Darkness... the endless void

Everywhere I looked I saw blackness

"Where am I?" I said. Some words floated in my head, I reached for them, grasping. And that's when I remembered...

Hopes Peak Academy, the staple of hope for the world. Here the students of the top caliber in all fields from all over the planet are gathered and taught. The only rules for application are that they must be in high school and that they must be of 'Super High school Level', the title given to students here. You don't enroll to get into the school, they must come to you. I didn't think that I would ever get in but here I am, named Super High school Level Sharpshooter. I was heading here today when I blacked out.

I struggled to see light, something, anything, sitting there for a couple of minutes I found that my eyes were closed and I lacked the strength open them. Gathering my energy I opened my eyes and took in the room around me; I was alone in a classroom sitting at a desk. Someone must have carried me in here after finding me blacked out, but where was everyone?

I stood up out of my desk to have a look around and that was when I started to notice the weird things. Firstly all the windows were blocked by heavy iron plates; I noticed it out of the corner of my eye and had to blink a couple of times to make sure I wasn't imagining things. Secondly I noticed the security cameras and the TV hanging on the wall, this may not seem out of place in a prestigious school however they seemed oddly ominous.

I heard movement in the hall outside; rushing to the door I swung it open to reveal the frightened face of a girl.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHH" she screamed "wh-who are you? Ar-are you the reason I blacked out earlier and woke in a classroom?"

"No I..." I began "wait you blacked out and woke up in a classroom alone too?"

"Y-yes, I came to this school and when I stepped inside the grounds I fell unconscious, the next thing I knew I woke up inside classroom. When I looked around no one was there and there was iron plates on the windows" she replied looking a little less shocked but still somewhat nervous.

"Hmmmmm, the same thing happened to me" I said "Ah where are my manners, my name's Lewie Strider, I'm the Super High school Level Sharpshooter"

"So you're a new student here too? Well my name's Evelina Vestir, Super High school Level Painter, though you can just call me Eve"

"Ah, you're the famous Italian painter, I should have recognized you"

"I'm not that famous" She said, this was however clearly untrue, her paintings had already been bought by big art museums. Even the Louvre has one proudly hanging up, which is no small feat for an artist who is not only so young but is still alive considering how paintings become more valuable when the artist dies. Though I suppose that's Super High school Level for you.

"Well we'd better go see if there's anyone else here" I said.

"Yes, that would be wise right now" she said smiling having finally stopped being nervous. It was at this point that I realized that she was rather pretty when she smiled. Quickly looking away I gathered myself and together we walked down the corridor.

After walking for a minute or two we came to a big door with the sign 'gym' hanging over it. "Well this looks as good a place as any to go" I said pushing open the door.