Turquoise and Haruka drove across the bridge into New York City and despite them both looking sleep-deprived they made it safely into the city and suddenly stopped by a local coffee shop.

“ Why are we stopping? We need to get to our destination before we miss orientation,” Haruka asked.

“ Love we been on the road for three days straight now if we don,t get some caffeine in our system we will most likely crash into something and die before we get there,” Turquoise said while trying to grab the door only for her vision to get blurry.

“ Then why don’t you let me take the wheel I can keep going,” Haruka said while helping Turquoise with the door. As soon as Turquoise and Haruka reached the counter Turquoise was trying her best to stay awake.

“ Miss, are you feeling ok?” The guy at the counter asked before Turquoise fell asleep.

“ Please don,t worry about her we been on the road for three days straight and the lack of sleep has just caught up to her,” Haruka said.

“ I see in any case what can I get you two?” The guy asked.

“ I will have one java chip and what is the strongest stuff you have?” Haruka said.

“ That would be our El Chocolata Expresso it has twice the amount of caffeine as normal expresso does but I certainly would not recommend it I saw a guy drink ten of these and before I knew it he suddenly vanished like he was transported to another plane of existence,” the guy said with dread.

“ My wife will have one,” Haruka said.

“ Ok but don’t say I didn’t warn you,” The guy said before ringing it up. That will be 9.75. Haruka paid the man with a ten and after taking her quarter went to take Turquoise back to the car to rest in the back seat. After heading back inside their order was ready.

“ One Java Chip and El Chocolata Expresso,” The Barista shouted before Haruka took them. After getting back to the car Turquoise suddenly woke up after hearing the car door open.

“ Glad to see your awake love hope you don,t mind but I went ahead and ordered you the strongest coffee they had you looked like you could use it,” Haruka said before giving Turquoise her El Chocolata Expresso. After drinking it Turquoise suddenly felt a huge rush of energy flow through her body. How do you feel love?

“ Like Mario after grabbing the star,” Turquoise replied.

“ So does that mean you are awake and ready to get back on the road?” Haruka asked.

“ Sure am and we can,t be late for our first day of College,” Turquoise said before taking her spot in the passenger seat. After twenty minutes of driving a huge hill with multiple buildings and a gate appeared. As soon as they pulled up to the gate the guard approached them.

“ What can I do for you ladies?” The guard asked.

“ We are here for orientation,” Haruka said.

“ You must be new students follow the road straight ahead and look for the building on the bottom of the hill on the left that is the Auditorium,” The guard said before opening the gate. As soon as they parked Turquoise and Haruka booked it to the Auditorium and barely made it. After taking their seats a lady in an indigo suit with blonde hair and glasses took the podium and got everyone’s attention.

“ Now that everyone is here lets us begin first off allow me to introduce myself I’m Dean Glenda and as I’m sure you already knew our institution houses an extremely wide curriculum for almost any career path you choose from cooking to business and everything in between,” Glenda said before clearing her throat and continuing. However, there are conditions for being able to enroll here first we only accept the elite and wealthy so anyone who can,t afford the cost of tuition will be asked to leave if they fail to pay up within the first month, second, the graduation rate for each curriculum is twenty percent so study hard and work harder if you want to be successful out there in the real world. Third all though we encourage you to take part in college events such as sports and stuff if your grade point average is less than a B than you will not be permitted to participate. That covers the important parts the rest of the rules will be in your student notebooks which will be distributed in a minute so with that I pass the floor to Professor Hebi. As soon as Glenda left a man with black hair and green eyes wearing a black suit took the podium to wrap things up.

“ On behalf of the dean let me be the first to welcome all of you to Elysium University now line up in an orderly fashion and exit out the door to get your student notebooks and dorm assignments,” Hebi said. The student lined up and after about ten minutes of waiting in line, it was now Turquoise and Haruka’s turn.

“ Name?” The lady asked.

“ Turquoise Dusk,” Turquoise replied.

“ Aw yes, Miss Dusk you are in Room 507 of the Mor Ardain Dorm,” the lady said before handing Turquoise a PDA like device which she assumed was the Student Notebook Glenda was talking about.

“ Next, Name?” The lady said to Haruka.

“ Haruka Goldenburn,” Haruka said.

“ You’re in the same room as Miss Dusk,” The lady said before giving Haruka her Student Notebook. After asking where the Mor Ardain Dormitory was they were directed to a five-story building that looked like a hotel.

“ No way this is our dorm,” Haruka said with disbelief.

“ Guess so,” Turquoise said. As soon as they entered they were introduced to a fancy atmosphere. After riding the elevator to the fifth floor and finding their room they noticed a pad-like device on the side.

“ How do we get in there?” Haruka asked before she received an E-mail on her student notebook as did Turquoise. Turquoise opened it and saw it was instructions on how the notebooks worked.

“ These notebooks are you student I.Ds Your planners and your room keys. You’re free to customize the ringer and notification tones but you’re not allowed to change the wallpaper or the casing. You are required to have your notebook on you at all times while on campus grounds and outside your dorm room. If your notebook gets lost or damaged you will be suspended until a replacement is issued,” The message said. After reading how the room key worked Turquoise held it in front of the pad and after it dinged the door unlocked.

“ Now that is what I call security,” Haruka said before they entered their room and were surprised by the size of it.

“ Is this a dorm room or a five-room apartment?” Turquoise asked.

“ Feels like both,” A familiar voice said.

“ Lemon? What are you doing here?” Haruka asked.

“ I was accepted into Elysium’s Music Program,” Lemon said.

“ Congrats and I’m guessing you were assigned room 507 as well,” Haruka asked.

“ Yep and since you two were assigned the same room as me this makes us roommates,” Lemon said with glee.

“ Who knew the three of us would be together again,” Turquoise said.

“ How are the others doing by the way?” Haruka asked.

“ Sunny and Sugarcoat decided to go to Mali University with Sapphire, Amber, and Disty. Indigo went to some college in Nebraska for something called the College X Games. As for SourSweet, she is at Gainsville University in Florida her parents said that was the only place they could send her because of her condition,” Lemon said.

“ What does her condition have to do with where she goes to college?” Haruka asked.

“ She mentioned someplace called Shans Hospital which specializes in people with certain disabilities and conditions,” Lemon said.

“ Its good to know everyone is doing ok,” Turquoise said. After they finished talking they went downstairs to unload their cars and bring everything to their room. After everything was placed in the center room the girls drew straws to decide who gets which room. After they decided they each took their things to their rooms. Turquoise entered a room with a bed and desk all set up and began by unloading her computer first. After setting it up she then unloaded her clothes into her new closet. While she was unloading she got a message from the administration on her notebook and checked it.

“ To all first-year students please pick up your uniforms by the end of the day,” The message said. After reading the message Turquoise continued unpacking and as soon as she finished she met the others in the living area of their room.

“ Did you girls receive the same message as I did?” Turquoise asked.

“ Sure did and it looks like we need to head to the building on top of the hill,” Lemon said.

Thirty minutes later the girls arrived in front of a skyscraper-like building which served as the administrative office for the whole university. After going inside the lady at the front desk told them to go to the third floor to get fitted for their uniforms. After arriving on the third floor they followed some of the other students to the room they needed to go to. After going inside the lady in charge of uniforms did some measurements on Turquoise and handed her a white blouse with a black and white tartan style skirt and tie and a black blazer with a sword and shield emblem that looked a lot like the emblem for the empire of Mor Adain.

“ That emblem shows which dorm you’re from. There are six different dorms. Argentum, Gormott, Uraya, Mor Adain, Tantel, and Latheria,” The lady explained before giving Turquoise the rest of her uniform. Lemon was next and then Haruka who was not happy about having to wear a skirt. All the girls here are required to wear the girl’s version of our uniform no exceptions. As much as Haruka wanted to object to that she knew there would be no point in doing so and just sucked it up. After getting their uniforms they went back to their dorm room to put them away before discussing what to do next.

“ So what do you girls want to do since we have the rest of the day to ourselves,” Haruka asked.

“ I have my switch and Super Smash Bros Ultimate want to play a few rounds?” Turquoise asked.

“ Sounds good but first let’s get a decent tv to play it on,” Lemon said.

“ Well it just so happens that there is a Great Buy near the campus,” Turquoise said showing them the location on her phone.

“ Well let’s go,” Haruka said.

After twenty minutes of driving the girls arrived at their destination and went inside. As soon as they went inside Lemon checked out the entertainment section and was amazed at the first big-screen she saw.

“ Let’s get this one,” Lemon said with joy. After checking the price tag Turquoise checked the balance in her bank account before giving her decision.

“ As nice as that one looks Lemon 2500 dollars is too much for a TV just for college besides we also need to stock up on food,” Turquoise said to Lemon’s Disappointment.

“ So how much do we have to work with exactly?” Haruka asked.

“ Not including the money we spent on the way here 200,000 at least on my end,” Turquoise said.

“ I have 50,000 how about you Lemon?” Haruka asked.

“ Same with me,” Lemon said.

“ So we have 300,000 between the three of us that’s pretty good but we will need to be wise with how we manage it since we need it to last us the whole year,” Turquoise said. After making her point the girls looked at other TVs and settled on a flat screen that was only 800 dollars. The guy at the check out line rang it up and the girls were on their way to their next stop which was a grocery store called Wegmans which was in Brooklyn. The girls were impressed with what they saw. After buying their food for the week they went back to the dorm to unload everything. As soon as they entered the lobby with their big screen a couple of boys saw them and approached them.

“ Allows us to carry that for you ladies,” They offered.

“ Such gentlemen thank you,” Turquoise said as they grabbed the ends of the box. After reaching the fifth floor of the girl’s side of the dorm the boys followed Turquoise and the others to their room and went inside to help put the TV on the stand.

“ Thanks, boys we can take it from here,” Turquoise said.

“ If you need anything else just ask,” One of the boys said before they left to avoid security. As soon as they left Turquoise hooked everything up including the dock for her switch while Lemon and Haruka were putting the groceries away. After everything was set up the girls played till the sun went down.

Author's Note

I know I ended the first one with a twenty-year time skip but I figured I should do a sequel explaining the events that lead to everything that occurred twenty years later.