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It has been months since it happened and it must be written here before they erase it from me as well. To start I guess I should tell of where I live. It's a very clandestine place concealed from the rest humanity but that is good in way it means you stay with your family and never stray far. Even so every child's life from the ages eleven (the entering age) through seventeen (the passing age) you go to the academy, there you are kept from all your family till the passing age. There you are taught certain skills, the first year there you are sent to the lecture hall if you could call it that surrounded by dusty old paintings that looked like your ancestors, ancestors looked upon besides it reminds you of a chronological ruin. In this room there is a small raised up platform in which only the oldest and wisest man in this place stands upon. He's never told anyone his name, says he's just t' ole t' remember it his' self, but no one believes this lie.
Some say that he's gone insane and lost his memory, others think something happened to him during the great battle that ended all link and he got injured and never recovered, but none of those are true. You ask why I think I know the answer, that would be unjust to say so because in fact I do know the answer the real answer and that is the reason I must reconcile the truth before they erase it?.
"Kiera??Kiera?..Wake up?.. Wake up," was the first thing I remembered that day. I opened my eyes half way and saw Tally about two inches away from my face. I screamed and then the scream turned into silence then silence into laughter. Tally Willings has been my best friend since the day I was born it seemed like. Well actually we met maybe two years ago when the traders come to town, we both ended up at a stand and wanted to buy the same thing and ended up in a fight about who should get it and somehow in that mess we became best friends and has been like that ever since. The cool thing about it is our birthday is on the same day, September third which also means our entering and passing day are the same. We are almost completely different an example would be what we look like, Tally has long curly blonde hair that she usually wears down, her face is pretty and is radiating happiness and adventure to those around her but apparently not on me. My hair is a dirty blondish brown it is long but nobody would know that because I always keep it up in a pony tail. My face is dusky and radiates with boringness and fear and sadly that sometimes rubs off on others. Unlike Tally I'm not looking forward to the passing day the day that would begin my seven years away from my mom the only life I have known. Tally's eyes, as I've explained to everyone are that there are little stars in them they are light green like a flourishing forest. Mine are Sapphire blue like my mothers' (nuf said bout me).
So there I was with Tally sitting cross legged on my bed the day before our entering day?.. The only question that was on my mind was 'What will I do with my last full day at home?' Tally grinned, "Let's go get some breakfast," (well there's a start) she squealed and jumped off the bed running down stairs with me chasing after her. Down in the kitchen my mom and Tally's were talking to each other in there robes while flipping eggs and pancakes. I had a glimpse of my mom's face as it turned from a sad, downcast look turn into grin as Tally and I came in.
Tally and I sat at the table that is just besides the kitchen, stuffing our mouths with pancakes, eggs and bacon one after another, while our moms sat at the island in the kitchen sipping coffee and chatting quietly. Once Tally and I were done stuffing ourselves mom turned to face me, "Are you packed yet Kiera," mom asked. Answering slowly I replied," Not yet," I have been trying to slow down my elimination as much as possible even though there is no way to stop it just makes me feel happy to pretend there is. "Well then come with me for a moment I'll pack with you to make sure you don't forget anything." Then she stood up and grabbed my outstretched hand and walked with me upstairs. When we got into my room she pulled out my enormous yellow duffel bag that was in my closet and sat it down on my bed. Then we started to put my close and things in the bag silently. After awhile it was getting awkward I was about to say something but mom started to talk, "So?. Tomorrow's the day, are you ready?" She then paused waiting for a response.
I looked up at her, "I guess well, how anybody could be ready for it." Then she went all out and began what I knew would be a lasting conversation. "Kiera I know what you mean, and I so wish I could tell you about what is going to happen but as you know I never went to the academy and can only heed warnings from others," her eyes glistened with tears and she swallowed the lump that had formed in her throat. "That's okay mom I'll be perfectly fine me and Tally will watch each other's backs," I smiled and gave her a hug to try to make her feel better though my emotions were all ready peaked.
My mother as she said had never gone to the academy and as she tells it, she didn't go because our family which means my mother and hers came from the outer zone at the age of nineteen. My grandmother came carrying my mom who had been mind wiped and then she passed out. So at the age of nineteen she already surpassed the age of the passing so they, meaning the great counsel and the wise man decided she was no threat to our great home considering all her memory was erased. Unfortunately my grandmother died just after she entered. And that's about all I know from my ancestry.
My mother looked down and smiled her gloomy smile, "You know I'll always love you there is nothing that can change that," I nodded and replied, "Me too." She seemed to brighten up a little at that and pulled a red book, "This is well, actually I found it on the road to the academy it's someone's journal they must off dropped on the passing day or I don't know, but they wrote what happened while they were in the school I haven't read it I just found it yesterday and had only a moment to flip through it anyways here you go," she said and pressed it in my hand, "Don't you lose it now and maybe, maybe keep it hidden." I laughed, "Why?" She looked at me frightened, "You never know what could happen there, or what the people are like," I frowned at that thought. "I hope that's not true but you know, better safe than sorry," She managed to whisper?.. And then she began to choke up. I set the book down and pulled her close she was shaking like a leaf. When she was finished crying she pulled away and sighed, "thank you, what could ever accomplish without you gone?" Giving a weak smile and stood up. "Now, is there anything else you need to pack?" I shook my head all my dressers were empty exempt for some things for her to remember me by including my journal. "Oh yes and wait I have one last thing to give you," she pulled out a necklace attached to it was a small beautifully cut a diamond. Then she grabbed my hand and enclosed it with my fingers. "Keep this hidden as well but close," I was going to start an argument that she should keep it but that would have upset her even more so I smiled, said thank you and put the necklace on but tucked it under my shirt. Then we got dressed and headed downstairs to Tally and her mom, time to go school shopping.