Chapter 2 - CHAPTER 2: Nothing Same

Serene Ariadne Collins

Still... while eating my breakfast, I couldn't seem to get that nightmare out of my head. Like I'm having a weird feeling that my nightmare would actually come true.

And true to my dream or I'd rather say, nightmare, there is no description about the school. No location on the gps, no pictures on google. Nothing.

"Auntie, why isn't there any informations about Montessorie Academy?"I asked

She stopped for a second but immediately regained her poise.

"That school is very exclusive... and it is out of government's touch. It stands on it's own and for some, unfathomable reason, they didn't like the idea of making their school the headline of daily news as the most extravagant and independent school," she answered.

Out of government's touch? Is that even possible. Were in Philippines, is there even such a thing?

"Sweetie, that is the only one school that can stand alone without support from government and has fine condition," Auntie said interrupting as if she read what's going on my mind.

But I know well... she must've read the reaction from my face, since I believe, my face have been showing different kinds of disorientation after I had that freaking nightmare.

"Okay! Time to pack up and leave!!" She cheered up.

I'm actually confused sometimes whether she's the student one or just naturally my aunt. She acts like she's the student! Anyways, what's knew? She has always been like that. But I am willing to sacrifice my life if it means saving her from anything and anyone that could harm her. My parents died, from a plane crash, and I was with them. Luckily, I survived.

They said it's a miracle. Miracle? Huh... I wan't to tell them that I shouldn't have let them take me away from my parents, I should've died with them.

"A penny for your thoughts?" Aunt interrupted my thoughts "Nothing... just thinking of possible ways, how I will react and interact with the people in my new school. I might not want to scare them away with my abnormal silence," I answered, and she just swayed her head sideways.

And there we go... a freaking long car that almost looks like a bus.

"Tita...can we not use your bus?" I asked exasperatedly. "What the jolly earth are you saying my dear?" She gasped in terror.

Is there something in what I said that made her over react like that?

"It is a LIMMOUSINE my dear... not some crappy bus! Oh my gosh, what has happened to you?" She over reactedly touch my face, pinched my cheeks and even made my eyes big, like... I could feel my eyeballs slowly coming out of it's delicate socket!

"Stop that tita... you are over reacting. Like, that obviously looks like a bus... a flashy bus, to lessen the burden you are carrying right now," I countered back as I rolled my eyes.

She rolled her eyes at me too and stomped her way to the bus or the so-called limmousine.

She's not making any sense at all.

I did the same thing, just forget about the stomping that she did. We just sat their quietly, and I could say... I really enjoyed tita's limmousine. It is confined with numerous food! Candies, chocolates, cupcakes, and even chips!

"I love here tita... can I just live here?" I said as I stuff one ball of a so-called rochelle chocolate inside my mouth.

Ah, it felt heaven tasting this unearthly edible thing. Though, it looks like a molded clay. "Have you not eaten any chocolate your entire life dear?" My dear aunt asked.

"Of course I did," I answered in a matter of fact tone.

"Then why are you eating like you have never eaten one before? what's with you and rocher chocolate?"

"I don't know... I must've linked a special bond with this unearthly edible thing... called rochelle. And tita, may I ask you something?"

"Yes? And please Ariad... it's called ferrel rocher not rochelle you're making it sound like a person," she rolled her eyes.

"Anyways... why is it named as if it was a human?" I asked really curious.

Suddenly, she looked at me with a gloomy face. As gloomy as the song, Gloomy Sunday.

"Because that chocolate was made from womens organs that were named Rocher... and the Ferrel stands for the owner of the company who sells that," she answered.

I stared at her in bewilderment. Really? Gross!!

"Did I just ate a woman's organ coated in chocolate?!! What a disgrace!" I screamed as my aunt laughs her ass out.

"What in the jolly earth is funny tita?! You let me ate a woman's organ!" I screamed as I profusely wipes my tongue and lips with fragrant wipes.

And now my taste buds has a new flavor. My tongue tasted like alcohol! I know how it tastes since I drank one when I was a kid thinking it was a sprite. How stupid of me. Oh right, I wiped it with wipes. When will my brain work just like a normal person's brain?

Are my neurons over used from passing messages from my senses through my brain? Or there's a blood clot on my brain? I'm gonna die thinking of possible answers of why I can't think like a normal person.

"Honey... your face is distorted again, I was just kidding," she smiled.

"You were?" I asked to make sure. "Yes I was just kidding,"

"You old hag!!!" I screamed and she started laughing again.

Before the limmousine gets damaged by me and my never ending laughing aunt... our butler spoke that we have arrived our destination. I went out first and fear crept my nerves when I looked at my surrounding.

This is the exact same place as my dream! How did I dream about that? Usually my dreams are all fuzzy and blurry but that one was the clearest! Crystal clear!

"What's with the nervous face my dear?"she asks worried.

"Nothing... it just gives me the...creep,"

And she laughed again. "Auntie, aren't you afraid to run out of endorphins due to laughing too much?"

"You're funny my dear...it doesn't end. But I might die due to asphyxiation... thanks for reminding me sweety," she said and I curtsied.

"Oh sweety... I have to go now! Or I'll be late for work, have nice day!" She yelled earning attention from other students... which nonetheless gave me any inch of embarassment.

The hell I care If they think I'm being babysitted too much... and correction, it isn't baby sitting at all! "Love you aunt!" I yelled.

And she the same thing before hopping in the limmousine. But before the limmousine starts it engines, I screamed.

"Tita! Can I take some of the foods inside your car?!"

She rolled down the window and gave me a bag full of treats. Great!

"I love you auntie! Thanks!!"

"Always welcome sweety! Take care amd becareful!"

I nodded my head and walked back to my new school. MONTESSORIE ACADEMY. It is despicably huge, like... just how many square meter wide is this place?!

"Transferrie?" A girl suddenly approached me.

"Errr... yes, do you know where's the faculty?" I asked.

"Oh yes! I can escort you there!" She sing-sangly said.

She got a lot of energy within her body. She must've been jolted with a high volt of electricity. Oh what am I thinking? She's just euphoric, final.

"Here we are! Anyway, my name's Hermes!" She introduced herself.

"What a name... the god of mischief I see," I chuckled and she did too. " I am Serene Ariadne... my pleasure meeting you Hermes,"

"Oohh... the goddess of fertility and moon!!" She squealed.

She sounds hilarious when she squeals. She sounds like a dolphin.

"Girls, you might want to stop squealing at each other while you're infront of the faculty now, would you?"a middle aged woman appeared infront of us.

"My apologies Mrs. Murfin, masaya lang ako para sa bagong transferrie," she said smiling.

Suddenly, my nightmare came, crashing my joyful mood. Why now? Of all times, why now?really?

Then I realized... it wasn't anything like my nightmare. Nothing same at all. Hmmm... I guess that was just really boogy man corrupting my dream. What a shame, sandy man might not be in watch when I slept... that's only the possible reason why boogy man was able to corrupt my dream.

I hate him... I hate boogy man, and I felt like strangling him with my long hair.

"Earth to Serene?"

"Yes?" I asked her, confused.

Did I spaced out that much? I smacked my skull 2 times before talking to her again.

"What the hell?! Why'd you do that? You might get a concussion!" She screamed in worry.

"Girls!" Mrs. Muffin scolded and we bowed in apology. "Is Mrs. Muffin that grumpy?" I asked whispering.

And she giggled. She pulled me to a near bench and laughed loudly.

"What the hell Serene? Where'd you get that name?!" She asked as she laughs profusely.

"Why? Isn't that her name?"

"It is Mrs. M-U-R-F-I-N not MUFFIN... who is she? Mrs. Muffin of spongebob?! Ahahahahaha," she laughed while talking.

"Whatever it's just the same,"

She just shooked her head and pulled me again to enter the faculty. And now I thought... did we laughed too long and was not able to do what are we supposed to do in the faculty?

Oh my gosh. I'm such a mush.