Chapter 14

Freya

Why does time fly by so fast when you don't want it to?

It was already Monday, my first day at The School of the Forgotten.

I closed the door of my new car, laying my backpack next to me.

I soon heard a tap on the window. It was Zira. I rolled down the window.

She handed me a lunch box.

"You didn't have to," I told her.

"What if you don't like the lunches there?" she worried.

I took it and thanked her. She and Grandma waved goodbye as I drove from the house and onto the road.

It took me 10 minutes to arrive at the school. A large school that looked like a century-old Catholic building. The school was dark brown, and the sides of the glass windows were painted white. I took a deep breath and exhaled slowly before exiting the car. I was going to be the new kid, and I felt uneasy. I fixed my curly hair and walked straight into the building.

I had my file from my previous school to help me settle in.

"Excuse me, can you show me the administration area?" I asked a security