Silent Beauty

Chapter 1: Pick Your Poison

Author's POV:

"Hey Alfred, which academy do you think our school is going to be paired up with?" Antonio asked.

Alfred, in turn, shrugged. "I hope it's not that one academy with all the disabled kids. Like no offense, but I don't want to spend my school year with them."

The two alphas went to a mixed academy, mixed being the different signs could go there, and were in their thirteenth year. Alfred had a scholarship to that academy as he showed promise in their sports category, Antonio there for the same reason, but the Spanish alpha was there for soccer department ("Fútbol! Se dise fútbol!") but Alfred was in their real football department. He knew other alphas, omegas, and betas there who were all in for different talents and skills, but that was what the school was for anyway. A school for the gifted.

"Hey don't be so mean Alfred. Ludwig's brother is in that place, remember?" Matthew frowned.

Matthew was Alfred's younger by 7 minutes twin brother, who just so happened to be an omega instead of an alpha.

"And anyways, you shouldn't bash on people because of their disabilities, you don't know how they got them. They could have been born like that or had a traumatic thing happen."

"Geez Matt, I didn't know you cared so much about these people." Alfred rolled his eyes. In all honesty, he did feel bad for them, but it wasn't like he could do anything about it, so he decided to just not care.

"I care because I'm a decent human being, unlike you." Matt stuck his tongue out at his twin and turned back to face the front as their teacher called order.

"Alright everyone," Mr. Rainwater called from the front. "I found the e-mail. Now don't be disappointed if we didn't get paired with a school you wanted, but just try to make the most of the one we got, alright?"

Murmurs erupted in the class as the teacher turned on the screen and pulled up the e-mail.

Attention teachers,
Please inform our students that the academy we have been paired with is the Academy for the Specially Inept. The students must report to that academy every day they can to volunteer. All students must go tomorrow to get their "buddy" assigned, no questions asked. If a student does not show up and has no valid excuse, they will be partnered with someone who hasn't been yet immediately.
Attentively,
Mrs. Vazquez
Principal

Most of the students in the room groaned. Ludwig, the stoic alpha the same year as the twins, had a small smile appear on his lips vaguely.

Alfred frowned. One student beta student he didn't know the name of raised her hand. "Excuse me, Mr. Rainwater, but why are we paired with this school? Is it too late to change?"

"Yes, it is. And we were paired by the district, us as a school cannot change their minds without a good reason why." Mr. Rainwater smiled at the students. "And besides, you may find you'll like it there."

"I doubt it." Mumbled Alfred under his breath as the bell rang, signaling the end of the day.

He gathered his things and started walking towards the dorms. The thing about this academy was that unlike other ones, students coming from different parts of the world lived in the dorms, while local ones could go home. Alfred and Matthew both were originally from Oregon in America, but since the school was in Europe, they had to stay in the dorms. Sorta Harry Potter style but it was divided by Male Beta, Female Beta, Male Omega, Female Omega, Male Alpha, Female Alpha. Six different buildings of dorms for the six types, each one with about 5 floors, 10 dorms in each floor, and each dorm had enough room for two people, meaning there was supposed to be about 600 students in the academy. If you were lucky enough, you got your own dorm and didn't have to share the space with anyone. Alfred was that lucky alpha. Each building had at least 10 people without a roommate, some holding less, and the roommates changed every year so no one knew if they were going to get a roomie or be a lucky loner for the year. This was Alfred's third year in a row being a loner, and was convinced the staff didn't want him to be paired with anyone ever since the incident four years prior.