What is that god-forsaken noise? Anna asked herself, trying to drown it out with her pillow. After several minutes of squinting her eyes and trying to ignore it, she realized it wasn't going away. She sat up and rubbed her eyes, looking around with a yawn. Oh. Right. She got up and walked across her room, switching off her alarm clock.

She was finally going to go back to school. After a week getting used to life in Arendelle with her brother, she realized that she couldn't just stay at home forever. Luckily for her, there was a high school 20 minutes out from Kristoff's apartment, and one of the buses stopped not too far from them. The new school was just getting back in from Christmas Break, and was starting their second semester. Really, it was the perfect time for Anna to start.

Dragging her feet, not looking forward to her day, she got dressed, brushed her teeth, and got ready for her first day at this new school. After all, she had to make a good impression. She couldn't let the other kids know the kind of state she was in. That was perhaps one of the few things that hadn't changed about her over the past few weeks. No matter what happened to her, she always was able to put on a smile, and act normal around her friends. She was selfless, in that aspect. Her friend's needs ALWAYS came before hers, even when it tore her up on the inside.

"I hope I don't end up with a bunch of jerks in my class again," she said to herself in the kitchen mirror as she prepped herself. "It would be like Freshman year all over again." This was her third year in High School, and she would have gone to school, surrounded by people who knew her and loved her. If only I were back at home... she thought, mind drifting back to her old friends, school, and eventually parents. Tears began to well up in her eyes as she thought of her mom and dad, and squinted her eyes shut, turning her head away from the mirror and to the floor.

"Good morning, feisty pants." She jumped at her brother's tired voice, not expecting Kristoff to be awake. She wiped the droplets from her eyes, determined to look happy for him. As she looked up, she noticed he had just woken up. His shaggy blond hair was sticking up on the side, and his eyes looked dazed. He yawned, then cocked his head to the right, raising an eyebrow in question. "You alright?"

She sniffed, trying to clear her thoughts. "Yeah yeah, of course. Just... Nervous for my first day, you know?" She looked him in the eyes with her most convincing look, and a smile. The look on his face showed that clearly he didn't know, and he knew something was upsetting her. Seeing that she didn't want to talk about it though, he shrugged and let it go.

"Alright, whatever you say sis. You want me to drop you off so you don't have to ride the bus? I have an early class on Mondays." he said, smiling.

"Sure! Maybe you could take me on Mondays, and that could just be a thing. I mean, I hate riding buses, you know. Not that I've ever taken this bus before, but I can't imagine it's much different from the others. Or maybe it is... Maybe I should just take it instead? I mean it's probably out of your way, and you're probably really busy, and-" she stopped talking as Kristoff playfully punched her arm, chuckling to himself. Heat flowed to her cheeks as she realized she'd been rambling again, and she smiled apologetically.

"Of course I can take you. I wouldn't have offered if I couldn't have done it. Now finish getting ready, we're leaving in 30 minutes!" She nodded in confirmation as he walked out of the kitchen and into the bathroom. She was mostly ready to go, all there was left to do was eat breakfast. She grabbed her favorite green bowl, poured herself some Cocoa Puffs (her favorite cereal), and sat down, looking over the schedule she had received in the mail for her new school. Physics, Art, lunch, Calculus, History, English, and early release... She sighed at the paper, at least as much as she could through her nose, her mouth being full of cereal. As anxious as she was for the day, she couldn't help but miss her old teachers, and her friends.

When she was done with her breakfast, she washed out her bowl in the sink and plopped down on the couch, waiting for her brother to tell her to go. She was wearing her favorite light green jacket, and skin-tight jeans. She let her auburn hair fall into her face, and she blew it out of her eyes, only to let it fall back down. This was how she spent her next few minutes, until Kristoff came around the corner with his bag around his shoulder, asking her if she was ready.

"Thanks for the ride, I'll see you tonight!" She shouted into the car, waving as she closed the door behind her. She turned around, looking up at her new school. Arendelle North, she read on the wall. Where her confidence had been not just 10 seconds ago, remained doubt. Her feet were frozen to the ground, as she stared at the building in front of her. She had another 20 minutes before school started, but already there were people pouring in through the doors, and she could see many more standing inside, talking to each other. She took a deep breath, steeling herself, and walked towards the doors.

Walking into the building was like stepping into a new world. To the left was the front office and the nurse's office, there was a hallway to her right, and in front of her was the cafeteria. The roof stretched far up, and the room was huge. Needless to say, she didn't recognize a single person. I guess this is where everyone hangs out before school, she thought. Tomorrow I should find a table to sit at. For now, I guess I should try and get a head-start on finding my first class. This building is huge, I'll be late if I wait too long. She realized she had stopped moving, and looked around, thankful nobody was watching. As paranoid as Anna felt, nobody seemed to really care she was there. She reached into her pocket and pulled out her schedule, checking her first class of the day. The room number corresponded with the hallways, so she made her way to the left, an even bigger hallway than the previous one she saw, assuming it was the right way.

Looking around to the doors on either side of the wide hallway, she realized they all were in the 200s. Figuring each floor must be a different hundred, she took the first staircase up. She was staring back at her schedule as she turned to the stairs, absentmindedly reaching for a handrail. In a display of her natural clumsiness, and a feat that Anna felt like only she could've accomplished, Anna walked head-on into someone, falling backwards off the second step, and knocking the other person flat on her back.

"Sorry- whoa!" Anna shouted as she fell backwards onto the floor, barely managing to catch herself with her hands on the floor. She looked up to see who she had run into, and opened her mouth to apologize. "I'm sorry, I didn't..." Her voice trailed off, and her mouth hung open slightly, noticing the girl before her. She was slightly taller than Anna, probably about 5'8", and had platinum blonde hair tied into one thick braid, coming around her left shoulder. Her skin was pale white, and she had the slightest of freckles on her now reddening cheeks. Her small pointed nose was adorable, and Anna couldn't help but notice how strikingly beautiful the girl was.

After what seemed like an eternity, but could only have been a couple of seconds, Anna realized she was staring, and looked down to see that she had scattered the girl's books on the stairs, and she was starting to pick them up. Blushing with embarrassment that she had messed up this beautiful girl's day, she bent down to help her with her stuff.

"I'm so sorry, I wasn't paying attention. I'm just looking for my class. I'll help you with those, I'm so sorry! Sorry!" Anna squeaked as she frantically picked up as much as she could. She looked up to the girl, holding out her arms in an attempt to hand back her books and papers. It was then that Anna noticed the other girl had tears welling up in her eyes. She took back her stuff, nodding gratefully, and stood up. "I'm so sorry... Are you hurt? What's wrong?" She said, feeling even worse than before about the girl. The blonde just nodded silently, a tear rolling down her cheek, and she quickly finished down the steps, clutching her books to her chest, and walked briskly away.

"Wait, what's your name, at least?" Anna managed to choke out to the beautiful girl that she had probably just made cry. The girl didn't acknowledge her, and kept walking, turning into another hallway out of sight. Way to go you klutz, you blew it. The first person you meet at this school, and you scare her away by knocking her over.

She frowned as she turned around and began to head back up the stairs. She was super attractive, too. She wondered why a girl such as that would be crying.

You didn't even get her name.

Author's intro: Hey guys, I'm Zaraelyna (as you can see), call me Zar. Or Zara. Or Z. Or whatever you want. This is, as you can probably see, my first fanfic, so bear with me. I intend for it to be several chapters, but I won't know for sure until I get going. This chapter came out a day after I published the Prologue, which is awesome, but I usually won't be able to do so much in a short time. I hope you guys like it!

~Zar