"Lucy Heartfilia." The teacher's voice sounded throughout the medium-sized classroom in a call. As usual, no one answered back and he moved on.
Lucy Heartfilia. That was a name everyone at his school knew, you'd have to be deaf, blind, senseless, and living under a rock to not at least have heard of her. She was the girl who everyone knew of, but no one actually knew anything about beyond appearance wise. She never appeared to any of their classes, was never seen at any meal, and did not sleep in any of the dormitory rooms. She was only ever seen by glimpses around the school, entering and exiting rooms that were off limits to everyone else but staff.
Rumor has it that she actually attended classes regularly two years ago until something happened and she had almost seemingly disappeared, completely out of sight from everyone for several months before suddenly resurfacing again, only ever making appearances in the hallways.
I wouldn't know anything about it though, I've never actually shared a class with her until this year; the year rumor said she was supposed to be returning to class. However she never actually shows up to any of them, our teachers act as if it's completely normal and never do anything to bring her in or check on her.
Even so, her repeated absences has made nearly all the students become nervous on just exactly what she was and why she is always gone. Voices spread throughout the Academy, saying things like people having seen the mysterious student wear level two mutabraces, or ideas of her being a level SS class mutant.
Oh did I forget to mention that? The school where I go to is a mutant academy for humans born with mutated blood. Me personally had first started attending this school just a little over year ago, having been able to hide my powers, and my unusual pink hair, up until the bastard neighbor saw me playing with my powers through the window.
Would you like a bit of an explanation of what kind of crap world I live in and what all these words mean?
First off, the first mutation had happened around four hundred years ago, in a man known as Zeref, who would not age and had the ability to kill someone with just a stare. After Zeref more and more mutants had begun to appear around the entire globe. At first the humans had only seen us as monsters and a threat that needed to be extinguished. The humans had begun to kill any mutant they could find, starting with the children who could not control their powers yet. It had turned into a mass genocide, but the humans could not kill all of us because we are what we are because of our genes. There was no way to tell who had a mutant gene, as science and technology was not as advanced, so they simply continued to kill every mutant they could find for about one hundred and seventy years. When a mutant by the name of Mavis Vermillion, holding the power of illusions, had led a revolution that fought for the rights of the mutants. The war had been come know as the Decade War, as it lasted for ten years. At the end of it, both sides had suffered heavy losses and large amounts of deaths. Mavis was able to make diplomatic relations with the head of the state and make a treaty with the humans, in which mutants would no longer be hunted in exchange for a guarantee that mutants would never attack them; and for a while there was peace, but the mutants were still left with very little rights. They had to do a regular sign in to show their current location every three weeks so the government could keep track of their whereabouts. Mutants were also not aloud to live in certain parts of the cities that were deemed 'Human Only'. Even after they had gained the freedom of their lives, they had not gained recognition as equals. Even now, two hundred years later, mutants were still categorized as being naturally dangerous.
But about one hundred years ago, science had advanced to the ability to find out what it was that made a mutant a mutant. It was what they called a muta gene, one almost every human carried, whether or not they become one is based on the process of the child's development in the womb.
Technology also allowed them to create an item known as a mutabrace, a type of brace worn on the arms or ankles that could repress the mutants genes in a body to either lower the strength of a mutants power, or stop it all together based on the level of restrictions put on.
After another mutant rights movement covering over twenty years concerning the use of these braces another law on mutants was created, saying that: the government couldn't force mutants to wear them unless they are in a detention center, prison, or if desired by a mutant. And eighty five years ago this academy was formed to teach children and teenage mutants how to control their powers to prove to the government that we do not need to be subdued and are capable of living a normal life alongside humans.
History lesson over! Literally. I just got done with Mutant History class and that was the subject, in fact that was just the teacher giving a quick review before our final in class tomorrow, that wasn't me talking... thinking...?
"Finally, I never the teacher would stop talking." My best friend and greatest rival, Gray Fullbuster, complained from the seat right in front of mine.
"You just thought that 'cause ya suck at history." I teased him as I gathered my materials into my book bag.
"Brag all you want, you're still an idiot in everything else but history." He chided back with a mocking smirk on his face.
"What was that you popsicle fuck?" I insulted him with a fist in the air.
"You wanna go you flameass?" The raven haired boy challenged.
The nicknames we had for each other are based on our power, mine of fire and his of ice, it led to a funny rivalry and friendship because of it.
We raised up our fists to begin our brawl, but before we could do anything our heads were smashed together in a forced headbut by none other than the student council president and my other best friend, Erza Scarlet.
"Stop fighting, both of you!" The red haired weapons specialist commanded them.
"Yes ma'am."
"Yes ma'am." We said together in sinc.
Erza was a light user of a unique form in that she creates weapons out of light. Her weapons are predominantly swords, but she also has the ability to make bows, arrows, and other weapons like axes, she just didn't use them as much.
"Come on we only have two hours of free time before dinner, I'm sure you guys don't want to spend it in the detention center." Erza commented before leading them out of the classroom. The detention center was the last place any mutant wanted to be. With in it's pure white walls and floor a mutant is forced to wear metabraces and stripped of their powers. Wearing those braces fucking hurts and I have no desire to withstand that kind of pain.
Striding into the hallway to head to our usual hang out place in the eastern hall's lounge, where they spent most of their free at the school. At Dreyer Mutant Academy, school started every morning at nine and ended at four, then they had a two hour free time until dinner at six o'clock for an hour. Afterwards was a four hour free time until curfew at ten, when everyone has to be in their rooms. In my free time, I usually spend it with my friends in the eastern lounge where they have multiple gaming counsels, an air hockey and pool table, as well as a forty inch flat screen tv. It's awesome, and just so happens to be my favorite place to be in the whole school. Here at the Academy students aren't allowed to leave under any circumstances besides on holiday, this is enforced by the constant energy shield that surrounds the school, no one can leave or enter unless aloud by the Dean. It's supposed to be for our safety and so we can focus on our powers better without the interferences of the outside world, so everyone goes along with it.
"Dude the Wii is free, let's go play Mario kart." Gray nudged him and pointed to the small white Wii in the back left corner of the large, open room.
The three of us made our way over to the Wii and quickly snatched the remotes, sitting ourselves down on the couch while Gray put the game in. Spending a short time customising our karts we continued on to racing on every single one of the tracks, playing in our usual order of favorites. Before we knew it the dinner bell signaled throughout the room and the rest of the school. The kids around the lounge all immediately stopped what they were doing to head on over to the cafeteria to eat, as, if you missed dinner, the next meal you'd get wouldn't be till the next day at breakfast.
"Come on we better get going." Erza said to them as she stood up from the couch and headed for the door. Gray stood up as well and began to follow after her, but stopped when he saw that I had started in a different direction than them.
"You coming flame head?" He questioned.
"In a second, there's something I need to do first." I said to him as I made my way to the opposite direction of the cafeteria.
"Oh, you mean your stalking endeavors. Gotcha." The ice mutant smirked as he took off his jacket.
"It's not stalking, it's observing, and would you stop stripping already!" I yelled at him as he took off his shirt.
"Fuck when did I do that?" He cursed and put his shirt back on. Stripping was a weird habit Gray's had apparently ever since he was young. "Well anyway don't take to long stalking her this time, don't want to miss dinner again." He waved me off and went down to get his dinner. My dinner will have to wait a little while longer, cause around this time every day when everyone's away in the cafe, Lucy Heartfilia will be in the library reading or looking for a new book.
I had first discovered this when I went to grab my notebook that I had left there two weeks ago during dinnertime, that's when I saw her sitting in the back reading a book all by herself. When she looked up and saw me I had accidentally freaked and ran out. I had heard so many stories about her that I didn't know what to think of her, so I instinctively ran. I returned the next day, but stayed hidden and just watched her read. She was so calm and warm looking that I had begun to desire knowing more about her. So the next day I approached her in the hall when I saw her passing, but she ignored me and walked away. I tried again the next day, and the next, but she would never stop to speak to me. So day after day I had begun to watch her in the library and study her, trying to figure out why she's so distant. Gray had found out and jokingly called me a stalker, but he never made a move to stop me so I guess he's fine with it.
In all the days that I've been observing her I've notice one thing stand out immensely, and that was her eyes. Whenever I saw her passing in the halls they always looked dead and devoid of any emotion, but when she was alone they were always a lit with various feelings of excitement, suspense, and interest from reading her books. I would always try and find out which books she had been reading to know what had made her look that way. From the ones I've actually been able to locate, it seems that she enjoys adventure and mystery the most, not really what I expected from her, but it made me more interested none the less.
Again today the blonde was sitting in her usual armchair by the window with a book in her always gloved hands. I took my position at the corner of two aisles of bookshelves that kept me hidden from sight behind a row of tables, but allowed me to see her from where I was kneeling. As I crouched down and stared over the table I noticed that she wasn't looking at her book today, and was instead staring out the window beside her. Her hands set her book down in her lap and moved to her wrists and began to rub underneath the long, light pink sleeves of the cotton sweater she was wearing. Just barely, I was able to make out a metal brace that was wrapped around her arm. Crawling closer under the tables to get a better view I saw that it was in fact a metabrace that she had on, as well as another one on her other arm.
'Is she getting punished?' I wondered in my mind. Metabraces were usually only worn as punishment to a mutant who was abusing their powers, also if was a small offense authorities would only put on one, two was meant for more vigorous crimes to leave a mutant powerless.
Suddenly a shift of her legs brought a clack and shine of more metal to my eyes. Looking down I saw that she was wearing two more braces around her ankles.
'That's insane! Only the ten saints are able to withstand that much restraint on there powers!'
My mind was now completely blown, and completely intrigued. The third level of restraint, wearing three braces at once, is meant to completely take away a mutants powers and leave them with no energy to even stand. For mutants, the gene is our life force, so having restrictions on it to such an extent can drain energy and even kill us if left in that state for a long period of time. Only ten mutants, known as the Ten Saints, have the ability to withstand that high level for without being injured, but even then all of their powers are gone.
Dazed in confusion, I accidentally let a gasp leave my throat and mouth. Lucy Heartfilia immediately covered her arms and looked up in alarm, jumping to her feet.
"Whose there?" She called out warily, carrying herself with an intimidated look and scared aura. Trying to keep my calm I slowly backed out from under the table, grabbing onto the side and hoisting myself off the blue carpeted ground. I stood up slowly from behind the table and held my hands up in the air as a way to show I meant no harm.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to intrude." I apologized and steeped out from behind the table and towards her, but stopped my advancement when she took a step back.
"How long have you been there?" She questioned.
"A few minutes." I answered, a bit embarrassed about being caught red handed. But oh her voice, this is the first time I've heard it, so much softer and more vibrant than I expected it to be, and less monotone than I would have thought.
"You're not supposed to be here. You should leave." She said looking down as she wrapped her arms around herself in comfort, making her breasts pop out more, not like I was looking in that direction or anything.
"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable." I said again but not moving from where I stood, not really wanting to leave her when I'm finally able to her her talk.
"Leave..." She said in a low voice, her words coming out in a desperate plea.
Suddenly the energy around her began to shift and grow stronger, Lucy Heartfilia brought her hands to her head and bent over, her back arching in what looked like an internal struggle. Out of nowhere, the chair she had been sitting on disintegrated in a flash, leaving it a pile of unknown matter, then it was a chair again. The book by her also disintegrated, but then formed into a block of wood. "Get out of here..." Her voice rang out again.
The energy around her became even more dense and created a strong gust of wind in the room, pushing furniture away and casting items through the air. I could only stand there in shock of what to do. She was using her powers with such strength while at the fourth level of restraint, no mutant in history could ever do that! By all means she should be completely immobilized with those four braces on.
Slowly the energy around the blonde had begun to lessen up as she got it under control again, but the damage of her little episode showed in the disparagement of the library. Lucy Heartfilia, the girl no one knew anything about, fell to the ground in shudders and sat there on her knees shaking. In her disarray her bangs were left slightly parted, enabling me to see an item hidden behind them, a silver band wrapped around her head previously hidden by her long blonde hair.
The fifth restraint. The mutant's crown.
By all means, she should be dead.
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Did you guys expect a mutant story? What did you think of the first chapter? Please let me know.
Well this one will be a mystery, suspense, thriller, romance, adventure packed story. A little different from what I usually do. *Cough* not really *cough*
A big thanks to Sunnysidezach for helping me with the story idea and first chapter.
School starts in two weeks and I'm now entering junior year, so I may not be able to update often (when did I ever update often?) But I'll try to not keep you guys waiting for to long.
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