Sixteen year old Maya is just your average girl at school. That is, until her crazy mother forces her to attend some strange Military Academy that she's never heard about somewhere halfway across the world, where everything she knows gets turned on its head. Every student had their lies, their dark pasts, their secrets. But that's only just the students. When the teachers get involved, all hell breaks lose. Will Maya ever find peace -or more importantly, happiness with the One?

Hello people. I am HeartsDearest (obviously). Feel free to call me whatever you feel goes. I personally don't mind as long as they aren't overly offensive. Well, this is my first story, a collab with a friend of mine who is not yet on . Wattpad is a b!tch about new stories taking off, so I'm here because Fanfiction is nicer to noobs, as far as I'm concerned. This is a work of fiction. Any similarities to people/places in real life are by coincidence only. Sadly. I would die laughing if it were real. Well, on with the show.

Maya paused, the inner strategist ticking away as she thought. The word 'Escape!' echoed sharply in her mind. The wind whistled lowly behind her, ruffling her choppy bangs. She listened intently for the small click of a stun gun. Nothing. Slightly relieved, she exhaled, faintly relieved. They hadn't found her just yet. Just as she was satisfied that she had lost them, a small snick brought her harshly back to reality. As her eyes widened, she fell forward into the hard, rocky mountain terrain, a small, black, feather-trimmed dart protruding from her back. Guess she wasn't alone, after all.

Time passed, and, eyebrows furrowed, Maya death-stared the floor of her room. She could hear her mother's infernal ranting in the room next to hers, forcing her pancy-assed father into giving another 3-4 hour speech of why 'She should behave and not question the wisdom of adults', which was not very convincing, not that she cared, really.

Her mother, however, was a totally different story. Firm, strict, and unforgiving, she was the she-beast from hell. Despite her husband owning a multi-billion-dollar business, it had not satisfied her, nor had it stopped her from steadily believing that she was the God's Greatest Gift to the human race. Thus the continuous hen-pecking of Maya's dad, and the belief that Maya was definitely attending St Adams Military Junior High in Southern California this summer –so severe that she would hunt down her daughter and bring her back home even after she had run away.

As Maya listened, the door linking their rooms suddenly opened. Her mother's deceptively small, pale, innocent face peered uncertainly around the corner. Seeing that Maya had not committed suicide, she grinned manically.

'Your father wants to speak to you, dear…' she rumbled. 'And you're attending St. Adams…Or else…'

Sighing, Maya resigned herself to her fate. After all, what good would it do to refuse? Maya figured that the worst thing that could happen would be that she failed, and then the best thing would be –she would be moving school. And she would get away from her parents for a while –that was always a plus. She smiled brightly at her mother, shocking the stern woman.

'Alright.'

Maya's mother suddenly sweetened, her face beaming a small scrap of sunshine onto her daugher. Maya had to avert her eyes. So... Bright... Mum really over-used that whitening toothpaste.

'I knew you'd come around, sweetie! Let me tell your father... He'll be overjoyed...' Her mother thankfully left the room.

Sure, Maya thought, if overjoyed means he'll just nod and go back to doing business-y crap like he normally does.

Well... Here goes nothing. Maya would be attending St Adams, and she had literally asked for it. Fun times to ensue.

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