The Divine Series: Book 1 The conflict

Chapter 2: Pain

     Finally, that horrid exam is over. I thought that it would be such a great experience except there was nothing but weird questions. It had sections of every field that they offer here and I swear that I barely even got half of them correctly. Strangely enough, I knew a lot of what they were talking about since everyone in the town helped me study everything for some odd reason. I look around to find Mar smiling behind me and I jump from being startled. " Mar what in the heavens are you doing, you frightened me." I let out with a ghastly voice. I swear that she is getting more comfortable with me and that means soon, I will get to see her real self instead of the one that she always shows everyone. " How did the exam go, it was crazy wasn't it, I feel really good about it." she says happily as she looped her arm around my own. I chuckle thinking that if at least one of us was able to get to a higher position, then it would be great.

Everyone who took the exam had been assigned a room. We grab our luggage and make our way to the dorms. When we arrived, we gave our names to sign in, but the woman at the desk looks up at me and says with a worried face, " I'm sorry honey, but you are not part of the counselor courses, you are part of the Divine classes." I felt like I had been punched in the stomach and all my air rushed out. Her words echoed in my mind, "You are not part of the counselor courses but the Divine classes." After being told that, everything started to make sense. The reason why I was taught about every topic, had no memory in actually filling out what I wanted to study, the worried faces of everyone in town, and the 3 letters that my grandmother wrote. Then my heart sank, I remembered the other two letters that she had written were still hidden in my suit case. I stood there in shock, but I could hear their voices far in the distance "Mar Jian, on your record it says you are female but you look like a male. Was there a mistake or was the wrong person sent?" Mar chuckles and says, " I am female, I just like to express myself and dress the way that I want ma'am." The woman smiles, " Very well, you will go to the right side and you will find a tall red brick building. Your room number is 834 on the eighth floor. There are 10 floors, the first 5 are for classes and the other 5 are dorms. The sixth and seventh floor are for the girls and the ninth and tenth are for the boys. As you may know your floor is coed. Also, there are a couple of large fields behind the building make sure to go sign in there as well for you have to figure out what plot of land you will pick for your studies and research. Have fun!"

"Mia? Mia? Mia? Hello? Mia, are you okay?" Mar grabs Mia's face in an attempt to bring her out of shock. She was as surprised as Mia was. On the train all they spoke about was agriculture and Mia's sudden connections to ecology. Mar had figured out that Mia never signed her paper but just turned it in without second checking. Now Mia could never change her course, it was set in stone and she had to complete the Divine classes by force. Mar was worried about Mia and frowns when Mia rushes away.

I feel a cold pair of hands touch my face and I flinch. I look at the lady in the chair in front of us and ask, "Where are the Divine dorms?" She can see that I am visibly in shock and says , " In the center of all the buildings, the Divine dorm is there, it is the white building with the pillars. Like I said before about the floors they are separated, please do not forget that the first five are the classes. Your dorm number if I can pull it up.... Ah yes, your dorm room number is 612 on the sixth floor. Tomorrow as an entire class you will go and pick out your special places in each section. It is going to be okay." I thank her and say goodbye to Mar and go over to the divine dorms. I sign in and the man there tells me, "Lady Solace, at 6 am we will have a meeting on the first-floor auditorium. Please wake up early and attend in your uniform that is in your dorm room." Barely paying any attention to him, I nod and rush to my room, locking the door behind me. I slide down the door and try to calm myself down. I take a deep breath, open my suitcase, and take out the letters. I was hesitant on opening them, I was afraid what information they may contain after having read the first one. I cut open the top and pull out the letter which reads: