Shard Academy Monologue
September fourth: the start of a new school year and the start of my first year at Shard Academy.
Shard Academy was one the the three biggest schools in Pramm and it was almost a sanctuary to Bent users like myself.
I stood on the subway platform with a few other kids my age to wait for the train. The butterflies in my stomach were flying like crazy, this was the most suspenseful thing that ever happened then. Might as well forgot if it was real, if weren’t the robotic announcements on the train arrival.
"Almost time, almost time. Just be cool, Cadence." I muttered myself, gripping my bags tightly.
The excitement was making my heart pound wildly and I felt lightheaded. Was this really what it was like to be nervous?
The subway train slid …show more content…
"Hey Cadence, you found me fast." Ophelia chuckled.
We both turned to the stage set up at the other end of the room to see the headmaster, Augustus VonGericht. The students went dead silent when he spoke.
"Thank you all for coming here, and thank you new students for coming to Shard Academy. We hope that you will learn many things in these next six years." he started. "You are all shards that make up something big; no one is more or less important than others. Now, for the first order of business. On your notes, if you see the Shard Academy application, then you will see that you have a schedule, a map, and a curfew. New students will all get a week to familiarize themselves with these things and will be forgiven for any accidents that happen, but once the week was up, we'll expect no more accidents. was that clear?"
There were scattered responses but the only understandable one was a really loud, "Yes sir!"
Someone's enthusiastic... I thought. I glanced at Ophelia and our eyes met, seems like we had the same thought. We both snickered.
"Now then, there's not much that I can explain that your notes can't, so I'll let Marisol explain clubs and classes and then you can get to know each
Shard Academy was one the the three biggest schools in Pramm and it was almost a sanctuary to Bent users like myself.
I stood on the subway platform with a few other kids my age to wait for the train. The butterflies in my stomach were flying like crazy, this was the most suspenseful thing that ever happened then. Might as well forgot if it was real, if weren’t the robotic announcements on the train arrival.
"Almost time, almost time. Just be cool, Cadence." I muttered myself, gripping my bags tightly.
The excitement was making my heart pound wildly and I felt lightheaded. Was this really what it was like to be nervous?
The subway train slid …show more content…
"Hey Cadence, you found me fast." Ophelia chuckled.
We both turned to the stage set up at the other end of the room to see the headmaster, Augustus VonGericht. The students went dead silent when he spoke.
"Thank you all for coming here, and thank you new students for coming to Shard Academy. We hope that you will learn many things in these next six years." he started. "You are all shards that make up something big; no one is more or less important than others. Now, for the first order of business. On your notes, if you see the Shard Academy application, then you will see that you have a schedule, a map, and a curfew. New students will all get a week to familiarize themselves with these things and will be forgiven for any accidents that happen, but once the week was up, we'll expect no more accidents. was that clear?"
There were scattered responses but the only understandable one was a really loud, "Yes sir!"
Someone's enthusiastic... I thought. I glanced at Ophelia and our eyes met, seems like we had the same thought. We both snickered.
"Now then, there's not much that I can explain that your notes can't, so I'll let Marisol explain clubs and classes and then you can get to know each