Chapter 1 - Nothing New - Fate
I awoke, the room was dark, small, damp yet cosy since it was my own private space, where no one would disturb me as long as I 'behaved'. I dragged open the the curtain and the sunlight had pierced my eyes whilst dyeing the room in a warm colour. However it brought light to how deprived I was, a tattered and reused bed was placed in the corner of the room, with a wooden desk. There was also a closet at the other end, though I did own little to nothing of furniture it was all that I needed. I delicately traced my bruised body, identifying each one and discovering a bruise had gotten from a fight two days ago.
Today was normal, I took a quick shower and clothed myself into my school uniform , which consisted of a white shirt, slim fit trousers, tie, jumper and a blazer. I brought my blazer and shoes with me downstairs and put on an apron. Whilst preparing breakfast for my parents, I pondered over excuses i could use to explain the wounds all over my body. In the end I chose to just fake an illness and not participate, it was the best option. As I set the table I heard steady yet non-rhythmic and loud step, this indicated it was dad. A sour expression had been carved into his face, once he'd seen me. "B!tch, are ya done with grub yet?" His grating voice had a very unpleasant and powerful tinge to it.
"Yes, dad" My voice the monotonous, I had learnt to keep my emotions to myself the hard way. Plus, this way he was less bothersome. "Better be" He demanded scornfully, if wanted fear from me as a reaction.He didn't get it, I never wasn't scared, nor will I be in future. Not now,not ever.
As I left the kitchen I passed my older brother Kaiden. His bed ridden hair and hazel eyes made him significantly popular at school, the second most attractive guy at school. Alas, though we are sibling, blood relatives , he looked at with me with eyes of hatred to the bone.The differences between us were incredible, his notably red hair,tanned skin and architectural features starkly contrasted my own.
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To avoid anything bothersome I lowered and made my way up the stairs to my room. I sat at my desk using a cheap hand mirror I'd bought, to study my facial feature for a short while. My jet black hair was pulled black into two hair ties, the diverge between it and my skin was almost ghostly. Moving my abnormally long bangs out of the way and slide on my thick glasses. After concealing and small bruise on my neck I grabbed my bag and headed for the door.
The frosty breeze caused me let out an unsightly shiver as I continued to walk down the side walk. With my earphones on full blast I drew the closer to hell. School. I ignored the snide comments and gestures made towards me and went to registration. Today someone found it amusing to draw the word 'Trash' all over my locker and stuff it with paper. I was tripped numerous times but today's acts were pretty sad, either that or the petty action just didn't bother me. I'd been through worse.
The end of the day rolled around I closed my locker only to find the one person I didn't want to see. Well, people. Daniel Mitchel a boy out of almost every girl fantasy, wait let me rephrase he made both men and women look at him in such a way. But not me. "Yo, Fate did you like how we customised your locker for you, it suits her perfectly right Kaiden?"
My brother replied sarcastically yet hatefully, "Yeah, you're a genius Dan. Where do you come up with this stuff!"
"Its a gift" Everyone laughed accordingly to the little role play they'd put on, all except me. Daniel then used his hand to comb through cedar brown hair causing his blue eyes to pop even more, all the girl looked lovingly at this action. His little harem of girls swooned over him much more than usual and giggled when he sent them a wink. Due to this they became increasingly annoying and sent me a obviously jealous dirty look.
Right as Kaiden was about to say something a strange drawing appeared underneath me the the other 5. It increased in brightness and I could make out that its was similar to a summoners circle.