Really she should have seen something was amiss a little while a go, the carriage that brought her to the schools should have been a give away but of course being excited to head out to the Hero's Academy she was barely able to remember to bring her suitcase on board. She started to get the feeling she was in the wrong place as they entered the gates and a quarter to midnight, then she knew she was in trouble the moment she got out and saw the other students. She felt like a lamb among wolves, she kept her head down, though she had the feeling all eyes were on her anyway.<br/><br/>Someone handed her a map and a room key with the number carved on, what she suspected was a bone handle on it. She kept deathly quiet as she put her things away, ignoring her room mates and making her way with the crowd to the Grand Dining hall. There was no escaping the stares, even when she sat as close to the wall and door as possible. Ruby wondered if it was too late to turn back, or if it was wise to even ask about a transfer to fix her mistake.<br/><br/>When the room became silent she looked up with everyone else, looking for the well not source of it, how could silence have a source? Well they found it, the speaker must be the headmaster, she felt a cold shiver run down her spine and she felt her minimal appetite vanish entirely. She pushed her plate away and tried to listen to the headmaster without looking too frightened. It didn't work very well she could feel herself shaking in her seat as she watched him appear all over the room at will. When he appeared much closer to her she let out a squeak of fright, almost knocking her neighbours drink over, but too tongue tied to apologise for it she looked down and closed her eyes tightly. 'I'm not here I'm not here I'm not here' she chanted in her head, and wishing she were back home already.<br/><br/><em>"Take this seriously or this experience will kill you. And I'll be close at hand to personally take you to the other side"</em><br/><br/>Great! She was doomed, she wondered if it were possible to sneak out of the castle and make her own way back home or to the school she'd actually applied to attend. She didn't like her chances either way, stay and die in the first week or try and run and possibly die in a few hours? Or attempt to speak to the headmaster, instant death from the man himself. She shuddered, and buried her face in her hands, her bright red hair hiding her face.