CM series: S1- Akuya Arc

8. Crystilville Mansion

Ella's eyes filled with joyous tears as she entered the grand room. There was so much space, and there were lots of floors too, with many large rooms. All the girls were in the auditorium, and they sat down on the fancy seats. The stage had masses of space! The back curtains opened and a woman around her 60s walked out. She has short grey hair and a smart purple dress complete with an opal necklace and blue heels. "Hello, ladies," she said, smiling. "My name is Miss Elodia, and I run the Mansion De Crystilville." "Hello, miss!" the girls called. "Hello to you too, again," Miss Elodia replied. "now let's get started with the rules here in the mansion: 1. No wondering out after the 8pm curfew, 2. Freetime during 3pm-6pm, 3. Do not bully or be unkind, 4..." Ella started to get bored. There were probably about 200 rules!

"Rule 10-" Elodia read. "rule 15, rule 21, rule 32, rules 44-." She just kept droning on and on and on. "Rule 60, have fun!" Elodia finally finished. "right, time to read out the dorms. Dorm 1-" Dorms? Ella thought. I wonder who'll I'll be put with. But Elodia kept droning on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on and on again. It was very annoying. "Dorm 285: Miss Ella, Princess Erin, Sheila, Maggie, Rita and Tina," she called out. "Yes!" the 6 cheered. After Miss Elodia had read out the very long list of dorms, all the girls stampeded for a third time the stairs ready for dinner and bed. "Your luggage has been delivered to your rooms!" shouted Elodia. Meanwhile, Ella and the girls rushed to their dorm. It was on a high floor, so it took a while to get there. There was a brass sign next to the room door, which had their names imprinted into it: Ella, Erin, Sheila, Maggie, Rita, Tina.

Rita unlocked the door using her hand, and the girls rushed in, and their luggage had already arrived! The room was like the hotel room, except there were 2 bedrooms with 3 beds each in them, a normal chill room, a game console, an ensuite and a room for studying or doing something creative. The girls decided that Ella, Erin and Sheila should share the first bedroom and Maggie, Rita and Tina shared the other. "This is going to be so fun!" Sheila squealed. "our friendship journey is just beginning!" "We all had a quick bond together, didn't we?" Erin asked. "I said something similar to that," Sheila replied, a bit frustrated. Ella chuckled. "See, a quick bond!" "WILL U STOP COPYING ME!" the 3 yelled, then laughed. The other 3 were playing an old-fashioned game called Rockhoof, where you throw horseshoes at rocks and each distance has different points. "Woo hoo!" cheered Maggie, as she scored another 10. "Seriously?" Rita said. "you've got like 25 points now." "Well, we all have 25 points," Tina pointed out. "It's a fair variable. Let's call it a draw?" "Deal!" Maggie replied brightly. "Fine, deal," Rita murmured. The 6 girls had settled into their dorm afterwards, ready for bed...