I stared up at the huge fortress that loomed ahead of me. The walls were gray stone with ivy creepers climbing up them. I glanced back at my mom who smiled and nodded in what was supposed to be an encouraging way. I smiled back nervously, pushed my purple glasses further up my nose, and blew my frizzy auburn hair out if my face. Oh! Sorry, where are my manners? I'm Katie Noble, new transfer to Yensid Boarding school. My mom, Donna, thought that I would have fun at boarding school, I think she's lost it!
"Bye Sweetheart! I love you!" she called out as I waved back and began dragging my luggage up the long winding driveway that led to the school.
I walked up to the grand entrance of the school, just as the bell rang. As if by command, students came poring out of the classrooms in the building and gathering in the hall to chat with their friends or go to their lockers. I fought my way through the crowd with a few "Sorry!" "Excuse me!" Coming through!". Eventually I made it to the principals office. I took a deep breath and stepped inside.
Chapter one
As I stepped into the office, the first thing that hit me was the stench. It smelled of old, smelly, socks, and a sort of metallic smell! I closed the door behind me and turned to see a tall man with a thick, greasy mustache.
"Welcome, Miss Noble" he said as he lifted my hand and kissed it. I pulled my hand away quickly, wiping it on my jeans. This guy gave me the ultimate creeps, no doubt about it.
"Thank you" I replied quickly "Principal..." I looked over quickly at the nameplate in his desk. "Hasp".
He continued to talk after a slight nod at the mention of his name. "While you are here, you will be in the House of Tawl. I will assign someone to collect you briefly." He then quickly left the room.
What a strange (and creepy) man! Thinking to myself, I started to think about home. All of a sudden, a boy burst through the door!
"Is Hasp in here?" the redheaded boy asked. I shook my head as negative in response. "Great!" Replied the boy, "My name's Peter, Peter Psomi". "Katie Noble, pleased to meet you."
"What house are you in? "I'm in Tawl." "Same here!" I replied, happy to have met one of my housemates. "I'll definitely see you around!" And with that Peter Psomi ran out of the room with a shout grabbing a file off of Hasp's desk
I waited for a few minutes before someone walked in.
An older woman with black hair and blue eyes smiled at me.
"I'm Mrs. Goethe, the house mother for Tawl." she bent and picked up one of my suitcases and walked off.
She called over her shoulder, "Come along dearie!" I gathered my belongings and rushed after her, thinking about how people in the house would act, and the funniness of Peter Psomi, the first nice person I had met here at Yensid.