Raventale Academy- The secret

Chapter one

Roxanne

The leafs have slowly but surely turned orange. It's my favourite season. It's the season of warm sweaters, coffee, pumpkins, boots and mostly... New beginnings. Thats why I am starting at the new school. Raventale Academy. It's like a little New Year's eve.

"Are you okay honey?", I slowly turn my head taking out my earplug. "Yeah.... just a bit excited, thats all mom". I smile to myself and turn my head to look out the window again. "I'm sure you'll find many friends.... maybe also a boyfriend", I roll my eyes smiling, shaking my head. "Mom, stop.", I giggle. This woman is unbelievable. "Just saying!.... You have such beautiful hair-", She raises her hand touching my silky dark brown hair. "Mother stop!... Enough.", I giggle interrupting her praising. It's not that i'm ugly. I'm very pretty actually. I put my earplug back in listening to waiting room by Phoebe Bridgers.

A few blocks later I hear my mom clapping her hands. "Ah there it is... The school of my youth hood.", She dreams, her voice dripping with honey. She comes to a halt, and before i could move a single muscle, the passenger seat's door opens revealing a man in a black suit. He offers me his hand so I take it, climbing out of my mothers car. After I made sure I'm standing, I look up. My breath taken away from my lungs.

"Welcome to Raventale Academy, the place where dreams come true."
The man in suit tells me in a tone almost exploding with hope, giving me his million dollar smile. The building has a dark brown door with an also suited man, and a girl my age standing beside it. The man looks a bit older, some grey hairs peeking out of his neat slick back hairstyle. The girl to his left has hair brown as coffee, a smile on her face and a book in her right hand. I look back and see that the man with the million dollar smile had took my bags and carries them into the building. Me and my mother slowly approach the two.

"Hello miss McLaren and.... well,.... Miss McLaren." My mother and I give each other a side look before turning our attention back to the male. Must be the principal. "Hello, nice to see you again Mister Raventale." I look to my feet escaping the fact that i'm just awkwardly standing beside them, acting as if my worn out converse are suddenly more interesting.

"We are glad to welcome another McLaren, after your mother was a successful student as well." He said cheerfully. I realise that the sentence was directed to me so I jerk my head up. "Oh uhh... Yeah... Yes totally", I reply confused, earning a chuckle from the girl next to us. "Uhm, okay.... This is Miss Chevallier, she will be your mentor since you are new here.", he gives out enthusiastically, helping me out the embarrassing action from before. I turn my head to the girl and stretch out my hand.

"I'm Roxanne, you can call me Roxy though.", she smiles, taking my hand and shaking it. "Soléne... Nice to meet you" She replies her eyes twinkling. "So Miss Chevallier, would you mind showing Roxy the building and taking her to the new room?", The principal interrupts and gestures to the old building. "Oh, yeah... right." Soléne smiles and waving me to follow her as she heads into the house.

She comes to a halt next to a staircase and turns to me. "So... we all gather there for dinner and lunch... better be on time.", She hints and points into a corridor. She goes on, "Theres the school's garden... Here upstairs are the dorms... I'll show you your's", She takes my hand and leads me up the stairs into another corridor with doors on each side, until she stops in front of one. She turns around and smiles. "Ready?... I decorated it.", I nod smiling feeling myself getting more and more excited with every minute that passes. She opens the door revealing a beautiful room. A forest green painted wall with art hanging on it, framed in different sizes of golden frames. Underneath a beautiful bed. On the other side theres a desk with some posters on the wall above it. I bend over looking at the poster.

"Oh it's... Phoebe Bridgers." I smile to myself. Soléne just smiles. "I'll leave you to unpack now... Dinner is in half an hour, and remember... don't. be. late." She warns me, a serious tone in her voice. I just nod. She then goes out, leaving me alone with my thoughts.

Man, this is crazy already.