the dangers of the unknown

chapter 1- the journey

alace's pov

Not even 7am and I just got of the 10 hour flight to England. I tensed as my hand rubbed the side of my neck trying to ease the pain. Hmm I guess I must of slept funny on it or something. I was exhausted from that flight and I just needed to stretch my legs, they were numb from just staying sat all that time.
As I walked out of the airport with my luggage in one hand and a map in the other I couldn’t help but feel nervous. This whole environment was new to me. It was dull and the sky was filled with lifeless dark clouds threatening to release a sea of water upon us. Was England always like this?

Thankfully my cab had finally arrived and the wait didn’t seem to long “would you happen to be miss Alace? Please get in ” I peeked into the drivers window and seen a young man in his early 20’s shouting out to me to get in the cab. At first I was rather hesitant about getting in a cab with a random stranger in a place I didn’t know but then I remembered my father telling me he would arrange for my transportation to that dreaded place.
I was rather hurt that he would send me away, I know I was being a bit difficult at times but he was the only family I had left and now look, I am all alone in ENGLAND. This was not what I wanted.

As soon as I got in the cab I rested my head on the side of the window as I looked up at the dull yet still beautiful scenery we drove past. We drove straight into the unknown where behind miles and miles of forests and wilderness was the haunting ‘school of troubled youths’. Just the though of it sent shivers down my spine. I haven’t even arrived yet and I was already planning my master escape. Surely it couldn’t be to hard. Could it?

All I could think about was how my father was so persistent on getting me to come here . I begged and begged to stay but his decision remained the same. Nothing I said or did could sway his mind and I gulped realizing I had pushed him to far this time. He’d always threaten to send me away whenever I acted out but not once did I ever think that he would follow through with is. I messed up and had no one to blame but my own stupid actions.
I was feeling nauseas as sadness overwhelmed me and tears started leaking from my eyes. Even though he promised it would only be for a year, I had this gut feeling that I would be here a lot longer than expected. I just wanted to curl up into a little ball and hide from this lonely dark and terrifying world. For the first time in forever, I Alace Bruele was scared. I didn’t know what to do but I knew one thing. I have to escape.

I was deep in thought staring up at the sky through the cab window until I realized I didn’t pack suitable clothing for this weather. I had packed a few jeans and hoodies but other than that it was mainly all just cropped tops, mini skirts and dresses. I hadn’t realised my outfits were so inappropriate for this weather until now, I just grabbed whatever was in my wardrobe and threw it in my suitcase just wanting to get out the house and away from my father as quick as possible. Now thinking about it , it would have been better if I went shopping beforehand and got clothes I would be needing other than my every day Miami clothes.

I just mentally prayed for a mall nearby so I could get these clothes but there was nothing but forest for miles and miles. Why was this school so isolated?
This area always managed to give me the creeps and It didn’t help that I was lost in space thinking about the terrifying  rumors and myths in which surrounded this place. They were playing over and over again in my mind, did such creatures as vampires, werewolf’s and witches truly exist? I didn’t believe it , well 99% of me didn’t but that 1% was just curious and intrigued. Nevertheless it still terrified me the thought of running into such ruthless and inhuman creature that could tear me apart within a heartbeat.

                                                                                             Roughly 2 hours later

finally we are here. I thought to my self letting out a little groan as I rolled my eyes. I headed towards the entrance looking up at the rusted iron gate which has to be easily double maybe even triple my size. It was covered in barbed wire and had knife like rigged points evenly scattered across the top. The gate was connected to a off white colored iron fence which was similar in size , it seemed to go on for miles circling and shielding the large haunted looking walls of the ancient beaten down house. I guess this is it. Our home for the time being until I plan out our escape. However this is going to be more difficult that I imagined. was it trying to keep people in or out? Either way I’m pretty certain it maintained its job.

I mentally prepared myself letting out a sigh as I pressed the red buzzer which was attached to the gate and was startled when  a voice appeared from nowhere “ what do you want!” I umped back in fright and looked around to see who the voice belonged to but no one was their. Then in he corner of my eye I noticed a small camera with a microphone and realised I was being watched. I bet I look stupid, I thought to myself rolling my eyes yet again. “ erm… I was sent here by my dad Philip ray. He erm… said you was expecting me?”. I tired to be firm but I was anxious, nervous even. My voice came out barely a whisper. “and what is your name . miss? “ whoever the voice belonged to sounded tired and fed up hence the short and sharp tone of voice. I guess I would be to if I had to monitor nothing for days. It sounded like they didn’t even want to be here. “oh my name is alace” . suddenly everything went silent.

A few seconds later a weird high pitched beep pierced my ears as my eyes narrowed in and focused on a black box in the center the gate . the red light then flicked green as a man unlocked the gate and pilled it open. The gate started creaking , must not be opened that much hmm strange I thought to myself as the guy signaled for me to enter. The guy appeared to be in his late thirties and he looked at me giving me a sly grin as he looked at me from head to toe letting out a little chuckle “you’re going to fit in perfectly” his deep voice made me cringe and shiver which then only led to him smirking again. Whoever he is I got a bad vibe coming from him and I mentally noted to avoid him at all costs.

As I took a step closer towards something I tripped over a stick and hit my head of a rock. Fuck that hurt. Next thing you know my eyes were slowly shutting and then complete darkness.

                                                                   authors note

so the next few chapters are going to be short but thats just because im building the story line up. feel free to ask any questions and i will answer them all at the end of each chapter to ensure you all have a better understanding. please dont leave any negative comments but please leave tips on how to emprove considering im a newbie hehe :)

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