If you live in a world where there are special traits, will you be good, bad, or just be normal?
I was born with a special character, so were my neighbors - the people of the city of Iliaden. History has said that we get our special traits from our gods and goddesses. They said their power was so great that they gave us a share of what they had.
In this country, I cannot say we are equal. There is a level in society. Our country has five districts. Whose district number is the latest is also their highest power. And I was lucky to be born in district five. Or so they thought.
We have different characteristics, different per district. And I can say we are more powerful because we are in the fifth district. We have key features.
District four can control things and when I say things I can say everything including people. They look telekinetic, super cool really.
District three has electrical properties. They can control as long as there is electricity.
The district has the power to manipulate emotion and that is what I consider to be the most powerful trait. They can manipulate you because of it. They can use your past or your present. And we know that emotion is the most powerful thing in the world.
And the latter is the first district, they are the ones with superpower and the ones who can see into the future, they said it was useless but I say no. They have the power to change what happens because they saw it beforehand. And that they should be afraid as well.
All of our traits only improve when we train. And if you don’t stay you stay at the lowest level in what they say is powerless.
So since I was a child, my trainer and I have been training. We have money so they can afford to hire someone. But I don’t like others, I want my parents to train. But my mom is dead, she died because of an ambush. I was still eight years old at the time so I don’t remember. And besides, he hasn’t been by my side before. He worked on the council so he didn’t have time for me. It’s the same with my dad, well he’s not dead but he looks like him.
He barely came home. He can barely be seen. I was the only one living in the house except for the servants of course.
I was walking down the stairs when I heard one of my housemates call me.
“Senorita Iris, you have a letter.”At once he handed me an envelope with the council seal. What is this? My dad isn’t here so it’s probably mine.
I opened the letter and read it.
Congratulations!
Beloved Iris of the Quiason house. You are invited to the Iliaden Traits Academy! We look forward to your response.
Signed by the President of the Council. Theodore Quiason
Signed by Iliaden Traits Academy Headmaster Josefano Hermanos
I immediately tore up the letter and burned it. I’m not going to that freaking school anymore. And yes not even my father - the council president would urge me. What went through his mind and he wanted me to go to that school? That school is not just a stupid classy school, they train their students and then they send them on missions - deadly missions. Those who side with the bad students of the academy will chase and good ... they will be killed.
There were as many rumors spreading that many revolted they said that they did not like my father’s management. He doesn’t make the law, he just enforces it. There is something even higher than my father, and that’s the king of all of our kind. My father was just like a lapdog.
If there are many revolts, shouldn’t you send me there? My father was stressed. It would be okay if he showed up to me but no! He has more to invite to know. He just came home and told me, I might agree.
I’m not desperate but I miss him. I haven’t seen him in a year. He used to show me once a month. Now it’s only once a year. Maybe the next one will be in a decade just one day.
I just entered the training room and started training obviously.
“Shouldn’t you be packing, Iris?” My trainer slashed my uncle, my mother’s brother.
“You know how much I hate school uncle! Gosh, don’t tell me you too? “
“What did that school do to you?”
“They did nothing to me, but to the students there they thought we were evil just because we were in the highest district!”
“That’s just your imagination. Let us go. Even if you wait for your father, it won't come. “
I suddenly felt pain but I immediately covered it with a smile. “I know uncle, you don’t have to rub salt on the wound.”
She gasped. “I just didn’t want you to expect, just like what your mother did.”I stopped and looked at him.
“He hopes that maybe one day your father will love him, but you know what he got into? Death. And I don’t want that for you. “
I always knew that my father did not love my mother. She just married him for power. My mother’s the eldest child at that time and because a girl could not lead a district father decided to marry her so she could have a position. I know my father’s behavior is bad but I don’t know but I still defend him.
I exited the training room and climbed the grand staircase. This house is very big but no one else lives here. I just wish I had brothers and sisters so that I wouldn’t be alone but it’s unclear when that will happen. Maybe my mother realized that the child was not a loving man so I was just right.
I went into my room and started packing. It looks like it will be a long time before I finish this. I heard that school was a boarding school so I had to bring tons of clothes maybe because there was a party right? What will I wear then? And they don’t have a freaking uniform, isn’t it okay to wear my clothes over and over again? My father will be ashamed.
We spent a lot of money without buying clothes.
“My my Iris will you move house?”I stopped packing and confronted my cousin Aaron.
“Huh? Ahm no? It was for that stupid boarding school. You know what you’re doing now? Raised eyebrows I answer him.
“You know if you don’t want to be bullied you just bring a little dress okay?”
I raised an eyebrow. “And why would I be offended just because I brought a lot of luggage? And like that? I am Theodore’s daughter. I said and rolled my eyes at him.
He gasped. “Iris everyone is equal in that school. There is no district to belong to when you are there. “
“And that? Not allowed to bring a lot of clothes? “
It was as if he was giving up talking to me. Because why not? I just want to bring clothes, so why bully right away? Is there no discipline of the people there?
“Okay, okay do what you want.”He said it was difficult. What’s wrong with this cousin of mine?
“Your mess,” I said disgustedly. He laughed at me. He seems to have been bothering me lately and now he accepts me. God, he is crazy.
“Chill princess Iris.”After that, he poured me water using his trait. I sighed.
“Aaron! Don’t you dare come here to my room again! “I shouted at him because he was already running away.
