Prologue
It was a chilly, white, winter day and I was standing inside the large examination hall. I kept glancing at my watch worriedly.
"Where the heck is she? The exam starts in 35 minutes but everyone was supposed to be here 5 minutes ago and she isn't anywhere to be seen! Oh please may they let her in! Please!"
You see, today was the day of the entrance examination for Saotome Academy; a large boarding school for performing arts. There are so many people here to try and get in. It's making me nervous but I don't know anyone here and I'm too shy to speak to anyone. The only person I do know is my best friend Nanami Haruka.
Haruka dreams of one day becoming a composer and writing a song for her idol. Me… Well I just really love music. I can't say that I have any dreams but I'm hoping that by getting into Saotome Academy I'll know for sure what I want for my future.
I look back down at my watch again and see that there is exactly half an hour left until the exam starts. I know that that's still a while but I don't think this school entirely accepts tardiness.
"Utau!" A voice calls after a few more seconds. Turning around I find Haruka walking towards me with a smile on her face.
"You made it! Where were you?" I ask her relieved.
"Ah, well, I stopped to help a little girl who was lost and that resulted in me turning up late at the gates. The guards wouldn't let me in but this really nice guy came and tried to let me in but they still wouldn't let me. Then another guy came and explained to them that I had stopped to help the little girl." She explained.
"Did they let you in?"
"No. They still refused to let me in, even though I begged, but then one of the guards got a phone call and when he finished talking he turned to face me and said I could take the exam!"
"That's great!" I exclaimed with a grin plastered on my face. "Well I wish you luck!"
"Yeah, I wish you luck too. Hopefully we'll both pass!" Haruka replied with a smile.
Just then a man walks through the doors at the front of the examination hall.
"Ok everyone, please take a seat." He told us all. Once everyone was seated, and the exam papers were passed out he said "You may begin… now."