Rapunzel

"Bye mom!" I yelled as I raced away from the car. My mother had spent the last 15 minutes lecturing me on the dangers of high school. Nothing she said would ruin this experience for me!

My first day of real high school. My mom and I have always been traveling for her work so I had to be homeschooled. When her company decided to settle us down in one place, I begged her to let me go to normal school. She finally broke down and said yes.

I ran into the office, excited to get my schedule and start my first day. I wasn't paying attention and slammed right into someone.

"Oh gosh I'm so sorry!" I shouted, helping pick up the papers she dropped.

"Don't sweat it; I should have been paying attention to people around me. You're the new girl, Rapunzel, right? I'm Tiana, I'll be showing you around today."

She flashed me a huge smile and led me into the office. I hope everyone is as nice as her. She left in the lobby outside the principal's office so she could run some errands. Turns out she's the student council president.

"Hello, you must be Rapunzel. Come on it."

An old man with black and gray hair emerged from the principal's office, so I assumed this was Mr. Walt, principal of Disney High.

"Welcome to your first day of Disney High. I saw that you've already met Tiana, she will be your guide for the day. Here's your class schedule, a map, and a student handbook. Please read through that carefully. Here at Disney High School we encourage participation in a school club or sport. Here is a list of all the clubs and their advisors, plus the schedule for the upcoming spring sports. Do you have any questions?"

My head was spinning from all the information I had just been given. Clubs? Sports? This was awesome!

"I just can't wait to start classes!"

"Well go on then, 2nd period is just about to start. Tiana will show you the way."

I waved goodbye as I raced out of the office. My schedule showed I had Physical Science next.

"Let's see your schedule! Maybe we have a shared class."

Tiana took my schedule as she led me to my class. I was so excited, my first day of school and I already made a friend.

"Darn, no shared classes, but I do know some girls in this class. Let's see, I think Cinderella is in Physical Science. You can talk to her! She's so sweet. Oh, and Peter is there too! He's a little silly sometimes but he's one of the nicest boys I know. Oh you're going to have such a great time here! Well, here's your class. See you later!"

We waved goodbye before I bounced into class. I felt ready take on anything!

Esmeralda

I slowly slid into a seat, resting my head on the table. I hate Mondays.

"Hey girlie. Why so glum?"

I looked up to see Pocahontas sliding into the seat next to me. She looked happy and perky as always. That girl never dealt with a case of the Mondays, or a hangover.

"Late party…no caffeine…no sleep…really tired."

"Well take some of my food, may help you wake up."

I peeked over my arms to check out what she brought. A bowl of fruit and a salad.

"Stupid vegetarians," I mumbled, taking some fruit. I didn't have time to grab any lunch from home and the schools food makes me barf.

"You know, you really should stop going to those Sunday night parties. They're stupid and you may actually be able to function on Monday's like a normal human."

I stuck my tongue at her as I took a strawberry. I would party whenever I wanted.

"Hey," Quasi said as he sat down on my other side. He was usually too shy to sit with the group at lunch, but I guess today he's changing it up.

"Hey Quasi. Um, what's that?" I asked, pointing to his lunch tray.

"Um, meatloaf?" even he didn't look sure about that.

"Ugh, I think I'm gonna be sick."

"Take this."
I looked up to see Phoebus handing me a water bottle. I took it, giving him a grateful smile. He always knew just what to do to make me feel better.

"Thanks."

"No problem. Hey, has anyone seen Flynn today?"

I hate Flynn with a fiery passion. He's so damn cocky; he grates on my every nerve.

"I heard he got detention again, has to spend lunch in the library now."

"Damn, ok thanks Pocahontas. See you later Es."

I watched him walk away, wishing he would come and sit with us. He's probably heading to the gym.

"Um, earth to Es, hello?"

"Oh, sorry. What did you say?"

"I said, are you working tonight?"

"Yeah. Mr. Hatter said we were going to be short staffed tonight."

"Guess you're gonna miss the party tonight."
"Party?"

"Yeah, that sophomore girl Ariel is having a birthday bash tonight. Flynn was able to get us invites. Heard it was going to be pretty awesome."

"Damn it. I hate having a job."

Aladdin

"Man, that test was harsh. Why did we take Latin again?"

Mr. Thatch surprised us with a pop quiz and I wasn't the only one who looked beat. Ariel looked like her brain might explode and Jasmine looked like she needed a nap.

"That wasn't a test that was a bomb. I'm pretty sure my grade dropped after that."

"Don't sweat it, I bet you did just fine."

She gave me a sweet smile and I smiled back. I love that smile, especially when I was the cause of it.

"Well, while you guys hang around and look like dorks, I have gym to get to."

"Why are you so excited for gym class? Don't you have to climb that rope today?" Ariel usually hated gym, and was continually late.

"Didn't you hear? Eric just transferred into her class."

Everyone knew Ariel had a huge crush on Eric. Everyone except him that is. I knew Eric liked her too, but would kill me if I said anything.

"Later!" Ariel shouted, racing off to the gym.

"Good luck!"

"She's gonna fall off the rope and land right in Eric's arms I if I know her luck."

I shook my head, knowing she was right. Somehow Ariel always got her way.

"Let's go. Mr. Hades will bust a vein if we're late again."
I shoved my stuff in my locker, peeking glances at Jazz down the hall. She was so beautiful. If only I wasn't such a wimp. Eric tells me to just go for it and ask her out, but he's not really one to be giving advice.

"Hey, you coming?"

I snapped out of my head to see Jazz waving me over. Sometimes I loved school.