I'm King

3) Forming The Council

Gia finished speaking to the Grade 11's and junior school. The Grade 11's would be looking after the Junior school and the Grade 10's would get the classrooms ready for them to sleep in. Gia didn't want them in houses because it would be chaotic and houses would be wrecked. So, until she could form her housing plan a bit better, this would be the situation.

Gia went into the bathroom furthest from everything. It was empty and she slumped down on the clean floor and took a deep breath. She wasn't crazy. She wasn't a mental lunatic. She was given such an important task.

Her thoughts were interrupted by her phone ringing. She unzipped her inside blazer pocket and pulled out her phone.

Matteo

It flashed across her screen. She quickly picked up her little brothers call.

"Gia," his voice sounded so scared it made her heart squeeze, "What's going on?"

"I'll explain it all to you soon," she said back to him softly in an attempt to sooth him, "Where are you?"

"Still at school. They said we would all be walking to St. Andrews but I wanted to ask you first."

"You'll be coming here. Listen to the person speaking and follow what he says. I'll meet you here and be waiting at the gate for you."

"We're starting to leave."

"I'll see you soon," she closes her eyes and squeezes them tightly. The shock of what has happened starting to sink in while listening to her brother's scared voice. "Love you lots."

"Love you too."

The phone went dead and Gia let her hand drop to the floor. She was responsible for all these people. Why had it been her? Why not the head girl or at least someone in a leadership position. She did not want to be a leader of any kind. She was a worker bee. Her goals in life had never been to be a CEO or start her own business like everyone else. She did not want to be anyone's, or her own for that matter, boss. And yet here she sat with all the information she had and knew she had been thrown in the deep end of a vicious ocean and was likely going to drown.

Her phone started to ring again.

"A lot of the schools have someone asking specifically for you." Se said down the line.

"I'm coming." Gia put the phone down.

She took a deep breath and stood. Her reflection gazed back at her in the mirror. She could do this! She was an overachiever in every sense of the word. All she had to do was put her mind to it and it would work. She would make it work! If for no one else than her brother. She would do this.

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Gia had been told a lot of information over the weeks of her nightmares. Some of it had slipped her mind but most of it remained rooted and prevalent in her messy brain.

Her demon had told her two very important things:

1. That she would be the leader of the African continent

2. She would have a council that had been chosen for her

The council knew who they were and what they would be in charge of. There would be 12 council members. With Gia that made 13. An odd number to settle any votes. The council members would come from all over the continent. The ones needed the most would find her quickly. They will be the representative from a school but a representative was not the same as a council member. A council member would be special. Each council member would know to look for her.

As she sat in the board room from her nightmares, she felt both comfortable and uneasy.

4

There were only four people sitting in this room. Out of 12 council members there were only 4 sitting in front of her. Only 33%. You needed more to pass a maths test. It was strange to sit in front of them like this. No one had said a word to her as she'd lead them into the board room. They'd all sat down and just looked at each other. Gia had stayed leaning against the wall next to the door.