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to.
    "I wouldn't say good taste. Because that's
just not my style, but it's not ugly either, I'll wear it." I
glanced at him to discover that he was staring at me, then he
looked away and his face changed.
    "You have too. Everybody is required, girls
wear big fancy dresses. And we get to wear the usual tuxedos, lucky
us." He smiled slightly and tried hiding it, only annoying me
further.
    "Yeah, not fair," we were now at the first
floor. We went through some doors and it was dark. When lights came
on, I realized I was in an auditorium. Joy. "What is this?" I
asked.
    "Just a regular school meeting, the whole
student body is here, let's sit there." He pointed at the last row
in the bleachers. I followed him, no one looked at us, everyone
seemed to be into their conversations, the auditorium was full of
students but it was too dark to see clearly. We sat quietly and
then we saw a lady walk up to the stand on the stage.
    "Good morning. I am sure you are all waiting
for breakfast. This will only take a few minutes." she said looking
down at some papers she was looking through. "We are having the
Fifth Ball Room Dance tonight." To that announcement, the students
applauded. "We will have contests and serve dinner as usual, some
received their clothing yesterday. Some will today, but you will
all be dressed appropriately by this evening. We will have a band
play for us tonight." She hesitated before she continued,
apparently not liking what she was about to announce. "Today's
activities will be limited, because of the ball. But go about your
day as normal as always. If you would like to volunteer to help
out, see me or God Frederick. Thank you, have a good day. You are
released." She left the stand in an instant.
    "That's it?" I asked expecting it to be
longer. "Pretty much, yes," he said standing up.
    "I already like it here." I stood up and
followed him.
    "Good, you're making progress." He said as he
smiled and looked at me until someone broke the awkwardness.
    "Mia? Oh my god. Oh my god. Oh my god! It's
really you!" It took me a minute to really see who I was looking
at.
    It was Mereily.

CHAPTER 6
    “Give her space to breathe.” Robert said. I
could hear everything, I wasn’t faint, but I wasn’t there
completely. This whole time I had been hoping that my friends were
alive, and sure enough I walked into Mereily. She was so different
and I was still in shock staring at her. Her hair was so long and
it looked so smooth down. She dyed it? No. it was just darker than
I remembered. Her skin was simply white, not pale just white, and
her eyes were an even brighter blue. She was wearing a purple skirt
that was too short for my taste, with a really pretty black blouse.
She did always look her best. To her left, friends of her stood
looking at me oddly. To her right was a girl that I had seen
before… oh right, Genevieve.
    “I’m fine… I think.” I told Robert who was
over me, I moved him out of my way to have a better view.
    “Only here a day, and already causing
trouble.” Genevieve said loud enough for people that were trying to
exit the auditorium could hear.
    “That’s not nice Gene, she’s my friend.”
Mereily said to her, Genevieve snorted.
    “I am, so back off okay?” I snapped at her,
she really had an attitude problem.
    She gave me a dirty look and turned away.
“See you around Mere.”
    “You let her call you Mere? What happened to
you?”
    “The same thing that happened to you…
apparently,” She waved her hand up and down at both of us. “It’s
still me, okay? Look, maybe we should go.” She grabbed my arm and
pulled me out of the auditorium. I didn’t argue and followed along.
Nobody followed us, not even Robert. We went through so many doors
I got dizzy, just trying to remember.
    “I’m so glad to see you!” She hugged me, and
I hugged her back. It was a relief to know at least one of my
friends was safe.
    “Mereily, I was hiding in an old building
somewhere in England for the past five months!