1. Factory Shifts & Court Meetings “Get up! Get up, you lazy pigs!” The Silver officer yelled across the pitiful area Ace and so many other Reds called ‘home’. It was 4:20 AM, time for their shift in the factory. 4:20 in the morning until 7:00 at night. Ugh. So what if their blood was a different colour? A deep red instead of a metallic silver? One day, people would realise that. But for now, all brooding would do is get him tortured. “Hello, New Town.” He muttered, as usual. There was no response, again as usual. Almost everyone here hated him. Wait, scratch that, everyone hated him. There used to be Travis, the kid he’d grown up with, but he was taken somewhere by the King’s Security officers, and hadn’t been seen since. Ace sighed as the Silver officers began herding everyone into the factory like sheep. It was going to be a long day. ****** Axel was yelling again, and it echoed throughout the halls of Whitefire Palace. “WHAT IS WRONG WITH EVERYONE?!! DO THEY HAVE TO BRING UP THE FACT THAT I- I DON’T-” He screamed, smashing the plate a Red servant had brought his breakfast on against the wall. Over on the bed, his half-brother scowled. “Will you shut up for once in your life? All you do is whine.” His different-coloured eyes skimmed the schedule that had been left in the night. “ We have a council meeting in twenty minutes, and you’re nowhere near ready.” Axel stared. “Why are you here, anyway?” He said, exasperated. “Go back to your own chambers. Practice controlling a worthless Red servant or something.” He didn’t bother hiding the resentment in his voice. “For a start, if we’re late again Mother will execute us in the Bowl of Bones. Second, I can’t be bothered. Now hurry up. You’ve been here your whole life and are still bound to get lost. I’ve been here a few years and know Whitefire better than you.” The boy’s half-brother sighed and began getting ready. Lila Rossi frowned but said nothing as the two of them entered and took their seats. She was dressed in her usual [house colours] signalling to all she was a whisper, able to enter people’s minds at will and force them to relive their worst memories, or do her bidding, like most of House Rossi. The main exceptions were the two newcomers to the meeting, Axel having no ability at all, and the dark-haired boy with him, who was a Singer, able to control people with his eyes and voice. A Silver strongarm stepped foward with the first proposal and the meeting began. A/N: Sooo what did y’all think? Any ideas who the boy Axel was talking with earlier? (It’s kinda obvious if you think about it XD)
