The Elementalists

Problems, Mirrors and First Days

Amelia's POV.

It was my third week at Warfield College. I was on my way to the guidance counselor. I had a meeting with her that morning. I walked slowly toward the wooden office door that had 'Guidance Counselor' written in bold.

I knocked on the door and heard a gentle reply of 'come in'. I opened the door slowly fearing any creaks. To my dismay, a prolonged creak was heard and I gasped as I shut the door quickly.

"Sit down Miss..." The guidance counselor said.

For a second I hesitated, and then walked to the chair in front of me, propping my bag on the floor in between my legs.

"Yes ma'am" I spoke louder than usual.

I inhaled deeply and exhaled softly, waiting for the counselor to speak.

"There has been a misunderstanding considering your scholarship in this college..."

I sighed.

" We are sorry to say that your scholarship has had some issues and that it has been withdrawn. You have 48 hours to leave the school premises... "

I almost broke down in tears the full scholarship was the reason I was here. I nodded and left the counselors office trying to stop myself from crying.

I headed to my dorm, plopped down on the bed, and cried. A minute later, I heard the door open and my roommate Tessy, walked in. She saw me crying, and crossed over to my bed. She was like my best friend. She patted my back and stroked my hair. That only made my stream of tears flow out more.

"There, there," she repeated over and over again. " Everything is going to be ok".

That was the thing everything was not going to be ok. Where would I go to when the 48 hours were up.

My mum, was all the way in California, working her butt off to pay her bills for the tiny one-roomed apartment she lived in.

My dad was an abusive drunkard who lived in Texas, with his fake, blonde girlfriend in a huge mansion.

That night I called my mum and told her about everything that has happened, desperately trying to keep my voice from cracking. When the conversation ended, I proceeded to my walk-in closet and started to pack.

After an hour and a half of packing, I heard the betraying sound of my stomach grumbling, and decided to get some food to eat. I ordered a large pepperoni pizza, with a large coke because I figured as much that Tessy would want some too.

30 minutes later

I heard a knock at the door, and went to open it. There stood the pizza guy with my pizza in one hand and and the coke in another. I picked the pizza from his hand and handed the money to him with a tip included.

As if on cue, Tessy walked into the living room, and dropped down on the sofa, giving me her puppy dog eyes. I gave in, and laughed a bit. We both watched Twilight while having the dinner I had ordered.

When the movie had finished, I went to the bathroom to have a shower, before I sleep.

That was when my reflection struck me.

Instead of the dark brown long waves, with blue eyes, and glasses I had, I saw someone that looked like me only with short crimson red hair and green eyes - without the glasses.

I reached out, and touched the mirror delicately.

Suddenly, I felt a strong force pull me into the mirror. I couldn't believe this was happening. I tried to scream but before I could I was sucked into this kind of parallel world...

I ended up in a room, full of mirrors. Everywhere I turned - mirrors.

"You are welcome to SAWFEC." I heard a voice say.

I looked behind me, and to my surprise, there stood who I assumed to be the head mistress, in a flowing long black tunic.

Where am i? I thought.

" This way" the voice said.

Magically, a door appeared in the midst of all the mirrors.

Just as I was led to the hallway, through the corner of my eye, I saw another human pop out of one the mirrors, and yet another woman just as the first one glided over to meet the person.

I was welcomed into a huge hallway with all sort of names on every door, finally we stopped at a big old wooden door, covered in moss.

And with a wave of the woman's hand, the door swung open immediately, and ushered us into a reception like area, where another woman stood, taking the names of the new students and assigning them to their dorms.

I looked behind me, and the woman in the black tunic was gone.

I joined the line.

" You're name please, " the woman said...

I zoned off.

I wasn't supposed to be in this school. But I still said my name.

" My name is Amelia Johnson" I managed to say.

" You'll be in dorm 32B Amelia"

" ok, " I said looking surprised.

I walked up the long narrow stairs to a broad hallway, where I scanned the doors till I came across an old wooden door with 32B written in bold.

I knocked on the door gently, and a tall girl with blonde hair opened it.

" hi, my name is Amelia, and I'm you're new roommate" I said calmly.

"Oh, my name is Cherry. You're welcome to come in." She said.

She opened the door wide, for me to come in. It felt really weird because I didn't have any bags with me. She showed me to my room, and to my surprise, the wardrobe was filled with clothes my size. And on my bed was my timetable for my classes to attend.

I crawled into my bed and hoped to fall asleep because there was some explaining to do the next day. How would I know where to go and when. This was what I had to do tomorrow.