Black Season

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Gun up, focus and shoot. That is what I want to do when I grow up. But there is a big problem...
Be the princess they want you to be, be the perfect future queen. That's what dad always told me. Don't be afraid of anything, if something happens your bodyguards are going to handle it. But I don't want to be the perfect princess, the perfect future queen. I never wanted to lead a life like this, I want to be an assassin, but my dad is never going to agree with me on that thought. Ever since I was 13 I lived alone with my dad, the king. My mom was murdered in front of me by one of Britain's most wanted criminals: Johnathon Green. He murdered around 80 people in 3 months and a lot of them were very important people, like my mom. I miss her, and I know she wouldn't want me to stay here and live a life I never wanted. She would want me to do what I want to do, be who I want to be, live my life however I want to. 
My dad might be the king but that doesn't mean that he for that reason also knows who his kids are. Yes, indeed I'm not the only child in the royal family. Let me introduce them real quick. First up is of course my dad, also known as Fredrick Greyhound, he's stuck up with himself. Next up is my mom, who was also known as Samantha Bakers-Greyhound, she was the best mom ever. And then you have my brother Ethan and I, although I'm the oldest he expects me to do everything for him, like picking him up from school. Ugh. He's 10 while I'm 15, also he hates me because he wants to be the future king. He seriously doesn't know what it takes. He's kind of like my dad, stuck up and popular. 
Mom was the only one who knew what I wanted to become, who I wanted to be. And she accepted it. "It shouldn't matter where you're born or what your status is. You should be able to be who you want to." Is what she used to say. Now that is exactly what I'm going to do. 
"Parker! Stop daydreaming and bring Ethan to school!" Sigh. It's like this every day. I got up, took my car keys and went to the garage. Not many people know this but the castle actually has a garage. "Are you coming Ethan or what?" "Coming!" Sigh. He's always way too busy with Instagram and his many followers. "Don't eat or drink in the car please it's new" I got the car on my birthday and that was last month so it's still pretty new. There were so many people at the school gate. I stopped in front of the gate and dropped him off. "Bye Ethan, don't forget I pick you up at 16h 30!" I smiled at him, it was fake but probably not fake enough for him or anyone to notice. I drove out the street and raced through the streets of Liverpool to Manchester. My dad thinks I have a job there to earn some money but not a lot of people know that I go there because I go to assassin school there (only mom knew but she's dead know so now it's actually only me that know about it). I've made a few good friends there like Alex, he's the best bff you can get. One of the things I love about the school is that no one is allowed to know your background, only your name, age and (if comfortable) your sexuality. This means that no one there knows I'm a princess and I'm happy about it because other than my brother and father I don't like the attention. The lessons are in Ordsall Hall so no one knows of the secret lessons. In the school there is no bullying aloud and everyone pretty much gets on with everyone. I am a lesbian but only the people in school know because if my dad knew he would have my head. Alex is trans (gtb) and bisexual, then you have my other friends Taylor and Rowen. Taylor is a hyperactive girl and is pansexual while Rowen is genderfluid and questioning his sexuality (now he goes by queer instead of any specific thing). I park my car in the underground garage and go inside. I walked to the main hall where we all just get together until Waylon, the head master of the school, comes in. While I was walking I bumped into someone. "I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going-" I looked up and saw Taylor. "Oh, hey Tailor. How are you? Long-time no see" I laugh a little as I say this because we saw each other literally yesterday. "Oh haha, I'm good and also sorry for bumping in
to you I wasn't looking also" I laugh a little. Everybody was already in the main hall like always. Yes, indeed, I'm always last to arrive, but it isn't really a problem because most of the time it takes another half hour for Waylon to arrive. In this school we don't really do titles. Sometimes we have to say sir, or ma'am if it is a person we don't know, but from the moment we know their name we're aloud to call them by their first name. I see Taylor look around till she sees Rowen and Alex. She hits me softly in my ribs and leads me to the others. "Hey Taylor, hey Parker how are you guys?" Rowen asks when we sat down. "Good, a little bored but good. And you?" While asking this I look around a little and notice that somethings up with Alex, he is upset for some reason, but I can't figure out why. "Good, good." Was the last thing Rowen said before he went in conversation with Taylor about some new gun. I look at Alex and sit down next to him. I give him a concerned look "Hey. What's up?" I ask. He sighs and takes me somewhere a little bit more private. He took a deep breath before telling me. "My parents don't know I go here, and I told them that I work at some deli. But now they want to go complain to that shop and ask why I don't get paid. I don't know what to tell them to get them of my back anymore... I seriously don't know anymore." I give him an understanding look because I kind of use the same excuse to my dad. "Look, Alex. I know what you're going through. I sort of used the same excuse to my parents only difference is that my parents don't give a shit about me" It pained me to talk like this about 'both my parents' although it's actually only my dad, but no one can know about your life beside the school. The reason for this is because if a student somehow wants to take revenge on another one then there is a possibility that they're going to hurt your family, and no one wants to risk that. "I can't give you some tips because I seriously don't know how I would get out of such a problem. But I can tell you that if we complete this year successfully, all four of us can go to a good company that is going to pay us a lot for assassinating for them. Don't worry it's all going to be alright in the end" With that he relaxed a bit, and we went back to the others. Rowen and Taylor gave s both a questioning look, silently asking what we were doing. I just shrug to tell them to not worry about it. We all sit back down and talk for a little till Waylon starts the lessons.
Waylon walks in and begins talking. "Everyone quiet down please and follow me." We walk down the hall into a big room, it looks like a ballroom, and stand to the side. In the room there are around five bottles on a plank, between every bottle there is around 1 meter space. "Today we are going to shoot bottles from behind those boxes" I look to the other side and there are indeed five boxes to hide behind. "Everyone partner up!" There are 10 people in this class. Well actually we're the only people in the school because no one actually knows it exists. Taylor comes to me and asks if we can work together. "Sure!" I look over to Ro and Alex and see they also partnered up. We go stand behind a box, take the gun and wait till Waylon gives us the start signal. "Go!" He screams so everyone in the room can hear it. I breath in, aim for the bottle and pull the trigger. Everything begins to go in slow-motion and in my head every memory of this school plays in my mind. How mom told me of this school and how she encouraged me to go.