Welcome to Gaia! ::

Anna Blanche slid out of the bright yellow taxi, paying the strange man behind the wheel and pulling her bags out of the trunk. “Thank you,” she whispered as the car drove away. As she turned around she sighed, “Another year of suffering…” She stared hard at the large white building in front of her, her second year at this weird school, she didn’t think it would be any different than the first year. Anna cringed as she leaned down and picked up her suit case and backpack. She slowly began her way inside the girl dormitory.

She reached the door and put her bag down; she checked her watch, “5:36 pm…” she said to her self. “It should still be unlocked” she reached over for the door handle and yanked the door open. It was dark inside, and smelled of dust and new paper. Anna grabbed her bag and stepped inside, the old floor creaking under her weight. The front desk sat in front and two hallways going in different directions, each hall with a stair case. Anna sighed and walked in, putting her bags at the front desk and running back to close the door.

Anna strolled back over to the desk and hopped over it, she remembered this from last year, no one worked at the front desk of the girl’s dorm, but all the keys and things were kept in the drawers, so first come first serve. Anna tried a few drawers, the first two were locked but she easily opened the third, reaching in and pulling out a large silver key labeled 304. She smiled and jumped down and picked her bags back up and made her way upstairs to her room.

Anna walked down the hallway and counted the passing doors as she went, “301… 302… 303… ah,” she exclaimed, “304.” She inserted the key into the keyhole and turned it clockwise, the door made a quiet crack as she pushed it open. A small cloud of dust puffed out onto her face she coughed into her black glove, wiping away the dust and peering into the cold room. There were two beds on either side of the room, two desk at the end of each one, a small table in the middle of the room, and two dressers side by side between the beds. Anna sighed and relaxed a little as she tossed her backpack onto her dresser and laid down on the bed, curling up into a ball and quickly falling fast asleep.