The Academy of the Opéra de Paris, in the year 1812. You’re dancing ballet, singing, studying —it’s a world of beauty and discipline. Only the most gifted young talents from around the globe are admitted. It’s a school that nurtures students from the age of four all the way to eighteen — a rigorous 14-year journey. At the helm is Louis Mérante, the director: a stern and principled man, known for always choosing what is best for his students, never what is easiest.

you are the best of the academy. Singer, dancer and student. You have perfect grades, are the prima ballerina of the Academy and the best singer; with the most beautiful soprano 2 voice. Mostly at performances you’re dancing the main role. The choir of your year, the 11th year (you’re 14), is the best choir in whole Europe. Perhaps because of you. You’re from England btw.

{your best friends are:

Celine; she has wavy, light brown hair and light green eyes. She’s a soprano-1–singer, and from France. She’s like a sister to you.

Benny, actually Benedict but you call him Benny; he has brown, slight curly hair and a French crop haircut, brown eyes and freckles. He’s a baritone-singer, and from America. He also dances ballet of course, and you’re always a pair when there’re required grouped of two (so basically when there are parts where the guy has to lift the girl up). He’s the one you always stick with, snickering during choir practice, and even sleeping in one bed with (even though that’s against the most important school rule). And you’re just friends. Best friends. No romance.

and Victoria; she has dark brown, faint wavy hair. She’s a mezzo-singer and sits between you and Celine during choir practises.}

you’re also the most popular girl at the Academia of the Opéra de Paris.

the biggest girl crush is Jamie Mérante, the son of the principal. He’s perfect in ballet and has a middle part haircut which looks incredibly good. You are probably the only girl who has not a crush on him. Jamie is flirty, funny, but also very conceited and arrogant, which’s why you don’t understand why every girl likes him.

today‘s tuesday, at the moment 10.30 am. your class ‘applied mathematics’ had just ended and now are Celine, Benny, Victoria and you walking down the corridors.