Elena Carter lives in content. At Bell Dean Academy, she and her friends are the highest on the food chain. She’s at the top, and when you’re in the Wisteria dorm, you can’t fall. Anything she says, goes. Students and teachers alike want to answer her beck and call. It’s her junior year, and she intends to live it out to the fullest. 

Until she gets randomly relocated to the Calendula dorms. Calendula: the dorms that, until now, only held four of the worst kids in school. Calendula: where you’re sent after doing only the worst deeds you can do at the Academy. Calendula: code for social suicide.

Things are looking bleak. No one talks to her anymore. She gets off on the wrong foot with her dorm mates (not that she cares). Her only chance to stay on top is a party in the woods where, if she were caught, she’d be out of the school for good. But she’s Elena Carter. What’s the worst that can happen?

Your annoying dorm mate comes to rescue you. You get lost in the woods with them. And you stumble into one of the most powerful secrets Bell Dean Academy has ever had. A secret that could make or break the modern world as we know it.

Elena now has the fate of the Academy (and possibly her life) in her hands. Oh yeah, and in the hands of the most annoying person you could ask for. 

Elena Carter, she/her- Ex-Wisteria, now Calendula resident. Hold herself to such a high pedestal that she doesn’t know what to do when she gets knocked down.

Lake Walker, they/them- Proud Member of Calendula for almost 3 years. Still a stickler for the rules, even if the rules are what got them in Calendula in the first place.

Nadia Zogby, she/her- Proud Member of Calendula for 2 years. The most aggressively affectionate person you will ever meet, and I love her for it.

Skyler Zhou, she/her- Proud Member of Calendula for 2 years. Every little move, every word, is so carefully thought through that sometimes it’s better not to say anything at all. 

Willow Young, she/her- Proud Member of Calendula for almost 3 years. Huge plant lover and will support her friends through anything. 

Kennedy Jackson, she/her- Proud Member of Wisteria for 3 years. One look from her could make you wish you never left your bed that morning. 

Paisley Hall, she/her- Proud Member of Wisteria for 3 years. Holds information on everyone, even you. She won’t hesitate to use it.

Andrew Moreau, he/him- Proud Member of Adonis (the male dorms) for 3 years. Willing to do whatever it takes to get his way, or to weasel out of whatever he wants.

Amelia Dean, she/her- The current of headmaster or Bell Dean Academy. Always a little off. More than a little off. 

- I don’t know how active I’ll be, because I’m both planning my new Nano story and going through personal stuff, so who knows.

- Speaking of, my new Nano story is in the works! I have absolutely now clue how much I’ll be sharing during the actual NanoWriMo, but rest assured I will be committing hard to it (and letting you know what’s happening).

- MemOB will still be in the works, of course! Tested might officially be moved to a personal project, but who knows. 

There’s a little more silence. 

“And thanks.”

“For what?” Lake asks. 

“Standing up to Andrew for me. I was in a really uncomfortable situation, and while you definitely shouldn’t have even been there in the first place, it kinda worked out.”

“A lot of things worked out tonight.”

I roll the crystal in my hands. I hold it close. I can’t help but laugh. 

“I guess they did.”

Age - 16

Race - Irish

Sexuality - Biromantic Asexual

Birthday/Zodiac - March 18th, Pisces

Dorm - Belonging to Calendula since the second semester of Freshman year.

Connections - Only connected to Calendula residents (Lake, Nadia, Skyler, and by association... Elena).

Secrets - Other than the fact that she sneaks plants into Calendula because, well, plants; she’s the secret keeper of the group. She likes knowing everyone, and keeping everything.

Age - 16

Race - Chinese-American

Sexuality - Aro/Ace

Birthday/Zodiac - August 25th, Virgo

Dorm - Belonging to Calendula since the first semester of Sophmore year.

Connections - Only connected to Calendula residents (Lake, Nadia, Willow, and by association... Elena).

Secrets - Keeps a map of the school with her at all times, ready to add any passage or route that could be useful for... sneaking around.