Smoothing out the plain black skirt that mad up part of the female uniform, Yayauhqui sighed as she picked her way through the crowd of students; some waved and smiled at her. Those that waved shared the same dark hair and ear spools, although theirs had been decorated differently than hers. Everyone else seemed to be curious about her but she brushed them off. She was used to getting strange looks anyways. Not everyone back home had elaborate ear spools decorated on every surface with intricate lines.

The students wore a plain black uniform with a white dress shirt and black tie, all genders wore fastened vests. On their sleeves were small colored bands that tied around their biceps. Each had a different symbol, showing which dorm they would belong to. To even further show who, to be more specific, they belonged to on the bands was also another symbol. On the armbands of the new students there were no dormitory symbols nor was there much of an indication of anything, as their bands would be black. Their colored bands would be given to them once their heritage was discovered. Yayauhqui touched the black sash around her sleeve as she walked. 
Halfway to the Headmaster’s office she bumped into someone.

“Hey…”

Looking up she seen it was a boy. He looked just as normal as she did save for the color of his eyes. They were a brilliant shade of green with large flakes of gold in them. “Sorry about bumping into you,” his voice held a slight German accent. “I’m Jan by zhe vay. And you are?”

“Yayauhqui,” she said with a smirk. Not many pronounced her name correctly on the first go. After several failed and butchered attempts at her name the girl giggled and gave a nickname, “Just call my Yaya, my mom is really into the Nauhatl language, which is indigenous to Mexico.” She explained as they walked. Jan smiled and listened to her. Jan’s small armband was the same, undecorated black armbands as hers.

“Are you new here too?” he asked.

Yaya nodded, “Yeah…it’s weird here but I like it,” she said to him as they entered the clock tower building, as Jan had called it. The secretary greeted both of them and directed them to the Headmaster’s office.

Jan and Yaya were surprised to see two students there already; a girl and a boy who were just as confused as they were.

“Welcome Jan,” the Headmaster greeted Jan first who sat closest to the girl, “And Yaya…huqui…”He pronounced her name slowly but got it right. She smiled and bowed her head slightly, she muttered a soft thank you before taking the last seat. 

“So why are we here?” Yaya asked, Jan nodded as he looked at the Headmaster.