Katerina stayed awake most of that night, over thinking what had happened. It was soon time for breakfast and Katerina excitedly got changed and washed up. Yesterday the rest of the Academy was allowed to have a rare day off, so that the new students would find it easier to settle in, but today they were back. She and Kanisha wandered around the main hall as she looked around for Theta and Koschei. They had promised that on her first day they wanted to see her, but she wasn't sure if they were just saying that to be nice.
"Katerina!" A voice boomed.
She looked around to see Theta ushering her other to a table where a group of them sat. She quickly ran over to him and was enveloped in a tight hug the moment she was close enough.
"I missed you" He said into her hair.
"I missed you too" She replied, happy to see a familiar face.
"And obviously you're over the moon to see me" Koschei said from beside them.
"Of course" She said, hugging him as well, wrapping her arms around his neck.
"Oh, and meet Drax, Jelpax, Magnus, Millennia, Mortimus, Rallon and Vansell. We're the Deca" Theta told her proudly.
"What's the Deca?" Katerina asked.
"It's just the name we call ourselves. We're the top ranks in all of our classes" A girl said from behind her.
"I'm Ushas, and you must be Theta's little sister" Ushas continued.
"Yep, that's me" Katerina replied.
"Who's this?" Theta questioned, pointing to Kanisha.
"This is Kanisha, she's my roommate" Katerina told her.
"Hi!" Kanisha said, giving them an awkward wave.
The bells chimed all of a sudden and everyone started exiting from the hall.
"Hey, come meet us in Hallway C later, Koschei and I have something to show you" Theta informed her.
"Alright, I'll see you then" Katerina replied, walking with Kanisha to their first lesson.
Luckily, seeing as it was their first day, they only had to go to two lessons, Biology and History. Katerina didn't like Biology very much, or her class who seemed to be avoiding her, making her realise that they must already know that she wasn't a Time Lord. History was much more fun and interesting and she even made a few friends in her class. After lessons had ended, she rushed down to Hallway C to look for Theta and Koschei and was surprised to find no one there. Suddenly she felt a hand around her mouth and she was being pulled backwards into the wall. She elbowed her abductor, aiming for his face and heard a pained cry as the hand dropped. She turned around to see it was Koschei who had had grabbed her and was now rubbing his nose.
"Ow!" He exclaimed.
"Hey, it's your fault! You shouldn't go grabbing people!" Katerina told him.
She heard a small snigger by her side and saw it was Theta, trying to hold in his laughter.
"It's not funny" Koschei whined.
"It is a little" Theta chuckled.
"Hold on...where even are we?" Katerina questioned, seeing that somehow they were now inside the wall.
"Koschei found this place about a year ago, it's our secret place" Theta explained.
"Now it's our secret place" Koschei smiled at her.
"Really?" She replied.
"Well we knew you would whine on and on about it if we left you out" Theta joked, getting a punch on the shoulder from Katerina.
"So, how are you liking it here?" Koschei asked her.
"It seems alright, I think I'll reserve my judgements for now" She exclaimed.
Just as she spoke, they heard a group of people rush by and held their breath, hoping no one heard them.
"Hm, I guess this place must be more soundproof than I thought" Theta commented.
"Well I've got to admit, this place is pretty cool" Katerina told them.
"I know right. But you've got to remember to keep this a secret" Theta warned her.
"Nah, I think I'll go tell all my friends...oh wait I don't have any" Katerina sighed.
"C'mon, you've got me and Koschei and that new friend of yours" Theta insisted.
"Still, everyone else is treating me like I have leprosy or something" She said, irritated.
"People will warm to you, they're just a bit freaked out at the moment" Theta told her.
"Yeah, you must be one of the first Non-Time Lords to come here" Koschei added.
"Yeah, I guess" Katerina sighed.
"It'll work out in the end, trust me" Theta smiled at her.
The years flew by at the Academy and Katerina was surprised to find she was actually enjoying it there. Kanisha was now her best friend and still her roommate and they were in most of the same classes. She knew that Kanisha had taken a liking to Theta and she was constantly teasing them about it. Even more surprising was the fact that she now was friends with most the Deca and they all regularly ate at lunch together. Her favourite out of the group was Ushas, who she got on well with, even though she was aware of how cruel Ushas could be sometimes. Her brother and Koschei's relationship with her stayed mostly the same, they sometimes argued and fell out but they always made up again and remained the best of friends. Katerina's grades at the Academy were around average in most subjects, her strong points being History and Computer Science, but her worst subject by far was Maths which she was constantly tutored on by most of the Deca. Things stayed mostly the same throughout the first five years at the Academy, but just after her thirteenth birthday many things started to change. People had started to drift apart, going on their own paths. She had guessed this would happen at some point, seeing as most of her friends were two years older than her, but she was surprised to see that the Deca had started to drift apart. They all remained friends but now mostly did their own things, apart from Theta, Koschei, Kanisha and her who still tried to meet up for as much time as possible. However, the Deca was not the only people who had changed. There were many conflicts and wars going on throughout the whole universe now, and Katerina could tell that some of the Time Lords had become even less accepting of her.
Author's Notes: Here's the next chapter guys, sorry it's a bit short! Also sorry if there are some mistakes in this chapter and if I've got some of the info wrong:) Please leave a review!