I had a miserable day. It all started with waking up to my room being all packed up. My dad walked into my room. “Dad, why is all my stuff packed up?” I asked. “Get in the car; you’re going to Crest Water boarding school.” I walked into the foyer. Standing in it I saw my brother, Matthew, with red puffy eyes and tangled hair. Obviously he’d been crying. I went back to my room and grabbed my bags. We all trudged out to the car. The car was silent the whole hour drive to Crest Water. It broke when we pulled into the carpool lanes. “We’re here.” Dad stated quietly.
We started up the sidewalk and up the stairs. “Wait!” Dad called after us. Matthew kept going, an angry glint in his eyes. I stopped and dropped my bags to the ground. I walked back to my father. “I did this… I did this because a voice in my head told me to. It felt right.” He choked out. I just couldn’t resist hugging him. “Go catch up with your brother. And Katelyn… I love you.” He told me. I forced myself to turn around and walk back to my bags. Besides, we were holding up the other people in carpool. I lugged my pink and purple suitcase up the stairs to find my brother. When I finally found him looking for the principal’s office to sign us in, he said, “Don’t believe anything he tells you K. He doesn’t love us; he just wants to get rid of us because we always bring trouble. In fact, I think he’s bringing us here so that he isn’t responsible for us when we do one of the following to the school; blow it up, set it on fire, or somehow make a huge hole in it. That’s how it always works out. I’ll tell you a secret. Once when I was your age, someone I knew once tried to take me somewhere. He told me it was a place where I would be protected and understood. He said I was special. I didn’t fall for it. You shouldn’t either.” I stayed silent.
Sooner or later we found the office. We knocked on the door. It flung open with a quick chilling breeze. A short man with no hair sat at a large desk. “Hello, you must be the new students, Courtney and Jacob! Welcome! I’m principal Meyers.” He said. “Um… no….” Matthew jumped in. “Oh! Then you must be Jana and Evan! Sorry for the mix up, I’ve got your-“ I shook my head. Principal Meyers frowned. “I’m Katelyn Brown and this is my older brother Matthew.” I tugged on the chain of the snowflake necklace my mom supposedly gave to me when I was born. None of us remember mom, she was just a figure, but still an idol to me. “Oh. I see your forms right here. They seem to have appeared out of thin air!” Meyers chuckled. He handed us both folders. “In these folders is the room you’ll be staying in, your roommate, schedule, and the school handbook. Any questions?” We shook our heads. “Well, off you go! I hope you have a great year here at Crest Water boarding school!” Yeah, right, I thought. And with that, we set off to find our rooms.
“Well,” I said to Matt, looking at my papers. “I guess I’ll see you next at lunch.” Matthew looked at his own papers. “No, just when you’re scheduled to leave, I’m scheduled to come. We will barely have time to make eye contact without you missing some of Math class. I know you like math.” I nodded. Math was my favorite subject. I hated reading, only because I have dyslexia, and I was terrible at art. The only thing I liked better than math was gym; did I mention I also have ADHD? “We’ll figure it out. I’ve gotta go.” I replied. “Yeah, me to. See you later, hopefully.” We hugged and then I scurried up three flights of stairs to get to my assigned dorm room. I was breathing heavily by the time I reached room 203. Going up three flights of stairs and then walking pretty much in circles looking for one tucked away room really wipes a girl out! But I did find the room. When I walked into the room I saw a girl no younger than fifteen laying on the bottom bunk of a bed listening to music. I knocked on the door to let her know I was in here. She pulled out her ear buds and looked me over up and down. Of course I was still dressed in my Hello Kitty pajamas and old sneakers, so I felt really uncomfortable. “Name?” She finally spoke. “Katelyn. But friends call me Kate, Katie or K. Yours?” I dragged my stuff over to the walk in closet, which was already filled with clothes. “Katelyn’s fine. I’m Ella. The right side of the closet is yours.” She replied. I started unpacking my stuff. Something told me to take off my necklace. When I did, it transformed into a long sword with the same little snowflake charm on the end. “Ack!” I yelped, dropping the sword as it transformed back to a necklace, then back to sword form. I picked it up again, turning around. I walked out of the closet. Matthew appeared at the door, which startled me into once again dropping my sword. “Katelyn, we’ve gotta get outta here.” He said it so urgently I wondered what was wrong until I heard something yelling from behind him. A boy with goat legs---yeah I said goat legs--- curved into the room, followed by a huge one eyed thing. It was all a blur; I didn’t even think about what I was doing, I just ran up with my sword towards the one eyed thing. Cyclopes I think they’re called? Anyways, I was charging, but the Cyclops noticed me before I reached him. He dove straight for the wall, leaving--- like Matt predicted--- a huge gaping hole. The Cyclops surprisingly caught his balance before he fell, and charged towards goat boy to the right of me. Just when the Cyclops was at least two feet from crushing goat boy, my reflexes took my sword and jabbed the weird monster in the knee cap. He buckled, but before he slammed into the ground, he disintegrated into black dust. “Hey, nice one! Thanks!” goat boy said as if he encountered this sort of thing on a daily basis. “I knew I smelled a monster in this school, I just didn’t know who or where.” I stole a glance towards Ella, terrified in the corner. “By the way, I’m Cyrus. We should bounce before we get busted.”
We started up the sidewalk and up the stairs. “Wait!” Dad called after us. Matthew kept going, an angry glint in his eyes. I stopped and dropped my bags to the ground. I walked back to my father. “I did this… I did this because a voice in my head told me to. It felt right.” He choked out. I just couldn’t resist hugging him. “Go catch up with your brother. And Katelyn… I love you.” He told me. I forced myself to turn around and walk back to my bags. Besides, we were holding up the other people in carpool. I lugged my pink and purple suitcase up the stairs to find my brother. When I finally found him looking for the principal’s office to sign us in, he said, “Don’t believe anything he tells you K. He doesn’t love us; he just wants to get rid of us because we always bring trouble. In fact, I think he’s bringing us here so that he isn’t responsible for us when we do one of the following to the school; blow it up, set it on fire, or somehow make a huge hole in it. That’s how it always works out. I’ll tell you a secret. Once when I was your age, someone I knew once tried to take me somewhere. He told me it was a place where I would be protected and understood. He said I was special. I didn’t fall for it. You shouldn’t either.” I stayed silent.
Sooner or later we found the office. We knocked on the door. It flung open with a quick chilling breeze. A short man with no hair sat at a large desk. “Hello, you must be the new students, Courtney and Jacob! Welcome! I’m principal Meyers.” He said. “Um… no….” Matthew jumped in. “Oh! Then you must be Jana and Evan! Sorry for the mix up, I’ve got your-“ I shook my head. Principal Meyers frowned. “I’m Katelyn Brown and this is my older brother Matthew.” I tugged on the chain of the snowflake necklace my mom supposedly gave to me when I was born. None of us remember mom, she was just a figure, but still an idol to me. “Oh. I see your forms right here. They seem to have appeared out of thin air!” Meyers chuckled. He handed us both folders. “In these folders is the room you’ll be staying in, your roommate, schedule, and the school handbook. Any questions?” We shook our heads. “Well, off you go! I hope you have a great year here at Crest Water boarding school!” Yeah, right, I thought. And with that, we set off to find our rooms.
“Well,” I said to Matt, looking at my papers. “I guess I’ll see you next at lunch.” Matthew looked at his own papers. “No, just when you’re scheduled to leave, I’m scheduled to come. We will barely have time to make eye contact without you missing some of Math class. I know you like math.” I nodded. Math was my favorite subject. I hated reading, only because I have dyslexia, and I was terrible at art. The only thing I liked better than math was gym; did I mention I also have ADHD? “We’ll figure it out. I’ve gotta go.” I replied. “Yeah, me to. See you later, hopefully.” We hugged and then I scurried up three flights of stairs to get to my assigned dorm room. I was breathing heavily by the time I reached room 203. Going up three flights of stairs and then walking pretty much in circles looking for one tucked away room really wipes a girl out! But I did find the room. When I walked into the room I saw a girl no younger than fifteen laying on the bottom bunk of a bed listening to music. I knocked on the door to let her know I was in here. She pulled out her ear buds and looked me over up and down. Of course I was still dressed in my Hello Kitty pajamas and old sneakers, so I felt really uncomfortable. “Name?” She finally spoke. “Katelyn. But friends call me Kate, Katie or K. Yours?” I dragged my stuff over to the walk in closet, which was already filled with clothes. “Katelyn’s fine. I’m Ella. The right side of the closet is yours.” She replied. I started unpacking my stuff. Something told me to take off my necklace. When I did, it transformed into a long sword with the same little snowflake charm on the end. “Ack!” I yelped, dropping the sword as it transformed back to a necklace, then back to sword form. I picked it up again, turning around. I walked out of the closet. Matthew appeared at the door, which startled me into once again dropping my sword. “Katelyn, we’ve gotta get outta here.” He said it so urgently I wondered what was wrong until I heard something yelling from behind him. A boy with goat legs---yeah I said goat legs--- curved into the room, followed by a huge one eyed thing. It was all a blur; I didn’t even think about what I was doing, I just ran up with my sword towards the one eyed thing. Cyclopes I think they’re called? Anyways, I was charging, but the Cyclops noticed me before I reached him. He dove straight for the wall, leaving--- like Matt predicted--- a huge gaping hole. The Cyclops surprisingly caught his balance before he fell, and charged towards goat boy to the right of me. Just when the Cyclops was at least two feet from crushing goat boy, my reflexes took my sword and jabbed the weird monster in the knee cap. He buckled, but before he slammed into the ground, he disintegrated into black dust. “Hey, nice one! Thanks!” goat boy said as if he encountered this sort of thing on a daily basis. “I knew I smelled a monster in this school, I just didn’t know who or where.” I stole a glance towards Ella, terrified in the corner. “By the way, I’m Cyrus. We should bounce before we get busted.”
