Post by Poe on Jan 2, 2008 21:00:02 GMT -5
Only in fear do we live free.
In 3148, the world has taken a turn for the worst, and for the best. Men have returned to the highest position in social hierarchy, academies are reopened everywhere for young ladies to attend and learn how to sip tea, and women are the property of their husbands, expected to do no more than bear children and frequent dinner parties. The young gentlewomen are marched off to their academies where they learn to curtsy; while there are many of them all over the world, Florence’s Academy for the Young is the most prestigious—and infamous.
The cliques that the girls have formed are innumerable. There are those that listen to the headmistress and those who don’t; there are those who are here on scholarships to be governesses, and those that are here because of their family’s wealth. They enter the school at ten years of age and remain until their season, when, hopefully, they will find a suitable husband in this strange new world.
The headmistress takes great pride in the girls that are turned out into the world from Florence—except for the few who refuse to conform.
Several girls, who feel as if they don’t belong, have always had a dark secret: A secret that no one else can know. These select few girls enter a mysterious world of the Realms, where magic unfolds and hold their hearts aloft.
The girls join hands together, forming a pact, and a friendship that they hope will last to the death.
While the girls live in the east wing, the boys have a stomping ground in the west. They are here to learn their times tables and facts, to advance into the world like women used to be allowed to. Times are agonizingly dull, and the only times they get to see the women that are being nurtured are during dancing classes, meals, and when passing in the hallway.
There is no such thing as dating.
There is no such thing as love.
If they even thought about crossing over the invisible line in the hallway, it would surely spell out doom for them.
And yet a group of boys have dared to make the journey. They encountered these ladies who enter the magical world and have created a gentleman’s club of their own for only the most prestigious, richest boys. However, they only want into the Realms. They only want to see this magic that the girls have. They want a taste of power that they, though they can’t feel it, already possess..
However, the world isn't all safe and peaceful. Outside of the school, gypsies roam, making camp on the grounds, and although there has never been a threat before, strange things are happening: The disappearance of villagers and students. The students are not allowed out after dark, but this is one rule that is not always followed. And with the new teacher… things within the school seem to be increasingly worse. Gossip and rumors fly from one mouth to the ears of the next. And being girls, they flock to the gossip like moths to a flame.
From lovers to broken rules, from darkness to light, all the girls fight to be the perfect ladies and all the boys to be perfect gentlemen before they are turned out into the strange world that they have been thrust into.
