I was standing before Hope's Peak Academy. No, Hope's Peak was standing before I.

I am Nina Masami, normal high schooler who mostly fits in with the crowd. I hadn't really done anything noteworthy to gain attention from others in the past, nor had I ever been able to do anything amazing in my personal life. But somehow, this prestigious school, Hope's Peak, had beckoned me to attend it nonetheless for a talent that I had that even I didn't know. As the school faculty also researches talents, I was lucky enough to have something they wanted to look into.

Hope's Peak Academy, the exclusive, government-sanctioned school accepting only students with exceptional abilities. It's goal? It's to raise hope for the nation. Anybody attending there is guaranteed success in life if they manage to graduate.

To attend, a person must be a high schooler and must excel at their field of expertise. It didn't hold any entrance exams, as the school believes that exams are meaningless for the purpose of the school. Instead, the school itself scouts for its students, so you must be invited to attend.

Somehow, in some way, I'd managed to get there. I'd become the source of envy for other high schoolers and may have lost some friends in the meantime, but this was a place where my life was going to take a meaningful turn.

I took a deep breath, stopped playing nervously with my long, silvery hair, and walked through the gates, approaching the main doorway of the school with a pounding heart. I'd always thought I had such a plain, boring life. Things would finally change, I'd finally be able to say I'd made some kind of accomplishment, that I'd change at least something for the world.

I passed through the doorway full of hope, but it quickly dissolved with a wave of nausea. I didn't understand, and continued trying to get further into the school. I may have tried propping myself up on a wall, but honestly, I really didn't remember what happened afterwards.

Next thing I knew, I was drowsily awakening to a feeling of being bounced. I opened my eyes slowly, and saw only blackness. Panicking, I sat straight up, until the realization came to me that my sweater's hood had simply gone over my eyes. I pushed it back and started with making sure I didn't freak out, by taking breaths.

Somebody snickered beside me, causing me to start, as I didn't expect to be close to somebody else after what had just happened.

"I mean, um, are you ok?" a tan individual with wavy black pigtails asked, trying to cover up the fact that she'd just been laughing, most likely at how silly my hood must've looked on my face.

"No. I'm not okay." I said a bit loudly, "I passed out as soon as I entered Hope's Peak, and now I'm expected to believe that I've magically appeared on a-" I looked around, realizing I had no idea where I'd appeared after blacking out. "A bus?"

The feeling of bouncing came from bumps in the road. I was currently sitting on an ugly, roan red seat and to the left of me was the bus aisle. The tan-skinned girl to the right of me was next to the window, avoiding eye contact. I must've scared her.

"Hey, sorry, something really weird just happened to me a minute ago," I said in a calmer voice than earlier. "I'm Nina Masami, by the way, attending the school so the staff could research my talent."

"Oh, that's weird, me too!" replied the tan-skinned girl with the messy pigtails, turning her attention back to me. "I went to walk in the school, and got sick, and I woke up in the bus while everyone else was asleep…"

So we'd both experienced the same thing. How could two people experience the exact same event with the exact same circumstances?