Septinium - A Starbound Story

Chapter 1 - The Graduation

???, Earth

The sun rises bright into the modern city in Earth. A city where all races thrive and unite, and live in joy, protected from any hostile creatures that are hungry for their flesh.

Protected by what, you ask? Ah, here's where it all gets interesting. A structure of yellow and silver stands on the center of the city...

The Terrene Protectorate.

A coalition of many races to train graduates known as the Protectors, to... of course... protect the known universe. The Protectorate is led by the Grand Protector, a teacher or principal of the school... eh.

But I'm just an A.I., why am I even explaining something like this? Let me wake this child up...

Oh, did I end that narration in the wrong way? Ugh, very well...

The story... begins.

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The Terrene Protectorate, Earth

A redheaded girl sleeps in her bed, with her hair messy and a pillow over her head.

"Wake up." A female voiced A.I. from her tablet on calls out to her.

"Nnn..." The girl turned around and covered herself with a blanket.

"Wake up, Raena. You have overslept." The tablet vibrated on the table behind her bed.

"What time is it...?" The girl peeked her head out from under the pillow.

"8:40." The A.I. replied, as Raena got out of her bed.

"8:40!? Oh my god wait, it's graduation day!!" Raena kept bouncing in excitement. She ran to the bathroom and got ready. She took a quick shower, groomed herself, wore her protectorate uniform, and ran outside her dorm, internally screaming in excitement. As she walked, other students greeting her. "Good morning!" She greeted them back. She kept walking and came across a Glitch sweeping the leaves falling off the Sakura tree.

"Frustrated. They have me sweeping off the falling leaves every hour like I'm some machine." The Glitch sweeped the leaves on to the dustpan. "Impatient. Just one more day away from retirement."

Raena giggled at the Glitch and walked faster. As she reached the entrance of the hall, she bumped into a guy slightly taller than her, and fell to the ground.

"Huh...?" She looked up at the guy.

"Oh, sorry Raena!" The guy apologized as he held his hand out to help her up. "You okay?"

"A-Aiden!" She blushed and bowed slightly. "M-Morning!"

"Morning to you too, since you're here then I don't have to walk back to your dorm!" Aiden put his hands behind his ehad.

"W-Walk b-b-back to my d-dorm?" She stuttered as she blushed harder.

"Yeah, now come on!" Aiden pulled her, as he pointed to the hall. "We gotta go, you're the top of the bath and you're not supposed to be late!"

Raena walked with Aiden to the hall, and came just in time for the graduation. "And now, here are our graduates!" The Grand Protector, Leda Portia, called the line of students out for their graduation. The crowd clapped as they stood on the stage, while Raena was looking around for her parents. "Where are they...?"

She found them waving at her, as she waved back. "Parents?" Aiden asked.

"Mhm!" Raena nodded back at him, and looked away from him and blushed more.