AN: After a year I decided to upload a new slash fic... which is kinna inspired by several things that I've read. No my lovelies, I haven't abandoned my other stories, I'm just really stuck at the moment with writer's block and school. So yeah, I hope you like it and... *cross fingers*
Fata Transverse
by: lookingthrualice
Chapter 1: Home
"Panem, a city filled with urban legends. Some true, some not so true. But the most prominent one is that twelve families arrived in the city, dividing it into twelve different districts. According to legends, hundreds of years ago, these twelve families created the city. They are the ones that built the city from dust to what it was today, creating the most powerful city in the whole country. However, a hundred years back, a great plague hit Panem, killing thousands of people. The residents of Panem seek help from different doctors, and they only said one thing, that the plague is incurable. That a miracle can only save the people infected. Dark times have set up in Panem, for years they have been affected, but only the members of the twelve families are not. They have stayed pretty and unharmed. Because of that they were proclaimed as witches and they were hunted.
The houses of the family were burned down one midnight, when they thought that the families were sleeping, at peace, and that they have no idea what is happening. The people who partook the burning heard screams of agony, as if the whole family is in flames. The next morning, when the fire had subsided, the same people tasked to do the job went to seek if there were any survivors. The houses from the twelve different districts were burned to the ground; however, they haven't found any body of the members of each family. The people thought that their bodies were burned into ashes, the reason why they were not found. Slowly, the plague has left, healing most of the people as if nothing had happened. The people of Panem celebrated, thinking that the twelve families were indeed a spawn of evil and that by eliminating them, they have saved everybody.
The city of Panem was in peace. The land where the houses of the twelve families used to stand were contained at no one dared to buy those lands, thinking that they are cursed. The city prospers, making it the most powerful village that it is today.
However, they are not aware that the twelve families were not dead, but still living. And that they are waiting for the perfect time to extract revenge from the people who framed them, the people who really placed the curse on their beloved people of Panem. That the time is near, and a war is about to take place."
"Mama, read some more." a young boy with blond hair said
His blue eyes twinkling with anticipation as to what would happen on the story, he was lying down on a bed; beside him is a girl, about his age, though her hair is black as ebony. She was already asleep, she's sucking her thumb as she sleep.
"No more mi amore, it's time for bed. You have lessons tomorrow." the woman said to her son.
Standing up from the chair that she was sitting, placing the book on the now vacant seat before moving, closer to her son, kissing him on his forehead before leaning down to the sleeping girl to do the same. She closed the main light, leaving the lampshade open.
"Good Night angel, may you have pleasant dreams."
The boy snuggled at the bed, before closing his eyes into a dreamless sleep. The moment his mother closed the door, everything went into flames. The young boy felt the heat, but he cannot open his eyes. His nose was filed with vile smell of burning flesh. He is struggling to wake up but no matter what he does, he can't. His eyes won't cooperate, shut still as if it doesn't want him to see what really is happening.
"Mama! Mama!" he kept on screaming but nobody hears him
'You're safe.' a voice suddenly said, and with that the heat stopped, the smell disappeared 'I will protect you. I will find you.'
/
'Beep! Beep! Beep! Beep!'
"Shut that shit off!"
'Beep! Beep! Bee..'
The alarm finally stopped. It was a peaceful sunny day; everyone was out on the streets already, doing what their chores for the day. It was a typical day at District 12, everyone knows everybody as they are a tight knit community. On one of the houses of the said district was owned once by a lovely couple with two children. They were one of the richest people on the said district and everybody loves them. The husband even became the captain of the district, the one who represents the people of twelve. The wife is one of the most lovely and kind woman of the district. She was a doctor and most if not all want to be treated by her. However, a few years back, there was a fire on the office of the captain, where the captain and his wife were, leaving their children as orphans.
The good thing about their community is that they act as if a one whole big community. They take turns on taking care of the children, inviting them to dinners. The school supported their education until they graduated until middle school, considered them as scholars since they are even the top students of their batch. With their perseverance and the fate of their community, the twins were accepted at a prestigious high school in the capitol on full scholarship. And today is the day that they are leaving, moving to the capitol.
"Come on sleepy head! Wake the fuck up!" a girl with long black hair screamed, her blue eyes are ablaze with fury and irritation.
Everyone who is near on the house heard the loud demand, and begun to chuckle.
"Tata seems to be still sleeping." one of the elders walking on the street said
"And Letti seems to be just as annoyed as every other day." the other replied
The women laughed.
"Ahh, what a peaceful day."
'Letti' was annoyed, no she was pissed off. Her brother is still sleeping, and it was already time for them to leave. She already placed her things on the car, the one left by their parents. Looking at the home they had known all their life for the last time, she closed her eyes and remembered all the happy memories that they had, and all the painful ones. A tear escaped from her eyes, and at the same time, the weather outside changed, from a sunny day into a cloudy one with a possibility of rain.
"Scar..." a quiet voice ended her reverie.
The girl opened her eyes and wiped her tears. The clouds disappeared, making the weather sunny again.
"Peeta."
The dark haired girl faced the one named Peeta. He looks just like her, blue eyes that could pierce anything. The only difference is that his hair instead of the ebony one, was blond, as if it was kissed by the sun, gleaming like a halo. Both of them are pale, as if they never left the confines of their home.
Peeta moved close to his twin, locking her in a tight embrace, dropping the bag that he was holding.
"Scar, my Scarlette, don't cry." Peeta murmured "You know what happens when you cry."
Fighting the urge to cry, Scarlette hugged her brother back.
"I can't help it Tata."
Releasing her from a tight embrace, Peeta looked at his sister's eyes directly.
"We may be going a new home Letti." Peeta said "But we'll always have Mam and Pa with us."
Scarlette nodded, and forced a smile to her face. They are moving on into their new home for several years, leaving the place and the people they have loved and grown up with.
"Come on Tata, we'll be late.' Scarlette said
Peeta smiled and gave waved his hand, making the messy streaks of tears disappear on his sister's face.
"Now you're pretty again." the blond said, picking up his forgotten baggage and making his way out of the doors
"On a pixie kind of way!" he called
Scarlette grunted, obviously hating the nickname his brother used, but smiled nonetheless.
'What will I do without him?' the black haired girl thought before following her brother out, giving a small wave making the door behind her close and lock on its own. With one last glimpse, she followed her brother in the car.
'Capitol, here we go'
/
Van Alen Academy for the Gifted
(The Capitol)
After five hours of non-stop driving, the twins finally arrived at their new home. They will be staying at the dormitory for four years before deciding on to what degree and University they wish to go. The twins have been dreaming to enter the academy ever since their parents told those stories, legends about the place where they have graduated. Their parents met and fell in love at the very same academy they would be attending.
Van Alen Academy was founded three hundred years ago by the twelve families that first lived in Panem. Before they divided the city into twelve districts, they first created a school that will house their children and the other children who excelled from different aspects. There are no entrance exams to be passed. The school sends out scouts to different district, looking for children who excels.
The school was built to be occupied by thousand students, with its three floors and two hectares of property for the children staying at the Academy to enjoy; however, as the time goes by and after the plague infested the city, the population dwindled and now the massive school only houses three hundred. The academy is divided into two; the left wing is the dormitories, while the far right wing is where the classes are held as well as the office of the current headmaster and the professor's dormitories. Each and every student has their own room, with its own bathroom. The outside looks like a castle, and it's surrounded by woods, clearly the place is on the borders of the capitol already if it takes an hour and half travel from the commercial area to the prestigious academy. The place was completely isolated from the world around it.
Peeta swerved, circling the castle like building and onto the right wing. Peeta parked at one of the free parking space and went down the car followed by his twin. The two got their things on the trunk, and made their way to the Headmaster's office. Scarlette paused on one of the steps, making Peeta paused as well.
"Did you locked the car.' asked the raven
Peeta checked for people before waving his hand, locking the car.
"Now I did." the blond replied
The younger twin giggled before standing beside her brother.
"Here we go Letti."
Holding his sister's free hand, he opened the doors telepathically for them.
"One of these days Tata, someone will catch you using..."
"But not today.'
/
Unbeknown to the twins, somebody did witness how Peeta opened the door. Four students, one was a small girl with black hair; she looks like an elementary student. There was another girl with them, who has beautiful gold hair that curls down on her back. She looks like Barbie personified, only with pale skin. Beside her is a blond boy. The boy looks like the girl he was standing beside with, his frame is lean with a height of 5'9. The last from the group is another blond haired boy who is a bit taller than the other, towering their group at the height of 6'3. Unlike the other, he is built on what seems to be like an Adonis like body, muscled yet not too bulky.
They were looking out at the parking as soon as the car of the twins arrived, observing how the two interact.
"Look whose here." the smaller girl said
The shorter blond closed his eyes and breathed deeply.
"He's here, and I can feel his soul." he said "And it's so delicious."
The other blond chuckled before placing one of his hands on the other's shoulder.
"Hold your horses pretty boy; you know we have to share right?'
"And he has a guardian this lifetime." the Barbie liked girl commented
The larger boy snorted.
"What can she do?"
"That's what we have to find out." the lean blond said before looking at his female look alike "You'll do it for us, right Glimmer?"
Glimmer giggled, before turning around and walking to the hall that leads to the dormitories.
"Of course Marvel." she replied, looking back at her cousin "For you and Cato."
