It's the first day of the month, everyone who became sixteen in the previous month gather to unlock their superpowers, the altar is heavily guarded by the military. As Aries entered the reception building, a man in military uniform greeted him.
"Hello Aries!" The man said
"Uncle Clay! It's nice to meet you here!" Aries said
"I was asked to accompany you here by your mother. after all, your father was a great friend of mine"
"Thank you so much, uncle Clay"
"Now, let me tell you a couple of rules before you start your stay. First things first, always address military personnells as sir or ma'am"
"Sir yes sir" Aries said firmly
"Secondly, never start fights. And lastly, never, and I mean NEVER intentionally use your newfound powers on any person. If you fail to comply with any rule then we are instructed to use our powers against you"
"Sir yes sir" although Aries sounded confident, he was shaking from fear. He knew Frederick Clay had the Earth power, so he could easily encase him in stone. But still, he was very excited by the fact that he could get a strong power like him
"Great! Now if you please accompany me to the waiting room" Clay said as he directed Aries to the room.
As Aries entered the room, he saw four people in the room, two girls, a tall man standing next to one of the girls, and another guy the same age as him. He looked at the girl sitting next to the standing man in shock, as he recognised her as Talia, the heiress of the Telken family, the young celebrity who comes from a family of Telekinetics. The other girl looked quite nerdy with large glasses that cover half her face and her nose deep in a book. He then looked at the other boy, he looked like he just got out of bed. He was wearing a dark green hoodie and black jeans, not fitting in with the whole military scenery. His hair was very red and messy, and he was sitting comfortably not minding the tall man who was standing right next to him.
"What?" The boy said, noticing Aries starting at him
"Nothing, sorry" Aries replied while sitting down. A couple of minutes later the boy stood up and sat next to Aries, he extended his hand towards Aries with a wide grin on his face
"My name is Daniel, Daniel Rakon, what's yours?"
"Aries Blackstone" Aries replied while shaking Daniel's hand
"Blackstone? My grandpa knew a Blackstone. He always talked about him"
"Really?" Aries asked hoping it was his father so he could know more about him
"Yes, his name was Cole Blackstone. Do you know him?"
Aries had a disappointed look on his face as he heard the name. "No, I don't know him"
"Well, my grandpa said he had the ability to infuse weapons with enchantments, my grandpa said he once put the homing enchantment on a sword, and when he dropped it it went flying towards the Vokan army and killed many of them before it returned to him" Daniel said while in awe.
"That sounds strong, I wish I have a power like this". Aries was captivated my the description of the power, and in his mind he was imagining the power he would have if he had this skill. But soon after his thoughts were interrupted by a soldier calling his name.
"Aries Blackstone! Please follow me" the soldier said while standing in front of the now open door. Aries immediately stood up and started walking out of the waiting room.
"Good luck with your power" said Daniel
"You too" replied Aries as the soldier closed the door behind him
In the altar room, Aries stood in front of a machine with a hand carved in it, there was also two soldiers standing next to him, one of whom was Clay. They both seemed tense and ready for anything to go wrong as they both were wearing power amplification gloves. A holographic screen suddenly appeared above the machine with a lady in military uniform on it.
"Hello citizen, this is a video instruction on how to obtain your power using the altar" the lady started "First, put your hand on the screen in front of you, the machine will automatically take a drop of blood and drop it on the altar. Secondly, the glass screen in front of you will display the category of your power, which are ranked from passive to god tier depending on the strength of your power. Lastly, a bracelet will be given to you with all your details and the details of your powers with instructions on how to utilise it fully. And heads up, the process will hurt a little" as the lady said the last statement the video ended.
"Alright then" Aries said hesitantly "Let's see my destined power" he put his hand on the screen before a metal cuff was put on his hand tying his hand to the screen, he felt a sting on his fingertip as a needle was pierced into his index finger. "This isn't that bad" Aries thought while he saw a drop falling onto the altar in front of him. As the drop made contact with the altar, Aries felt like he was being electrocuted a thousand times. He wanted to pull his hand away from the screen but he was bound to it with the metal cuff. It felt like the electricity was going through him for a thousand years, but when the electricity finally stopped he found out only 3 seconds has passed.
As Aries looked up from his hand he saw the screen displaying [Normal tier], which indicated he was slightly stronger than the unawakened person while using his power.
"What? Normal tier?" Aries couldn't believe his eyes, the average awakener in his area was at least a Fighter tier, so him being a normal tier ment he was inferior than at least 60% of the awakened population.
"Congratulations, Aries. You got your power" said Clay while patting him on the back "With enough training you can be a good soldier"
Aries fully understood that Clay was consoling him, but he didn't want consoling, he wanted to be strong to be like his father. Tears gathered in his eyes as he was led back to the waiting room.
"How did you do?" Daniel asked
"Normal" Aries muttered while looking down
"Oh" Daniel said shocked
"Pffff! Of course a peasant like you would get a normal gift" a voice emerged from the other side of the room. It was Talia
"Hey! That wasn't so nice" Daniel said
"It's not supposed to be nice" replied Talia
"Well then! What tier did you get?" Asked Daniel
"I of course got the commander tier" Talia said smugly
Daniel smirked before whispering to Aries "watch me wipe the smile of her face" he then turned to Talia, "Well, as we all know, the tier of our power isn't everything"
"You're just saying that because you got a weak power" said Talia
"On the contrary, I got an Apex tier power, one tier stronger than you"
"That's impossible. You're just a peasant" Talia was shocked, she had grown up in a noble house where she was treated like she was above everyone else, so getting a power tier weaker than a common boy was unacceptable to her
"Well, the tier of the power is just how strong you are right after your awakening" the girl in glasses said while her nose was still in the book, "you can much stronger with the right training. So a person like you, Talia, can easily gain access to propper training as all your family are telekinetics. That is assuming you get telekinesis power"
"That's a given" Talia said smugly
But before anyone could say anything the door burst open. A soldier stood in front of it with a tray carrying four bracelets, each with a nametag on it. "Here are your bracelets, come get them".
Aries put on his bracelet, and immediately a screen popped up.
[Name: Aries Blackstone
Age: 16
Power: Item merge]