A/N: Chapter 2 is here! Lots of character introductions to be had. Thank you so much to the folks who have submitted reviews and PMs already. You fuel my motivation to keep writing despite it being a little after 5am now. I'd like to give a huge thank you to my Beta Reader QueenXxIceXxCat! Feel free to go check out her fics as well!

Usual disclaimer: I don't own Disney/Pixar/Frozen, I don't own Harry Potter, or the song "When I'm Gone".

Rudimentary Photography

An Elsanna Fanfiction

Chapter 2: When I'm Gone

Anna sighed, staring at the closed door, her shoulders visibly drooping as she felt the presence that was Elsa get further and further away. Just as Anna was coming out of her haze, the door flew open. An Asian girl a bit shorter than Anna started to enter the bathroom and stopped short, tossing Anna a confused look. Anna quickly shook her head and apologized, "Sorry, just kind of zoned out for a minute."

"No problem," replied the other girl, "just trying to catch a quick shower before the hall meeting, excuse me" finished the Asian as she side-stepped past Anna to the next shower stall.

"Me too, "Anna replied as she too stepped into the vacant shower stall she'd been standing next to. Quickly stripping down and tossing her dress and undergarments onto the bench, she stepped into the shower area and closed the curtain while turning the water on. In her haste, she stood directly under the stream and gave a quick yelp in equal parts due to the cold water hitting her skin and the other girl offering,

"My name's Mulan by the way, I'm here to… are you okay?" Mulan inquired upon hearing Anna's reaction.

Anna clung to the wall of the shower waiting for the water to warm up. "Yeah, I'm fine. Sorry, water was just cold."

"Yeah… for what we're paying to be here you'd think the showers would be made of gold… or at least have warm water when you turned them on" Mulan made light of Anna's outburst.

"Oh I like her, she seems nice" thought Anna,

"Right? I'm sorry, you were saying something?" Anna called over the wall dividing the two showers.

"I was saying I'm here to become a teacher. I love the idea of helping a young mind decide the path it wants to take. What about you?"

"I'm here studying photography. I want to be able to capture and share the beauty of the people of the world with others. I think my dream job would be to work for a magazine for high couture or something." Anna smiled thinking about shooting some glamorous model as she showed off the newest line of clothing. Suddenly, the model turned to face Anna, and Anna realized the model was Elsa, and the outfit wasn't the latest trend to hit the streets, but rather the latest trend to hit the sheets – Model-Elsa was clad in full lingerie and throwing Anna a seductive smirk.

Suddenly, Anna was very aware that the stall she was in had previously housed Elsa. More specifically, an Elsa clad in nothing but air and water. Anna let out a low groan, silently cursing her mind for wandering down that path. Anna leaned back against the shower wall, her left hand moving to her chest, her right hand slowly trailing its way down her stomach, lost in her thoughts,

"That's right, Elsa, turn for me, just a little more left, that's it. Now hold it… got it. Now turn your back to me, and look over your right shoulder toward me… that's it. Perfect…"

"What was that?" The words left the mouth of Model-Elsa, but they didn't sound like her, Anna realized.

Shaking her head violently, Anna cleared the image from her head, a heavy blush creeping into her cheeks as warmth rushed to her core that was not due to the warm shower.

"Huh? What? Did you say something?" Anna panicked, wondering just how much of her fantasy had been revealed to the petite Asian in the next stall.

"I thought you did? Huh, must be the vents or something. Never mind".

Anna let out the breath she had been holding, hoping Mulan truly believed that. Quickly, Anna soaped up and rinsed off before turning the water off and stepping out into the changing section of the stall, swiftly grabbing her towel and drying off. Wrapping her hair in her towel, Anna threw on a simple pair of white cotton panties and a white underwire before tugging on a pair of skinny jeans and a green camisole. Finally, donning a lightweight grey flannel jacket, Anna reached down and grabbed her keys while searching for her phone to check the time. Realizing she must have left it in her dorm room, Anna said a quick goodbye to Mulan who was just exiting her own shower clad in her own pair of jeans and a white t-shirt that read, "Come at me, Hun!" with a picture of a woman holding out her hand taunting what looked like an avalanche,, and rushed down the hall to her room.

Upon opening her door, she almost ran into Belle who was stepping out, but Belle merely sidestepped past Anna who upon entering, glanced at her alarm clock.

4:55, plenty of time Anna inwardly smiled to herself while grabbing her phone, shoving it into her back pocket, and rushing back out of the door to stand next to Belle.

Looking around, Anna saw only herself, Belle, and a couple guys headed their way from down the hall. As she was about to turn her attention to Belle, she noticed Elsa step out of her room.

Holy crap! Elsa practically lives across the hall from me! Anna noticed Elsa looking up so she quickly turned her back and faced Belle who was just trying to get her attention anyway,

"Hey Anna, you missed a call from someone named Olaf while you were in the shower. I saw his contact photo. He's cute! Is he your boyfriend?" Belle asked, her eyes alight for any gossip from her new roommate.

"Um, who? Oh, Olaf, yeah. He's my… boyfriend." Anna finished.

Great, right back in the closet. Hey Anna! Narnia's calling, they said they miss one of their founding members. Your place is so far back that you can't even hear Aslan roar! Anna thought gloomily as she reached into her pocket to retrieve her phone, she was rewarded with a text,

"Hey rainbow-pants. How was move-in? Any cute girls?"

"Plenty! Not that you'd give a crap. Don't worry, there are plenty of hot guys for you to ogle when you come visit". Anna tapped out a hasty reply.

What Anna didn't notice was Elsa, who had approached the two roommates just as Anna had informed Belle that Olaf was her boyfriend. Elsa's shoulders sunk a good two inches as she cut a quick left turn to stand across the hall and further away from the two roommates.

Glancing down, Elsa checked her watch, confirming that it was five o'clock. Looking back up she scanned the hallway while counting the students, most staring at her with apprehension – they were all freshmen after all. They didn't know what to expect from their new overlord.

Twenty-four. Wow, they all showed up on time. Impressive. Elsa chuckled to herself, drawing in breath to start her speech.

"Hello everyone. My name is Elsa Banríon. I'll be your RA this year. RA stands for Resident Assistant for those of you who didn't know-"

"We might be freshmen, but we're not dumb you know," a shout called from down the hall. Elsa glanced in the direction of the voice and sighed.

"Believe it or not, Gaston, and yes, I know your name," Elsa began, adding in her knowledge of the boy's name when he blanched a bit by being recognized,

"Some people don't know what an RA is or what an RA does, or how an RA works. I heard you have that problem when you try to sleep with the local girls? Except, you know, the RA is the poor girl's body" Elsa cleared her throat and put on a mock look of pity.

Elsa finished putting Gaston in his place by tossing him a knowing smile. Gaston was a local like Elsa, but Gaston was known for his… womanizing attempts. However, he was also known for lacking the equipment and knowledge to finish the job – some people rumored that it was due to steroids as Gaston was very muscular. Glaring at Elsa, Gaston tried to make his 6'2" 210 pound body shrink into the shadows while the entire floor erupted into laughter for a solid two minutes, many of the girls on the floor attempting to sneak looks at Gaston's lower half while half-hiding snickers, before dying down.

"Now, if there's nothing else, allow me to finish..." Elsa flicked her eyes back to Gaston before continuing, "Unlike our hall mascot over there," Elsa couldn't help adding in as the laughter began again.

"First of all, everyone please remember that there is an all-hall meeting at the performance center tomorrow afternoon. Attendance is mandatory but don't worry, it's actually kind of fun. Hall rules are as such; obviously this is a mixed-gender floor, so the East bathroom is for the girls, the West is for the boys – no exceptions." Elsa said, looking at Gaston again with a light glare. He didn't move, so Elsa continued with a smirk on her porcelain features.

"Many of you are sharing a room with another person for the first time in your lives. With that comes certain rules and norms that need to be followed. I'll be passing around a roommate agreement form at the end of the meeting – you will need to go over the questions with your roommate and set up some room rules that you both need to follow. I'll be visiting each room on Sunday to make sure everyone's completed and signed them. Now, I know this is college, but please remember that you're all under the legal age to drink. If you choose to drink, you do so at your own risk, but please be safe – go with a friend, or better yet, multiple friends, and take care of each other. Most of all, have fun – this is college. It's bound to be some of the best years of your lives!"

With that, the hall erupted into cheers – guys were fist-pumping the air and high-fiving each other while the girls were dancing and hopping excitedly in place. Elsa looked around at the new residents smiling to herself.

Great speech, Elsa – just like you practiced.

Just then, Elsa's eyes came to rest on the face of the quirky redhead. Elsa quickly passed over Anna's face, and noticed that Anna averted her eyes as well. Elsa offered the hall of students a quick goodnight and turned quickly to shuffle into her room.

"What's up girly potter?!" Anna heard a familiar voice shouting to her from further down the hall.

Turning, Anna shouted back, "Ha-ha, you're so punnie, now shut up, Punz!" Anna shouted, throwing her cousin Rapunzel a pointed stare.

Taking the hint, Rapunzel finished approaching Anna in silence. Upon arriving, she leaned in, giving her cousin a hug and whispered, "I thought you were coming out on day one? New and improved Anna? You had that whole plan in your head, right?" Rapunzel asked, giving a half-smile to Anna.

"I was! I mean, I am! It's just… I… It's…" Anna's shoulders sagged as she hung her head,

"It's complicated" she finished, eyes glancing up at her cousin, the only person other than Olaf who she was out to, hoping she'd understand. Fortunately, Rapunzel seemed to understand, or at least she didn't press the issue,

"Alright, alright, cheer up buttercup you can tell me about it over dinner in the dining hall, okay?" Rapunzel leaned back from her cousin, turning to Belle who was heading back their way after making a quick trip to the restroom, "Hi, you must be Anna's roommate? I'm Rapunzel, Anna's cousin, nice to meet you!" Rapunzel finished, offering her hand to Belle, which was accepted and shaken.

"Nice to meet you too, Rapunzel, my name's Belle." The two smiled at each other as they released each others' hands.

"Punz, how's your roommate? Where is your roommate?" Anna asked, looking around for an unpaired girl.

"I'm not sure… she was here a minute ago, but I'm pretty sure she's a certified space cade-" Rapunzel was cut short by another girl half-tackling her,

"There you are! I was looking for you, but then there was this guy who said hi and we started talking and oh, nice glasses!" the girl said hurriedly, motioning to Belle's face.

"Um, thanks?" Belle managed, stifling a giggle.

"Guys, this is my roommate I was just telling you about – her name's Dorothea.

"Hi! Friend's call me Dori for short. At least… I'm pretty sure they do… Hm…" Dori suddenly stared off down the hall, eyes glazing as she looked at nothing in particular. Anna, Belle, and Rapunzel looked at each other briefly, and then all three quickly had to look away lest they risk bursting into laughter.

"Nice to meet you, Dori" Belle managed to get out without laughing before turning and re-entering her dorm room. Fortunately for Anna and Rapunzel, Dori wandered off muttering something about wallabies.

Anna and Rapunzel locked eyes for about five seconds before they both burst into hysterics, diving into Anna's room and collapsing on top of each other in fits of gut-wrenching laughter.

"She's really" laughter "a very" laughter "nice" laughter "girl, but oh my God what a space cadet!" Rapunzel managed to finish before falling back into fits of giggles. Meanwhile, Belle had started to attempt to climb back up onto her bed to continue reading when the two had burst in, renewing her fits of laughter at the sight of them so that she instead had crumpled to the floor at the base of the ladder, shaking in silent laughter as Anna tripped over her desk chair as she tried to make it to her mini-fridge to get a bottle of water because tears were streaming down her face from laughing so hard. Naturally, Anna tripping caused the three of them to burst out laughing again and it was a solid 10 minutes until they could look at each other without cracking up.

When the three had finally settled down, Rapunzel glanced at the clock and realized it was almost six o'clock,

"Hey guys let's go grab some food before the dining hall closes, yeah?" Both girls nodded their agreement and they all rose to get their things, Rapunzel dashing two doors down to grab her wallet.

As the three were leaving their room, the doors to their right opened. A slim, but very fit redhead stepped out and at the same time, Mulan stepped out from her room across from the redhead, both turning toward the girls.

"Hi, Anna" called Mulan as she headed toward the girls.

"Hey… Mulan, right? We're headed to the dining hall, you?" Anna offered.

"I am too – I'm famished!" Mulan quickened her pace to catch up to the girls.

The girls slid into conversation so quickly that it was only Belle who heard a small voice behind them ask,

"Would you all mind if I tagged along?"

Belle turned to see the redhead gazing in their direction with a hopeful, almost borderline desperate look on her face. Motioning for the girl to catch up and throwing the girl a smile, Belle turned and continued to walk. After being acknowledged, the redhead quickly caught up to the girls, walking slightly behind them, not speaking much, but listening in, a small smile slowly gathering onto her pale face.

The walk to the dining hall was short, but by the time the group arrived they had discovered that Rapunzel was at Arendelle University to study to be a nurse, the redhead tagalong was named Ariel and she was there to study music performance. Mulan and Anna also shared their majors with the other three. Ariel's roommate was Naleen who almost immediately ditched her when she decided that Ariel was too quiet and wouldn't further Naleen's personal goals for domination of the popular college circles. Ariel shared that from the moment she met Naleen, she had an almost feral nature about her. Ariel was planning on putting in for a roommate change if things didn't improve. Mulan mentioned that Naleen had been seen socializing with Aurora, who was Mulan's roommate; she mentioned perhaps switching with them so they could room together. Ariel looked brighter at the thought.

The first thing the group noticed upon entering the dining hall was that it was huge. After ascending the entrance ramp, they stood in the center of the seating area surrounded by hungry students. Behind them was the food area where they had almost anything the girls could want. There were the staple foods like burgers, hot dogs, fries, and such, as well as food options such as a tandoori bar, pasta bar, salad bar, wokery, and a display of vegan options. What caught Anna's attention, however, was the dessert bar – ice cream – both soft serve and hard, sprinkles and other toppings, cakes, pies, cookies, brownies, and an assortment of other treats.

"So this is where our tuition money goes" Mulan joked, throwing a glance at Anna who laughed remembering their previous conversation.

"If that dessert bar has as much chocolate as I think it does, then it's totally worth it!" Anna practically squealed in excitement.

"Calm down there chocolate-pants. Everyone grab some food and we'll meet at the checkout okay?" Rapunzel suggested as the other four nodded in agreement before splitting off in different directions.

After meeting up, the five girls swiped their meal plan cards and made their way to an empty table before setting their trays down. Rapunzel had a simple tray with a soup and salad. Mulan had gotten some mapo tofu and a plate of chow fun. Ariel had a salad and pasta. Anna on the other hand had come back with a burger, fries, and a huge ice cream sundae with chocolate ice cream, chocolate sprinkles, chocolate fudge, chocolate syrup, whipped cream, and a cherry to top it all off. Mula, Belle,n and Ariel paused a moment to stare at Anna as Rapunzel laughed quietly while watching the three newcomers observe her cousin in her element for the first time. Anna, sensing the pause in motion, glanced up to see the four looking at her. Rapunzel broke the silence gesturing toward her cousin and putting on her best Australian accent,

"Here we see the wild Anna in her natural habitat. Watch, as she slowly circles her pray – the elusive chocolate-with-chocolate-on-top-of-chocolate-a-saurus." Rapunzel couldn't keep going as Anna shot her a glare and the two of them burst out laughing.

"I uh… kind of like chocolate… a bit… just a teeny bit…" Anna managed to gasp out in between giggles as she held her pointer finger and thumb up close together, squinting her eyes a bit, as she sheepishly looked at Ariel, Belle, and Mulan.

Ariel, Belle, and Mulan joined in on the laughter and the five of them ate their meals while continuing to exchange information on their respective histories. Mulan's family had come to the area a few years back so Mulan was bilingual, and she was learning Spanish, French, and Russian as well, which helped Mulan's goal of being able to teach kids who were ESL.

Ariel came to Arendelle University from her home that was on beachfront property. Ariel had been home schooled but had been on the local high school's swim team and had taken the team almost single-handedly to nationals the year prior. After some prodding by the other four, Ariel finally admitted that she had come to Arendelle University on scholarship for the swim team. Ariel was clearly uncomfortable revealing this bit of information so the four had to assure her that they didn't' feel like she was boasting before Ariel returned to her normal quiet self, a rather heavy blush residing on her cheeks.

Rapunzel let Ariel and Mulan know that Anna and she had grown up closer to North Mountain University but had both chosen to come here to get away from the locals there and spread their proverbial wings. As Rapunzel was about to continue, the five of them noticed the hall getting significantly quieter. In reality, it was as silent as a dining hall full of hundreds of students could be; all eyes were slowly being drawn to a line of figures standing next to the rail that separated the food and seating areas of the food court.

Anna's eyes nearly bugged out of her head when she realized the person standing in the middle was none other than Elsa, except she was no longer wearing her Arendelle University polo shirt, but an ice blue tank top, the same skinny jeans, and a black zipper-hoodie that was left open, a drum and two crossed drumsticks residing over the left breast. Elsa, for her part, was standing perfectly still, staring out over the dining hall along with her companions, none of whom Anna recognized.

Suddenly, all of the group standing at the rail set an upside down cup in front of them resting on the railing, cheers breaking out from around the hall from some of the upperclassmen. Anna looked at her new friends and received the same confused looks from them as she was giving out.

The sound of clapping snapped Anna's attention back to the railing as group began clapping and maneuvering the cups they had to a cyclical 4/4 rhythmic pattern. Anna was just beginning to admire their synchronization when most of the group began to sing. To Anna, it sounded as though they were imitating an upbeat instrumental melody as she sat back and listened. Anna's relaxed state was cut short, however, when she heard a familiar voice ring out above the others; it took Anna a moment to realize that the reason she was hearing Elsa's voice was because Elsa was singing,

"…and I sure would like some sweet company and I'm leaving tomorrow, what do you say?" Elsa's voice carried out over the dining hall.

"Wow, Elsa can sing!" Anna thought aloud, now sitting bolt upright in her seat, eyes intent on the beautiful platinum blonde as the performance continued, the other girls nodding in agreement. As Anna watched, she realized what she enjoyed most out of the entire performance was that Elsa looked so happy while performing. As she sang and flipped the cup around, she had a huge smile plastered on her face – until, just as the final chorus of the song was being sung, her eyes happened to lock with Anna's, her smile faltering and her eyes growing a tad larger as the song ended,

"You're gonna miss me when I'm gone…"

The dining hall erupted into applause, most of its inhabitants standing so that the two broke eye contact. A few moments later, Anna managed to sneak around a taller student and regained line of sight on the railing, just in time to see Elsa being pulled into an embrace by the singer next to her; the last thing Anna saw before her eyes found the floor was Elsa's thin red lips meeting those of the student next to her with exceptionally long red sideburns.

A/N: Please don't hate me. Stick with me though, it'll be worth it! See you all soon! Feel free to review and PM to your hearts' content. Chapter 3 is well on its way to being written - 10 pages in MS Word already!