Zodiacs' Academy

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Ophiuchus POV

I am so nervous. Today is the day when I find out which house I'm in. I stare at myself in the mirror, praying that my nerves would go away. There are butterflies in my stomach and I am sweating uncontrollably, which sounds gross, but it's what happens when I'm extremely nervous. And I'm extremely nervous. 

"Pull yourself together." I take a few second long deep breath and walk into my closet. I change into a button-up shirt and black pants. I button the navy blue shirt and go into my bathroom. I put my hair up into a 'business' bun and take one more deep breath before slipping on my almost black heels. 

"Pull yourself together." I repeat as I walk over to Leo's office. 

I clear my throat and knock. 

He opens with a clear smile. "Good morning, Ophiuchus. Come in." 

I do and see that all of the House leaders are here. I expected that but now that I see it, I feel intimidated and pressured. I can't ask them to leave, though. 

"How was your morning?" Leo asks me. 

"Good, thank you sir. And yours?"

"Excellent, thank you as well. Have a seat. I'm going to explain to you what will happen," he faces his hand at the chair, signaling to sit. I do that as well. "Just as your first day, you will enter the room and be seated. You will then drink the liquid and it will make you unconscious. You will be put into a series of events based off of the experiences that you had in the houses, and that will determine your final house." 

I nod. Leo leads me into the room and I sit on the chair. 

Afterwards, I go back into the office. They all lean over Leo's computer as the results load up. I pull my fingers in fear. Their faces turn pale. 

"What's going on?" I ask, fiddling with my fingers faster with worry. 

"It seems... you... you..." Sagittarius begins. She furrows her eyebrows. "Umm.." 

"Ophiuchus...." Libra continues. But she says nothing after that. 

"Yes..?" I ask. 

Pisces leans over Aries with curiosity. Her eyes widen and her eyebrows raise when she sees the screen. She quietly clears her throat and leans back into her position.

"What's going on? Tell me!" I practically yell. All of their eyes go to me. "Sorry."

"That's alright. Um, err.. Cancer, please explain to her this situation?" Leo looks to her.

"Uh, yes, of course, sir... Well. You still don't have a house. Sort of.." 

 I lean forward, shocked. "What do you mean 'sort of'?"

"You have your own house. You are Ophiuchus." 

"Yeah, I know my name is Ophiuchus. But what do you mean? How do I have my own house?"

"No, she doesn't mean your name," Taurus continues. "Ophiuchus is a house. It's a legend. Many people don't believe it exists, but it seems the woman who raised you did believe in it because she named you Ophiuchus. You are a house leader." 

My heart drops. There are so many emotions going through me right now; fear, happiness, fear.. and fear. 

"W-what happens now?" my voice is low and shaky because I'm afraid I'm going to cry. I should be happy for the most part, though. But this is a whole new role that I never expected to have.

"We don't know yet. For now, let's lay low and keep you in Libra, okay? Do not tell anyone. If we hear that you spoke about this to a single soul, you will be out of this school for good. Am I clear?" Leo's stare is demanding and assertive. 

"Yes, sir. You have my word." 

"And only I." he says.

I nod and leave.