Shadowhunters Academy

Chapter 1

Everyone has their own ideas of what a 'dream school' will be like. Lexi's was this amazing place where the dorms would be full of students happy to be there, and there would be fields of green, ready to be used to train on, and so many other amazing things. Shadowhunters Academy was basically nothing like what she imagined. Outside of the school it was very... dull. There were almost no colors except for the blue sky above, and the green grass below. The campus seemed to be almost empty. Lexi went into the girls' dorm and saw that there still weren't many people there. Though the outside was awful, the inside of the dorm wasn't. It was actually quite nice. The furniture was new and unused, everything was bright and cheery as if the person who decorated it forgot that, we are girls, we are first and foremost shadowhunters.

"Alexia Ashdown?" Said an unfamiliar female voice from behind her. She turned to see who had said her name. There was a girl standing before her with dark brown hair, and equally dark eyes. She had a friendly, and happy sort of face. She smiled. "Oh, good. You are Alexia. That would have been awkward if you were someone else." Lexi smiled at her nervous ramble. "Well, I'm Aline Penhallow, you're dorm matron, just call me Aline, though."

"Uh, it's nice to meet you." Lexi looked down at her luggage, then back up at Aline. "What room am I in?"

"Oh, by the Angel, I can't believe I forgot to tell you." She looks at the clipboard in her hand and scans it. "Alright, Alexia, you were originally supposed to be in room seventy-two by yourself, but you got reassigned to room..." She looks down again and trail her finger down the paper, searching for something. "Ninety-five."

"Thanks," Lexi said, wondering why she randomly got reassigned to a different room. She grabbed the handle of her suitcases and started to make her way to the stairs leading to the rooms. Before she could take more than five steps, Aline called to her again.

"Oh, Alexia, about room ninety-five...." Lexi looked back at her over her shoulder to see her face. It looked uncertain and apologetic. Lexi got this nervous feeling in her gut as she turned back around, knowing that face isn't a good sign. Probably bad news.

"Yes?" She said skeptically. Aline hesitated. By the Angel, Lexi thought. This really must not be good. But what could it be? "Aline, just tell me already, these bags aren't going to get to my room on their own."

She smiled at her sarcasm. Wow, Lexi thought. She must be used to kids. If I said something like that at home, I'd likely be grounded. "Well, as you know, this is the high school dormitory and the Headmistress separates the grades to different floors, but this year the amount of ninth graders has gone up immensely and they won't fit on just the first floor so... they are getting half of yours and you all have to share a room with at least two other people." She said this all in a ramble like she was dreading her reaction....

Ugh, Lexi thought. One of the good things about coming here is that I finally won't have to share a room with Ryan. But of course she would never say that outloud to Aline, she seemed too nice.

"Okay," she said out loud, instead. "Who am I sharing a room with?"

"Oh, good, you aren't angry. I was a bit afraid there that you would be angry," Aline said and looked back down at her clipboard checking something else. "Well, Alexia, it looks like you will be sharing a room with two people. Let's see here..." She read two names off of the list. "Jessica Carstairs and... Genevieve-"

"-Blueheart?" Lexi filled in for her.

Aline snapped her head back up to face her, startled.

"Umm... yeah. Yes, how did you know?"

"I know because I live with her. Outside of school." Lexi could not believe this was happening. What were the odds? She finally gets rid of Ryan, just to have to share a room with Genna? What next, her parents turn out to be teachers?