The late morning sun streamed through the tall windows of Saint Halstead Academy's main courtyard, casting a warm glow that made everything seem almost too perfect. The hedges were trimmed with precision, and the marble benches sparkled as if they had never been sat on. Even the stone paths, polished daily by the hurried footsteps of students, resonated with a sense of refined urgency.
Students strolled by their blazers crisp, ties sharp, and voices rehearsed. Some engaged in soft, melodic conversations, laughing at seemingly nothing. Others moved with that familiar, unspoken anxiety that only those running late understand the "I'm not late if I don't look flustered" kind of stride.
The ride on the train was calm especially with the events that occurred drama on my first day is crazy. If your wondering what happened here is a short flashback.
The train moved as usual normally the inside full of passengers only a small portion were students about 16 or 20 some where standing some where on their seats with some adults. I am just sitting there waiting for the train to arrive until.
"Uh sir can you offer your seat to this old lady she just got on the train and i don't wanna make her stand."
Her voice was good the helpful type. She really was concerned about the old lady. The guy she asked sat there crossed legged not giving a care in the world.
"Sorry my beautiful maiden but i have to decline your offer as you can see this seat has been occupied by me and me alone so i ask you with pure respect to go bother someone else.
The girl was unhappy about it but she saw that bothering him was just going to waste her time ,the old lady tried to tell the girl that it is fine she will have no problem of standing. But the girl did not want that so she asked if anyone would lend their seat. For a brief moment it was silence until a man with a silver suit offered to let her sit then a women also asked.
The girl was happy so she took the old lady to one of the seats. The elderly expressed her gratitude and slowly took the seat. Watching the scene i crossed my arms and closed my eyes. The train arrived at the station but it was like a two to five minute walk to the school. After some walking we are here.
The students of the school kept moving in the gates. As i looked at the students i had to praise the detail of the gate looks like natural rock, it almost put a smile on my face.
Then the school the British government had created the school know as Saint Halstead Academy with the express purpose of developing future leaders of England or more things. It was so successful it even got the Queen of England's attention she asked the school to enroll her grandchild and she would even help with other things in the future.
With all of that i face this school from now on.
"Deep breaths"
"ONE"
HUFF
"TWO"
HUFF
"THREE"
HUFF
Okay, one more. All right time to go
I stepped in the gates and made my way to the school. As i walked along the school passage it was actually beautiful the garden was well taken care off everything was top almost like a house of a noble.
While i was walking i saw a small girl walking alone but full with joy the small girl saw my glance and walked by and gave me a quick, polite smile. I nodded in return never though that she would be this polite maybe i was worried about the wrong things
Then I took note of her posture, the ink smudge on her thumb, and the slight twitch in her eye. She was probably an artist high-strung. Which clears the fact that there are art classes here or she did that to herself.
Then I made my way into the school interior my first step into a new future. I stepped into the main hallway. The building had a modern vibe. There was color everywhere posters, murals, and even the air was filled with the scent of coffee and fresh books. His pace slowed as he approached a long glass case brimming with trophies academic, athletic, and student leadership awards.
"So this is where competition pretends to be camaraderie."
While admiring the view I remembered that i had to get to my class so I reached out into my coat pocket and i pulled out a student ID. The name felt strange, but it was mine now.
NAME: Sylvester Aldric Blackthorne
YEAR: 11
CLASS: 10-D
"D-Class," I murmured.
As i checked the card out my fingers drummed against the card.
Was I in the lowest-ranked? Was it on purpose or just a fluke? Either way, it made for a perfect hiding spot. As I rounded the corner toward his classroom, someone brushed past me, their shoulder lightly bumping into me
"Hey, watch it," she snapped.
I blinked in surprise.
"Um I'm sorry."
The girl continued walking. I just stood there confused but I had to brush it off because class was starting soon so i went to the the class. I went to the grade 10 floor and started going to class D then after sometime i finally found it.
The door was already open but with just a slight open and I could hear voices inside the classroom maybe the teacher has not arrived yet. I took two deep warm up breaths and opened the door. Without hesitation the classroom that was full of murmurs was quiet all eyes on me for that quick second. Then the conversations went on like nothing happened.
I was shocked but then just shrugged it off and started looking for a seat that i can use then i saw a seat at the corner of the window so I started walking to it when I arrived I thought that maybe the seat belonged to someone else then i saw a person next to me so as I was about to ask I realized that it was the girl I bumped into at the hallway.
"You again urgh I have stalkers now."
"I'm not a stalker anyway is this seat taken"
"Why are you asking me?'"
Yeah this girl is a hard to get she thinks I'm a stalker does not want answer my question as well this year will be fun, but as I was about to go look for another seat she tells me that the seat is not taken. I give my gratitude and take a seat.
"Well since are going to be sitting with each other this year how about we share our names"
"My name is Sylvester Aldric Blackthorne"
The girl glanced at me with a no thank you face when I saw the face I respected her decision but then she said something."
"Fine I'm Elise Winters"
For the first time I actually had a good look on her face
Wow. She was cute or rather beautiful. Even though we are the same age you would not believe me when I told you that she is either older or younger.
S with that I complimented her name because it sounded like royalty but she gave me a evil glare.
"I didn't say anything."
I just left the matter at hand to focus on another thing. My classmates.
Then I look around the classroom seeing who I will be sharing the year with.
Inside, the classroom felt more like a holding pen than a place for learning. A few students were dozing off at their desks, while a boy at the back was engrossed in a game on his tablet, his feet propped up casually. By the window, a girl was busy painting her nails, completely absorbed in her music with headphones on.
The atmosphere of the class was fine but also somewhat weird to me. There were some boys who were already making friends looking at some you could already sense the popularity and fame from the two figures a Boy and a Girl how fun.
While I was judging my future classmates Elise called out to me asking why did I enroll in this school. A t first i did not understand what she was talking about but then she makes me understand.
"By your facial appearance it already locks that you came here to waste time and money."
"Jeez, you don't have to destroy my ego on my first day."
She continued asking but then I gave her a simple question that made her shut up
"Why are you alive?"
That simple question made her stop asking then she just gave up but gave me one last glance I had my hand on face eyes closed, I wanted her gaze to fade away. Then the door of the classroom started to open and a woman with a dark blazer unbuttoned short skirt and clipboard in hand.
"Alright, you degenerates," she said without even glancing at them. "Eyes front."
Some students groaned. A few rolled their eyes.
Looks like that's the teacher time to focus.