Aesthete

Beginning of the End

My first day of college. As soon as I entered the college, I saw no one in the hallway. There was not even a single sound. I was passing by the office room and suddenly a female voice called my name, "Are you Miss Victoria Young? " "Yes. Can you please tell me where is the Literature 1st year classroom? I'm running late for the class. " "Hello Victoria it's a pleasure meeting you. I'm Jenna Collins, your class teacher and the head of DCU. Come with me. I'll direct you to your class. " "Thank you so much Ma'am." "Just call me Jenna. " She said with a warm smile on her face. The lady seemed to be from a royal family. Her dressup, the way she talked everything was so attractive. She was wearing a deep blue dress with a heart shaped necklace on her wrist. That made me wonder why would this lady wear a necklace on her wrist. The necklace seemed to be more shiny and sparkling than anything I've ever seen. "So miss Young, here is your classroom. You can have a seat. The information about your course will be given to you by your professors. In any problem, don't hesitate to contact me. " "Thank you so much Jenna. I am going to study hard. " "We shall see Miss Young. " The lady said with a wicked smile. I was already feeling uncomfortable with the environment and her words hit me as if  she was trying to give me hints of the biggest danger. I somehow managed myself and entered my classroom. It was a large room with 100 seats for students and a large table in front of the black board. After I entered, there was only 19 students in the class. 3 of them were sitting in the front row and others were sitting on the last row. Everything seemed very weird to me. But I had no choice rather than joining them. I saw there was a seat in the corner of the first row and was just about to sit there when a boy called my name. "Are you Victoria? I'm Ven and they are my brothers." The guy named Ven had black hair, a vintage shirt and a tie. The combination was weird but it looked nice on him. "He is Edward and the other one is Johnathan. " The guy whose name was Edward, was sitting quietly and reading a book. I tried to look what book that was but couldn't actually see it. But I saw the book starts with something related to blood. I thought maybe he was just a fiction lover like me and  felt a relief to think that at least someone seemed normal. " Hey I'm Johnathan but you can call me John. " John had blonde hair, was wearing jeans but on the left leg ,the jeans were folded up to knees. I was eagerly waiting for Edward to get introduced but it seemed like he was the least normal person among all the other students present there. He was rude and didn't even look at me. Totally behaved as if I wasn't present there and he didn't care whether I was there or not. "Oh don't feel sad. He is always like that. Let him be. " John said. " I'm Victoria and it's really nice to meet you John and Ven." I said with a forceful smile on my face. "Why don't you come and sit with us? "John was about to say something else but a professor just came inside the class and started to introduce himself. I listened to John and Ven and sat beside them." Hello my dear students! I'm professor Shawn. And from today onwards you will read and enjoy Shakespeare's novels with me. Hopefully you will do your assignments on time and study hard. " Professor Shawn seemed friendly and strict at the same time. Overall it wasn't a bad day. After novels,  we had poetry class and other classes were just as fine. But all the time I kept wondering why there were only 19 students present where it was supposed to be at least 80 plus students. Moreover our classroom didn't have any electrical lights. It was surrounded with numeral candles. It was pretty but weird too. The most shocking thing happened when a boy in our class became senseless. I was so scared and was telling others to take him to nearest hospital. I would have taken the initiative of doing that but I was new in this town and didn't know the place well. But I was surprised because no one seemed to actually care when the boy was unconscious. Everyone behaved as if it was normal. Suddenly Jenna entered our classroom but still there was no rush in her. "Take the boy to the last dorm. "  "But that's the forbidden room. Why are you taking him there? " asked a girl behind me. She was a red haired girl and was so disciplined that she wore the ID card the whole time. I saw that her name was Phoebe. " It's none of your business Miss Phoebe. Please concentrate on your studies only. " Jenna left the room with the boy and everybody had a moment of silence. For this incident, our class ended ahead the schedule time. "Oh no! I forgot to call Ryan. Now what I'm gonna do ughh. " I said to myself. "Can I drop you home? You seem lonely and stressed ." It was Phoebe. Her words reminded me that I actually didn't have a home at that moment and I should look for a new one asap. "I'm Victoria. Nice to meet you Phoebe. I am actually staying with a friend and I'm also looking for a new home. May be you can help me finding one? " "Oh sure! I would love to. My family lives here with me and I'm sure you will find a nice home soon. Don't worry. " My phone started ringing. Yeah it was Ryan. I picked up the phone and said " Hey! I'm sorry I was just about to call you. Due to some emergency situation our class ended ahead the schedule time. Can you please pick me up now? " "Ohh sure. I'm on my way but it will take a bit of  time. My bike is facing some technical issues. I'm sorry Victoria wait please! " Ryan hung up and I was feeling lonely and scared in this large but quiet campus.