Once Upon A Beating Heart

The school

We sat in the car in complete silence all the way to school. I wasn't nervous but I was wondering what people would be like and stuff like that, grateful that Regina had filled me in on what the school was about.

"Georgia" I whispered, trying to talk to my sister.

She looked at me, her eyes side tracked to Cora for less than a second, then shook her head discreetly and I swore I saw our aunt give a satisfied smirk.

After an extremely long hour, we arrived at the school and stepped out of the car. We took our luggage and looked up.
The massive castle almost looked like an asylum for the insane...Actually more like a huge, dull prison. I took Georgia's hand and walked towards the building, Cora and Regina leading the way.
At the top of the steps, a woman stood elegantly. She had red lips, black and white fur and hair half and half to match. She smiled at Cora and took two steps forward. This must be Miss de Vil.

"Hello, darling" The woman gave Cora a stiff hug. "And hello to you too" She said to Regina.
"These two are my nieces, Chloe an Georgia" Cora said and gestured towards us.
"Lovely"
"I'm just taking these three to the house tower" Cora sighed an signalled for us to follow.

As Georgia walked past Miss de Vil the zip of her bag got caught in the woman's black and white fur. When she carried on walking, the material nearly ripped in two.

"You little brat! Look at what you've done to my fur!" She screamed.
"Well, maybe if you hadn't chosen to wear such awful, cheap clothing then it wouldn't have happened" Georgia smirked as I sighed. Georgia's in bitch mode.
"Cheap!" Miss de Vil shouted. "This is worth more than your existence!"
"Oh, don't lie" Georgia said. "Now this handbag is worth more than twenty of those things"
"I swear I will-"
"Don't you threaten my sister!" I backed her up.
"I wouldn't if she wasn't such a brat!" She retaliated.
"I'm a brat, am I?" Georgia asked loudly. "Well, you're a-"
"Is everything alright here, girls?" Cora put her hand on Georgia's shoulder and I noticed my sister stiffen.
"Everything is fine" She quickly said.
"No, it's not! Everything is not fine! I get so tired of everyone who think that things are alright! My sister is not a brat!" I said angrily and the two women and my sister looked at me.

I noticed that Regina wasn't here any longer. She must've gone, trying to avoid trouble.

"Your sister is a brat, and so are you" Cora snapped. "Now shut up!"

Georgia looked at her feet and didn't say anything though I know she would have at least sworn at them usually.
I squinted at my sister questioningly.
Cora guided my sister into the school and I followed, not even looking back. As we walked I thought I'd probably never learn where things were here. We walked through long corridors and up a lot of stairs. Our aunt stopped in front of a door and turned to look at us.

"Both of you are in my house, Wonderland. Your room is shared with the girls in your house." She opened the door. "Alice! Grace! Sunday detention! Do not throw pillows at each other!"

The two girls who had apparently been in the middle of a fight stopped and looked towards us.

"Yes, Mrs Mills" They said in a unison.

Cora walked out and slammed the door behind her. We stood there awkwardly and looked at the girls in the room.
Then Regina walked up to the two girls and gave both of them a hug.

"Welcome back to hell" The blonde one laughed.
"This is Chloe, and this is Georgia" Regina said.
"Uh, hi" I smiled awkwardly.
"I'm Alice" The blonde said. "And that's Grace"
"Hello" Grace said.
"So where are the others?" Regina asked.
"Kathryn and Johanna were expelled by Mrs Mills during the holidays and Merida's not here yet" Alice sighed.
"Oh" Regina said and looked down for a second.

I walked over to one of the unused beds and threw myself onto it. And because I had expected it to be kind of soft I let out a small "owww". The bed was just as hard as it was at Cora's place.
This made Georgia laugh and I gave her a look, but it didn't make her stop though. She sat down on the bed next to mine and then she stopped laughing.

Alice and Grace went back to throwing pillows at each other and Regina joined them.
Just as a pillow hit Regina's face, a bell rung. The girls immediately put their pillows away and gestured for me and my sister to follow them before Cora burst through the door.

"Come on, girls, assembly" She said.

We stopped outside another door and three boys walked out.

"Hey Regina" One of the boys smiled.
"Daniel, not here" Regina's eyes darted towards her mother.

We walked down several flights of stairs and down a long hallway to a massive hall.

"Welcome back" A blonde woman at the front said, who I assumed was the headmistress, Miss Hearts.

We all quickly sat down as she introduced herself.