"Important encounters are planned by the souls long before the bodies see each other.
- Paulo Coelho
TWO HOURS EARLIER
A black luxury car parked at the tall main gates of DreamWaltz Academy. A girl about 15 going on 16 played with her fingers nervously as she gazed through the window looking at the gates of her new school. The driver, a man on his mid-40s who has auburn hair which is tied up to a pony tail stepped out of the car. He has fair skin with a lanky appearance that matches his face has prominent chin and brown eyes where in first look you wont even think that the man is quite charming. He opened the car door of the back sit where the young girl is located and waited for the girl to step out however the girl did not. Sensing something is wrong the man tried to break the silence.
"Nervous, mademoiselle?" her driver asked with concern under his French accent.
"A little bit, Lumiere." The girl said biting her bottom lip in the process. "What if they won't like me?" she continued worriedly.
"Oh, cherie. Who would not like a girl like you?" Lumiere asked her.
"You have the beauty and smarts of your mother, also you have the charm and a little bit of stubbornness of your father. Everybody will not like you but love you!" He said to the girl. It is true that the girl is really is beautiful. She is a brunette like her mother but a much darker shade, almost like dark chocolate in color. She has snow white skin and pinkish cheeks. Her eyes are baby-blue, just like her father's. Her reddish lips curved into a sweet smile hearing the compliment from Lumiere. She finally stepped out of the car, took a deep breath and tried to relax herself.
"Thank you..."she said as she faced him, "thank you for the pep talk, Lumiere!"
"Anytime, mademoiselle. I will be picking you up after school." He told her as she nodded. The driver is more like a family friend to their family than a servant since he has serve the household for many years, he treated the girl as if she is his own daughter and the girl treated him as his second father that is why every advised given by the man the girl kept by heart. She turn again to the school as she let the Autumn air hit her face and let the cool breeze wave thru her French braided hair as she started to walk heading to the entrance of the school.
'I will be fine.'
'This will be fun.'
'I will make new friends...'
'And like Lumiere said, they will like me.'
'No, will love me.'
She thought to herself as she walked nearer to the school's main entrance. She is really quite nervous since she has been home schooled all of her life. Her parents are very protective of her since she is the only child, not allowing her to go outside the comfort of the boundaries of their home. If ever she will go outside, on those rear special occasions she will be escorted by a chaperon. It took her 3 years to convince her parents to allow her to enroll to an ordinary school, and alas it finally happen, however it is still on her parents own terms. But the brunette did not care less, as long as she is able to go to ordinary school, she is happy even though that it only gave her a little amount of freedom. She is really a type that always follow the rules and it never cross her mind to break it, a perfect example of a good girl when you think about it.
The school that was chosen for her by her parents is really prestige. DreamWaltz Academy is one of the most well know private schools in the world. It is a Academy inside a University since the University itself teaches pre-school to masters degree level. The school focuses on all forms of art which excels in any field. No wonder her parents put her here. The Academy, itself is very big, more like castle instead of a building. As she steps on the steps of main entrance, entering the halls she has wondered in awe as she tried to locate the schools registers office to get her schedule and her locker assignment. She felt dizzy wondering thru the endless halls until she accidentally bump into someone.
"I am sorry... I didn't mean to." She said stuttering to the person she bumped into. She helped the stranger pick up the papers that has fallen to the floor.
"That is totally fine, no worries!" said the stranger with a sweet voice.
The brunette looked at the person she bumped into and realized that it was girl. The stranger has a long black hair with a hint of violet when the light shines on it. Her eyes is like amethyst, which sparkles like stars that pierces through her soul. Her skin is rosy, compared to her pale skin and her lips are pinkish as it curved to a smile. The brunette girl stared at the stranger with wonder as she never seen such a beautiful girl before aside to her mother.
'Pretty fairy.' Thought the brunette.
"Why, thank you!" said the stranger to her.
"You are welcome! Wait-what!?" the brunette said confuse.
"You said your thoughts out loud!" the stranger told her within giggles.
The brunette face palm herself while the stranger giggled through her actions and both stood up.
"By the way, my name is Veruschka Katriona Aisling. But you can call me V." the stranger said smiling warmly while sticking her hand out waiting for a hand shake. The brunette looked at Verushka and looked again to the hand hesitating, thinking of should shake it or not. The brunette introduce herself first before taking Verushka's hand.
"Nice meeting you, V. My name is Elsandra Lumi Winters but you can call me Elsa."
The brunette whose name is Elsa finally shook Veruschka's hand. Once their hands touched Veruschka's eyes widen and she turned pale.
"Beware of the frozen heart..." Veruschka said almost in a whisper but enough for her to hear.
"What do you mean?" Elsa asked her new friend with confusion but Veruschka started to look to her with emotionless eyes as if she was in a trance. Worried, Elsa tried to removed her hands from her new friend but the grip was too strong so she tried to shake her with her free hand through her shoulders just to wake her up.
"Are you alright? Are you sick? Do you want to go to the infirmary?" Elsa said as she continue to shake her hoping it will wake her up. Varushaka remain to that state in whole 3 minutes before fluttering her eyes again and faced Elsa as she gave her warm smile.
"No, I am okay!" she immediately said and hesitantly asked, "Hmmm... what did I told you?"
"You said beware of the frozen heart?!" Elsa said, not really sure if what she heard is true or not. "Do you want to go to infirmary? You don't look to good." She worriedly continued.
"Oh, silly me! I just zoned out... don't worry and think about it." Veruschka sheepishly and nervously said while gesturing Elsa through her right hand to forget about what she said. "Anyways, you are just new here, right?" she automatically asked Elsa changing the subject.
"Yeah! I am looking for the register's office so that I will be able to get my schedule and my locker assignment." Elsa answered her with a smile.
"I see. I can take you there since I will be picking up some papers for the School's Student Council Office."
"Cool!" Elsa said happily.
"Alright then! Just follow me to the West Wing" Veruschka enthusiastically said.
"And by the way, Elsa. Welcome to DreamWaltz Academy!" She warmly continued with a welcoming voice. Elsa smiled back at her as she felt welcome to her new school.
The walk to the west wing of DreamWaltz Academy was very pleasant as Elsa and Veruschka tried to get to know each other more. They have learned that they have more in common in likes and dislikes except for both girls personalities and ages. Veruschka is more of extrovert and a year older while Elsa is more an introvert in a way. Elsa is very happy to find a friend that she has a lot in common with that she might call as a best friend. The weird thing about it, Veruschka felt the same way too. They have passed a lot of corridors until they have reached a door saying "Registrar's Office".
"Here we are!" Veruschka said cheerfully as she points to the door beside her. "By the way, this is the west wing of the school where you will be able to locate on the first floor the cashier, billing, admin and register's office. The principal's office and guidance councilor's office are located in the 2nd floor. The faculty is located to the 3rd and 4th floor while the SC office is located at the 5th floor." She explained and Elsa nodded.
Veruschka opened the door of the register's officer and gestured to Elsa to come in. A little bell was heard, signaling that someone has entered the office. They were greeted by a mid-30s woman with a golden blonde hair and dazzling blue eyes.
"Good morning, you two!" the woman happily said.
"Good morning to you too, Miss Aurora! By the way, I have a new student for you." Veruschka said to the woman as she pushed Elsa gently to the Lady in front of them.
"Oh! Miss Winters, I presume?" Miss Aurora asked while smiling at Elsa and Elsa nodded in response.
"I am Aurora Rose but you can call me Miss Aurora. I am the head of the register's office."
"I'm Elsandra Lumi Winters, but if you want you can call me Elsa." Elsa shyly told the registrar.
"Quite shy, I see." She teasingly said to Elsa making Elsa blushed a little.
''Anyways, here are your schedule, Identification Card and Swipe Card, locker assignment and the map of the school so you won't get lost." Miss Aurora said as she gave everything to Elsa and wink at her.
"Thank you!" Elsa said shyly.
"You are welcome!" she said to Elsa and turn to Veruschka after. "Now, Miss Aisling. These are the papers needed by your SC office, kindly give this to your secretary. And take Miss Winters to Mr. Hamada so he will be able to show her around school, okay?"
Veruschka took the papers from Miss Aurora while nodding to her. Elsa and Varushka waved goodbye to the Lady and went out the register's office.
"Now that you have your stuff with you lets proceed to the SC Office..." Veruschka trailed off, "Lets take the lift, shall we?" she continue to ask.
"We shall!" Elsa said giggling while arm in arm with Veruschka.
ON THE 5TH FLOOR
Once both girls exited the elevator Elsa was surprised and dumbfounded to see that the whole 5th floor was dedicated to be a whole Student Council Office. The floor that looks like a real office complete with departments, busy with student that are the staff of the Student Council. Veruschka took Elsa's things and left it to the reception area and she said something to the receptionist, after that she took her hand and lead her to the door where it says "The SC President's Office" and then knocked 3 times.
"Come in." a male voice said on the other room. Veruschka opened the door and greeted the male happily.
"Good Morning, Mr. President! I have a new student for you."
"Morning as well, Miss Treasurer. Let the new student come in." the SC President said while fixing a pile of papers on his desk. Veruschka playfully dragged Elsa inside of the SC President's office and presented her to the SC President. The President signaled Veruschka to leave and she nodded.
'See you at lunch.' Veruschka mounted as she tapped Elsa's shoulder. Elsa nodded in response and smiled. She left the room and closed the door behind her leaving Elsa awkwardly standing for a minute as the SC President approached her and bowed.
"Ohayo gozaimasu, my name is Tadashi Hamada. But you can call me Tadashi, no formalities needed" The SC President greeted her with a smile while sticking his hand for a shake "I am the Student Council President of DreamWaltz Academy."
"Good morning as well, my name is Elsandra Lumi Winters but you can call me Elsa." Elsa said as she shook Tadashi's hand looking up to him with a smile forming in her face. The SC President is quite tall that made Elsa look up to him, he has a slender body which is slightly muscular for a teenager. He has large, warm brown eyes and black hair that was cut very neatly above his prominent ears. His face is quite long with a larger jaw and slightly larger nose. At first glance, you will be able to recognized him right away as a responsible and straight A student. He wore the school uniform well and neatly, a good thing since he portrait to be a good role model to the students studying on DreamWaltz Academy.
'He is quite cute'.
Elsa thought as she stare at Tadashi for a long while not even realizing she is doing it. Her gazed was cut short as she heard a faint chuckle from the SC President making Elsa's cheeks go a little warm as she quickly took her hand again from him and look away hiding her blush.
"I know, Miss Winters or should I say Elsa." Tadashi said still chuckling. Elsa look to the SC President again and stood formally, composing herself as she shrugged off the embarrassment she felt earlier. Tadashi warmly smiled at her making her blush a little once again and feel a huge swarm of butterflies fly wildly on her stomach.
'What am I feeling? I never felt this before...' Elsa thought to herself. They have been silent for a while until Tadashi broke it, instantly remembering what he needed to do with her.
"Elsa, since is still very early. I will be touring you round school so that you will be familiar with your surroundings. Will that be okay with you?"
"That will be lovely!" Elsa said.
They both exited the SC President office and walked side by side out of the student council. Tadashi has showed her around the school premises, including adding a little bit of history of the school as well. He has showed her where everything is located, including the Academic wing, Arts wing, Club wing, Science and technology wing, library and so on. They have passed a lot of school corridors, fields and gardens as well. Filling Elsa with a whole new world of wonder and amazement. They have been walking to some part of the gardens when they saw 3 boys running fast away from someone.
"Hey! Come back 'ere, ye he-devils!" a girl with frizzy long red haired shouted with a thick Scottish accent as she run after the 3 boys.
"Miss Captain of Arms!" Tadashi yelled to the red head trying to get her attention. The red haired girl looked at them instantly, she mumble something to the walky-talky at hand and started approaching them. While she got nearer to them Elsa was able to see the red head's face. She has a round shape face with light freckles above her nose that complimented her rosy cheeks and pink lips. Her Sapphire eyes glint with authority that it is quite intimidating when you see her up close, which is a bit tomboyish as well on the manner of her appearance and the way she walk as she approached them.
"Mr. President..."the red head greeted him out of breath but still manage with a smile, "... who is thy wee-lassie with yeh?" she continue to ask him while pointing at Elsa.
"Oh! She is the new student that I have discussed about during the SC meetings." Tadashi answered.
"Ay see..." the red head amusingly said and introduce herself.
"Hello, Ay am Merida Tuuli Fall. But yeh can call meh Mer. SC's Captain of Arms and thy number one responsible in handlin' thy peace and order of this fair school." She said proudly while sticking out a hand to Elsa for a hand shake.
"Hi, nice meeting you Mer. I am Elisandra Lumi Winters, but you can call me Elsa." Elsa said with a smile while shaking Merida's hand. Once their hand touched they felt a gentle but strong gust of wind pass thru them and a sudden feeling of warm and electricity of recollection went thru their bodies. Both girls' were wide eyed of the sudden feeling but their moment was interrupted by the voice on the walky-talky that Merida is holding and she broke the handshake.
"Captain, we have already apprehended the trouble makers!" the voice said from the walky-talky.
"Very good, Shang! Ay will be there in thy few" Merida quickly responded. She turned once again to Tadashi and Elsa, "Mr. President, Elsa... Duty calls!" she said then saluted to them.
Tadashi nodded allowing her to leave and Merida run away from them but stopped after a couple of meters and shouted back to Elsa and waved.
"Hey, Elsa! Nice meetin' yeh. See yeh at lunch!"
"Okay! See you at lunch as well, Mer" Elsa responded back to the Merida and waved at her while she watch her run to the other direction.
"She is one of the toughest girls in this school, because of her no one dared to break the school rules... only occasional few." Tadashi said while looking at Merida leave.
"Judging on the way she handle her responsibility, I won't contradict what you just said." Elsa said in response.
Tadashi and Elsa continued their tour of the school until they have heard the bell rings proclaiming that the they only have 15minutes before the first class start. Tadashi notice that students are starting to fill up the school grounds and asked the girl beside him.
"Your first class is English, am I right?" Elsa nodded in response.
"Okay, I will be taking you to your locker so that you will be able to get your things for the first class."
Tadashi took Elsa's hand which made her blushed and they fast walk going to the lockers. They have passed a lot of corridors and halls ways where a lot of student stared and gave way to both of them, letting them pass. Elsa heard a lot of gasp and faint whisper from the student that she cannot quite understand. This made her made her quite worried but decided to ignore them as she and Tadashi fast walk while still holding hands.
"By the way, in case you must be wondering. Varushaka already took the liberty to take your things to your locker." Tadashi informed Elsa as they walk going to the lockers. They stopped to a locker number 1221, which Elsa gasp and was left to awe. The locker door was painted in lavender and periwinkle blue, it was designed with snowflake patterns and a ice castle on the locker door. Elsa trace the patterns as she look at it with wonder.
"Do you love it?" Tadashi asked as he was amusingly look at Elsa's expression. Elsa nodded in response. "The design was request by your parents. I would just like you to know that we're allowed to design our lockers whatever we wish."
"Wow!" That is all she was able to say. Tadashi gestured Elsa to open her locker and get her stuff.
"Rapunzel Flora Springs is the artist who painted your locker, she is the SC Arts Administrator here and majority of the graffiti and school art you see painted on the walls are her handwork. She is the same grade as you, if I am not mistaken." Tadashi informed her.
"Wonderful! It seems like she is very talented." Elsa said as she closed her locker door.
"Yes, she is. I guess you will see her soon."
"I guess so... I can't wait to meet her." Elsa said with a smile.
Ring!
They both heard the 2nd bell signaling that the first class has started cutting short their conversation.
"Lets go, I am going to take you to your first class." Tadashi said offering his arm to Elsa. She nodded and gladly took Tadashi's arm while she blush in the process.
'Adorable.' Tadashi mumble to himself as he look at Elsa with a smiled.
They have fast walked until they are able to reach the Academic Wing and stopped in front of the door labeled "Room 110: Grade 10 English". Tadashi and Elsa are both breathing heavily since they have fast walk, almost jogged going to Elsa's first class. They have give themselves 5minutess trying to compose themselves and catch their breath before knocking on the door. Once they felt that their hearts are beating normally again, Tadashi knocked the door 3 times.
"I will be introducing you to your class." He told Elsa and nodded as they waited for someone to answer the door. After 2 mins, the door opened revealing a woman in her early 30s. The woman has golden-blond hair that is tide in a sophisticated bun and her dark blue eyes is quite hidden by her thick glasses. She has a slender frame and judging from the way she carry herself she is slightly strict. She looked at Tadashi, to Elsa and back to Tadashi again.
"Let me guess, she is Miss Winters. Am I right?" The woman asked with her British accent.
"Yes, Miss Kingsleigh and I will be introducing her to your class." Tadashi responded with a smile.
"I see..." the woman said while looking to Elsa and smiled. "My name is Margaret Kingsleigh, kindly call me Miss Kingsleigh. I will be your grade 10 English Teacher and Homeroom Teacher as well. So, welcome to my class, Miss Winters"
"The pleasure is all mine, Miss Kingsleigh" Elsa politely said with a smile.
"Now, Mr. Hamada. Kindly introduce Miss Winters to my class so that you will be able to attend yours." Miss Kingsleigh said while turning back to Tadashi.
"Yes, Ma'am." Tadashi said in response. Miss Kingsleigh turn back to the room waiting for Tadashi to come in and make the introduction. Tadashi turn again to Elsa and said. "Elsa, once I gave you the signal to come in, do come in and then introduce yourself, okay?"
"Okay!" Elsa response while nodding.
Tadashi went inside the room while Elsa was left by the halls. Elsa heard Tadashi greeting her fellow classmates and she immediately realized that she will be introduce in front of a lot of people. This made Elsa slightly nervous that she started to play with her fingers again and started talking to her subconscious.
[ Elsa / (Subconscious) ]
'I cannot speak in front of a lot of people especially students who will be my classmates for this year.'
('Yes you can, just believe in yourself. Like Lumiere said, they will love you.')
'But what if I make a mistake and make a fool of myself'
('No you wont, just try!')
'Yes, I will and they will hate me!'
('No, they won't.')
'Yes, they will!'
('No, they won't.')
'Yes, they will!'
('No, they won't.')
'How can you be so sure?'
('Because I am you and you are me, I believe in you! You will be fine, just give them a warm smile.')
Her battle with her subconscious was cut short when she heard Tadashi call her last name and signaled her to come in. She took a deep breath, look at Tadashi and smiled at him. She started to walk inside the classroom, stopped in the front-middle of the room and looked around her, she instantly notice all eyes are at her. She was about to speak when she a loud thud on the back near the window. She saw a boy with black-raven hair standing, looking at her wide eyed and very pale. The boy seems very shocked to see her based on his reaction. His silvery-grey eyes changed expression very quickly as if it is piercing her very soul. Elsa was unable to move and don't know what to do, so she did the first thing that come to mind and just gave the boy a warm smile. The boy's stare was broken when Miss Kingsleigh spoke to him.
"Mr. Alvar, are you alright?"
"I am alright, Ma'am. I just felt a little dizzy that is all." The boy said to Miss Kingsleigh and turning his eyes back to Elsa.
"Do you wish to go to the infirmary?" Miss Kingsleigh asked the boy whose last name was Alvar.
"No, Ma'am." Mr. Alvar said still staring at Elsa making her uncomfortable.
"Okay, please sit down, Mr. Alvar. If you are still not feeling well kindly go to the infirmary." Miss Kingsleigh instructed to the boy.
The boy nodded and did what he was told but he still stared at Elsa, making her stare back at his silvery-grey orbs. Her trance was broke when she heard Miss Kingsleigh called her by her last name and gesture her to continue. Elsa looked to her English teach and nodded. She regain again her composure, closed her eyes, took a deep breath and looked back to her fellow classmates.
"Good morning everyone! I am Elsandra Lumi Winters but you can call me Elsa..." She said with confidence and a warm smile, "I hope I will be able to get to know all of you and be friends in the process."
Author's Note:
Hello! My dear snowballs and snowflakes,
Yes! The 3nd chapter of this book with 4331 words. [(Wow! As in WOW! A.N. is still not included here) Kindly give me a round of applause and standing ovation]
*So proud of herself*
Hmmm... In the story, I was able to introduce a lot of characters and Elsa has finally appeared in the story! [Yey!]
I have already put in the name of their school which is DreamWaltz Academy, a combination of DreamWorks and Walt Disney. I also added a lot of Disney characters in the story like Lumiere (BATB), Aurora (SB), Tadashi (BH6) with a little bit of Tadelsa in the process [sorry I like shipping them as much I love Jelsa but I love Jelsa more], Merida (Brave) and my very own character that I created, Veruschka. [I hope you guys liked the character I have created.] :)
Anyways, again your comments and likes are greatly appreciated and let me know what you think of this chapter. Also I will respect any of your opinions and healthy criticism on the comment sections. If you have any questions about this feel free to message me, I will be more than happy to answer them.
Anyways, hope you will be able to enjoy this chapter and the next.
TTFN! [Tata for now!] 😄
Disclaimer:
Most of the characters used in the story is not owned by the author, they can be either from Dreamworks, Disney, Sony Animation. WB or different AUs. however some of the characters and the plot itself is owned by the author.
