My Genius

A new perspective

After meeting the twins Esmia left for the dorm as she had practice the next day. As Esmia slept in peace, a certain mother was having trouble sleeping.

Esmeralda was on her balcony. Everyone in her life had always told her that she was a bad person but not many knew how she came to where she is, She gave up a lot to be where she was.

FLASHBACK

Esmeralda was in her room doing her homework for school when she heard the shot. Suddenly she heard a loud voice from the lobby.

"Esmi, stay hidden AAAAAHHH!!!"

That was the worst day of Esmeralda's life, the day she lost everything. After hiding for a few hours she confirmed there was silence and stepped out the first thing she saw blood.

The scarlet liquid covered the whole room she turned a corner and stumbled back when she saw her brother on the ground, blood pooling out of his chest. His hair was moving with the wind and his eyes were grey, the once smiling face was filled with tears and his hand held a small Emerald. On the other end of the room was her younger sister, Esmeralda rushed to her and saw that she was still breathing. She was young, yes, but she was brilliant. Esmeralda held her sister's chest and performed CPR as she had seen on TV. She did that a hundred times but as fate wanted the light from her eyes left. The last cry of help she let out.

Then she heard a whisper from behind her.

"Esmi, Esmi," she rushed to her brother and sat beside him. "Who did this, Jer? Tell me, Jerald, who did this?" she sobbed on his chest. "The vultures. Our father had borrowed money from them, and we couldn't repay. This is the consequence of our mistake." He then raised his hand towards her, and she saw what was loosely clenched in his fist. It was an emerald, her mother's favourite gem. Her mother had passed away when Esmeralda was 4 months old due to complications in her pregnancy.

"I love you my Little Emerald"

As she took the gem in her hand she saw her brother go still. His eyes turned grey and his hands fell to his side.

FLASHBACK

After a few years of living in the orphanage, Esmeralda was adopted by the Connor family.

BACKSTORY

They were a joint family and were pretty rich. The death of her family was still looming above her head, she didn't talk to anybody for a whole year but started to open up to the younger kids in school and her new siblings.

She thought she finally found her happily ever after, but as she learned soon enough destiny hated her.

One day while coming back from her weekly taekwondo classes. As she neared the Villa she heard sirens and saw people gathered outside the gate. She broke into a sprint and rushed as fast as she could to the Connor villa.

As she made her way through the gathered crowd, the scene came into clearing. And it was not a very pleasant one.

She saw a dead body, no, not body bodies, there were several bodies laid in order from what seemed like youngest to oldest.

She was going to ask someone what happened when a gust of wind flew off one of the white covers of the bodies.

"M-M-Mom" Suddenly she felt something wet on her cheek. She glanced up at the sky and saw the dark sky probably predicting a storm. The wind picked up and people cleared out leaving just her and the policemen. She felt rain pouring on her.

"Are you there family miss?" Unable to speak, she nodded her head slowly.

"There was a shootout here and I suspect that the family was involved in some kind of trade with the Vultures. We need you to confirm the identities and sign on a few papers. Also, since you are the only living relative all the property as well as the Villa and the other houses owned by the family will be handed over to you by the court. As of now, you can say goodbye, I'll visit you tomorrow" The officer left giving her a pat on the shoulder.

Since the storm was picking up, they moved the bodies inside the parking lot.

Esmeralda didn't know what she was feeling, was it anger, sadness, or grief? She felt like the 10-year-old girl again, sobbing by her brother's side holding on to the Emerald like it was her life, which it probably was, then it all hit like a stab in the heart and she stumbled backwards and hit the trunk of their garden tree, all the memories came reeling like a never-ending movie.

The time when her cousin Elodie fell from the swing straight into the pool, when her dad bought her a dog for her birthday, the time they spent almost the whole night building a tree house for the kids, her first period, her first trip abroad when Emely was trying to teach her how to swim, her first sleepover. Heck even her first kiss had happened in the villa's backyard!

She glanced at the parking lot, where they had kept all the bodies. She picked herself up and walked towards the shed. every step felt like a step towards death itself.

The storm intensified, and the harsh wind hit her face like a slap. She tripped over something and stumbled when she turned to see what it was she gasped seeing it was her younger sister's, who was only 2, toy cats.

she knelt and picked it up, she held it close to her chest and cried not caring about the storm.

"I will avenge you, I promise. The Vultures will pay for what they did to me, to you, all of you."

The very next day, Esmeralda ran a thorough check of the house and found a lot of files from her father's office and started searching for clues.

She trained herself in combat and archery with a bow and arrow she made from wood. She took crafting classes with the fortune she got from her family.

By 20 Esmeralda was one of the best fighters in all her classes she had 83 badges in craftsmen skills and wilderness skills, and she also took shooting classes which she excelled in less than 5 months. She could run 400m in around 45.3 seconds but she was getting better.

All this while she just wanted to get revenge on the Vultures.

One day when she was practicing swordfighting she heard the door knock.

Who would be here right now?

The question rand through her mind. She raised her blade and walked cautiously to the door.

When she opened the door she saw a man, no-not a man a...boy?

He looked to be about her age he looked at her swords and took back and raised his hands.

"I come in peace. I am from the group of the shadows, and I come here to recruit you for our agency. My name is Elijah Venan" he said, holding out a file from his bag.

Esmeralda took it and examined the file for some foul play by the Vultures. When she thought it was clear, she opened the file and started reading.

Her sword was still raised and ready to kill.

It was a contract that said:-

Miss Connor
We, the board of directors of the
GROUP OF THE SHADOWS spy agency, are delighted to inform you that you have been selected for our training program for 6 months. We have been watching over you for the past 3 years and are impressed by your hard work and accomplishments.

It has also been noticed that you are constantly following the Vultures. We would be pleased if you were to allow us to lend a hand in your investigation.

We look forward to working with you in the coming years.

And that's where it started.