The Strength of Day Chapter 1, a gundam wing/ac fanfic

Author's Notes: I do not own Gundam Wing, but apparently I own the OCs of this story. My very very very first fanfic so please enjoy. Constructive critism is appreciated. Thanks :-)

A young girl with sandy blonde hair is sitting in front of a rundown building with the words, "Mother Josephine's Orphanage" sprawled across a fading banner. The rain is pounding against the eight year old, unbeknownst to the girl, as she cries uncontrollably. 'No one knows I'm out here. When my brother leaves who will wonder where I am?' The girl is pulled out of her thoughts when strong arms pull her up and into a familiar bear hug. "What the hell are you doing out here Relena?" asks a voice cracking with puberty. The girl doesn't have to look up to know that the one invading her personal space was none other than her brother, Milliardo. 'Soon to be ex-brother,' Relena thinks before she replies venomously, "Why do you care? You're leaving!"

Relena Dorlian wakes up from her restless sleep to a thunderstorm similar to the one from her dream, and stares into the darkness of her room. She takes a deep breath and says out loud," Why the hell am I dreaming about Milliardo? It's been ten years since he's left me." Annoyed, Relena rolls over and puts her pillow over head, willing herself back to sleep. 'I have to go back to sleep. I'm leaving for that sports academy tomorrow, and I'm sure I'll be the main one driving.' With that, the girl falls back to sleep.

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Relena wakes up to obnoxious knocking on her window. Without coming from under the covers, she yells, "HILDE SCHBEIKER AND/OR DOROTHY CATALONIA ONCE I GET UP AND GET THE NECESSARY NUTRIENTS TO GET THE ENERGY TO KICK YOUR ASS, I WILL!!" She listens to the window open all the way, then giggling from both sides of her. 'They wouldn't dare.' Right after the thought crosses Relena's mind, the blankets shielding her from the world are thrown across the room. She opens her eyes to a petite girl with short navy blue hair, also known as Hilde Schbeiker, grinning like an idiot, and a mischievous looking girl with wicked eyebrows and platinum blonde hair that went down to her lower back, obviously Dorothy Catalonia. The blonde sarcastically mumbles, "well thank Allah you didn't sleep naked last night." The shorter one pipes in, "Good morning sleepyhead!! Let's go! We have a six hour drive ahead of us and I wanna hurry before I get bored and not wanna go!" Relena stares at the ceiling and breathes deeply, 'they had better be glad I love them or else they'd be dead by now.' Being abandoned by your only family can shorten your temper a bit. Relena sits up, "fine, let's go."

An hour in a half later Relena is showered, and dressed in blue jean daisy dukes, a black undershirt rolled up to show her naval ring, and white high-top converse sneakers with a black fairy spray painted on the sides. Hilde and Dorothy are wearing similar shoes, only Hilde has a blue fairy worn with black denim daisy dukes and a white undershirt, while Dorothy has a green fairy with a denim capris with studs going up the seams and a green undershirt with the words 'Don't be mad cuz the voices only talk to me' printed across the front. Relena's black Volkswagon Beetle is loaded up for the road trip. She stares up at the apartment building she's lived in for four years, 'I hope I won't be back.'

Three men are standing outside of a large house. The first one's name is Heero Yuy. He has unruly dark brown hair, intense dark blue eyes like a hawk; wearing black jeans and a sleeveless black shirt, and is casually leaning on the driver's side of a black SUV. The next man is sitting on the hood of the SUV, arms crossed, eyes closed in a seemingly meditative state. His name is Wufei Chang, of Chinese origin, with tanned skin and a tight black ponytail which ends at his shoulders; wearing baggy black jeans with a chain as a belt and a black t-shirt. The third man waiting patiently next to Heero is Trowa Barton, wearing jeans and a white t-shirt. He is easy to point out in a crowd, not only by his height, but by his long brown uni-bang covering one of his eyes. From the front of the car Wufei grunts, slightly annoyed, "What's taking Duo and Quatre so long? We won't get to the academy in time for orientation at this rate." At this the front door opens, and a blonde young man steps out with a suitcase, wearing baggy khaki shorts, and an open white button down shirt revealing his white tank underneath. "Quatre, where's Duo?" the often silent Trowa Barton asks. Quatre chuckles as he shakes his head, "Duo Maxwell is the most indecisive man in the world. He refuses to choose between boxers and briefs!"

"Hn," Heero grunts as he pushes off of the side of the truck and stalks in the house.

They hear a man's screams and furniture toppling over until Heero appears in the front door with a suitcase, dragging said man outside by a freakishly long brown braid; wearing black jeans and a red muscle shirt.

"Aaah Heero! I'm comin! I'm comin! Just let go!"

With that Heero opens the car door and practically throws the braided man in, then turns to the rest of the group, "Let's go."

One hour into the drive, Duo starts whining, "Are we there yet!?!" Quatre sighs, "No Duo, It's a six hour drive, and we've only been on the road for an hour." Duo replies, "Where are we going again?" Trowa speaks up, "You know where we're going Duo. We're going to school with my sister in the Los Angeles' Sports Academy, a university where you major in sports. You didn't want to go to a regular university, remember?" That shut Duo up. Quatre takes the chance to find out more information. "Trowa, what does your older sister major in?" "Archery. She also does gymnastics as a hobby. She's better at it. She'll be meeting us there."

They arrive at the huge academy, and when they move to park in a certain spot a black Volkswagon Beetle swoops in and steals it. They could hear female laughing and see them high-fiving each other through the slight tint of their windows. Wufei scrunches his face in disgust, "I hate women drivers." Heero glares at the car before driving off to find another spot. The only part of the "woman driver" he saw was a naval ring and a spray painted converse stepping out of the car.

After they find a parking spot, Trowa gets out, "There's Catherine." The guys pile out of the car and make their way over to a smiling brownish-redhead wearing a red leotard with blue jeans and sandals. "Hey Trowa. I thought you weren't gonna make it for a minute there." The guys glance in Duo's direction but keep their thoughts to themselves. "So Catherine, these are my friends Heero Yuy, Quatre Raberba Winner, Wufei Chang, and Duo Maxwell, the reason why we were almost late." Trowa ends the introduction with a slightly rough slap on Duo's back. Catherine laughs and shakes her head, "Ok, let me give you a quick tour and get you signed in. After that, you have about half an hour to get settled in your dorms before orientation starts." They start walking around the campus as Catherine continues, "Women and men will be separated in the beginning, then they will split you all up into teams and almost immediately start testing us." Wufei interrupts, "Us? You're not new here." Catherine shrugs with a smile, "The testing is for everyone to see what they are good at. Since classes are given in other areas throughout the year, they figure one could be just as good in another sport as they were last year." The guys nod in agreement as Catherine officially begins the tour.

"Good morning! I hope you have gotten settled into your dorms and gotten comfortable, because the work begins right here in orientation," says a very stern looking woman with short blue hair. "My name is Lucrezia Noin, an upperclassman, and will be assisting with the ladies' transition into the academy. Now, first and foremost, we must see what areas you excel in. Towards the end of the year there will be Olympic events. They are your final exams. You will be competing against fellow students of all class levels. You will not be graded solely on whether you win or lose, but by how well you stand out in your designated areas. Now, I will randomly put you in different groups, and send you to different rooms. There, you will meet up with the rest of your team."

Hilde whispers to Dorothy, "Hopefully we'll have guys on our team." Dorothy winces, "I hope so. I didn't sign up to be surrounded by PMS for a year." Relena pipes in, "Totally. It's bad enough I spent years with you two," and dodges two fists to her arms.

Heero and Wufei are waiting in a room for the rest of their team when the door opens and a boy about 5'8 with brown hair and blue streaks walks in, wearing a sleeveless blue muscle shirt revealing a cross tattoo on his upper arm. He notices the two guys and smiles, "Hi, I'm Dan." He receives a nod in acknowledgement. "The name's Wufei Chang, and this is Heero Yuy." "Nice to meet ya-" Before he could finish his sentence, the door bursts open with a blonde and blue-haired woman talking animatedly, "Hilde I swear if I don't see some guys soon…" Dorothy stops short when she sees the room's occupants and Hilde snorts loudly trying to contain her laughter. With a faint blush Dorothy side smacks Hilde across the side of her head, and Hilde stops and straightens up to address the guys, but before a word comes out of her mouth Heero gruffly says "You stole our parking space." Wufei raises his eyebrow and directs his attention to the females for the first time, "That wasn't very honorable of you." Dorothy smiles sweetly, "Now what makes you think that was us?" "I noticed your shoes when you got out of the car. I don't think you'll find many cliques with fairies." Hilde snorts to keep from laughing again, "Oh my God this is gold! Hahahahaha!" She walks up to Dan and shakes his hand, "I'm Hilde and she's Dorothy" she says with a jerk of her head in the other girl's direction. "Is this all of us?" With that, the door opens to reveal their last team member. A woman of partial Chinese origin walks in, with dark blonde hair twisted down the sides of her head to her shoulder. She glares at her team, and crosses her arms over her slightly huge chest scrunching up the oversized army shirt she's wearing. Dressed in knee-length jean shorts, and all white Nikes, she nods to the rest of the team and leans against the wall, "Sally Po." Hilde rolls her eyes, "Social are we?" She's rewarded with a death glare and a certain finger lifted in her direction. Dan and Dorothy grab Hilde's arms just in time to keep her from lunging at Sally. Dan looks at Sally and says to Hilde sheepishly, "I'm sorry about that. She's my cousin…She's not very social." Wufei and Heero stare at Sally until she stares back. Her stare lingers on Wufei before she starts looking out of the window of the small classroom. Heero and Wufei give each other a look, then direct their attention towards the door. Lucrezia Noin walks in, introduces herself to the guys then points toward the door, "You are now Team 5, and you are going against Team 7 in fencing. Gear up."