THE FIRST DAY

"I don't even know why you would think that the prince's sister is here. There would have been security. There would have been fanfare, there is nothing to show for it"

[Conversation between 2nd year students overhead in the corridors of the females' resting quarters just before breakfast on day 1 of the spring semester]

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The first day of school had finally arrived. Coraa felt the days leading up to it had literally crawled by. Four more days of hiding within her rooms had finally elapsed. After her last run in with Ella and her overly familiar friends, she had felt it prudent to keep to herself as much as possible. She hadn't even gone down to take her evening meals with the rest of the students the previous night; she was certain that most of the students were finally in residence at the Academy and thus her inclination to avoid the arising commotion.