Tatiana's POV
"Miss Tatiana, your uncle is here to pick you up" Mr. Wilson said and gestured for me to go out of my bedroom. Mr. Wilson has been the one taking care of me since my parents died aside from my Uncle. He works as a butler in our household long before I was born.
"Thank you, I will go down in a minute" I said and he left.
*sigh*
"Why do I need to go with them in one car, I have my own for crying out loud" I mumbled to myself while looking outside my window and watched as my uncle and cousin came out of their car. I saw Mr. Wilson usher them inside.
I sucked a plenty amount of air and exhaled slowly.
"Alright, here I go" I told myself and went downstairs to the living room. I saw one of the maid serving the guests tea and pastries.
"Good morning uncle, did you get a decent sleep last night?" I asked, not just for formality but I am actually really worried if he didn't. He usually have dreams of his traumatic past but good thing there weren't any episodes since I checked on him 3 years ago.
"Never been better" he smiled and took a sip of tea.
"That's great! Do you wa" I said but was interrupted by my cousin.
"Father, let's go, time's ticking. I don't want to waste my time in this hell hole" she said without looking at us and purposely ignored me.
"Kendra! Don't be rude and just get along with Tatiana just for today, or at least do not start a fight.", He scolded her and then looked at me apologetically.
"I deeply apologise Tatiana, my daughter accidentally dropped her manners in the toilet this morning" He said and chuckled at his own comment. I just nodded and smiled at his effort to lighten up the mood.
"It's alright uncle, we can go now if you want" I said with a smile.
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*4 days ago* (flashback)
Tatiana's POV
"Miss, please come in" the secretary told me to go inside the principal's office.
"Good morning Mr. Knight, how are you? You said you want to talk to me?" I inquired.
"That's right, please have a seat. I have called you here to inform you that we have a new student coming, we need someone to give her a tour of the school" he told me as he stood up and gave me a file of a student.
"Hmmm. Isn't this the job of the welcoming committee?" I asked him as I was scanning through the documents.
"Supposedly yes, but this case is special. You see, every student that enrolls here knows their abilities and/or specialties already. Unfortunately, this student doesn't know her abilities yet and she doesn't know that the academy only accepts students with special abilities. Just like the outside world, they only see this school as just another prestigious school." He explained.
"Just like 'that' student" I pointed out someone from 2 years ago.
"Yes, just like her. Hopefully, this one will turn out great" he said with a smile at the end and he went back to his seat
"How do you know that this student has undiscovered abilities?" I asked with pure curiosity written on my face.
"I guess you could say I had a hint due to the fact that she was recommended by one of the board members. Please keep it a secret. She doesn't even know that as well. She was told that she's in this school because of her intellect and money." He said and turned his back on me looking outside the window.
"Can Kendra go instead me? I have an important meeting that day with the student council" I asked him.
*sigh* "I actually asked her first, but she refused the moment she heard about giving a new student a tour and that she couldn't be bothered. I am so sorry, you are the only one that I can depend on for this." He said and turned his seat to face me.
"Alright, I'll postpone our meeting then" I said finally accepting the task.
"Thank you so much!" He said, relief clearly shown on his face.
"You are welcome Mr. Knight. If you will excuse me" I said and stood up.
"Have a great day ahead" he said.
"You too Mr. Knight, good bye" I said and slightly bowed before going out of his room.
- To be continued -