The Elite Academy is not for Me

The Opening Ceremony

At last, it was the next morning, the sound of the birds chirping near my ears made me shoot back my eyes at the source of the noise.

What I saw was that the window in my room was all open, and three to four birds have gotten inside and were standing in my pillows. One of them was pecking in my ears.

‘’ Ouch…That damn hurts. Go away,’’ I shouted at them.

They flew away from me.

Good birds aren’t they? Why did you have to ruin my sleep?

‘’ Why did you chase us away you little girl?’’ a shrill voice shouted.

Am I hearing it right? Did someone call me?

‘’ We are calling you.’’

My eyes roamed around all the other things in the room. But nothing was odd about them.

‘’ Who talked?’’.

‘’ We.’’

It can’t be, right?

‘’ Don’t tell me the birds are talking? That sounds like a bad joke doesn’t it?’’ I turned to them.

‘’ Yes, we are talking you girl.’’

The middle bird spoke up.

Seeing that my eyes widened in surprise.

‘’ What? You are talking? You have to be kidding me. Don’t play this joke on me early in the morning. I won’t believe it.’’

‘’ Hey, this girl is not taking us seriously. Let’s teach her some manners shall we?’’.

Hearing the word manners I squinted my eyes and glared at them.

‘’ Manners? Hey, the bird keeps-‘’ before I could finish my word one of the birds came flying at me at a high speed.

I covered my face with my hands in response.

I waited for the opportunity for everything to be over.

All of a sudden a finger touched my lower lips, feeling them.

‘’ Soft aren’t they?’’ a masculine voice made me open my eyes.

It was a boy with blond hair and greenish-blue eyes, with long eyelashes.

‘’ I seem to like these peach-like lips of yours. What’s the mystery behind them?’’ he asked, in a seductive tone.

What the heck? Where did this guy appear from anyway? Where are the birds which were here earlier?

‘’ Hey, I am talking to you,’’ he lifted my face by the chin, turning to him.

I couldn’t keep my irritation in control any longer. I hate pushy guys like them.

‘’ Leave me-‘’ when I slapped his hand away, he gripped hold of it tightly.

I was surprised.

‘’ Hey-‘’.

‘’ I’d prefer you not to raise your voice. I hate girls who shout.’’

I lowered my eyes to find that he had hovered over me and one of his legs was between my legs, we both were sitting in an awkward position.

‘’ Listen,’’ I cleared my throat.

‘’ What do you want to do? I mean where’s your courtesy? Did you come into my room without my permission? Who gave you the right?’’.

‘’ No one, I just came in cause I found you sleeping, and I also felt like scaring you out that’s why,’’ he replied with a smile.

Scaring me out? Should I scare the wits out of him?

But first, I glared at him.

‘’ Get off from me will you?’’ I asked in a pleading manner.

‘’ Nope,’’ he replied right away.

‘’ What?’’.

‘’ I won’t get off. Yes, you heard it right. Instead.’’

He pressed me back onto the bed, without my will.

‘’ Hey, what are you doing?’’ I yelled.

‘’ What’s your name sweetie? We didn’t do the introductions did we?’’ he was one inch away from my face now.

Alright, I had been behaving well with me for a while. But now I can’t take it anymore.

‘’ Reina Jordan, now leave my hand.’’

‘’ Reina? Now that’s a peculiar name. I am Clinton Woods, nice to meet you. See you at the opening ceremony,’’ he pecked me a kiss on the forehead before disappearing in the thin air.

What…what….happened here?

As I got up, a feather fell from my chest onto my lap. It was from the same bird which came into my room at first.

I picked it up and sighed.

What’s the time by the way?

I searched for the clock. When I spotted it, the time was over 9:45 a.m.

At that moment, something extraordinary happened.

I began to recall the words of Vivian from last night.

‘’ Appear by nine….appear by nine…..’’ those words were echoing in my brain.

Nine? It is over nine. F*ck that boy, he wasted so much of my time on purpose.

Die! Die for million times. Die! Die for wasting my time.

But cursing him won’t help, will it?

Alright, hurry up. I have to appear there by ten no matter what. Let's go.

I got dressed in a hurry. My uniform was just like the one in the human world, which consisted of skirts and blouses. The color was royal deep blue with the tie in blue and white stripes.

The feeling when I wore it was just like when I used to wear my uniform and go to school. Why did I have to end my life and stop myself from enjoying all of that? I guess there's no time to regret old times, do I?

Wait, aren't I forgetting about something important?

Ah yes, my breakfast.

When I went downstairs I found Tommy cleaning the tables with a happy smile on his face.

'' Hey,'' I waved at him.

He heard me right away.

'' Good morning Reina,'' he greeted me with a smile.

'' Good morning.''

'' Eh, why are you still here? Isn't this the very first day?''

'' Yes...but.....''.

''Umm...don't tell me you are late again?''.

I nodded without looking at him.

'' Come on, you will get scolded by the teachers. Though I don't know how much I can help you out. Have breakfast and then leave."

"But-''.

Tommy glared at me, so I couldn't disobey his orders. It was my fault, in the first place. I shouldn't have wasted time with that boy. If I meet him again, I'll make him pay for his actions for making me late. That Rascal.

I munched on the bread and toast following along a cup of tea and headed out to the Academy.

Before I left Tommy remarks from behind,'' You look beautiful in the school uniform. Have a good day."

I smiled without thinking. I nodded back and started running.

I managed to reach it by ten-five.

The gate was closed. The hope of attending the opening ceremony is crushed.

I fell onto the ground, grabbing hold of the iron bars while thinking about what to do next.

By then, one of the guards came there and saw me crying.

"What's this? isn't she one of the students in there?".

He came closer to me and remarks, "Hey, why are you crying?".

‘’ Hey, why are you crying? Are you a student here?’’ when the guard asked, I lifted my face to meet his eyes.

‘’ Uh…who…are you?’’ I asked, in a crying tone.

‘’ Gatekeep, why?’’.

My eyes widened hearing that. I couldn’t believe what I heard.

God, is it the way for you to show that you exist after all? Someone’s here to open the door.

‘’ Thank you, god,’’ I kept mumbling.

Seeing this the gatekeeper asked,’’ Do you want to come inside or not? The ceremony already started you know?’’.

‘’ What?’’.

After that, I ran and ran, inside the Academy. The way I ran, I bet if anyone was present would have been shocked to see me. But sadly, no one was present to see me.

My hair was blowing in the wind, and some of the locks were getting in my face, disturbing my view.

Ugh, even my skirt is blowing up because of my running speed. This is the only thing I am proud of, my speed in running surpasses everyone in my class.

But is this going to help me go to the opening ceremony on time? Let’s see.

At that exact moment, I recalled something.

‘’ I didn’t know where it was being held in the first place.’’

All of a sudden when I felt lying crying in a corner, I spotted Vivian, going somewhere. She carried some books in her hands. Seeing this, I ran to her at a high speed, and eventually managed to catch up to her.

I arrived right in front of her. She was so much surprised that she had to take off the glasses on her face and asked,'' What are you doing here Miss Reina? Aren't you supposed to be at the opening ceremony?''.

'' Yes, I mean I was supposed to. But not everything turned out the way I wanted it to. That's why.....''.

She furrowed her eyebrows in confusion.

'' Don't tell me you are late again?'' she asked, in a serious tone.

I didn't expect her to hit the nail on the spot.

'' Yes,'' I lowered my eyes away.

'' And I needed to know where the opening ceremony is being held. Do you mind telling me? I didn't see anyone who would be able to help me out.''

'' Help me, Miss Vivian!'' I pleaded, with a bow.

I could only pray for her to help me out.

But whether she would agree is a different thing.

She heaved a sigh and examined me from top to toe. Then walked towards me, and was held by the shoulders.

'' It's in the hall, go from top to right corner, you'll hear the announcement. I hope you won't make others angry at you for being late.''

'' Thanks, Miss Vivian,'' I gave her a tight hug and ran away from there.

'' Strange girl isn't she?''.