-- Robert Downey Jr. as Mr. Don Barnes. 27 years old.
-- Gwyneth Paltrow as Ms. Dorris Barnes. 26 years old.
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Akalea's POV
I woke up with a knock on my door. My eyes open, seeing that Lisa was beside me on the bed and that she's sleeping. I push the covers away from me and see that the sun just came up. I changed the color of my eyes as well as masked my scent and restricted my powers again. I went to the door and open it. "Good morning, Aka." Shawn says with a grin. "Good morning to you too, Shawn." I croaked out rubbing the sleep off of my eyes.
"What are you doing here?" I ask still trying to wake up. "I came here to wake you up so you can prepare and eat breakfast. I'll be showing you where the cafeteria is at. So come knock on my door when you're ready." Shawn told me while chuckling at me.
I might look like a disaster right now since i have bed hair and a tired face. "Okay, thank you Shawn. Give me 15 minutes. See you." He nods and walks back to his room. I let everything go again when I closed the door. Its a good thing today's a Monday. I wont be behind much in the classes. I look at Lisa's sleeping figure then walked my way to the closet, choosing my outfit for today.
I should stay low and not get any attention. I open the closet door and saw every piece of clothing I always wear at home. I picked black joggers that are loose, a baggy top with a leather jacket, black sports bra and undies. I speed walk to the bathroom and saw the inside.
The bathroom is also the same with the bedroom. Beautiful and spacious. A bathtub and a shower. Cool. I got in the shower. The water was cold but I didn't mind it since I want the sleep to go away and it did. I got out of the shower and wore my outfit. I look okay I guess as I looked at myself in the mirror. I got out of the bathroom as I slowly dried my hair with my hand as air flows out of my palm.
I left my hair a bit wet, combed it and covered my face with it. I changed my eyes again and did the others. By the time I was finished, Lisa was up and beside me. "We got to go." I say to Lisa and she nods her head, excited. I wore combat boots that I can move comfortably in and twist the doorknob. We got out of the room and stride towards Shawn's room. I knocked on the door a few times and out came Shawn and his beautiful face. Aka, stop. He smiles at me but frowns when he saw that I covered my face like yesterday.
"Why cover the face?" Shawn asks as he motions to push my hair away from my face but I grip his hand before he could. I put his hand down. "I don't want to attract attention." I say and he just chuckles. "You think they wont notice a girl, who's covering her face like a scary monster, walking by?" True. "Okay." I finally consider and brush my fingers through my hair, pushing them to the side. "Better?" I ask.
"Beautiful. Now, shall we?" I blush as he outstretches his hand towards the hallway. "I told you." Lisa told me as she was just beside me watching everything that happened. I gave her a look and smile up at Shawn and nod. Walking side by side, our arms brush by each other from time to time which sent goosebumps to my arm. Dude, chill the heck out.
We were now in a very big and wide center of the academy. I can now see students in front of me. Socializing. Once we were visible to the other students, they land their gazes on Shawn first. Girls fixing themselves and guys look at him with awe.
Then.... their eyes land on me. I bow my head a bit, showing 'weakness' but I'm sure that 'weakness' will be gone quite soon. Oh well. I felt so many eyes on me. I look up and saw a lot of girls shooting 'daggers' at me with their eyes. Clearly hating the fact that I was beside Shawn.
I look a bit to the side and saw that there were guys 'checking me out'. Typical. They're just the same as the rest. I felt a hand on my back and starts to push me forward to where I'm guessing is the cafeteria. "Don't worry, Aka. No one will hurt you here. They're just..." Shawn says while looking at the students. "Like this every time a new student comes." He finishes his sentence and I just nod my head.
Looking forward to the cafeteria actually cause I'm really really hungry. This girl didn't eat dinner cause this girl was too tired. "Yeah, Aka. Ignore them." Lisa says still beside me. I shoot her a 'thank you' in her mind. Lisa smiles.
After a little while, we eventually arrive at the cafeteria. The noise ringing in my ears made me flinch a bit. "I know. Its always like this every meal time. You'll get used to it, soon." Shawn grins at me, telling me this information. I nod, not saying a word. "I'll be back. I need to check on something." Then
Lisa scurries off to I don't know where.
Shawn pushes the double doors open and just like what happened earlier in the center of the academy, everyone looks at Shawn first then at me. My head was still down though, making my hair cover my face. "Let's get some food, first. Then, we go get a table." Shawn says while pushing me again towards the food.
After a few steps, we got to the food area and I wasted no time in getting my food. I'm hungry, okay? "Whoa, didn't think you're a eater." Shawn looks at my plate, flabbergasted. "I didn't eat dinner last night so I'm really hungry." I say as I look for a table, looking up a bit. "I found one. Let's go." I grab hold of Shawn's wrist as he lets me drag him to the table.
I knew people were watching us while I did it but I didn't care as I was blinded by my hunger. We were almost to the table until someone called out to Shawn. "Hey, Shawn! Come sit with us." A guy stood up and gestured Shawn to their table. "I have to stay with the new kid. I have to show her around." Was all what Shawn says, smiling at the guy as he went back to my side and urges me to continue walking to the table I found.
We sat down and I ate my food silently. "Why didn't you go with them?" I ask, breaking the silence. "I have to show you around. Also we have the same classes together." I almost choked on my food. "We do?" I exclaimed too loud which caught a few people's attention. I cleared my throat waiting for him to answer.
"Yeah. Father made it that way." He says taking a spoonful of his food to his mouth.
"Oh." After a few seconds flew by I just have to ask this question. "Don't you guys have like a ranking of some kind or something like that in the academy?" I ask while taking a spoonful of my own. Shawn looks up, his eyes lit up but it's gone the second later.
Guess I'm seeing things. I shake my head and laugh nervously. "Never mind-" I didn't get to finish when he starts talking. "Yeah we do. There are classes for students. 1st years are for the kids 5-10 years of age, 2nd years are for those who are 11 to 13 years of age, 3rd years are for those 13-15 years of age while 4th years are for 15 and above. But it depends on the student/person whether or not they are placed on what classes."
He tells me while I take in everything he says. "What's yours?" I ask curious to know. "I'm a senior. I'm not in those classes. Those classes have their classes on another building while seniors are having their classes here, in this building." Shawn says as I just look at him like a statue. "Am I a senior? Since we have the same classes." He nods and I look at him with my mouth open. I'm a senior. Weird. He laughs at my state and I lightly punch his arm.
"Also..." Shawn trails off, getting my full attention. "In this academy there are four categories which will be set upon us seniors and we already have ours except for you but don't worry. I'm sure you'll get one of the cool ones. You'll know more about the categories later in History but one of the category is a warrior. Warriors get to go on missions outside the academy. They are given tasks and such. There are 11 Rankers within seniors right now in this academy."
Now that intrigued me a lot. "Are you one of them?" I ask in a soft voice. "You'll find out soon." The bell rang after that. We both got up and left the cafeteria as did everyone else. "You're lucky though, cause you're right on time for the first day of class. If you weren't, you would have trouble in catching up." Shawn says and I gulped.
"Here we are." Shawn says, opening a door which reveals a very big classroom. Cool. There were students in the room already and so I took a seat at the very back. "I'll sit here." I say and gesturing him to go with his friends. "Nah. I'll sit with you." He says as the professor, I think, came into the room and the students ran to their seats.
The professor clears his throat. "Hello class. I already know all of your faces since I was you're teacher last school year but we have a new student here, I am Mr. Don Barnes, your history professor. May I know your name?" The professor motions me to introduce myself so I stood up with my head down.
The other students in the room were now looking at me. "I am Akalea Knight, sir." I say and he nods, motioning me to sit down. Whispers were now heard all over the room. "A norm?" "No way!" "This cant be." and more of them.
I just ignored them and look ahead towards the professor. "Welcome to Abernathy Academy, Ms. Akalea." The professor, Mr. Barnes, smiles at me and that made me nod at him. The whispers were getting louder which irritated Mr. Barnes so he got a stick-something and pound it on his table. The 'smack' of the stick-something was so loud, it silenced the whole classroom. He, then, began his class.
"Let's recall what we learned last school year since Ms. Akalea is new here. There are four categories in this academy where you guys will be set upon by our very own Crystal of Light. Basically speaking, a large crystal that can identify or evaluate what category you're suited in. One, a Warrior, this one engages in battle so they are always given tasks or orders and are always in the battlefield. Two, a Knight, can engage in battle but are usually protecting the Royal Family or people of importance...." Mr. Barnes trails off as he noticed someone dozing off and walked towards the person and smacks the person's head, waking them up.
"Ooww!" I saw a head shot up and it was a guy. "This is no time for sleeping, Mr. Marcus." Mr. Barnes told 'Marcus' and left to go back to his table. "Continuing on.. Three, an Assassin, thanks to their ability to blend in and their skills, they are often given tasks from the Royals or from people but it depends on them if they take the task or not. Lastly, four, a Healer, basically the one healing the team, giving aid and supporting from the sides but again it depends on their ability whether they can or cannot be in the battlefield. Though there are cases of which one can have two categories which is good but it may strain the body but if you persevere and surpass your limits, the better." Mr Barnes finishes and he suddenly looks straight at me.
"Ms. Akalea, you'll be going with me later to the Crystal of Ligh-" Mr. Barnes was cut off by a scoff. "Does she really need to? It's clearly not going to show since she's a 'norm'." A girl then turns around to face me and gave me a smirk. "I don't tolerate this kind of behavior, Ms. Julie. One more word from your mouth that isn't giving any significance or knowledge to others, please be quiet or just get out." Mr. Barnes told 'Julie' with a smile in the most cool and calming way possible. Gives me the scary vibes. Everyone started yelling 'ooooohh' which made a ruckus and once again, Mr. Barnes smacks his stick thing on his desk. The room became silent.
"As I was saying, Ms. Akalea, come with me later to go to the Crystal of Light for your evaluation since you're the only one here who hasn't gotten their category, yet. Also anyone can come along if you guys want to see. Maybe a 'norm' like herself can surprise you." Mr. Barnes finishes it off giving me a smile which I nod to him. Mr. Barnes continues his lecture.
"A demon is a supernatural being and often a malevolent being. You know demons right, Ms Akalea?" Mr. Barnes says asking if he was correct. The students turn their heads to look at me nodding my head then turned their attention to Mr. Barnes.
"Here in Earth, demons are evil hell-hounds created by the Demon King, Aaron Griffin, himself. The demons are vicious and wild. They dont care who they kill as long as their creator tells them to kill. They can possess people and take their lives or their forms as their own. They are over 7 feet tall. They are fast and always ready to kill. Mr. Dawn, tell me more about demons."
Mr. Barnes pointed at the guy seated at the table in the back next to mine. Dawn? The guy stood up but I couldnt see his face clearly since his wavy hair was covering the side of his face. The girls in front of me were swooning because of him. Some were trying to get his attention but he paid them no mind. "That's my brother." Shawn whispers to my ear as I watch his 'brother'.
"A demon can make a person become a demon like itself as long as it can bite any part of a person's body and then drink the demon's blood. There are two types of demons; the Leen and the Volent. The Leen demons are just any ordinary demons that are being controlled by the Demon King himself or his commanders while the Volent demons have minds of their own and are extremely strong and fast. The only way to kill an ordinary demon is to cut, slice, blow, or anything to get their head off of their bodies for them to die. To kill the Volent demon is to cut the head off and puncture all the demon's hearts." Dawn says, finished and sat down.
Mr. Barnes smiled at Dawn proudly and turns to Shawn. "Mr. Shawn, what did Mr. Dawn mean about all it's hearts?" Shawn stood up. "What Dawn meant was that a Volent demon has 2 hearts. One is in the position where our heart is at while the other one remains unknown because we haven't killed one Volent, let alone caught one." Shawn stops there and sat down.
"Excellent!" Mr. Barnes claps his hands at both Shawn and Dawn. Now, I'm curious to see and know Dawn. Mr. Barnes continues the class with when the Academy was built, how many years it has been since then and such. The bell rang signaling everyone to go to the next class.
"Next is P.E., right? Do we need to change?" I ask while Shawn was walking beside me. "Yeah. There are changing rooms for girls and boys. Separated of course. Father told me your locker number is 07 in the changing room for girls." I thanked him as we soon got to the changing rooms. Two double doors next to each other.
"There's a door in the back leading to the gym. See you there!" Then Shawn went in to go change and so did I. I inhale some air to ready myself of what's coming next. I push the double doors and went in. All the girls inside the changing room stop what they were doing to turn to look at me.
"If it isnt the 'norm'. Why did the headmaster take you in, huh?" I simply ignore the girl, who was still in her undergarments. I walk to my locker and felt a presence behind me. I leaned my head to the side as a fist breaks into my sight and hits the locker next to mine.
"Dont ignore me, you disgusting 'norm'. You littl-" The girl didnt finish her sentence when she was cut off by another girl.
"Stop it, Emily. That's enough." The girl, Emily, took her arm back and pulls it away from me. She then left to go change. "You'll get used to my sister. Dont worry." A hand clamps on my shoulder and I nod hoping the hand will go away. "My name's Amy by the way. You're Akalea right?" She asks and I look up to look at her, nodding my head and thought of how pretty she looks. "Thank you." I say with a smile. "No problem, Akalea. See you later!"
The hand lets go of my shoulder and like that, left to go change. I open my locker and saw clothes in it. I change into them and they fit me surprisingly. A P.E. shirt that has Abernathy Academy printed on it and very stretchy shorts. We all went out of the changing room after we heard a whistle blaring as we entered the gym. Wow.
Its huge and looks cool. The bleachers were blue, the court was longer than the bleachers, and the floor was really shiny. The girls scattered to the bleachers as I was looking for Shawn. I spot him with girls latching onto him like leeches. Typical. Shawn saw me looking at him and waved at me, standing up and descending down the bleachers, leaving the leeches.
"Hey, you." Shawn says and puts his hand on my back, pushing me to the bleachers and sitting in front. Whispers again were heard but was now silenced as the double doors to the gym opens, making the doors hit the walls with a 'thud'.
"Hello! My name is Mrs. Dorris Barnes and I'm your P.E. teacher. My kind of physical education is all about your health, body, endurance, agility, and how much and how long you can take." Mrs. Barnes say with a knowing smile. "You must be Akalea Knight. The Headmaster told me about you. You're-" She was cut off by one of the leech who was latching on to Shawn earlier.
"Dont bother talking to a norm like her. You're wasting your time, Mrs. Barnes." The leeches laugh at that and I just lowered my head again. I thought that Mrs. Barnes would say 'Yeah you're right.' but what happened next, shocks me.
The calm aura that I felt around Mrs. Barnes turned to an angry aura. The intense feeling must have gone through everyone because everyone went dead silent. "Who are you to tell me what to do, who to talk and not talk to, Ms. Steffan? Just because she's a 'norm' doesnt mean she is any less than all of you. She is a-" Mrs. Barnes stopped and looks caught up in something.
"She is what? Dont tell me that you like pathetic norms like her, Mrs. Barnes." The leech says when Mrs. Barnes was looking for words to describe me. Like she is hiding something and she almost said that hidden 'something'.
"She is special. That may be why the headmaster offered her to study here, Ms. Steffan. Also if you keep talking back, GET OUT OF MY CLASS ." My heart churned in a good way. She called me special. Something is going on but I cant just go into her mind. I'll just not mind it. The leech, Steffan, shuts up and doesn't say another word.
After Mrs. Barnes saw that everyone were ready for the things we're going to do, she smiles. "Stand up and let's warm up our bodies. Shawn, you lead." Shawn got up as well as everyone did. I stood up and went beside Shawn. Mrs. Barnes played some songs. My body grooves to the song as Shawn starts with the warm up and stretching. My head bounces with every beat of the song.
After the song was finished, the warm up was done. Now, I felt good. My body stretched and energized. "First, we'll be doing 20 laps around the gym. Now get going!" Mrs. Barnes instructed and that made me jog/run first. Mrs. Barnes played another song which made me feel calm and continue my laps. I was on my 19th lap as everyone were behind. Some were on their 18th-19th lap while others were on their 15-16th lap.
I knew that I have one last lap to do and I ran for it. I was the first to finish and I am breathing just fine, my body ached but there's nothing I cant endure. The next one to finish was Dawn I guess then Shawn then the others finished theirs. Everyone but me, Dawn, Shawn, 5 other guys and 4 girls were the only ones not breathing heavily while the others were catching their breaths.
"For a norm like you in this academy, you surprise me. You finished first over all the students here. Nice work, Ms. Akalea." She praised me and I smile but my smile wasn't visible to them because my hair was still covering my face. "Congrats, Aka. Mrs. Barnes rarely praises anyone." Shawn winks at me and I giggle.
"Okay! 100 push ups!"
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