Aurelia Meliora Grace

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a certain girl's step created an endless echo in the empty grand hall

a young woman pacing back and forth trying to ease her muscles. endless thoughts running wild in her head. did she fail ? she did everything correctly, she even brought the strongest fruit . then why she is scared ?

a small sigh left the girl's lips as the grand doors fell open

"Aurelia your presence is requested" a young man appeared, a face showing nothing but authority, a hair as black as the nightsky, and fierce blue eyes ready to kill on instan.

handsome was least to say, but those eyes didn't move a single hair of the girl , she slowly raised her head to face him, her eye relaxed on the now opened door. The girl took a deep breath as if trying to collect what remains of her strength and walked to the young man

before she get the chance to pass, a gentle hand held her arm "you can do it, you did great" the man's smile gave her enough encouragement to pass those doors, Aurelia gave him a small smile, a smile reflected her inner fears "thank you Amadeus" and like that she entered the room

A massive room filled with statues of all types and shapes, a room made of gold shining like the sun, at the corner of the room sat seven men, their eyes showed nothing but power and strength

Aurelia's small figure was lost in such a room yet her glory and presence didn't shrink a bit, "gentlemen" her powerful melodic voice drew the attention of those men, giving them no choice but to respond as she nodded at them

the man sitting in the middle, who seems to be the headmaster, raised. he looked in his late 60s, his presence showed power and a glorious past but his face showed the kindness of a father to his child, the man smiled at the young woman in front of him, "Aurelia M-Meliora Grace" he paused and hesitated while saying the middle name at first, drawing the attention of the 6 men around him and the young man, Amadeus, standing behind Aurelia

even Aurelia seemed surprised when she heard her middle name coming out from him.

the man continoued "My child, despite everything happened, you showed great strength and will in that mission. i admit that what happened to you was was extraordinary" he gave the girl a warmer smile "nothing about you was ever ordionary from the very beginning"

and he was indeed right, Aurelia, unlike children of her kind was born and raised outside the city of Eudora. at the age of 5 she was brought to the city. and folllowing the traditions she was taken to the oracle to be given a middle name

in Eudora the parents doesn't have the right to give their child a middle name, it was the Oracle that choose the child's middle name. and so on middle name bacame something honorable, something the people of Eudora would be proud of during their lives. because at the end, it's the name given to them by the Oracle of Apollo, the god of knowledge and prophecy.

but that's not the case for Aurelia, there was one simple rule for namegiving, a rule made by the emperor himself. the name "Meliora" was forbidden from being givien to any child, and it's forbidden to even being spelled and pronounced in the city. no one dared to question why, and this rule became an unspoken rule every citizen secretly knew.

no one ever dared to say that name till the day the Oracle gave this name to a 5 old years, scarlett red headed child. rumores were spreed about the young girl, people feared her thinking that she would bring disasters to them. she faced something she didn't even choose.

days passed and the young girl became a young women and people somehow forgot about that matter, yet no one dares so say her middle name to a point Aurelia herself forget that she has a middle name

back to the present where that scarlett red headed girl was waiting to be ranked up in the Academy of Eudora

the headmaster continued "what's really important, that you came to us in one single piece, you successfully completed a mission few can do, and because of the courage and power you've showed during that mission, it's an honor to declare you one of the Sapphires now"

a beautiful smile crept to the girl's face bringing light to everything surrounding her "thank you sir, it's such a honor" the girl felt more relaxed now as if the weight of the entire world was lifted off her shoulders

in the city of Eudora there are 5 main ranking, the higher in rank you get, the higher your state would be

the lowest rank is called the Citrine, which is given immediately to people worthy of joining the academy

then it's up to those students to find their ways in higher rankings

Emerald is the 4th ranking while Ruby is the 3rd

the hardest rankings to get are the Sapphire and The Diamond which are the top ranking

there are 3 people whom are currently ranked in the Diamond, one of them is Aurelia's friend, Amadeus Dominic John

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While Aurelia and Amadeus made their way out of the building, the girl seemed distracted, her mind was traveling to whole different world, Amadeus whom sensed her distraction, smiled kindly at her, being the supportive friend he is, he soothed "you don't have to worry about the visit to Ourania, it'll go well". Aurelia ,being snapped out of her thoughts, she looked at the young man whom seemed to read her inner conficts like an open book and murmured " i'm not worried, it's just.. i don't really wanna recieve the medal of the honor from the emperer himself"

Amadeus laughed " my brother isn't that bad, he will only kill you if you said something back, which you'd likely do so we better prepare for your funeral". his joke seemed to change Aurelia's mood as she slightly pushed him " ha ha funny, thanks to you all my worries are gone", her childish attitude seemed to make his laughter harder making the girl pout even more. after few minutes of laughter Amadeus calmed a bit down and looked at his small friend "come to think of it, when my brother sees how small you are he'd probably laugh and forget about your middle name and he'd probably be like ' she is so smol how can she fight a bug'"

Aurelia found humor in his words and started to join her friend in laughing, it's Amadeus' way of comforting, making the girl he cares about the most laugh like there's nothing to worry about in the world.

but nothing can erase Aurelia's deep fears, it may be true that the emperor may not feel threatned by her appearance, since she is quite short for her age, being only 5'1 at the age of 19, but though her height she always stands out due to her beautiful long scarlett red hair, a rare hair color no one in the city has but Aurelia herself. with keen sea-green blue eyes, eyes that reflects the ocean, a look into her eyes would take you to the most beautiful oceans in the world. eyes which she took from her father. Aurelia has always had beautiful features that drew everyone's attention. she wasn't in any way an ordinary girl, she isn't a girl you can simply forget. she isn't a girl that can be ignored

ever since she was born, every detail about her screams for attention. and Aurelia is very much aware of that

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this isn't a normal world, this is a world of demigods, the powerful and great demigods you read about in greek mythology books. beautiful stories that has always attracted your attention from a young age . from Hercules and Achilles to the beautiful Helen

heroes you've always read about, but no one ever told you that they are real

These stories are not merely a myth, those powerful half human exists in our world, somewhere, someplace

in a place no mortal can reach

but they are much much more than you know about, their powers isn't their only pride, because their magic is what would make you speechless for eternity

... and this is the story of Aurelia Meliora Grace, the demigod daughter of the sea god, Poseidon.