Silver Cresecent Academy

2.The Arrival.

The Arrival.

Arriving at Silver Crescent was different to how I had imagined it. After saying goodbye to Lisa and Maggie, my only high school friend, who believed I was staying with a distant relative, I headed to the train. Old, brown, leather bag in my right hand and my balding ticket in the other, I hopped on the train, feeling excited and very nervous.

I first caught a glimpse of Silver Crescent from the end of the long grey drive, through the big, oak forest surrounding the school. It was ancient. Broken bricks on broken bricks, creating a huge, castle-like building, that appeared to be a regular boarding school to any mortal.

"Ah, you've arrived!" Bellowed a middle-aged man, dressed in a striped shirt and tie with grey slacks.

"M-me?" I questioned, checking behind me for someone else he could be talking to.

He simply nodded his head and beckoned me forwards.

"I'm professor Watson, school's headmaster." He stated looking me up and down curiously. "You do look just like your mother,Allison."

This brought a tear to my eye, just thinking about my mom. I'd been told I had my fathers nose but nobody ever compared me to my mother.

"Call me Ali, please."

"Of course Allis-Ali, sorry" I gave him a reassuring smile and he continued. "Anyway, let's get you to your dorm. Classes start tomorrow, bright and early, and from the looks of you, your exhausted."

He was right. Six hours on a train would tire anyone out.

"Come along." He commanded, heading inside and up a set of spiral stairs.

I followed Watson through corridors and corridors, making a mental note of all the twist and turns along the way. He eventually stopped in front of a wooden door that read '714'.

"This is your dorm, miss Marshall. I suggest you unpack and thenhit the hay, busy day tomorrow."

I turned to work into the room but was stopped.

"Don't forget your key now,Ali." He said, handing me a rusted metal key.

"Thank you!" I called as he was walking down the corridor.

The door swung open to reveal a pretty, auburn haired girl, in the middle of a phone call. She paused.

"I..er..better call you back. Yeah. Bye" she spoke before ending the call.

"You must be the new roommate. I'm Molly, come on in." She gestured for me to walk in.

The dorm was like any other dorm room. Two single beds placed on either side of the room along with two closets, and a door to the left that, I think, lead to a bathroom.

"I'm Ali." I said walking through the door.

"Pretty name, Ali." She smiled. "Okay, so you get that bed, well..duh...what other bed would you have? Sorry. And obviously the closet, and half the bathroom. Sorry, I'm rambling. I ramble around new people, it's embarrassing."

I let out a small laugh as Molly continued to ramble like crazy.

"Molly, calm down!"

"Sorry, sometimes I just can't help it."

"It's fine, just chill. I'm gonna unpack and then catch up on some sleep.."

"No, no,no! You have to come meet the guys!"

"I don't thin-"

"No! You gotta come"

After a moment of Molly incessantly whining, I gave up and decided to go.

"Fine,okay. I'll come"

"Great! They are gonna love you, especially Mace!"

"Mace?"

"Yeah, he will hit on you, until he finally realises you don't want him. Then hopefully, he will back off."

As we walked to meet 'the guys', Molly asked a lot of questions.

"How old are you?"

"Seven-teen"

"Birthday?"

"August, 16th."

"Damn it, your older than me. Parents?"

"My mom died when I was young, and my dad went missing in battle."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I'm so stupid"

"It's fine." I tried to smile.

"Anyway, what's your power?"

"I-I d-don't r-really know?"

"Un chosen?" She asks knowingly.

"I guess."

Before it could get even more awkward for me, a guy started shouting Molly from across the court.

"Molly!" He shouted again.

The stranger was regular height with dark caramel skin.

"That's Mace." Molly whispered, pulling me towards the stranger. "Mace, this is Ali." Molly said, hugging Mace then gesturing towards me. "My new roommate."

"Hello, Ali." Said Mace flirtatiously, taking my hand and kissing my knuckles.

"Hi" I stumbled,awkwardly pulling my hand out of his grip.

"This is the rec. room, where you can come and hang out when you need to."

I glanced at all the cool equipment in the room and decided: I'm gonna like it here.

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