Third Person's Point of View
Everyone looked thrilled to see the woman behind Red Fire Academy.
They can't believe that the founder of the infamous Red Fire Academy for the Rebels is a woman. Not just any woman, an enchantingly beautiful woman with fiery auburn eyes and red hair.
"She's beautiful."
"Really?"
"Maybe just a representative."
"That's impossible,"
"Seriously?"
"She's sexy!"
Lavalee had expected that not everyone would believe her identity as the school's founder so she smiled.
She had already thought this would happen. It's too far from her appearance to be owning a school like this, she's been raised as a princess by her family after all so it's not surprising anymore.
"Red Fire Academy," Lavalee's cold voice echoed as she emphasized each word she had said.
It's the school's name, yes, but to the students, it has a new meaning and that is the woman standing on the stage.
"Do you wonder how I came up with such a unique name?" her voice is cold but her tone is playful that it brought chills to those who heard it
"Red Fire Academy is not originally mine. Of course, it belonged to my parents. They gave it to me because they trust me, they trust me too much." She narrated and laughed bitterly
"I named it Red Fire Academy for various reasons and one of those is for it to become the shelter and source of heat for the students who needed shelter, a sanctuary, and a place to feel safe, just like what my parents made me feel while building the plan of this institution." She continued
"Thankfully, they didn't get to see how the students trashed it." Lavalee's cold and serious voice returned and the students began to get a little terrified because of the aura Lavalee's emitting.
The lights turned off and only the campfire gave light. Lavalee walked down the stage while speaking.
"A blazing fire," she chuckled lightly
"This is the same kind of fire my father told me about, the same kind of fire he saw in my eyes when I asked them to build this school." She said and stopped when she was standing very near the campfire.
"Most of the investors said building this Academy is nothing but a gamble. A losing gamble, to be exact." She laughed after saying the last words.
"They said it's as worthless as the rebel students who are going to study in it." She continued speaking and placed a hand on her waist while holding the microphone with the other.
"Do you agree?" she asked them loudly
Of course, the student disagreed.
Even if they hated to study, they can never deny that Red Fire Academy is the only Academy that will accept students like them.
In this Academy, they can express their self freely. Yes, there are some rules they need to obey but those rules don't stop them from being who they are.
"I knew you'd disagree but why is it that I found out you're the one degrading RFA's students?" Lavalee said and the students in the field became silent
They didn't know how come a woman like her could give the chills and superiority over them.
"A student in RFA can never pass without cheating?" she asked tauntingly, some seemed shocked that the founder knew about it.
"What the fuck is that? Are you kidding me?" Lavalee dared them and they were surprised at Lavalee's foul mouth while Jace is shaking his head because he had already warned Lavalee about her cusses.
"YOU CAN!" she emphasized
"If you degrade yourself then how, how can you prove to others that you can? Yes, Red Fire Academy doesn't need you to prove yourself because you are welcome." Lavalee said and some students began bowing their heads because of shame and realization
"Students of RFS are not just rebels! They are unique and strong people! I want you to become the better versions of yourself. Becoming a better version of yourself doesn't mean you'll be kind because what the hell? We don't fucking need to please anybody." Lavalee said and started walking up the stage the spotlight pointed to her and she smiled
"We are strong. We are brave. We are unique." Lavalee said and the students cheered in approval
"But I have to ask you this," her voice became cold again which made the students silent and nervous
"Is bravery measured through fights? Is strength measured by who wins and who loses? If yes, then ask yourself is it worth it? Are the bruises and disappointed looks of your parents worth it?" Lavalee asked and the crowd went silent again because once again Lavalee made a point.
"We don't need to please them, yes, but it doesn't mean we'll be callous of our actions. Whatever happens in RFA stays in RFA. I don't want you to bring your anger inside RFA outside the premises and vice versa because let me tell you this, RFA will serve as your shelter, as your sanctuary but once you bring things from the outside, you will ruin it and once you bring whatever there is in RFA outside, you ruin it too." Lavalee said and smiled
"Students, we are a family in RFA. Each of us, you have your groups right? Then they'll be your immediate family here, your allies are your close relatives. and let's just say that those you despise are your judgmental relatives, aren't those pretty normal in families? Can you do that?" she asked
"Well, fights are allowed, but we can do that inside our arena, right?" Lavalee laughed, which made the students nod because they know what she is pointing at
"Are we clear?" Lavalee asked but not all answered
"ARE WE CLEAR?" she asked again louder this time
"YES!!" they all agreed
"Good. Now, do you see those big woods over there? I want you to fall in line and write the things you hate. Release all your thoughts, then, together we will burn it," she asked and the lights turned on
The huge field is made of cement and there's nothing that can catch fire within a 25-meter radius so her plans are safe.
Students began lining up and as they write on the thin but broad woods Lavalee is smiling. This is what she always wanted, unity for Red Fire Academy.
"You know, the first Red Fire Academy to be built was built in Japatrein. Ayazaki, Japatrein, for one main purpose." The students are busy but those who are finished are listening
"To contain a rebel child from causing chaos outside." She snickered after saying that while Jace got confused
"Wait, let me correct that, she is chaos herself." Lavalee said
"Then after branches of RFA were built in different countries, this branch is built. That was five years after the first RFA was built."
Some were confused why their founder is telling the story of RFA, when in fact RFA's main page holds those stories but they didn't know about the purpose so they got surprised that Red Fire Academy wasn't just a school for Rebels and black sheep of the society like them.
"But a year after this branch was built we no longer established another one, why? Because, the founders, my parents, died."
They were shocked to know that because no one knew why there was a sudden passing of the ownership.
"We needed time for ourselves and that was my mistake. I should've taken care of what they left for me but I chose to prioritize my family, and I don't regret that. Why am I telling this? Because I want you to see another side of your life." Lavalee said
"I want you to cherish and value life as it is. We are imperfect, you know, but that doesn't give us any pass into giving pain and devastation to others. We belong to the dark side of the world, we may have wanted it or we have no choice we still belong to it and you know what?"
"Instead of involving other people and creating havoc in the dark side because we're bored of our life, how about we protect both sides?" Lavalee said
"How about this? Instead of letting other people into the other side to suffer we stop them, that way we lessen the possibility of innocent people getting dragged. We aren't saints but we can be warriors, let's be the border shall we?" Lavalee said
"Who's with me?" Lavalee asked and everyone cheered
"What are we?" Lavalee asked
"WARRIORS!!" they replied and Lavalee smiled
"Good, I'll look forward to that. Starting this Day Red Fire Academy is not a School for Rebels, it's a School for Warriors." Lavalee said and smiled.
"A wonderful evening, warriors," Lavalee said and returned the microphone to Jaxith
Lavalee's friends were just shaken as Caspian, Elijah, and Ethan were amazed at how Lavalee managed to get a few thousand students to follow.
When Lavalee came down from the stage, Ares immediately hugged her
"Congrats! You did well," Ares greeted
"Nii-sama knew," Lavalee said and Ares nodded
"You cussed thrice," Jace said and flicked Lavalee's forehead thrice
"That hurts!" Lavalee complained and slapped Jace on the shoulder
"You're numb," Jace said so Ares couldn't stop his laughter
"You know he has a point, Lav," Ares said so Lavalee stared at him
"You did well, by the way," Jace said so Lavalee smiled
Jess, Irene, and Chelsea also arrived along with the three men.
The women immediately hugged Lavalee and Irene even punched Lavalee.
"You were great out there," Chelsea said
"You did it," Jess said
"Mission Accomplished." Irene kidded
They went out and saw that the students were already pushing the plywood into the fire and they all watched as the pan was consumed and turned to ashes.
Lavalee approached Jace who was just quietly watching them and put his arm to hug him.
Lavalee is used to doing that to Jaxith, Icarus, Ares, and her older brother, and when Jace looked at her she didn't know but she counted him alongside those guys she cared for.
"Thank you," Lavalee said as she looked at Jace and only the light coming from the fire gave light
"For what? You did it all on your own. " Jace said
"Thank you for not reporting to your head," Lavalee said making Jace look at her in astonishment
"I kind of thought that if your head did find out he'd send the army because you needed to destroy the illegal organization," Lavalee explained
"You asked me not to," Jace said
"Thank you, you protected my siblings and my family."
Lavalee felt that she was about to cry so she lifted the mask for a moment to wipe away the tears but before she could do that Jace took out a handkerchief and it was she who wiped away her tears.
"You asked me to," Jace said so Lavalee hugged him and buried her face as she cried
"Thank you," she whispered
Ares was about to approach to ask Jace where Lavalee was but when he saw that she was hugging Jace and seemed to be crying, he looked at Jace who shook his head as if to say don't come first.
He turned around and shook his head. He is Lavalee's second cousin, and his mother and Lavalee's father are cousins.
He still has four cousins to help because he already pushed Frost closer to the person he knew would love and fight alongside Frost, now he saw that Lavalee had spontaneously found hers.
"Where's Lav?" Jaxith asked as he and Icarus approached the girls
"She's here earlier," Irene said and rolled her eyes
"Don't look for her," Ares said
"Why?" Jess asked
"Lavalee fought well today, didn't she, Ares?" Chelsea said and Ares nodded
"Lavalee is cooking," Irene said which took their attention
"Seriously?" Icarus, Jaxith, and Ares asked in disbelief
"Yeah, she even cooked Chicken Cordon Bleu last week. " Jess said
"Holy shit!" they cussed at the same time making Chelsea hit them
"Your mouths," she scolded
They had fun until midnight when Jace went up, in Lavalee's place, to say that the fun was over and that the students should be careful to go home.
Of course, the others were drunk because of the provided liquors, so it was decided that the others would also sleep at the Academy and those who wanted to go home should go home.
Lavalee slept the whole trip because she was tired of what she did all day, she was tired physically because of the activities and emotionally because of the build-up emotions she released to Jace.