Alright, hi there readers. I'm LONGWING. I'm writing this story and updating the chapters about two or three times a week. While the chapters may be short at the beginning, they will become longer as the story progresses. The first captor has 1,060 words in it, so all chaptors beyond that should be longer. Anyways, hope you enjoy! :D Here's the first chapter:

Chapter One- Ceremony's

Raven glanced around himself, looking for a familiar face. He was standing in a extremely large auditorium, full of kids his age and their parents, that was decorated with congratulations banners, and flags of Orb. He scanned the room, taking in all the other faces, but not recognizing anyone. He sat in the way back, allowing him full view of the rest of the room. He let out a rather loud sigh of exasperation.

The room was noisy; everyone was chatting, waiting for the ceremony to start. They were all dressed in a like manner; all wore the cadet's uniform of Orb, having just completed their training they were being assigned to their future posts on various ships. The room was separated into two halves, one had kids who were wearing an orange cadet uniform, and the other half, where Raven was sitting, were wearing blue cadet uniforms. Raven knew what the divisions were; mobile suit pilots, and the technicians, he was the former, all the parents sat to the left and right of the stage. He let out a sigh, his friend wasn't anywhere to be seen, but then again, that friend had a flare for dramatic entrances.

"Hurry up. What the hell is taking you so long?" Raven muttered under his breath. He took another glance around before returning his attention to the stage as the head drill instructor stepped onto it.

"Welcome," he paused for a moment to look at all the students, and their parents, making sure he had all of their attention. It resulted in a rather sudden, sharp change in the atmosphere as the room fell silent. "To the graduating class of 75 in the Cosmic Era's assignment to ships. This will be where their journey begins, and where life becomes real for them. This year we have over two thousand cadets, and we are extremely proud of them. Now, we shall get started. I shall call out the names of the Cadets one at a time, at which point they will come and join me up on stage, and I will had them their assignment orders. They will then exit the door behind me where their parents can go see them. A note to all cadets, you are all to report to your ships at eighteen hundred today," Raven shuddered. He had no parents, his were killed when they were at Junius Seven when it was destroyed. Raven stared intently at the instructor waiting for him to speak again. "Isabelle Acton," the instructor said, as the first person in the front row of technicians stood up and received her orders.

Raven sighed, the ceremony dragged on and on. He glanced at the clock as they finally started giving orders to the pilots. It was three in the afternoon, and the ceremony had started at noon. He sighed again, and looked around for his friend, yet again. More and more kids took their orders with beaming smiles, and it dragged on. An hour and a half later, the instructor suddenly stopped calling names, and glanced around the room again, making sure he had everyone's attention. "Now, we have forty cadets remaining. These cadets will receive a two rank promotion, as they are the top of their class. They are our Ace's. Now, we shall begin with the same format. However, they will not have time to spend you, parents. I'm sorry, but they must report directly to their ships," Raven's fear spiked immediately, his friend wasn't here. Why wasn't he here?

As if on cue, the doors behind the instructor burst open, and in strolled a handsome brown haired boy. He was of average build, stood five eight, and had pearl white teeth. Raven rolled his eyes, and cupped his hands around his mouth. "What took ya so long jackass?" Raven called across the auditorium. His friend did the same and called back, "Sorry, too many chicks were at my door!" All the kids there broke out laughing. The instructor, on the other hand, didn't look so happy. "Mr. Burton, would you kindly take a seat? Some of us care about being on time and not a disturbance," came the monotone voice of scrutiny. "Alex, I saved a seat for you," Raven said as his friend approached them. Alex sat beside Raven, a grin beaming on his face.

"Asshole," Raven muttered to his friend. "Asshat," came the usual response. The instructor had started calling out names again, and almost half the kids were gone. Raven watched as the entire auditorium cleared out accept for the two of them and the instructor. Raven stood up, followed by Alex and they sprinted down the aisle together to the stage. The instructor glared at the two of them, before the threat vanished, replaced by pride. "And the top of the class, tied with the highest possible score, are our two top ace's. Alexander Burton, and Raven Foret. Congratulations." Raven accept his piece of paper, and bowed his head to his former instructor. "Thank you sir, it really was fun," Raven said, a smile on his face. "Yeah, we're gonna miss you," Alex said, offering his hand to the man. "Call me Dearka. And hey, I'm only a few years than you, I shouldn't be feeling nostalgic like this," Dearka said, ruffling Alex's hair. Alex retracted his hand, "Well, you were on the Le Creuset team, with Athrun Zala. We should definitely be showing more respect." Dearka let out a laugh, light and hardy, "Well, sure. But it's a shame, you boys are being assigned to two different ships. I'm sorry about that, I tried but even Athrun wasn't able to do anything about it."

Dearka's words visibly struck Raven and Alex. They had a stunned look on their faces and their shoulders were tense. "Hey, lighten up. I have a little extra info for you guys. You guys get a three rank promotion, so that means you have as much authority as any other Lieutenant Commander." Alex and Raven grinned, they knew that they had earned it too. "Sir, we best be on our way. Thank you for everything again," Raven said, saluting Dearka. Alex mimicked Raven, and stood at attention. Dearka brought his hand up, and saluted the two back. All three put their hands down, and Raven and Alex left the room.