WHERE MINA FIRST SAW ARTEMUS

It was a beautiful day in London, England. The sun had risen over the Broderick Institute. It was a tall stone coed boarding school in the north of London.

The shower cut off in one of the dorm rooms. A girl wiped herself dry with a pink towl. She pulled on her shirt and her skirt. Then slipped on her socks and shoes. She took a brush and quickly brushed her long blond hair. She was going to be so late for class if she waited a second longer. She grabbed her school bag and her lucky red ribbon from her mirror.

Mina Aino grabbed the door knob of her dorm room and pulled the door open. She stepped out into the hall. As she ran down the crowded hallway, she found her best friend Emma Arava. She had long curly brown hair and bright dark eyes.

"Hey, Mina, girl I was waiting for you!" said Emma, as Mina came up.

"Thanks, Em, I was a little spaced out." said Mina, with a smile. She hadn't even finished her hair. She set down her school bag and tied her red ribbon in her hair. She picked up her school bag and threw some of her long blond hair back.

"Come on, Mina, before we're late for glass!" said Emma, grabbing Mina's hand. They ran down the hall and went down several flights of stairs. They came up on the left and pushed open the door to Mr. Rogan's English Class. Mina and Emma found seats at the back of the class.

"He's not even here yet. Great!" said Mina, relaxing in her chair.

"Great?" said Emma, digging in her school bag. "Not great. I still haven't finished my paper." Emma pulled out a sheet of paper and pen, and began to scribble down on it.

Mina leaned back in her chair against the back wall. She was lost in thought again, like she always was in Mr. Rogan's class. Mina's parents wanted her to expand her education at a wonderful boarding school in England. Mina hadn't really mind leaving Japan, but it was a huge transition. When she first arrived at Broderick Institute on the northside of London, she didn't make not one friend. For the first few weeks of glass she stayed in her room and kept to her studies. One day, while she was in the library, she met Emma. Emma was trying to get down several books from the shelves and dropped all of them. Mina had went to her aid when no one else did.

"Here you go," Mina had said.

"Oh, thanks so much!" said Emma. "I'm such a scatter brain."

"No problem," said Mina. "So am I." She had handed Emma one of her books. "Oh, such a cute kitty."

"Huh?" said Emma.

"There," said Mina, pointing at the window. She was looking at a white cat. It was staring at Mina through large blue eyes. "Look at its forehead." A crescent moon gleamed on its forehead in the sunlight. Then, it hoped off the window seal and jumped out of sight.

"Mina," said Emma, patting Mina on her shoulder.

Mina snapped back into glass, just as Mr. Rogan came in. He was tall man. Mina thought he was very cute. He was very young, only 24 years old, and a fully equalified teacher. He wore glasses and had dark hair.

"Good morning, class," said Mr. Rogan.

Emma had just finished the conclusion on her essay.

Mina had done the essay and finished the essay the same day it was given a week ago.

"I would like you all to hand in your assignments." said Mr. Rogan. "Ah, Mina, would you mind gathering all the papers?"

"Yes," said Mina, dreamily. She got up from her seat, grabbed her paper first, and then took Emma's. She went around the entire classroom and saw a cute boy named Daniel. He had dark hair and bright brown eyes. He handed his paper over with a smile. She blushed and took it. Mina handed all of them over to Mr. Rogan and returned to her seat.

Mina barely paid attention to this lesson. She was too busy daydreaming about a cat with a crescent moon on its forehead, cute boys, and Mr. Rogan.

In seemed like her thoughts lasted for hours, even though the class was only fourty five minutes long. A bell sounded in the distance and everyone began packing up to leave. Once again, Emma grabbed her shoulder.

"Oh!" said Mina, startled. "Sorry, I was off in never ever land again."

"You tend to space out a lot, Mina." said Emma, picking up her school bag. "I'm a bit peckish. Want to head to Delroy's for ice cream later?"

"Ah, sure, Emma," said Mina, standing up. She straightened up and came back to earth. "Lets head to math before Mrs. Caltrigeo gets upset."

Mrs. Caltrigeo's class was so boring, but Mina understand the material. She scribble down notes in her notebook, while Emma ate chips under her desk.

"And so," said Mrs. Caltrigeo, "who can solve this geometric equation? Mina?"

"Sure ma'am," said Mina, rising from her chair. She headed to the front of the room toward the blackboard. On the way, she passed Daniel, who was nose deep in his math book. She reached the blackboard and began to pick up the chalk when something caught her eye. She turned to the window and saw the same white cat perched on the window seal. She was stories up. How did that cat get up here?

"Look!" shouted Joanne Davendort. She pointed at the window to the cat. The cat seemed startled that Joanne Davenport had spotted it and leaped from the window seal.

Mina turned her attention back to the blackboard and solved the problem with great accurancy. She returned to her seat with that cat on her mind. Was it following her?

As soon as the bell rang, Mina left out before Emma. She ran down a flight of stairs and out into the quad. A fountain was in the center of the quad and trickling water which sparkled in the sunlight.

"Where are you kitty?" said Mina, looking around. "That's so odd."

"Mina," said Emma, running up behind her. She had obviously ran to try and catch up to her. "What are you doing?"

"Looking for that cat." said Mina. "I have the strange feeling its following me."

Emma laughed.

"Mina," said Emma, wiping her eyes from tears of laughter, "why would you think a cat is following you?"

"I don't know, Emma, but I just have this feeling." said Mina.

"We should get back before we miss History." said Emma, heading back into the school.

"Guess your right," said Mina. She headed back into the school, but at a slower pace.

Unknown to Mina, the cat came walking around the side of the fountain and staring at Mina.

"She has to be the one." said the cat.