Author's Note: Hellooo everyone! This Fanfiction is pretty much about the Garde in high school on Lorien. So Lorien wasn't destroyed and Number's 1, 2, 3 and 8 aren't dead. Please read and review and also check out my other stories (We Stand As One (sequel to The Fall of Five) and The Stand of Eight (sequel to We Stand As One)!). These characters and Legacies are based off my other Fanfiction and the main series.
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Prologue
Lorien. A planet of lush environment and life, peace and prosperity – a utopia.
They stand before them.
The Nine.
The protectors... Elders of our planet. In robes of dark grey and white, their symbol glowing brightly on their chest; each sitting on a chair, a throne some would say. But one remains empty, at the end, broken, in ruins, lost...
The Garde.
The citizens of Lorien gifted with Legacies. There have been many Garde that have assumed the role of these great Elders. But none would exceed the original.
The children.
One through to Nine. These aren't just any children; they are pure blood descendants – great grandchildren if you may. Each child stands before their respective Elder, their Cepan behind them. Boys and girls from ages 3 to 5 stand innocently before the great Loric Elders, their Destinies lie before them.
"So it begins" the head Elder says, his voice booming in the circular room. The marble walls and floor shake ever so softly at his tone and presence.
Pittacus Lore.
The Cepans bow their heads, holding their Garde by the hand or carrying tired ones. Each receiving a chest – Inheritance. The air in the circular room becomes cold, the light dimly flickers above them, and the Nine slowly slip away. The scenery blowing into the darkness, like paper in the wind. Until all that is left; a dim flickering light, fading into the dark. And the last words of Lore ringing throughout the nothingness,
"They will far exceed"
12 years later...
POV #1
I don't like mornings and I hate Mondays. So if you can put two and two together; I hate Monday mornings.
It's the first day of school, and I did not sleep well. They say this year is the most important for us Garde students because it's when we will start developing Legacies. It's pretty exciting, but that's not all.
The Elder's children. That's what they call us; well me. I don't know the others yet, haven't met them, hopefully this year I will, I'm a bit nervous.
But the flip side to this awesomeness is that we have to keep our Elder's children part of us a secret – meaning we can't tell anyone; only our Cepan, our grandparents and occasionally our parents. If someone else did find out, let's just say, sh*t could get real ugly. Even though Lorien is a "utopia" as the politicians love to put it, there are still some cracks in its image.
My name is Five. Just Five. Born Five, live Five and probably die Five. But I go by Emily to conceal my Elder secret. I like the name, my Cepan Kate suggested the name to me; she said something like, 'you look like an Emily' – what the hell is that supposed to mean? But the name just kinda stuck and here I am, Emily Davis.
"EMILY?! HURRY UP! SCHOOL STARTS IN 15 MINUTES!" Kate shouts from downstairs, I snap open my eyes and jump out of bed – literally. Almost hitting the bookshelf next to it; I'm staying with my Cepan right now because grandpa and grandma are on a vacation in Lorien's countryside, they said something about exploring the land, blah, blah, blah.
"EMILY?!"
"Coming!" I shout back, while trying to put my shoes on; I trip and face-plant myself in the shaggy mat at the end of my bed. I'm hopeless. I quickly get up and gather my school things;
Stationery, check.
Phone, check.
Bag, check.
... that's really it.
I bound down the stairs almost face planting again; I've really got to work on my movement. I bolt into the kitchen and go to make my lunch quickly. But instead I'm met with a crossed-armed Kate.
I slide to a stop and put on my best fake smile,
"Hhheeyy there" I awkwardly say, Kate raises an eyebrow then grins, handing me a lunch bag. I smile at her,
"Are you alright Emily?" she asks, looking at me,
"Yeah, yeah... I'm good" I say, trying to avoid this heart-to-heart talk,
"This is a very big year for you Five, just remember that" she says, half hugging me. Kate only uses my real name, Five, when she's serious – she doesn't sound serious, but this year will change my life... I nod and make my way to the door,
"Thanks K, see ya this afternoon" I say, walking out the door. I immediately start walking towards school. It's a sunny day, not to hot or too cold; we're in the middle of Lorien's best season. School's not that far a walk, only about two blocks away from the house. I make my way across the road towards the front of the towering building I call high school,
This is going to be something.
POV #2
Ah high school. Good old school. The place where social status and awesomeness only matters; and work, but I don't really care about that stuff. But this year is apparently important – the Garde students get Legacies, but the Elder children get that plus some other cool sh*t. But this year I'm also going to hook up with that Emily chick. Dang that girl is hot, she was new last year, end of semester – but this year I'm gonna-
"Oi dude" a voice interrupts from beside me, I look – it's Joe,
"Dude, your drooling" he says, pointing at my mouth, I snap out of my Emily trance and wipe my face. Joe grins and shakes his head; we're walking down the hallway, trying to find John.
"You ready?" I ask Joe, he raises eyebrows in confusion,
"For what?"
"This year man! Legacies and that other cool sh*t" I exclaim, throwing my arms in the air, Joe smirks and face palms,
"Yeah, I guess, it's a pretty important year"
"Awww come on dude! We're getting freaking Legacies! Maybe you can even impress that chick you always stare at" I say, wiggling my eyebrows.
"Shut up Stan"
I laugh and walk towards John with Joe next to me. Joe and John are my best friends; we are all Elder's children. We weren't supposed to tell anyone, but it kinda slipped out; but luckily they were both Elder children as well. We vowed never to tell anyone or admit we told each other.
"Hey guys" John says, taking the books out of his locker and shutting it.
"Dude, don't you reckon Joe should ask out that hot chick from Spanish class?" I say, Joe's cheeks go bright red, John raises his eyebrow,
"You still haven't asked her out? Come on man!" John says, slapping Joe's back; Joe just puts his head in his hands and shakes his head and mumbles something,
"Awww its ok, not everyone is as awesome as me" I say, flexing my right arm,
"Shut up Stan"
John POV
I'm pretty excited for this year, Brandon said that the Garde get their Legacies. I honestly am a bit nervous in getting mine, I've heard of stories when Legacies have manifested for some Garde and it hasn't gone to well for them.
Right now I'm taking Spanish class with Joe. I really suck at Spanish, I'm better at things like PE and Home Economics; History is pretty fun though. The teacher – Miss Daniels went to Earth for a couple of years, she lived in some orphanage with nuns in Spain. She picked up the language and is now teaching it to us.
I look to Joe to see if he understands the work and what do ya know, he's staring at the girl he has a major crush on. I smirk and get back to work. I look up again and see Maren sitting next to the girl Joe is staring at; I think her name is Marina. Maren looks back and notices me staring at her, she winks and gives a smile – I'm instantly filled with butterflies, John concentrate! I've known Maren for a long time, apparently since I was 3 years old; Joe knows her from PE class and Stan just says she's hot whenever we see her. But now I've discovered that I have feelings for her, I don't know why at this particular moment, but they're strong. I return to my work.
It's all well and good for about 20 more minutes until the loud speaker turns on and Mr. Lynch, our principal starts talking,
Can John Smith, Joe Perera and Stanley Worthington please report to the principal's office immediately.
My stomach drops and I hear Joe groan,
"Aw come on!" Joe says, throwing his hands up, some of the other students laugh, some others smirk. I grin and pat his back – his head is in his hands,
"Come on buddy" I say, packing my stuff up and following Joe who's heading for the door. I see Joe and Marina look at each other for a second before both quickly looking away; a blush forming in both their cheeks. Really guys?
I look at Maren, she smiles again which sends my heart over the moon; Stan and Joe tease me about my awkwardness around her now. I turn and catch up to Joe who's already out the door.
"What do you think happened this time?" I ask, Joe shrugs,
"Stan probably broke someone's car window or shaved Mr. Lynch's Chimæra again" he says with a grin, I laugh and put my books back in my locker, Joe does the same and looks to Stan jogging down the hallway towards us,
"Hey guys, what's up?" he says casually, as if nothing from the past 10 minutes is relevant.
"Dude what did you do this time?" Joe says, leaning against his locker crossing his arms but still smirking, Stan puts his hands up in defence,
"Nothing I swear" he says with his mocking grin – he doesn't have any books; which is the usual because the only thing Stan cares about is quote, 'awesomeness and girls', so us three head to the principal's office.
We weave in between the corridors; we've been here a thousand times, most of them thanks to Stan. I'm honestly surprised that they haven't expelled us yet; probably something to do with us being Elder inheritors, but the Cepan's must have convinced the school some other way.
We finally reach the principal's office after taking the 'detour' route; which is pretty much walking around the school twice and going down every hallway Joe deems necessary. A big wooden door, with a red crystal-like door knob separates us from our so called 'punishment'; I turn to Joe and Stan,
"Ok, I'll do the talking" they both nod in unison, sometimes I don't even need to tell them, we've been in this situation so many times, it's almost like a second nature to them. I sometimes talk, sometimes Joe talks – we never let Stan talk, he normally would end up insulting someone or bragging about his awesomeness.
I knock on the door and then open it, it creaks a bit, and when fully open, all our mouths drop open.
"Sh*t" I hear Stan whisper loudly under his breath, this is going to take some explaining.
Before me stands two females and three males, I don't know the ladies, but we know the men., standing in front of us are Brandon, Reynolds and Sandor; all have a very serious expression on their face. All I hear is Joe mutter something like,
"This is going to be messy"
Author's Note: Hi everyone, that was my first chapter/prologue to this new story! I hope you enjoyed it, please review and give me some feedback on anything! Please also check out my other fanfictions, you could probably find them on my profile page!
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