PART 1

Chapter 2: whispers and secrets

When Sakura finally arrived at her dorm she let put a huge sigh of relief. She had made it through her hell of a trip to the school. Now all she had to do was make it through her living hell of the whole school term. Her new room was slightly spacey, it was made up of a total of two surprisinglly comfortable looking beds, the other had a large gray trunk lying on the floor nearby one of the beds, she did the same and stuck her trunk next to the vacant bed.

She hoped she could prolong the event of meeting her 'room mate' as long as possible. The only good thing about having just came to this school was she got a free day without classes,so she gratefully threw her bookbag onto her bed, and changed into normal clothes. Sure she had to wear a stupid uniform during class time but at least once class was over she was allowed to wear her own clothes. She closed her eyes and swore she heard voices, well more like murmmers and whispers. She opened her eyes with reluctance and saw that no one was there. She searched the bathroom that she and her 'roomate' had to share and saw no one.

"Who's in my room?" there was a definite tone of annoyance in her voice.

Then there was the sound of a little girl giggling, but it echoed like it was in a vast room. Now at this point Sakura was feeling greatly disturbed. Suddenly the giggling stopped...

"Ring around the rosie...a pocket full of posies...hush up...hush up...we all fall down..."

Then the sound stopped as fast as it had started, even though it was a nursery ryhm she had eventually learned what it meant by the time she was ten years old. We all die... Sakura shivered violently, not wanting to know what that ghostly voice had been. Ever since she had been told by her parents she would be sent to this boarding school she had known it was because of the war. Ever since the year 2008 there had been an aweful war. It wasn't between good and evil, or even man versus man.

This war had lasted for one thousand years and they still continued to fight. No one knew who or what the enemy was, or even why they were fighting unless they died at the enemies hands or were near death. Since the war there had been the downfall of technology so it was more like the dark ages, using magic, and animals. The few survivors of the warwere driven completley insane so they couldn't even trust what they said. The school was in the middle of nowhere and was less likely to be attacked than the main cities. Sakura listened closely for the voice again but the only sound that occupied the room was the wind outside and her own heavy breathing.

After an hour or two of quietly listening Sakura had started to doubt what she had heard thinking it might have been a figment of her imagination after all. So instead of waiting in her room she put on her shoes and ventured down the hallway, and went outside. The cool wind wipped across her face, caressing her skin, awakening her from her deep thoughts so she was struly aware of what she was doing. She laughed at herself for being so upset over a stupid voice, which was probably some jerk playing a prank on her. She sat down in the thick green grass and relaxed, trying her best not to think.

Sakura knew she would have to go inside soon, people would finish their classes in a matter of minutes, she hated being by other people. When she was near them she could feel their emotions, making it hard to be near them or to think, and she could hear and sense their negative thoughts. The worst part was always their emotions, she could handle them saying cruel things about her in their minds but their emotions were so strong, they were even more concentrated then her own, they made her feel fragile and sometimes almost reduced her to the point of tears.

Who's that freak sitting in the grass? Wait until I tell Alice about this...

Sakura knew it was some one's thoughts but she forced herself not to make a mean reply to the person cutting across the grass. She quickly stood up and ran towards the door that lead her to the hallway she had came from. She returned to her room on record time and layed down in her bed, covering her head with her pilow, with false hopes it would somehow stifle the thoughts of the people passing by in the halway outside. Luckily only a few of them had negative thoughts mostly about how much they hated school and the boredom. She felt brief emotions of somone's boredom, followed by jealousy and hate , thankfully the people who held these emotions quickly passed by instead of lingering in the hallways.

Suddenlly all the thoughts and emotions that plagued Sakura suddenly vanished as the hall soon became deserted. Her heart still pounded, but at least her mind was filled with her thoughts and her's alone. Sakura picked up a book and started to read, hoping it would preoccupy her mind.

END OF CHAPTER 2