Misha's POV
*knock* *slightly opening the door half way*
"Yes?", the principal asked from inside his office.
"The students you called are here to see you", the secretary informed.
"Oh! Yes. Right. Let them in. Thank you", he said and smiled at the secretary. The secretary excused herself and let Lara and I in.
"Good afternoon Mr. Knight, you wanted to see us?", I greeted the principal when we entered his office.
"Yes, what I will tell you and show you today will serve as an orientation for both of you", he said.
"Oh! But we have received our orientation from Ms. Tatiana and Kendra a few weeks ago", Lara informed.
"Those were just the surface information of what you need to know about this school.", Mr. Knight responded.
"Well, if that's the case, then please go ahead, and I apologize for interrupting you Mr. Knight", Lara said and shyly smiled at him.
"It's fine Ms. Lara, most of the students have the same reaction as you", he said and chuckled.
"Right, so let's start with some questions shall we?", he said and interlaced his fingers.
"Why do you think you were accepted from this school", he asked.
"Uhmmm, is it because I was doing well in my previous school, or that we now have enough money to enroll in this prestigious school?", I answered.
"How about you Lara?", the principal asked.
"Maybe because I was recommended by Ms. Misha's mother?", she responded.
"Yes, partly true", he said.
"Once the parents have been assessed, their child will also apply for the entrance exam in this school to determine their academic status.", he elaborated.
"Yes we took the exam, but I never would have thought that parents needs to be assessed too", I shared my thoughts.
"It's one of our criteria to check the wellbeing of our students under their care", he explained.
"We also secretly followed each student who applied for a whole month, to evaluate their personality, because personality plays a big role in self-improvement", he said.
'Woah! Good thing I played as a nerd last school year', I thought to myself.
"Thank you for letting us pass. I didn't know that it was very rigorous", I said.
"I know about your little role play in school every year Ms. Misha, that's the reason why you made it here", Mr. Knight said.
"Wh-what? How did you know that Mr. Knight?", I asked, stuttering out of nervousness.
'What kind of school is this?', I thought to myself.
"We have our ways, anyway, let's go back to the main topic", Mr. Knight said.
"Ms. Misha was accepted because of her ability to change from one personality to another. We evaluated your psychological health as well, and they were normal. Your talent is exceptional", he said.
"As for Ms. Lara, you were recommended by a high profile individual, and aside from that, we noticed an unusual energy coming from you, that's why you got accepted", he continued. Misha and I looked at each other with furrowed eyebrows.
"Yes, I understand why both of you are confused. You're both asking why the criteria of the school are unusual", he guessed.
'I was actually more confused about the weird energy thing they observed from Lara, but anyway, please go on', I thought to myself.
"Yes, I will tell you why Ms. Misha. I can't read Ms. Lara's mind, even if I try hard.", he said.
'Wait. So he can read my thoughts? How come? Is he human? Can I talk to him in my thoughts? Mr. Knight, can you hear me? Hellloooo??!', I tried to concentrate.
'Yes Ms. Misha? I can hear you.', he told me in my head.
"Woah!!! I heard you too!", I shouted out of excitement.
"What are you talking about?", Lara looked at me. Confusion evident in her face.
"Nothing!", I told Lara and I gave her a wide smile.
"Riiight", she said, not believing me at all.
"You see, everyone in this school have a special ability, including the staff. I have the ability to read minds, my daughter Kendra have the same ability as well. Whatever abilities you have now, may have been inherited from your parents, grand parents, great grandparents, or anyone from your ancestors. It means, a member or members of your family came from the supreme beings in the past.. If you have siblings and didn't get the same abilities, it's either they didn't get to inherit it or they are late bloomers. Not all are created equal, so we keep it a secret from the student's families for the student's safety", he explained.
"Even our parents?", I asked thinking about my mother. Maybe she has the same ability as me as well. I am very curious.
"If your parents already know about it, or if your parents have the same ability and is aware that they have that gift, then we inform them, but if your parents inherited that gift and still didn't notice it, we keep it a secret and encourage them to have sessions with us for assessment and training, if they consent to it. As for the parents who doesn't have any special abilities at all, we keep all of it a secret.", he answered.
"Isn't it better to inform the parents regardless if they have inherited the special gift or not?", Lara asked and I nodded to agree in her statement.
"Not all parents were raised properly, some have greed, anger, and insecurities in their hearts, which will lead them to use their child's special gift to gain power with bad intentions. Same goes for the ones who didn't notice that they were gifted beings, they may become reckless and use it unnecessarily, that is why we assess them first and do training sessions with them.", he answered.
"I also need to inform you about one thing. Anyone who divulge the information about this school, including information about the students and its staff to the public, even revealing your powers/abilities to your parents without our permission, shall be suspended. The punishment depends on the severity of the issue, meaning, it can escalate from suspension, serve considerable years of detention in a high security prison, and even a death penalty. Confidentiality is very important in this school, only a trusted few can access classified information.", he warned.
Lara and I both swallowed a big lump of fear. I understand that they need to do this, but for a teenager, it would be a very big burden on our side. We just want to have a normal high school life.
"I understand why the two of you are afraid of the things I've just told you about, but don't worry, if you'll diligently follow the rules then all are good. I need you to sign some papers that you agreed to go by the rules and regulations, and if any defiance happens from your side or our side, then you or the institution will be held accountable", he smiled and handed us papers, which we reluctantly accepted.
"Don't worry about a thing, we will keep you safe while you are here in school", he assured us.
We both signed the papers and gave them to Mr. Knight thereafter.
"Alright, the secretary will give you a copy of those papers for your reference later, and make sure that you have read all of the items stated in those papers", He informed and we just nodded.
"Why did you suddenly get quiet? Don't be sad. You'll enjoy your time here in this school. You will get to discover a lot of things here, and improve your powers/talents/abilities", he said and stood up. We just smiled at him out of respect. We were so nervous that I didn't even notice that Lara and I were holding hands.
"Come! Let's have a tour at the hidden campus. We call it the hobbit's house" He invited us to go inside the room next to his office. He opened the door for us and we saw a small room with shelves for office files. We hesitated and looked at him.
"Why are we going inside?", I asked tightening my grip on Lara's hand. It was getting suspicious.
"You'll see why once you step a foot inside", he said.
"Alright then", I let go of Lara's hand then went ahead and stepped one foot forward as he instructed.
I noticed that the image at the part where my foot was in had ripples of the background image. It was like there was a thin wall disguised as a storage area for files. I slowly stepped forward and closed my eyes when my head was getting nearer.
When the rest of my body was inside, I slowly opened my eyes to check what was inside. I was expecting something bizarre, but I never would've expected that I will be trapped in 4 walls. I tried to touch the wall again, to see if I can go out of this room, but to my dismay, the wall was solid.
"What am I going to do now?", I said to myself.
- To be continued -