It was finally the day, the day I would awaken and soon wreck havoc upon all those beast that took everything from me. Walking into the only high school in the small city of which I lived, countless memories of the past six years flew by me. Wether it was the difficulties I faced being alone and without my family, or the rare good parts like meeting up with classmates to go bowling or racing with each other to get ice cream in the hot summer.
On the awakening day parents where allowed to enter the hall where the ceremony was going to take place. Seeing all of these students with pale faces or excited expressions running around and pulling on their parents or siblings I wondered what it would have been like, to have my own family here. I could almost imagine seeing my father with an excited expression quickly trying to get my to go to university just so he could have little Ivy all to himself, whilst mother would have been anguished and emotional with small tears running down her face. I could almost see little Ivy running around me or climbing on my back with an incredulous and wistful face imagining when she could finally awaken.
A small smile appeared on my handsome face as I thought of what could have been, but it almost instantly vanished as I looked around myself and saw no father or mother, and no weight on my back.
Resolutely I widened my strides and stepped into the great hall. It was a fairly big hall mainly held for assemblies, or the awakening ceremony. It was roughly two soccer fields wide and one soccer field long with a tall stage in the centre that been specially built for the awakening ceremony.
Walking to my class teacher Miss fright who was a Middle aged C rank teacher with relatively sharp eyes and a bridged nose, she was known for her piecing hawk like eyes which could make any student not paying attention squeak like a mice in terror of extra lessons or duties.
I greeted her normally and soon found my seat which was in the middle of the seating arrangements. Quickly sitting i glanced at my watch which stated it was currently 9:20am, ten minutes until the ceremony would take place and I could finally start my journey.
Time soon passed and more students sat down, you could see how nervous most where due to there thumping legs, twitching fingers or wondering eyes. Of course some where more nervous than others, they could be seen making jokes or betting about who would achieve the better rank and abilities.
9:25
All students and families where seated
9:28
The principal Mr Goulburn silently approached the stage with the awakener. The awakener was the man/women who would administer and scan the awakened, announcing their rank and ability/s.
9:29
Silent, the hall was entirely silent, the students who where about to awaken could only hear the anxious and rugged breathing of those around them, until the clock ticked over by one.
9:30
"Good Morning, Students, facility, and parents alike. Today we are here to awaken our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters and students that are seated below me. These students will be soon awakening and those either blessed with a high ranking ability or those of which do not will soon be setting out on there journey wether it is to go further study at a prodigious university or serve in the workforce alike. Now I will be handling this ceremony over to the administer Major white who will awaken the students here after!".
The crowd of students, families and faculty arouse and welcomed the Major and thus started the Ceremony of awakening.
Students slowly lined up to go to the stage and receive their awakening, one by one abilities and ranks where called out. Most students where happy about what they achieved whilst some where expecting more. The majority of students awakener as either E rank or D rank, as was the norm in most small cities like Evandal. But the few rare ones who achieved C rank abilities where cheering and all smiles, soon there was a loud commotion as one student was awakened.
"Claudia Vesscot"
Shouted the Major, a moment of pause dragging out her ranking and ability.
"A rank, Ability- plant manipulation".
The stunned crowd soon became loud as excited and passionate expressions appeared on the headmasters and Claudia's class teacher. Although Plant manipulation might not seem a powerful enough ability, with a ranking of A. It means it has potential to became an S rank who can control hundreds or even thousands of meters worth of plants, causing vast destruction or vast healing alike.
With this Claudia was bound to be able to go to a high level university and be nurtured well into an s rank ability holder.
The ceremony continued with a few others achieving B rank and two more achieving A rank, their abilities where not rare but could be useful in the future such as wind manipulation, beast taming, fire manipulation, speed as well as physical strengthening or augmentation and a few others.
Soon there was only one person in front of me, I watched as they slowly and unsteadily walked to the centre of the stage where the Major was readying another awakening potion. The potion would activate the hidden cells containing the ability that most would awaken, yet it was also a very mystical and still not 100% understood why such a potion worked.
Andrew the person who went soon swallowed the potion, one minute later when the Major scanned him, he announced,
" Andrew Williams, C Rank, Ability minor healing!"
Soon Andrew walked off and I walked up, my feet was steady and my breathing slightly uneven betraying the calm and cold expression on my face. I soon stood before the Major, who handed me the potion, as soon as it was in my hand I made my final wish, in a hushed and quiet whisper,
" please give me the strength to eliminate those that took away my family"
I then swallowed the potion in its entirety, and quickly felt a powerful thrum flowing through my blood cells. Soon after a cold and refreshing feeling permeated through my organs, bones, muscles and flesh. Almost as if it was transforming my body to better fit the criteria for my ability. Suddenly ice started forming and spreading from where I stood, luckily the Major quickly contained my ability that I had accidentally released.
In a loud and excited manner the Major announced,
"Yule Aivat, S Rank!, ability Eternal Ice!"
All students, families and facility soon went very quiet, stunned and speechless as they looked upon the quiet and cold student that everyone normally ignored or pushed around due to being a loner or poor. Booming laughter could soon be heard coming from the headmaster who was ecstatic about finally producing a S Rank student, which almost guaranteed that he would be receiving heavy rewards from the government.
Blanked faced and completely overwhelmed a small tear soon ran down from my right eye, betraying what my cold exterior was showing. A small smile of gratitude permeated from my lips as I thanked the heavens or hell, for giving me a chance to become strong and powerful enough to get revenge and stand tall over the vast majority of those who looked down upon me before.
As I quickly got my thoughts together and slowly walked down the stage, I could see the approaching headmaster as well as my class teacher who was congratulating me on my rank and ability. Yet all I could hear and see was my own heart starting to beat stronger as I walked one step closer to my goals, and one large stride to my revenge.