It was the middle of March, it's almost fourth term, that's when normal schools would do end of level testing. Wellor Academy starts in March. And instead of a 2 week winter break and a 3 month summer break; summer break is 2 weeks while winter is 3 months. Weird.

Ugh! I have to wear a uniform. It is pink vest with a white long-sleeved undershirt. The pink skirt is about mid-thigh. I wore spankies under the skirt. The white socks went to my knees and black shoes. I started pulling the skirt down a bit, I thought the skirt was too short. There was also a black tie.

   Looking into the 6 foot tall mirror, I saw my slightly tan skin and dark brown, almost black, hair. I smiled at my reflection, the smile was fake. I had nothing to smile about. I was leaving my friends for a long time.

Turning around, I start putting away the rest of my uniforms and a few possessions: my diary, my 100 page sketch book, a few pencils and erasers, a picture of me and my family, and a few hygienic things (toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.)

The suitcase was difficult to close, I pushed it closed, reached for the zipper and it popped open again. I repeated that technique a few times, but it wouldn't close. I eventually had to end up sitting on the suitcase to close it. The suitcase was pink and blue stripes.

I took one last look at my room. White walls with a line green and light pink theme. The carpet was lime green. I had a white rug on the carpet, I don't know why, on the rug was two bean bags and a table that look like a palm tree. The Palm tree table had lime green 'leaves' and a pink 'trunk.' There were three white shelves staggered, one had a lime vase with pink tulips. The other shelves were used as storage for my little clay creations.

On one wall was a big pink R for Rebekah. The other wall had random lime green shapes and within those shapes was another R. The covers of my bed, which was in the middle of the room, were pink. Two big circle pink pillows and four sparkly green ones. The dresser was right next to my bed and had two drawers. The closet doors did not match the theme and were a dark green, the doors were also very bumpy.

I stepped out of my room and closed the door behind me. I let out a long sigh. Picking up my suitcase, I had to carefully walk down the stairs. At the bottom I was greeted by my two little brothers and older sister. My youngest brother, age 2, was Jake. My second younger brother, Sammy, was 9 years old. My older sister, Abby, was a senior. Me and Sammy were the middle children, I was 14 turning 15 soon. My brothers were crying while my sister showed a fake smile.

     "Ready?" My father asked me, smiling and showing his perfect white teeth.

     "Yup," I said, I hug each of my siblings and my mother goodbye.

When I get to my sister, she whispers in my ear, "Read this when you get there and get settled. Not a moment sooner." She then slipped something into my pocket which I'm guessing is a piece of paper.

     My dad took my suitcase from me and opened the front door. I walked through, my dad followed behind me and closed it behind him. We walk towards our black jaguar. He put my suitcase in the small trunk. My suitcase barely fit. We both get in, I glanced back at my house as we sped away. A single tear rolled down my cheek.

"So," my dad paused, thinking of something to say, "what did you think about the tour yesterday?" He said, attempting to start a conversation.

     I shrugged, "I don't know."

"The school looked pretty neat. Just think, after summer break, you'll be done with all the math, English, and stuff and get to focus on activities. Like horseback riding!" That was true. Wellor Academy provided math, english , science, history, and geography were only taught during the first half of the year. The second half had an hour class which reviewed all the subjects, then the rest of the day was physical activities.

     "Pretty weird that you and one other boy were the only ones on the tour, huh?" My dad paused, "I also found it strange that he kept giving you confused looks. Do you know him?"

"No," I answered. My dad said nothing after. I put my chin in my hand and looked out the window. We were going through a small town. Buildings kept passing by, I was playing a little game amongst myself. It's the one game were you look at business signs, and try to find letters in alphabetical order. I got stuck on the letter X and gave up. The buildings eventually turned into sky scrapers as we entered a big city. The city seemed to fade into trees. The amount of cars disappeared. At first there were a lot, now there's us and one other car behind us.

    The trees suddenly stopped and there was a big open field. I'm guessing it was wheat and it was already chopped down. Nothing stood out, except a humanoid figure passed by. It had dangerously skinny arms and legs, both about 1 inch wide. The hands were out of portion with the arms. The hands were about as long as its forearm. The fingers were curved into big hooked claws. The fingers had no fingernails. I couldn't see the feet, and the face was turned facing away from me. I did see its back, bony and you could see every bone in the spine. The creature's skin color was black, no clothes, no other colors. Just black.

    About 5 minutes later we enter a gate, another 5 minutes and we arrived to a massive school. Judging by the distance between the gates and the school, there was a lot of land. The school resembled more of a castle. Four towers, all ending in blue, pointy roofs. In the middle of the school, there was a fifth towers that had a huge clock, above the clock was a school bell wider than a school bus.

     I got out of the car, so did my dad. I hugged him goodbye. He got out my suitcase then, he got back into the Jaguar and slowly started driving away. I walked up the ten, tan marble steps to the big front doors. I was reaching to open it when it rushed open. I was thrown backwards and fell on my behind.
     "Oh! I'm sorry. You must be new." A voice I was unfamiliar with said. Sounded like a Hispanic boy with a slight accent. He sounded quite shy.

     I looked up and couldn't believe what I saw.

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