Matched

Chapter 1

'At the age of 17, one female shall be matched with a male as their soulmate, they will love unconditionally. The only thing that could ruin the matching is if one gets rejected by the other or their other dies, when this happens it can be very painful, you could even go face to face with death'
"We are all equal, we are all human"Who ever said that was one of the dumbest things a person could say. We are not equal, humans will always fight to be top dog, no matter what. I mean sure some people start off strong like Prince Jaxon, he would never have to work a day in his life because he has daddy's money. People like my friend Diana and myself, the people in Middle and Low class can only hope we can be useful, when we turn 17 be gifted with a power, or get matched with someone from the Upper Class.

I wrap my hands tighter around my cracked mug, taking a sip of cold water now and then, watching the sun rise above the horizon in an ray of colors. I remove a hand from the mug, running it through my Chocolate Brown hair. Sure, I guess you could say I'm pretty, I mean I bathe when the water is available and I have manners. People think that the Lower Class don't know how to take care of themselves, thus they throw many fund-raisers to 'help' us but they end up just putting us more and more in debt. The funny thing is, being Lower Class, I was taught the value of things, we make our own food, we're seen as Peasants and were just fine with that.

"Mona!" a light voice squeaks. I turn and look into the eyes of my little sister Lily. "What's up darlin?" I smile standing up and messing with her hair, she grumbles angrily at the motion. "Diana is here, remember you have school?" she says cockily. For an 8-year old, she sure can have a mouth, I can only hope it won't get her in trouble. "Alright Lily-Pad, you watch over mom and dad and make sure you stay out of trouble okay?" I say sternly before hugging her and grabbing my brown leather backpack before heading out the door.
"Hey!" Diana said pulling me into a small embrace, she is from the Middle Class and doesn't care that I'm the Lowest of the classes. "Hey, how are you doing?" I asked as we walked towards school. "Good, good and my my you look cute today" she smiled looking at my simple jeans, V-neck and plain boots. I may be Low Class but I learned to make Shoes and shirts and my mother is great at making jeans, maybe with some help from Diana's mom.
"Thanks, so do you miss skirt" I joked laughing. "Sigh, you'll never get over me in a skirt will you?!" she laughs trying to act serious but failing. "No I never will yo-" I started before a figure slammed into me, my body coming in contact with the ground. "Hey! Watch where you're going jerk!" I hiss getting up, looking into the eyes of the jerk. It was flipping Jaxon Winters. Jaxon, the prince of our small Kingdom of Prima.

"Hey I would watch your mouth poor girl" he hissed standing a good 6'4. I'm 5'7 but he still towered over me. I pointed my finger at him "No, I would watch YOUR mouth rich boy, at least I can dress myself in the morning, heck I MAKE my clothes and my food while you stand up in your little Castle, sitting on your butt" I snap back, my jaw tight.

His eyes widen for a second then back into a glare "At least I know how to bathe you worthless pig" he hissed with a smirk. I looked up, usually I wasn't one to cry but it stung. My eyes stung with oncoming tears, I quickly pushed past him, hearing the footsteps of Diana behind me as I walked into the school.I wanted to punch him square in that jaw of his but I couldn't, my dad raised me better than that. The only problem now was that Jaxon knew who I was, and he would most likely send his girls after me. Once I find my Match, he will protect me from guys and girls like Jaxon with a rotten heart.