Anna slammed the door to her dorm shut, pressing her back against it. "Did you see the new girl?" She squeed. Regina didn't look up from the page she was writing on, and Merida rolled her eyes.
"A little early to start stalking the lass don't ya think?" Merida asked.
"I'm not stalking her!" Anna protested, glaring at the Scottish girl who was sitting cross legged on her bed in a baggy green sweater and jean kapris, polishing her bow. Regina snorted.
"The minute you saw her out the window you ran downstairs and followed her back up, all the while staying out of her sight. That's called stalking dear."
"Oh, look at Miss Pot lecturing Miss Kettle." Merida teased. Regina paused and turned in her chair to glare at the younger girl. In a grey silk blouse and black slacks, combined with a patented Death Glare, she'd intimidated many lesser young women to the point of tears. Merida was not lesser by any definition of the word however.
"And what is that supposed to mean dear?" She asked, scarily polite.
"You've been stalking the princess from the Whitelands since you both got here two weeks ago." Merida said flatly.
"I have not."
"Yes you have." Anna said, sitting down on her bed. "What else would you call making sure that you always go jogging where she's exercising in a wife beater and skinny jeans?" Regina blushed slightly, which was the equivalent of a normal person turning tomato red.
"It is not my fault that she also exercises in the morning while it's cool." She said, her voice icy.
"Whatever you say Regina." Merida said, smirking. Anna had already moved on to more important things. Or at least, what her brain deemed to be more important things.
"Do you think she likes chocolate? What am I saying, of course she likes chocolate. Who doesn't like chocolate?" Anna rambled, lying down on the ground and reaching under her bed.
"You know dear, most people at least mutter when they're having a conversation with themselves." Regina said dryly. Anna ignored her and pulled out a middling sized suitcase, plopping it up on her bed. She opened it and began pulling out boxes of chocolate. Her roommates blinked.
"You have a suitcase with nothing but boxes of chocolate in it?" Merida asked in disbelief.
"Of course." Anna said with a shrug. When they continued to stare at her she sighed. "Oh come on, like that's any weirder than Regina's baskets of apples."
"Well seeing as I buy the basket, and then hold off on buying another one until I eat all of the ones I have, I'd say yes, it is weird." Regina said, turning back to her work. Anna stuck her tongue out at Regina's back. "Very mature dear."
"What the...how did you know?"
"We've been here for two weeks. I know you, at least partly." Regina said, not turning around.
Five minutes later
Elsa walked out of her dorm room, following Kayley and Meg. Before she got very far though, something smashed into her, knocking her to the ground. Elsa let out a startled yelp and left a stream of frost along the wall as she tried and failed to stay up. After a moments' confusion she realized what'd knocked her down-a short girl with red hair tied in two pigtails. And, oddly enough, what felt like a round cardboard box. "Oh, hi! You're the new girl, right?" The redhead asked, far too cheerfully for someone who'd just crashed into someone else. "What am I saying, of course you are. I'm Anna. I heard you were arriving today and I wanted to give you a welcoming present so I was thinking and I got you a box of chocolate, because who doesn't like chocolate? Wait, you do like chocolate, right?" Elsa blinked. "And now we're on top of each other." Anna said slowly. Elsa blinked again. Had the redhead really only just realized that? "This is awkward. I...I don't mean that you're awkward!" She added quickly. "I just meant I'm awkward. You're gorgeous. Wait, what?" Elsa blushed furiously.
"Ach, get a room Anna." A Scottish voice said. Elsa looked away to see another girl, this one with much redder and much wilder hair, standing over them. Anna started to blush so much Elsa was amazed her face didn't burst into flames.
"Shut up Merida!" Anna protested.
"Well maybe if you'd get off the poor girl, Merida wouldn't have said that." Another girl said. Elsa looked at the girl, then looked away as quickly and casually as she could, trying to ignore the rising heat in her face and stomach.
'Well that clinches it." She thought. 'I'm gay. Very, very gay.'
"You can shut up too Regina." Anna muttered, slowly getting off of Elsa, who blushed further as she immediately missed the feeling of Anna against her. "Are you okay?" Anna asked her, concerned.
"Yes, I'm fine." Elsa said, allowing Anna to help her up. "Thank you." She said, nodding her head at the younger girl. Now that she wasn't on top of her, Elsa could see that Anna was wearing a mint green t-shirt with three broad charcoal grey horizontal stripes across it, and skinny black corduroy pants. It suited her, making her red hair and pale, freckled skin stand out more. In contrast Elsa wore a pale, icy blue blouse, though unlike Regina she wore jeans, not slacks. Elsa preferred colors that complemented her fair skin and blonde hair rather than contrast them. Merida cleared her throat, making Elsa and Anna jump.
"Let's get going." The Scottish girl said, jerking a finger over her shoulder to the floor's common room. Anna nodded and held out a somewhat worse for wear looking box of chocolates.
"Here you go!" Elsa took the box with a smile. She wasn't about to turn down a free box of chocolate, even if it was a little rumpled.
"Thank you. If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go put this in my room." Elsa said with a nod.
"Sure! See you in a minute." Anna said, walking towards the common room with Merida as Elsa turned back to her bedroom. When the blonde came out she was surprised to see Regina waiting for her.
"So, you can do magic then." The brunette said, eying the strip of frost on the wall. Elsa immediately went on guard. The other girl didn't seem overtly threatening, but she did seem cold at the same time. Frankly, she reminded Elsa of a panther that had recently eaten-beautiful yet dangerous, but fortunately didn't feel like killing you at the moment. And in another fortunate turn of events, Elsa found that without one very beautiful girl on top of her she could look at Regina with blushing. Regina noticed Elsa's suddenly wary stance and smiled, though it wasn't a very reassuring smile. "Relax." The other girl held out her hand, palm facing the ceiling, and conjured a fireball. Elsa's eyes widened. She knew from an academic stand point that there were others with magic in the world, but this was her first time meeting someone (besides rock trolls) with it. Regina's smile grew a little warmer. "Judging from that, I'd say ice is your only power however." She said, nodding at the strip of frost.
"Yes it is. But how did you know that?" Regina shrugged, but somehow made the act of shrugging seem elegant and regal, an art which Elsa herself had perfected as well.
"When Anna accidentally assaulted you, you trailed frost along the wall as you tried to stay upright. Ice can only make things slicker however, so it seems a poor choice for staying upright. Ergo, your only, or at least main, talent is ice. Simple really." Elsa blinked.
"Yes, simple." She said, though it seemed anything but. "Is fire your only talent?"
"No, but it is the simplest thing to use." Regina said, extinguishing the fireball. She waved with her now flame free hand, indicating the way Anna and Merida had gone. "Now then, perhaps we should get going. The others will be wondering where we are, and I'd rather not have Anna accuse me of trying to seduce you." And with that she turned and left, Elsa trying to stay close behind so she wouldn't be tempted to stop and watch the other girl.
Author's Notes
So, first things first. Yes, I know I said I'd be introducing 9 characters in this chapter, and I fully intended to, but the scenes with Anna, Regina and Merida got away from me and the scene with all twelve of the main characters is going to be a long one. Plus, I have to write this using the notes app that comes standard with every iPhone and I only have so much patience.
And second, yes I made Elsa extremely attracted to Regina, but come on! It's Lana Parrilla! Everyone wants Lana Parrilla! I know straight girls who've said they'd go gay for her and gay guys who've said they'd go straight for her. Elsanna is still endgame, don't worry.
Now then, geography and a little history:
Regina is from Misthaven, which is located where Germany would be in the real world. In this world her mother Cora became Queen when those ahead of her husband in the line of succession died under various mysterious circumstances. As the king before her husband's motto was love is weakness he didn't prosecute her, and eventually she and Henry took the throne, though she's the real power behind the throne.
Merida is from Scotland, which is exactly where it is in the real world. Her father and King Arthur arranged a peace treaty early on in Arthur's reign, and so the two countries are neighbors and allies, though Scotland is essentially the Canada to Camelot's America.
Anna is the princess of Corona, which is essentially Portugal and half of Spain, with a trade empire to match. She's Rapunzel's younger sister, with Rapunzel still missing. (This'll become a plot point later)
In the summary I stated that Crown Royal is in the city of Paris, which is in Switzerland. This is not a typo. Paris is now in Switzerland for a few reasons. First of all, I really like Paris, but the only country that the rulers of all these nations would trust with their heirs and nobility would be the one neutral country-Switzerland. Second of all, the Whitelands, which I mentioned earlier in this chapter, is where France would be because of topography, as well as flora and fauna. I'll explain that and the third reason later in the notes for chapter 3.
And finally, because I forgot to mention this in the last chapter, the girls' ages. Elsa is 18, as are Meg and Regina. Kayley is 17, and both Anna and Merida are 16