"U-Um, Miss... a-are you alright?"

Those words echoed through my ears as I slowly began to regain consciousness. I lazily opened my eyes to see a figure standing above me. Before me was a girl, around my age. She had purple eyes, dark purple choppy hair and wore a nurse's uniform.

"C-Can you hear me...?" She asked in a soft concerned tone.

I lazily sat up and rubbed my eyes sleepily with the sleeve of my hoodie. I looked up at her and gave a slight nod whilst giving her a gentle smile.

"O-Oh that's good..." She said, smiling as well. "Y-You seem pretty o-out of it...we all are...a-after we were put i-in this...strange situation..."

At the time, I didn't understand what she meant. I sat up off the ground and as soon as I did I felt two arms lock around my back. I jumped at the action initially, however once I heard her sobs my demeanor changed. I stroked the purple haired girl's hair gently.

"I... I just want to go home...!" She cried desperately.

I continued to pat her on the head, wrapping my arm around her back to support her. I then took a look around and the realization hit me. I was on an island. A real island with palm trees and coconuts and such, the type you see in 'Super Mario Sunshine.' Then I had another question for myself. Why was I here? I certainly didn't remember coming here, so why was I suddenly on this island? I began to think as an attempt to untangle all the knots from my mind. I slowly began to gather fragments of scattered memories and pieced together what had happened.

It wasn't just any regular day for me. Today was a truly special day. I finally stood outside the doors of Hope's Peak Academy, or HPA for short. Looking up at it I couldn't help but feel proud of myself. It was a school which guaranteed success for all its students. If you liked baseball, you would play on a major-league team. If you liked music, you'd be a famous musician. If you were a dancer, you'd be a famous dancer worldwide and so on. Hope's Peak Academy is a government funded school for that of the elite society. It recruits students from every field imaginable to inspire hope and in doing so, shape the future. Many of the current leaders of various fields are in fact alumni of this school. That's the gist of it, basically HPA is a school of hope. There are two requirements to get into Hope's Peak Academy. 1. Be already enrolled in high school. 2. Be the very best at what you do. The students at Hope's Peak are called 'Ultimates'. Me? Well, it's a little hard to introduce myself sometimes, but here I go. I'm Chiaki Nanami, the Ultimate Gamer. Video games are my hobby and I'm a fan of all genres. I soon began to lose consciousness yet again.

When I came to, I was in a classroom, sitting in a seat. I held my GameGirl in my hand. I placed it on the desk and looked up. In the doorway was a boy with brown hair. I remember him well, it's hard to forget that hairstyle. Around me were also other students. They were having a conversation which I found hard to follow due to my drowsiness. I remember hearing a voice, a new one which sounded kind of strange. I quickly looked up from my game.

"Who's there?! Where are you?!" A large muscular boy screamed.

"It sounded…. like it came...from behind the teacher's desk…" I said sleepily, pointing towards the desk.

"Alright! I see everyone has arrived! Let's begin!" The voice said loudly.

Then out of nowhere. A made a stunning entry as it emerged from behind the teacher's desk.

"W-What is that?" A girl with long blonde hair asked, visibly still confused.

"Um... it looks like a stuffed animal…" A girl with bright red hair replied.

"That's right. I am a squeezably soft stuffed animal." The rabbit said proudly. "Magical Miracle Girl Usami, AKA Usami. I may not look like it, but I'm your sqeezably soft teacher. It's nice to meet you all!"

That was the last thing I remember before my head crashed onto the desk in front of me.