The door slammed.
Elsa strode into her room, surveying it with a scowl. The only thing that was there was snickering and a few small shadows moving about. With an agitated huff, Elsa ran her hand through her hair and Let her expression drop to one that was at least slightly softer.
"You've done this for years" She harshly whispered to herself "You know they're feeding off of you. Just calm down. Not feeling is what you do best"
Snickers resonated around the room as she spoke to herself. Her little 'friends' apparently found her attempt at keeping them from being satisfied amusing. She knew all too well how hilariously futile her attempts were, especially when she spoke to herself as if it meant anything. Still, it was keeping her sane, or more sane than she could be anyway.
Her hand slid across the cold stone as she made her way over to her bed. Lightly she sat on the edge and stared at the wall, inspecting every little crack. Not that she didn't already know where every single little crack and crevice was at this point.
A sigh escaped her lips, her head hung.
"Just leave her alone" It was nothing more than a whisper, sounding more like the wind whistling and making sounds that seem like words. A soft, sad sound. A sound that betrayed who she was, who she had fought to be for so long.
All of a sudden Anna shows up, and her character breaks down.
That would have to change.
Anna had been led down a long stone hallway. At the end of it there was a large foyer with another hallway in front and a grand spiral staircase on the right. Up the stairs she was led, two levels. On the second there were three hallways. One to the front, left and right.
"This is the female dormatory floor" Roland stated "This way"
He had led her through the hallway to their front. The dorm floor was painted more nicely than the rest of the building, which was complete stone. It was a yellowish beige, so not all that attractive, but still nicer than constantly seeing grey. The doors were dark, but shiny brown wood, each one with a shiny bronze plaque displaying the room number in solid black writing.
At the end of the hall they turned left down another hallway, which connected the middle with the two sides, where hallways also ran down to connect to the front.
In the middle of the hall on the left, Roland opened a door numbered '234' and handed Anna the shiny brass key. Anna looked at the number and snickered lightly, she had always found it funny when numbers went in succession. She took the key and smiled up at Roland.
"This will be your room. Make yourself at home, and you will be called for lunch" With that he had left and Anna entered her room.
Now she sat on her bed on the left in the furthermost corner of the room against the wall, crosslegged and facing her open suitcase, emptying it's contents. The bed was an adult single but had more than enough room. Besides, the smaller bed made the room look bigger, and it wasn't all that uncomfortable.
She would have to ask if she was allowed to change the sheets and comforter though to something more her style. Grey wool just wasn't her thing. She was pretty sure it wasn't any sane teenager's thing.
Now that her clothes were sorted, Anna took to storing them in the dresser along the wall on the other side of the room from her bed. There was a large mirror above the dresser that gave the room a nice touch. She had to admit, it wasn't so bad a place, the wall was a dark brown, not beige like the hallway. But all in all it wasn't bad.
She just felt so out of place...
It wasn't home.
She sniffed slightly, pausing in what she was doing.
But hey, at least her sister was here right? She would finally be able to interact with her... If Elsa wanted anything to do with her that was.
"What did I do wrong?" She whispered to herself, then shook her head "I'm sure it's nothing. I'll just try when she's in a better mood!"
Though she held a smile on her face, the tone in her voice wasn't completely convincing and she knew it.
"What was that anyway?" She mumbled to herself, thinking back on the flash and feeling of shock she had felt when she came into contact with Elsa... Not to mention that high pitched cackle...
A knock on the door brought her out of her musings.
"Come in!" She called.
A girl with jet black hair and tan skin poked her head in the doorway with a smirk on her face.
"Hey" She said in a coy tone "So you're the newbie huh?" She came all the way in and closed the door behind her.
"I'm Melonie" She introduced, holding a hand out for Anna to shake "My room is just across from yours, I was told to come get ya' for lunch. Follow me to the cafe" Melonie turned on her heel and waved for Anna to follow.
Anna followed behind quietly until the reached the stairs.
"I'm Anna" She said softly as they descended. Melonie turned dark blue eyes to face her with that same smirk as before.
"Common name. But still nice"
Anna nodded. She was thinking, wondering why it wasn't Elsa who came and got her. Maybe she could visit the older girl's room and talk things out, then they could go to meals together every day.
"Hey Melonie?" Anna asked.
"Hmm?"
"Which one is Elsa's room?"
"Who?" The black haired girl looked confused before a dark realization dawned on her face "Ohh. You mean the demon. Yeah, it doesn't live in the dormitory, don't worry"
Anna looked shocked and taken aback. Her jaw dropped and she watched as Melonie nonchalantly strode through the foyer and down the hall to their right as if nothing were out of the ordinary. Anna stumbled to keep up and gave her an offended look.
"What do you mean 'the demon?' And why doesn't she live in the dorm?"
Melonie cocked a brow at her "Why do you think? It's a demon, and I meant just that"
Anna was now fuming, but she let it show very little on her face.
"'She' You mean 'She' is human and deserves to be referenced as such"
Melonie scoffed "Hardly... Spend a little time here. You'll see"
And that was when Anna officially decided she didn't like this girl.
The cafeteria was just slightly further down the hallway. Once they entered the large double doors into the huge white room with many long wooden tables, the two girls went their separate ways without a word. Anna found her way to the lunch line at the back of the room, grabbing a tray and choosing her food as she continued down the line.
She sat at the closest table with a huff, almost spilling her pudding over the edge of it's bowl. A quick scan of the room had told her that Elsa wasn't there. Though, there WERE a lot more people than she would have assumed. Most of them were nuns and other such figures of the church, but at least half of the room was filled with people her age and younger.
She continued eating silently, albeit a little grumpily as well, when a soft but low voice sounded from behind her.
"May I sit here?"
Anna turned around and looked up at a large blonde boy, wearing brown sweat pants and a red T- shirt. He had a goofy looking grin on his face, which in most cases Anna would have thought to be taunting, but he didn't seem like he was out to hurt her. She lowered her fork and nodded at him, gesturing to the empty seat beside her.
"Thanks" He said, a little less softly and a little more happily.
"So, you new?" He asked rather bluntly.
Anna gave him a slightly peeved expression, which was more due to her still settling anger towards the girl she had just met.
"Yeah" She answered plainly.
The boy shook his head, wearing a knowing small smile "I saw you come in with Melonie. Not exactly the greatest first impression" He chuckled and stuck out his large hand "I'm Kristoff, and you are?"
Anna's expression softened as he spoke, something about him just seemed really friendly... Plus he had acknowledged that the girl from before wasn't the best of people to be around, therefor stating that not everyone here was like that. So she could accept him.
"Anna" She shook his hand lightly and they went back to eating their food.
"So..." Kristoff began, trailing off to find his words "If you don't mind my asking, what was it that Melonie did to make you all grumpy?"
Anna huffed and took a violent bite of mashed potato from her fork.
"I tried to politely ask her about where my sister is staying and she got all rude, like, the demon doesn't stay in the dormitory" She exclaimed, throwing her hands up and using a mock voice for what Melonie had said.
Kristoff raised an eye brow "The demon?"
"Yeah! Can you believe that? Rude!"
"Your sister is the demon?"
"Yes, pay attention"
"You may not want to tell that to anybody else"
"Why not?"
Kristoff sighed and ran a hand down his face "The demon is what they call her here. People don't view her kindly. I didn't even know she had a sister"
"Why don't people view her kindly?"
"This isn't a conversation to held at lunch when everyone else is around" Kristoff said in a harsh whisper before straightening up and smiling "How about you come with me after lunch? I have some work to do and we can talk in private"
Anna was slightly skeptical, but she shrugged and agreed to Kristoff's offer.
A/N: Okay, first time I've actually spoken to you guys outside of replying to reviews.
Just wanted to say thank you for the wonderful reviews, anonymous ones included, and that the next chapter we'll find out a bit more about my Kristoff, see you then :)
