Chapter 5

Joining Rugal Academy

Although the uniform looked good on me, It still felt uncomfortable. On reaching the door of the dinning hall, I began to feel trapped and nervous. My palms were wet, meeting new people had never been my thing.

I pushed the door open, the hall was huge with lots of people in it. People were laughing and talking with their friends, i decided to look for a place to sit after getting my food. A girl touched me telling me to sit beside her and her friends, they wore the same color of uniform as mine. It was then I noticed that not everyone wore the same colour of uniform, some were white, green, orange, black and lastly red. They sat together according to their respective colours.

Dining with them was not difficult as they didn't ask me any questions so after a bell went off, all the students started leaving the hall walking towards another building. I came in last and was ushered to the podium where Lysander and Vega stood. They introduced me to the students, did some briefings before adjourning the gathering. I was lead by one of the students to a place called the training hall, there the students were either sparing, combating or involved in archery.

Someone called my name, I turned around to see a man who looked to be in his early 40s. He threw to me a spear and told to spar with a girl in green outfit. I was lost in thoughts before a wack to the back of my head rendered me dizzy. A surge of heat resonated through me, anger and frustration washed over me.

I suddenly could not take it anymore, the unending bullying I had gone through this past year hit me like a moving train. The month I spent in Ambrose's mansion came back to me all at once and then I struck her.

I struck her with no remorse, I swung the spear at her head before flipping her over. I rammed into her with a force that made her fall to the floor. The next thing I know I was knocked out, I woke up tied to the hospital bed once again with no one in the room. I struggled for a while before noticing a button attached to my bed, curiously, I pressed it. After a while, the bed was folded in a way that I could reach for ropes tying me to the bed. I untied myself, left the room and ran in the direction of the red dormitory.

After getting there I knocked on a room door and it was opened by a girl called Stacey, I could feel her unwelcoming stance as she used her body to block the door.

"Why are you knocking at my door by this time of the night, do you have no sense of time or are you just dumb, you stupid bitch?. You know you still have some guts coming back here after what you did to Heather". The fact that she said all that in one breath was outstanding. I was taken aback by her words but didn't pay any attention to it. A guy's voice came from inside the room,

"Stacey, don't be so harsh on her, it was just a fight that at one person was to emerge as the winner so it's not her fault that she won, let her in already." I peeped to see who was talking and it was the guy from earlier this morning. As I was let in, I walked into to the room and was told to sit at the chair near the television, the room was packed with some other students.

He came to me and offered me a cup of coffee before introducing himself as Corey. He sat down, turning on the television as he did. I finally get to see a movie, it was a horror movie called IT, it was not that scary. I was already settling in when they sat down next to me. They began asking me questions like" What's your real name?, how old are you?, for how long have you been here for?, what's your room number?" I was surprised by all this questions but I decided to keep my mouth shut and not say anything and that was when Corey said" Are you guys not being a bit pushy cuz you all are making her feel uncomfortable, one step at time".

A knock was heard at the door, Corey went to open it and it was the guards, they told me to follow them. I refused to go with them, instantly they carried me out of the room with my screams and struggling being the only thing that was heard. Students came out to see what was happening but to my surprise they all went back in when they saw the guards. Even Corey didn't come out of his room.

Getting to the stairs I was struck on the head by one of them with something quite heavy and woke up later with a pounding headache. Man, if only I could get paid for the amount of time I have been knocked out. Lysander was sitting in front of me with his leg crossed and his back resting on the chair. He said" why do you always have to be so stubborn and difficult to handle, I thought that we had already established an understanding?"

I scoffed, " that understanding was established with you and yourself only because you are keeping me here against my will and that is called kidnapping".

"Red, it's not called kidnapping, it is called taking what rightfully belongs to you, do you understand?".

I was puzzled. "It isn't necessary to reply to every stupid thing that comes out of your mouth so I'm just gonna keep quiet". I said knowing what the outcome would be.