House of Cearian
June 27
My name is Yellow. I am 17 years old. Recently, my uncle sent me to a school called Pharoan High School. My uncle had been trying to admit me into Pharoan since I was 15. Recently, my uncle managed to get me a place in the school and he wasted no time in booking me a flight to the Hoenn region, where Pharoan is located. Pharoan High School is a boarding school. It is named because of the school's founder love of Egyptian Mythology. There are a total of 300 houses, each house holding about eight people.
I stood outside the house I was appointed to. The house was called House of Cearian. Cearian was a ruler in Hoenn about 700 years ago and Cearian had a great love and belief of mummification after death and even learnt Egyptian writing. I guess the founder named this house because of that. How do I know of all this? I'm a nerd. Just kidding. Most of this information is on the information booklet I got when I arrived here. I rang the doorbell 2 minutes ago and no one is answering. I know it is a school day but shouldn't there be a housekeeper or something. The school is very rich after all. Nobody answered the door the second time so I took a walk about the outside of the house. Pharoan was built in 1889, about 125 years ago. The house reflected the age seeing that the house looked like an old British house. The lawn was completely untrimmed, making it difficult to avoid places with large, sharp grass. I left my luggage by the door and after taking a walk about; nothing seemed to catch my eye.
There was a window by the door and I took a peek in. The house looked old inside and out. Other than a few modern changes such as a television in the common area, the design of the house looked like a building of the 1800s. I saw a lady in her fifties trudging about the house. I tried to wave at her but she didn't see me. Ergh. It was getting windy and the sky became dark. I didn't want to get wet so I banged on the window. I didn't do a huge bang just a bang enough for her to hear me.
The housekeeper saw me and approached the door. She was a plump woman and had short hair. She was the same height as me at least. I'm about 156cm, which is short but hey, you can only blame bad genes right? Actually, I have never met my parents. My uncle told me that they died when I was still a small child. My uncle never told me why. He was a poor man and sending me to Pharoan would be his best shot at getting rid of me since he was not allowed to touch the hundreds of thousands worth of inheritance my parents left me.
The housekeeper opened the door and welcomed me in. She explained that the doorbell doesn't work and it's just for show when parents come to see how the school is like before admitting their child. I came in during the middle of the school term, during a school day, so everyone was still in school. My blonde ponytail fluttered in the wind as the sky got darker and I quickly entered the house.
"Call me Janice. I've been the housekeeper here for about 7 years already." She said happily.
"Yellow." I smiled.
She carried my luggage upstairs to where my room was. My room was the second room in the long corridor. Even the upstairs looked old. The staircase was creaking as I walked up and I got worried at first but then Janice told me it's due to the building being old.
"This is your room. Your roommate is a girl called Blue. You will share a bathroom with her as well and your bed is the one on the left. There's a telephone downstairs if you want to make overseas call and the dining room, kitchen and living area is downstairs as well. The only two rules of this house is no leaving your room after 11pm and the basement and the attic is prohibited. Go and get settled in and dinner will be served in about 3 hours." She said before slowly trudging down to continue with her duties.
I was exhausted from the 7-hour plane ride and the 2-hour bus ride that followed. I slowly unpacked my luggage as I sat on my bed. The room had red wallpaper and was completely symmetrical. The bathroom divided the room into half, with the main door separating the two beds. Turn right to Blue's bunk, turn left to Yellow's bunk and the center is the shower. My bed had white bed sheets and an antique nightstand next to it and an antique wardrobe leaning on the wall in front of it. The wardrobe had 10 hangers, which I used 4 to hang my school uniform, 2 to hang the dresses I brought and the rest of my clothing I folded and put inside a drawer. There was also a study table with a bookshelf. I put the books I brought to read on the shelf and my MacBook in the center of the table. The textbooks I needed for the year were placed nicely under the table.
The bathroom looked much more modern with a shower at one corner, a bathtub at the other, the toilet took another corner and two laundry bags with the name Blue on one and Yellow on the other. There was a mirror and sink at the center of the bathroom and places to put our soaps, makeup and hygiene needs.
It was 4pm by the time I finished unpacking and it was raining heavily. I saw a group of 3 students walking inside the house from the window above my nightstand. I could tell they were all girls but I couldn't see their faces and the rain did not help. They were holding up three umbrellas, each of them was black in colour. I decided to not introduce myself, as I felt awkward coming in during the middle of the school term. I sat on my bed and grabbed a book I brought to read.
The door opened about 2 minutes later and a girl with brown hair and blue eyes walked in. She had a body that any girl would dream of having and her long hair stretched until just above her waist. She seemed to notice me and walked over, smiling.
"Hi! I'm Blue. You are my new roommate right? Let me go freshen up and get out of this ugly uniform first then I'll introduce you to the two other girls living here. What is your name?" She said excitedly.
"My name's Yellow, I just arrived here from Viridian in Kanto." I replied.
"YOU"RE FROM KANTO TOO?! This is great! You seem nice and not as bitchy as the last roommate. Her name was Leann or something." She basically shouted.
After 10 minutes, she dragged me to the room next to ours, the first room in the corridor. She slammed the door open and inside were two girls. The girl on the left was playing a computer game while the girl on the right was doing her homework.
"Hey guys! This is Yellow, my new roommate." Blue said cheerfully.
The girl playing the computer game took a quick glance at me and said: "I'm Sapphire. I'm in the middle of killing the boss right now so we'll talk later."
"I'm Crystal. Pleasure to meet you. So, what class are you in Yellow?" Crystal said shaking my hand.
"I'm in 3B." I replied.
"You're in 3B too? We have so much alike!" Blue said as she clapped her hands together.
Crystal had dark blue hair that was shoulder length. She was slightly shorter than Blue and looked to be very hardworking. Sapphire, on the other hand, was the same height as Crystal; she also had shoulder length hair and had some fangs on her teeth? She was the complete opposite of Crystal, seeming to care less about work.
"Crystal is one year younger than us and Sapphire is two years younger. I would give you a tour of the town of the school but it's raining now." Blue sighed.
"That's okay. I'm still a bit jet-lagged. I think I'll go back to my room and rest. See you all at dinner." I smiled as I gave that excuse.
It actually wasn't jet-lagged. I was tired from everything. My seemingly normal life had changed in just two days. At least the people living in the house seem nice so far; I should be able to see the rest at dinner. I heard they would be boys. At least there are boys because I can't imagine living in a house full of girls and their drama. Crystal and Sapphire seem okay but Blue looked like one of those drama queens.
I managed to take a two-hour nap and went down for dinner. Crystal and a boy with a white hat were eating.
"Hi, Yellow. Come join us for dinner. It's mac and cheese today." Crystal said. "This is Ruby by the way."
"Hi Yellow. Crystal told me about a new housemate. Thank god you don't seem as barbaric as Sapphire." Ruby said.
I sweat dropped a little. I haven't actually got to know Sapphire yet but she looked like one of the more rough girls. Crystal is friendlier and nicer. I took myself a plate and scooped some mac and cheese and sat down on the sofa beside Crystal. Crystal and I chatted and we got to know about each other more. Crystal was from the Johto region and was on scholarship.
"Well, I need to go and finish up my homework. Talk to you later Yellow." Crystal walked up the creaky stairwell into her room.
Blue and Sapphire came down and took their plates. Blue ate politely, wiping her mouth every now and then. Sapphire gobbled all her food with some cheese stuck on her face.
"Disgusting" Ruby commented. He was sewing something now. Wait sowing? It's a bit sissy-ish right?
"Better than you sissy!" Sapphire spat.
"Barbaric." Ruby said.
Before Sapphire could reply, Blue intervened and sat in between them. Ruby decided to continue upstairs, not wanting Sapphire to disrupt his sowing.
"He is so annoying" Sapphire said slamming her plate down on the table.
Good thing the plate was plastic. It would have shattered into a million tiny pieces if it were some other material.
"Come on Yellow. It's not raining anymore so let's pay a visit to town." Blue said.
The town was basically a long street. Bakeries, restaurants, cafés, different type of shops filled the path.
"Each week, you get 120 Patras. You can use it to buy clothes, food or go to restaurants. Patras is basically the currency. Since your new, you have 200 Patras inside the card in your information booklet." Blue informed me as we walked down the street.
I lifted up my card. It has the initials P.H, which probably stood for Pharoan High. We continued walking down the street. Blue suddenly stopped outside a clothing store.
"AH, SALE!" Blue screamed as she dashed in.
The signboard said Aliana's. It was one of the many clothing stores at Pharoan. I walked inside. The shop wasn't that crowded. There were about 4 other people excluding Blue and I that were shopping. I found Blue at the sale sector digging through a pile of clothes. The sign said 20 talons each. Blue already found 2 items. This girl sure can shop. After about 15 minutes, Blue and I left the shop. Blue had bought 4 items while I bought 1 item that was a skirt.
"Sorry about that ahah. Aliana's is my favorite clothing store in this school." Blue said, sounding a bit sorry.
We decided to go back as it was getting late; stopping by a bakery, which Blue said had really good bread, and even offered samples. I bought a piece of chocolate bread for myself. We got back to the house at 9.15pm. Most of the housemates had already retired to their rooms. I guess that I would meet them tomorrow.
Authors note: First chapter! Please review, favorite, follow! Main characters for the first mystery: Yellow, Crystal, Blue, Red. The rest are all supporting characters but they will have their turn to shine in the second and third mystery.
SPOILERS FOR UPCOMING CHAPTERS:
Yellow's first day of school
Yellow's initiation to House of Cearian
Other housemates include: Red, Green and Gold
Silver, Emerald and Sinnoh trio will be part of the supporting characters of this story.