One By One

After 11 years of being homeschooled in the foster facility they lived in, Riana and Raymond are finally being enrolled in SilverBloom Academy, school for the supernatural. There they learn how to harness their powers to it's full potential, FINALLY make friends, fall in love maybe? And they were chosen to be apart of the Japanese branch's team for the upcoming tournament! Everything seemed to be going great for them. But oh no! A secret organization interrupted the tournament the students worked so hard for! What are their intentions? Is everyone safe? What will happen?

[authorriver]

One By One: Introduction

Wordcount: 995

Extreme fourth wall breaking ahead. Proceed at your own risk.

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   I see you've decided to deem our world worthy of your time, dear traveler. Welcome, and I hope you enjoy your stay.

   I am currently walking with my brother towards our new school—the first actual school we've been to since we were six. And quite frankly, I don't give a fuck, as most travelers would say. We haven't been able to attend a regular school because the higher-ups ordered our foster facility to homeschool us. They claimed we weren't comfortable

interacting with society—which we weren't. But because they've finally decided we are well enough, we are being enrolled into an academy for beings like us. To be specific, we are entering Silverbloom Academy for the supernatural.

   In our world, beings such as vampires, werewolves, mermaids, and sirens exist. There are humans, of course, but they're kept blissfully unaware of our existence.

   My name is Riana Kishimoto Valentin—or at least, that's how I'm registered in Britain. In Japan, I'm registered as Riana Valentin, since they don't officially recognize middle names. The person walking beside me is my younger twin brother—

   “By a few minutes,” came a soft, playful voice.

   “Shut it, Lin! How are you even listening in on this?!”

   “The author gave me special, temporary powers to intercept this one sentence,” she boasted.

   “Of course she did…” I muttered.

   “What are you two on about…?” a confused male voice cut in.

   “Oh, nothing!” they said in unison.

   Sorry about that. The giggling creature beside me is Lin. She's a fairy. I would say she's a Tinker Bell equivalent, but she's more of the “squish a bug and ride a cat” type, rather than “ride a bug and be careful of cats.” Other than us passing our evaluation, the facility sent her along to keep an eye on us. In the words of our evaluator: “Just in case you aren't faking your mental state to get out of this miserable place. If I were you, I would.” It wasn't that bad honestly...I think. They also said she's here to help with my speech therapy, since I seem comfortable talking to her.

   Anyways, as I was saying, the boy next to me is my younger twin brother, Raymond Kishimoto Valentin. Or just Raymond Valentin.

   Our father was Delvon Fredrick Valentin, a British businessman who married my Japanese mother, Yuhiko Kishimoto—now Yuhiko Valentin. They met on a business trip and fell in love. How stereotypical. You can probably figure out the rest on your own.

   Unfortunately, they passed away in an…accident…when my brother and I were at the tender age of six. Since we had no relatives fit to take care of beings like us, we were sent to a special foster care facility for supernatural beings—or “beings” for short. “Oh, but humans are technically beings too!” We call humans infern. Shush.

   Now you're probably wondering what my brother and I are. Well, we're espers. We aren't fully-fledged ones, since our only powers are telekinesis and telepathy. A fully-fledged esper also possesses clairvoyance or precognition, depending on how strong they are.

   What is an esper, exactly? Espers are people who can use more than 100% of their brains. How is that possible you ask? Well, an esper's genes are similar to humans but they're not exactly the same. The difference is we were born with genes that allowed us to continuously break the limits of our mental state. So the more limits an esper could break the more powerful they are. However, if their mental abilities outweigh their physical limits and they can't handle the power—well, that's a different story.

   So, we're basically just humans with better brains. But as orphans in a world where inhumanly strong creatures exist, I couldn't let us stay defenseless. Intelligence alone wasn't enough of a weapon. Because of that, Ray and I have been training in all sorts of martial arts since we turned eight. Unsurprisingly, we excelled ten times faster than any normal human. Now, we're inhumanly strong and fast, too. Don't go thinking we were born with that strength and speed, though. We were born as humans with advanced brains and the DNA required to break natural limits, but it still took immense effort to grow. We just needed a bit less effort than normal humans do. 

   ‘Hey, Ri,’ Raymond said, interrupting my dialogue with you, dear traveler. He didn't say it out loud, of course. We're espers who can read each other's minds—who needs mouths?

   ‘Yes, Ray?’ 

   ‘What do you think will happen?’ 

   ‘I'm uncertain, dear brother. As you know, we are only half-espers, and we don't have either of the time-related powers.’

   ‘You're usually good at predictions, though.’

   ‘I use facts and logic to deduce things. I don't have enough intel on the employees or the students to predict our school life.’

   ‘Yes, yes, I know,’ he muttered in my head.

A beat passed. A mask of quiet contemplation settled over his face.

   ‘They really had to wait that long to enroll us, huh?’ Raymond sighed.

   ‘We kept failing our evaluations. Although, I think the fact that we need to be “protected” because our species is practically going extinct played a small part.’

   ‘Protected, my ass. More like imprisoned.’

   ‘At least they're paying for everything.’

   ‘Yeah, at least none of the inheritance money Mom left us is being touched,’ he agreed. I looked over at him, a soft, exasperated expression crossing my face.

   Now, where were we? Oh, don't worry—we both trained specifically to block the other's powers when we want privacy. Anyway, I think that's all I find necessary to tell you readers...

...for now...

We hope to see you soon!

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A/N : Hello guys! I'll be taking over the commentary from here on out. She won't be aware of your existence anymore throughout the story...probably…  Hope you stick around! Especially with my post schedule. See you soon my lovelies! (Hopefully!)

[authorriver]

One By One - Introduction

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 After 11 years of being homeschooled in the foster facility they lived in, Riana and Raymond are finally being enrolled in SilverBloom Academy, school for the supernatural. There they learn how to harness their powers to it's full potential, FINALLY make friends, fall in love maybe? And they were chosen to be apart of the Japanese branch's team for the upcoming tournament! Everything seemed to be going great for them. But oh no! A secret organization interrupted the tournament the students worked so hard for! What are their intentions? Is everyone safe? What will happen?

One By One is out on Wattpad!!! Should I post here too?