Cameron stood at the head of the auditorium, behind the podium flipping through the speech she'd prepared in neat script on notecards.  After studying each card her dark eyes would glance at her watch, then to the back of the auditorium where several of the teachers were filing the students in to sit according to their class schedules.  Then she would look back to the next card in the stack to continue rehearsing her speech.  Her watch beepd just once, signaling there was a minute remaining, and she looked up just in time to watch the final student finding her seat followed by Alex.  With a smile she nodded to the woman before looking out across the Auditorium once more.<br/><br/>"I'd like to start by welcoming you all to the Winter Snows Accademy for Girls... I am Headmistress DeWinter.  As one of the success stories of former students that have gone on to find a decent husband, I have been asked to return to help mold the young minds of another generation of girls into proper young ladies...  Your parents have sent you all here for just this reason.  The teachers here are some of the finest in their fields, and I remember some of them from our days here together as students."<br/><br/>She smiled fondly to several members of the staff, suddenly frowning as the auditorium doors opened to admit a late student.  She was one of the older girls, one Cameron recognized from the stack of files marked as 'problematic students'  She waited for the girl to find a seat before continuing.<br/><br/>"Punctuality, though not on the cirriculum, is very important here at Winter Snows Accademy...  Tardiness will not be dealt with lightly, for any student..."  With that, Cam gave a pointed look at the teachers, unsure at the moment of who her first class was with.  After the interruption, Cameron continued on with her speech, detailing the various classes the girls would be attending as well as the strict schedule they would have to adhere to.  It had been timed perfectly for the assembly to end at ten minutes to eight, just enough time for the girls to make it to breakfast.