Chapter 3: My New Sister


    I walked up to the secretary. Her desk is ced in the middle of a huge space with arge window right


    behind her. To her left is the office of Mr Henley and to her right is Mrs Voss.


    "Hey, I came to give in my cellphone, "


    The whitedy gave me a friendly smile and took my cell phone. We, the ones staying at the academy


    must give in our cellphones because it''s just a t brick here. I have no inte connection here, I can''t


    charge my phone I just can''t use it. She returned and gave me a new thing.


    It was a green crystal, the size of arge soap bar. It had a screen like a normal phone and she went


    through it with me. Its pictures look like how would see the world with our naked eye.


    I snapped a picture of myself, my brown skin had a healthy glimmer and my big teeth were so white. I


    loved how broad my mouth is in one selfie. There''s also the option to have everything pop up like a


    hologram. This I heard from the phone guide, Geoff. He was the creator of the thing about five hundred


    years ago.


    I took my green crystal phone and left. I was intrigued by this gadget that I messed around with it, I


    wanted to learn more about my phone until I thought I have gotten a hang out of it. So after searching


    for the nearest park, I ced my phone in my rucksack and sat down on a bench.


    The weather never changes in Meledsan, at first I thought the sky was preparing to get ready for a


    nasty storm but Aaliyah told me that the clouds are permanently dark grey here.


    But it didn''t stop me from enjoying the view. I watched ducks swimming and people feeding them. Well,


    witches.


    I started getting hungry too, my stomach roared and I opened my rucksack to retrieve my bacon


    cheese sandwich. It was wrapped in foil. I was excited to eat my bread. I know it''s going to be


    delicious.


    I brought the sandwich closed to my mouth and as I was about to take my first bite.


    "Can I have a slice of bread?"


    The little girl''s voice came as a surprise. Before me stood a white-passing girl wearing a thin dress. Her


    shoes were broken. I know what that''s like. To not have proper clothes. Her blonde hair was roughly


    tied to the back, kind of like she did it herself. Her yellow skin stained with dirt. So she hasn''t had a


    wash or something.


    She was so cute. Her big blue eyes looked at me, and I genuinely felt bad for her. I gave her a bright


    smile and gave her my two slices. She grinned and sat down next to me. I watched her chew.


    "My name is Jade," she shared while she chewed.


    I nodded my head and grinned. "Where you from? Here?"


    She shook her head. "I got brought here by an earthquake,"


    I know kids also get brought here but I''ve never met one personally. I got worried about her.


    "When?"


    "Today,"


    "Where''s your family?"


    She shrugged, "I don''t think I have parents. I''m an orphan,"


    She shared. She swallowed the bread and looked at the ducks swimming, "I''ve always wondered what


    it''s like if I had a mom and a dad. Fuck, I''d even settle for at least one,"


    "Hey! You don''t say a swear,"


    She looked like she wanted to fight and sighed and continued eating. Her eating her bread made me


    more hungry, but it''s important that she''s fed and I don''t even think two slices is enough.


    "Have you heard Mrs Voss and Mr Henley''s speech?"


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    She shook her head and started crying, "I just wanna go back to where I came from. Why am I even


    here?"


    I shrugged, "I ask myself that question every day. Finish up, we have to take you to Mrs Voss'' so she


    can help you with sleeping arrangements. Trust me, they won''t let you go,"


    She nodded her head. I waited for her to finish and walked back to the academy. Jade says that she


    ran out because she was so scared of ending up in the cafeteria and that''s why she has no idea what''s


    going on here. I like this girl, she speaks a lot enjoy listening to her stories. She loves that I''m also an


    orphan, she feels like we can rte with that.


    She keeps on talking about her cat named Lily, and apparently, Lily talks to her and can turn into a


    human. I love a child''s imagination, it''s as if though we lose that growing up.


    We made it to Mrs Voss'' office. She told Jade why she''s here and that she must enrol here. She told


    me to show her around and to make sure that she has a ce to sleep. I did just that.


    "Where''s your bed, Tamzyn?"


    I showed her my bed. In the far corner. She ran to the bed opposite of it, " that''ll be the bed that I share


    with Lily,"


    Aaliyah grinned, "who''s Lily?"


    "Her talking cat,"


    Aaliyah looked at me in concern. I just gave her a genuine smile. Not long after that, a white cat came


    through our window. She was fury and her front left paw was ck.


    "Lily!"


    Jade eximed and opened her arms. The cat jumped in it and licked her face.


    "We have a new pet," Aaliyah told.


    "Don''t call me a pet," Lily replied and jumped on the floor to transform into her human form.


    I froze uppletely, getting hot shes. It''s like I was the only one having a mini panic attack. What


    was happening?


    She was a short female with an oval-shaped face, her broad shoulders and long arms looked


    magnificent. She had no hips, which is fine because she looked great.


    Her curly brown hair hung on her shoulders, but her hair wasn''t exactly very short since she had a very


    thick long neck.


    We didn''t know what to say.


    "Well?" Her deep voice cut through the room, "nothing to drink?"


    Aaliyah shook her head.


    "I''m a vampiric creature called a cranter, don''t look so surprised, you''re in a magical world. There''s


    bound to be crazy beasts lurking,"