My Troublemaker

Welcome to St. Marie Academy

St. Marie Academy for the gifted is a highly regarded, prestigious, eccentric, famed academy in the world.

Each year the academy would enroll one lucky, talented, skilled student between the ages of 15 and 18 to study there in France, Paris.
Their goal is to find unique individual beings to serve the world.

Imagine my reaction, when I , average little Ruby, gets an official enrollment letter from the academy itself. At first I thought it was some prank from the kids next door, but when I made eye contact with the stamp, I nearly fell. The stamp made it clear that this was no joke and that I was given the opportunity to get an excellent education and training from an elite school without having to pay a large amount of money that I wouldn't be able to afford even if I worked my entire life.

My parents had no trouble agreeing on sending me off, unlike my older brother , Zachary ,who was having a hard time accepting the fact that his little sister is going to be in a foreign country and he wouldn't be able to be there next to me, but sooner or later he would acknowledge that he shouldn't be worried, because little Ruby isn't little anymore, besides I don't sleep with a teddy bear anymore.

I never thought that St. Marie Academy would want someone like me. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to go there, it's just what do they want with me? I have average grades, I sketch like a 5 year old, I can barley make a sandwich without burning the kitchen, I have no musical talents, and I can barley do one push up without slamming the floor. Basically I have no talent, I'm a talentless person, my only talent is breathing.

I pinched my arm before the negativity start eating me up. It was too late to back up now , I already survived 2 hours in the train between London to Paris next to an old man that stinks so badly I nearly threw up. What's with guys who never shave their armpits and won't know the existence of deodorant.

When I got out of the train and to the exit of the station I found a young man , in his early 20's I assume, dressed up formally , and was holding a sign with my name on it

' Miss Ruby Silverwood '

His eyes were darting from left to right until he spotted me.

"Miss Silverwood?" His voice was smooth and low, I caught his French accent from the way he said my name.

"Yes, but how do you know who I am?" I thought it was suspicious that he knew how I looked, I've seen too many movies where the pitiful young girls get kidnapped, but I won't be easy to fool.

" I am here to personally drive and escort you to St. Marie Academy " before I could speak, he reached out for his pocket and pulled out his identity card that had the official St. Marie stamp, oh no not the stamp.

"the head masters have shown me a picture of how you would look like in case I needed to look for you" I simply nodded.

" I heard that you came all the way from London, how was the trip?" He asked while taking my bag and placing it in the trunk of the vehicle.

"It was nice" I lied, it was terrible, but I was too busy focusing on the luxurious, black limousine to be bothered by my answer.

"I'm glad" he opened the door for me like the gentleman he is and I stepped in. I gawked at how spacious and comfy the limo was.

The drive wasn't long, or maybe I was distracted watching MTV to notice.

The door opened for me, and the moment I moved out of the limo, I was greeted by the marbled floor.

"Oh my god!! Are you alright?!"
Other than the fact that my head hit the floor, I am fine.

He didn't wait for an answer , but extended his hand and helped me up.

"Am I dreaming?" I'm not sure if I drooled or not because in front of me was an elegant fountain and later on an enormous, detailed, beautifully decorated building. The marble floor was guiding me to the main stairs then door. There were all types of trees surrounding the building and all types of attractive looking flowers. This place was mind blowing.

" Shit. You hit your head pretty hard " he held my head looking at the light bump that was starting to form.

"No you idiot. This place is.. " I stopped mid sentence, I was speechless.

"Welcome to St. Marie" he cheerily introduced. "wait till you see the whole place, this is like 15 percent of the academy"

He escorted me inside the building and on the staircase and inside a large room, which I believe is the headmasters office, judging from the many files, antiques, oh and the stamp.

I was currently seated on a large leather chair in front of the desk. I was too afraid of touching something because of how expensive looking they were.

The guy that escorted me left, I cursed myself for forgetting to ask for his name, he was a cute one too.

"Hello miss Silverwood" an old aged man spoke. " I am Jacques de sauveterre, your headmaster" he extended his hand, and I happily shook it.

" Thank you sir for having me, I don't even know why you chose someone like me to-"

" Don't question your abilities miss Silverwood, and don't question our judgement on choosing you as one of our scholarship student, we do not choose carelessly, and I have faith in you" he looked deeply in my eyes.

"I'll try my best not to disappoint you and will work my hardest sir"

He smiled.

" Good " he started searching for some papers and keys before handing them to me " This is a map of the academy, list of your classes , which by the way starts tomorrow , and the key to your dorm room"

"You will be sharing the room with a student named Emile Chaufourier, she will be also take you to your dorm"

I thanked him once again before I went out.

I walked the empty corridors until I bumped into a blonde haired girl, with milk chocolate brown eyes. She was wearing a red and black plaid skirt, with a white collared shirt, and a black buttoned up blazer with the academy's logo.

" Hi, you must be the new girl, Ruby, right? " she lively asked.

" Yes"

" I'm Emile! Your roommate " she gave me a bright smile.

"Nice to meet you"

"Pleasure is all mine"

She started giving me a whole lot of introduction about the academy, classes, and activities. I felt bad for not giving her my full attention but I was too busy looking around the decor and paintings to care.

" We are here " she announced " East side - room 163 "

" There are East and West sides of dorms"

" Yes, I told you, the girls are in the East, boys are in the West " well, I didn't pay attention at first.

The minute she unlocked the door I rushed inside eager to take a look.

"Easy tiger" she snickered.

This room easily fits two people, there were two queen sized beds on both ends of the room. A large window in the middle of the wall that ignited the room with the remaining lights from the sunset. The moment Emile sat on her bed , I figured the other one was mine. I spotted my bag next the door and took out my comfy pjs. I dashed to the bathroom , and quickly stripped and wore my pjs before I hopped on bed and closed my eyelids.

By the time Emile wished me a good night sleep, I was already snoring.

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