No truce was made. I agreed to dislike Ama, as did Hemlock, but we both promised to just ignore her.
I felt bad for being cruel to Ama, since her aunt was so nice, but I was reminded by Hemlock that Ama and Stella were two different people. It did not seem to matter to her that they were related.
That night Ama and five other girls had the same welcoming ceremony that I had the night before, I paid little attention.
"Marina!" I exclaimed at the sight of Aden's fiancée.
"Elena, how are you?" Marina replied, to me in her friendly way.
"Good" I replied.
Hemlock came over and sat with us. Her brown hair was worn out, another girl sat down with us.
"Elena, Deliah, Elena, Deliah." Hemlock introduced me to the newcomer.
I did not see her up with the other new girls, but I did not see her last night.
"I'm an upper classman. This is my third year at Annwfn, I arrived today, but since I've attended two years already, I was not given a ceremony." Deliah replied.
"How is Annwfn?" I asked Deliah
"Its one of the best schools of magic and I'll agree to that. I've learn many things here." Deliah responded.
After that the conversation at our table grew dull with many awkward silences. The rest of that night was uneventful.
I awoke the next morning early due to the arrival of our fourth and final roommate.
The girl tripped over the massive suitcase she was carrying. I pulled my head up to see a girl with dark hair trying to use a combination of magic and physical strength to pull her stuff into our room.
"New roommate?" Hemlock muttered.
I nodded my head in reply, but I knew Hemlock could not see my answer, since she was on the bottom bunk, while I was on the top.
"Do you want help?" I asked the girl struggling with her stuff.
"Uh, yeah that would be really nice, I wasn't planning on bringing this much stuff, but I wasn't sure which computer to bring, my brand new one, or the one with all my files on it, so I just brought both!" she replied, mumbling to herself.
"Cool." I said as I climbed out of the bed.
Hemlock pointed her finger and moved Ama's stuff from the other bottom bunk. She then got up and kicked Ama's stuff to the other side of the room.
"Stupid bitch should move her own damn stuff." I heard Hemlock mutter.
"Thanks for moving her stuff. Your name is Hemlock, right?" the new girl
chattered, and Hemlock nodded. "Anyway, my name is Data."
"My name is Elena" I told her and held out my hand.
Data gave me a look and then accepted my hand and shook it. Her grip was loose, even for someone who did not shake hands. I did not mention it to her though, it could mean something, but could mean nothing.
Hemlock turned back to the book she was reading, and deeper into the emotional ice shell she kept around her at all times. I wanted to shatter it, but I knew prying to deep would ruin any chance of us truly becoming friends. If her ice shell shattered too soon we would only be allies, pretending to be friends.
Data seemed to have no ice shell around her, or if she did, it was small and would easily be broken. I had not known Data that well to pick out flaws in her, with the exception of clumsiness, which she would most likely out grow soon enough.
Ama—I do not think I will ever be friends with her, I cannot stand her annoying voice and personality. Her shell is made from annoyance.
Marina is still a stranger to me, even though she is my brother's fiancée. The marriage was arranged by our parents, and I think Aden and Marina resent them for it. It would benefit Sparx, Erakilon, Tides, and Annwfn. Both were willing to give up there own love lives for it, but a part of Marina will resent my family and I for the marriage. While we may become close, I think our relationship will be sisterly at most.
Deliah will be one of the key elements in breaking Hemlock's ice shell. I have only talked with her once, so I cannot give a true judge of character, but she seems to be honest, and butter coats the roads of social situations, making her a perfect contrast to Hemlock's bluntness. She does have a bit of an ice shell too, but her shell is not as close and comfortable as Hemlock's.
Aden is my brother, and out of my siblings, he is the closest to me. Though I know he is far from perfect, he will grow, and make a great ruler. I feel it! I think a part of me will always worship him.
And me? I do not know what to think about my personality.