Dancers of Darkness

Chapter 2

JADE 

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I awoke to a mass of traffic and car horns. New York.

Eagerly I gazed out of the cab window taking in the beauty of the city. Sky scrapers loomed high above, people hurried in every direction, and the sound was like no other.

We soon pulled up along side a modern square, the entrance to the NYBA campus. As soon as we stopped I jumped out, to excited to contain my emotions. I couldn't believe I was actually here. New York Ballet Academy, on of the most prestigious schools across the country, the world even, and I was lucky enough to be attending it on a scholarship, starting today.

Once my luggage was unloaded I headed towards the sleek building to the left of the square, the main office. I entered, just managing to contain my overflow of bags. Nervously I went up to the front desk.

"Can I help you?" The receptionist asked kindly.

"Hi, yes, I'm starting at NYBA today, Jade Mathews..."

"Ah yes", she replied, scanning her computer screen.

"Now, starting at the beginning of the second term will be difficult, as you will need to have extreme focus and determination to be able to catch up to where the other students are at. You are aware of this i'm guessing? "

"Of course, and I'm one hundred and ten percent committed", I assure her.

"Marvelous", she said leaning over the desk to show me a map of the grounds.

"So we are here, and over to the right of campus is where the dorms are, and then to the side of there is..."

Just then the door behind me opened and I turned to see five boys around my age entering the foyer. My eyes scan their faces, to then rest on the last one...

Him. 

So familiar yest a stranger to my eyes.

He turned, and the moment he saw me, the second he looked into my eyes,

I was gone.

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