As I sit in the carriage, I don't bother to get comfortable, as we arrived very fast last time so I can only assume the magic works quickly. As we arrive, we step outside to see a house, and a tall brown haired lady with a mole on her cheek waiting for us, she looks quite happy.
"Mariposa!" Mama smiles, walking out the door to go greet her, with me trailing behind.
"Star! Long time no see!" Mariposa smiles, giving mama a quick hug before looking to me. "So this is Amber?" she says, crouching down to be closer to my level.
"Yeah! Say hi, Amber!" Mama smiles down at me. How... patronizing.
"Hi!" I smile. Better make a good impression if I'm going to be living here...
"Well, isn't she sweet!" She smiles. She swiftly hands me a small lollipop, and whispers "Don't tell your mama!
"I saw that, Mariposa," Star laughs. "Don't worry, Amber, a small lolly is no harm. Go ahead." I beam and begin to suck on it, it's my favourite flavour! Strawberry and vanilla! It tastes like those chocolate mice, but it's generally my favourite flavour, even though I don't like strawberries.
"Here, We'll go look for a school for her- There's 2 nearby. We'll just take the one that lets her in, though we may have trouble getting one to accept her in the middle of term." Mariposa begins before mama cuts her off and brings out a suitcase.
"Ah, we'll take an idea from my parents, I know how they got me accepted in the middle of the term!" She smiles, opening the suitcase to reveal a lump of gold.
"Wow, Star, I know you're queen and all, but Jesus Christ that's a lot of gold," Mariposa stares at it in awe. She's right, that is a lot of gold. I could probably go to any school with that...
We begin to walk, as I see a BEAM OF FIRE ENGULF THE CARRIAGE?!? Oh my god. That IS demonic. Soon, we arrive at the gates of a secondary school, with the words "Saint Oliver's school" on a large sign.
"Ooh, this one kinda reminds me of Saint Olga's, I'm not sure about this one... Even the name is similar." Mama shudders, reading the sign.
"Saint Olga's?" Mariposa asks curiously. I also want to here the explanation, because I too have no idea what that is. Maybe it's mama's old school?
"Oh yeah, The one Meteora used to run before she was reborn, where she'd suck the life out of students to maintain her youth. Saint Olga's reform school for troublesome princesses- Basically jail." She explains. Reborn? Interesting. Wait. Suck the life out of students?! Yeesh, hard pass, thanks.
We go and look around, and all the kids are laughing at and bullying each other, chavs and roadmen fighting. and the moment we see the scrap between 2 year 7's (Puny and agressive, as most year 7's are), we can all instantly tell it's not the right school. No avoiding the roadmen, chavs, and year 7's, but they seem pretty unregulated here...
"Maybe let's go see the other school, it can't be much worse, can it?" Father suggests warily.
As we travel to the other side of town to visit the other school, I see a small, strangely familiar park full of kids smiling and laughing. Huh, not a bad neighbourhood.... Strange the roadmen aren't picking on them yet. Though, now that I think about it, they'll all be in school.
We arrive to visit the other school, looking much nicer. "Mountainside school"... Wait, WHAT?!? Oh. Oh, oh dear. That... That's interesting. I feel myself turn pale as a ghost as I look at it...
That's my old school.
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FanfictionAmelia is so bored. Like, SO SO bored. But when the opportunity arises to have some fun, well she can't resist that, can she? Even if it means lying....
