Utopia

Official Cover for Utopia

Utopia is the first book in the Utopia trilogy. It follows a girl named Este who will be inheriting her parents position. She lives in Lagoona, which is considered to be the perfect society for anyone. No one can enter, and no one is allowed to leave. Este doesn't know what her parents do, but she knows they do some kind of high ranking job based on their positions.

## Characters

Este Hemmings - Este is an 18-year old girl living in Lagoona. She follows all the rules and remains prip and polished to avoid punishment from the government.

Myron Hemmings - Myron is Este's father. Myron is one the highest ranked officials of the family, and wants to keep that tradition by passing his job onto Este.

Mary Hemmings - Mary is Este's mother. She is Myron's co-worker and inherited his wealth once they were arranged.

Carrie Hollows - Carrie is Este's Mock friend who pretends to be a Prestige. Este is not allowed to see Carrie when her parents are around, so she is only allowed to see Carrie at school. Carrie goes behind the government's back to go to the Hemmings Academy. She is the careless and sweet friend of Este.

## Social Status (Hierarchy)

### Prestige

Prestige is the highest ranked social class in Lagoona. All prestiges live in "The Prestiges Commons", a community full of only prestiges. Prestiges aren't allowed to interact with the other two social groups. The prestiges are comprised of the highest government officials and only those who are allowed to be ranked as a prestige. All prestiges have graduated from the most prestigious academy in the town, Hemmings Academy, owned and operated by the Hemmings Corporation which is run by the government.

### Junior

Not much is known of juniors as of right now

### Mock

Mock is the lowest ranked social class in Lagoona. All mocks live in "Th Gateway", and they are not allowed to mix in with the other two social classes. They are treated harshly by the government, and is the only social class that can legally get harsher punishments by the government. Mocks are considered to be dirty and filthy animals who will stop at nothing to rise in social class. Mocks attend the lowest academy in the town called Hathans Academy, run by the government. The government has 24/7 surveillance of the mocks, and if anyone is caught committing a rule that is against the government, they will get harsh punishments.

## Chapters

Most of the chapters will have 4 parts each. All 4 parts will be released on quotev at once, while it will be released individually on the GOA wiki

### Chapter I

#### Part I

The air in Lagoona was cold and salty. The surrounding lakes beamed the dark skies onto its crystal-clear waters, and the harbor was nice and shiny. The few wooden cottages surrounding the lake all had their lights on, to watch the amazing sight of the bayou flies. One family at a time, they all came outside and encircled what was known as “the field”. No one questioned the existence of the others, and everything seemed to be happy and utopian. Usually everyone was amazed by the glowing and gleaming lights of the bayou flies. At exactly the same as every night, the bayou flies would come out. And then the wonders would happen…

Este is the daughter of Myron and Mary Hemmings, two of the most highly ranked officials in all of Lagoona. Este was next in line to inherit her parent’s position. She didn’t know what she was inheriting and what kind of position her parents had, but she knew it would be perfect, just like how her world was. Este went to Hemmings Academy, the school for all the kids of highly ranked officials. The three social classes were called Prestige, Junior and Mock. Este never really knew what even was a junior and a mock. All Este knew was that Myron’s family had a long tradition of upholding the values of their family lineage, and he wasn’t going to stop at nothing until he achieved this goal. Este knew that. Este very well knew that. She knew she couldn’t make her father’s lineage break. She knew she had to take his position, even though she had no clue what he did. All she knew was to take his job when he died, and to never ask a single question. Or there would be consequences. There would be bad consequences, indeed. Este always had the same day. Go to the Hemmings Academy, study, hang out with Carrie, then sleep. No body, not even Este, was questioning this lifestyle. If anyone questioned the lifestyle, no soul knew the consequences brought on the by the government and what would it be. Here is Este’s story.

“Mother and Father, I am off to Hemmings Academy to attend to my studies.”, said Este, packing up her stuff and standing right near the door. Every child needed approval from their parents before they could go out of the house. “Wonderful my dear!” said Mary, giving Este a kiss, and opening the door. “You may leave for the Hemmings Academy, and only the Hemmings Academy”. Este started to walk out the door and onto the first step before she stopped. She stopped to face her mother. “Yes mother. I know the rules”, she said, waving goodbye to her mother with an emotionless face. She turned right back onto the stairs. She stepped down from the bottom step and onto the brick road. Este lived far away from the main center, which was populated by the east side of the lake and the eastern part of the town. She lived in what was known as “The Prestige Commons”, which only people of the prestige were allowed to live in. There were many other houses surrounding Este’s house, as she lived in what was known as a “book”, which was multiple of the same exact house lining up a far a long brick street. Este had to walk to school as she always did, as public transportation was only meant for government officials, and she wasn’t a government official. At least… not yet. That’s what she was hoping her parents were. She was hoping they were government officials, who get more prestige action than the highest ranked members of the community.

“Myron!”, called Mary from inside the house. “Myron, sweetie, don’t you think its time for Este to go through the arrangement process?”. Myron didn’t answer. “Myron, where are you dear?”, called Mary, going into the other room to try to find Myron. Myron was on his bed with his eyes open and staring at the ceiling. “No”, said Myron, screaming so Mary could hear him. Mary came rushing into the room. “She is 18, Myron, don’t you think it’s time for her to go through the same process as the entire community did?”, said Mary, grabbing a chair to sit next to him. Myron got up from the bed and grabbed a chair to sit next to Mary. “What I mean is she has to first graduate from the Hemmings Academy. She can’t just get arranged right now!”, he said, sitting down on the chair next to Mary. “Ok. I thought you were saying no to the idea. Because if you were, I would have had to report it to the government”, Mary said, getting out from her chair and pulling Myron’s sleeve to follow her to the living room. “The government wouldn’t do anything, relax! But if we want her to continue my legacy, we need to create a plan on how to arrange her as soon as she graduate, which keep in mind is in 10 days”, said Myron, following Mary into the living room.

Este, after a few hours, reached the Hemmings Academy. She immediately fixed her posture and made sure her uniform was polished. She could get horrible consequences if she didn’t do these steps before school. She started to go up the stair to her school. The school was your average school building, but everything was much duller. Much-much duller. Este climbed the steps to the last step, where she entered a secret code only known by the prestige and no other person. She entered the school, and started walking to her class. “Hey!”, heard Este from Row #12 of the lockers. She knew that this was her friend Carrie. Only Carrie was the different one from the school. Carrie had a tone to her voice that screamed “Mock”. Everyone knew how mocks sounded. They sounded different. Very different, in fact. “Hey”, said Este, keeping her emotionless face as she went up to Carrie. “Is it safe to come out?”, said Carrie, hiding inside her locker. “I don’t know”, said Este, dropping her emotionless face to look around. She spotted a security camera blinking towards her. “Government surveillance cameras are looking at me”, said Este, keeping her eyes on the camera but whispering to Carrie. “No!”, said Carrie, moving around to find the lock on her locker. “Don’t worry”, said Este, “I’ll distract the camera by fixing my posture while hiding you, you sneak out behind me and run to the nearest classroom”. Este started heading towards the camera, and starting polishing up her uniform and getting her backpack ready. Meanwhile, Carrie ran to the nearest classroom. The camera turned away from Este, so Este ran into the classroom Carrie ran into. “If they caught you, the government would surely off you!”, said Este, walking around the classroom to inspect if there were any cameras. “Thank you for the prestige clothes anyway, Este!”, said Carrie, sitting in one of the desks in the room.

## Trivia

* Utopia was to be premiered as a quotev exclusive on 8/5/23, and was later added to the GOA on 8/5/23
* The date for Utopia's premiere has been postponed and is currently unknown