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Avalon Code: Modern Times
*Chapter 1: The Adventure Begins*
Melody's POV (Normal POV)
My life has always been… different than most people in Rhoan City. For my whole life, I've known that I've always been an orphan and that there's something wrong with me.
I was found outside of Fana's house holding a piece of paper with my name on it when I was a baby. No one knew exactly where I came from or who my parents were. The family, bless their hearts, took me in and cared for me alongside their sickly daughter Fana. It didn't take very long for Fana and me to become the best of friends. When we went into first grade, Fana's father had suddenly left and was found dead three days afterwards. Then six months later, Fana's mother died from all the exhaustion of trying to take care of us. That left Fana, Helen (Fana's grandma), and me devastated but we both kept going to school.
Fana and I became friends with Duran and Rex, who've been our best friends ever since in our "little gang". In the gang, Rex was always the pessimist but he could be very kind… well to us anyway. Duran considered himself a hero-in-training and that he would be the best fighter ever, but he was very weak. Fana was kind-hearted and wanted to help others like me, but she was always being affected by her illness. While I was the group's leader-of-sorts, I made sure to keep everyone happy, was outgoing, smart, had a strong sense of justice like Duran, and I believed everyone was good and deserved a smile; but sometimes I could get really angry. The others became enemies with the rich siblings, Francesca and Romaloni because they were pretty cruel, but I always felt sorry for them. The four of us were also good friends with Kamui, Gustav, Helen, Haochy, and Vis. We kept and still keep our distance from everyone else, so I don't know anyone else too well. When I turned seven, I went to Gustav's Gym after school everyday to learn sword fighting and quickly became his top student.
Everything was perfect until I was ten because I noticed that Helen was having trouble taking care of us all. So, I decided to do the Orphan Program like Rex to be able to live in my own place and have a job to take care of myself. Helen and Fana tried to convince me to stay, but I knew I was becoming a burden and had no right to cost them anymore than I already had. So I politely turned them down and began my new life on my own. I received a small, but homey house on the edge of the city, a little money to start off, and got a job as a waitress in The Camero evening restaurant. Life got pretty hard with me juggling school, bills, my job, and my friends. I also had to stop doing sword practice when I started to live on my own because I couldn't afford to waste the time. Gustav never forgave me so I haven't seen him since.
Now I'm seventeen, I still work as a waitress everyday except Sunday, my three best friends and I haven't changed much except in appearance who I hangout with at Fana's house everyday, I still live in that small house, I always get A's in school, and something is still wrong with me. Well you see… Ever since I was born, my eyes have been able to change color based on my , it's like this:
Normal- crystal blue eyes
Happiness- sapphire eyes
Anger- red eyes
Jealousy or Annoyance- sea green eyes
Fear- black eyes
Curiosity- hazel eyes
Sadness- grey eyes
Hope- brown eyes
Embarrassment- amber eyes
Because of it, most people (except my friends) consider me a freak and I've been shunned all my life. I know it's not my fault and that people treat me horribly, but I can't bring myself to hate them. If I did, it would mean I would just be doing what they were doing to me and I would be going against everything I stand for. But that's not everything though… I hide the fact that I can also use magic, wind and water magic to be exact. Magic isn't something most people believe in, so if you say you can use it you'd probably go to the loony house or prison cells to be experimented on. No one knows except Helen, Fana, Duran, and Rex who have seen me use it and have promised not to tell anyone. It must have come from my mother and or father, but there's no need to dwell on the past… Also, I'm still pretty good friends with everyone I mentioned earlier… well except Gustav. I've always felt I let him down, so I can't face him. Although everyone keeps telling me I should do sword fighting again because I was pretty good at it and enjoyed it so much.
'Uggh! Why does life have to be so difficult?' I thought to myself.
'Oh well… I can't keep feeling sorry for myself, especially on such a nice day!' Smiling, I kept looking up to the beautiful Friday morning sky while laying down right next to Crystal Lake. It was really nice since it was early June and summer vacation had started about a week ago. I came to Crystal Lake on Sunny Hill, a few miles outside of the city's limits, every morning. It wasn't a very hard walk and even if it was, it would be worth it. The reason being how beautiful it was having the small, mystic-looking island with the giant stone tablet in the middle of the lake.
'Hmm… You know now that I think about it… That tablet looks a lot like something that's been in all the nightmares I've been having lately…' I shuddered at the mere thought of those blood-filled 'dreams'. The nightmares have been terrible on my sleep hours, but since school ended I can always nap during the day before work.
My thoughts started to drift to all sorts of random things until they landed on what I was wearing when I sat up and looked into the lake to see a perfect mirror image of myself on the lake's still surface. At the moment I felt peaceful, so my eyes were crystal blue. I was okay looking because of having curves, a nice-sized chest, a butt, long legs, and a clear complexion (I never wore make-up since I didn't need it and it was too girly for me). Although this didn't really matter because of my tomboy attitude and the clothes I wore. My dark brown hair had a feathered look to it, resting on my shoulders with a little flip at the bottom, and had just-as-long side bangs. While my clothes consisted of: a light blue tank top, light blue and fingerless gloves with dark blue rims at the wrists, a long (a little past my butt) and dark blue coat/jacket (it has two pockets and light blue intricate designs all over it) that was roomy enough for free movement, a pair of dark blue jeans that were comfortable, a pair of light blue and white sneakers, and a tan rucksack-like backpack.
"Ahhhh…" I yawned sleepily.
"Man, I'm tired! Darn those nightmares keeping me wake all night! Oh well… Maybe I'll get some shuteye now…" I laid back down and started to drift off into a seemingly peaceful sleep. The last thing I saw before finally falling into unconsciousness was the giant tablet in the middle of Crystal Lake seeming to glimmer in the morning sun's rays.