollo, the school's librarian who had been promoted to school secretary following the mysterious disappearance of the previous one Jeff Arum-Baugh (whose real name turned out to be Jafar).

Cheekily, Esmeralda danced over to Frollo's chair sat in his lap and then kissed him before leaving a thin blue scarf with yellow moons and stars on it around his neck. Next, she noticed the black-hooded figure from before and dragged him onto the platform despite his protests. After Esmeralda spun him around a few times, she removed his cloak revealing a stumpy young man wearing an oversized green quarter-sleeve shirt that barely covered his hunched back massive arms and short legs that had brown sweatpants on them with matching shoes. Instead of laughing or cheering, the crowds gasped in horror at the young man's misshapen face.

End of Chapter 1