'The silent spies'

It was a very special day at Marymount residential school…
During the morning, Sara, who had a dark jacket made of leather, and her two best friends that were called Scarlett and Mary, were walking on the playground. Sara had black hair and electric blue eyes. She wasn’t very tall, and she was very thin. Instead, Scarlett had blond hair, and the colour of her eyes was diamond. Her outfit was not very elegant. Mary had brown hair and green eyes, and she was wearing a purple dress The director of the school rushed in their direction. His name was John and he was very tall. He had a beard and brown hair. John was very serious. That day he had very important news.
“Good morning, troublemakers.” He said. “Today is a very important day… This afternoon the queen’s daughter, Stephanie, is coming to visit this school! And maybe she will come and study here!”
And then all the children who were in the playground started cheering. Everyone except the three friends. They thought ‘Oh no! Another super-fashionable girl that thinks she’s the boss!’
Suddenly the school bell rang. Sara, Scarlett and Mary wondered if the hours would pass rapidly, unlike the other times. They went to their hot classes and waited for the event.
Finally, after some more lessons, someone yelled: “Oh, finally! The queen’s daughter is here!” And everyone started to cheer while going to the garden. From their class, the three best friends glanced to the garden and opened their mouths… That girl wasn’t so perfect! She had blue shorts and a not-first-quality t-shirt! They stood up and hurried to the garden. She was looking at everyone in the school. Then, at one point, the girl looked at the three friends and her eyes lit up. Scarlett was sure that she was different from all the girls in the school. Stephanie said:
“Yes, I’m sure that this school would be the best.” And everyone cheered.

The days passed, and Stephanie continued to look at the three friends with a lot of intensity in her eyes. Sara began to think that Stephanie was strange, because she escaped from the dormitory every night and because she looked at the three best friends in a strange way.
So, during one of the annoying nights, Sara woke up Scarlett and Mary and followed her. They went after Stephanie in the deepest part of Marymount. Suddenly, Stephanie stopped in a corridor. The friends ran into one empty room, and, slightly, they opened the door. The queen’s daughter was looking at one statue and saying: “My faith is solid and visible.” Slowly, the statue moved, and Stephanie entered a hole behind it. The three friends followed her and the adventure started. Stephanie turned into a dark corridor and walked through the shade. Suddenly she stopped, and said to the three girls: “Who are you?” the three girls looked around them, scared. Slowly Stephanie turned around. She smiled and said: “Come with me.” Sara, Scarlett and Mary couldn’t believe their ears. They couldn’t move because they were scared, but when Stephanie began to walk, they followed her. When they arrived, they couldn’t believe their eyes. The corridor ended with an enormous room, where there were lots of people in black outfits. ‘They look like spies’, thought Sara. Stephanie started to explain what that place was, and she said that they were in a spy shelter. The girl said to the friends that there were expecting three girls, one black-haired, one blond and one brown-haired. They were the favourite. They had a mission to complete. They needed to save the school from an evil spy.

Sara thought about their new life, and understood that that life was their perfect living place.

They were ready.

By Vittoria and Ginevra, aged 11.

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