Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Reality's dreams ❯ Chapter 5 ( Chapter 5 )

I said my goodbye's at school during the next week. It was so weird to see how when you where leaving people could be so two faced. They wished you a goodbye and wish you well but in the same breath gossip about why you are leaving. I have heard so many rumors it is like someone just up and died. How could a C student get accepted to a private school? I would be so happy to leave them. I know the other school is probably just as bad.

 

I cleaned out my locker the last day of school here. I returned my books and packed up my gym clothes and sweater I kept in case it got too cold. The last thing in my locker was a picture of her and myself as children. On the back was written the date it was taken and out names. 'Belladonna Marie Lerunce and Azura Gweneth Fortuna'.

 

I don't know why I still have this picture. It is nor reminded of joy and innocence it is a reminder of hatred. I could rip it but that seems too replaceable, it should be burned.

 

Adrian walked me outside with the box of things from school when we spotted Mr. Zamir and Ark. “Thought we would give you a lift. I picked up your uniforms by the way I hope you like black.”

 

The uniform was a black long sleeved blouse with a red ribbon adorn from the collar on it and red cuffs. The skirt was knee length and all black.

 

“The school uniforms are black and red? Why do you get to go to the cool school?” Adrian said helping me put the box in the trunk.

 

“I will call you Adrian and ask you to come over sometime as soon as I get settled.”

 

I gave him a hug goodbye and got in the car. The was a box with shoes in it too but shoes where optional wear for students as long as they where dress shoes. “Dress shoes?”

 

“I didn't know if you had a pair so I guessed you where a shoe size 8 and then I asked your parents and they said you where and split the bill on them with me. I have your schedule and dorm assignment.” Ark took them out and handed them to me as Mr. Zamir drove the car.

 

“So room 324 and I share it with a woman named Natalia Viray. The classes seem balanced between regular and special.”

 

“Our room is 330. We will show you to yours when we arrive.” Ark said as he also seemed to have a box of belongings at his side. I didn't know much about these two and I was willing to trust them without knowing their past. It makes you wonder about yourself and other's doesn't it? You willingly put trust in someone even if you never trust anyone for no good reason.

 

“Here we are! Rosen Academy. Now each of you get your things and if you need help tell me.”

 

Ark and I managed on our own and collected all our belongings as Mr. Zamir lead me to my room.

 

“Room 324. I will knock on the door for you because your hands look full.”

 

After waiting a few seconds the door opened showing a girl a few inches shorter then me with long brown hair and blue eyes in the uniform. “You must be Belladonna. I am Natalia your roommate for the year. Here met me help you with that. I think we can take it form here boys.”

 

Ark and Mr. Zamir left as Natalia helped me unpack as she sowed me the room. If was one big room with two bed two desks and computer and a phone. There was a small door to the bathroom in the corner and two closets on different sides of the room. There was a kitchen area with a short counter top and over complete with a sink and a refrigerator with a freezer on it.

 

“You can have the right side of the room Belladonna and you are welcome to any school supplies you may need. Now lets get you things put in the closet and dresser and any persona items set up okay?” Natalia seemed really nice and perky like she never had seen a bad thing in her life.

 

After an hour we had everything set up. “So these are pictures of your family? You looked cute as a kid.”

 

I remembered I had packed the picture of Azura and myself. “Do you have a lighter?”

 

“I have one for candles, why do you need one?”

 

I found the picture and showed it to her. “I need to burn this. It holds no good memories for me anymore and this is a new start I shouldn't be chained to my past.”

 

“That was sort of poetic in a way. The light is in the nightstand by my bed. Personally I would hold catch it on fire and throw it in the empty trash can until it is ashes and put whatever fire there is left out. I have been there before.”

 

”Really, you struck me as the goody two shoes.” I stated walking over to the nightstand and digging out the lighter.

 

“Trust me I am not I just think having a positive attitude towards others is better karma considering our abilities. You are a Songstress like me. Let's set this thing on fire and celebrate leaving pain in the past! I will treat you to a soda after this okay?”

 

Natalia sat there and watched as a lit the picture on fire. Maybe I am a bit sadistic but I prefer fire to a big explosion. Fire just looks better to me and it last longer then a short explosion.

 

When the picture turned to ashes we put out the fire and headed to the food court.

 

“What do you want for dinner Belladonna? You are new here and I always have issues thinking of what to make for dinner so you pick.”

 

“Lemon chicken. I will help make it but I really want Lemon chicken. We can pick stuff up at the grocery store a few blocks down right?”

 

Natalia nodded. “Soda is cheaper there too. Oh I wanted to ask how you knew Mr. Zamir. He is the teacher of the night class you used to attend but he seems so friendly with you.”

 

“I think it is just because his new roommate is my partner. I will be spending time with Ark meaning I will be spending time with him. Also he just seems interested in the fact I have entered someone's mind by accident once.” Really I saw it as nothing more the a friendship in which he wanted to learn about himself by learning about me.

 

“Well you know a lot of the girls here have a huge crush on him. I feel bad for them it is obvious he loves someone, maybe his dead partner. You seem smarter then to fall for that though, actually you just seem indifferent to love.”

 

“You have known me for less then a day Natalia. I just don't like letting myself get held down by anything and leaving myself to get hurt which love has done to me before. I may learn to change eventually but for now love doesn't appeal to me. What about you?”

 

Natalia looked away and was silent for a few seconds. “It is complicated. I wouldn't want to bore you on your first day here.”

 

We made it to the store and bought some chicken breasts, lemons, sodas and cookie dough which Natalia insisted upon. Natalia used the school card which cut the purchase cost in half because the store was built by the same people who ran the school.

 

We returned to our room and I prepared the chicken while Natalia changed into a t-shirt and shorts. When I got the chicken with lemon slices on top in the oven Natalia popped up behind me.

 

“Let's invite Ark and Mr. Zamir over. They are your friends right?”

 

Arguing with Natalia seemed very useless as she had already been at the phone when I opened my mouth to say no.

 

“Can I be redirected to room 330? Thank you.”

 

“Why did you ask me if you where going to do it anyway?” I asked as I fell down on my bed and looked at the girl across from me.

 

“You really need to get a sense of fun in you somewhere. Oh I just got off hold and it is ringing.” I am starting to think Natalia may actually be a devil under the wings and white clock that she shows everyone. Then again I find that intriguing about her. “Oh hi it is Natalia from room 324. I wondered if you two wanted to come over for dinner? Belladonna is making lemon chicken.”

 

after a few minuets she hung up and smiled. “They are coming over. You should change into some different clothes you wore those when you where moving Belladonna.”

 

“I forgot to mention it earlier but please call me Bella and you are right I should change and shower. If the timer goes off take the chicken out and cut one open to see if it is pink in the middle if it is put it back in the oven.”

 

“I know how to cook chicken silly. Now go shower, I will be fine.” I went off and ran the shower water until the water was warm enough for me and stepped in. So far this was better then my previous life but then all life starts out pure, somewhere along the line it is corrupted. It seems that the reason for so many new people with powers is because the rate of corruption has risen.

 

Look at society, we are ruled by people who have made greed a religion and the thirst for power it's priest. That is the human way we have desires that we want filled and those desires are never ending but what changed from the past is now everyone thinks they are entitled to their desires all the time and they start to do anything to obtain them.

 

I admit I am human and not better then what I described except in the fact I know you don't get all your desires.

 

I stopped this sort of cynical thinking while I washed my hair. Yes humanity had it faults but it also had it's pride and innocence. For some people it is easier to see the good but for me it is much easier to point out the bad.

 

I finished up and dried off the changed and walked out to see Ark and Mr. Zamir where already here for dinner.

 

“Bella did we catch you at a bad time?” Mr. Zamir asked as I warped my hair in a towel.

 

“No Mr. Zamir you didn't. Ark how did your move in go?”

 

“Fine. I didn't have much to unpack. It seems like you two got along way better the I did with Devlin here.”

 

“Devlin? Oh that is you first name right Mr. Zamir. I guess if you two are roommates you would call him by name.” Natalia asked as she went to check the chicken.

 

“You can call me by my name too you know. I am not your teacher and there is no need for formalities if we are going to become friends. Ark and I are friends so I always call him by name as he does the dame for me.”

 

“I see why the girls have crushes on you now.” Natalia said.

 

“They do? I love someone already.”

 

“So Devlin who do you love?” I asked being a bit curious myself.

 

“I am sure you know the story of my partner. I am not ready to move one from that yet.”

 

“I am sorry I asked.”

 

After that we ate and made small talked about the events at the school coming up. The mayor was coming here to speak soon and a school festival was coming up open to the public along with the fall beauty pageant.

 

“A beauty pageant?” I asked wondering why a school would even hold something like that.

 

“You see the pageant isn't just any other pageant. It is the cross dressing pageant, in soring we hold the real one but both are open to the public. Anyone can enter including teachers.”

 

Mr. Zamir nodded. “Yes over the years the fall pageant brings in more money then the Spring one due to the hilarity of it. I lost a bet and have to enter along with Mr. Kirkland.”

 

“I will pay to see that.” Ark said taking a sip of his water.

 

The two men left after dinner and Natalia helped me clean up before bed.

 

“I wonder if the the mayor's son will come visit the school with him? I mean to what I hear he is home schooled but it will probably be a boring lecture about our right to vote when we are older or talking about why drugs or bad.”

 

We went to sleep after that and it took me a while to get used to the bed and new area while my mind wandered before I drifted off into sleep. What would my first day at this school be like?