The Elites (Assassins' Creed Highschool AU)

|4|. New Beginnings ✧

(Y/n) woke to the sound of the room's clock ringing. The loud noise made her jolt awake, unused to the volume compared to her own quieter phone alarm. She buried her face in her fluffy blanket before peeling it away from her features when the ringing stopped. She glanced to the other side of the room to see that Evie had been the one to get out of bed and turn it off. Six in the morning.

"Me réveillez à sept heures," Aveline mumbled, rolling onto her stomach and falling back asleep.

"What?" Evie furrowed her brows.

"Wake her up in an hour." (Y/n) translated as she sat up and ran her hand through her hair, gazing out of her window to see the mist that hung low over the green forest. She glanced to her few succulent plants on the windowsill and smiled softly before getting up.

Today was their first academic day at the school. They'd been handed their schedules at dinner the previous day along with directions to the classes. She threw her hair up messily with a scrunchie, yawning before sitting in front of the floor-length mirror, lugging a small makeup bag with her as she sat on the fluffy rug.

"I don't like getting ready without music," Claudia grumbled, making her way behind the dressing screen. Not wanting to selfishly keep the mirror all to herself, (Y/n) was quick in applying her makeup, keeping it simple. The (y/o) girl stretched before pulling the scrunchie out of her hair and brushing it in order to style it for the day, settling on a parting down the middle and two french braids. She got up to let the other girls use the mirror - Evie being quick to take the spot in order to apply her usual dark eyeshadow.

(Y/n) stepped behind the dressing screen to pull on a pair of tights; the grey and white plaid skirt, which was part of the uniform, a white button-up shirt and an oversized red jumper which she tucked into the skirt. She slipped on a simple pair of flats and grabbed her washbag to make her way to the bathroom, glancing to the still-sleeping Aveline as she left to find the girls' bathroom.

When she got there, (Y/n) was briefly greeted by Kassandra, who was drying her hair, and she spotted a red-haired girl fixing up her hair in the mirror, still in her pyjamas.

She made her way over to the sink to brush her teeth before leaving to go make sure someone had woken Aveline. On her way back, she spotted a dark-skinned woman with almond eyes and beautiful silky black braids.

"Is that the bathroom you just came out of?" She asked in an American accent.

"Uh, yes." She replied, "Which room are you in? I'm in room one, I'm (Y/n)." She introduced herself.

"Room three with Élise, Lucy and Lucrezia. You can call me Ziio." She replied with a warm smile.

"Lucrezia? I feel sorry for you." She laughed lightly.

"As do I." The Native American girl replied, "It was nice to meet you." She finished before heading off to the bathroom. When (Y/n) got back, she found that Aveline was stumbling around the room, pulling her ankle boots on and fully dressed.

"Wow, I wish that I could get dressed that quickly," (Y/n) spoke up, smiling.

"Believe me, it's a blessing when you're running late... or just not a morning person." She laughed out in her thick French accent that hung like a rich smoke in (Y/n)'s ears. The (e/c) eyed female decided to head downstairs, frowning at the poorly-written guide to the dining hall. She figured that she would run into another confused student on the way and they would be able to navigate the way together.

She trod lightly down the curved stairs and settled on making a left down the corridor when she was stopped by a voice:

"Dining hall's that way!" The rough yet smiling voice called out from the stairs behind her. (Y/n) turned around to spot the boy who she had presumed was Evie's brother yesterday.