I was on my way to school. Here, in the dome, we started school at age 10. I'm so excited that I finally start school after so long. When I get there, I see people separated into groups, known as Pods. When I found the sign that said "First Years", I made my way over there. Most of the children had their parents with them, but my parents thought I should learn to do stuff on my own.

There was a girl in front of me with no parents either. She turned around and saw me standing there awkwardly. She held out her hand to me, "Hi, my name is Aria." I grabbed her hand and shook it. She had gorgeous short, white-blond hair. Her silver blue eyes made me think of sparkling pearls. Aria was also very tall. She was about a foot taller than me.

"I'm Taylor." I said. Aria's pearl like eyes were so soft and made her look nice. But her skin was almost as pale as freshly fallen snow. It seemed like her entire body had this color of skin, evenly-toned. She was probably the most gorgeous ten year old I ever saw, even though I wasn't surprised to see a beautiful child. We talked for a little bit, starting to get to know each other.

"What are you hoping to receive for your post?" Aria asks me. Here, under a large dome that covers many acres of land, we receive posts, also known as jobs. We live in a dictatorship country called  Purity. In this country, we receive posts from the Keepers. Their are many types of Keepers, the ones that give us jobs are known as Posters.

"I love working with animals, I really want to be a Vet." I said, realizing that I probably won't get the post I desire. Barely anybody does, so what's the point of hoping? Emperor Malone III has very strict rules about posts. Once you get to the 8th Pod, there will be a ceremony in which you find out what your post is. This post will be yours until the day you retire, which is when you're 60 years old.

Aria flashed me a perfect smile. "I want to be a Nurse." She said. "I think it would be really fun to go help others get better." I could just imagine Aria as a nurse as much as I could imagine her being a model. Her parents must have specified very clearly to the Biologists that they wanted a gorgeous child. Most people do now days. But my parents were stubborn enough to have certain controversies about creating a customized child.

"That sounds fun. I guess we both have interests in curing things." I smiled warmly at my new friend. I grab a fistful of my waist length, dark brown hair and started fixing it up in a pony tail. "When do you think class will start?" I asked, and just then I heard the blaring sound of the bell. "Never mind."I mutter and smile, excited for what might happen next.

Aria cringes at the sound of the bell. "I think it will take me some time to get used to that..." she mumbles and grins. It looks as though everybody is as excited about our first year at school as I was. Some were even jumping up and down in excitement. Others were shaking as if they were nervous, but were still grinning all the less. I stood there next to Aria with a wide grin plastering my face.

A teacher comes out with a delicate smile and her posture was very tall and straight. She had her light brown hair up in a bun and her hazel eyes scanned the dense crowd. She pushed her glasses back onto her nose and said, "Welcome new learners." When the children didn't calm down, her smile disappeared. I didn't think it was possible, but she stood up straighter. "SINGLE FILE LINE PLEASE." she said in a raised voice.

All the kids stopped talking and their grins disappeared as they all lined up. I followed right behind Aria, and gripped my notebook in the hand. When the teacher saw how orderly we were lined up, she smiled softly again as if she didn't yell at us. "Very well. I'm Miss Ray, and I'll be you're teacher." She made eye contact with every student and when her hazel eyes found my plain brown pair, I shivered a bit. "Alright Learners, let's go in." She turned around and the silent line snaked in behind her.

When we approached our classroom, each kid sat down quickly and quietly, trying not to get on Miss Ray's bad side. The classroom was on the first floor and had an entire wall made of glass. It was very big, so it will fit our large class. There weren't any desks or chairs, so we all chose a spot on a large and colorful carpet to sit down. Aria sat down toward the middle, and I went to sit next to her.

Most children were whispering to one another, so I thought it would be safe to talk quietly to Aria. "She's a bit different than I expected my teacher would be." I whispered, out of the teacher's ear shot. Aria nodded and smiled at me, but continued to look forward. I sighed, and started to pull my hair out of its ponytail.

"Class." Miss Ray announced and the room grew quiet as the looked fearfully at her. She smiled widely as if this amused her. "Let's get started."