~PROLOGUE~

*•*•*•I lost the battle, and the war•*•*•*

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"So are you there yet?" My best friend asks me as I walk through the gates of my new school.

"Yeah. This place is fucking huge." I say walking through the gravelly pathway to the... you know what I don't know where the hell I'm going so I can't really tell where this gravelly pathway leads me to. When I got out of the cab there was a guard at the gates of the school. I asked him where the main office was and he told me to walk straight and I would see it. I can see a lot of buildings, but how the fuck am I supposed to know were the main office is. "And I'm already lost that's just fan-fucking-tastic." She laughs at me and speaks.

"Yeah that will happen at a new school you know people get lost all the time."

"I have never changed schools in my life I have always gone to the same school."

"Think of it like this, it's all your fault for being a trouble maker." I roll my eyes at her even though she can't see me and sit down on a bench.

"You're blaming me?"

"Madd's I love you with my whole heart, but you need th-" She stops talking and I furrowed my eyebrows. I hear a voice in the background that I immediately recognize as her brother's. "Look babe I gotta go, dad is grilling and he needs my help."

"Okay talk more later, say hi to your dad for me please."

"Will do. Talk to you later." We hang up and I stand up to start looking for somebody to ask directions to. My phone rings and I see that it's Natasha.

"Hello?"

"Hey, I was just wondering if you got there yet."

"I did."

"That's good that's good, I'm glad you're safe."

"Are you though?"

"Why would you even ask that? Of course I'm glad you're safe."

"I'm not safe though, I'm in whole different state with none of my friends or family, this is not my home Nat. This is hell. I left everything behind just because you decided to send me here, because you thought this was what was best for me. News flash Nat it's not." I yell at her through the phone not caring that there're people staring at me.

"Maddie, you may not see it now but it is what's best for you, and that's all I want for you."

"Yeah that's your opinion. I have to go, I still need to meet with the headmaster and get my schedule and all of that shit." I say hanging up the phone. I throw my phone in my bag and start walking towards what I hope is the main office.

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I'm currently sitting in the world's most uncomfortable chair, in the hottest main office ever, looking at a weird middle aged woman. She has one green eye and the other is blue... how does that even happen? Anyways, when am I going to get the fuck out of here? I want to take a nap already.

You're probably wondering where the hell I am, and why the I'm here. Well, for that we have to go back two and a half weeks ago, so let me hit you with a flashback real quick.

-----Flashback-----

"I'm not going to that fucking school. Want to know why? Because I'm not going to some stupid Academy, located God knows where and leaving Sebastian here with you!" I yell at my bitch of a stepmother as I got out of the car and slammed the door behind me.

"Oh yes you are, young lady. You have been out of control, staying out every night, vandalizing the school, stealing, the list goes on, not to mention nearly getting arrested, not once, but twice. I don't care what you say, you're going. End of story." She tells me walking right behind me. I turn around not really tolerating her anymore.

"Read my lips. I'm. Not. Going." I yelled again. I hate her so much, what the fuck did my dad see in her. She's the Devil!!

"You know what? It's not your decision to make. I'm yours and Sebastian's legal guardian, and what i say goes. Comprende? Understood?" She says narrowing her eyes at me.

I glare at her. "You know what? Fine, you win. I will go, but just so you know, it's only because I want to get the fuck away from you." I walk away as she continues to yell at me.

"Go ahead, walk away from me, but just so you know, I'm doing this for you and your wellbeing. You may hate me, but i only want what's best for you and Sebastian. I know this school will do just that. Look, I know I'm not your mom, but I do love you as my own daughter, so yes, I'm sending you to a fucking Academy, where the troubled and the scandalous go, because, look at me" I look at her while narrowing my eyes. "That's the way you're behaving, and it can't go on like this" she tells me, and with that I walk away.

I know deep down in my heart that she only wants the best for Sebastian and me, and that she does love me. I do love her as a mom, but I will never tell her, because all the people that I love end up leaving me or dying. I don't want her to leave me too. I know she's already leaving me because she's sending me away to some prissy Academy, the only difference this time  is that she's not leaving me, I'm leaving her. And I fucking hate it.

I go to my room, open Spotify, and put on my 'I'm angry' playlist, after a couple of songs I decide to google the school where my stepmom is sending me, and get even more angry because it's all the way over in Washington. That is all the way across the fucking country. Realizing I've read enough of this school, I turn off my phone and connect it to the changer. I get off the bed and get in the shower, maybe I can wash some of this anger off.

When I get out of the shower, I go to my closet and find the biggest hoodie there is. I add some sweatpants and then go lie on my bed for a while.

A couple of minutes pass until I decide to get something to eat. I walk down the stairs and when I enter the kitchen mom is there, she realies I'm here and looks up at me. I've been calling her mom for a while now, just not to her face, she would get too exited. "Hey." I say with a slight smile.

"Hey sweetheart, I uhm- I'm sorry about earlier, I didn't mean to go off on you like that." She says while walking over to me, giving me a hug and a kiss to the forehead.

"It's okay, I'm sorry too." I say with an apologetic smile. She starts to check for my temperature, and I roll my eyes while laughing.

"Who are you, and what did you do with my stepdaughter?" She smiles back at me. "I love you sweetie, and I know your father's death was hard on you, but you're out of control. I can't keep letting you get away with this. Trust me, I don't want you to travel all the way across the fucking country, to some prissy Academy, but you need this, and who knows, maybe you'll make some friends? You know you need those. You'll have so much fun, I promise you." She actually sounds sincere while saying that.

"Okay." I say sincerely. "I still hate the idea of leaving Sebastian. I know he's going to be okay with you here with him, but it doesn't feel right."

If you're still wondering who Sebastian is, he's my cousin. The reason I don't want to leave him alone is because we're literally brother and sister. We grew up together, we know all of each other's secrets, we do everything together. His parents, my aunt and uncle, died when he was young so my father became his legal guardian. After that, we literally became brother and sister, we were inseparable. Once my dad died, Natasha, my stepmom, had custody of Sebastian and me. She could've chosen to give us a ride to the orphanage, say 'bye kid's' , and let us become real life Annie's, but she didn't, she made the choice to keep us. She made sure we had everything we wanted and everything we needed. Now sebastian and I are in her custody so that's that.

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For the net two weeks, sebastian and my stepmom helped me pack my whole life into boxes. Sebastian was sad at first, and his dramatic ass said, and I quote "I feel like I'm loosing my sister" while letting some fake tears roll down his cheeks. He got over it once we talked about how he can come and visit, and how I will come back for the holidays, so all is well with that. The day that I leave for Henderson Academy, or as I like to call it 'Hell' , is finally here.

-----End of flashback-----

And that ladies and gentlemen, is how I ended up in the world's most uncomfortable chair, in the hottest main office in the universe, staring at the weirdest eyes I have ever seen. I lost the battle and the war.

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AUTHOR'S NOTE

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