Indifferent

Chapter One

Take a step forward. Be the best. If you do not succeed then you are worthless. Average is not acceptable. Life is a competition. You are nothing if you are not perfect, the best, outstanding.

"Willow! Willow! WILLOW!" Ms. Saranda screeched at me. I whipped my head up from of my desk where I had fallen dream. "Headmasters office, now." Her voice was menacing. I could see the fire behind her aura. I slowly backed out of the room, almost forgetting my bubble.

        "That woman, I swear." I muttered under my breath. The sound of my bare feet slapping the cold, white, smooth floors of the academy echoed within the tall ceilings. "If only Papi cared, then she would hold her tongue. Maman too." I whisper to myself as I descend a spiraling staircase.  Gold glints everywhere I look. This is the most prestigious academy in the Andromeda galaxy, oh wait, we are the only planet that has life. We go under the "earthling" radar. We are the planet Alexandria. Like their great Egyptian city.

        "He is ready to see you." A fat lady said once I reached the office. I nod curtly, then put my hands behind my back and bend at the waist. Sign of respect on Alexandria. She snorted and rolled her eyes, I glared. She led me back into a dark, all black, foreboding room. The Headmaster's office. Usually I would be afraid, but today I do not have enough energy to care. I was up all dark period.

        "What this time." Said a short, stick-thin man sitting at a chair with five different instruction books, just so he can put his arms over the desk.

         "I fell dream in class." I was careful with my words, I tried to have a matter-of-factly tone. It was vital I did this, no one could know about why I was staying up that long. I hadn't dreamt in two full cycles. Two light, and two dark periods. Well, until today.

         "Why, Ms. Cole, why? Have you been dreaming regularly?" He asked, an eyebrow raising. He didn't look up though, he was scribbling illegible things into a small notebook.

         "I've been, my mind has been, a little, preoccupied lately." I said finally. I slightly braced myself, I expected a mean reaction for some reason. Instead, I got a sigh.

         "Ocean. You are bright, but for some reason you make sure you get average grades. For some reason you always keep yourself under the radar, except for the common times when you fall dream. Why?" I gulped. I really did not know how to answer that question. For some reason I really felt I could trust Headmaster Tristan, I quickly noticed his gold aura. He was using the most dangerous and powerful of all Alexandrian gifts, Emotioning. You make someone feel a certain way. I glared at him and slowly his aura turned to a pale pink, which meant no gift was being used. He sighed again.

       "Ms. Silver, you need to use your brain. You know how the Head Alexander looks at those with your type of mind! You would have a high place among us!" His face was bright with excitement. That was the problem. I didn't want the Head Alexander to notice me, then he would find out about my project. Finding a way to earth.

Another problem, I know I am bright, tests have shown I have an abnormally large brain, well, abnormally large Frontal Lobe, allowing me to have an outstanding ability to concentrate, have good judgment, have good consequence analysis, problem solving abilities, planning, and allowing me to have a very strong personality. I also have an abnormally large Parietal Lobe which allows me to have good special orientation, visual perception, and pain and touch sensations. Along with that my Temporal Lobe is large which is the chief auditory receptive area. This region also contains the hippocampus, mine is also very large, which is the chief region of long-term memory. It also deals with high-level processing (faces and scenes). And, like all other Alexandrians, I have a ginormous occipital lobe, the lobe for dreams.

To break it down, I have large Frontal, Parietal, and Temporal Lobes, along with a large Sensory Cortex. Well, these parts of my brain and much larger than all Alexandrians. So the Frontal Lobe deals with Executive functions, thinking, planning, organizing, problem solving, emotions and behavioural control, and personality. The Parietal Lobe with Perceptions, making sense of the world, arithmetic, and spelling. The Temporal Lobe with Memory (hippocampus), understanding, and language. Last but not least, the Sensory Cortex, which deals with sensations. These are all things that make me special. Now add my gifts to it, and I'm practically more powerful then the Head Alexander himself.

         "Alright. I can see your eyes glazing over. Send yourself home for the day. Tell your Maman, that, that you are doing quite well in your studies. I will see you an hour before your studies start in the morning. Is that understood Ms. Ocean Cole?" He said, lifting the thick, clear, lens off of his nose. He looked at me with a piercing eye, his aura went beige, he was using his soul-looking gift. The gift wasn't much good, because after all, everyone's soul has its own protections, and of course many layers. "Hm. Curious, very curious. You have many layers of protection, too hard to crack in fact. Which is odd, I've never seen someone quite like that. Ah, well, until next time Ms. Cole." I glared at him hard and a shudder was sent down my spine. I turned away and left.