Off To Genesis Academy

Rolling off the bed, BANG Damien smacks his face off the floor.

"Damn, I gotta strap myself to the bed or this'll kill me one day…"

Damien gets up, heads to the bathroom, looks at the mirror, his reflection stares back at him, showing he is a well-built twenty-year-old, with brown hair, blue eyes, and fair tone skin. He washes his face and gets ready for his day. He walks over to his parent's and uncle's memorial and begins to pray.

"Thank you for everything you've done for me and allowing me to get this far uncle. Thank you for bringing me into this world, mom, dad. I hope wherever you three are, you are happy. Thanks for continuing to watch over me. I must go now, off to Genesis Academy!"

Upon heading outside he's greeted by Claire, she has a smile on her face but as Damien gets closer he notices she's been crying. 

Claire runs up and gives Damien a tight hug. 

"Take care of yourself out there, Damien! Don't let those city folk bully you!" She says as she buries her face in her chest.

Damien wraps his arms around her and hugs her back. "I'll stay true to myself and always remember, I'm only a few hours away." 

Claire steps up on her tippy toes and gives Damien a kiss. "I'll always hold you dear, Damien." 

Damien starts heading off, as he looks back he sees Claire with a big bright smile waving at him. 

Damien shouts out, "I love you CLAIRE KOLESTAN!" 

He can't tell if she's blush or not but her hand shot down fast, and a few moments pass and she replies, "I love you too, you big oak!" 

Damien chuckles as he heads off to the train station. 

He gets on the train and heads to the town of Hopes, where the prodigious Genesis Academy is. He ponders to himself, "How on earth did I even get a scholarship to this place? Like it came out of nowhere, a few days after my uncle passed, I got a letter from the academy telling me that I've been selected to join."

The train stops, which interrupts Damien's train of thought.

Mumbling to himself, "Woah... Who on earth is this?"

A young women boards the train. She looks to be around her mid twenties, brunette hair tied in a bun, with red piercing eyes. Tanned all over or at least from what Damien can see.

"Hi there, mind if I have a seat here?" The lady waving a hand in front of Damien trying to get him out of his daze.

"O-Oh Ex-Excuse me, yeah, yeah, here no worries..." Damien stumbles over his own words trying to keep whatever self-respect he has left in front of this woman.

She gives a courteous smile and sits down across from him.

Damien stares at her, totally awestruck by her beauty. 

"Are you heading to Hopes as well, ma'am?"

She looks up at him with her piercing red eyes, "Yes I am, and please don't call me ma'am."

"Oh, alright... well what are you planning on doing there?" says Damien.

"Well, I am going to study magic there. More precisely I'm going to Genesis Academy to learn about artifacts."

Damien gets a big smile on his face when he hears this. "That's awesome, I'm also going to be attending Genesis Academy."

She gives a small nod and smiles.

"By the way, what's your name?" Damien asks.

"My name's Veronica. And yours?"

"Mines Damien. Pleasure to meet you."

"Pleasure." says Veronica, who starts to go through her bag to grab some notes and begins reading them over.

Damien lays back and closes his eyes enjoying the serene music playing softly in the background. He shortly dozes off.

The train comes to a stop and Veronica shakes Damien awake.

"Hey, Damien, it's time to get up, we are here." she says in a soft voice.

Damien stirs and gets up on his feet wide awake.

"Thanks for waking me!"

They get off the train and Veronica gives Damien a little bow before heading off on her own.

As Damien enters the dormitory, he is awestruck by the architecture design of the place. Corinthian pillars are aligned against the wall appearing to hold up the floor above. There is a massive chandelier hanging from the ceiling, illuminating the room. The floor is polished to the point when Damien looks down he can see his own reflect. 

"My god, this place is beautiful! And I get to stay here!" Damien says with excitement as he goes to the front desk where a beautiful woman stands. She has long black hair with eyes that a man could get lost in and her complexation is breath taking. She takes good care of herself. 

She sees Damien approaching and stands up.

"Greetings, how may I assist you today?" She says in a cheerful voice.

"Hi, I'm here to get my room. My name's Damien."

"Alright, give me a second." The lady starts searching through a few documents before spotting Damien's folder. She scans it for a few seconds before hesitating. She quickly composes her self as she looks up toward Damien.

"Sorry for the delay, here you go sir. All the information for the dormitory is in this folder. If you have any questions please consult us as soon as possible. I hope you have a lovely day." She says as she goes back to doing whatever it was before Damien showed up.

"Thank you." Damien says as he heads to his Dorm room.

"Third floor, room 343." While wondering about for a few seconds, he finally finds his room. "Sweet lets see what I got here!" 

Once Damien enters his jaw slams the floor. "Oh. My. God." The room is spotless, there appears to be a nice sizeable couch with a Derrylin Lift Top coffee table, black with a nice polish. He steps in and see a massive flat screen television hanging from his wall, "they went all out on these rooms. Damn..." There is a nice fuzzy carpet throughout the room, as Damien continues searching he finds a small kitchen that seems quite basic, with marble counter tops and a small stove with a microwave above it. A decent size sink. As Damien opens the counter tops he sees they even have some silverware and cups and plates in them. 

Damien continues his journey and finds a bedroom with a queen size bed that's laid out bare. "Make's sense to have no comforter or sheets. I don't wanna use the last guys." Damien chuckles to himself. He finds a small closet space and he puts his bags down. 

"This is paradise." Damien starts unpacking his bag placing his clothes he brought in the closet and takes out his pillow and blanket that he packed as well and places those on the bed. "Thank god I brought these. It's a bit late to be getting lost in the streets of Hopes." 

Damien heads back down to the front desk where he see's the women, but as he starts to approach she stops whatever it was she was doing and stands up and waits for Damien to approach.

"Greetings sir, How can I help you?" She says. 

"I was wondering where I could get a bite to eat, I haven't munched on anything all day." Damien says rubbing his belly showing he is hungry.

"Well, there are a few resturants throughout Hopes but if you want to get something quick there is a small dining area in the halls." She pulls out a small map of the dormitory and hands it to Damien.

"Here it is." She points to a little symbol on the map showing a dining area. "Just follow this hall way down to my left and you'll come right up to it." She points toward her left.

"Thank you." Damien starts heading to the dining area.

As soon as he enters to his surprise he realizes that its just a small buffet. The place looks to be in good shape the design matches the main area, and is well-lit. 

Damien grabs a small plate and fills it with all his favorites at the buffet, chicken, some bread with butter, rice and green peas. 

He finds a small table and begins eating.

A few minutes pass and he puts his plate away and leaves. 

Damien arrives in his room and gets undress ready for bed. 

"Good night world!" Damien says as his head hits his pillow and sleep soon overtakes him.