X's and O's

Chapter 1

Olive POV

Everything was going fine until I discovered I was the special one.

I quite liked school. I had a good friend group, was doing well, and was generally happy.

What I don't like is that I had to leave.

I had heard the rumors. Spoken around every corner as I would go in for training. A new person each day was hearing about them. It traveled around so fast, somewhat like a deadly disease infecting the ears of others. It did hurt people, like a disease would. But in a different way. A more mental way.

To me, the rumors made me feel impending doom.

Because, I knew that they were going to send me.

Send me to kill that Xenian spy.

That Xenian spy that was rumored to be going to be undercover in Daya, Temberia.

That Xenian spy that was rumored to be trying to find a Octavian agent.

I felt like it was a trap. I'm going to be looking for my own kidnapping. But I didn't care. Nothing was worse than my boss's rage.

So I did as told. I agreed to eliminate that Xenian spy.

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I am very angry right now.

So I had this vision that I would be running around hidden in the shadows. It was not part of my vision that I would be hidden in plain sight. Nobody cared to inform me of this fact until the last minute.

Blending in.

According to me, the worst kind of hiding.

Why become an agent, then try to be something else?

I really just want to slaughter this guy's face and be done with it. But no, I can't. I have to bide my time and wait for the perfect time to strike. I have to try to get some information out of him first, for stupid reasons that make no sense. Sigh.

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I try to hide in the crowds of happy people as I walk around the city, a long red wig upon my head and baggy clothes barely hanging on to my body. Right now, I feel absolutely ridiculous. Though I am from Octavia, I wasn't use to this. These people seemed to be happy for no reason at all. They were laughing and smiling without earning a raise or getting proposed to. They were just happy.

I sincerely feel like I don't belong. I have never felt like I belonged, but the feeling was stronger now and I desperately want to leave right now, to get away from these crazy people. My heart aches and my mind is screaming. For a mere second I even consider going against my boss's will, something I would ever never do.

I guess I feel like the fish out of water. I had been taught that happiness comes from a source, that it must have a reason. These people were happy for no reason that I could even think of.

The people of Temberia all smile as I pass by, something that would never happen back home. Everyone back there gave you, at most, a nod, but it was always accompanied by a stern face. But, then again, this is new territory and, so, I must go along with it. Cause everyone did and it is my job.

A happy couple walking by, holding hands, came into my peripheral. I force the biggest smile onto my face and wave.

I feel as though something broke within me. This was not right.

I turn the corner of the street and happen upon the town square. I've heard it's known as 'The Circle.' I have no idea why it was called that because it was definitely a square. Not even close to a circle. From the little information I was given, I knew that it was considered the center of the three lands. I've heard that the people here treasure it very highly. Why? I didn't know. To me, it was just another place where happy people visit.