Accepted

New desires

I immediately opened my booklet and began. I had never been so thankful for Link before in my life. After 23 painful hours of nonstop thinking I thought I'd pass out of exhaustion! The test consisted of all short answer and essay questions and was much more difficult than I imagined it, although I felt really confident. Even though I'm not in the top of my class, I still feel like I did well-maybe even well enough to go on to Course after this. Course was where the brightest of students went for extra testing and education. There, they were set up with the highest government jobs and were bathed in riches. No one knows what exactly happens at Course, or the extent to which they are tested, but everyone knows it must be difficult and that many people crack from pressure. Grading will take 2 weeks due to the number of applicants and every kid that is 15 has to take the test the exact same day. Now we wait. After our Exam life wasn't exactly the same. We still had our jobs, but education was over. So now, the time that would usually be education is now service. I've been working with our elderly neighbor, and much to my dismay, I haven't seen anon. I assume he's been busy with his new responsibilities. Still, tonight we find out the results from our Exams. A grand ball will be held with a feast! After dinner each applicant would be pulled and told their results and new line of work based off their Exam scoring. In accordance with the Exam, if needed you may be relocated within the week and have to say goodbye to your family members to go "help fulfill your role to maintain society". But anyhow, the ball is tonight and everyone dressed to impress, and that is why I'm already getting ready, at 5 in the morning, for a 3 in the afternoon ball. My hair, which normally cascaded down my shoulders, was pinned up in a beautiful up-do that made my dirty blonde locks  almost appear to be brown. Then my make up was applied modestly with some mascara that made my green eyes pop and coverup. At quarter to 2 I put on my dress. I had never considered myself beautiful by any means, but tonight I looked stunning. With my blue, knee length dress and hair all done I could barely recognize myself. My dress was sparkly at the top then the jewels became more sparse as they got closer to the bottom. I couldn't believe myself, but When we arrived at the ball everyone else looked equally as stunning and beautiful. Hearing my scores that night was amazing. Learning that I would go to course was what all my hard work had been for. Knowing that I needed to pack for my next day departure, I skipped out on the celebrations and returned home with my family. Knowing that I wouldn't see them again, I decided to spend a bit of time with them before I packed. I know that I'll miss them, and they are more then I could ever ask for. This proves to be a quick goodbye due to having no siblings to prolong the process and I finished packing and went to sleep, dreaming of what the next day had in store for me. It was an early morning, and most of it was a blur, but I met the officials at the town center at 4:20 on the dot, and after a rather strenuous check to make sure I was actually me, I boarded the plane admiring the gorgeous furniture surrounding me, I imagined only how much more amazing it could get at Course. And with that I was off with dreams filled with delicious foods and wonderful parties that I knew would be awaiting me once I arrived at Course.