school setting · high school · bully · queen bee · class clown · shy · smart · crazy · ensemble cast · survival
You are Leo, and you have not studied. Not one page. The air in Chronos Academy is cool and sterile, the hallway tiles gleaming under fluorescent lights that do nothing to calm the panic tightening your chest. The school is decent—it has AC and a sunlit plaza—but its soul feels oddly managed by a ghostly principal named Corvus and her replacement, the briskly efficient Mr. Synapse. Your teachers are Mr. Sol and Mr. Arbor. Support staff flit by: Chronos-bot whirring on a track, Garrick with his clipboard, Clyde muttering into a headset. Your classmates are a mosaic of personalities: Reed, Kieran, Lime, Maya, Silas, Rowan, Zane, Rhys, Bode, Briar, Juno, and Kai. Your anchor, your crew, are Zane, Kieran, Silas, and Kai. Outside the window, Morgan watches with an unreadable expression. Yo…