1 Surviving for the next 365 days

"Beep...Beep...Beep", the alarm on my table besides me goes off, I immediately turn it off, I looked at the clock and see the time is already 7:20 a.m. I woke up a little bit early today since today is the first day of my 3rd year in high school.

I got up from my bed and start walking to the bathroom. I took a quick shower and starts brushing my teeth afterwards. I put on on my uniform since I go to a prestigious school, Arowana Academy. After getting ready, I left my room and I starts walking downstairs and as I was walking down the stairs, I could see my mom preparing breakfast for us, my dad left my mom 2 years ago and since then we've been living on our own. My mom works as a doctor the local hospital, she's 42 years old, She has blonde hair just like me and dark brown eyes.

After eating breakfast, I put on my shoes, give a goodbye kiss to my mom and start walking to school. The school that I goes to have private bus to come pickup their students, but I prefer to walk to school since I could breath some fresh air in the morning while burning some calories.

As I was walking down the road, I could hear someone shouting my name out loud "Nik! hey Nik, over here!". I already know who it is, it's my classmate Chester, he's a tall, athletic, handsome and kind guy. He has brown hair with blue eyes. We've been classmates since our first year in high school, we've really become close friends over the years. Just like me, Chester prefers going to school by walking rather than taking the bus, he says it's healthier.

"Hey, why the long face? It's our last year in high school, try to look more happy will ya?" said Chester in a joyful tone. "Alright, alright" I replied. "Hey, why do you sound so tired this early in the morning?" asked Chester. "I don't know, I just feel like it's going to be the same thing every year, there's really nothing new" I said with a sad tone. "Nothing new eh?, well perhaps this year is gonna be a lot more fun than you think" He said. "Fun huh?" I replied.

After a short walk, we finally arrived at the academy, "Was it this big last year?' asked Chester. "Well, I guess it gets bigger every year with renovation and stuff" I replied with a bored tone. We greeted the guard and showed him our student ID before letting us in. Both of us walk towards the assembly hall for morning assembly.

"Welcome to the Arowana Academy my lovely students" Said Mister Williams our Principal. I can see a lot of first years at the other side of the massive hall being very amazed and shocked by the size of the buildings in this academy, that's a normal thing every year since when I first entered this academy, I too was as shocked as they are. "I will start by announcing students that are chosen for the Elite Class" said Mister Williams. " So here are the names of the students that will be chosen to be put in class 3-E"he continued.

Chester Brown

Shepherd Leandro

Niklaus Smith

Chelsea Lawson

Collin Rose

Daniel White

Amelia Wilson

Charlotte Garcia

Holly Johnson

Hannah Anderson

Chloe Roberts

Emily Rodriguez

"And that's all" Mister Williams finished announcing the names. Chester and I were shocked to hear our names in the list, we never thought we're gonna be in the elite classroom for our final year in high school at this prestigious academy. I was sweating a little and I didn't realize that we are called on the stage as we are the new Elite Students of the school. Mister Williams gave us words of encouragement and congratulated us for working hard and smart.

After 40 more minutes or so, the assembly finally ended.

"Never thought we would make it this far" said Chester with a proud voice. "Yeah, my mom's not gonna believe this when I tell her after school". "Hey look at the info board, it's said our homeroom teacher for this year is going to be Mister Hill, I heard from our seniors last year that he's a pretty chill guy" said Chester with a happy tone. "Oh really, that's sweet" I replied.

Our homeroom teacher Mister Hill was ready to take us to the Elite Course Class but he was suddenly interrupted by Mister Williams, they seem to have a little chat but I can't hear what they were saying. Suddenly Mister Hill looks very confused, I wonder what they are talking about. And then, Mister William hands Mister Hill a piece of paper, I have no clue what they were talking about that paper that Mister Hill is holding right now sort of seems like a map leading to a treasure or something.

"Change of plans, you guys will be placed in a special classroom a little bit further from the academy as you guys might need to concentrate more than the other students, and turns out there's a classroom Isolated from the hassle and bustle of the city not that far from here that is own by this academy" said Mister Hill. All of us were shocked to hear that we'll be learning at a private classroom, I was very excited, first I was put in an elite classroom now We're going to be learning in a private classroom?, wow, this year is really something else.

We were asked to follow Mister Hill's lead.

When we finally arrived, I was speechless since the classroom that we'll be learning is the exact opposite of what I had pictured in my mind.

The classroom was in the middle of nowhere, There's wild animals, The building looked old, It looked abandoned, It looks like it's been here for at least 50 years. I tried to use my cellphone but it's no use, since there's no connection at all. Mister Hill looks just as surprised as I am and so are my other classmates, I mean, who wouldn't be? I could my classmates already complaining and even I myself have something to say about this, but we were all stopped by Mister Hill who said that it's the principal's choice and he has no power to do anything.

When we enter the classroom, it looked horrible, it looks haunted, it looks abandoned, it looks like it's a zoo in here, no, even a zoo is better. The chairs and tables looks old and crooked. There's no whiteboard, just a blackboard, the whole classroom is dusty, the floor is made out of very very old wood, There's no furniture in the classroom except a cardboard that is at least 100 years old. The classroom simply doesn't feel like a place that you would study in.

I was confused, but I also weirdly felt excited, because my high school years haven't been interesting at all, but now, It looks like it's going to change.

Oh boy, this year really is going to be something different.