First Day Assembly

The academy campus was huge. Everything basically screamed city. That's what happens when you make an international academy for alpha children and those wanting to be heroes. You have to make the place large enough to hold that many students. Even though I had been around the world for various missions this sight was still quite impressive.

"You're new here?! I wondered why I hadn't seen you before. There is no way an Alpha is starting this late in their school career. That must have been a lucky shot earlier there's no need for me to be afraid of a Beta." Lilliana practically spat that at me as she stood up and pointed at me.

"I guess you'll just have to find out then won't ya, Princess" I retorted with a little bit of bite in the new nickname I had decided to give her. She bristled at my comment as her shoulders tensed.

"P-PRINCESS!" she yelped and for a moment I could have sworn that her hair had turned into flames. "I will not have a Beta transfer be running their mouth spoiling the name of Elingston! YOUR HEAD IS MINE!" It seemed she was preparing to start a fight again when suddenly the bus stopped in front of a building that appeared to be in the center of a section in the academic city.

She ceased the buildup of her attack as the bus driver looked into the mirror and said "Alright everyone off. Your luggage will be delivered to your rooms now get off my bus before you try to break it so I don't have to break you," the driver said with just enough force in his words and a slight glow around him to make his point. It would make sense for the staff to be able to handle some rowdy Alpha power teens.

The other students and I unloaded from the bus to be greeted by an mass of people making their way into the massive building before us. As I looked around the courtyard of this Gothic assembly hall I realized that what was happening was the opening ceremony for at least this section of the city. There was a large sign above the entrance that read Assembly Hall.

The rest of my bus group started making their way inside the building, however I decided to canvas the outside briefly first. The hall had a decent sturdy structure that would be simple but not easy to scale like most architecture of the same style. I took my time as I headed inside the building. The interior had a vaulted, arched ceiling with colored light pouring through the stained glass windows. Finally the Hall was filled with chairs, students and faculty. Glancing around the room I was able to spot four different exits than the one i came in. In the far end of this grand hall was a raised stage with two rows of tables and faculty members at each one.

At the back of each section of students there were labels for the individual grade levels. I made my way towards the one with the label of High School Junior. Finding an empty seat took a little time but i eventually found one. There were twelve sections of chairs for the audience portion with the youngest grades closest to the stage and the oldest grades closer to the door. There was a big screen rolled down just behind the stage and soon it was projecting the image of the faculty on the screen.

After a short period of time a lady in her mid thirties approached the podium in the center of the stage. The lady was wearing a black formal jacket over a purple blouse with matching skirt and leggings. Her hair was tied up in a tight bun and had a streak of grey down the middle.

"Greetings North American Students of Orion International academy. I am Headmistress and director of Orion Academy City. You may call me Director or Professor Winona. We welcome all new students and will be having the student council give a brief welcoming speech as well as give a rundown of the most important rules, the basic layout of the city and finally lead us in the School Anthem."

Several students made their way up onto the stage. The two in the lead were a male and female The male was short, stocky and built with a healthy pale skin tone and his hair was raven black. He was wearing brown vest over a dark grey dress shirt and black pants with a pair of horn rimmed glasses on the end of his nose. In contrast the girl was slender and tall. While she was thin framed her figure was elegant and the blue midi dress she was wearing worked very well for her. Her rosy pink hair flowed down around her golden shoulders (I don't mean that figuratively her skin was the color of gold).

The girl stepped up first and introduced herself, "Greetings Alpha's and Beta's. My name is Jennie Marigold and I'm the Head Student Council Vice President of Pantheon City. Every year we have such amazing people and abilities populate our city and I just want to say that this year is no different from any other." her singsong voice continued on in her speech for a while before she stepped to the side. "Now I'll turn it over to the Head Council President. Marty come on up here."

With that the president stepped up to the podium and cleared his throat "My name as some of you know is Martin Dawson. You will refer to me as President Dawson or Martin NOT Marty. And I'll be going over the most basic part of the rules, for further information refer to the handbooks that will be given out at the end of the ceremony. The most important rule is for the students to behave as heroes would. Remember you don't have to be a registered superhero to do the right thing. This means stand up for those who can't stand up for themselves and be willing to help your fellow students. Obviously there are other rules as we are part of a city and that means there are laws in place to protect weaker students. and faculty civilians."

He paused a moment before he continued. His talk wasn't nearly as long as Jennie's. Partially as he seemed more straightforward and a little less sociable than her but also honest and sincere. For the most part his speech was similar to just about every other school. "Next we'll have our council secretary go over the lay out of the school. Your turn Diego." He stepped back and a new kid stepped up.

The new guy seemed to be of Hispanic origin both based on name and skin tone. He was wearing a blazer the color of eggplant over a white shirt with a pair of slacks the same color as his shirt. When he spoke it was with a flawless American accent telling either how much effort he put in or that he was born and raised in the States. "As you just heard my name is Diego and I'm the Secretary. First off I'd like to say thank you for this opportunity."

"Now to begin. The city is designed to hold students from elementary to high school across every country that is part of the Mortimer Accords. There are multiple districts in the city. You will be provided a map once dismissed however I will go over the most Important districts. The most important districts are as follows; Academic, Entertainment, and Residential. Most of you will be spending a lot of your time in these areas. With that It's time for our Secretary to lead us in the Orion Anthem."

The final person to step up to the podium was another girl she was nowhere near the same personality level as the others. While the first three were very bold or outspoken in various ways she seemed to be very reserved. Her skin was a dark brown color and a deep blue hair color that, because of the Miraclinon, was hard to tell whether it was natural or dyed. She was wearing a very subdued long sleeve sweater dress. Upon reaching the podium she shrank into herself a little. "U-um, h-hello my name is Ingrid and I'll be starting our song today." Her voice was very pretty but was barely audible and once she did start singing was drowned out quickly by the rest of the assembly hall building.

The song lasted about a minute and afterwards the students were dismissed. I hung towards the back of the crowd as everyone made their exit and was soon approached by the vice president. "Hey, there. Mordecai right. Your actually scheduled to come with us before being taken to the dormitories."