Kira

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Jacob pt.4

“What’s up with you? Why were you so blunt?” Jacob asked, not to be mean but because he was curious. “I think needing to sugar coat everything for people is unrealistic” William responded, Jacob sighed at his response and looked around, spotting the cooking club. “You know what, speaking of sugar, why don’t we go see the cooking club? They have samples and at least you have a friend there, one of the few.” Jacob asked, definitely referring to Ocean who was currently giving out samples to students. Jacob didn’t wait for a response, he dragged William to the cooking club booth.

As they arrived, Ocean instantly smiled at William. “Hello William! I met some of your friends.” pointing to Alan and Wayne, Alan with his face stuffed with samples. “Hey Will!” Alan waved, trying not to choke on the food. “Finally I can get another partner.” Wayne groaned, Alan didn’t seem to be the best partner. Shocker. “Well bye William!” Jacob grabbed Alan’s hand, dragging him away. “Wait! Jacob!” Wayne yelled after him but it seemed to land on deaf ears, he sighed. “Great.” Wayne stood next to William reluctantly.

“Hello Ocean, how’s your club going?” William asked him, looking at how well decorated the booth was. “Well our member list is completely full.” Ocean smiled back at him. “Aren’t the lists like 40 possible members?” Wayne asked in disbelief. “Yea they are, How I love the support from my fans” Ocean smiled, people did seem to love him, he’s almost to Jettson’s level. “What?” William asked with the same expression as Wayne. "I know right, how delightful! Wayne, why don’t you go ahead while I speak to William?” He asked politely. “I’m not gonna ask why you know my name, and you don’t gotta ask me twice.” Wayne went ahead of William, disappearing behind all the rowdy students.

Ocean leaned in closer to William, whispering in his ear. “Magnolia and Pinewood's fight was about that prince, it seems if you wanna strike something into Jettson start with his cat first. And there seems to be a rat in their house” Ocean smirked, he had a threatening atmosphere for a split second before becoming sweet and welcoming again. “Goodbye William!” Ocean waved as he served other students samples. William just nodded and strolled away from the cooking booth, Ocean seemed to know a lot about people, perhaps even more than Jacob does. He thought about what he said, there seemed to be a lot of talk about Raiden and how close he is with Jettson but he knew just threatening him with something about Raiden would never work. Maybe he can find out who the rat is so he can worm something out of them, regardless, he was back to square one. William realized he had fallen far behind Wayne and ran up to him.

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Jacob pt.3

To change the subject Jacob dragged William to the book club, which was led by Mr. Preston. “Hello Mr. Preston!” Jacob greeted him with a wide smile, Mr. Preston turned his attention to Jacob, smiling as he realized who he was. “Hello star student, I’m glad you came to view the book club, the rest of the students have been hell.” His gaze shifted to William, His eyes filling with recognition.  “Hello William.” He said quietly, William raised an eyebrow in surprise. “How do you know my name?” He questioned him. “You're that little kid Theodore used to bring around to work, your appearance didn't change much from then. Quite the troublemaker you were.” Mr. Preston sighed, remembering how William used to knock things over and at how Mr. Theodore just laughed when he did so and let Orion clean the mess. “Are you sure that wasn’t some other kid? I don't really remember you.” William asked, shocked that he used to know Mr. Preston. “Oh I’m sure, what other kid would Theodore let trash my office?” Mr. Preston scoffed. “Plus he wasn’t the only one who went to school with your parents.” Mr. Preston crossed his arms over his chest. “But you seem to be friends with Jacob so I’ll assume you're not the same troublemaker, unless Jacob stooped low to be your friend, wouldn’t be surprised considering he’s friends with that Chevalier kid.” “What’s your problem?” William inquired angrily, getting fed up with Mr. Preston’s assumptions, Jacob quickly interrupted. “He doesn’t mean it sir, I’m very sorry about that.” Jacob quickly excused William’s behavior. “Don’t be Jacob, why don’t we talk later hm? You have plenty of clubs to view.” Mr. Preston told Jacob, not giving William an ounce of attention which annoyed William to no end.  Jacob nodded and quickly pulled William away from the booth.

“What’s wrong with that guy's attitude? He thinks he can just treat me like that?” William fumed, crossing his arms over his chest. “He’s just kind of like that to some, and everyone's gonna treat you like that, your status out of school doesn't matter here.” Jacob explained to William. “Also, are you alright? I noticed you seem to explode over the tiniest of comments.” Jacob added on. “What’s that supposed to mean Jacob? Are you trying to say something about me?” William accused as he looked at Jacob. “Nothing! Uhhh, look! The photography club! Why don't we go there.” He nervously suggested, trying to change the subject. William hummed and made his way to the photography club.

A man that William recognizes as Apollo granger handed out fliers about the photography club, he looked over to William and Jacob. “Hello, would you like to look at the fliers?” Apollo smiled and handed each of them a flier, William examined it before looking up at Apollo. “Sorry, not really a camera type of guy.” He stated bluntly, he gazed over Apollo’s shoulder to see Ian Reeve and Isaiah Sanders, he raised an eyebrow. “Hm, say, could you tell me about those two? What got them in the position they are? Shouldn’t they be higher ranked?” William asked casually, Apollo looked puzzled. “What do you mean?” He asked William. “I mean haven’t they worked with the student council? Certainly they’d be higher than a rank five house, at least they’d be the leader. Not too certain that role fits someone like you.” William added on. “Okay let's just.” Jacob guided him away from the booth. “I’m sorry about that Apollo!” He yelled behind him.

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Jacob pt.2

“Haii! My name is Acanthus Morrison. I’m the head of the student council and I'm leading the Yearbook club this year!” Williams' jaw dropped. This guy was the head of the student council? He seemed too friendly for a position like that which made William wonder if his bubbly personality was just a mask. “Hello, Mr. Morrison.” He hesitantly shook his hand, observing him closely. “Hello Acanthus! May you explain the Yearbook club this year?” Jacob grinned

“Oh! Well the Yearbook club will as in the name work on the 2025-2026 yearbook! You will also help with events such as the October dance and work closely with me and the head council.” Acanthus beamed with positivity, no wonder he was the face of the school. William thought for a moment, this club would help a lot with getting him in the higher ranks but yet again it would basically be torture for someone like him. He decided to wait and view the other clubs first, he looked over to Jacob who was writing his name on the possible member list clipboard. “Thank you, it would be great to work with you Mr. Lawrence!” Acanthus told Jacob before greeting new guests to the booth, William and Jacob searched for another club to view. “Yearbook? Didn’t know something like that was your style.” William observed, looking over at Jacob. “I always loved working on the yearbooks, I was a part of the yearbook club last year. I have to say I like Acanthus a lot more as the leader than last year's leader.” Jacob sighed, remembering last year.  “Who was the leader last year?” William asked, folding his hands in front of himself while they walked. “It was Jettson, let's just say he's not the greatest boss ever.” Jacob chuckled nervously, William perked up at the mention of Jettson. “Jettson? Really? That egotistical asshole went for the Yearbook club?” William asked, it didn’t seem like something Jettson would do. “He had no intention of it at first but his prince, Raiden, went into the Yearbook club so he decided to lead it for him.” Jacob explained nervously, he seemed a little uneasy at the mention of Raiden. “What’s up with that Raiden guy anyway? He’s glued to Jettisons' side like a lost cat.” William asked, wanting to know more about Magnolia.

“Uhm, well he’s a very serious guy and doesn't talk much unless it’s to Jettson. But he’s very passive aggressive if you do something to piss off his house or Jettson, he’ll be passive aggressive in the rare chance that he’s talking to you and he has changed peoples grades and made rumors before just because they pissed Jettson off. All I know about them besides that is that he climbed the ranks with Jettson, I don’t really know much else. He’s very reserved and is the reason that Magnolia has a good reputation.” Jacob explained nervously. “I always tried staying out of their way and you should too.” He suggested. William nodded to acknowledge Jacob but deep down he knew he wouldn’t take Jacob's warning.

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Jacob

William strutted out to the courtyard, observing the tents and booths being swarmed with students from the stairs, raising an eyebrow at it.  As he was just watching people Alan and the others strolled up to William. “Heyyy Will, you ready for club day?” He smiled as he stood next to William, Jacob waved and smiled at William. “Club day? I thought it was house day?” William looked over to where Alan and the others were standing. “They changed it because Magnolia and Pinewood had a huge fight, so they changed the days to give them some time.” Jacob explained to William, folding his hands behind his back.

William rolled his eyes, it made sense for someone like Jettson to cause a fight during the assembly period. “Wow I’m so shocked.” He said bluntly. “Well that means we get to see clubs early, I wonder whose leading drama this year.” Alan asked, Wayne stared at him with exhaustion. “You would know if you weren’t sleeping at the assembly.” Wayne stated bluntly. “Wow, that’s the most I've heard you talk.” William made fun of Wayne, he walked up to the booth area not waiting for Wayne to respond, Jacob giggled as he followed William.

“We should probably split up in pairs for every four clubs we visit, so we can actually spend time with each other." Alan insisted, looking at William and Wayne. “Especially you two.” William rolled his eyes. “Fine, I’ll go with Jacob first.” William grabbed Jacobs hand. “Hey! I wanted to go with Jacob first.” Wayne argued, frowning in disagreement. “Calm down, you’ll get your boyfriend later, he’s just the only one I can tolerate.” William responded, already walking off with Jacob.

Jacob grabbed a paper at a front table as well as water. “So it seems the clubs are Poetry, Gardening, Occult, Photography, Fashion design, Drama, Band, Cooking, Art, Fencing, Book and Yearbook.” Jacob explained, raising his eyes from the paper to William. “Yearbook? Mr. Theodore didn’t mention that one.” He raised an eyebrow and grabbed a paper to see for himself. “That’s because the student council picked it this morning. Speaking of, they're around here somewhere, some of them lead clubs.” Jacob scanned around the booths, spotting the Yearbook booth. “Should we check it out?” Jacob asked William. “I don’t see why not.”

They made their way to the Yearbook club, It seemed to be led by a sweet outgoing man with swoopy black hair and a green uniform, Williams’ eyebrows shot up. This guy was a part of the head council. The man saw them, he smiled and held out his hand for a handshake.

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The King pt.2

Mr. Preston sighed as he read off his list.  "It seems the second ranking house, Pinewood, has boycotted the event and won't be making an appearance here today." Willam leaned back in his chair. "Of course they didn't, no one nowadays cares about formal events." William expressed to Jacob who just nervously smiles, just then they heard someone scream from off stage. "Who cares!? Lets just get on with this already!" William rolled his eyes, there was no mistake that it was Jettson who screamed from off stage.

Mr. Preston groaned but carried on. "Since Pinewood isn't attending we can move on to the first ranked house, Magnolia." William fixed his posture, this was the house that really mattered to him. "Bradley Carter, Jester, ranked fifth of Magnolia, Please make your way to the stage." A man with light ginger hair and a knowing smirk stepped up to the stage, William could tell he was one of those guys who gets a little compliment from someone popular and thinks he's a big shot, those people annoyed William to no end. "Elijah Banks, Knight, ranked fourth of Magnolia, Please make your way to the stage." The man stood firmly next to Bradley who had his arms behind his head. Elijah Banks had curly white hair with a bothered look on his face, he had no interest being here along with many other students. "Juan Martín, Duke, ranked third of Magnolia, Please make your way to the stage." A gentle but firm man strolled up to the stage, William didn't really care for him, immediately thinking lowly of him due to him not being the leader. "Raiden Jiraiya, Prince, Second ranked of Magnolia, Please make your way to the stage." A gorgeous goth man with wavy silk black hair that covered his right eye treaded lightly to the stage but stopped, he also waited for his leader at the entrance of the stage, refusing to progress without him. William sat up in his seat, waiting in anticipation for the leader to be called. "Jettson Sawyer, King, ranked first of Magnolia, Please make your way to the stage." William thought it was some joke or perhaps someone else named Jettson until the man he once called an arrogant redhead climbed up the stage with his prince. The audience went crazy for Jettson, if you had no idea where you were you could confuse it for a rock concert with how loud and obnoxious they were. Williams' jaw dropped, the audience was drawn to Jettson like moths to a flame, it was something he had never seen before, not even at his old school and it was something he wanted for himself.

"Hello Meadow spring, I'm assuming you're all glad to see me here today, unlike Pinewood's absence" Jettson smirked as the crowd confirmed his assumption. "I've chosen to lead the drama club this year and my goal this year is to do whatever the student body at this school desires." The students seemed to love his answer and Jettson himself, William couldn't believe something like that worked on them, it was such a basic answer to William but to the others they acted like it was Jesus' words. "Really? That's his goal? How did he even become king anyway?" William seethed with anger. "I'm actually not sure, I may know a lot about the houses but Jettson is smart with how he lets people perceive his house, probably charmed his way there." Jacob answered, not liking Jettson just as much as William. "That's barely even charm! It's mediocre at best." William groaned, but then he thought for a moment, if he wanted to get into the highest ranked house, to be like Jettson, he had to catch the big fish himself, assuming Jettson would have a serious conversation with someone like William.

Mr. Preston took the microphone. "Thank you Magnolia, it seems the audience loved your speech. Now with all houses introduced we will move onto clubs, Mr. Theodore, May you take the stage?" Mr. Preston moved off the stage, taking a seat next to the headmistress, slumping in his seat, he was exhausted. Mr. Theodore walked up on the stage. "Good afternoon Meadow Spring, I'm here today to present the clubs that you will be able to join on the third assembly day." He had on a grey button up with a blazer over his shoulders and smooth black slacks, his hair nicely combed back. "The current clubs from last year are Poetry, Gardening, Occult, Photography, Fashion design, Drama, Band, Cooking, Art, Fencing and Book club, each club can be led by either the student counsel, house leaders and teachers, I myself am leading the Poetry club this year. They will also be given the chance to showcase their club on the third assembly day." Mr. Theodore adjusted his blazer so it didn't fall off his shoulders. "Any questions will be answered by the student counsel tomorrow, for now this assembly is dismissed." As students quickly ran out the gymnasium William sighed and turned his head to Alan who was sleeping peacefully in his chair. "Did he seriously sleep the whole assembly?" William turned to Jacob who was giggling, William noticed the way Wayne perked up at Jacob's giggling, God he made it obvious. "I'm just gonna leave Alan here, Bye you two, see you tomorrow." William made his way out of the Gymnasium, sighing, today sure was long.

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The King

"Thank you Willow, moving on, We have Cauldron, third ranked house of Meadow spring." Mr. Preston announced. "Tayler Sable, The fennec fox, ranked sixth of Cauldron, Please make your way to the stage." Tayler Sable sat at his house emblem, William raised an eyebrow, all Cauldron members had corresponding masks to their roles, Tayler's being a fennec fox. Making it almost impossible to make out any details about their appearance. "Cole Elve, The Deer, ranked fifth of Cauldron, Please make your way to the stage." A chipper young man practically skipped to his place next to Tayler who was serious compared to him. "Floral Abhartach, The hare, ranked fourth of Cauldron, Please make your way to the stage." An interesting young man elegantly walked over to the others, he seemed quieter than the others, something about him drew William in. "Draven Marlowe, The red wolf, ranked third of Cauldron, Please make your way to the stage." A serious young man approached his house members, bowing slightly to Floral who nodded in acknowledgment. "Poe Mourningveil, The eagle, ranked second of Cauldron, Please make your way to the stage." Mr. Preston was visibly getting tired of saying the same thing over again, Poe Mourningveil, stood next to the entrance of the stage, waiting for their leader. "And lastly, Merle Yerrell, The owl, ranked first of Cauldron, Please make your way to the stage." Merle Yerrel stepped on the stage, Poe escorted him to the microphone, bowing slightly before sitting with the others at the house emblem.

"What's with this freakshow?" William asked Jacob, he thought the whole house was improper. "Cauldron has always had interesting tastes, funny enough our old headmaster was a part of it when he was a student here. Despite their appearance they're one of the top houses that don't fight each other and aren't assholes, they bow to each other, not just their leader. Their house was built on commitment and trust for each other. And they're labeled the strongest house by some because of that." Jacob explained, he knew a lot about this house specifically.  "What about that Floral guy? He had the same last name as the old headmaster?" William asked, looking back at Floral. "His mother is the headmistress, making the old headmaster his uncle." William stopped dead in his tracks and looked at Jacob. "He's what? Why does no one seem surprised?" William questioned, seeming puzzled at the revelation. "Well I mean it's not known but it's not kept a secret either." Jacob stated, playing with his hair as he explained.

Merle Yerrel cleared his throat. "Good evening Meadow spring, My name is Merle Yerrel, the head of Cauldron, it is a pleasure seeing you all here today, My house intends to help the school in any means possible, We've chosen the Occult club and our goal for 2025-2026 is to maintain order within the houses and prevent them from using lower status students, as seen from the previous year. Thank you and have a great day." Merle Yerrel got a huge applause, he stepped down from his podium, joining his house at the emblems. 

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Two faced pt.2

"August Schuyler, Cherubim, ranked fifth of Willow, Please make your way to the stage." An elegant ginger man took his place on stage, waiting for his house members. "Miles Frances, Power, ranked fourth of Willow, Please make your way to the stage." Miles Frances stood next to August Schuyler, nothing was really of note about him. "Angel Thoreau, Virtue, Ranked third of Willow, Please make your way to the stage" His name fit his appearance, he seemed elegant and free spirited, Double points for having a pretty face. "Everest Falkner, Archangel, Ranked second of Willow, Please make your way to the stage." A gorgeous man with well kept blonde hair and darker skin stood with his members, smiling and waving to the audience who seemed to love him. "Finally Willow's leader, Ocean Wyatt, Seraphim, ranked first of Willow." Ocean waved and smiled to everyone, he seemed the most popular so far, William smiled as he watched Ocean chat with his members.

"You and Ocean seem to get along now." Jacob mentioned, staring at William.  "We never hated each other or anything, Anything about these people?" William asked, looking back at Jacob. "Well Ocean is rather intimidating, he knows everything about everyone, especially their families. It's to a point that even the highest ranked house leader doesn't mess with him, he's the type to hold something over your head and blackmail you." William's jaw fell, learning about Oceans nature.  "Him? Are you sure we're talking about the same person?" William questioned, taken aback. "Oh I'm sure, trust me, nothing really of note for the rest of the members however, I never really met them before." Jacob explained as Ocean began his speech.  "Good evening Meadow Spring, I am Ocean Wyatt and I'm here to represent Willow. Rest assured my house will treat everyone with grace. I've chosen to lead the cooking club this year. My goal is to assist newer students and help them adjust to our school easier. Thank you so much for listening." He waved before joining his members at their house emblem.

"What did he mean, rest assured?" William glanced at Jacob. "There was an incident with the previous leader, no one talks about it much." William just hums in response and looks to the stage.

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Two faced

"Thank you Thorns for participating, we will move on to the next house. The fifth ranked house, Seacrest, may you make your way next to the stage please?" Same as the first house called, the members collected next to the stage, waiting to be called up. "Leon Dior, Kraken, ranked fifth of Seacrest, Please make your way to the stage." A gorgeous blonde man with an annoyed look made his way to the stage, crossing his arms over his chest as he claimed a spot on stage. "Roman Foster, Bakunawa, ranked fourth of Seacrest, Please make your way to the stage." A man with shaggy dark blue hair and an alternative style of makeup stood next to Leon Dior. "Isaiah Sanders, Mermaid, ranked third of Seacrest Please make your way to the stage." A cute man with softer features strolled over to the other members of Seacrest. "Ian Reeve, Siren, ranked second of Seacrest, Please make your way to the stage." A sarcastic looking man stood next to Isaiah Sanders and made conversation with him, they seemed to be friends. "And lastly Seacrest's leader, Apollo Granger, Leviathan, ranked first of Seacrest please make your way to the stage." A sweet looking man with curly brown hair, deep blue eyes and a camera around his neck stood next to his house.

"What about this house?." He turned his head to Jacob again. "Hard to say, not much is known about them, but the mermaid and siren are an interesting duo, they've worked with the student counsel before, the real power in the house comes from them hence why they are the sidekicks to the leader. Speaking of the leader he's won every leader election he's been in, seems like a fan favorite." William raised an eyebrow. "Election? What election?" Jacob remembered William was new and smiled at him. "Each house in the middle of the school year has a vote. the current leader will be put in a vote with other people, maximum of four, if they win they stay as leader but if they lose it the house is given to the person who won, but if they do bad as leader the house members can do a kick vote, if the majority say yes the old leader comes back." Jacob explained, smiling, William noticed Wayne staring at him but ignored it.

"How do you know all this?" He questioned, curious on why Jacob knew so much about the school. "My father was good friends with the headmistress and her brother. He helped fix the school system when Mr. Abhartach was in charge." William slowly nodded, acknowledging what Jacob told him. Apollo Granger began his speech. "Hello Meadow Spring! My name is Apollo Granger. I'm honored to be the leader and representative of Seacrest and I hope I do my house justice. I've chosen to lead the photography club and my goal this year is to improve the education within classrooms. Thank you so much for attending." Apollo Granger flashed a smile to the crowd and took a seat next to his house emblem, his house following suit. "Thank you Seacrest for your appearance here today. May I introduce the fourth ranked house, Willow." Mr. Preston announced, the house members gathered next to the stage. "Willow? Like Ocean's house?" William questioned. "That's right, you're learning quite fast." Jacob smiled

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The assembly pt.2

As the three conversed and waited for the assembly to begin students around them shuffled and fought over seats, William thought they acted like animals over something so trivial like a seat. Alan frantically tapped William's shoulder. "It's starting." Alan told him as he sat up, William turned his attention to the stage.

A gorgeous woman with a white gothic mask that was split at the mouth with fangs, an oversized flowy jacket around her shoulders over her long dress with a cobweb shape at the bottom, her long blonde curled hair was in a side ponytail. She appeared on stage. "Good morning Meadow Spring boarding school, I'm your headmistress Miss Garnette. I've called this assembly here today for an opportunity for the houses and clubs to have a word with you all, especially the newer students here. We have a productive day ahead of us so why don't we get started, Mr. Preston, may you take the stage." Miss Garnette stepped off stage and sat elegantly in a front row chair saved for houses and staff.

Mr. Preston stepped onto stage, an older tired looking man with curly brown hair and circle glasses. "Thank you Miss Garnette, Hello Meadow Spring I am Mr. Preston and I am showcasing the houses." Mr. Preston flipped through a folder, calling houses up one by one. "The sixth ranked house, Thorns, may you make your way next to the stage?" A group of 5 men made their way next to the stage, all being called up by name and title. "Dee Aragon, Rose, ranked fifth of Thorns, please make your way to the stage." Mr. Preston called out, A man with burgundy hair and an uninterested expression took his place on stage, waiting for the rest of his house. "Caleb Graham, Euphorbia, ranked fourth of Thorns, please make your way to the stage." A ginger bubbly man took his place next to the first guy, it was hard for William to make out the details of them. "We're getting to the high ranks now. James Brooks, Hawthorn, ranked third of Thorns, please make your way to the stage." A brooding man with an elegant posture joined the previously introduced members. "Ezra Dixon, Bougainvillea, ranked second of Thorns, please make your way to the stage." A charming young man with deep purple hair made his way to the stage, saving a spot for the group leader. "Last but not least. Lee Reed, Aralia, ranked first of Thorns, please make your way to the stage." Mr. Preston was starting to sound like a broken record. A beautiful man took his place on the stage, letting Mr. Preston continue before starting his speech.

"Anything about this group?" William turned to Jacob. "Nothing much, they're ranked six because they're pretty, not because of intelligence or wealth, they're basically normal students just with the title of a house." Jacob answered, Wayne picked up Jacob's things off the floor, Jacob smiled at him but got cut off by Lee Reed before he could say anything.

"Hello Meadow Spring, my name is Lee Reed, I am the house leader of Thorns as of currently and I'd like to thank you all for your support to my house and to me as a leader. I've chosen to lead the Gardening club and my goal for the year of 2025-2026 is to improve the school's support groups to those who need it most. Thank you for listening." Lee Reed and his house took their seats in the back of the stage with their house emblem. Mr. Preston cleared his throat.

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The assembly

William sighed as he approached the receptionist. "Hello...." He glanced at the nameplate sitting on her desk. "Miss Monroe, I need a pass for the assembly." William nervously asked, finally glancing up at her face, taking note of her wispy blonde hair and ocean blue eyes. "Mr.Austen correct?" She flipped through her file cabinet. "Yes ma'am." William looks around anxiously. "Glad you're on time this time." She grabbed a pass card and wrote his name on it. "Here you go sir have a nice day." She smiled at him. William took the card and walked to the stairwell.

William sat at the stairs fidgeting with his hands as he waited for his friends, dreading what he can only describe as the end of the world. His heart raced when anyone walked past him, his one weakness was always social interaction, it overwhelmed him to no end. He clenched the silver heart necklace wrapped around his neck, he always wore it to nerve wrecking events. "Hey will!" Alan beamed, sitting next to William on the stairs. William quickly fixed his posture as Alan sat down, letting out a deep breath he didn't know he kept. "You won't believe how hard it was to get down here, everyone's just in the way as usual. Don't worry Jacob and Wayne aren't far behind. Wayne just wanted to make sure Jacob wasn't being pushed around, you know?." Alan chirped, finally taking a glance at William and instantly realized something was off. "Hey, you good man?." Alan asked in a softer tone filled with concern. "Yea yea I'm fine, nothing's wrong with me." William retorted, before Alan could ask anymore Wayne and Jacob showed up.

"Jesus, I had no clue the school had this many students." Wayne gasped for air, it was clear he and Jacob ran the way here. "I mean houses are still trying to get to their spots, there's too many people in the stairwell." Jacob added, looking at the passing students. "Well we should go find a spot before we have to fight someone for one." Alan suggested, As he made his way down the steps he was shoved by an oncoming student. "Move brokie, Jesus do you people have spatial awareness?." The student chastised Alan.

William recognized the student as Jettson. "Hey, what's your problem?!" Alan bickered. "Don't Alan, he's not worth your time." William scolded, he watched as Jettson and four other people walk past, they didn't stay in view long enough for William to examine their appearances. "What's his deal anyway?" Alan grumbled, before William could answer Jacob responded. "That's Jettson. don't mind him, he always uses petty insults." Jacob explained, William raised an eyebrow. "You know Jacob, me and Alan are first years, is there any way that during the assembly you can explain a few things to us?" William asked, standing up to move along with the group to the gymnasium. "Oh I would love to!" Jacob flashed him a smile.

Alan dragged them to a middle row on the left side, not the best placement but it at least had a good view of the stage. The group took their seats Jacob sat down, placing his stuff on the ground for a moment, Wayne instantly claimed the seat on the right to Jacob. William huffed and sat on the seat to Jacob's left with Alan taking his seat next to William. "Ugh it hasn't even started and I'm already sick of this assembly." Alan yawned, he tried to nonchalantly sneak his arm around William. "Stop trying." William threw his arm off of his shoulder, staring daggers at him. "C'mon it was worth a shot." Alan sighed, he leaned back in his chair.

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Preparing

William woke up to his alarm blaring yet again, he was getting more used to this routine but it annoyed him nonetheless. William rubbed his eyes, noticing a bit of color on his hands, he raised an eyebrow and examined his hand. William sighed, his nails were painted black with glitter on them while he was asleep, he instantly knew it was Alan that did it, it was an old tradition he and Alan had done, or more accurately just Alan. He couldn't fuss about it for much longer, he had to get ready. William searched around for the gymnasium, still getting used to the massive school, he reached the doors to the gymnasium and pushed them open, revealing the progress the others already had. Some chairs and bleachers were there already but it definitely needed work, students were setting the stage up with mics, walkways and some decorations. Jesus this school took assemblies seriously. Suddenly a man drapes an arm around his shoulder. "Heyy will, how's it going?." The man was Alan, who else would be bothering him like this.  "Hi, I'm not too fond of your surprise." William uttered, he raised his hand for Alan to see, the skin around the nails red, indicating he tried scrubbing it off. Alan tried grabbing his hand but William instantly pulled it away. "That's not necessary." William bluntly stated, walking around the gymnasium. "Why don't we set up the chairs together?." Alan suggested, ignoring Williams rejection. William just nodded to his suggestion, knowing the work would be a lot easier with someone he knew, even if it was Alan.

William couldn't help but be stuck in his thoughts as he worked, tomorrow was gonna give him a lot of information about the houses, especially the first ranked one. He couldn't stop thinking about how packed the gymnasium was gonna be. God the thought made him sick. William glanced over in Alan's direction, taking note of his shaggy dirty blonde hair in his face, he was never the type to care for his appearance.  His dark brown eyes that lit up when he saw him, although William found him quite annoying. His painted pink nails, it was a rather odd choice but he's done it for years that it almost felt weird if they weren't painted like that. Seeing someone so familiar had calmed his anxiety down a bit but he was still apprehensive about the assembly. "We should be done for now." Alan straightened his posture, groaning as his back ached. William quickly snapped out of his thoughts, he finally came to the realization that Jacob and Wayne were waiting for the two, Alan had already started walking to the doors before turning back to William. "You coming?" Alan asked him, raising an eyebrow, he noticed that William seemed anxious. "No. I'm good, I have to study." William responded, Alan stared at him. "Well suit yourself, bye will." Alan replied as he walked off with the others, William took a deep breath. God he wasn't ready for tomorrow.

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Feline friend

William sat in his dorm, updating his journal with the information Ocean provided to him, his pen swerving around the page with purpose.  He thought back about Jettson, the man Ocean told him about. What about him stood out to William? Was something he thought about often, He seemed like every other snobby heir but he? He was odd compared to them. Williams thoughts abruptly stop as he hears a clanking against his window, it wasn't like the chattering tree branch noise he was used to, it was much heavier than that. His thoughts got interrupted yet again as it got louder, he shifted out of bed and cautiously approached his window.

William's shoulders fell as he saw what was causing the noise, more like who, Alan stood outside in the rain with a laundry basket with a towel draped over it. William reluctantly opens the window.

"Hey Will!." Alan shouted from the ground below his window. "I found a kitty!! I wanna name her Princess!!." He cheerfully shouted as he pulled the towel back, revealing a chubby tabby cat he had hidden in the basket. "What's that gotta do with me?." William shouted back to him, confused why Alan was even telling him. "Can I bring her to your dorm? I wanna get her out of the rain and my dorms' too far." Alam yelled out to him, desperately trying to be heard over the rain. William let out a heavy sigh, thinking on whether he wanted to deal with Alan so late into the day. "Hurry up." William bluntly replied, Alan wasting no time to rush up to his dorm.

William slams his window shut as he waits for Alan who arrives in less than 5 minutes. "Jesus, did you run here? Leave the shoes outside the dorm." William demanded, Alan rolled his eyes but did as he was asked. "Yeah I did, she's getting really cold."Alan responded as he plopped onto Williams' couch in wet cold clothes, William just let him be, sitting at the edge of his bed. "How are you so sure it's a girl?." William questioned, raising an eyebrow at him. "Just look at her! Do you really think any male cat looks like this?." Alan replied as he held up the light colored tabby, her pudge hanging a bit. "She's kind of how I envisioned you as a cat so yes male cats can look like that." William retorted, his eyelids closing slightly. "Does that mean you think of me?." Alan smirked. "No. Not at all." Williams responded quickly. "Wow, aren't you fun at parties. Speaking of, I've been meaning to ask you, do you wanna help set up the assembly in the gym. It'll be fun, you get to skip the entire day if you do." Alan explained enthusiastically, grabbing William's jacket to put around the cat as it sprawled out on his lap, William didn't care what Alan did anymore. "I'll come, just for the day off, I need a break." William replied, taking a deep breath. "Wow, you? Breaks? Never heard of it." Alan smirked. William ignores Alan as he's distracted by the scent that suddenly filled the room, it reeked of wet dog. "Is the wet dog smell you or the cat?." William asked Alan, knowing he wouldn't be surprised if it was him. "Uhm." Alan buries his face in his shoulder, trying to tell if it's him or not. "How should I know?." Alan shrugged his shoulders. "Great, What else are you gonna bring into my dorm, Fleas? Spiders? The black plague?." William joked, but he was serious about how dirty Alan was. "It was never even called the black plague, It was the bubonic plague." Alan corrected him, surprised someone as studious as William wouldn't know that. "Whatever, we're off topic. What are we gonna do with the cat?." William quickly changed the subject when his mistake was mentioned. "Uh huh, Well i should be getting her to my dorm now, she's all warmed up. Hopefully I can sneak her past Mr. Preston, He definitely noticed I was up to something." Alan gently placed her back into the basket and draped the towel over her. "Good luck with that, What time is the assembly setup?." William asked him, moving a bit of hair behind his ear. "Around 8 o'clock in the morning? I think, Bye Will, see you tomorrow." Alan answered, not waiting for a response, he walked down the hall to his dorm.

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New day pt.3

William noticed it was his free period, As he walked through the hall he remembered the gazebo in the garden that he wanted to check out. He made his way to the gazebo, he saw someone reading in it, recognizing him as the blue haired guy from the cafeteria yesterday. He decided it would be good to make friends outside of Alan and the others, He gently sat next to him. "Hello." William held out his hand for a handshake. "Oh hello!." He said warmly and he shook his hand. "My apologies for spilling my drink on you again." He smiled at him. "My name's Ocean, Ocean Wyatt." Ocean stated, excited to make a new friend. "I'm William Austen, Nice to meet you." William introduced himself as he smiled, letting go of Ocean's hand. "Austen? Is your brother Gavin Austen?." Ocean asked as he set his book nicely in his lap. "Yeah he is, I'm sorry for any trouble he could've caused you." William sighed, assuming his brother had a horrible reputation. "Don't worry! He's quite the opposite actually, he's a sweetheart." Ocean exclaimed, William was taken aback. "Really? He's not exactly known for being a sweetheart back home." William raised an eyebrow at the new discovery, maybe his brother changed since the last time he saw him. "It's alright, He's never caused an issue for me or my house." William perked up at the mention of Willow.

"Yes, about the houses, What do the different uniforms mean?." William asked, hoping ocean would have an answer. "Oh, well dark purple uniforms are for regular students or regular house members, Black for leaders of houses and dark green for the student counsel." Ocean explained neatly. "Leaders have an extra pin on their uniform, with the placing of their choice." He pointed to the wispy feather pin on his cap, explaining that was his extra one for being a leader. William listened carefully, he realized that the redhead he encountered wore a black uniform. "Do you know of a black uniform that's a redhead?" William asked, Ocean's face immediately fell. "Oh you mean that asshole? That's Jettson, I wouldn't interact with him if I were you, he's a two faced bitch." Ocean explained casually. William was really caught off guard, Ocean didn't seem the type to curse or gossip. "Well uhm, thank you so much for the information, I have to get to my next class." William politely told Ocean who smiled at him, William made his way out of the gazebo.

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New day pt.2

William went to the cafeteria for lunch break after math class, He picked out his food, grilled potatoes and asparagus with brisket. He scanned the lunch room, his eyes stopping at Alan's table where he, Jacob and Wayne sat. William debated on whether to sit at a different table but swallowed his pride and approached Alan's table.

He sat next to Alan while Wayne and Jacob sat with each other, Alan smiled when William approached. "Hey Will! I'm surprised you sat with us." Alan chuckled, Jacob nodding along. "Hello William!." Jacob exclaimed, expressing how fond he was of William despite Wayne's disagreement to it, Wayne nonchalantly waved to William. "Hello." William blandly said as he started eating, listening to the others' conversations. "Like I was saying, We should do something special, like a friend group thing! I was thinking we should send each other letters and put them in our dorm mailboxes, it can be fun." Alan explained, William noticed he was rather bubbly today. "You know text messages exist right? Why would we do that if we can just text each other?." William asked, raising an eyebrow at his idea of "fun". "What's the fun in that? I think the letter idea is better." Alan argued, Jacob clapped. "I agree! I think it could be fun!." Jacob agreed with Alan, Wayne didn't seem to be on board until Jacob agreed with Alan, not saying much until now. "I mean why not?." Wayne said, leaning back into his chair. "Exactly! See William you can't argue with that!." Alan smirked, William rolled his eyes and sighed. "Fine." He simply said but that was enough to get Alan excited. "Glad you finally came around Will, I think your color should be black." Alan expressed, looking at William.

"What are you talking about?." William had a puzzled look on his face, confused on what Alan was talking about. "We're gonna make the letters color coded, You're black, I'm dark red, Jacob's dark green and Wayne's dark blue, duh." Alan explained to William like he was stupid. "What's the point in that?." William questioned. "It's fun, you're clearly scared of fun, do you jump when people are having fun?." Alan smirked, William glared at him, frowning. "You know what, fine, we can do the letter idea." William budged, already annoyed with Alan. The bell rang, students started filing out of the cafeteria. "Well see you guys later." Alan waved bye and he rested his arms behind his head as he walked out of the cafeteria. Jacob waved bye excitedly to William as Wayne followed him, not even acknowledging William. William took a deep breath and squeezed past all the students.

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New day

William woke up in a panic, loud noise blaring in his ears. He searched for the noise, groaning as he realized it was just his alarm, he slammed his hand down on the alarm to stop the aggravating noise. He staggered out of bed and to his closet, pulling on his uniform, gently adjusting his tie and cap.

William sat in botany class which was hosted in the massive greenhouse in the garden, He rested his chin in his palm, botany class wasn't necessarily his strong suit. As if the class couldn't get worse, none other than Alan Chevalier sat right next to him. William rolled his eyes. "Hey will." Alan says, smiling at William. "Don't call me that." He shot back at him, clearly not liking the nickname, it was bad enough when his brother called him that. "Cmon, Friends have nicknames for eachother." Alan smirked, clearly trying to get William to accept the name. "No they don't Alan." He glared at him, it was too early to be dealing with him at the moment. "Well you've only ever had one friend, that being me, people were either scared of you or hated you." Alan stated, bringing up their old school. "That's better than them thinking they can rely on me for everything." William stated, he had interesting views on friendship.

As class progressed Alan kept poking William's shoulder, as William ignored him it got more annoying. "What could you possibly want?." William sighed as he gave up, finally looking at him. "I urgently need a pencil." Alan uttered. "What do you mean you need a pencil?." William asked, confused at why he was asking. Alan just held up the pencil he's been using, a red one the size of a nub with bite marks at the end of it. "Is that seriously what you've been using all lesson?." William observed the joke of a pencil, Alan rapidly shook his head yes. William rolled his eyes, tossing a pencil over to him. "Thanks Will." Alan smiled, William's eye twitched but he let it slide.  William strolled down the hall, heading to his locker, his eyes landed on a guy in the front of his locker, recognizing it as his older brother Gavin Austen. "What are you doing here?." William cuts to the chase, shoving Gavin out of the way to access his locker, not even glancing at Gavin. "Jeez, could you be any less aggressive? I just stopped by to say hi." Gavin explained, leaning against the locker next to Williams. "Well you just did so can you leave?" William asked, switching out his class books. "Why are you so upset about me being near you? I haven't seen you in how long and you just refuse to talk to me, it's only your second day for christ's sake!." Gavin asked, genuinely confused on why his brother was avoiding him. "Do you know how embarrassing it is to be seen near your sibling in the first few days of school? Plus we have different schedules, I'm not entirely avoiding you." William responded, Gavin tried talking to him but he cut him off by slamming his locker. "I got class, we can talk later." William strolled off to his next class leaving the conversation short.

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Arrogant redhead pt.2

William sat up, he hadn't seen his brother yet. He was so used to going to different schools that he completely forgot his brother also went to Meadow spring, sure he was a junior but wouldn't his brother be looking for him?. It's not like he cared but that's what he did every other time they went to school together, it was actually why he requested to switch schools years ago, was to escape his brother's embarrassing antics. Williams' phone screen lit up, speaking of the devil, His brother had texted him. "So you already made a name for yourself Why do you always make terrible first impressions?." William rolled his eyes at the text message, opening it and responding. "Would you stay out of my social life? Thanks." He responded, closing his phone only to hear it buzz a moment later. "Your not exactly known for having a social life Will, I'm sorry i couldnt see you today i had fencing practice." William immediately opened the message, responding quickly. "You're* at least type correctly when you're at a high ranked school. And don't be, you saved me some embarrassment." He shut his phone off, not receiving another message after that.

He laid in his bed, out of his uniform finally, listening to the rain beat against his window as he wrote down what Jacob told him about the houses. Trying to figure out what each uniform, pin and tie meant. He looked at his calendar, the date currently being September third, a red circle surrounded the date September sixth. It was the start of the three day period assembly. clubs, houses and classes were being introduced, William will learn a lot more than, he set his book aside and curled down in his bed, finally shutting his eyes to relax.