The Gifted Fate

Chapter 1: A present?

The Haunted Halls Prophecy:
The halls you roam are not what they seem,
Tragic back stories remain unseen,
For this school has many haunted figures,
But soon, it will crumble, fall, and wither.

Beware a glimpse of betrayal,
Beware a taste of fright,
For the one who may seem loyal,
Their vengeance just might take flight,

flashback

“Mommy! Look! I did it!” Yelled little Irene, holding a small flower. She was about 6 at the time and was on her way to the academy.
“Good job, my little mage” her mother praised, ruffling her daughter’s hair.

Irene giggled, but suddenly.. the ground began to shake.
“mommy? What’s going on?”
“stay behind me Rene…” her mother tried to stay calm, but Irene could sense she was nervous and tense.

Men appeared everywhere, pulling them apart as Irene cried, reaching out for her mother, watching in horror as she saw her mother get stabbed in the heart, the men dropping her as she sobbed, crawling to her dying mother.
“what happened…? Why…” She whimpered.

currently (7 years later)

Irene woke up from the nightmare, groaning and sitting up from her bed.
Suddenly, she gasps
“Oh my god.. first day at the academy,”
Irene had been dreaming of this day, and it finally had arrived. Ever since her mother’s death, she had been hearing strange voices in her head, but nonetheless, that wouldn't keep her from chasing the dream of her life.

She stepped into the shower, cleaning herself, then finishing as she fixed her hair into a low ponytail.

“Okay, I can't scrap this now, I got up here, so I should be good..” She whispered to the mirror. ”Don't do it…" The academy will falter.. And so will you..” The strange voice came into her head. A massive headache pounded her head. “no no no…”
It disappeared soon after.

She sighs, fixing herself, heading out, walking out of the dorms. A few kids were also on their way to the academy, but not this early, so she still had time to explore the academy.

She walked in and roamed the halls, finding her locker. “531… what a weird number..” She muttered as she added in her code. Opening her locker, she found the books needed for the classes she was going to take.

“That saves me the trouble of going to buy them.” She sighed in relief, taking a history book. As she walked, the halls began to fill with more people, Professors, students, and elders began shuffling through. The bell rang, and it was time to go to the great hall.

She walked in and took a seat, the great master walking up to the podium. “Hello new students! Welcome to the Gift Academy, for the gifted!” He chuckled to himself, a few of the other students giggling.

“Thank you so much for enrolling in the academy. This will be a great new year! Now, for the new students, you are all assigned in groups for your dorms. These groups are named after your place of your dorm.” he said

Irene knew this. She had seen the other people in her dorm but never bothered to talk to them, nor did they do it for her.

“The dorms are split up into 10 different families: Creati, Sumous, Destri, Helios, Atti, Prophen, Render, Shaden, Camo, And Wisan. All of which are named after different abilities.”
(Pronounced: Crea-Tai, Sumos, Des-tri, He- li- os, At-tai, Pro-fen, ren-der, Shay-den, ka-mo, and Wis-aun.)

(What family am I in?) Irene thought.
“But of course! We can’t have all of the same groups stay in the same groups, so we mixed it up, two groups, with ten different people in the groups” said the grandmaster.
(Oh.. okay then, shouldn’t be too bad) she thought. The bell rang, and all the students started walking to their classes, and so did she, walking to the history class and taking a seat.