The Fairy Isles

Chapter 8: Suite mates and orientation

As soon as we finish with the information packet, we hear the front door open. Two Kingsguards walk in with two female fairies our age following behind them. One of the Kingsguards states that we are to be suite mates and then him and the other Kingsguard leaves. Lucy and I introduce ourselves with our names and state that we both came from Azalea village on Primrose Isle. The taller of the two is the first to respond, "My name is Ivy and I come from Clearfog village on Skye Isle." She has long, straight dark brown hair with sea green eyes and is just a little taller than I am. The other girl is between my height and Lucy's with short, wavy light brown hair and hazel green eyes. She follows up with, "I'm poppy and I'm from Lockwood village on Sanatorini Isle." We tell Ivy and Poppy about the rooms and information packets so they split off and go check put their bags in their rooms and grab the packets while Lucy and I make dinner for all of us. The fridge and cabinets in the kitchen are fully stocked with essentials so we make a simple chicken stir fry while the others get settled in. Before we start eating we ask Ivy and Poppy about which classes they have, we aren't suprised to find out that they also have the same classes as us. We told them about our assumption for classes and they both agreed, we will see if it stays the same in year 2 if we all make it that far.

We all sit down together for dinner and chat about life back home. We seem to get along well and have agreed we all miss our families already but are also so excited to be at the Academy. We agree to sit together if possible in class and at lunch so that we can continue figuring out how to work together as well as we can. It's odd that we all get along so well but it's nice to feel like we will have a few friends since we are on a new Isle and don't know anyone who goes to this school. We are still being very cautious but everything we have shared so far won't affect us if other people find out. I do have a strong feeling already that we can trust Poppy and Ivy and I can tell Lucy feels the same way. Both of us can usually trust out gut feelings really well, it's just a matter of if we decide to actually listen to our gut. We find out that Poppy has an older brother named Aeden in Year two that attends this Academy and Ivy doesn't know anyone else here.

We begun to settle down for the night so we work together on cleaning the dishes from dinner and all say good night to each other. As I get ready for bed I start to realize how grateful and lucky I am to be in this position. Everything has moved so fast with the situation and I really haven't had much time to think about it or process what has happened already. I'm getting excited for orientation tomorrow and to start lessons the next day so I finish getting ready for bed and head to sleep.

I wake up to my alarm and grab the clothes I set out for myself last night. Our information packet said we are allowed to wear our own clothes for orientation day but we will be in uniform for all of the Academy classes so I use this as an opprotunity to show off my style and to feel like myself. I decided to go with a t-shirt with an adorable fox on it and some long pants that flow around my legs nicely. I brush my teeth and head into the main part of the suite to see everyone else already up and almost ready to head to breakfast before orientation. We agree to walk together and head out of the suite making sure to grab our key cards to get back in later. Ivy brought a map and leads us to the auditorium for Year one orientation. When we arrive there are still a lot of open seats available so we head to the center and choose our seats together. We have a simple conversation between the four of us to keep busy while we wait for everyone to arrive. We just talk about school related things, it feels as if we are all on the same page about not saying too much in public that could be used against us. It's such a cut throat school and we've all been warned about how the students act so we all know to be careful.

The room fills up fast and before we know it there is a woman striding along the stage to a podium in the center. As soon as she arrives at the podium everyone silences and all eyes turn to her. She smiles and greets the students, "Hello Year one students. I am headmaster Neridia and I am excited to welcome all of you to Bryxton Academy. We are so happy to have you attending and hope you are also happy to be here. This year is going to test all of you in many ways and if you succeed you will be stronger than you could ever imagine. If you make it through all four years, you will have so many opportunities open up for you. So make sure you use the most of your time here and be careful who you trust. This school will challenge you and if we deem you unworthy of moving up then you will go back home." She continues on with her speech and goes over everything that we read in our packets. She tells us a little more about how to earn points and what each class would get us based on our grades. She explains who all the first year teachers are and what race they are. I'm suprised to find out that not every teacher is a fairy. She continues on and explains that we are free to do as we please with time after classes and on the weekends as long as we aren't missing class or failing. In some cases we could be kicked out entirely if we fail to attend class which makes complete sense, this is a very important Academy and we all understand how lucky we are to be attending. She also explains that the top 12 students of each year will attend a special dinner and ball at the castle with the Queen, King and royal Court! What an exciting thought, I hope I have a chance for that to happen to me. I will have to commit to my studies and not get too distracted with my birth parents until I have a handle on my classes. After that announcement, she doesn't have much else to tells us and wishes us a merry day. We all take out time to file out of the auditorium and head to lunch. The lunch room is loud and busy with all the talking and excitement so we eat quickly and decide to wander thr grounds to get acquainted with where everything is located. We find our class rooms so we are prepared for tomorrow and don't get lost on our way to our classes. After thay we decide to head back to our suite and prepare for classes tomorrow then have a quiet dinner together. The evening is very calm, we ended up doing some fave masks together to relax and we all go to bed early so that we are well rested for our first day of lessons tomorrow.