'I arrived at cram school as usual and met up with Shizu-chan and Alex. Now we are in class and Mr Collins is making an announcement.'
"Ok, guys. Today I'll call a list of name, and as you know, those who are named have to follow Mrs Shimura". "Bshh. Alex. What's this for?""Nobody knows. We only know that those called never come back to class""What?" Is this a horror story? "Yeah, for example my friend Takashi. I haven't seen him since then""Bailey-kun""Yes, Aikawa-san?""You're making it sound ominous""Yeah,it is""No, it isn't""Shizu-chan, can you tell me what you mean?""They just change class" Alex, how did you manage to make such a thing sound scary?! "But he disappeared!!! I assure you! I even looked for him!" Ok, I fear I understand what's going on "Bailey-kun, I met him yesterday in the hallway""Impossible!""I'm sorry, Alex, but don't worry, you'll meet many more people, I'm sure that you'll meet at least one person who, once you don't have to meet anymore, wouldn't cut ties with you". Alex, don't send me a questioning gaze, understand! And Shizu-chan, hold the laughter, please. It's a bit rude, and also we'll be noticed by Mr Collins. He's still calling names. It seems they are not in alphabetical order. Wait a moment, now that I think about it, I've been a bit distracted, but... hasn't he been calling Alex's name for a while now? "Alex Bailey, if you don't come here now, I'll have to call your parents!""I'm coming, teach!". Alex, are you for real? Wait, I won't be seeing him anymore here?! I've got mixed feelings about this. Well, I guess I won't be arriving late anymore!
'About three minutes later'
"Kei Kishimoto" I take back what I said. At least Shizu-chan has been called too.
Mrs Shimura looks like the personification of a mole, with brown hair and big, round glasses. And where exactly is she even bringing us?
What are we even doing in a canteen?
In the kitchen now?
Wait, why exactly is there a reinforced door?! And we have to go there?
Woah, everything is white or grey, with a small podium and about a hundred chairs lined up in front of it, and another door, it's like something you would see in a sci-fi movie! "Sit down in order,please! Now I'll explain everything". At last! "First off, this is not a normal school" Sorry for the sarcasm, but really, thanks a lot. "You all here are descendents of people who've done great things in this world" If she's going to say you are all special and will change the world, I'll go home. "And so, thanks to them, you have some abilities. Every student in this school does, and whenever you're near awakening them, we bring you here. Now I'll explain how it works: whenever someone does an action that will potentially change greatly the lives of many people, a particular atom is created and it binds itself with a quantity of nucleotides proportional to the impact of the actions taken, giving the person special abilities which depend from the DNA. These traits are passed down each generation, though if the person is too unaware and doesn't receive a stimulus, the abilities may never be used, unless the atom is present in more than one tenth of the DNA, in that case it will manifest naturally after some time. The more nucleotides are bounded to this atom, the more the traits will manifest, enhancing the person's characteristics. They can become physically visible because they manifest through the pigment of your hair or eyes and the colour is unique for each person. There doesn't seem to be a way to lose this traits, though we can't be sure about anything. 'Till now, only one family has been able to reach a point where their whole genetic code contains this atom, and probably there won't be another family able to do that for at least another thousand years, if not more. You'll understand why when we'll have history lessons. You can guess which family I'm talking about, obviously the Kishimotos. Also, due to how their whole genetic code is influenced, the pigment manifests in both hair and eyes. Here there's someone from that family, Kei, right?Ah..." Dad, mom, what is this?!!! If this is not a scam, then this is crazy. And everyone is staring at me again~?! She could have avoided naming me. And why did she suddenly stop speaking. Luckily nobody is actually talking to me, not even Alex, whose brain stopped working when Mrs Shimura started talking about special abilities, or Shizu-chan, who seems lost in thought. "From tomorrow on you will start training your abilities. Remember, to use them, you need confidence. Try to avoid skipping, even more so those from extremely prestigious families, because once you believe that you can do certain things with your abilities, you'll likely use them subconsciously, and things could become dangerous. For today I think I said enough, see you tomorrow". Now that I think about it, were these some of the mind-blowing things Yuki was referring to?
'While everybody was leaving, Mrs Shimura approached me.'
"Kishimoto, can I have a word with you?""Sure""Did something happen when you were young?""Why?""Because you should have been able to use your abilities since your birth, like your siblings, unless there's something psychological involved. Does anything come to mind?""No, sorry""No need to apologise. Also, your hair and eyes...""Eh, ah, I... don't know anything. I'm new to all this so I can't really say anything. I can only say that I was born like this""Thank you for answering. Also, I know your parents, so please say hello to them from me""Ok, goodbye""Goodbye" She's right, my hair and eyes are of two different colours. I guess I'll have to ask Yuki. She probably knows how to explain this.
'Then I came back home, I told my parents what happened and, without giving them time to say a word, I went to bed without dinner.'
What a day.