A/N: ayyyyyy I am just getting this out because I wanted to do a modern-day Elsanna fic and sorority life is something I really am familiar with and love. :) Elsa shows up next chapter. "Hey Raggy, how will you deal with them being sisters in the canon?" you may ask. And I will answer, "Patience, gentle readers!"

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Set technically last October at Ohio State University, moving forward from there.

There are two characters in this chapter who aren't Disney-related, so don't break your brains trying to figure them out. ;)

Sorority terms:

Chapter meeting: A formal meeting for the sorority.

Executive or exec board: The leaders of the sorority. Usually the president, recruitment chair, new member educator, secretary, treasurer, and one or more others.

Recruitment or rush: Formal and informal recruitment are special times when the sorority actively seeks out new members. Formal recruitment is a long weekend where potential new members (PNMs) visit each different sorority house to see where their best fit may be. During informal recruitment, sororities hold small events to get to know girls and may ask them later on if they want to join the sorority.

PNM: potential new member

Bid: A formal invitation to join the sorority.

The house or the chapter: Another way of saying "the girls" or "the sorority."

Philanthropy and/or service: Technically, "philanthropy" is charitable giving and "service" is doing charitable work out in the community. I have seen them used interchangably.

Nationals/Headquarters/HQ: The national governing body of the sorority, probably headquartered wherever the sorority was founded.

Founders or founding sisters: The original members of the sorority, who created it and set goals and ideals.

Note: Zeta Kappa is not an actual sorority-I made it up for this story. :)

The executive board sat in an awkward silence as their new president, with a shout of apology, ran into the house ten minutes late and immediately into the bathroom.

"My hair is a hot...fuck!" They heard a clatter. "I'll be right there!"

It had been a month of upheaval for Zeta Kappa Sorority. Their former president and several members of the executive board, along with some other seniors, had just been kicked out of the house.

Allegations of "dirty rushing," or illegal recruitment tactics, had been following them since last year. The house average GPA was at an all-time low. Philanthropy work had taken a back seat to social events-huge, technically illegal ragers with some of the fraternities.

When some of the new Zeta Kappa girls were rushed to the hospital for alcohol poisoning at one of these parties, it was the last straw. Headquarters stepped in and demanded a change.

So, they got it. The president, the recruitment chair, the social chair, the new member educator and several other seniors were forced to step down. A representative from HQ came in to give the girls a very stern lesson on standards and the importance of Zeta Kappa's founding ideals.

And so, in mid-October, the sisters found themselves needing some new leadership.

And in an unprecedented move, the entire house voted in a sophomore to be their new president. Anna Johnson was bold, she was outspoken, she was strong-but she also loved her sisterhood with all her heart, was the person in the house with the most service hours, was the one who got even the most surly sister motivated and excited about ZK.

Technically, she was the house mother as well-Anna didn't have anywhere to go in the summer, so she worked out an agreement with Nationals to stay in the sorority house and take care of things while she worked her summer job.

And now, here she was, stumbling into the meeting room upstairs with one shoe on.

"Sorry, sorry," she said, collapsing into one of the overstuffed chairs. Her strawberry-blonde hair was in a messy bun on top of her head. "Some fucker was-oh shit," she said, covering up her badge. Swearing was not allowed if you had your badge on, but Anna usually just covered up her badge and went on swearing. "Sorry, founding sisters! Some fucker was printing, like, a whole book at the library so I couldn't get what I needed."

She took a deep breath and dug through her bag. "I'll get the one fixed here soon-shit, forgot to write that down-shit," she said, covering her badge again. "Sorry, founding sisters!"

The rest of the exec board gaped at her for a second as she pulled out her planner and a stack of papers.

"Okay," she said, scribbling something in the book and looking up with a smile. "Welcome to our new exec board. I hope you're all ready for some changes-remember that when Rebecca was here from HQ, she told us we should focus on one or two things while we work our way back into good standing with Ohio State and with National Headquarters."

She waved the papers in the air. "I sent out a survey asking the rest of the sisters what they think we should focus on, and here are the results." She handed the stack to Charlotte, her new recruitment chair, and waited patiently as the other members of exec board got a copy. "What are some themes you see?"

She looked with a note of pride at her assembled sisters: Charlotte, the recruitment chair; Jasmine, the new member educator; Kida, the programming chair; Maria, the treasurer; Sarah, the secretary; and Belle, the academics chair. Maria and Sarah were the only ones left from the old administration.

"Looks like a lot of the girls want us to focus on recruiting new members," said Jasmine, thumbing through the pages and tucking a lock of dark hair behind her ear. "How many bids can we give out this semester?"

"Well, considering we had 10 sisters deactivate over the past month or so, and since we had five spots open...we can give out 15 bids this semester," Charlotte replied brightly. "Hitting that would get us to 68 girls in the house before we go to formal recruitment."

"What's the quota going to be for that?" asked Anna.

"Depends on how many girls sign up. Last year, I think quota was 21. So, at the absolute maximum, we'll have 89 sisters next semester. That's the absolute max."

"Cool," said Anna brightly. "So, if we're going to focus on recruitment, we need to talk about what kind of girls we are looking for…Belle, what's the house GPA going to be, all things considered?"

"Right now, we're at a 2.89," came the reply.

"Anyone on academic probation?"

"A few."

"Hmm."

"Anna, you're not thinking of just recruiting smart girls, are you?" piped up Maria.

"Nah, but it's a thought," the president replied with a wink. "Who do you think we should recruit? What do you want the house to look like next semester? This is for all of you-not just Maria."

"I'd like to see the GPA go up," said Belle. "But we shouldn't just recruit people for brains."

"Or looks," Charlotte said, twirling her blonde hair around her finger. "I'm not going to go chasing people just because they're pretty. I don't think that's a very good reflection of our values."

"Good call," said Anna excitedly, leaning forward. "Values-that's a good thing to touch on. Girls who share our values." She smiled. "We haven't been really known for that lately, have we?"

She said it with a smile on her face, but it lingered in the air heavily.

"Now, when I joined this house, I joined it for sisterhood. I joined for the promise of becoming a better and more well-rounded woman, for serving the community and learning leadership skills. And I have done a lot of that-and a whole lot more. But I've also, honestly, seen actions that I don't think reflect well at all on our creed or what we strive to stand for.

"When we wear our badges, when we wear our letters on our chest, I want it to stand for more than what it has lately. I want people to see me and think, 'there goes the president of ZK! I can't believe how many of them I saw at Relay for Life!' I want them to say 'There goes Jasmine, have you seen how many wonderful, smart, passionate new sisters she is mentoring?' I want us to get back to the right reasons for being here. Like it says in the creed: "'I pledge my heart, my soul, my deepest self.'"

"'To our sisterhood and to these ideals,'" the others chimed in. "'To those I may meet only in passing, to those whose lives I strive to better, to those I cherish and admire. I promise always my best self, my unwavering love, my deepest understanding. I promise to stand with the downtrodden, to work for a better world. To myself, I promise to give freely, to learn without ceasing, to grow from within, that my time with my sisters and all I meet may stand as testament of the love of Zeta Kappa and the promises I have made.'"

Anna paused for a minute to let those words settle in. "We say that every week," she said softly, "and I think we should all start to live it every week."

There was a smile on every face in the room.

"This sisterhood is important to me," she said. "You all know that-this is the only family I really have."

The room grew still. Anna Johnson did not often play the Orphan Card, but when she did…

Well. It had quite the effect on people.

Later that evening, in front of the entire chapter, she repeated those same sentiments.

"This is the only family I really have. You girls know that I love you above all else. And I want this sisterhood to grow, I want to make it better. I want to share our values with other people. I want to share all of you with other people. And I hope you all are willing to take our sisterhood to the next level and welcome new people into our lives. Because this sisterhood is for life. And we are going to make it great."

There wasn't usually much applause at weekly chapter meetings, but the room was filled that night.