An airport. We're at an airport. Why?

Anna wondered to herself as she trailed behind her parents down the halls of the aforementioned place. Her eyes traced everything that caught her attention, leading to a lot of stumbling and muttering apologies to those she happened to bump into. However, as her parents stopped to check the details of the flight with the staff, she was lost to her thoughts.

I mean, not that I mind being here – it's actually pretty amazing! But why are we at the airport when everyone knows – or, well, doesn't know where the school is actually located. Anna glanced over at her father talking to the staff, who nodded and pointed over to the waiting area. He knows what he's doing….I hope.

Anna sat down on one of the chairs, waiting for her parents to reach her. Once they did, they sat on each of her sides facing her. The redhead narrowed her eyes at them curiously.

This just got awkward.

"Anna," James began, placing a hand on her shoulder. "This is where we part ways, sweetie." Anna flinched slightly at his words, hanging her head. "I'm sorry, kiddo, but adults aren't allowed beyond this point. Only those who are gonna attend the academy can get on."

"But-"

"You'll be fine, Anna." Amelia interrupted with a gentle smile aimed at her daughter. Anna stared at the two of them a moment longer before taking a deep breath and nodding. Amelia huffed playfully and hugged her daughter around her neck, making the redhead laugh slightly. "I'm serious, honey. You're a strong, smart, beautiful – though sometimes kind of clumsy – young woman. I'm sure you can do great things there."

Anna grinned slightly at her mother's words before leaning into the embrace, mumbling her gratitude into Amelia's brown hair. James smiled fondly at his family and started rubbing his daughter's back reassuringly, which prompted her to reach back and tug him into the embrace.

A moment of silence passed between the three, in which Anna only held on tighter at the thought of leaving this warm, sunny place for an unknown, seemingly scary one. She thought of how she was gonna miss her friends, her parents, the memories the five of them shared together the past two years, the laughter, the tears–

"Who knows, maybe you'll find a girlfriend there."

"Dad!" Anna gasped, pulling away from them and glaring at her chuckling father. I definitely won't miss the teasing. Anna pouted and slumped back in the chair, crossing her arms over her chest. Her mother smiled and started caressing her hair to sooth her.

The intercom came on, announcing that they will start boarding now. Anna's pout disappeared as she watched those surrounding her start to get up and head to the boarding station or saying their goodbyes to their relatives.

Reality finally crashed in and she lunged for her now standing parents, hugging them by their shoulders tight. Her eyes started burning and watering. "I'm gonna miss you guys so much." She croaked out, sniffling. Amelia and James only held their only daughter tighter.

"We're gonna miss you, too, kiddo." James ruffled the back of her head playfully, and Anna then realized just how much she was gonna miss that gesture.

"We love you, sweetie. Don't you forget that," Amelia pulled back slightly, tears gathering in her eyes when she noticed the tears running down the redhead's cheek. She reached up and wiped them away, smiling gently. This only made Anna whimper and pulled her into another hug.

A sniffle to her right alerted Anna of her father's state and she turned to him. "Dad, are you crying?"

"What? No, I'm just…sweating through my eyes. Yeah– oof!" He huffed when Anna practically tackled him, arms tight around his waist. James smiled gently and hugged her back with equal intensity. "There, there, ginger. We'll be waiting for our mini champ to come back, so do your best over there."

A sniffle. "With triple chocolate cake?"

James and Amelia laughed. "With triple chocolate cake." James confirmed amusedly before glancing at the plane and letting go of his daughter. "Now go on. They're waiting on you." He handed her bag to her and pushed her gently to board the plane.

Anna looked over her shoulder at them. At the sight of their encouraging smiles, she grinned and waved. She turned back to the plane and took a deep breath before entering.

–Elemental Drifts–

"Good afternoon, this is your captain speaking. Thank you for boarding Olympus Airlines, where we'll guarantee a safe trip to your future. Please buckle in and wait patiently. Officers will now be passing down the aisles to take your name and House. As soon as this procedure is done, we'll take off towards our destination. Thank you for riding with us, and have a pleasant flight."

Anna took a deep breath as soon as the captain finished speaking. She glanced at down the aisle, trying to get a glimpse at the approaching officers and trying to get her mind off her nerves.

"First time flying?" A gruff voice came from beside her, and she turned to face a young boy with blonde hair and dark brown eyes.

Anna wrung her fingers and grinned sheepishly up at him. "That obvious?"

He chuckled lightly. "Not much, no worries." He stuck his hand out for a handshake. "I'm Kristoff. Kristoff Bjorgman, House Terra."

"Anna Andrews, and I have no idea what you just said."

Kristoff frowned. "None of your folks are Drifters?"

"My dad is but he was more concerned with getting everything ready than explaining anything to me." Anna shrugged. "I just turned sixteen two days ago so-"

"Name and House, please." An officer with a clipboard interrupted, only giving the pair a glance before turning to the paper.

"Kristoff Bjorgman, House Terra." The officer nodded then looked to the redhead.

"Uh, Anna Andrews. I don't know what House I'm in." Anna bit her lip nervously while blushing slightly. The officer blinked and looked at his paper before turning to her again.

"Show me your Mark." Anna did as told and the officer nodded, checking something off on the paper. "Ignis. You're House Ignis, Andrews." With that, the officer left to finish.

A brief silence followed his departure before Kristoff turned to her. "So, you don't know anything?" He smiled slightly when Anna shook her head. "Want a crash course?" Anna nodded furiously, making him chuckle.

"Alright, so there are eight types of Drifters: Fire, Water, Air, Earth, Wisdom, Light, Darkness and Unparalleled. Each Drifter is divided into a House, depending on their Element. Fire Drifters get placed in Ignis, Water in Aqua, Air in Ventus, Earth in Terra, Wisdom in Animi, Light in Lucerna, Darkness in Luna and Unparalleled in Eximius. Each House has a color, animal and a symbol that represents them, which will be stitched on our uniforms, apparently."

Kristoff stopped for a moment, giving Anna time to absorb everything in. She looked thoughtful, and had appeared to be hanging onto every word he said. "Okay, so, wait. What's an Unparalleled Drifter? The others are kind of obvious but I can't wrap my head around that one."

"An Unparalleled Drifter is just as the name states. They're Drifters with unique powers, like invisibility or supernatural strength, for example. Thing is, their power is unique to them, no one else has or will have it. The House itself actually contains a small amount of members. Forty, maybe sixty at most in each school, compared to the hundreds in each of the other Houses."

Anna hummed in understanding, and tensed up when the plane began to move. To take her mind off her nerves and the upcoming departure, she turned to the blonde. "My father said that I had been chosen by Hephaestus to serve him. What does that mean?"

"Each House is represented by a Greek God or Goddess. Ignis is represented by Hephaestus, Aqua by Poseidon, Ventus by Aeolos, Terra by Gaea, Animi by Athena, Lucerna by Hemera, Luna by Nyx and Eximius by Zeus."

"Are there any feuds between Houses or are they all friendly?"

Kristoff reached up to scratch the back of his head just as they took off, "Not that I know of. I know the Houses Lucerna and Luna aren't enemies, despite how they're total opposites. In the Darkness Drifters' case, being Marked by Nyx doesn't necessarily mean you're evil. It just means you're more in tune with your Gift at night and can control shadows. Being good or evil really just depends on the Drifters themselves."

"And these uniforms you talk about. Are they….unpleasant?" Anna scrunched up her nose at the thought.

Kristoff laughed heartily and patted her shoulder. "You'll see when we get there."

Anna grinned slightly at his words.

–Elemental Drifts–

"Yo, Snowbug, 'been looking for you all day." A brunette walked up the corridor leading to the highest tower of their House. She leaned against the doorframe leading to the balcony, watching the silent blonde curiously. She followed the blonde's gaze and frowned at the sky. "Worried little sis is in the new bunch?"

The blonde mirrored her frown and sighed before she turned to the ground. "This isn't exactly the lifestyle I'd choose for her, Meg." She answered as Meg walked over to her. "Sure, the government has made their changes and accepted us but people aren't so…open to freaks like us." She spat the words as if they were poison.

Meg rolled her eyes lazily and leaned against the railing backwards. "Please, Elsa, they're just scared. As they should be. We could crush 'em like bugs."

Elsa glanced over at her friend, narrowing her eyes at her attire consisting of a black leather mini skirt, a tight tank top and House Eximius' black uniform vest open along with shin length black boots. She snorted and returned her gaze to the sky. "More like seduce them, in your case."

Meg only smirked at this. The blonde shook her head in slight amusement and turned to go back inside. "Come on, we gotta get ready to receive the First Years."

–Elemental Drifts–

"Whoa," Anna gaped at the view before her. She was now in the auditorium of the academy, a space big enough to hold twenty thousand people comfortably, according to Kristoff. Most of the student body of the school was present, and not even half of the place was occupied.

"I wonder why they need so much space," Anna muttered as she sat down next to her new blonde friend.

A new voice answered her. "They hold tournaments against other Schools every two years. They have as many students as NAEG, so the place was built to house twice the number we have. Can I sit here? Thanks." A blonde girl with her hair up in a bun and dark blue eyes grinned at her as she sat down. She stuck her hand out, shaking Anna and Kristoff's hands quickly. "Hi, I'm Tinkerbell from House Animi but you can call me Tink."

"Anna, House Ignis,"

"Kristoff, House Terra."

"Nice to meet you." Tinkerbell grinned at them again before turning towards the stage, where eight teenagers and an adult were standing.

The adult tapped the microphone in front of him twice before leaning in to start talking. "Now! Welcome, First Years, to Northern Academy for the Elementary Gifted! I'm your principal Walt Disney, and I'm honored to have every single one of you here with me. We're glad you've chosen NAEG as your academy for the next four years of your teenage and young adult lives. We'll make sure not to disappoint you. Now, I know all of you must be tired and famished, so I'll cut the introductory here and you'll receive every other detail from your House Masters soon or Professors first thing Monday. I will leave all of you with your House Masters and I bid you all a good evening."

Kristoff nudged Anna in the side and pointed at the eight students standing on the stage just as Disney leaves. "Those are the official uniforms. You can modify them however you want, though, except for official school events." Anna nodded.

A boy wearing a vest over a white long-sleeve shirt, a tie, black dress pants and black dress shoes walked up to the microphone. The vest he was wearing was white. A book with an owl on the cover was stitched over the left breast in gold coloring. The tie was white, striped with gold, with the same design as the vest on the end. "House Animi First Years, please follow me."

"That's my cue. See you guys around." Tinkerbell waved at them and left with her fellow House members.

A few moments passed before another teenage boy walked up to the microphone. He was wearing the same as the first boy except that his vest and tie, striped with silver, were a cerulean blue. The design over the left breast was of a dolphin inside a water drop in silver coloring. "House Aqua First Years with me."

Anna turned to Kristoff. "What're House Masters?"

"They're the leaders of the Houses."

"So, they're the strongest of the entire House?"

"Not necessarily. They could be but see it from this point of view. Let's say that I'm the strongest in House Terra but I'm neither cut out to be a leader of about three hundred other teenagers nor do I want to be in charge. It's kind of like choosing a class rep. They should be strong, yes, but also smart and have the will to guide other Drifters. They're usually Fourth Years, though, so don't expect a First or Second Year to be a House Master."

"Whoa. Say, you know a lot of this. Are your parents Drifters?"

Kristoff shook his head. "Just my Ma and Grandpabbie. They taught me all they could in the two months I've been Marked." Anna nodded in understanding then turned forward when the next House Master walked up.

This one was a girl. She wore a white long-sleeved shirt under a vest with a tie and a black mid-thigh length skirt. Her vest and tie, striped with silver, were black. The design was of a dragon intertwined with an infinity symbol in silver coloring. "First Years of House Eximius."

Anna watched as about ten people stood up and followed the Master out of the auditorium. "Wow, there really aren't that many." Kristoff nodded his agreement.

Another boy walked up. Wearing the same as the others, except that his vest and tie, striped with gold, were red. The design of a phoenix with its beak open and a flame over it as if it was breathing fire was stitched in gold lining over his chest and tie. "House Ignis First Years rule!" He pumped a fist in the air, earning a few cheers and claps. His chuckle carried on around the room as he started leaving the stage.

"This is where we part. Thanks for everything, Kris." Anna turned to Kristoff as she stood up, flashing him a smile.

"Sure. I'll look for you at dinner…?"

"Okay!" She grinned before following the rest of her House members. Kristoff leaned back in his chair comfortably, noticing how the auditorium was now even emptier.

A boy with a yellow vest and tie, striped with gold, walked up. The design was of a scorpion inside a sun in gold lining. "House Lucerna First Years, up this way."

Moments later, a girl walked up wearing the same as the previous one. Her vest and tie, striped with silver, were a dark purple. The House's design was of a bat embracing a crescent moon with its wings in silver. "House Luna First Years."

The last boy lined up walked up to the microphone as soon as the House Luna members left. His vest and tie, striped with silver, were a dark green. The design on his chest and tie were of a tiger inside a maple leaf in silver. "House Terra!" He bellowed, throwing his arms into the air. Again, this was received with cheers and applause. Kristoff shook his head and snickered.

Just as he was about to exit the auditorium, he glanced back to the stage. The last girl walked up to the microphone. She was dressed the same as the other girls except she had woman dress pants instead of a skirt. Her vest and tie, striped with gold, were a dark gray. The design consisted of falcon with its wings positioned as if to flap them at the tornado next to it in golden lining. "Let's go, House Ventus."

–Elemental Drifts–

"D112…D112…D112– Ha! Found it!" Anna yelled in triumph. She swiped the keycard through the slot and once the light by the knob turned green, she opened the door and stepped in. The first thing she noticed was the cold state of the room, indicated by the goosebumps appearing on her arms. The second was that she wasn't alone.

A brunette with her hair tied back was unpacking everything and organizing it into a drawer on her side of the room. When she heard the door open, she turned to welcome her new roommate. "Hello," she greeted, a British accent present. "My name is Wendy, Wendy Darling. And you are…?"

Anna blinked twice before quickly replying. "I'm Anna Andrews. So, you're my new roommate, huh? And this place…It's amazing!" Anna grinned as she looked around the room. She walked over to her bed and placed her luggage by the end, sitting down on the mattress.

Wendy giggled and went back to her work. "It'll be more amazing when we decorate it with our own trinkets."

The redhead grinned even more, if possible, and nodded before she decided to make good use of the time and unpack.

–Elemental Drifts–

Two hours later found Anna searching for Kristoff in the first floor of the cafeteria, only to jump slightly when she felt her phone vibrating in her back pocket. Fishing the device out of her jeans, she answered it quickly when she saw it was the blonde she was searching for. "Hey, Kris, where are you?"

"Second floor. Come up so we can enjoy the Olympus junk food." He hung up after that sentence. Anna shook her head amusedly at her friend before turning on her heels to head up the stairs–

–only to crash into a soft body roughly. Staggering backwards, she rubbed her forehead, where it had collided with the person's nose. She bit back a hiss and looked up, instantly forgetting about the pain as soon as she laid eyes on the person.

Hephaestus Almighty, were the only thoughts that registered in Anna's shut down brain as she gazed at the blonde, blue-eyed beauty in front of her. She was wearing the formal school uniform without a vest; white long-sleeve, black and silver striped tie, black dress pants–Oh, my Zeus, those hips should be illegal– and black dress shoes.

Those legs, too. In fact, she should be arrested. For murder. 'Cause she's definitely got those killer looks – and damn, that was just too corny, even in my head – but hot damn, is she gorgeous! And those lips! Those soft, supple, moving – wait, moving? Shit! She's talking! Anna, pay attention!

"I'm so sorry! Are you hurt?" Anna leaned forward, trying to check if she had caused any injury. The blonde's nose twitched–Damn, could've broken it. Nice going, Anna–and she slowly shook her head, blue eyes narrowing down on the redhead.

"No, it's alright."

Even her voice is gorgeous! If that's even possible…

An awkward silence fell between the two, which prompted a blush from Anna. She squirmed under the blonde's gaze until she could no longer take it. "Um, right. I'm sorry, again, for almost tackling you like that. I was just distracted and I should really watch where I'm going next time 'cause we don't want a repeat of that, do we? So, anyway, I better go. I gotta go….Uh, bye!" With a hasty wave, Anna turned on her heel and darted towards the stairs.

She reached the second floor and instantly spotted Kristoff, who was already seated with two other people. Anna walked over to them and sat down next to the blonde boy, bumping shoulders with him in the process.

Kristoff turned and grinned at her. "Hey, you made it. Here, I didn't know what you liked so I got you a cheese pizza and some soda." He pushed the food towards her, which earned him a hug by the neck from the redhead.

"Anyway, this is my friend from middle school, Flynn and his girlfriend. They're both Second Years."

The brunette boy smirked, "Name's Flynn Rider, House Luna. How's it going?" He winked at her.

The girl by him pushed him playfully then turned to Anna. "I'm Rapunzel Soleil, House Lucerna."

"Anna Andrews, House Ignis."

Rapunzel grinned and squirmed in her seat. "Finally, a Fire Drifter. How're you liking NAEG so far, Anna?"

The redhead thought back to everything she's seen so far, to her room, the accident a few minutes ago and just about everything she's experienced since she was Marked.

A small, excited smile curled her lips as she answered the blonde, "I can't wait for this semester to start."

A/N: Second chapter up! A lot of information on this one, and a small glimpse at the things we're getting ready for. I'd like to ask for your thoughts on this. Which House do you think the rest of the characters will be in? What characters are making an appearance here? Disney, DreamWorks, Pixar and Once Upon a Time characters? Any ideas or questions you guys may have send them my wait. I'll be glad to answer all of them! As always, I don't own anything but the plot. Thank you for reading!

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