Authors Notes: Most of the names in this chapter I got from other books strone all over my room...My daughter also named one. So there isn't any sort of significance to any names within this chapter :D Next chapter should be the last.

Into the Fire

Chapter 10

First Day

Eve jumped when she heard a snort and a giggle from her doorway. She looked around at Margeurite who was the one giggling behind her hand. Percy mumbled in his sleep. He had the fairy tale book on his face and he was in a very weird sleeping position. Eve plucked the book from Percy's face and tapped his nose.

"Wake up...Papa." She said kissing his nose and climbed out of bed.

"Today is a very special day for us." She continued and looked in her mirror. "Today I'm a daughter again, and I have brand new parents." Eve said. Percy chuckled as he stood up. His back creaked and popped from being in such an odd position.

"Oh but first you get ready for school. Out Percy... go wait in the lounge. We'll be out shortly." Margeurite said ushering the man out of the room.

"So lets get you into your school uniform alright?"

"Schools have uniforms?" Eve gasped and looked around at the cream colored, and bright bronze colored suit that was displayed before her. "Oh...thats kind of...odd. I've never seen school uniforms before." She said and pulled them on and looked at herself in the mirror. Oddly enough, it didn't look half bad. Margeurite began to brush her daughters hair and pulled it back into a ring braid.

"There we go...all done. Now lets get your shoes on and we'll go for some breakfast." Margeurite said and walked out toward the lounge. Margeurite walked out of the room to go find something. Eve looked at herself in the mirror once more and sighed.

"Something wrong?" Margeurite asked coming back inside to put a small hat on Eve's head.

"I feel so strange. I've never been so far away from things that I know, and all of the sudden...nothing is what I remember." She ran her hands down her sides. "Not even this."

"Oh sweetheart a womans body changes. More so then mens do. You'll get used to this in time sweetheart. Don't you worry about that." She said and held out her hand. "Lets go show daddy your outfit." She said and walked toward the lounge.

"Ah there is the little princess." Lord Hastings said from the table.

"When did you arrive here?" Eve asked the man. He chuckled.

"Well I came earlier and Margeurite said she didn't know where Percy had stumbled off to. She just informed me that he had his nose literally stuck in a book and asleep in a chair next to your bed." Margeurite giggled at this and tried to hide it. "Oh its true." Eve giggled and looked around at her father who playfully rolled his eyes.

"It would seem the young lady couldn't sleep last night and went wondering around the house last night. She stumbled back to bed with a book." He said looking around at the young girl who munched on an orange.

Inside the School

Percy had his hand completely surrounding Eves as they walked into the school. He could feel her shaking and shivering in his hand. She wasn't cold because of the jacket the school provided. He knew she would be afraid after what had happened to her in the past.

"This is your class. I'll be waiting for you when you get home alright?" Percy asked and looked around as the teacher walked through the door.

"Why can't you come get me from the school Papa?" She asked and hugged him tightly.

"Because my little bow...I will be working of a present for you." He said and kissed her hand. He straightened out and looked down at the teacher.

"Hello Lady Blakeney I'm your teacher Madam Constance Brikket." She said in a French accent. Eve looked up at her father then at the teacher.

"Hello Madam Brikket its very nice to meet you." Eve said in mixed French and English. Percy was a little surprised, she did say she knew a little, he just didn't realize it was that much. But then again this was a very basic thing to say.

Percy slowly backed away from his daughter who walked through her class room door.

"Good Morning class this is your new classmate Lady Blakeney." The teacher said.

Thats when all the whispers happened. This caused Eve to blush deeply.

"You mean the little rags to riches case? Why Sir Percy would adopt someone so lowly is beyond me." A young girl with extra curly hair and narrow eyes.

"Probably felt sorry for the little thing." Another girl threw in. Most of the class giggled behind there hands. Eve looked down at the floor. It was true she was a rags to riches case.

"Perhaps he wanted a child who didn't act as snobbish or self centered as you do." Eve suddenly blurted and walked over to a desk assigned to her. The girl who spoke first fired off a few insults in German before standing up and gesturing to Eve. The teacher fired off a few sharp words to her also and continued on with her lesson.

Lunch Hall

Eve looked down at her food and then around at everyone elses. She knew that the food there was elegant, but suddenly she didn't feel like eating it. She was still full for lunch. She couldn't possibly eat all of this food. So she just poked at it until a young girl with pig tails and glasses sat down in front of her. The young girls green eyes kept looking up at her.

"Can I help you?" Eve asked. The young girl suddenly looked oddly at her as if she didn't know what was being said. Apparently this girl wasn't as good at speaking other languages.

"I'm Kristine Ffoulkes." She said and held out her hand.

"Wait...Are you related to Andrew Ffoulkes?" Eve asked and Kristine nodded.

"My brother told me you'd be here today. I just didn't know we'd be in the same class." Some words in this long line Eve understood. Suddenly Eves eyes watched the girls from before walk toward them. There eyes locked on hers as they went.

"how is your...school food?" They asked. Eve smiled at them and pulled out a spoon full of pudding and sampled it.

"Its actually pretty good." She said and looked at Kristine who seemed to have gone silent.

"Perhaps it might be better if your wearing it." The girl on her left said throwing a plate of Flan at Eve. She gasped and looked at her new uniform and then sighed.

"I've wore worse." She said flinging the spoonful of pudding at the girl. She gasped and this started a large food fight. Kristine and Eve ran out of the lunch room and sat with there backs against the wall.

"I was scared they were going to throw something at me again." Kristine said. Eve looked at Kristine.

"Don't you ever stick up for yourself?"

"Brother says I should, says its what father would have wanted." The mention of a father caused Eve's heart to ache.

"You've only been here for a few days?"

"Second day." She said and looked up when a man with a white wig on walked into the lunch room and then immediately walked back out again wearing a lot of food.

"Headmaster are you alright?" Kristine asked. He turned to look at the two ladies.

"Lady Ffoulkes? Who is this young lady? I don't believe I've meet her?"

"This is Lady Blakeney. The new student. I had to run her out of there, no sense of getting her in trouble for something she doesn't understand. Lady Rinhun caused the food fight sir."

"Very good. Always honest Lady Ffoulkes thank you." He said and walked back toward his office and Eve hoped a nice pair of clothing.

"That poor man..." Eve mused and looked around at the young girl next to her who was giggling.

"Well I stood up for myself." She said rocking back and forth from heal to toes. The young girl seemed very content in what she did.

After School

Eve and Kristine walked along side one another to wait for there carriages to come around.

"Thats not unusual at all. Seeing a Blakeney and a Ffoulkes walking together." A teacher said loud enough for the girls to hear. They broke into a fit of giggles.

"You know Papa is having a little get together today at the house. You should come."

"Oh brothers already told me. I'll be getting ready as soon as I've gotten home." Kristine said and giggled at the look on Eves face. "It was suppose to be a surprise. But apparently its not much of a surprise then is it?"

"No I heard Papa talking about it and put the pieces together."

"Oh your a smart one aren't you?" Eve looked up when Coraline opened the carriage door to help Eve in. Eve suddenly remembered what was about to take place. So Eve climbed up into the carriage like the good girl she was...and glared at the woman sitting in front of her.