My Wonderful Ideas

~You Have Been Accepted~ Idea #3

The day I got the letter that said I was invited into Warster Academy it was like a dream come true, well for my mom that is. Later it proved to be different, it changed my life for the better and the worst.

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I had just gotten home from school when my mom came rushing out of the kitchen. "Laila! Come look at this!" I walked forwards her. "What mom?" She shoved the letter in my hands. "Look!" It was from a school called Warster Academy. "Ok? What is so important?" She gave me a look. "Read all of it not just the top." I looked back at the paper and read it. "What?! They said they would pay for everything!?" I looked over the letter again. "Look Laila! It says its only select few too!" I looked at where she was pointing and it said just that. "You have got to go!"

"I'm not sure about that mom..."

"Please? For your mom? Your dad is fine with it too!" She pointed to the living room where my father had been sitting the whole time. "Dad?"

"I'm good with it! It could save us some money! Plus your always complaining about how you don't like this school."

"Fine, I'll go! Only for the not-liking-this-school thing though."

"Yay! You're starting on Monday! Oh and since it's further away than I'd like, you'll be boarding there!" Wait what? I watched my mother run to go find some suitcases. "Oh great..." I went upstairs to pick what to pack, but before that I read the letter and the pamphlet that came with it. It was a brand new school for the gifted. I was gifted how? Sure I was good at art, but gifted? No. I decided to call my best friend, Maiko.

After waiting a couple seconds she finally picked up. "Laila? What's up?" She sounded excited. "I'll tell you just tell me why you sound so excited?" After a second or two she spoke, "I got an invitation to Warster Academy!"

"You too?"

"You got one?" I was the first to reply. I was still surprised "Yeah I did." I heard her squealing on the other side of the phone. "You are going right?" She was almost screaming in my ear. "Yes, sadly..." While saying this I looked at my door to see that my mother had found some suitcases and put them by my door. "What do you think we are supposedly 'gifted' at?" I thought about it. "Well, you obviously got in because of your dancing!"

"You probably for your art skills!"

"My art skills aren't even that great!"

"You got second place in that art competition! And it was against every other artist who entered, in the state!"

"Well...still..."

"Say nothing..." I heard the threat and decided to keep quiet.

Thinking over it again I asked the biggest question on my mind. "Don't you think it's a little sudden though?"

"Well... I guess... Gotta pack, see you tomorrow!" Hearing from her tone of voice I knew she was confused too. But I decided to let it go.

"Okay, later Maiko!"

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Monday

We were here. Maiko and I decided to carpool to get to the school. We went to an office in the front of the dorms. "Hello there!" We turned to face a girl, she was a bit shorter than average but she made up for it in her looks. "I'm Dovie! I am so happy to see more people joining our school! As you can see I'm a student! And the only one in my group..." She muttered the last part. "Group?" I asked. Oh! Umm... I mean... club! Yes club! I am the only one in the bird watching club!" I looked at her questioningly. "Ok... maybe some more people will join this year!"