The Power Academy

Chapter 4- The Matching Ceremony

Kayla's PoV: 

After Mrs. Carter announced that the ceremony would be starting soon, people began standing up and walking towards the doors. I nervously look around, and Jasper stands up, offering his hand to me to help me stand. I smile at him, and take his hand and we walk together out of the dining hall and towards the auditorium. 

The seats were filling up quickly as the switches joined us as well. Small conversations all around the auditorium created a small roar, that was promptly quieted by Mrs. Carter.

"Welcome to the Matching Ceremony. I know this seems all dramatic, but this is a special occasion to be celebrated. Now, we as a school are not perfect, so this pairing may not be a perfect fit that will stay, but for many of you, you may find your long term if not lifelong partner within the next hour," hearing that sent the students into a frenzy, some with excitement, and others with nerves. I personally sat anxious for her to continue. "Now, we shall start with the switches so they can have time to bicker amongst themselves as to sleeping arrangements," she and the crowd chuckle at the switch stereotype. "Now, let's begin shall we? Miss Alecia Hoffman," a girl from the crowd stands up as people around here cheer her on. She walks to the front of the crowd waiting for her match. "you will be paired with Jaydon Grey." People cheer for them as he walks down to meet her, and they walk out of the auditorium together to be assigned their room.

This continues until all of the switches have been paired up.  The tension is rising as everyone waits for their names to be called.

"Now for the rest of you, we are doing things slightly different. We don't want to make the submissives come up here in front of you all to wait, so what we are going to do is this," an assistant brings up a box of envelopes and places them next to Mrs. Carter, "each of these letters has a name on the envelope. When I call your name, you will come down, open the letter, and call your submissive to yourself. How fun is that?" She looks proud of herself and grabs the first envelope, "Ethan Cornwall, come get your letter!" He walks down confidently and opens the letter.

"Emily Foster," she squeals quietly and quickly walks up to him. They share a quick but passionate kiss as people cheer them on. It wasn't much of a shock for them to be paired up, since they have been together the whole time. I look over at Jasper and wonder, am I going to be lucky enough to be placed with him? The list goes on until Jasper's name is called. Rather than quickly standing, he leans over to me and whispers,

"See you in a few seconds baby," and confidently walks up to receive his letter. I hope my name is on there, things have gone so well for everyone else, maybe now it's my turn. When he opens it, he stands shocked and confused. He coughs to clear his throat and says "Gemma Castro." She stands up and walks to him, looking down in respect and they walk off. I sit there in silence feeling alone and scared.

If I am not with Jasper, then who am I with? Thoughts swirl through my head until not many people remain in the room. Mrs. Carter calls on Amelia Pierce next and I think, maybe they saw that I am bi on my chart and wanted to broaden my horizons. Sadly, that is not the case for me, as she calls another girl's name and they happily walk off together.

I hardly pay attention as Mrs. Carter calls Gregory McMillan to the front until I see it is Greg, the dominant from before. I look around the room feeling horrible for all of us submissives. No one should have to be paired with someone like him, someone who is rude, abusive of the system, and a complete-

"Kayla James," he said with a laugh. I take a breath and stand to my feet. If the academy paired me with him, there must be good reason. I will not let him see how much I wish this were not the case. Maybe that is what they're trying to teach me, grace under pressure. I calmly walk to him with my eyes down in respect and he leads me out of the auditorium with his hand on the small of my back. "Oh you are definitely going to be a fun one to break, Kayla," he laughs as I look away, trying to distract myself with anything possible.

We wait in line to get our room assignments, and collect our luggage. By the time we make it to our room, Jasper and Gemma were walking out of theirs about two doors down. Jasper seeing me with Greg clearly angers him, but Gemma keeps talking up a storm and trying to grab his attention so he looks away. I am pulled into the room and pushed against the door.

"Here is something for you to start learning. Rule number one slut, in public and in private my name is Master to you. And rule number two, you are my slut, so that means no going around other dominants without me." He clearly saw the look shared between me and Jasper.

I look down at my shoes and mumble "Yes master." He looks confident enough and lets me pass into the room. I set my things down on one side of the bed and look around. It is a beautiful room, too bad I will be spending it with a monster until further notice. Greg, I mean uh, Master grabs some clothes and heads to the bathroom.

"I am going to shower. I expect you to have my things organized by the time I am out. Don't disappoint," he slams the door shut and I am left to my own confused silence.

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A/n
How'd you like that for a plot twist??? Do you think this story should be about Greg growing as a Dom, or Kayla being saved from a bad situation? Lemme know!

Lizzie <3