Chapter 2: A two faced serpent

"But it's B-2 written up there!"

Alice said looking up at the rectangular piece what looked like a piece of old wooden board on which the two things 'B-2' were written with fine red colors.

"Well, it was the previous class for 'B-2's but now it's 'B-3' for us. Let's go"

The boy with black raven hair and red eyes said as he held his hand forward offering Alice to enter first.

"Oh I passed by this class a number of times thinking how come B-2 comes before B-4. Like where's the B-3 as the class teacher instructed. If I knew that this was B-3 I wouldn't have done all those walking in the first place."

Alice said looking around the empty classroom. All the students were now in P.E class except for themselves.

"But if they didn't forget to change it maybe we two music lovers wouldn't have met."

"Um that's quite true. I was truly surprised to think there's someone of my age who goes to the national hall. Really the people who go there are either rich people spending time or students studying music. Well we're only 16."

"Yeah. Now I have a companion. It's really boring to listen sitting all alone among people with rich perfumes. I just can't stand those smells. Oh be careful to not keep your bag on anyone's seat."

"Thanks."

Alice kept her bag on an empty seat near the window hoping that no one actually sat there. But she never knew that the seat belonged to someone very awful.

"Off we go. So have you heard La Gordania's…"

The two teens walked through the empty hallway talking about the national hall, a place where musicians from all over the world come and perform live and indeed people of this rich society in which Shun lived also joined along with the music lovers from the whole world. But Shun was the youngest of them who for sure wasn't such a music lover but now cared to join with the crew for he needed to for his new case.

If Shun's annoying younger sister who also went to Takahashi international in 5th grade saw his cruel big brother talking so merrily with this strange new girl she would have fainted for her brother was the most unfriendly and cruel sort of person she has ever known.

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The group of tired kids were just entering the classroom which was 'B-3' but on the nameplate was written 'B-2'.

Suddenly there was this scream. Not loud enough to bring the whole school together but loud enough for the tired 38 students. They all gathered to know what actually happened. The reason was very simple but not simple for the person who screamed.

It was Jessica Volkov, daughter of a Russian family. She had pale face like the Russians have and brown eyes. Her brown wavy hair crossed her shoulder. She wore a red ribbon over her untied hair which made her look even more pretty like a doll.

"Who kept this dirty muddy bag on my desk!"

Jessica said pointing at the unknown bag with her eyes all widened.

At that very moment Alice accompanied by Shun entered the classroom talking and giggling but soon noticed the crowd. The crowd looked like it was near the seat where she kept her small bag. Then she saw someone holding the bag down wards with its chain open and saw all her precious books fall out of the bag and saw a girl sitting on the place where she was supposed to seat.

One of the boys started searching her things. They didn't see her name on top of any copy as she was new she didn't write her name on them yet. Then one of them noticed the Brown sort of thing on which with golden ink was written 'Diary'.

"Oh look Jessi we found what! Even though we didn't find anyone's name on the copies but we did find this. I hope it's enough to calm you down?"

The boy who saw her diary was now giving the diary to the girl named Jessica who (in Alice's imagination) was pinkish red looked at the diary. The boy who gave her gave the diary had a smile on his face which wasn't a smile with good intentions.

Jessica opened the diary. The diary was new. It was a diary of 2013 but the person to whom it belonged started writing in it from January 2015. There were neat letters on the brown pages.

Jessica started reading,

"Still more 4 years. How long do I have to wait. Well I did wait for the last 6 years so waiting for 4 years more shouldn't be anything for me. We're back to our old house. I did have reasons to push my mum so much to come back to Japan. Our old wooden house that is. Aunt Shiorin had kept it all clean and indeed this is the only house that has Dad's memories clinging on every walls and steps how come.…"

"Stop it Jessica. Stop reading whoever's diary is it!"

Sasaki said with pure disgust in her eye's. She hated this girl. A lot more than Shun's annoying sister.

Shun looked at Alice and was surprised. Alice was shaking. There was something in her eyes. That something looked like fear. But who was she afraid of? She was looking straight. Straight at Jessica. Is it Jessica who was she afraid of? But why?

Alice instead of stopping Jessica from reading her diary was now backing away. But Shun gripped Alice's hand and walked in.

"Jessica may I know what exactly are you doing?"

"Shun! Great you came. Look someone kept his or her dirty bag on my seat!"

Jessica said as though a little kid was whining to her parents.

"And there starts her all so kind behavior to the great Shun."

Sasaki wondered what would Shun do now. She heard Jessica's family and Shun's family know each other very well.

Suddenly She saw the girl with orange hair. Not only her. Everyone for the first time noticed Alice at last. She was still shaking a bit. And then her eye's and Jessica's eye's met.

"You know Jessica the diary you're reading belongs to the person standing next to me."

Then there were several things that happened. Shun looked at Jassica's pale face. Her eyes were widened. And then suddenly She burst out in laughter.

"Wha..what you… here…..hah"

She continued laughing. Then without a notice she took Alice's diary and the next thing she did was unimaginable that not only surprised Shun but everyone present there.

Jessica got up from her chair and opened the window. Little of fresh air filled the whole class blowing everyone's hair a bit and then- Jessica threw the brown diary through the window. She turned at all of them and started picking up every little thing that fell from Alice's bag including the bag itself and again turned towards the window and did the same thing. Threw them away.

"Dear Shun and everyone I can't help but laugh when people do things which don't suit them. And you"

Jessica pointed her finger at Alice.

"Should be grateful to me that I did that thing for you. You couldn't throw them yourself, could you? I threw them away for you. These will never suit people like you. Luxurious schools, expensive books, great uniform only suit people like me, Shun, Sasaki, Takeru and all the people standing around you. Got it dear Alice."

Alice felt Shun's hand. The next moment she didn't feel the hand anymore for it had let go.

There was a pause in the class. Only the clock was ticking. It seemed like everyone forgot to breath. But Shun broke the pause,

"Really? Jessica's indeed right. For someone like you to be present in a school like ours… ha ha you really make people laugh don't you? Why not work as a joker in our mansion. We pay good you know?"

Alice looked at Shun with great surprise. Is it the sort of behavior to expect from a person who was friendly just a minute ago?

Shun was staring at Jessica. Not at Alice.

"No he can't be someone I knew before. No at least he's not the person I'm looking for. He can't be."

Suddenly the whole class became alive once again. Talking and chattering. Jessica sat in the same place. There was no change of reaction in her pale face. She again started gossiping about the famous celebrities with two of her friends. Takeru had done something that drew everyone's attention on him. Everyone was laughing. The new captain Shinizawa who just entered the class approached to see what actually happened. Getting scolding's from him everyone returned back to their seats paying no attention to the seat less girl standing in the middle of the class. Everything was back to normal.

And Shun? He was sitting in his seat talking with the boys of the class. A moment later Jessica also joined in the discussion. Alice felt her inside burn with a small pain.

"Ehrm hey everyone have you heard of any new girl coming to our class? Ms. Ayumu just informed about her. Since Ms. Ayumu don't have any class with us today she didn't get to introduce her to us. And so oh who might you be? Are you Alice Ge-….Takeru what in the world are you doing? I'm going to complain to….."

Shinizawa who went to Takeru to stop him from doing anything stupid once again completely forgot about new girl. In fact stopping Takeru was much more important to him now.

Alice in the mean time got out of the class running. Tears almost filled her big brown eyes. But still though there were one or two drops on her cheek she still didn't cry for she has heard even more insulting things than what Jessica said.

"No what she said was right. I shouldn't have come to such luxurious school. I came for 2 reasons. The reasons which kept me from stopping this study of mine. Dad's here and so he will… no he is already but that…. No what am I thinking. The only way to pay back Ms. Shiorin is him. Ms. Shiorin has done a lot for us. My mum nor my dad can pay all the things she has ever done for me and mum. So I have to…. There's no other ways and according to Mistress if I really do well she's…."

Storms were going on inside Alice's head. Storms that recalled past. Storms that made Alice think of memories with her father and Him.

Alice almost jumped three steps at a time. At last she reached the last floor. She didn't which way to go. This school was way too big.

On her right there was a big hallway and Alice didn't know where it lead and on her left were line of classes. As far as Alice remembered there was a swimming pool underneath on the side of the windows. So if Jessica threw her books that means- on the pool!

Alice ran through the hallway wandering where it'll lead.

"I hope the pools that way. I can't let the books soak for too long. And the diary, I need it. Though there's nothing so important in it but there is something for which I can't lose it. I need to find the diary."

But Alice was wrong. The hallway went straight to a glass door behind which there was this enormous garden. Alice opened the glass door and entered the very peaceful garden. The garden was now no longer 'a garden' to Alice. It looked like a jungle.

"Most probably the pool is really not in that way. So I'll…."

Alice was turning away. She held the knob of the glass door and turned it. At that moment,

Splash!

Alice looked back.

"That was the sound of water so the pool is really in that direction!"

Alice ran through the flower beds and the big trees wondering on which direction the pool could be. There was almost no sunlight in the jungle that is the garden cause the trees have grown way too big spreading it's branches in all direction.

"Ouch!"

Alice fell down on the grassy surface. She felt something wet on her ankle. Though she wore black sock still the red blood was visible. The cut was bad but still Alice got up and tried to run once again with the blood going out and giving her muddy shoes a new color.

Then there was these light which filled Alice's eyes. She looked front and saw her books floating on the water and a golden thing which quickly was sinking down.

"Isn't that- The Honor Student Award!"

It was the Honor Student Award which Shun got few hours ago and now it was sinking down. Down to the deep blue water.

Alice looked up and on the fourth floor's third window saw a face gazing out. Not gazing out but gazing down at Alice.

The person gazing down was Shun Kazami, a cold blooded boy, the next heir of the well known Kazami family and also known for being a boy having no memories of his childhood.

That boy now threw the most precious award of school for which all students seek straight to the pool underneath. But why?

Is it for helping Alice or for insulting her even more?

Hi everyone! Thank you for reading! I hope you enjoyed the chapter. And I'm really sorry if there's any sort of mistake. Oh yeah I changed the summary a bit it was really bothering me. I hope you don't mind.