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At just that moment, the door swung open, letting in a girl about her age. She was tall and pale, with black, shoulder length hair, tied up in a pony tail, and for a second, she reminded her of that guy from her nightmare. Eva instinctively moved backwards. Nothing was making any sense, and until someone told her what was going on, she wasn’t going to trust anyone in this place.

“Oh, hey!”

The girl closed the door behind her, then dropped her backpack on the desk in the corner. She turned back to Eva immediately afterwards, with a smile on her face.

“Glad to see you’re up, I thought you’d be sleeping through the morning,” she told her, cheerfully.

Eva didn’t reply. She eyed the girl suspiciously, watching her every move like a hawk.

“You’re probably wondering who I am, right?” the girl nonchalantly continued, as if she was having the most normal conversation in the world.

Eva still didn’t reply. She was obviously here for a reason, and now, she had to find out what this girl knew about this whole thing. If only she could get out of this room and find the nearest phone, she could call her grandparents, because they must be worried sick, just as she was about them.

“I’m Isabella, but most people just call me Bella. It’s easier,” she shrugged her shoulders, getting a few notebooks from her backpack, then turning back to face Eva again. “Here, I brought you your homework for the day.”

“My what?” Eva asked.

“Oh, she speaks!” Bella giggled. “That’s improvement.”

“What are you talking about?” Eva kept asking, her tongue finally untying. “Where am I?”

“Did you bump your head or something?” It was now Bella’s turn to eye her suspiciously. “This is Ridgeview Academy.”

“Ridgeview Academy?” Eva repeated.

Now, she really had no idea what was going on. Wasn’t she supposed to start attending Oak Grove High School? Did it change names in the meantime? Now, she was even more confused than before.

“You mean, Oak Grove High School?” Eva asked.

“Oak Grove what?” Bella frowned. “This has always been Ridgeview Academy, for about 500 years now. We’re even having a celebration this year. Are you sure you’re okay?”

When Bella asked her this, she sounded really worried, and Eva almost believed her that she also didn’t know a thing that happened to her.

“So, this is Ridgeview Academy and you’re in my class?” Eva finally asked, trying to piece together this newfound scenario.

“I’m your roommate,” Bella corrected her. “This is Dorm 5. All the dorms are mixed, so don’t worry if you run into idiots walking up and down these halls, like that guy Frey, oh gosh, he’s the worst....” she kept talking about non-connected things, so Eva interrupted her.

“When did I arrive here?”

“Beats me,” Bella shrugged her shoulders. “I was helping with the preparations for the weekend, so I just slept here. The principal just told me I’d have a new roommate coming in, and wouldn’t you know it, last night when I got in, you were here, asleep. So, I didn’t want to wake you up.”

“The principal told you?”

“Yes, Principal Rannulf. He’s very hands on when it comes to the students of Ridgeview Academy, I mean, you’ll see it for yourself.”

“I will?”

“Of course,” she nodded, enthusiastically. “He said that I should look after you until you wake up, and then when you feel up to it, you should go and see him.”

“Why?” Eva kept asking questions, then getting answers which didn’t shed any real light on what had happened to her and how she’d ended up here.

“He said that you’ll probably have many questions and he’ll try his best to answer them all for you,” she echoed.

Eva thought about it for a second. Whoever did this to her, this weird kidnapping, obviously wanted to keep her alive, otherwise they would have hurt her already. They wouldn’t go through such an elaborate scheme just to mess with her. It didn’t make any sense.

She got out of bed, and realized that she was wearing the same pajamas she remembered from that night at her grandparents’ place. It was so strange. She still didn’t know if it all happened or if it was

just some weird trip. But, Eva never did drugs, so she could easily rule that out.

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