The Academy for Broken Hearts

[Rachel Stone]

Welcome to the Academy for Broken H e a r t s
"Where the Innocent and the Beautiful have no Enemy but Time"

Once upon a broken heart
I was walking alone in the dark
Looking for a way to start again
What I wouldn't give for a friend
There was no love in my life
There was no light in my eyes
All the tears that I had cried and cried
Seemed like they'd never end

Fifty years ago, love meant the same thing as it does today. Men knew the exact way to a woman's heart, including one in particular.

Meet Jonas Clark, owner and founder of the Academy for Broken Hearts. With his blonde locks, crystal blue eyes, baby face features, and pearly whites, he was your ideal image for a 1950's Casanova. In fact, with his charm, he could have had any girl bowing at his feet with just a flash of his perfect smile. All but just one...Cecilia Denvers, otherwise known as a beauty queen. Both had perfect reputations, and a knack for being the center of attention, only difference was, they stood world's apart.

An accomplished brown eyed brunette, with little interest in settling down, Cecilia would never give the Clark boy the time of day. Though any girl would have rolled over backwards for the swooner, Cecilia wasn't just 'any other girl.' She was a dancer. Ballet to be exact. It would take more than a flashy smile, and nod of the head to sweep this beauty off her feet. Raised by the best, Cecilia knew exactly how men could be. Hard headed, stubborn and heartbreaking. Having been raised by her mother alone, since the young age of two, she knew better than to let some man control who she became. Little did she know that Jonas Clark and her had more in common than meets the eye.

Niether would take no for an answer, until they were completely satisfied with the outcome. Jonas was far from satisfied with Cecilia. He had tried everything. Flowers, chocolates...You name it, everything but actually starting a conversation with her.

Its said that if you can make a girl laugh, you can make her do anything. Who knew Jonas had everything and a sense of humor? After all, he haden't had a reason to use it before. Normally his good looks and charming personality was more than enough.

Months went by before the end of senior year came. If there was one thing Jonas could be proud of, it was giving Cecilia a change of heart. And thats exactly what he had done. By June 1st of 1957, the two were inseperable. Love had taken its toll on the former swooner and beauty queen. When they weren't studying for finals, they were found on the grounds spending every waking minute with eachother. When Cecilia wasn't smiling, you found Jonas at her side, using that hidden talent of his to turn her frown upside down. There was nothing anyone could do to tear the two apart...

And I never believed fairytales came true
But now I know that they really do
Now that I found you, now that I'm here with you
Just look at the sunshine, and you
Showed me a world
That I'd never seen

All good things must come to an end sooner or later though...

On the eve of their last day at the school, the fairwell ball, a formal event in which each and every couple attended to, tragedy struck. What had been concluded as the work of a jealous onlooker, a fire had started in the old wing of the school.

Jonas had the night planned to perfection, from a horse drawn chariot, lily corsage (her favorite flower), and welcoming kiss to a dance at the ball, kiss under the stars and proposal to making their relationship official, nothing could go wrong. Or at least thats what he'd hoped.

What was deamed to be the best night of his life, had turned out to be the worst. That night, was the night Jonas lost the love of his life, and of course, he blamed himself. The fire had started in the old wing and made its way to the ballroom. Everything had gone perfectly until the fire broke out, trapping Cecilia and seperating the two lovers. With the crowd of bodies scurrying here and there, Jonas had been dragged outdoors, Cecilia's hand missing from his...

For a boy who used to be a notorious heartbreaker, Jonas had soon become the victm of his own crime. The day he lost the love of his life would be known as the day that everyone lost the love of their life.

The way he saw it?

If he couldn't be happy...
No one could...

I woke up and fell into this dream
Happily ever after just took time
Once upon this broken heart of mine

Long ago and far away
I could never dream of the day
That your love would come my way and stay
And sweep me away
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September 1_st, 2007

Its been fifty years since whats been known as the 'fairwell fire.' What was previously known as Bridges Academy is now the Clark Academy, run and directed by Jonas Clark. What most people call the Academy for Broken Hearts, (a name that better describes the students that attend the school), stands just beyond where the old school stood. After the death of his girlfriend, Cecilia, Jonas Clark had made a promise to himself that anyone to set foot into the academy, would never find true love, at least not while he was alive. He couldn't bare to host the likes of a couple who resembelled himself fifty years ago. Young and in love.

Meet the new generation of broken hearts, or those that are soon to be broken hearted. Just like you and I, they attend their classes, find friendships, hardships, anything but love that is...Unless you can defy the odds, but don't count on it.

Drama, cliques, stereotypes, you'll find it all at the Academy for Broken Hearts.

"Where the Innocent and the Beautiful have no Enemy but Time."
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