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Sitting down in an empty desk, Belle looked at the other students in her AP English class. As she watched a beautiful, tan girl with ink black hair lean against the boy beside her, Belle wondered if they were dating. From the way the boy was staring at the girl, Belle guessed that they were. Just as she was looking away, she heard their conversation change to shouting.

"Aladdin, I'm sorry, okay? It wasn't my fault!"

"Not your fault Jasmine! You were kissing Naveen!"

Ouch, Belle thought, they are definitely a couple. Just as the entire English class was staring at them, the teacher walked in. He had greasy black hair and a horrible slouch. Belle cringed when she got a look at his face. Running right over his eyebrow and across his forehead, was a jagged scar.

"That's enough." He snarled at Jasmine and Aladdin. "You can continue your petty argument after class. For now, you will listen to me."

As Mr. Scar explained what they would be working on for the day, Belle turned to get a pencil out of her bag beside her. However, as soon as she turned, she nearly jumped out of her skin. While she had been distracted by the couple's argument, someone had sat down next to her. He was a rugged looking boy, with shaggy brown hair and chocolate eyes. He gave her a heart-melting smile and whispered,

"Hi. I'm Flynn, Flynn Rider. Who're you?"

"I'm Belle, nice to meet you."

At that moment, the door flew open and slammed against the wall as a cute, short girl with incredibly long blonde hair ran into the classroom.

"So sorry I'm late Mr. Scar! Ms. Gothel needed to talk to me." The girl scanned the classroom as she said this, seemingly looking for someone. Her eyes locked onto Flynn and she ran towards him. As she sat down on the other side of Flynn, she noticed Belle.

"Hi! I'm Rapunzel! I'm Flynn's girlfriend! You're new aren't you? What's your name? Do you like it here so far?" she said all of this very quickly.

Belle's heart sunk a little when she heard Rapunzel say that she was going out with Flynn, but since she barely knew him anyway, she shook it off quickly responded,

"Yes, it's great, thanks. I'm Belle." She smiled. "It's very nice to meet you."

The rest of the class passed quickly, which Belle was disappointed about. She loved English class, and she was very nervous about going to the cafeteria. When the bell rang, she slowly stood up and left the classroom. The hallway was full of students rushing to and from classes, and no one was really watching where they were going. She was positive that some of her classmates would run into each other, but knowing this didn't prepare her for the jolt she received as her and her books tumbled to the floor.

"I'm sorry," she heard. "Can I help you up?" She looked up to meet the familiar blue eyes of Adam watching her apologetically. He took her hand and gently pulled her to her feet.

"You again," Belle smiled. "We certainly have a knack of running into each other."

"Yeah, but this time was my fault." He said with a laugh. "Where are you headed?"

"I was just going to meet Ariel in the cafeteria. What about you?" Although Belle was fairly certain that she knew where he would be going, she wanted to be sure.

"Oh, so you're the girl Ariel was telling me about! I'm headed there too; want me to walk you down? "

"That would be great; I don't really know where it is." Belle blushed.

Adam led Belle down a flight of stairs and across a very wide hallway. While they walked, he explained the people and things they were passing. 'Down there is the drama room', 'See that guy with the dark hair? That's Naveen.' However, as they approached a large set of double doors, Belle felt the smile slowly slipping from her face. Adam pushed the doors open and strolled inside. Belle followed quickly, not wanting to be crushed by the flow of people around her. She barely noticed that Adam was leading her to a table, she was far too distracted. Her old school had approximately 500 students, in total. This place had at least triple, if not far more.

"Finally Belle! What took you so long? Did you get lost or something?" Ariel joked.

"Adam was just showing me around a bit." Belle responded. She turned to him for a response, but he was nowhere in sight. Seeing her friend's bewilderment, Ariel giggled.

"Don't worry about him, Adam disappears all the time."

"Where did he go?" Belle lowered herself into the hard plastic chair and glanced around.

"He's probably just off with Vanessa or something. He'll be back."

Belle stiffened. "Vanessa?"

"Yeah," Ariel shrugged as she shoved a cookie in her mouth. "They've been dating since, like forever, even though she's totally wrong for him."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, for one she's a little-"

"Helloooooo," a voice crooned from behind Belle.

"Psychotic." finished Ariel quietly. Belle looked up to meet the eyes of a remarkably beautiful girl. Vanessa flicked her dark, wavy hair over her shoulder and sat down. Adam quickly sat beside her. If looks could kill, Ariel would've been fried by the look Vanessa shot her. Instead of responding, she turned to Adam.

"Did you-"

"Adam! Could you go get me a drink?" Vanessa asked, in a voice that was more like a command than a question.

"Sure!" Adam jumped up eagerly and practically ran to the line.

As soon as he was out of hearing-range, Vanessa turned to Belle.

"I'm Vanessa, you are?"

"I'm Belle, nice to meet you."

"Not particularly. Listen, Belle." She snarled. "You'd better get any ideas about Adam out of that pretty little head, right now. He's mine."

As if emphasizing her point, Adam ran over with a can in his hand.

"Thanks sweetie," Vanessa purred. "Let's go." She stood up, and without questioning, Adam hopped up and stood beside her.

"Goodbye girls!" Vanessa glared at them, then the couple walked away, neither of them looking back again.

"What's her deal?" Belle, bewildered, turned to Ariel.

"It's weird. When guys are with her, it's like she's the only thing they can see."

"That's crazy!" Belle exclaimed. "There's no way she could have that much control over someone."

"Actually," Ariel corrected. "There is one way, but it's a long shot."

"Wha-" Belle began, but was cut off by the sound of the bell ringing for last period.

"I'll tell you tomorrow. Meet me in the library after first bell." Ariel said as she gathered her things.

"But, we'd be skipping. I can't skip class!"

"Trust me, if I'm right, it'll be worth it." She smiled at Belle, as if to tell her not to worry, and wheeled out of the cafeteria. Belle had a hard time concentrating on her last class, and drove home in a daze. What did Ariel know about Vanessa? And why was it such a secret?