Getting schooled
River sat their nervously biting on her already bitten down way too low nails. Today was the day that would determine the rest of her life and she was nervous. Today she was going to be given a career that she would need to keep for the rest of her life. She looked around the plain, mundane classroom and saw all her 18 year old peers looking equally nervous some even looked rather nauseated River made a special note to herself to sit as far away from those few as physically possible at the graduation.
The school that River had attended since the age of 5 was as plain as you can get the walls were white, the doors were white, everyone wore a uniform, grey jumpers and either a grey skirt for the girls or grey trousers for the boys. Everyone looked the same River hated that everyone seemed like a clone. River tended to stand out from the crowd even without trying for instance though every girl had to tie their hair back in a basic ponytail, Rivers hair was so curly that ringlets were constantly popping out of it, she didn't really care though she wasn't much of a girly-girl.
There was only one thing that River loved about her school and that was the view of the water fall. It wasn't a normal waterfall, it was called the Dark Space instead of water it glittered and shimmered and sparkled like diamonds. Every time River looked at it, it never looked the same. No one knew what it really contained, but that doesn't mean there weren't rumors.
To say the place was heavily guarded was possibly the understatement of the century. Day and night hundreds of guards wandered the perimeter of the Dark Space.
"Marley Saints" the teacher called breaking River out of her daze. River watched as the young girl who she had never really liked walked towards the teacher's desk to collect her robes. They always did the register in alphabetically order so River knew by now she was next. She gulped and tried to calm her hands from shaking, as her name was finally called and she walked to the front to collect her Robes, they lay on the desk besides the hologram of her teacher a pale blue flickering picture of a man River had only seen in person a handful of times. River took the top set of Robes and walked back to her desk in the corner of the room.
River ran her hands along the fabric, her graduation today felt so surreal but holding the beautiful Red silk robes with its gold trim the realization started to sink in.
Once everyone had received their robes the teacher sent out his final message for the class, " Class of 4020 today is a big day for you all, it is the day where you become adults and all of your hard work finally comes to fruition. You have all worked very hard and you will be matched to the future that suits you best. Test results have been analyzed, as have thoughts and behaviors' over the last 13 years and we feel here at Bad Wolf Technical College that we have picked the best suited lives for each of you. So be open-minded, embrace the new you and here is too success and your unlimited untapped potential. Graduation will proceed at 15:00 hours in the great hall" with that the hologram teacher faded.
River clicked the button on her wrist band and the time flashed before her eyes it was only 12:30. She had a few hours to kill. Amelia walked towards her, the small ginger haired girl smiling gently, she had no reason to worry she would be the actress she had always dreamed of River knew that.
Amelia was her friend since she was 5 years old, her mother had been an actress, her father a musician. Both were very dramatic to the point where River shied away from staying at her friends house.
Rivers parents were different her mother was an international business woman and from what she could tell of her father he was a world class adventurer. She didn't see him much but he regularly sent postcards such as pictures of him in the jungle or climbing a mountain or sailing around the world. River spent a lot of time with the nanny a bubbly blonde woman by the name of Rose who when River had got too old to need a nanny had stayed on to help the family as a house keeper.
Rose had told her that it was important from a young age to know what she wanted to do with her life, if you had a clear idea what you wanted to do then the tests and computer systems would pick that up in your mind. River had asked Rose if she had always wanted to be a nanny, she hadn't really considered a career she had replied she had been too busy chasing after a man who was never in the same place twice.
As for River she didn't know what she wanted to do, she just knew that she didn't want a boring life she was the daughter of two people that traveled all over the world the idea of being stuck in the same place day in and day out filled her with dread.
"You nervous? Amelia asked her.
"A little" River told her.
"Your not fooling anyone you know" Amelia smirked.
"Fine then I am terrified" River laughed.
