The smooth engine roared, enough to announce Mom's wealth. She's among the most powerful women and has already donated to the school.
I looked at Mom and Emily through the window, deep in thought 'I knew it, she would never leave me without a strong reason,' " So calculative" I whispered as I watched them wave at me. Why does it feel like this is the last time I will see them? I shook my head to get rid of the thought,
After a while, it was almost 7am. The car arrived at the huge school gates, which are like a gate to paradise. Golden and glimmering in the sunlight.
I am able to see the enormous buildings through it. The gates opened. I felt a chill sensation as we entered the compound, I glanced around, shocked.
These look so much like one of the palaces in heaven, why are most of the decorations gold and glass? Didn't they know how expensive they are?
My eyes caught the huge statue near the entrance, it's a man on a golden throne, maybe a king. His eyes pierced into my soul. It looks too real, whoever designed this statue must be professional.
The car stopped in front of a hostel. With a ' VIP' sign above the entrance. " This place is heaven on earth right?" I asked myself. The hostel is just like a five-star hotel!
As soon as the car halted, two maids in uniform approached the car. A tall man in a black suit quickly opened the door for me. I stepped out cautiously, they're even expecting me, ahhh.
' Welcome home' I heard a whisper.
' Why are you here?' another person's voice echoed, seems annoyed.
'You will die if you go there!'
" Enough!" I roared in annoyance, startling the maids. I smiled sweetly at the maids, " not you" The maids bowed respectfully and helped me with my bags "It's nothing, Princess Megan", one said. " Welcome to a place like home, my name is Rachel, we are your assigned maids" the second maid said.
" Assigned maids?" I frowned, how were these prepared overnight? I remembered what I once read about this school. Rich kids look down on the commoner; there's no way commoners will be able to avoid the school fees, but through a scholarship.
" Morgan?" A voice called my name. I frowned and turned, only to see Anastasia, a friend who had once betrayed me, she was the reason why my boyfriend is my ex.
" Hi loser"
Anastasia's smile faded " I've told you, I didn't betray you, Megan" she said. " Never to anything to hurt you"
" Yes I know, you just stabbed me in the back"
Anastasia sighed and smiled bitterly " If you know what I had to face because I am your friend, you will never forgive yourself"
I raised my brows, "What are you facing?"
She shook her head, "You have no idea of who's monitoring your life, yet you dared to have a boyfriend, ehh! I'm just a tool to destroy your relationship,"she pointed at me in annoyance.
My heart sank, "Are…are you for real?" Mom is right, someone is monitoring me, preventing me from getting close to boys...
Anastasia looked at me in surprise and pointed at herself, " Do I look like I'm kidding, huh? I lost my virginity to your ex boyfriend, you caught us in action and I was asking for your help! You're angry, Do I look like I'm enjoying it? Do you think he knows what he's doing?" so many questions, she's hurt.
'Damn it' i cursed silently, I knew it! My best friends vanished without any trace. Could it be… the queen witch already knows about existence?
" I won't apologise to you, you're currently dating him, don't you" I raised my shoulder arrogantly and let the maids lead us to my room.
Anastasia growled " I think you have no idea of who Donald is, he's arrogant and very picky, he makes it clear it's a mistake and even wants to give me money to forget it"
" Do you accept it?" I asked as we entered the elevator and rode to the first floor.
" No I don't! I don't like him either, something is off about him. Do you know his family?
" No," I frowned, it has two ex-boyfriends, but I don't know their families, weird.
" You're very careless, I used to know him with black hair, but the last time I saw him, it's blonde, not normal blonde…hmmm" she tried to search for suitable colour for his hair " let me say gold, and it's extremely long" she looked front and back and whispered " he said he will kill me If I dare to tell anyone"
I looked at her in a daze, " Donald is a royal Changeling?" I muttered.
" Hmmm? You say something?"
I shook my head, golden changelings in human mist?
" He looks scarier and his eyes are gleaming yellow, Megan, there's no way Donald isn't a human"
" We are here," Rachel said. The door asked for a fingerprint. "Please, put your hand," Rachel smiled.
The door opened as soon as I scanned my hand. I entered the extravagant room in a daze, how did it know my fingerprint? Well, it doesn't matter, whatever is happening in my life is confusing, so I'm used to it.
" Thank you" I said to the maids. When we entered the room, Anastasia gasped in awe " Wow, lavishly decorated in gold, silver and glass, screaming royalty"
" This is the most decorated hostel, Megan. Look at the floor-to-ceiling window," she added.
" I don't even know this room exists, it's probably designed for you …and whose bed is that?" She pointed at another bed on the other side. That's when I noticed it's divided into two. There are expensive ladies' bags, shoes and so on.
" Roommate?" I frowned, displeased. Although the room is massive and the beds are spaced far apart, I don't like the idea of sharing a room with anyone.
" That bad…" Anastasia looked at the familiar bags neatly arranged, in the glass wardrobe. " It's for Alexis, ahhh you're really lucky Megan, you're sharing a room with the richest and powerful princess"
"Alexis…"
" She used to be the most beautiful, now that you're here, things change, Queen Mia, your mother is as rich as her family"
I looked at her, surprised. Just how much money does my mum have to suppress the richest royal family in a human country?
I reached out my black card and looked at it in daze, her names are boldly written. And 'unlimited' was written on it.
" Ahhah, this is exactly like her card! Let's forget about her and focus on this place!" She said, she ran to my bed and sat on it.
" Come on, let me tell you what you need to know here," she dismissed the maids. I sat beside her and checked my phone; my mom hadn't called or texted me yet.
" Tell me about the school," I said calmly. My gaze fixed on Anastasia with interest.
…..
Somewhere within the school, a man dressed in black sighed and dialled a number. After several rings, the person on the other end picked up.
"She's here," he whispered.
There was deadly silence. Then the line went dead. Timothy chuckled and shook his head. " Here we go"
....
" So, you mean, there's no other meaningful things, they teach in this department except mythologies?" I asked in disbelief.
She nodded " There are other Faculties, but this faculty has the smallest population and..."
Suddenly a girl barged in and screamed " Hey girls, don't forget we're celebrating welcome party Prince K2 today"
" Oh yeah!!" Anastasia jumped up " Megan, let's go to the dance floor"
" Who is K2?" I asked on our way to the dance floor.
" His name is Kelvin Benson, a rich boy with an unknown background. Too bad...no one has ever come to visit him"
Another unknown background? And as for Benson… "I've never heard of that family before" I said as soon as we arrived at the dance hall.
" Whoaaa!" The scream pierced my ears.
" Why is two in front of his name?" I asked as I gazed at the blonde-haired boy in a black expensive suit.
Anastasia shook her head " I don't know, I think it's just a nickname"
I looked at the wine in his glass cup, I frowned, it's thick and deep red… what type of wine is that?
I gazed at the hall. This is how people get lured into the darkness. Everything about this school felt like a trap, and I've been feeling a strong gaze, watching me. This feeling is familiar; I mean, experienced from childhood. Like someone is watching me, following me, but now, I feel it again, this time stronger and dangerous.
" Good-looking huh?" Anastasia's voice snapped me out of my thoughts.
" Yeah", I replied. Well, the boy in question is tall, confident aura, and he has dangerous tattoos on his neck, giving him the charm of a bad boy,
" But he's not the most good-looking, most students in our department are boring, weird, sometimes I found them disturbing, we have the most dangerous out of all, Liam," she whispered.
Couldn't bear the strong gaze on me " let's get out of here"
" Oh.." Anastasia nodded and followed me out.
"Who owns this school?" I asked casually.
" Ahhh, that old weird man?" She scoffed. " He built many secret places, he built a library recently, near the music department, but no one is allowed to go there"
" Why so many secret places" I murmured.
Anastasia checked her wrist watch "We are having class tomorrow, geez! Let me warn you in advance Morgan, no matter what you do, don't provoke Liam and…"
She paused, "According to my gift, this place is a trap…a big trap, like an illusion, to lure prey. But it's specially designed for…"
" Anastasia!" a warning voice interrupted. Anastasia halted, her smile slowly fading. She looked at me and quickly whispered, " I'm sorry, I wish I had told you everything earlier…"
" I don't know you're this free…"
" Shit!" She clenched her fists. We then turned, seeing the person, I frowned, suddenly having a bad feeling for Anastasia.