Saint Simon's Preparatory School for Girls had an impeccable history. The school was started in 1872 by a certain Mrs. Henrietta Flanders in an attempt to make Brilliant Young Ladies out of the girls of New York City. Using methods she had practiced on her own daughters, Mrs. Flanders was able to mold the rambunctious girls into Brilliant Young Ladies with apparent ease. Soon she had inquiries from all over the country – did she have room for one more girl? How about a family of girls? Did she take girls from other countries? The school grew and grew, still churning out the Young Ladies with apparently hardly any effort. It seemed quite obvious that Saint Simon's was The Way To Go when it came to an education for your daughter.

So it seemed obvious, come the year 2005, that Saint Simon's would need a makeover. The current Headmistress, Mrs. Abbott, had received several grants and donations as of late, and thought it would be a good idea to bring the school up to the twenty-first century standards of a Good Education. She got a fleet of new, top-notch computers. She built a new village of dorms. She had the girls in architecture class help design a new auditorium, and it was built soon after. The biggest change, however, was the school's name itself. Saint Simon's Preparatory School for Girls had simply become Saint Simon's Preparatory School. They would now provide a Good Education for not only Fine Young Ladies, but Model Young Men. Mrs. Abbott gave herself a pat on the back when she received the first application for the coming school year.

It was from a Quinn Holland, age sixteen, from Michigan. The letter enclosed was from Mrs. Holland, who wanted her son to attend the school for his Junior and Senior years of high school instead of PS40, where he currently studied. She said that Quinn had an interest in the arts – particularly music – and was well-mannered and excited to have the chance to attend Saint Simon's.

Being the first application from a young man, Mrs. Abbott telephoned the Holland household herself to tell the boy the good news. The phone rang three times before a groggy voice answered. It is best to say that the ensuing conversation did not go exactly as planned, and that the first male inductee to Saint Simon's Prep was not who anyone was expecting.