04

~Flashback~

They meet Pixie Ivory Leonor, a.k.a. Clydesdale girlfriend, after entering. Pixie dashed over to her boyfriend and fiercely held him.

Pixie, still clutching Clydesdale, asks, "Hey, sweetie, where have you been?"

"Oh, we were just at the school garden," Clydesdale explains, pointing to Alyssa. "Alyssa and I were just hanging out because we haven't chatted in a long." Alyssa gave Pixie a friendly wave.

"So, you're the girl that my little honey bunch was talking about," she exclaimed cheerfully as they exchanged handshakes. "Nice to meet you Alyssa, my name is Pixie Ivory Leonor, but you can call me Pixie."

"Hello, Pixie. My name is Alyssa Miller, but you can call me Lys or anything you like. That's great with me," Alyssa replied with a grin as she shook her hand and introduced herself.

"Now that you two have met, why don't you guys hang around for a bit and get to know each other better?" Clydesdale proposed with a smile, "since I want you two to get along."

"Sure, it would be fantastic," Alyssa answered enthusiastically.

Pixie screamed, "What a terrific idea, sweetheart!" She linked her arms around Alyssa and continued, "I'll show you all the exciting places me and my pals hang out."

"All right, fine. You two have fun while I catch up on basketball practice," he rapidly responded as he turned around to wave farewell.

Pixie let go of Alyssa's arm and rolled her eyes, saying, "Just to be clear, we're not friends." She turned to face her and said, displeased. "I just did it because you and my boyfriend are friends; just because you two are friends doesn't mean we have to be friends."

"I know you were just faking since your acting back there was horrible if you were going to be an innocent girlfriend. Try a bit harder next time," Alyssa stated with a grin as she crossed her arms and walked away.

Pixie stomps her feet impatiently, grumbling. Pixie blood was boiling behind Alyssa's back, so she simply laughed quietly and crossed her arms as she walked back to her room, satisfied.

~End of Flashback~

"If I were you, I'd slap her in the face," Angel raged.

"Now, don't get ahead of yourself. Alyssa is alright; at the very least, she didn't damage her," Elvira remarked, trying to calm the angel down.

"Well, not yet," Jelyn answered, crossing her knees. "We all know she'll torment Alyssa soon."

"I agree, we don't know what that pixie lady is capable of," Camille said, nervously agreeing with Jelyn's assertion.

"Let's make her life a living nightmare instead, without Clydesdale knowing, because if Clydesdale knows, he'll never forgive us, particularly to Alyssa," Angel said, standing up and pacing in circles.

"We're not doing that," Immaculate replied, her arms crossed, "because if we do, we'll be expelled from the school since the girl we've been assaulting is really the principal's daughter."

"Wait... she's the principal daughter?" Nikki inquired, puzzled.

"If, which she isn't," Angel remarked, stressing the if, "I say, Let's stick to my plan," she continued.

"I told you we weren't out for vengeance, you're going to make things worse if we do that. The best way to prevent females like her is to avoid them. That's it, end of discussion," Immaculate remarked, recommending that pixie be avoided.

Christine raises an eyebrow and asks, "What if we ignore her?"

"Perhaps she'll stop," Alyssa said.

"No, she's not going to stop until you suffer," Christine continued, crossing her arms and knees. "If we do that, she'll make our life a little bit tougher, since we still don't know what she's capable of."

"Why are we going to exact vengeance on Pixie when she hasn't done anything and we're simply here spending our time arranging something that hasn't happened yet?" Nikki wondered, her eyes wide with confusion.

Angel said, rolling her eyes, "Have you ever heard the expression "always be prepared"?"

"Yes, I have, and it's becoming too cliché," Nikki stated solemnly.

"Well, it's not my fault that it's too cliché for you," she said, "but you do have a point; it's true that she hasn't planned or done anything yet, but always be prepared for the worst."

They heard a tap on the door while they were engaged plotting. Alyssa swiftly unlocked the door, ushering in two tall, model-like figure females with long straight hair.

Alyssa inquires, "Hi, may I assist you?"

"Sorry for barging in, my name is Anne Tricia Lauren, and this is Abegail Laurie; nice to meet you," Anne apologized as she shook Alyssa's hand and introduced herself.

"The administrator assigned us this room number, and I believe we'll all be roommates," Abegail said as she handed Alyssa the number.

"It appears we'll be roommates, so come in and I'll introduce you to the others," Alyssa said as she opened the door and allowed them in.

"Hope you're not wearing heels since our room has the only longest corridor in all of the rooms in the girls dormitories," she remarked as they arrived.

Anne inquires, "Why is our room the only one with the longest hallway?"

"The reason our corridor is the longest is because there's a myth that the eight girls who had this room before us possessed magic powers called encanto," Alyssa replied, shifting her gaze.

"Okay, they have magical abilities, but it doesn't explain why we have the longest hallway," Anne said, rolling her eyes.

"Neither do I," she shrugged, "but if you look closely before entering the door, you'll find the eight students' secret meaning and sign of their powers."

"I saw that as well, and I also noticed that each symbol the students were carrying lit when we entered the room," Abegail said, pondering.

"This room is haunted, which is why they made the halls longer to keep the students' spirits away from the humans, which also explains why their symbol glow is to keep us away from this particular chamber to keep their abilities a secret," Anne speculated as she began to fear.

"Now, now. Let's calm down. There's no such thing as ghost, and moreover, my friends and I have been here for several weeks and have yet to see one," Alyssa remarked, attempting to soothe Anne.

"Perhaps it's simply a myth," Abegail said nervously.

"Let's continue with that," Alyssa remarked as she opened the door. "We don't want people to worry because we're here."

"Wow, you're here. What took you so long?" Camille said as she turned around.

"You do realize we have the longest corridor in the room, and you'd want me to be speedy," she added sarcastically, rolling her eyes. "Plus, we've got new roommates: Abegail Laurie and Anne Tricia Lauren, guys," she said.

"Hello, my name is Jelyn Gabby, and it's lovely to meet you," Jelyn said as she shook their hands.

"Hello, my name is Camille Cornell, and it's nice to meet you," Camille remarked as she shook their hands.

"I didn't realize there were so many housemates," Anne replied, her face was red.

"Oh, the others aren't our housemates; they're just here to talk and whatnot," Alyssa stated. "Me, Camille, and Jelyn are your roommates."

"Their rooms are directly across from ours," Camille explained.

Immaculate inquires, "May I ask what section you guys are?"

Anne explained, "Both of our sections are EE22."

All of the females squeal with delight as they hug each other out of nowhere.

"You guys are in luck since we're both in class EE22, what a tiny world," Angel added, smiling.

*Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring* *Ring

"What are they bellowing for? Is there a flag ceremony or something?" Athea wondered, her ears covered.

"I don't think it's a flag ceremony," Jelyn explained. "Class hasn't even begun yet."

"All students and teachers, please assemble at the gymnasium building," says the announcer.

"Well, there you have it. That's your response." Immaculate remarked.

Camille wonders aloud, "What is this all about?"

"Well, let's see what happens; they're calling all kids and instructors," Alyssa stated as she walked first ahead of the others.

The others shrugged and followed Alyssa, still perplexed about what was going on.