Lisette woke with a start. Where was she? She wasn't in her room. She remembered blackness surrounding her while she was dancing, then landing on her bed. She only felt like she was unconscious for a few seconds. Wait... if it was seven o'clock when she blacked out, why is it midnight now? She definitely wasn't in a hospital... but there were other girls sleeping around her. Was she in a dormitory? Where was she?
Lisette drifted off to sleep, wondering where she would be in the morning...
To Lisette's surprise, she was still in the same place she went to sleep in. People were moving around her. At least I fell asleep in my clothes, she thought. But what about tomorrow? Panicking, she looked around the room. Two girls were watching her. One of them spoke.
"You know your clothes are in there right?" Said the girl with a hint of sarcasm. She was pointing to a dresser. The girl had purple and green hair. Scowling, Lisette pulled out some clothes from the dresser. How did they get there? Lisette ran into the changing room.
"You should hurry, we need to get to breakfast soon" Lisette guessed that this was the blond girl speaking. She didn't notice it before, but both girls had british accents. Was she in England? Great Britain? The UK? Whatever they were calling themselves these days. She hurried out of the changing room ready to go.
"What department are you in?" asked the blond girl
"Ummm…." Said Lisette. She saw a purple cape hanging next to her bed. "I forgot, what does purple mean?"
"Oh, that's Drama, same as Liv here." The blond girl motioned to the brunette. "I am in Art so I wear green."
"C'mon, let's go!" Liv tapped her foot impaitiently. "We need to get to breakfast! We'll show you the way."
As the three girls walked to the cafeteria, Lisette made it her business to learn as much as she could about the school. There were three departments, each symbolized by a color. Purple was Drama, green was Art, and blue was music. The girls, who's names were Emma and Olivia, were a year younger than her. They told Lisette to stay away from the Bloors, who owned the academy, especially Manfred.
"If you get on his bad side he'll hypnotize you." Said Olivia, wickedly. Lisette noticed that Emma looked sincere.
"Are you on his bad side?" Lisette asked, curiously.
"Oh of course!"
Just then a boy fumbled down the stairs. He had thick dark hair and seemed very rushed. Seeing Emma and Olivia, he waved. He then hurried down into the blue cafeteria.
"Who's that?" Lisette asked
"That's Charlie Bone, one of our friends" Emma said as she descended into the green cafeteria.
"We'll introduce you to our friends later, see you!" Olivia went to sit with some of her other friends in drama. Not wanting to be a tagalong, Lisette glided to the other end of the cafeteria.