Collapse- Part 1

The thing is we were not supposed to be so used to the life of simplicity and the difficulty of live. Though true enough, the fact that not all of us are the best or the smartest, It is completely impossible you can keep failing everything time and again unless you turn the paper in all blank. When my teacher came to collect it, he simply stared at my paper which was completely blank.

"What is the meaning of turning in an empty paper for your year-end examination? It isn't going to do your marks any good." I simply looked at the floor, what for talk about something that is long over?

"I want you to do the paper now and complete it within 15 minutes. I need to put at least a grade on that paper. He left me alone and I simply stared at it. It was easy. He only said that he needed a grade so I went through the paper once again, reading the questions and simply wrote the final answers of the paper. He picked it up and demanded an explanation from me about the paper, to which I pointed out that he only needed to place a grade on it.

"You may get away with it now, but when the principal finds out about this, you wouldn't have it that easy." He said but I knew things that he wouldn't know in a million years. I got home ad got bombarded with questions by my dear father.

"I heard that you gave your homeroom teacher problems during the test." My father said. He was slim and really strong. I have no idea how he could be my father and yet look as if he is still in his early thirties. Everyone respected him because he is the current principal of Oraien High which is one of the most famous schools that was created for the purpose of grooming the next world leaders.

Oraien High is located just across the mountain on the other side and was heavily protected. The school was huge and all the students were hand-picked by my father. Just as his principal had done, picking the best of the best students that shows the potential of being the next leader.

"The test was simply too easy, so I turned it in blank. I solved them in five minutes. Five pitiful minutes," I said shrugging. At first, I thought he would blow up at me but he simply kept quiet and seemed to be pondering about something.

"Let us both make a deal. Since you find this school too easy, why don't you come to my school? If you can last more than a month in there and gain at least half of your class's support, you can stay in Oraien, otherwise, you will have to return to Mark Alexon and obey your teacher."He said and I laughed, thinking that he was simply joking until I realized that he wasn't laughing along with me.

"You are not joking, are you?" I said as I read his intentions.

"No, I am not joking."

"You have the deal. Be prepared to lose." I said to my father as we looked at each other, this is getting interesting.

So that was how I ended up standing just outside of Oraien High and dressed in the guy version of the school uniform. The boys wear a dark blue button up shirt with jeans. The girls on the other hand wear a dark blue blouse with a plaited skirt that was both dark blue and white.

"Why are you not wearing the regulated uniform for girls?" My father asked and I just wanted him to stop nagging at me and just get me to class already. I wanted to get the introductions over and done with.

"This is your class leader. His name is Marco Reinsworth." I looked over at the boy he was talking about and my first reaction to him was 'whoa, he is cute.' And that was an understatement of the year. He is more than cute. He looked at me with wash-out blue eyes and his reddish hair that when the sun shone on it, it looked more of a honey color.

"It is nice to meet you, Marco. My name is Rucia Stocke." I said using my nickname. I didn't want anyone connecting me to my father so I changed my surname so I wouldn't get special treatment because of who my father is.

"Glad to know someone does." He said smiling, leading me towards my first class of the day. I stepped into the class and my senses were assaulted by the smell of really sweet deserts. There were chocolates, there were also cakes and cookies but what caught my eyes was the Mont Blanc sitting in the middle of the table of sweets.

"Well go on girl, taste it, then we can decide where to place you." The teacher said and I looked at him.

"May I?" I asked as I picked it up.

"Sure dig in, however, I want you to recreate the taste in this Mont Blanc after that." He said and handed me a spoon, everyone simply stared on, most likely wondering who I was and why was I allowed to eat that particular dessert.

I took a spoonful and felt the creamy goodness of the Mont Blanc on my tongue. Immediately I placed it down and started gathering all my ingredients. Chestnuts, Salt, Sugar and Whipped cream, those were the main ingredients to a Mont Blanc.

I placed the chestnuts into the oven for a moment, until the shell and inner skin can be easily removed before boiling the skinned chestnuts in water with the salt and three tablespoons of the sugar, until they were tender. After which I added half a cup sugar to the water and chestnuts left it there until thoroughly cold. Following which, I removed the chestnuts from the syrup and diced the chestnuts and added a spoonful of sweetened whipped cream before a border of whipped cream around the edge of the dish and adding nuts at random intervals.

When I was done, the teacher tasted it and everyone was really quiet as I worked, even as I finished.

"It's delicious… It even tastes like theirs." He said and pointed to the table furthest from him and a girl gasped.

"Wait! Isn't that the Princes table?"

"Tell me girl, what is your name?" The teacher asked.

"Rucia Stocke." The teacher's face fell.

"I see, I thought you were Rucia Seeing, the principal's daughter. She has the ability to copy the flavor of a food after tasting it once like you do. To come about it, you two even look alike." He said and a girl at the side grumbled in displeasure.

"At least she has the ability to hold people's attention without wearing such a short skirt Marie." The boy with a pair of frameless glasses said and looked really smart.

"Oh shut up Alexander!" And the girl's friend grabbed her and started whispering to each other.