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- Something I should let you know- St. Vlad's is VERY strict!

*** Rose ***

"Whew, glad that bitch session is over." I said to Lissa as we walked away from Kirova's office. I've been yelled at many times before, but I think she broke a record this time. It was a double bitch session. Right in the middle of one of her famous speeches, a guardian brought in two royal boys that I'd never seen before. I just knew they were royal because of their designer clothes. Apparently, they got detention for trying to run off the second they got off the plane. Amateurs.

Anyways, Kirova gave us detention every day for two months. Not bad, I'd say. What other options did she really have? Expelling us? Hah.

"Tell me about it." Lissa rolled her eyes and folded up her schedule. "So how long until we get of this hellhole?"

"I don't know." I shook my head. I was hoping for another escape in a week, but I didn't want to get her hopes up. These things took time.

We had been brought back to school at about twelve AM. Night for humans, but middle of the day at this school. Which means we had to walk right down the center of the cafeteria during lunch in order to get to our dorms. Lovely.

The whole room was silent as we walked down the isle. People gawked at us, open mouthed.

"Hey guys! Did you miss us?" Lissa said coolly and waved at everyone.

I laughed and looked back at the two royals behind us. They looked scared. They were clutching their newly-distributed uniforms and looking down. They would never survive in this place. I could tell that people were going to walk all over them. Oh well, it's not my job to babysit the new kids.

I bowed as we finally exited the cafeteria.

"So," One of the boys with black hair and bright blue eyes spoke up, "Where's the nearest exit?"

"Hah!" I snorted. "There's no escaping this place unless you have carefully thought out plan, my friend."

"I can handle that." He said, dead serious. Lissa and I started cracking up. They had no idea how much work it was to escape last time!

"Yeah, right. Well, good luck, boys." Lissa waved and started walking toward the dorms.

When we got to the dorms, I felt sick to my stomach. I did not miss the plain white walls, the plain white bedspread, and the plane white painted wooden desks.

"Very homey, huh?" I asked Lissa.

"Ugh, this sucks." She threw her bag and uniform down on the bed.

"Don't worry, we won't be here long." I told her. I would start working out our next escape tonight. Before magic class the next morning...

"This school is so messed up." She groaned.

It was. The school was very screwed up. I guess it was all about the politics. Survival of the fittest. There were a lot of different classifications that you could fall into here. Whichever one you're at the academy determines who you are and how you are seen for the rest of your life. The groups are constantly fighting with each other about who has the best and purest royals, or who can wield magic the best. Lissa and I... Well, we didn't really fall into a classification. Everyone thinks we didn't specialize, but we did. A few months before our parents died, actually. Our parents told us all about our element, spirit. Everyone knew a about spirit. There was just one.. um, complication.

Spirit was illegal.

People said it was dangerous. And oh, it is. Trust me. That's why, when they find a user, they are executed. That's why Lissa and I didn't go to the academy until freshman year. Our parents kept us at home to keep us safe. But when they died...well... yeah. We did something bad. But it was an accident. That's why we had to run away. That's why we had to-

"Rose, does this make me look fat?" Lissa came out of the bathroom wearing her school uniform. It was a little small since we had the last pick. We got one large, and one extra extra small. I gave the small to Liss since she was tinier. We may be twins, but we are complete opposite. I had dark brown hair and olive toned skin like my dad, and she had pale blond hair and pale skin like my mom. She was small and skinny. I was skinny, but I had, um, developed a little more in certain areas. The only thing that was the same about us was our vivid green eyes.

"No, it's looks good." The uniform for girls was a red plaid skirt, a white button down blouse, a red tie, and black knee socks. We had to wear this on weekdays, but on weekends we could wear whatever we wanted. Lissa's skirt came to mid thigh and her shirt was kind tight, showing her curves.

"I think the skirt length is a violation." She looked in the mirror.

"What can they say?" I asked, sitting down at one of the desks. Each desk had a laptop on it. "It's the only one left."

"True."

I logged on to the computer.

The school had blocked a lot of websites on these computers. However, that didn't seem to stop the students. Someone had managed to create a giant chat sight. You could have your own profile and chat with other kids. There was a chat room for the entire school, one for seniors, one for juniors, one for sophomores, and one for freshman. There were a lot of smaller chats that belonged to royals, but you needed passwords for those. Liss and I knew every password though. Let's just say that I had some experience in the hacking business.

I groaned as I looked at the subject of the senior chat for today. ROSE AND LISSA DRAGOMIR: WHY DID THEY LEAVE?

Oh yeah, did I mention that the website was basically a gossip column? The one thing I hated most about this school was the gossip. Lissa and I were so afraid that they would find out about...

Ding ding. Someone updated.

Mia Rinaldi: The answer is obvious, one of them got pregnant.

Amy Badica: Where's the kid, then?

Mia Rinaldi: Probably living in some blood-whore community.

Amy Badica: Good point.

"Ugh!" I shoved the computer away from me. These people had no life.

Lissa came and read the chat. "Come on, Rose. We saw this one coming."

"Yeah, I guess."

"Can we go to lunch? I'm starving." She asked.

"Yeah, just let me put on this stupid uniform."

God, I felt like an old grandma. My skirt went down to mid-calf and my skirt was way too big. Why did I give Lissa the smaller uniform?

"Oh, come on. It doesn't look that bad." She said as we sat down at a table by ourselves. Everyone in the cafeteria was on their laptop, glancing over at us and laughing every few seconds.

"Yeah, right."

"Hey guys!" Adrian Ivashkov slid into the seat next to me and put his arm around my shoulders. Ugh, great. This was another problem I overlooked. Adrian was my boyfriend before we left, but now I was unsure of our status.

"Hey." I said flatly.

"I missed you guys! The academy just isn't the same without you two." He winked.

"Oh, come on. I bet you guys had plenty of other things to gossip about."

"But you're my favorite topic."

"Oh, please."

Lissa laughed. She always thought we were a funny couple. My stomach turned. So many things had changed in the past few years. i couldn't just pick up where I left off. It felt wrong.

Okay, I'm sorry for any spelling/grammar mistakes! I was in a hurry while writing this, but I promise the next chapter should be cleaner. Ugh, my computer keeps randomly turning off. Anyways, I have an important announcement!

-IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT: I'm having a contest. I hate the title of this story, so I'm going to ask you guys to help me out. The whoever comes up with the best title gets to create their own character to be in this story! I figured this would be kinda fun, so good luck! Thank you for your reviews on the last chapter by the way, I really appreciate it! :)