"Beatrice! Beatrice!" Mia is snapping her fingers in my face.
"You fell asleep! Anyway, we're here!" Mia gestures to the window, where I see a series of blue buildings all surrounding one building. The main building is huge. It looks almost like a palace. I am gaping at it when Jeanine comes to my row. Wait no, me. Mia and Caleb got off the bus already.
"Beatrice! This is where you get off." Jeanine says angrily. Her cold stare is on me again as she stands there for five more seconds with pursed lips. She turns and walks off the bus. I hurry out of my seat and run to the front of the bus and hop off quickly. I catch up with Mia and Caleb, who are in another conversation. We enter the Erudite compound and I cannot help but be amazed. There is so much technology here. Jeanine turns to us.
"Welcome to Erudite compound! I explained on the bus what initiation would be like, but some of you were not listening." Her icy stare is focused on my face like a hawk and I am her pray. "Erudite initiation will be very similar to the school you have attended all your life, but much more advanced. You will be given a letter grade every six weeks. The final three days of your initiation will be a test on what you learned in the thirty days of Erudite initiation. Now for a tour. Erudite born please follow me since, I assume you do not need a tour of the place, and transfers will meet with my colleague Max." With that, she waves for the Erudite born to follow her and a man wearing a blue sweatshirt and blue jeans walks out to the transfers wearing glasses.
"Hello! I am Max. I will be giving you a tour of our compound. First, I ask you all to accept a pair of these." Max reaches into his nap sack and takes out a bag of glasses.
"These will enhance your vision, even if it is perfect, and replace any glasses you may already own."
Max passes out the glasses. When I get mine, I put them on and my vision starts to blur. Everyone else seems to be fine though. I raise my hand and take off the glasses.
"Yes, you right there, you have a question?"
"Umm, these glasses don't seem to work for me." I say, holding up the glasses. Max's eyes widen.
"And what is your name miss?"
"Beatrice." I respond.
"Very well. See me after the tour Beatrice. For now, these may fix the problem." Max hands me another pair of glasses and takes the first ones. I put the new glasses on. My vision is the same. These are fake glasses. I wonder why? We proceed with the tour.
"This is the central quarters!" Max says, gesturing around the room we are in. He proceeds down the hallway and stops.
"We are about to enter the most treasured factor of the Erudite compound. Welcome to our library!" Max says. He turns around and we walk into a room even larger than the pavilion where he choosing ceremony took place. This room was packed to the gills with books, magazines, newspaper articles, and every source of information you could ever find in the world. Everyone, including me, is gaping at the sight. Max gives us a quick overview of the library, then proceeds to show us the rest of the compound. We see the classrooms, living quarters, testing rooms, cafeteria, and bathrooms. Max explains a little bit more about initiation, then finally dismisses us to unpacking and lunch. I turn to leave when I hear Max call my name, then remember that. I was supposed to see him after the tour. Mi turn back around and follow him into his office.

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