AURORA

Years ago, the Earth was destroyed by a group of scientist who wanted to change the world by creating monsters in humans. They succeeded but instead, the Earth was destroyed. An immortal being sacrificed herself to create the new world we now live in. Every surviving humans went into the new world and the Earth was totally destroyed to annihilate the monster. The new world was named Sirenna, after the one woman who created the world. The new world had strict rules, limiting the human to a lot of things. We are the fifth generation.

The people were divided according to their talents and potential. When we reach the age of eighteen, we are selected according to a test carried on us to choose our talents and potentials.

I will be eighteen tomorrow and that means I will be chosen, but, I am different from the people. I have the blood of the enemies, the people who are believe to destroy Sirenna in the nearest future if not stopped. They are the MISCREANTS. I have the blood of a miscreant running through my vein. The miscreants are people with special abilities beyond ordinary and the people of Sirenna sees them as a threat. They are called the FREEDITES, but their names were changed after the law was given to exterminate them. My mom is a miscreant and my dad a creator. 

The CREATORS are people with talents to create new things. Drugs, weapons, and everything we need to survive. He met my mom years ago when she was on the run from the STAUNCHERS and saved her by hiding her in his apartment. The staunchers consists of the armies, the polices, and every law enforcement agencies. 

My dad and mom fell in love after weeks of living together and they had me months later. When I was three, the staunchers invaded our home and took my mom away with me been hidden by my father. I was hidden away from the outside untill I was seven, and till this day, I have kept my true identity secret with my dad and no will ever know about it. The blood of the miscreants are darker than the blood of the humans which makes it easy to differentiate us from them.

The chosen day is the day young adults who just turned eighteen are brought together and a talent is chosen for them. Our talent are always different from our parent's and once given that talent, we are freed from our parents, with just the family name bringing us together. We are allowed to become independent and live on our own. No one knows their talent unless been given on the chosen day but I know what mine will turn out to be. I am a miscreant and a miscreant has all the talent. It will be easy to notice me and I might be killed tomorrow.

I stared at the ceiling not blinking away thinking about how my life will turn out to be after tomorrow. No miscreants survives the chosen day. I took in a deep breath and sat up on the bed rubbing the back of my neck. Tomorrow might be my last day in Sirenna. I brought out my pendant and placed it close to my heart with my hand on it. 

        "Mother, I might be coming to you tomorrow...... Father will be all alone and will be devastated. Help me this once." I cried silently. 

Running away will be more punishable by the law and they will find you were ever you go to cause a chip is been implanted into our bodies the day we are born and is only removed after the chosen day.

        "Hey." 

Someone called from my closed window making me to roll my eyes. Definitely my two best friends who hates using the door. I stood up and opened the window to meet their smiling faces. 

        "The door is opened, ya know." I said with my hands akimbo.

        "We know, but shortcuts are always the best." Elena said climbing down the window with Aliyah behind her.

Aliyah sniffed and a corner of her lips raised, "I smell chicken." she said blinking at me.

        "Chicken? There is no chicken......." my dad must have prepared breakfast for me before he left. Before I could say a word, my two friends were leaving my room with the kitchen in their minds. "Hey that's mine. Don't you dare touch my chicken." I yelled going after them.

        "Wow, uncle is the best...... He made a lot of meal." Elena said immediately we walked into the kitchen. The table was filled with dishes and I know he also cooked for my friends. Father is really the best. We sat down and digged in "This is so good." Elena said with her mouth full. "Tomorrow is a big day for us. I can't seem to get over the thought of been independent now..... I mean, who will cook for me? I won't get free meals again? I won't be cuddled by my mom again? The chosen day is so lame." Elena complained taking a bite from a drumstick.

        Liya dropped her spoon and swallowed. She looked at Elena, "My parents can't wait to get me off their neck. They are more excited than I am for tomorrow. Those people don't know how much it hurts."

        "I wish my talent will be the one that will fetch me a lot of cash. Like a stauncher or a councillor."

        "You are too skinny for a stauncher. You will be blown away before you even step a feet in their base." Liya said with so much sarcasm.

        Elena glared at her. "My body is to die for."

        "Yes it is..... it really is." Liya said trying to stop herself from laughing out loud.

        "What about you Aurora?" Elena asked looking at me. "What do you wish to be?" 

I looked at her, words lost from my mouth, not knowing what to say. What do I wish to be? Do I have a dream like them too?