As I feel the slow shadows bring me upwards…I finally awaken under a dull, temperate light.
…where am I…
I had awoken on a large, hard wooden desk with decaying qualities.
My neck felt stiff as if it hadn't moved in a long time. My body was startled and still. I had awoken in a classroom, or at least that's what I thought it was…one of which I had never seen before. On the floor where wooden panels, the kind the creaked on the ground of you tried to step on them, the walls where plain white with nothing special or individual about them at all. In front of me was rows and rows of old wooden desks one after the over. At the centerpiece was a chalkboard, that looked like it hadn't been used In a while, above it sat an analogue clock with a time that read '9:10' a whole hour had already passed without me even realizing.
After I stopped feeling dizzy I decided, looking around the empty room I noticed a security camera, highly odd but the world has been getting progressively more dangerous lately, perhaps they wanted to keep an eye on people. I also noticed a tough wooden panning over where the widows would be, so nobody from the outside could see in, and nobody from the inside could see out…
I tried hitting it…bang bang…nothing happened. It was thick and dense. Security cameras and boarded up windows? This place must be really cautious I thought to myself. Wandering around I noticed the desk I was on earlier, oddly enough a small pamphlet, it was very cheap and nasty looking, not only that but it was handwritten in barely legible handwriting. You think a high-end school like this could afford and make proper pamphlets. Squinting I could see that it read 'Guide for new students' 'a fantastic new semester has started!' 'Such an amazing world lays for you beyond here at hope peaks academy!' World? That's sort an insult considering this is just a school, a measly school could not match up the wonders of the world itself.
Perhaps I tripped and fell? Perhaps I fainted and forgot everything? At least I know I'm in the school building. But nevertheless, staying here something felt very…wrong…the windows covered…the security cameras almost everywhere I looked….it felt like a prison. I barley understood a thing, though I am sure it would all come clear to me eventually…perhaps I should go back to the entrance hall.
Opening the heavy doors revealed to me a corridor under a pink light with the same wooden floor boreds, this place, unlike the others seemed fairly well kept and organized. It had a somewhat creepy essence to it, not that I minded that much though, me being me. Going through the vast and mysterious rooms eventually lead me to narrow passageway under a subtle light, unlike the other garish bright pink ones. Before the main door there was a sign, which read 'Hostel of fear and despair'. It didn't sound pleasant… I entered trying to remind myself that everything will be okay. I had eventually made my way to the entrance hall a second time. But this time…they waited…
A short man with blond hair going to almost his shoulders spoke first. "So…you're the new student" the look on his face seemed surprised. I have no idea why he would be…considering he was surrounded by new students and their faces.
Stuttering… I managed to spit something out. "So...you are my new…?" I was cut in mid-sentence by a man with a fancy accent and a deep purple uniform. "Yes, yes we are the new students starting at Hope Peeks academy".
A man with short yellow hair, a small white hat and a green uniform spoke next. "So there are fifteen of us…interesting…"
A man with blue eyes and very short blond hair, shouted swiftly afterwards. "What are you doing Mr Ivan? Your lateness will not be tolerated; you should have been here at nine"! "Honestly, you should look forward more! I will let you off this time but next time…" He trailed off. "Gaah! Stop shouting! You're hurting my eardrums!" A small boy was shaking at the side; it was hard to tell whether it was just all the nerves or the shouting that was getting to him. I tried to approach him, as he was on the verge of crying; suddenly a far larger student with grey hair and a stern expression, complete with piercing red eyes step in front of him. "Hey! What do you think you're doing?" His tone was aggressive. "Picking on the smaller kids like that!" He then proceeded to laugh, an awfully annoying laugh… A man from the back shouted, "Stop hogging my spot-light, don't you think we should all introduce ourselves, me going first of course!". The same man with blue eyes turned around to him, "Wait, we don't have time for that!". I could hear giggling from the side of the room, it came from a chipper boy with red hair with a fancy curl sticking out from the side of it. "Hehe, But don't you will think it would be good if we all knew each other a little better?". "We should all at least know each others names!". A tall man with brown hair, glasses and a mole at the side of his cheek agreed. "Yes, I think getting to know each other would be a great idea." A man with black hair and an oriental costume looked up. "Of course, I mean if we all found out now we can save time later on…"
After looking these people up on the internet, it will be very exciting to know what they are really like. And so my journey at Hope's peak academy begins…