The Classified Life of a Teenage Spy
(TCLTS)
Should I be taking on another multi-chapter fic? Probably not. Am I going to act against my better judgment and do it anyways? Absolutely.
Disclaimer: Disney & Co. have repeatedly ignored my desperate pleas for the sale of the "Frozen" franchise and with that, the right to do whatever the hell I want with it. Therefore, much to my utter disappointment… I don't own nothin'.
1.
Cooper, Meet Arendelle
Arendelle Preparatory Academy for Girls, a place where the student body was as elite as the school itself. Where only a selected few were brought from around the world in hopes of furthering their education and of simply being mentioned in the grand halls of this grandiose school. Where girls were taught, not only of Mathematics, English, Science and History, but of etiquette, languages, martial arts and even ballroom dancing.
Then again, what else would you expect from a school for spies?
That's right. Arendelle Preparatory Academy was not only the highest ranking school in the world, but also the most covert mission anyone had ever dared to engage in: training adolescent girls to become master spies, like their parents before them. Only the best of the best made it in, and only the most elite spies ever made it out. Excellence was expected, nothing short of that was accepted.
And that's where our story begins.
Or, you know, my story.
Hi. Yeah, you see that redhead over there in the Diesels and leather jacket. That's me. Anna Cooper. You can call me Coop or Anna if you'd prefer it. I've been spying for about as long as I've been walking, and while all of you were in kindergarten learning your colors and ABC's, I was in Paris, learning how to hack the mainframe of a maximum security government prison. And now I'm here, at the coveted Arendelle Prep or APA as most of the girls call it, my first day as a student.
And I'm pissed.
Now you're probably asking yourself why, when I'm about to enter what has to be one of the coolest schools on the planet, am I so upset I could probably shoot laser beams out of my eyes. Well, I'm supposed to be in Rome with my father on a mission that is bigger than my entire career as a spy put together. But at the last minute, like I had everything packed!, good ol' dad decides that it's just "too dangerous for you to tag along, darling."
And so, instead of sneaking into the Coliseum after hours to stargaze, I'm stuck heading to new student orientation. Not to mention that I'm a little old to be starting school here. I mean, the girls that are walking in are like what, twelve, thirteen? I'm seventeen... hopefully they have some sort of advanced placement programs... wow, she's cute. Oh yeah, I'm bi, probably something I should mention from the start here along with the fact that I couldn't care less what people think about me.
So now that we've got all of that settled…
I guess I'd better head to the Main Hall...
"Is this seat taken?"
Anna looked up from her cellphone and met some very familiar green irises. "Rapunzel Corona. How the hell are you?" Anna replied with a small smirk, standing to greet her cousin.
"Sly Cooper," replied the brunette. "I haven't seen you since our little mishap in London."
Anna shrugged. "That guard was asking for it, and I do know the Queen."
Rapunzel chuckled and shook her head. "Your something else Annie."
Anna cringed slightly at the nickname but let it slide. "How's your buddy Eugene doing?" the redhead teased, slipping her phone in her jacket pocket.
Rapunzel rolled her eyes. "He hates it when you call him that," she chastised.
"That's his real name, as unfortunate as it may be," Anna answered with a small laugh. "Are you guys still a thing?" she asked after a beat.
"Yeah, we're still a thing, Sly," Rapunzel replied. "How 'bout you and Lieutenant Sideburns?" Rapunzel asked.
Anna frowned at the mention of her ex. "I broke up with him after Paris."
Rapunzel nodded once, wrapping an arm around Anna's shoulders and pulling into her frame a bit. "Good. You're better than him Sly. Way out of his league."
Anna sighed and nodded, wanting to change the subject. "So where's the food? I'm starving."
Rapunzel chuckled. "When are you not? There's gonna be like a breakfast after orientation. Best Belgium waffles you'll ever taste."
Anna's stomach growled in appreciation and both girls giggled. "Well I hope this goes fast. I'm-" Mid sentence, Anna caught sight of what had to be the most beautiful girl she had ever seen. "Zell, who the hell is that and does she come in my size?" The girl was all platinum blonde hair, alabaster skin, dark red lips and dark, full lashes that guarded the bluest eyes Anna had ever seen. 'Absolutely gorgeous. Maybe this whole school thing won't be so bad after all...'
"Down girl," Rapunzel teased. "That's Elsa Arendelle. She's a third year student here and..." Anna stopped listening, watching the girls' every move until she took a seat in the front row of the large auditorium, her thick plait thrown over her shoulder.
'Elsa Arendelle... she's- wait, what?' "Zell, Elsa Arendelle? As in daughter of Elizabeth Arendelle, headmistress of Arendelle Prep?" she asked. Her cousin smirked.
"Yeah, and so as I was saying, she's way out of your league Sly. Besides, she's nicknamed "Ice Queen" for a reason."
Anna watched as three girls approached the blonde, two brunettes and two with jet black hair and took the seats on either side of her. "Who are they?" Anna asked Rapunzel.
"Those are two of Elsa's roommates. Belle Monte Claire, Vidia Adlon, Alana Triton and Jane Porter," the brunette replied.
Anna watched as 'Belle' turned, met her gaze, smiled and nodded slightly before turning back to Elsa. "I wonder what their whispering about?" Anna murmured mostly to herself. Rapunzel shrugged.
"Probably evil plans to freeze the entire student body."
"You have an admirer Elsa," Belle whispered playfully. Elsa sighed and rolled her eyes.
"No lie Els, she's been staring at you from the minute you walked in," Vidia added.
"Jaw dropped and everything," continued Alana as she filed her nails.
"It was quite endearing actually," Jane replied. "And rather refreshing to see a genuine, sincere, unguarded reaction, especially when one is surrounded by spies who are trained to keep a straight face in all situations."
Elsa sighed. "This isn't the first time someone's gawked," she said, running her hand through her bangs.
"Well, at least look at her. If you don't want her, I'll have her. She's really cute. And I got a thing for redheads." Vidia said with a smirk.
"Poor Rosetta," teased Alana. "She'll be so heartbroken that you're moving on."
Elsa ignored her friends' banter and turned slightly, her curiosity piqued though she'd never admit it out loud. She was met straight on with an intense aquamarine gaze, and she felt her stomach tighten slightly. 'She is really cute.' She pulled away from the strong gaze to take in slightly tanned skin under a generous dusting of freckles, light pink cupid's bow lips and fiery strawberry blonde hair that seemed to dance in the warm lights of the auditorium.
"Admit it Els, she's frickin' adorable," Vidia insisted. "It's the freckles. They're like innocent but so sexy."
Elsa rolled her eyes at her over eager friend. "Well then Vidia, since you seem so interested, why don't you find out her name for us, hmm?" Before Vidia could say anything, Alana answered, still filing her nails.
"Her name is Anna Marie Cooper. Yes, those Cooper's. Her family has spies that go back generations, and they're damn good, every single one of them. Her mom is like a legend." When she realized everyone was staring at her, she shrugged. "So I hacked the system. So sue me."
"Seems like you too have a lot in common," Belle teased, nudging Elsa lightly. The blonde rolled her eyes at her best friend, simply arching her brow in response. Before the discussion could be continued, the Headmistress walked onto the stage, her heels clicking steadily on the dark wood floor. The room grew quiet and still and Elsa watched as her mother strode across the stage towards the podium with an air of elegance and poise and pure authority about her. In her black power suit, she radiated and aura of command and her mere presence demanded respect.
Elsa watched as the ice blue eyes identical to her scanned the auditorium, waiting for complete attention before slightly curved, dark red lips opened to speak. "Danger, thrill, adventure, excitement. What comes to mind when you hear those words? Many of you would quickly agree that these are things that a spy is well acquainted with. Many of you have experienced one if not all of these things. But, what does it truly mean to be a spy? Is it just the thrill of it all, the romance of the idea? Well ladies, that is what you're going to learn at Arendelle Preparatory Academy. You will be taught the true meaning of being a spy, the true meaning of courage, honor, sacrifice..." Here she paused and smiled "And you'll learn how to throw a mean left hook." There was a hum of laughter and the Headmistress waited for it to die down before starting once more. "We look forward to your future here ladies. And welcome, welcome to APA."
'She looked at me. Why was she looking at me? Were they talking about me? Oh god, maybe her friends saw me staring... smooth Coop, real smooth...'
"Earth to Annie!"
Anna snapped out of her musings to find her Belgium waffle drowned in syrup and Rapunzel favoring her with a slightly amused look. "Still thinking about our Ice Queen?" the brunette teased, cutting into her own waffle. Anna rolled her eyes.
"No," she mumbled, stuffing a piece of waffle in her mouth before taking a gulp of her chocolate milk to wash it down. "I just wanna know why she suddenly turned around and looked at me, that's all."
"Well you were staring."
Anna almost choked on the piece of waffle in her mouth, turning towards the source of the slightly smoky voice to find the very subject of her thoughts looking down at her, arms crossed, brow arched and a small smirk playing on her dark red lips. Anna swallowed, trying to calm her nerves. "You afford quite the view Miss Arendelle. And I am but a simple admirer of all forms of beauty," Anna replied after a beat, surprised at how smooth and steady her voice sounded, considering she was shaking on the inside.
"You have quite a way with words Miss Cooper," the blonde replied smoothly, holding out her hand. "I'm Elsa, but I'm sure you already knew that."
Anna smiled and took the blonde's hand, squeezing it gently while locking her gaze with Elsa's. "I did. And it is a pleasure to meet you Elsa. I'm Anna, but of course... you already knew that."
Elsa chuckled and Anna almost swooned at the way the blonde's face lit up when she smiled. "I hope to see you around Anna," she said with a small smirk.
Anna felt her heart race but she kept calm and answered "I'm always around." Elsa smiled at this and nodded, walking away. Anna followed her to the table at the far end of the dining hall, where the girls that sat next to Elsa at orientation were already seated.
"Smooth Sly. Looks like you've thawed her heart," Rapunzel teased, digging back into her breakfast.
Anna frowned at her cousin and finished the rest of her waffle. "Why do they call her that?" she asked.
Rapunzel stood and Anna followed. "At the beginning, she was very cold. She never wanted to have anything to do with anyone. She isolated herself from all of us and refused and gestures towards friendship. She's changed a bit I guess, especially after dating Belle for a bit, but the name stuck."
"She dated Belle? The pretty brunette with the almond eyes?" Anna asked as they dropped off their empty plates and dirty silverware.
Rapunzel nodded. "Yeah. Belle was the first person Elsa got close to here at school and they were going steady for a while. But then they broke it off. No one knows why really, but it wasn't an ugly break up. As you can see, they're still friends."
Anna nodded, turning her head to glance at the table where the blonde was seated, surprised when she met the cerulean blue gaze. Channeling her inner cool, Anna let her lips curve slowly into a smirk, lowering her eyes so that she was gazing at Elsa through her lashes and passed a hand over the seat of her pants, almost as if she was brushing off some lint. She saw Elsa's cheeks flush and grinned. 'Caught you red handed Arendelle.'
"You have to be careful Anna." The use of her name caught her attention and she looked back to her cousin. "She's the Headmistresses' daughter and you aren't exactly known for staying out of trouble. And... I don't want you getting hurt."
Anna smiled at the genuine concern in her cousin's voice. "I'll be careful Zell, I promise."
I really don't know what came over me...
Oh, hi. I'm Elsa Arendelle. Yeah, that Elsa Arendelle. Anyways, APA is practically home to me. So many generations of Arendelle women attended this school. I'm one in a long legacy of spies, my mother's the Headmistress and sometimes... that sucks. I was pretty much a loner, or the 'Ice Queen' as I am so aptly named, until I met Belle. We broke every rule in the book, and then made them rewrite it.
No seriously. We made them rewrite it.
You see, there was a really annoying fraternization rule at APA. We weren't allowed to engage in romantic relationships. Now that was established way before even my grandmother's time, back when APA was a boys and girls school and the boys quarters were on one side of the school and the girls quarters on the other. Well someone decided, probably someone recently dumped by their significant other, that fraternization was not to be allowed and was punishable by expulsion from the Academy.
Now, the story says that there were two spies that fell deeply in love with each other and to separate them, the board decided that it was time to make APA a girls only school. Its sister school, Kristiansen Academy, was thus founded by the very spy who broke the rule in the first place. Now, when Belle and I started dating, the dynamics were a bit different. It was already an all girl school, and apparently, expulsion wasn't an option for either of us. So, we fought it. We fought it right up to the board of directors, to the shareholders and the bigwigs that think they run a simple all girls school.
And we won.
But after all was said and done, Belle and I decided that it would be better to stay friends. And we still are, to this very day.
Enter Anna Cooper. I don't know her. But I know of her, and I am extremely impressed, to say the least. Not only by her, but by her legacy, her mother specifically. My mom, yeah, Headmistress Elizabeth Arendelle, went on a handful of missions with her and told me all the stories. Anna's mom was a spitfire. And I bet Anna isn't much different.
I'm usually not so forward with anyone, I mean, my nickname is the "Ice Queen" for a reason. But there's something about her... just something that really caught my attention.
I had a feeling that this wouldn't be the last time I'd cross paths with the notorious Anna Cooper.
And the funny thing was, I didn't mind that one bit.
"Spy plots are hard, really hard." - Rashida Jones
