Love School English Version

Chapter 1

"Armanda, get up!" Mum shouted.

''Mmhm'' I grumbled as I climbed out of bed and got dressed. The day before, I had chosen my favourite black skirt and a white top, black overknees and a matching leather jacket, because today was the day. I would be sent to Love School and stay there for a maximum of twelve years until I found my soul mate. At school, we would be told more about the other supernatural beings who could be our mates. We learnt how vampires prefer to drink their blood. How Gorgons looked after their snakes and lots of other useless information. I was really looking forward to Love School, but the thought of whether I would survive made my hair stand on end.

For 300 years, more and more beings from all over the world had come to us humans on this planet, such as vampires, sirens, werewolves, gorgons and demons. Many were afraid of these species, which is why the governments of the world decided, after much bickering, to divide the world into several parts.

Since then, there was the land of Altera, where everyone was allowed to live. It consisted of several different landscapes, but mostly of meadows.

Dravania, the land of the vampires, was full of cliffs where, if you fell, you felt like you would never reach the ground, and there were many large cities.

Black Wood , the land of werewolves , was a huge forest with only one town and tiny villages.

Snakelandia , the land of the Gorgons, was a desert where even more snakes lived than just the ones on the Gorgons' heads.

Neschnem, the only part that now belonged only to humans, was covered in fertile steppes.

Eröle, the part of the demons, was a volcanic landscape.

The last land was Markantis of the Sirens, which enjoyed many waterholes.

All borders were strictly guarded, so you would never see any other lands except Altera and that of your kind. Unless you found your mate. However, this mate thing only came with the other beings. But even more had changed, now every country had rulers. There used to be governments in every country. The only country that still had a government was Altera, my home.

But all these thoughts made me wonder if I would ever meet my mate or be killed at 30? As it was believed that you would never find your mate after 30, at least that's what all the legends said...

''Come on"Mum shouted.

I quickly looked at myself in the mirror again. Everything was as usual, dark brown, almost black eyes looked back at me and my straight, equally dark hair clung to my body down to my hips. Before I could be shouted at again, I ran downstairs. As I did so, I grabbed my three suitcases, which were packed to the brim with my things, my whole life was in them and my whole room was empty and barren because of them. I let out a soft sigh, when I left this house, I would leave my childhood behind me.

When I got downstairs, I was hugged by my mum: "Honey. No matter what happens, we love you. I hope to see you very soon." The rest of my family had already said goodbye to me yesterday as they had to leave early this morning. My little sister, Rania, in particular, had hugged me yesterday and didn't want to let me go.

"Bye, Mum!" I sobbed and a few tears ran down my face. I broke away from my mum, opened the door and waved to her. I realised that I wouldn't see her again for a long time, or maybe never again. I was so scared because as soon as I left the house today, a new chapter of my life would begin. Maybe I shouldn't go after all, what should I do? Take a deep breath Armanda!

I walked to the station and saw Katharina and Catherine, but I usually called them Kathi and Cat. The three of us had been inseparable since Cat moved here five years ago. Despite our differences, like the fact that I was human, Cat was a demon and Kathi was a gorgon, which is why she always wore sunglasses so as not to turn anyone to stone. One of the things we had in common was that we had all turned 18 this year so we could go to Love School together.