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The next day during break, Charlie and his friends headed towards the ruin. Olivia had convinced them to go exploring. Upon entering the main courtyard, the group took the path to the left.
"This is really boring," Tancred remarked unenthusiastically. But his griping was interrupted by a girl's voice saying, "give it back now!" Then there was an awful ripping noise, a strange cackle, and the sound of the girl's voice screaming, "Give. It. Back. Now!"
Just then, Charlie, Tancred, Lysander, Fidelio, Emma, Olivia, Billy, and Gabriel entered a little side courtyard in which the new endowed girl was staring helplessly at a nearby tree. Simultaneously, the new arrivals looked up and saw, "a monkey," Billy exclaimed excitedly. And, sure enough a monkey sat perched in the tree holding what appeared to be a ripped book of some kind.
"Can you help me get that?" The girl looked at them hopefully. "I can!" The little albino boy answered her question with great enthusiasm. He looked up at the monkey and started chattering away to it in its own language.
As Billy was doing his thing, the first of his friends seized this great opportunity and began to get to know the new girl. "So, I'm Tancred and this is…"
When, everyone had been introduced the lass said, "My name is Isilee Vernnetto, but I go by Isi."
"Where are you from?" This time it was Olivia who posed the question. "I'm from up north, but my home is, was by the sea." Isi looked sad for a moment but she pushed it away and put a smile on her face. "So, where do you guys live?" Her face was full of false cheeriness. This time it was Fidelio who answered.
"We live here."
"In this school?"
"No, in the city." Fidelio had gotten a little red in the face. "What were you saying before about how your house used to be near the sea?" Charlie was as usual, tactless. For a second it seemed as if their new friend was about to start bawling, but before she could speak, Billy came bounding up, oblivious to all that had just taken place. The monkey had vanished and in his small hand, Billy held the tattered book. He gently gave it to Isi.
"Thank you Billy, thank you so much. You've have no idea how much you've helped me." It looked like she wanted to say more, but the hunting horn sounded, and the mysterious girl named Isilee Vernnetto took of toward the gloomy academy and never once looked back.