Chapter One: Accepted to Victoria Hill Academy
Carter's Pov:
After sleeping on the ride up in this old train, I realized that we weren't there yet. I can't believe it! The sleep didn't help me at all. I guess I can look around while I have to wait another hour to get to Victoria Hall Academy. All I can see is the suitcases sitting above me and also there were the other students that were sitting and wishing that the school was a shorter distant.
I wonder what this school has for me. Boring classes? Annoying teachers? Dances that put me to sleep? I bet I would be the trouble maker or the silent student that people ignore.
After being in so many schools that is all I will expect. I also made too many friends in my lifetime and after I say my goodbyes to them I quickly forget who they are. Too many faces to remember so that's why I normally forget a lot of things in my mind.
I decided to sit with my arms folded with my legs crossed and just look out the window. The view was nice. I can tell we were in Virginia. All I can see is a huge lake with a forest behind it. It was a beauty to see but my mind was on something else. Why I was sent to this school? Normally someone would tell me but this time was different. So I had so many questions in my mind that I wanted to torn off my head.
Also, I wanted to know if there is others like me. Is there someone different? Strange? Odd? Ugh! I can't take it anymore! I have to get to this school quickly or I will get off of this train and I'll even run to get there. Now my hands were getting sweaty and my legs were hurting for crossing my legs too hard. Even biting into my lips didn't help. Now my lips were bleeding.
Suddenly I heard the train whistle blow. Finally! I'm here. So I grabbed my small suitcase from the top and carried it with me as the students were walking out of this old train. As we got to go outside I took a deep breath. Ahhh! It feels so good to be outside. The air here was so fresh. All I want to do is go for a jog out at the park outside the school every morning. I was so happy to be here. I begin to walk with the other students to the entrance of the Academy.
This school was so huge. It was bigger than any school I ever been to. It feels like going to Hogwarts. And I was a boy wizard who wanted to explore this amazing place.
Harry's Pov:
After being in other schools, this is seen odd to me. It was bigger and there were so many students here. It feels like the school was calling me. Weird but it's true. I just hope no one knows about my powers. At my last school, I used my powers to protect one of the kids being bullied by an adult. All I did was get mad and the ground suddenly shook and he fell and broke every part of his body. After that I decided to run away from that school. So my father thought about an idea to go to this school so here I am.
All I can do is just look around inside of this school. After one the teachers took as to an assembly room and left the room, it started to fill up with talking. The girls quickly clicked and became friends. The guys were wrestling with each other for fun and enjoyment. I decided to sit down and relax. My feet were hurting from sitting on the train for three hours and after walking three miles to the school, they were in so much pain.
As I was looking around still, a guy sat next to me. He was taller than me and he had blonde hair. He defiantly looked exhausted after the train ride.
"Hey, I'm PJ," he said to me after he sat down, "What's yours?"
"I'm Harry," I said to him.
"Do you know about this school? I'm kind of confused because my parents just told me to pack up and dropped me off at the train station ."
I looked at him in the eyes. I could tell he was a kind person. "I don't know. My dad did the same thing to me."
Then PJ signed and rubbed his hands together. "I heard about this school before. In a dream I had last week."
"In a dream?" I questioned him.
Suddenly he went silent. I think he was meant to not talk about it. I wanted to ask him something but by the time I opened my mouth, one of the teachers came in to greet the students.
We both just sat there watching as each student got to talk to the other teachers as they were walking in. Then one of the teacher walked towards us.
"Hello boys," she started to talk to us, "I'm Miss Nora and I will be your History teacher.
Without a choice we shook the teacher's hands and greet her. She was beautiful with her long brown hair in small curls.
"How come you boys are just sitting here and not greeting the other students," she asked us.
PJ just out his head down looking at the floor. I was looking at the teacher. "I guess we're still trying to get used to the school. For now it's kind of hard to know anyone here except we both just met." After saying that I felt relaxed and comfortable.
Then she gave me a smile and said, "I understand. People will get nervous on their first day. Take it easy for a week then you boys should check out the girls." After saying that she walked away from us.
I can't believe a teacher just said to go hunting for babes. Gosh! I looked at PJ and he smiled at me.
"That teacher was hot!" he finally said to me.
Then I smiled at him. "Do you know what?" I asked him.
"What?" he gave me the weird look.
"I think you been on the train too long and been in the sun too long…"
He gave me a hit on the arm and we both randomly laughed at each other. I could tell we're going to be good friends.
Susie's Pov:
In the assembly hall, I think I met with over a hundred students. I kept seeing face after face. A few asked me to be friends with them and how can I say no. I guess I'm a pushover. For me it's hard to say no to anyone.
As I was walking around greeting everyone I could see, a guy bumped into me and we both fell to the ground. I got up quickly and tried to help him.
"I'm so sorry. I should have watched where I was going," I said to him. I felt so bad. I'm so stupid not seeing him. He grabbed my hand gently and smiled.
"No. I'm sorry. I should of keep my eyes on my surroundings." He said then we walked off away from me.
It was weird. He didn't stay to talk to me. He just keeps on walking to wherever he was going. He even looked weird. I felt in my bones that he was hiding something. A secret. A dark secret? Oh well. I shouldn't worry about it. It's none of my business. Besides, I want to keep my powers a secret from the world.
The teachers then walked to the other room where the theater was. The students were following them. Each student including me took a seat as we were getting ready to hear the teachers out.
The principal stood in the middle of the stage as the teachers sat in the chairs on the stage.
"Welcome students of Victoria Hill Academy. I'm Mr. Tumble. And I will be your principal and headmaster of this school. It's a great pleasure to meet all of you. I think some of you are nervous because it is your first day here but this will be a great start for you. In this school we're here to discover talents. Kids that have dreams, goals, or things you need help to succeed in, we'll be there to support and help you all. Remember, this is still a school and school has rules. Remember, this is still a school and school has rules. First, you will obey the teachers and not become troublemakers. Your behavior is also important. If acting up and disobeying the rules, there will be punishments. Mostly, there are "special" places that the students are not allow in. First, in our library there is a back door to a room for only teachers so stay out! Also, our gardens have been use for classes and not to be use as hangouts. And lastly, stay out of the tower!"
After the ceremony was over, the students headed out to tour the school. Some students went to each classroom to see which teacher was theirs. Me and the other students went to tour the bedrooms. The girls bedrooms were five floors above the main floor and the boys were two floors above the girl's. Each room had a lobby room to chill out then each door that was there were the bedrooms. I went to check my bedroom. There were already four beds there and my stuff was already sitting on the wall.
I wanted to know who my roommates were. I knew I wasn't going to have the bedroom alone. Another girl entered the room and she smiled at me.
"Hello," I said to her. She shook hands with me.
"Hi, I'm Juliet."
"My name is Susie. Nice to meet you."
"I'm guessing we're roommates?"
"I guess. My bed is at the right hand corner of the room."
"Wow! My bed is next to yours."
"Great!" She was a sweet girl and she was so beautiful. The guys will fall in love with her in one day.
"So do you want to sit next to me at dinner?" She asked me.
I just nodded my head saying yes. My throat was so dry that I couldn't speak. We both started to unpack our suitcases and put our clothes in the closet we shared. We were still waiting for the other two girls that were supposed to be our roommates.
After half an hour, two regular girls entered our room. I think they are our other roommates. We greeted each other. One of them I meet at the assembly room. The other I never met but she was nice
I was so excited. This school is going to be great. I just hope nothing bad happens while I'm here.
Harry's Pov:
The guys and I were checking the bedrooms. The great thing is it's two floors above the girl's bedroom. Some of the guys went over the stairs to see each girl walking in and out of the rooms. They were whistling and howling at him.
Me and PJ decided to go into our bedroom. Me and him were roommates and our beds were next to each other. Our stuff was there too.
All day we both unpacked our stuff and laid on the beds to relax before dinner. PJ as looking at a picture while he was laying down. He looked sadly at it.
"Who's that in the picture," I asked him.
"My family," he replied.
I was looking at the picture then I notice a little girl in it.
"Who's that," I pointed to the girl.
"That's my sister. Her name was Alice. She died three years ago."
My stomach hurt after he said that. No wonder he was sad when he was looking at that picture.
"I'm sorry," I said. I felt so bad. I don't have siblings but losing someone you love is so hard.
"We were playing outside," he started telling me, "And a storm was coming our way but she and I wanted to keep playing. We didn't realize how bad the storm was. Then a big lightning bolt stroked me and Alice."
A tear was rolling down his face. "I survived but she didn't." He put the picture in a dresser next to his bed.
I knew how he felt. I lost my mother in a car crash when I was five. I remember it was the sad day for me.
Carter's Pov:
After two hours of touring the classrooms, I went to the girl's bedrooms. In my opinion, the rooms were better than the other schools. It had a nice lobby and four doors to each bedroom. I went into my own bedroom. In there was four beds. My bed was in the center of the room. Great! I'm in the middle of a girl's night talk. I'll never get some sleep.
I put my small suitcase on my bed. I started to open my big suitcase that was there. Quickly I stuffed my clothes in a dresser.
Suddenly I looked up at a girl who's bed was next to my. She was looking at me oddly.
"Why are you stuffing all your clothes in that!" she said angrily. "You're going to break it."
Oh great. A smart mouth girl. Like my other schools, there were tons of them.
"Sorry," That was all I got to say. I wasn't in a mood to fight with her. I took out my clothes and folded them neatly.
I was looking at her suitcase and I can see her name on it. It was written in silver letters.
"I'm Carter by the way." I try to act nice but not too nice. I didn't want to be soft around her.
"Call me Pauline." She said then put her clothes in the closet. We didn't talk to each other for one whole hour. Then she left the room quietly.
What was her problem? What did I ever do to her? Well there was nothing to do except ignore her till she can learn to be nice. Besides, I wanted to wait for the other students that were coming. I heard there was a second group of students coming on the train to our school.
Ronnie's Pov:
The train ride was so boring! There's nothing to do but to sit for three hours and look out the window.
All I could see was a lake, forest, trees, clouds,….boring! I just hope the school wasn't boring like this. Ugh! Why was I here? Why I was sent to this stupid school. Then I turned my attention back to the window. Now I can see is a open field with a few trees. And I can see a man hitting a woman and…What?
I looked at them with horror. Oh no! Not again! I'm seeing things. Then I looked at the other students on the train. They were just sitting there not paying attention. As I looked back at the window, the couples were gone. I keep seeing things. And it's even worse coming here.
Edmund's Pov:
While my sister was sleeping on my shoulder, I was looking around inside of the train. Some students were sleeping, looking out the window, or just sitting there. We been on this train for three hours and now my legs were hurting.
My attention was at a girl who looked like she was having a panic attack. Was she having a problem or this ride was making her lose control. It looked like though she was seeing a ghost. I felt bad for her.
"Excuse me miss," I was calling her. She then looked at me. "Are you okay?"
She dug her fingers into her hair. "Well, it was nothing. I think from this long trip is making me see things."
"What kind of things?" I asked her.
"I thought I witnessed a crime. There was a man that looked like he was beating up his wife or girlfriend."
"Oh. I see." Is she one of us? I don't know but it's too risking to ask. I didn't want to put me and my sister in danger.
Rosie's Pov:
As we got off the buses, I was praying that no one will recognize me. We finally arrived at the school as the night falls upon us. With the other students I walked to the school.
Everyone was gathering at the assembly room. I decided to act normal and try to talk to everyone as the teachers walked in to greet us. It was easy but also I had to be careful and not give out any full information. Otherwise, I will enjoy Victoria Hall Academy.