Chapter 0: Ultimate...School Idol?

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Y/N's POV

The massive high school towers, over all the other buildings in this bustling urban area. It's like the school stands at the center, of the entire world. Hope's Peak Academy... It brings in top students from every field imaginable. A government-funded school of privilege....

They say that if you come here  and manage to graduate, you'll be set for life. With hundreds of years of tradition, it sends the cream of the crop into the work force every year. It was built to raise hope in the nation's future. Which makes Hope's Peak a pretty fitting name. There are two things you need to attend this school...

One, you have to already be attending high school.
Two, you have to be the very best at what you do. No ordinary student could enroll here. The only way in is if you're scouted by the school itself. And standing there at the gate of the ultimate school filled with the ultimate students...

....Was me. Before we go any farther, I guess I should introduce myself. My name's Y/N L/N.
As you can see, I'm nothing but a girl in a school uniform, Average on the outside, and Average on the inside. But, One thing I can do, One thing I am, is I'm a school idol. Yes a School Idol. 

Anyway, I figure It's always good to introduce yourself right off the bat. But you know, if I had any kind of "strong point", other than to sing and dance, so to speak.. I'd say I'm a little more gung-ho than other people.

I mean, Look at me I look ordinary but still... Here I am, standing in front of the anything but ordinary Hope's Peak Academy.

"I still can't believe I'm standing here. I wonder if someone like me can survive in a place like this..."
It's got this overwhelming presence...like It's trying to swallow me whole. But It's no wonder I would feel that way. What you have to understand is...

Hope's Peak only invites those students who are truly elite in their field. It's such a popular topic, there are trends online dedicated to talking about the school's attendees. So, I looked up some of those trends. Then all I saw was talk about "Ultimate" students, who were way beyond your average high schooler. For example, One incoming student is the "ultimate Pop Sensation." Almost like me...
There's also the "Ultimate Baseball Player". He was the cleanup hitter for the national high school champs. Pro teams already have their eye's on him. Reading that, made me realize how plain I am. All I do is sing and dance. It was the country's finest, top to bottom.

But beyond that, There's an even bigger issue... How did such an unbelievably average student that just sings, like me get picked, to come to this ultimate high school? I mean I guess there *Is* a reason... You just have to take one glance at the acceptance letter they sent me to see why. Is it because I am a member of one of the most famous school Idol groups in Japan?
"As a result, you have been selected, and we invite you to join us at the Ultimate School Idol." They spelled It out plain as day---I got invited by luck.

I started to feel lost, like I didn't belong there. I could feel myself losing my nerve. But still...I can't stand in front of this game forever..

Frozen in place, murmuring to myself, I looked down at the acceptance letter clutched in my hand. It said There'd be a meeting for all incoming students in the main hall at 8 a.m. The meeting isn't still for a little while but...

I should probably just head in. Yeah....Yeah let's do this!  I gathered up all my determination and tried to act like I'd done this a million times before. And I took my first step toward the main hall...

This is where we are supposed to meet right? I guess I'm the first one here...
There's a really elegant clock over in the corner. It says It's 7:10 a.m. The meeting doesn't start until 8 O'clock. So There's  still a full 50 minutes left.

It makes sense nobody would be here yet...I was so wound up, I got here too early. I should take a look around the school. Maybe That'll help me calm down a bit. It'll help me kill sometime, if nothing else.

Trying to play it cool, I took my first step into Hope's Peak Academy. It was also my first step toward starting a new life  at a new school.

...At least that's what I was hoping for.

What the--?!

But the instant I took a that first step forward...My view became warped, twisted. It was like some kind if delusion, melting away and mixing together into something else.

Spinning, mixing, melting away, then spinning again...
And the next moment...

Everything went black.
That Was how everything began. And how life as I knew it came to a end.
At that point, I should have realized...The reason I was brought to Hope's Peak Academy wasn't because I was a school Idol... It was so I could feel Despair.

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