Title
Half the Sugar, Twice The Spice
Author
cynical.life
Disclaimer
I own nothing. Sora Hamazaki belongs to someone else.
Summary
The birds were singing, the sun was shinning and I was downright pissed. All my friends were back home, and here I was going to a boarding school in another country. How could they do this to me?
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Half the Sugar, Twice the Spice
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Chapter 2
What Do You Mean, SCHOOL HASN'T STARTED YET?
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I slid my card through the box thing and the gates opened. Wow, so nuns DO know what technology is . . . what a miracle.
No pun intended.
I looked at the huge area in front of me. From the outside, I could only see the silhouette of a very large building, which was even bigger than I had thought. From here, I could see a huge grass terrain with paths winding in different directions, but they all led up to a same point; joining at a fountain in the middle of the yard.
But no people. That's strange . . . meh, I just shrugged it off.
Vines snaked over almost everything; the walls of the school, its pillars, then base of the fountain, everything. Don't tell anyone, but I think this school looks pretty cool, well, you know, being run by nuns and all . . .
But, if this is a religious place, then where's the . . . never mind, the church is by the other side of the yard. The holy place has been marked. Now to get as far away from it as possible. I've never really cared much about religion, but it disgusts me to no end to see all the money that gets put into these places. I bet you could feed a small starving country with all the cash poured into these places.
Anyhoo, I continued looking around.
"Can I help you?" said a voice from behind, scaring the living snot out of me. I turned to see another nun, this one looking somewhat nicer than that old fossil from before.
"Um, yeah, . . . . This is Saint Catherine's Academy, right?" I asked, reading the name off of a piece of paper my mother had given me before I left that had directions and everything on it.
"Yes, it is indeed. Might I ask as to why you are here?"
Rocket science at work here.
"Are you here as a student?"
No, I'm just here because I just looooooooove school that much.
"Um . . . yes?" I said hesitantly. Was this a trick question or something?
"But courses only start next week."
Hahaha good one. No wait, she's not joking . . . COURSES ONLY START NEXT WEEK?
What the heck am I supposed to do until then? I sure as hell can't go home and fly back here!
"You are welcome to stay here if you wish," said the nun, as if she read my mind. Whoa . . . that's waaay too creepy for my taste. But I can't go back home so I guess I should stay here . . .
"Really?" I asked. I do NOT want to go home. The one good point of a boarding school is that you sleep AT the school. And since I don't particularly get along with my parentals, might as well stay.
She smiled kindly at me. "Of course."
I don't know why, but there's just something about this nun that creeps me OUT! First there's the mind-reading thing, now there's the evil "I'll-show-you-the-light-of-god-and-convert-you-even-though-we-both-know-you're-happy-as-you-are" smile. Oh, I really don't like this one. She's evil. I can smell it.
"I am Sister Lillian. What did you say your name was?"
I didn't say my name, you amnesiac. You amnesiac? What kind of insult it that? Wow, I must be getting rusty. Yeah, if you haven't noticed, I'm a bitch. Deal.
"Uh, I'm Sora Hamasaki."
"Well miss Hamasaki, there is a sheet pinned up in the Great Hall's message board. It says which dorm you will be in and who will be your roommates."
"Uh, where . . ." I said hesitantly, but she had already drifted out of sight. "is the great Hall. Some help you were." I sighed. How nice she was, to leave someone she knew to be completely new all alone to fend for herself . . .not like I even liked her company in the first place, but I needed her to show me around this goddamn maze. Damnit!
Half an hour later, I still haven't found any success, but I don't care about that now. I need to find a place to put this stupid suitcase down!
Find the Great Hall – Mission Failed.
Keep walking . . . keep walking, hey, didn't I pass this corner five times already? Arg! I hate being lost . . . alright. Mission Find Great Hall aborted! Abort! Let's try and find a new destination now. Hmm, I think the headmistress would know what I should do and where to go . . . I'll try and see if I can find her desk. Chances are that she's on the ground floor of the oldest-looking building. I've just eliminated three buildings and four floors in one shot! Alright! Now to find the specific room . . . my guess is that it's looking over the nicest part of the schoolyard. I looked out the window and tried to find said place. Somewhat harder than I thought. Grr. Stupid, stupid school.
"Can I help you?" said a voice from behind. I think my heart skipped five beats after I had to shove it back down to my chest. Why is it impossible to hear anyone sneak up on you?
"Um, yeah. Could you please tell me where the head office is?"
"Yes, it's that last room at the end of the hall on your right."
Wow. So close and yet so far?
"Thanks." I said, grabbing my suitcase and hauling it towards the designated door.
I stood in front of the huge mahogany door for a second, trying to catch my breath. I didn't know I was so out of shape! But then again, dragging around my three tons of luggage didn't help much either.
I knocked on the door.
. . . No answer.
Maybe she didn't hear me. I knocked again, this time a little louder. And again . . . And again. And- GAAH WHY WON'T THE WOMAN ANSWER THE FRIGGIN' DOOR?
"The door is always open!" said a voice from inside.
No it isn't. It was closed, you know, closed as in NOT open?
Slightly embarrassed, I opened the door. I half-expected someone sitting in a large revolving chair, their face hidden by the shadows. Possibly stroking a cat. Imagine my surprise when I saw an overly lighted room with a smiley nun. I think I would have preferred to stick with the creepy guy and his cat from my mental image.
I walked into the room. Usually, when you think nun's office, you think hardly to no furnishing. Chya right, not here. This woman had her own library right here, a MAHOGANY desk, a HUGE comfy spinning office chair and a nice goofy sofa thing facing it.
"Um . . . " I said hesitantly, looking around this vast room. Where was she?
"Over here, dear!" said a fluttery voice from behind a large stack of books. I slowly approached the talking book stack and looked over it. There on the ground, was a very old-looking woman, who had glasses as thick as the bottom of a bottle that magnified her kind-looking blue eyes. My friend back home would have squealed; the girl is completely obsessing over anime characters, and this woman looked like an honest to god (no pun intended) chibi. Small frame, huge eyes. Once she saw me, she gave a smile. But not one of those "let's-be-polite-and-smile-at-the-freak" type of smile, not an "I'm-going-to-eat-you" creepy smile, but an honest, warm, welcoming smile. Wow, I haven't had on of those since . . . well, I don't really know.
So I did the first thing that came to mind. I went straight to the point.
"My name is Sora Hamasaki and I'm new here. I'm supposed to start school for this semester and see how things go from there."
"Oh my, you're early." She said, her smile faltering a decimal.
"Early?"
"Why, yes. Classes only start next week.."
Ah shit.
"How about I show you to where you'll be staying?" she continued. I didn't really have a chance to reply. I grabbed my bags and started to follow her Head Nun-iness to where the dorms where.
Then it dawned on me. I nearly passed out right then and there in front of her. I was in a SCHOOL. With NUNS. ALONE. For a full WEEK.
I hate my life.
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And so finishes the second chapter of HSTS. Hope you liked it! I wrote it in writers' block, so I hope it turned out to your liking. Or somewhere close :sweatdrop:
I know the guys haven't appeared yet, but like the title says; School didn't start yet! Oh, hey wait a sec; she's going to an ALL GIRLS school. What will happen?
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