Elle stared at the book in her hands for a while before she started chuckling "This really is fucked up" she said.
When her laughter died down she took the book and went up to her bed, she opened up to the page she stopped at and took a very deep breath before she continued reading the book again.
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"Common Manda let's go" Alicia, Amanda's younger sister called out to her in an annoyed manner. She wants to get to the training arena early so that she can get to sit at the front and watch the training selection.
Amanda sighed and muttered "I'm coming". She isn't as excited as Alicia because she will be training too and she'll be super embarrassed if she doesn't get selected to be trained by the higher ranking.
Training has always been a very important thing for every family out there and she doesn't want to disappoint her's. Those that are selected to be trained are always trained by the head trainers in each department and they usually graduate as important people in the society, and fun fact, even if you don't graduate you'll still be respected by everyone
She doesn't want to end up unselected and be treated like a nobody in the society "You can do this, you are smart and strong" she reassured herself in the mirror and went outside to meet her sister, only to find out that she already left and she quickly ran after her.
When They got to the training arena, it was already filled up and Alicia gave Amanda a very deadly glare before she walked away. The entire species in the society stood there with the ones that will be going for the training selection standing in front of their specie
The Vampires stood at a particular corner, looking all proud and heartbreakingly stunning. They've always been the prettiest specie, their pale skin always make them stand out plus their beautiful and rare eye colours. They've always been known for grey and red eye colour, no vampire has ever been seen with a different eye colour.
Amanda could see them gloating, because apart from being the prettiest specie they are also undefeated and that could be seen from their proud stances and look. They looked down on everyone because, nobody, like nobody has ever been unselected in their specie. Their speed and brain has always been a blessing to them, Amanda looked at them and looked away. She hates that particular specie's attitude.
Next to them stood the werewolves, they are a bunch of wild species. They stood there and anyone could see they were itching to cause trouble, but one thing's for sure they just cause trouble cause it's fun, they never do anything that can cause great problems and they are really playful
Their beauty lies in their strength, they've got a very strong body build and sharp senses so they were always recruited. But they never looked down on anyone and for that, Amanda and everyone respected them a lot. Amanda sighted someone waving at her and she looked closer and it was Rus, she quickly gave him a thumbs up which indicates Goodluck
The faires were the life of the party they were chattering and playing around, they are the one specie that basically doesn't care if they get recruited or not. If not that participating is compulsory, they wouldn't attend. They just do their own thing. The faires are also the largest specie because there are different kinds of faires.
The flying faires also known as the wishing faires are the ones that are the most popular because people make wishes a lot. They are the tiniest of all the faires and they are also the ones that have the prettiest wings. Aiden is one of them
The next one is the Earth fairy, they look just like every normal human being out there but they have white eyes, their pupil isn't seen and that is one beautiful thing about them. They are in charge of everything that has to do with flowers, trees etc
The next is the compelling fairy, they are just like the earth fairy but instead they've got normal human eyes, but their distinctive feature is that they all have green eyes and no other eye colour. They are capable of compelling anyone to do what they want, Ruri belongs to this category
There were other groups of faires but they are rarely talked about cause of their small numbers.
The halflings were standing alongside the humans, they are also a very large specie cause of their diversity. The halflings are basically just half human and half any other creature so they just stick with the humans. The world then was filled with the beauty of the diversity of nature in creating
"Welcome everyone" A voice called out in the crowd and everyone immediately stopped chattering "I'm pretty sure you all know what today is all about right?" Chorus of yess was heard in the crowd and the speaker nodded.
"This year will not be any different from the other years, everyone will still be tested based on their specie's ability. We may now start" He said and stepped back to allow the higher rankings come out and start the selection but then a group of masked armed human men came out.
"Or maybe not" one of them said, standing on the podium while the others stood besides him "We are sorry to say but we humans don't want to live or associate with weirdos like y'all anymore" he said, the disgust and hatred clear in his voice
"What do you mean weird? What if you humans are the weird ones" One of the Vampires spoke as he stepped forward looking at the group of armed humans and the next thing that was seen was his head laying on the ground with blood gushing out. People immediately gasped and made to run away but the armed men shouted "one step away from this arena and y'all will be dead, and don't think you can overpower us. Every single thing that can harm you creatures are imbedded in these weapons"
Everyone that wanted to run away immediately halted "now that this has been made clear, you all weird creatures are given a week to either submit yourself to us or leave this place. We don't wish to coesxit with you people anymore" one of them said and the others nodded in agreement
"You can leave" Everyone immediately scrambled away.
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Elle looked at the page she was reading disgust clearly visible on her face, the greed and stupidity of humans didn't start today and it was disgusting. She wanted to continue the book but she felt her body pleading with her to rest but she's scared to shut her eyes cause of the nightmares.
But after so much pleading from her body, she closed the book and laid down "Lord, please let me have a peaceful sleep this time around" she muttered and let herself fall asleep but if wishes were horses, beggers would definitely ride them.
Elle and her parents were currently stting in the dinning room and it was really awkward, no one talked to the other person neither was anyone eating. Elle sighed and rubbed her forehead, she really didn't have the time for all this. She wasn't able to sleep last night cause of the repeating nightmares and right now, she just wants to go back to her room and finish reading the book, she picked up her spoon and started eating. "where are your manners young girl?" Her father asked her the time she was about to put her fifth spoon in her mouth, she angrily slammed the spoon on the dinning table "I guess they went on a vacation" she replied and left the dinning room. Anna looked at her daughter's retreating figure and back at her husband, she doesn't want her family shattering right now "why don't you just talk to her quietly Anthony"
The children looked at the stranger skeptically, he looked their age but they've never seen him around before. "Hello? I said I'm Ansel" The boy said while waving his hands over their faces "Where are you from? We've never seen you around before" Mamock asked the question that is on everyone's mind "And how are you so sure you've never seen me before?" Ansel asked as he stepped closer to them, they all looked at each other and kept quiet "well, you are right. You've never seen me before and before you ask, it's because I'm a rare specie that chooses when he wants to show himself" "Umm.. we would appreciate it if you are a little bit clearer" Amanda said and the boy looked her with a smile on his face before he replied "Well, you can say I'm a God" he said in a cock
"Inhumanity always existed, the greed and envy of humans has kept that beast in them alive" Elle said with tears welling up in her eyes as she closed the book. The first time she opened the book, she didn't except something like that to be the reason the world was separated, she rubbed her hands over her face and sighed frustratedly, history is about to repeat itself and this time it might be her fault. She glanced at the book for a while before she turned to the other side of the room, in as much as it gave her a much needed insight about the other realm, she wasn't able to discover the connection of her classmates' dissappereance to all of that. Elle was still pondering over her classmates dissappereance when she heard the front door open and she heard her dad's voice as he came in, she stood up from
It's been 7 days since Elle found the file and things haven't been the same, she goes to sleep every night with the fear of her now persistent nightmares and wakes up every morning feeling disgusted by what she found in the file. This morning, she woke up with sweat all over her face and her pillow was drenched. She couldn't figure out if it was her tears or her sweat, she ran her hands through her brown curly hair as tears rolled down her face and she curled up in her bed. It keeps getting horrible as the days pass, she had sneaked out and bought her self sleeping pills but that didn't change anything. "Elle I hope you're awake" Anna called out to her daughter as she continued making breakfast, she decided to turn a blind eye to the drastic changes she saw in her daughter's body because she's too busy making sure her project goes as planned Elle sat up when she heard her mum's voice a
"what is it?" Rus asked with a glare as Elle continued looking at him with a mischievous smile on her face. He honestly dislikes the girl and now she's creeping him out. "Well, like I said I have a condition" Elle stated and passed a quick glance around, and everyone was staring at her with undivided attention "my condition is very simple, it doesn't require much and it's basically for Rus here to fulfill" "Get to the point already" Mamock said to the girl in a semipissed off tone and Elle just smiled at her innocently "Alright alright, I see you all are getting impatient and annoyed at me so I'll get to the point but first, Rus do you promise to meet my condition"she said, purposely toying with them as she looked at everyone with a mischievous look in her eyes, before her gaze settled on Rus. She wants a definite answer from him before she conti
Anna and Anthony settled down in their seats facing the children who were staring right back at them . They were all staring at each other intensely, the tension around them could be sliced by a knife. After a few minutes of intense glaring, Anthony broke it by speaking up "You all have grown some courage and I like that" he said with a satisfied smile plastered on his face. "I'd love to speak to you guys now but I think it'd be better if my wife does that instead" Anthony said and signalled to his wife to speak up. Anna glanced at all the children first before she cleared her throat and started talking "I know you all probably went through a tough and painful journey during the change but I know the pain is all over now. I'm going to talk to you people about the changes your body has undergone, your newly found ability and how to control it and basically everything you need to know about being a vampire" she
"Why didn't you tell me about it the moment you noticed the file went missing!?" Anthony yelled at Anna in anger and she immediately flinched. "God damnit!" He cursed and brought out his phone and made a call "I need you to find someone for me" he ordered as he angrily walked out of the house. Anna sat on the floor crying and breathing heavily, her entire body was shaking. She honestly thought he was gonna shoot her to death when he glared at her with so much anger, she managed to drag herself up from the floor and walked over to their bathroom, she definitely needs a bath right now. ______ Elle opened the door and walked into the house, she was expecting to meet it dirty considering that none of them will probably enter there to clean it but it was surprisingly clean. No speck of dust can be seen. "Wow!!" She exclaimed while spinning around to get a better view of the
Elle finished her introduction hoping to at least get a reaction but the crowd remained quiet after that and her confidence started diminishing. The feeling of unacceptance started creeping into her mind and she slowly began to step back. But all of a sudden they all started cheering and choruses of "you're welcome Elle" boomed through the arena, while Mamock and and the other 3 started laughing "are they okay?" Elle thought to herself while looking at the cheering crowd with confusion written all over her face. "You should have seen your face Elle! Don't worry it's tradition, they always do this. It's fun to see the life force all riled up" Ruri explained in between laughs and Elle released a sigh of relief, they definitely got her with that prank. She looked at the crowd that was still cheering and clapping for her and she smiled, she's quite surprised that even tho they know why she's here, they act like nothing is wron