Chapter 2 Rapunzel
"Welcome everyone. Today is the start of another new schoolyear." The principal, Miss Roberts, said. "As most of you know, this school was founded in 1959. At the time, it was called Princess Charm School and only allowed princesses and lady royals to attend. Every year, there was a big lottery, where one ordinary girl could win a scholarship to become a lady royal. One of those lucky girls was me, and when I graduated, I became the lady royal for Queen Graciella, even though I am a human, and she is a fairy. In 1999, our old principal Miss Ruth Handler, retired. Queen Graciella helped me get picked for this position. It took two years, but in 2001, a breakthrough came for Princess Charm School. The new name was Charm School and allowed girls and boys to come to school here. Humans, faeries and merpeople were allowed to study here and preparations were made. This year will be the 15th anniversary for the newly founded Charm School. Therefore, a big feast will be given at the end of the year, to celebrate 15 years of Charm School."
"Nice, I'm trying out to perform then." I hear someone say next to me. I turn my head and see a girl with purple hair sitting next to me. I look back at the stage and the principal talks further.
"We have quite a few new students this year, whom you will meet during classes. And as usual, there are after school clubs. The list to which you can sign up, will be hanging here in the Great Hall, per tomorrow morning. You can find the class schedules online, just as a map from the school. That's all for today. Classes begin tomorrow morning at 8.30." Miss Roberts finishes her speech.
Everyone claps and gets up after it. I stand up too, when a blonde girl with pink streaks in her hair comes up to me. Following her, are two other girls.
"Hey, my name is Merliah. This is Hadley and that is Fallon. Is your name Rapunzel?" she asks me.
"Yes." I answer the girl.
"Great." The girl named Hadley says smiling.
"Nice to meet you Rapunzel." Merliah says. "Miss Ariana assigned us to show you around and look after you for the first week."
I am relieved. After being homeschooled, a real school sounded a bit bad, at least according to Gothel. But I really wanted to meet new people. It's not that I don't like Penelope and Hobie anymore, but I want to discover the world, starting with school.
"Ahum." A voice helped me out of my thoughts.
"Sorry, I was a bit distracted." I say to the three girls. The brown one gives me a skeptical look, while Hadley still smiles at me.
"C'mon, we'll show you where everything is." Merliah tells me and the group drags me away. They show me the cafeteria, the sport grounds and much more. We end at the dorms.
"You've got Dorm A to N. Dorms A and B are for the first years, C and D for the second years. E and F are for the faeries, while G and H are for the merpeople. I and J are for the third years Royalty, while K and L are for the ordinary people. M and N are for the fourth years." Fallon tells me.
Hadley smiles. "Did you understand which dorm we belong to?" she kindly asks.
"F?" I ask unsure.
"You have to talk a little slower Fallon." Merliah laughs. "Don't worry Rapunzel, we are in Dorm K. Let's see which room is yours."
We walk into the dorm and it starts with a giant, round living room. There are several doors in it, with a sign next to each of them.
"Nice, we've got more bathrooms." I hear Fallon say. "You won't believe with how little they gave us last year. Even with schedules, it was a mess."
"That's why we usually used the showers by the pool." Merliah told me.
We started on the right, which said 11, Jenna and Samantha. Merliah was in 7, together with two girls named Hailey and Kylie. Merliah made a face when she read the name Kylie and told me that she and Kylie are rivals in the surfing competition. Next to it, in room 6, it was Hadley and a Renée and Viveca. Fallon was in room 5, with Blair Willow and Corinne D'Artagnan. After going around the room, we finally came by room number 1, which read Clara, Rapunzel and Odette. Merliah knocked and we hear someone say "C'mon in."