Sakura, Hana and Akina were on the bus to a new life. Literally.
The sun blazed through the glass window of the bus and onto my skin. I looked out at the land skimming past, it was hard not to think we were flying. I sighed discreetly and looked over at Hana and the other girl whos name I did not know. She looked so engrossed in her enormous tattered book it didn't feel right to interrupt her for her name. Hana was babbling on so fast I couldn't keep up so every so often I nodded my head in agreement to whatever she was saying. I hadn't known her for 5 five minutes before she was telling me her life story. I looked back out at the world and started to wonder back to how I got on this bus.
"I can't believe you didn't get into one school, it's impossible to understand" cried my mother, Rosa
"It's not my fault that I had to transfer schools in the middle of summer and there are no places in any one of them" I mumbled.
Just then dad, Toboe, burst into the room waving a slip of paper in the air and crying "Our princess is saved!" I cringed at the pet name that he always calls me.
"What is it dad that has gotten you so overexcited about a piece of paper?" I asked
"It's an entrance slip into an elite school which is set on a remote island, doesn't it sound fascinating?"
"I guess..."
"Come now! I'm putting your name down for a place here"
"Wait let me see the leaflet"
I took the leaflet and stared at the cover... If the image of the big gloomy building, giving off an evil pulsing aura just by the picture... I sure hope it's not the school in question. But the curly lettering above the picture saying: Academy for the gifted, let us teach you the way of life... did not raise my hopes
"Hooray! Our child won't be an outcast!" cried mother
"Yippee!" replied dad
And with that they started happy dancing and I was out of the room saying "I'm out of here"
"Akina...AKINA, ARE YOU EVEN LISTENING?" screamed Hana bringing me back to my senses
"No need to shout, jeez" I replied sharply "So? What's the matter?"
"We're headed toward a tunnel, don't get scared now and hold my hand" smirked Hana
"You can talk" I simply whispered back rubbing my temple.
Suddenly my phone went off and I answered it
"Hello?"
"Hello princess"
"Hey dad"
"We were just wondering if you are at your new school yet"
"No not yet"
"Well tell u..."
And the line cut off. We had entered the tunnel. It was pitch black only orange balls of light zooming past at an alarming rate. We were obviously going quite fast. Then suddenly out of the darkness an arch of light appeared and as we got closer and closer, the light got bigger and bigger until...
We went right through the gap of light and came onto a dusty track of road. I scanned our surroundings... everything was different. The sky was a murky grey the kind you see in winter, not in summer. On my left side there was a cliff face which was bare apart from a couple of dead bushes and black barked trees looming over at the top. And on my right there was a cliff edge leading off to the vast ocean which was the colour of wine... has the sea ever been red? I quickly poked my head past Hana and looked out the front. I could see a signpost and as we got closer, I saw that it was a scarecrow. How... original.
The bus stopped by the scarecrow and the bus driver said "Here's your stop have a nice day..."
Hana jumped from her seat and skipped to the opening door. As a was leaving my seat, the quiet girl had dropped her big old book and was having trouble lifting it up along with her suitcase. Why she had brought it inside the bus and not put it in the buses boot, I was not going to ask. But I was going to help.
"Hey, do you need some help?" I asked nicely beaming at her
"Umm... well... if you don't... mind..." she timidly replied
"Of course not!" I said "Here, let me carry your book"
"Umm thank you"
"No problem. Hey whats your name?"
"Sakura and your Akina"
"How'd you know?"
"That other girl kinda shouted your name quite loud" Sakura smiled
"Of course" I replied smiling aswell.
We got off the bus and went to join Hana at the back, who already had her graffitied suitcase out and tapping her foot impatiently waving her phone around in the air. I just shook my head at her and putting Sakuras book under my arm, I used my other arm to grab my suitcase.
"Here missy let me help you" the bus driver said coming out of nowhere
"Uhh thanks..." I mumbled
He lifted mine and Sakuras suitcases out and put them on the ground.
"Well, that's it I'm off" said the bus driver "Hopefully I'll see you again"
I'm positve we all shuddered at that remark.
We watched as the bus went through the tunnel entrance and then turned around to look at the looming building that was our new school. Hana put her suitcase onto the ground and started to unzip it.
"What the hell are you doing Hana?" I asked
"It's my ride" she simply replied
Woo! First chapter so tell me what you think good or bad I want to know XD R&R
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