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the inside was all dark of course but the black
leather made it pitch dark. Classic music played lightly while the
driver and the other guy that had led us in the SUV spoke in
another language to each other, I wondered if they were talking
about us but Robert interrupted my thoughts.
    "Tallahassee." He said flatly. I had been
here before, but that was a long time ago with my parents when my
dad had to go for his job. My dad was a hard worker but also a
great father, him and my mom were always together and agreed on
most things. Even when I misbehaved, one never really took my side
over the other but both were about even they were really the
perfect parents, to me at least.
    "Where are we going now?" I
asked while I was still reminiscing on the days when I used to have
a family. My mother was an English teacher and the best, when I had
trouble with my homework she always found time to help me, and I
always had an A on English. My dad was an engineer, he was out of
town a lot towards the end before the incident, but not alone. Both
my parents would leave together when he had a job out of town,
while I stayed with my then best friend Haley. The one time I had
gone to Tallahassee was when I had just turned fourteen and my
parents insisted on me going with them, they had said it would be a
nice mini vacation for me because I never really left Jacksonville.
And it was, we spent a couple of days there while my dad worked a
little, me and my mom had gone shopping and to day spas. It was the
most relaxing time, but tonight it just seemed like it was missing
something, my parents.
    "The Dark Night Institute,"
He changed his tone.
    "Never heard of it," I looked at him this
time and he was already staring at me with a weird expression on
his face, until he spoke he looked out his window.
    "That would be because it's new." He was
being sarcastic so I looked away.
    "Institute… not high
school?" I realized after a few minutes the difference. "Sounds
like a crazy asylum" It really did.
    "Not high school. We
combined High school with college, it may seem awkward to you. But
they're trying to encourage students to do six years of high school
and college together. And it’s not a crazy asylum." He emphasized
that last part,
    "That's...different." The city lights were
shining brilliantly and cars drove past us to their destinations
while I could only imagined the place I was being taken to.
    "Yes." He agreed, after that we were silent
for about forty five minutes before Robert spoke.
    "Ah, here we are." He pointed outside my
window, what I saw was Wow! A castle, but it certainly was a school
I could tell it was full of students and people or more like I
sensed it. The driver didn't park, but he stopped in front of the
entrance, that was huge. Robert opened the door and I followed, he
got the luggage and said something to the men that stayed in the
SUV, we walked in the school and it was magical from the
inside.
    "Are all the schools like this?
    "Institutes, yes they are." He corrected me,
I just ignored that.
    The walls were a golden color there were no
real lights just many, many lanterns. The lanterns were very old
fashion, but also modern with hardwood floors all the way to the
end. The hall was large and the ceiling was about fourteen feet
high, they had gone with a chapel look. We walked to the first door
on the right and went in without knocking.
    Hanging from the ceiling was a chandelier
that looked like it was made from white gold. We were in a waiting
area, Robert told me to sit down he left the luggage with me while
he went to talk to a lady that was sitting in a desk at the other
side of the room. I waited patiently but it was taking him a
while.
    "Marissa Italy Annelisse Dawney, we have been
waiting for you." A lady's voice said ecstatic.
    I stood up as she
approached, followed by Robert. "I'm sorry. I don’t think I know
you." I was trying to be nice, but it was strange how they knew my
name, my clothes sizes, what kind of music