Sabine arrived at Prufrock Prep the next day, and wrinkled her nose at the awful uniform Mr. Poe had forced her to wear.
"I do not look good in gray," she mumbled to herself as she walked to the building where she was supposed to meet the Vice Principal.
Mr. Poe had said that Vice Principal Nero would come out and get her when he was ready to speak to her, so instead of knocking on the man's door, she took a seat on the bench outside his office. She sat there patiently for hours, looking through her commonplace book as she waited to be summoned. Finally, someone approached her, but it was not a member of the school staff, rather a little girl with curly red hair and a very frilly dress.
The girl stomped up to her, her pink dress wrinkling where her arms crossed over her chest. Her nose wrinkled up in disdain. "Who are you?" the girl snapped, her tone loud and rude.
First of all, who are you, and why are you being nasty to me? Sabine thought. She wanted to say it aloud, but figured she should at least try to make a good first impression at this school. Sabine stood up, and held her hand out to the girl. "I'm Sabine Trillian. It's nice to..." She was going to say It's nice to meet you, but so far, it hadn't been nice to meet her, so she just trailed off, keeping her hand extended for a handshake.
But the girl merely sneered at her hand and said, "Follow me, cakesniffer." Then she spun on her heels and marched down a hallway.
Sabine, confused, shot a glance towards the vice principal's door. She was supposed to wait for him to come get her, but maybe this girl knew more about the situation than she did, so she rushed after her down the hallway. The girl gave her a tour of the school, and she listened intently, even writing down a few things that seemed important in her notebook, so she'd remember them later. Once they were finished, they ended up back at the Vice Principal's office.
"This is Vice Principal Nero's office, where you were supposed to be ten minutes ago, so now you're late," the girl said cheerily.
Sabine frowned. "Uh, okay... Thanks, I guess?" She shook her head. Maybe it was just her, but this girl was a disorienting whirlwind, and she didn't quite understand any of what had just happened. It was then she realized she'd never caught the girl's name. "What's your name?" she asked.
The girl frowned and stomped her foot. "Everyone knows I'm Carmelita Spats!" she shrieked.
Sabine took half a step back, wincing at how high the girl's voice had gotten. She seemed like she was about to have a temper tantrum from the way her shoulders were heaving, and Sabine suddenly realized that she must have been incredibly spoiled to react this way over someone not knowing her name. "Well, you didn't tell me that, so-"
"It doesn't matter! You should have known already because I'm the most special girl in the whole wide world!" Carmelita yelled.
Sabine wanted to slap her across the face. Yet, she shoved her hands into her pockets and grit her teeth. Don't cause trouble on your first day, she urged herself. "If you say so," she said simply, figuring that was a safe answer.
Carmelita's nose twitched irritatedly at her, then she spun around and knocked loudly on the Vice Principal's door. The horrible screeching sounds that had been going on inside the room stopped and the door flung open, revealing a man with crazy hair, twisted teeth, and a broken violin.
"What do you want?" the man shouted.
Sabine winced again and took another step back.
"Here's the newest cakesniffer and she's late for her meeting with you, Vice Principal Nero," Carmelita explained sweetly.
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