Chapter 2
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Freaky with a Capitol Woah!
I cautiously walked into town, looking around at all the potential students. Nobody looked like spies. Why did everyone look normal? “Oh no,” I mouthed. I looked up at the Big Ben. It was 9:00, school started at 8:50. I started to run. Crap, I was late. I was always late. People were starting to stare. The crowd was getting thicker. I was getting pushed around but I was fighting it. I finally broke through the crowd and I was in front of a…. phone booth? “What? What’s going on?” I moaned. I checked the address again. Maybe I lost my sense of direction when I got pushed around in the crow. No, this was the right place. “Hey excuse me but I need to use the phone booth.” A very attractive boy said in a low sure voice that matched his flawless face perfectly. His lips were parted perfectly around his white, perfectly straight teeth. His hair was cute and messy but perfect. It was a beautiful mixed of blonde and brunette. All of my previous thoughts disappeared as soon as I looked into those deep blue eyes. I felt like I was swimming in a cool blue pool in heaven. I didn’t want to leave my own personal heaven but I didn’t mind it too much because of the person waking me up. “Uh, are you ok did you hear me, um could you please watch out?”
“Sure, no problem,” I breathed barely able to move my lips. I stepped to the side letting the angel pass me, “Uh, um e-e-excuse m-me, do you h-h-happen to g-go to SPY Academy?” I stammered just before he stepped into the phone booth.
“Actually I do, are you a first year?”
“Um, y-yes”
“Well you’re running a bit late aren’t you? Follow me,” he said in his sweet beautiful voice. I started to zone out. “Aren’t you coming?” I stepped into the phone booth and suddenly I was very self conscience. Our chests were nearly pressed together and I could feel his cool breath on my face. I then knew why it was a single person booth but I didn’t mind. He turned to the side with his eyes always staring into mine. He quickly pressed 12 numbers so fast I couldn’t even pick up the first four. I suddenly got very dizzy, we were zooming down below the city faster than I thought possible. I started to get light headed. I stumbled backwards and I was leaning against the back of the booth. Then suddenly we jerked forwards and I went flying into the boy’s chest. “I am so sorry,” I said embarrassedly. I felt so stupid.
“This is definitely your first time, by the way my name is Richard”
“Hayley,” I said breathlessly. He chuckled and helped me stand up. I was just regaining my balance when we jerked to a quick stop and I fell into him again. He again caught me and held me until I regained my balance. He was such a gentleman.
“Do you have the welcome ceremony this morning?” Richard said in his knee wobbling, deep voice as we stepped out of the phone booth.
“Uh yeah I think so,” I said as I watched the phone booth zoom back up to the surface.
“I’ll walk you there,” he said but then added, “So you don’t get lost.” My face fell the slightest bit but I followed anyway.
“Why do you have to go there?” I questioned.
“It’s my first year too,” he said shot back.
“Oh, then how do you know the school so well?”
“My mother’s the head mistress; I’ve been coming here since I was two.” That day was becoming more and more dream like as it went on. This small bit of information made him feel more real. We walked in silence for a while but then we were surrounded by… teenage girls? I got pushed backwards and Richard got swept away by a tsunami of them. It was far from silent now the whole room was filled with “Hi Richard, hey Richard, how was your holiday Richard, I missed you Richard.” I ambled behind the swarm hoping to become invisible. We finally reached home room and there was the most high tech space I had ever seen. All I could do was open my mouth a gape like a fish. I looked at Richard, all the old girls were gone but now there were a bunch of new girls timidly staring at him and a couple of the braver ones introducing themselves. I sighed. I never stood a chance against those girls, I thought. I started to look around the room. It was very advanced. I saw a PS4 over at the wall. “Wait,” I muttered, “Didn’t PS3 just come out?” I checked again. Definitely a PS4. I saw the most ultramodern devices. There was surround sound, Blu-Ray, a massive flat screen, high tech exercise equipment and I think the was a simulator of some kind. I was still trying to take it all in but then a woman out from behind some silver curtains and stood on a raised platform. She had my attention immediately. There was something about her presence. I’m not sure what but there was something. She had a sense authority to her, like she was born to be up there. “Good morning students, I’m sure you know me from my holographic image I sent, if not I’m Mrs Perlume and I am your head mistress. This is a very prestigious school run by the CIA. As you all should know this school is very private and underground, literally so you cannot tell anyone. If this should occur is would mean immediate termination from the school and depending on how many people you tell, you might be sent to prison.” The whole room had an eerie silence to it, everyone thinking of what could happen and how secret this school actually is, “Continuing, you will all be separated into 3 different houses, one for each name of the founders, Sammack, Pakwats and Yeilding. Each house will have a colour with Sammack being silver, Pakwats being purple and Yeilding being yellow. Each house has a different specialty and that is how you will be tested. Sammack specializes in physical arts including martial arts, boxing and fitness. Packwats specializes in brain’s and intuition. Yeiliding is for the few who possess both unique talents. The students who get into Yeilding are truly gifted students and will go extremely far. In all three you will learn both physical and mental techniques, according to the group will determin to how much you do of each. There will be a very simple test shortly to determin which group you will go in. You will then go to the Hall and meet the rest of your house and they will also be the people in your dorm. There will be a tour with your house captains of the school after you unpack. Everyone’s schedules will be available tomorrow at the office. Good day for now.” Everyone started murmuring anxiously think of the difficult test that awaits them. I shut my eyes and took a deep breath, it always calmed me down. Just as I was about to feel calm a voice startled me. “What are you doing?” a slightly small girl with pale skin questioned. She had very short brown hair that was very pixie like and she was unbelievably skinny.
“I’m trying to relax,” I shot back slightly irritated that I had to state the obvious.
“I knew that, I was just wondering why you weren’t doing what normal people do and talk to people?”
“I guess that means I’m not normal,” I whispered in a voice that felt very far away and I started to daydream.
“Don’t worry, I’m not normal either, by the way my name is Izzy.” She held out her hand as in to shake mine. At first I just stared at it wondering why she wanted to shake. The weird thing is I barely noticed her because I was still daydreaming. I noticed her hand as she was withdrawing it and I quickly grabbed it and introduced myself. We got talking and I realized how much I liked her. She was a very sweet girl but she said she didn’t have many friends at her old school. She loved to read and read when she was nervous but she didn’t mind talking to me instead. She knew more about the school than I did since her older sisters and brothers came here. She was the youngest of her family. We were here for 4 years grade 10, 11 and 12 and then one year of university but that was all we needed if we were going to be a full time spy. Mrs Perlume came out and invited us into a different room. It was time to take The Test.
