A/N: Sorry for the length of these chapters they do get longer. On with the story :)
It was the start of a brand new year at Astraea Hill and all the young girls were out in full force. The pathways were filled with different colors, black and green for the somber Miator, white for the independent Spica and red and yellow for the free spirited Lulim. It was a beautiful day with the sun shining, birds tweeting all around, and sounds of laughter echoing in the distance. It was a good start to a new day.
Near the gates of Astraea Hill stood six young women, two from each of the schools. Nothing strange, from just looking at them, but it was a different site to see. The older girls were the presidents from each of the schools, nothing unusual about that, but their companions were not the ones you'd expect normally. If you look closer they all had a similar brooch, a symbol of the yin and yang. A symbol of the Mythical souls in Japan.
Throughout time there have been people who possess abilities more than the norm. For this they were ostracized, killed, hunted for sport and even made into entertainment. So in total secret they banded together to learn from each other, to help one another when needed and to keep their secret safe. A council was born for each country and within, they sent the children to certain schools to learn both human ways and their own. Astraea being one of them, the top place to go (if you were a girl). There were times that an 'un-normal' turned against their code and went on a rampage, which basically means killing everything that got in their way and sinking into the dark ways. Though thankfully it happens only rarely, the last case being over 220 years ago.
The young women waited silently and patiently in a sort of double line, the older girls at the front whilst the younger behind and to the side a little. They didn't have to wait much longer as a black unmarked car, was driving towards them. As soon as the car stopped the door opened. A young girl around 16, dressed in the Miator uniform, red hair tied up in a messy ponytail, that looked just right on her, beautiful pale red eyes and a smile that lit up her whole face. She closed the door and the car obediently drove away, and she walked over to the Miator president. No-one said a thing; they quietly formed a circle around the red head and waited. The Miator president reached out and touched half of the yin-yang brooch, whilst the young girl herself touched the other half. It softly glowed a faint blue and with it smiles broke out among the girls. Moving her hand from the brooch, laying it on her shoulder she welcomed the new girl and kindred soul.
"Welcome to Astraea Hill. Aoi-Nagisa"