Daria woke up with a start, it was the first day of arriving at the strange academy that she was enrolled in through anonymous reasons. She rubbed her eyes, lips parting with a big yawn.

She crept out of bed, changed from her linen pajamas to the uniform given to her in the mail by the academy.

She ate her grandmother's breakfast in a rush, not wanting to be late for school. As she wandered out, she realized the academy was a few blocks from her grandmother's cottage, so Daria did not bother getting on a trolley.

Daria saw another student at the entrance, she was a woman like her, but looked slightly older than her, around 18.

"So, what's your name?" Daria said in her slightly squeaky voice, her Sheffield accent giving it more lilt.