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What's happened to Clementine?

'That is the end of the testing. Your new home places will be announced and a minibus will come and collect you' What? What about Tina and that other boy? They hadn't come out yet. Were you able to fail the test? I wasn't aware of that! Tina~~!!! 'Jonathan and Jemima W will be going to Ghost Ville. Emily will be going to Burn Ville. Nina , Kelli and Hannah will be going to Feather Ville. Martha and Hector will be going to Freeze Ville. Zack and Holly will be going to Bubble Ville, and Samantha will be going to Visible Ville. Now wait for the minibuses to come and collect you.' I sighed, and panicked. What about Tina and the other boy? There were 14 of us in the hall but only 12 names were called out. What was I going to do? I wanted to find out what happened, but I had no time. The Feather Ville minibus had arrived. It really was a minibus. It was tiny! More like a van. There were seats for just six inside the 'bus'. I waved goodbye to Start Ville and climbed onto the bus.

'Hello, are you Kelli?' Someone asked.

'What? Oh, no. I'm Nina. That means you must be Hannah,' I replied.

'Yes, I am Hannah. What school will you be going to in Feather Ville?'

'I'm going to Robin Manor. Where are you going?'

'I'm going to Saint Skye's. Robin Manor and St Skye are quite close so maybe we can see each other,' Hannah said.

'Yes. And how long is this bus journey anyway? Shall we ask the driver?'

'Yes, that may be a good idea.'

I walked up to the driver and how long the journey was.

'So how long is it until we arrive?' Hannah asked.

'He said it's a 30 minute journey. Want to play a game to pass the time?'

'Okay.'

I called Kelli over to see if she wanted to play with us. 'Hello, Kelli! It's a 30 minute journey and while we're waiting, we can play I -spy. Do you want to play?'

We played I-spy for a long time and when we decided to stop, there was only 5 minutes left until we arrived! 'Hey look, there's only 5 minutes left of the journey!' I pointed out so we just talked about what school was going to be like. Kelli, luckily, was also going to Robin Manor. It was August and school starts in September. I was going to be an orphan in Feather Ville, most children become orphans when they go to their new -Ville. That's why there are a lot of orphanages. Life is still the same if you are an orphan or not. The only difference is that children in an orphanage live with other orphans and not with their parents. Kelli is also an orphan, like me, but Hannah isn't. Her family live in in Feather Ville too.

But what happened to Clementine?!