Sophia Foster's Story

"Miss.N..." a servant walked into Kelly's to see her already dressed and ready for the day.
"What" Kelly snapped, she hated when people came into her room without knocking. The servant became nervous and scared.
"Mmm...i just came in here to wake you but you are ready up so i will leave, sorry Miss.Numa" the servant rushed out of Kelly's bedroom and Kelly grinned at the fear she had created in the servant.

Kelly left her room and made her way down the stairs and to the kitchen. A platter of smoked salmon, wheat toast slices and fresh cut tomatoes was waiting for here at the grand table. Kelly sat and started eating her breakfast, savoring the delicious taste.
"yum, mommy's chef sure does know how to cook" Kelly finished and left the table leaving the plate for the servants and maids. She walked door to the garage where her driver was already waiting in her Mercedes S class. She hopped in the back and they pulled out the garage and started their 10 minute drive to school. Kelly texted one of her friends Sophia

'Hey u on ur way yet? I cant wait 2 get there and torture those stupid mutates' she texted then sat and played angry birds all the way to school.

Sophia stood at her dresser. Her clothes looking new, with no wrinkle in sight. She gave herself a small smile, before picking up her hair brush and brushing her auburn locks again.
"Today is the day Sophia." She said softly yet strictly to herself. "You are going to make your father and the rest of the Purification Cult proud."
Sophia turned to her bed and smoothed out her blankets on her neatly made bed before pulling out her backpack from her closet.
"Sophia time to go!" The deep voice of her father rang through the house.
"Coming!" Sophia yelled back running out of her room and hurrying down the staircase. She stopped herself at the bottom stair turning her run into a slow walk. Ladies don't run she reminded herself quickly. She entered the kitchen immediately acknowledging her father, Greg.
"Hello I am ready to learn." She said respectfully. Yes it was a rather odd thing to say, but she was always taught to acknowledge and say this to an elder.
"Good morning Soph. Are you ready for your first day? I heard Kelly will also be attending the school." Sophia looked up at her father who was giving her a stern look.
"Remember what your there for, okay?"
"Yes father." Sophia said giving him a nod.
"That's my girl." Greg said a grin sweeping across his face.
Sophia smiled at her fathers sentence. She always loved being praised, especially by her father. It was like a reward to her, a privilege.
"Breakfast is in the oven." Greg said picking up a newspaper nearby and directing all his attention to reading. Sophia sighed quietly before covering her mouth. It was rude to sigh in front of your elders. Sophia scolded herself quickly before beginning to eat her breakfast.
Sophia allowed her mind to wander, something her father told her was very dangerous. Just like he had told her not following directions was dangerous, along with mutants and the city mern.
As Sophia's mind wandered it went to a thought she had many times. Why didnt her mom love her?
From what she read in books and the way her friends mom treated them,her mom should have loved her.
Sophia shook her head clearing the thoughts from her head as she ate the last bite of her breakfast.
She put her dishes in the sink deciding to wash them when she got home. She picked up her backpack and headed out the door.
"Mutants don't belong here, they were created by the devil. Don't let them get into your head, Sophia." Greg said coldly making Sophia stop, she looked over at him giving him eye contact. Something she was always told to do when speaking to an elder. She nodded slightly.
A smile spread across Greg's face again."Have a good day sweet heart, daddy loves you." He said kindly.
Sophia nodded before leaving the house thinking nothing wrong of what her father said about mutants.
As Sophia walked down the street towards the high school she went over a check list in her head.
Sophia stopped letting the butterfly's that had been trying to fly in her stomach take flight. She gulped a little scared with not being able to tell who was mutant and who was human, yeah she could tell with a few kids, but not all of them.
She began to panic as a kid brushed past her. Calm down Sophia, remember how your suppose to act.
Sophia forced a smile on her face and began skipping over to a few people and introducing herself.
This is ridiculous, even worse than humiliating she thought introducing herself to the third person today. The kid smiled at her and introduced himself. She excused herself to try to make another 'friend'
"Hello my name is Sophia! What's yours?" Sophia said a little to energetic as she stopped in from of a girl with antlers.
Her skin crawled as she looked into the eyes of the mutant. The sentence her father had said before she left popped into her head. Mutants are evil, she told herself. Her features stayed the same, she actually looked like she wanted to be the girls friend.

Luna watched the girl. She had auburn hair, slightly tanned skin and brown eyes.
Brown eye's that were looking right into her crimson ones.
As an Alpha wolf's daughter no one ever looked her in the eye unless she said so, it made her feel as if this girl was disrespecting her. Luna took in a small breath of air threw her nose.
'she human' Luna thought and a shiver ran down her spine.

Midnight, Luna's giant wolf/tiger/deer companion growled at the girl. 'i don't like her Luna, she doesn't smell right' Midnight spoke to Luna, knowing that only Luna would be able to understand. Luna's parents had left for the bushes a while ago so it was just her and Midnight.

The girl had asked for her name but Luna didn't want to give it to her. She didn't like this girl, her aura felt off and the sweetness of her voice sounded forced. Luna didn't move her crimson eye's way from the girls brown ones as she spoke

"Luna Nyx"Luna spoke softly, she wasn't use to using her human tongue (language). Her parents told her to be good and polite so that's what Luna would be.

Kelly exited the car once they were at school. Her blue eye's scanning the crowds until it came upon a certain auburn hair girl.
'why is she talking to that mutant with antlers?' she asked herself and glared at the blonde girl.
'she have blood red eye's oh my god how creepy is that' she thought in disgust and made her way over to Sophia.

"Hey Soph whatcha doing?" Kelly asked once she reached the two. She knew Sophia was here for under-cover reasons, he dad had informed her a while ago. So Kelly put on a big, sweet smile and greeted the mutate girl.

"hello i am Kelly Numa" she said sweetly. She had been taught to always shake a person hand when you meet them, but she didn't for the mutate, she didn't want to touch the creature.

Luna started to become nervous with the two human girls surrounding her. She backed up until her back pressed into the warm fur of Midnight. Midnight growled at the girls and Luna petted her.

'its ok Midnight calm down' she softly cooed to the beast. Midnight looked down at her for a second then back at the girls.
'but they are making you feel under comfortable' Midnight snarled and Luna sighed. She knew her parents wanted her to have a guardian but Midnight was just to big and to scary for school.
'Midnight i want you to go get Rey, the youngest pup i want him to replace you as my guardian' Midnight looked down at her in shock. Luna just put on a serious face and patted Midnight's torso.
'go' Luna ordered and Midnight huffed then walked away.

A few minutes later a bouncing brown wolf pup came up to her and nuzzled Luna's knee.
'hello Luna' he yipped and Luna smiled down at him.
'Come lets go' Luna spoke softly to the pup then turned around and headed towards the school. She turned her head towards the 2 human's.
"umm i must go goodbye" she said softly then fled the area and almost started running towards the school doors.

Sophia's smile widened, if that was even possible as the girl said her name. "Lun-."
Sophia was cut off by a familiar voice. She looked over seeing Kelly heading towards them. Relief spread through her. Finally a familiar face. Sophia thought waving at Kelly.
"Hey Soph whatcha doing?" Kelly asked stopping and starring at Luna.
Sophia didnt have to be a mind reader to know what Kelly was thinking, they had been friends for a long time. She was probably thinking the same thing she was a disgusting mutate.
"Nothing I was just talking to Luna..." Sophia's voiced trailed off as she noticed the blonde headed antler girl was no longer there. Don't tell me she can transport, Sophia thought no longer able to hide her distaste for the place she was in.
She turned to Kelly quickly. "This place is horrible." Sophia said trying to keep her voice low. "One of those.. things actually touched me!" Sophia exclaimed her bangs falling into her eyes.
Your not acting like a lady, shape up! She scolded herself. Sophia straightened her shoulders standing tall. "Shall we go inside?" She asked Kelly softly, brushing her bangs out of her eyes.
Sophia really didnt want to go into the school, but she had to.

"Lets" Kelly agree and started walking to the school with Sophia.
"so how many mutants to you think there are here?" Kelly asked.
"Good god did you see that girl......Luna right? she had freaking antlers and a giant wolf thingy beside her like what a freak at least most mutants look like human's unlike her" Kelly shivered in disgust

"she have got to be one of the first to die" Kelly whispered to Sophia.

WAKE UP FUCKASS.

Markus bolted upright as the voice yowled in his skull, more effective than any alarm clock. ABOUT TIME. The voice said lazily. I'VE BEEN DEALING WITH YOUR STUPID NERVOUS FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL DREAMS ALL NIGHT. GET A FUCKING GRIP. Markus shook his head and rubbed his eyes, trying to ignore the other half as he hauled himself out of his low bed. He stumbled to his box of clothes, he'd never unpacked anything or made himself at home at all. It just didn't seem right. And the other voice always interrupted him when he started working on mindless tasks. As he pulled on a washed out pair of jeans the voice heckled him mercilessly. HURRY UP. COME ON. HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE YOU TO GET DRESSED. I'D ALREADY BE DONE BY NOW. HURRY UP. Markus heaved a sigh and furrowed his brow against the headache welling in his over-occupied brain.

"Why are you so eager to go to school anyway." the dark haired boy muttered as he tugged a shirt over his head. YOU DON'T TAKE ME OUT ENOUGH BECAUSE YOU'RE A SOCIALLY AWKWARD PRICK. the voice declared. I NEED SOME INTERACTION WITH SENTIENT BEINGS INSTEAD OF PUTTING UP WITH YOUR SHIT-FOR-BRAINS. Markus shook his head, trying to clear it of the other's thoughts, which were really taking their toll on his mood. Said mood was already rather low because he was nervous about heading to this new school, and he hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, so he felt in a rather precarious position.

The boy left without eating, his nerves wouldn't permit it, and trotted through the familiar streets on his way towards Cilestia. He managed to not be rude to the guard, despite the voice's insistence that he make an amusingly heinous remark about the man's mother since he was utterly unhelpful. YOU'RE TOO SHY FOR YOUR OWN GOOD. The voice complained as they were granted admittance inside the city to find his own way through the streets. He received strange looks from passer-bys as he argued with the voice about the location of the school, and even when he managed to find it the voice was smug. TOOK YOU LONG ENOUGH. IF YOU'D JUST LISTENED TO ME IN THE FIRST PLACE MAYBE YOU WOULDN'T HAVE HAD TO RUN, EH? STUPID DUMBASS.

Markus tried not to pay attention as he ascended the steps and made his way into the school for humans and mutants alike. None of that really bothered him, since his mutation wasn't immediately obvious unless someone caught his eyes changing color, which hopefully wouldn't happen, he didn't need the voice trying to usurp him today, or if they overheard him talking to himself. Well, then they might just think him crazy, not a mutant, but whatever. The young man's blue eyes flicked over the front hall as he edged off to the side, hoping he could figure out what to do before someone approached him. COME ON. GO TALK TO SOMEONE OR SOMETHING, INCOMPETENT SOD. GO ON. DO SOMETHING INTERESTING AT LEAST. DON'T LEAVE YOUR BROTHER HANGING.

"Shut up." He mumbled as the voice took on a mocking tone, shutting his eyes for a moment and trying to build a wall between himself and the annoying entity to no avail.

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“Goodbye Mother.” Sebastian crooned to the sleeping woman. She didn’t look so well, her face was white as a sheet, so he decided not to wake her. The child-like figure ran his fingers through his messy hair as he bounded out of his house and trotted through the streets, avoiding cars and dashing between people as if it was all a game. He was sort of excited to learn things now, his mother had told him what school was like and he couldn’t wait. He’d get to meet new people, and maybe he could lift some stuff off some of them and make some money.

His empty bookbag, one that he’d found abandoned in an alleyway near a dumpster, bounced on his back. He’d seen some of the richer kids wear them when they went to school, and he decided that he needed one as well, even if he didn’t have anything to fill it with. After a few good scrubbings he’d decided it was clean enough to wear. His bookbag was bright yellow, the happiest color one could imagine, and while he loved it he worried that it might draw more attention to him that he’d like. He loved the attention, but if he needed to do something all incognito-like, it would be best to ditch it.

The school wasn’t too difficult to find, Seb knew the streets better than the wrinkles in his brain, and he grinned brightly, shoving his hands in his oversized hoodie as he pushed the door open with his elbow. His bright blue-green eyes flicked over the people within. He spotted two rich looking girls. He bounced over in their direction. They were probably not mutants, mutants weren’t rich. He arranged his face into the cutest possible expression he could, a bright smile on his round face. “Hi.” He chirruped at them. If they were nice, then he had some new friends, and if not, then he had some rich kids he might be able to nab some nice things from. It was a win-win situation, what fun! There was nothing better than meeting new people.

"Of course it doesnt matter i just wanted to do a survey to see how many mutants there are compared to humans in this school" Kelly said smoothly. Giving the boy her best 'i like you' smile she turned to Sophia
"how many people have you asked? you know for the survey?" Kelly asked, she wanted to make sure she backed up her lie. Kelly then pulled out her phone and excused herself

"excuse me for a minute i need to text my dad" Kelly lied and texted the head office to call her and Sophia. After she walked back to them and questioned the boy "so where are you...." Kelly was cut off as the intercom blared threw the air "Sophia Foster and Kelly Numa please come to the office" Kelly put on her best surprised look then smiled at the boy

"well i wonder what we did this time? Come Soph lets go see what 'bad' thing we have done this time" Kelly moved her fingers at the word bad then took Sophia and dragged her to the school entrance.

"I know that girl Luna is going to give me nightmares to" Kelly whispered to Sophia, finishing what she was going to say before they were interrupted.

Sebastian grinned even wider, a faint flush on his cheeks as one of the girls exclaimed that he was a 'cute kid'. "I'm Sebastian." He chirruped in response, rocking back and forth on his heels and looking up at the slightly taller girl. When she asked if he was a mutant or a human he gave a little pout. Obviously this girl was prejudice against mutants, and Seb decided it wise to play along. Before he could respond though, the other girl rebuked her. He studied the redhead's face as she spoke, and when she turned back to him he clasped her hand, trying to feel awkward. He didn't usually shake people's hands, hopefully he was doing it right. After a moment he released her hand and folded both of his behind his back, bouncing on his heels.

"Oh no!" he cried out, a little more dramatically than was needed. "Do I look like a mutant? Do you think someone might mistake me for one? That would be just terrible." He widened his eyes, covering his mouth with a hand. The shiver he let run down his spine afterwards was real though. He couldn't imagine what it might feel like to be a mutant, but it had to be terrible. Or even just being treated like a mutant. Like dirt. That would be even worse than just being a poor boy.

"It's nice to meet you too." he chirruped after 'recovering' from his 'fright'. "You can call me Seb if you want!" He grinned rosily. he decided that the two were alright, not the best people he'd ever met, but they seemed like they could be alright friends. And neither of them seemed to be wearing a watch, which was a shame. He probably shouldn't steal on the first day though, he scolded himself for even thinking about it. He should wait until he was more comfortable with the system.

Then he laughed quietly, a small almost-trill of giggles. "This school is so weird. I wonder how many muties are in here. Have you girls seen any yet?" He was curious to see exactly what they thought of mutants, just to make sure he could keep in good standing with them. It was good to have rich friends.

But then they were gone. Seb blinked, slightly confused, but shrugged it off. It was a rich kid thing, he guessed.

Sophia nodded swiftly to Kelly a small smile on her face. Sophia was not the best at making friends and she was even worst at keeping them. None of them got her, they either thought she was too polite, too prejudice, too bossy, or something of the sorts. Either way she could never connect with them, but with Kelly it was almost like they were the same person. She got Sophia and Sophia got her.

As they entered the small office Sophia looked to Kelly, since she had no doubt got them to call them down. Before Kelly could open her mouth to say anything the receptionists cut in.

"There's an assembly in the gym, please report there." The lady said not even looking up from what she was doing. Sophia shrugged slightly at Kelly before leading them out the office.

"Do you know where the gym is?" Sophia asked as they wandered the halls that they hoped leaded to the gym.
" I think we are going in circles." Sophia mumbled as they reached the spot they had left Sebastian at. She spotted Sebastian only a few feet away and shrugged she was suppose to make friends.

"Hey Sebastian!" Sophia said allowing herself to raise her voice even though it wasent lady like. She stopped in front of the blonde head boy. "There is an assembly in the gym, would you like to go with us?" Sophia asked that he might have some clue as to where the gym was.