city of w o n d e r { open!}

[Alyssa Barnes]

Alyssa had just walked from the welcome hall to the dorm that would serve as hers. The accommodations were surprising, she had assumed that the academy in Paris would have been the best of the best, but this new Academy proved her wrong. Her bed was a king, and adorned with a lavish comforter that made her want to curl up in it and sleep forever. The pillows were down, and her room was decorated very tastefully. There was a large dresser that had flowers ready and waiting for her in a lovely vase. It had seemed to Alyssa that this place was heaven. She knew better though than to just assume that from the room. It was still a nice place, but very different.

The children were all capable of mind-bending things, things that she knew first hand could kill. There were children of Gods here, and kids who seemed to eat and breath fighting. She had watched a group of children who she assumed were demigods from the way they were fighting, figh their hardest against one another. They had gotten their bodies slashed and hadn't even winced,and they knocked their opponents to the ground without mercy. Alyssa was not use to the violence, and bloodshed. It was definitely different.

Alyssa walked from the dorm to the room that would be her new classroom. She found it without much difficulty and smiled as the door already had her name on it. It had seemed as if this place was already a step ahead, then again it was ruled by the Gods. She walked to her desk which was once again a surprise and started to set up. The classroom was the nicest she had ever been in, and even the student's chairs had what looked like memory foam. She grabbed a few books, a picture of her family, and her dogs and started to put them up. This was certainly going to be an experience....

[rex]

Yuri Had already had an experience. She had got lost twice and manipulated but those stupid Demi-gods. She was walking down the hall minding her own business walking to her training class when next thing u know she was head towards a lake. She walked straight into the water clothes on and everything. When she figured out what happened she growled.

"oh, Dios mà o. mira lo que hicieron los dioses medio estúpido. razón por la que debe llegar allà y"** she stopped herself and spoke in English "you know what you'll get it sooner or later" she warned and stormed off in her wet clothes.

After a few feet she changed her clothes mid walk. Something simple worked for her, a black shirt and red skinny jeans with a pair of black flats was fine for the first day of training.

She walked towards the class room knowing that if she was the kids that had pranked her she would go off on them. She took a sigh of relief that she hadn't seen them yet. She found the room with ease and smiled when she saw it was already marked. She walked in and saw her desk marked as well, with a giggle she let Sakura out her bag and the tabby cat sat on her desk. Pulling out a picture of her parents and brother she arrange them as well as a few things from japan. She spotted the girl and muttered "hello" not looking up at all.


**translation:oh my gosh. look what you stupid half gods did. why I should come up there and

[Alyssa Barnes]

Alyssa had just put her things up, and decided to check her mail. She wasn't too concerned with what was going on at home, she had just barely left there about two days ago. Alyssa was concerned with her schedule and curriculum. At the school in Paris she was given a strict order and way of doing things. It was easy to learn and easy to understand, she taught history from eight to nine forty-five and from ten to eleven forty-five and then lunch until twelve forty-five then she would resume history from then until two and then she tutored English until three-thirty. It was simple and she knew exactly what to teach.

At Atheneta University there was no set of guidelines to teach, well at least not for the gifted and demigod classes. Yes there were normal classes being taught, after all the kids had to resume their normal classes of math and English and whatnot but for the rest it was all in the air. There were suppose to be certain teachers for each of the gifted students who had powers and a teacher for that certain power but other students were encouraged to join in the other classes. Alyssa very well could be dealing with children who controlled fire instead of just the kids in the class who had powers identical to hers.

Adrianna clicked onto her email and sure enough there was one addressed as " curriculum" . She opened it and read through carefully.

" Greetings, and welcome. We are so thankful to have you here at our Academy. The curriculum is as followed:
~You are not expected to know it all, that would be ludicrous, there is no one who knows it all..even the Gods have questions
~Guidance and Listening are key. Most of these kids are unable to use their powers where they are from much less accept it and talk freely about it, this is a safe place where you are a soul to talk to, guide when you feel comfortable enough to
~ Exploration in moderation. We want them to use their powers and figure out how to harness them, with that said..please do not let our building go down in flame

Follow these few simple tips and you will be fine. Remember: this is not too different from a normal class, you are the teacher, they are the students, and you all are extraordinary.
Good Luck"

It was unsigned and she didn't even want to think about who wrote it, would the Gods actually take time and write an email? Alyssa closed the account and watched as a girl entered into the room. She started pulling things out of her backpack and when the girl pulled out a cat Alyssa smiled. She missed her dogs, but they were better off with her family where they could be played with and given attention. When the girl spoke Alyssa walked to the front of her desk and leaned against it.


" Hi. How are you?"

[rex]

"Im fine and yourself" Yuri sat at her desk and pet sakura as she went through her email and read her curriculum letter on her phone. "That is cool, I wonder how the God's write emails." She giggled and smirked. She never really liked emails she would rather get a text. "I'm Yuri Matsumoto. Freshman and you are?" she figured the other students would flow in soon enough. "Venite a sakura indietro nel sacco"(Come on sakura back in the bag) she picked up the cat who hissed at her then placed her in her bag and pulled out her paper so she could take notes for when ever class started.

Yuri was always impatient so she sang instead "Ddok barohae neon joengmal bad boy Sarangbodan hogishimbbun Geu dongan nan neo ddaeme ggambbak Sogaseo neomeogangeoya Neon jaemi eobseo maeneo eobseo Neon devil devil neon neon Ne haendeupon sumanheun namja Han geuljaman bakkun yeoja Nae kkoggaji yeokgyeoun perfume Nugu geonji seolmyeong haebwa Neon na mollae nugul mannaneun Ggeumjjikhan geu beoreut mot gochyeotni Ddwieo bwado sonbadak aningeol" She sang SNSD's version of Run Devil Run in her native tongue of Japanese.

[Alyssa Barnes]

Alyssa watched as the young girl ushered the cat into the bag and stifled a laugh as she realized how funny that statement was. She could just imagine just how strange it would sound to all of her friends back home well first the cat came out the bag, but then she put it back in. Alyssa couldn't help but hope that that was the strangest part of her day. There was no telling what could go wrong somewhere like this, and dealing with an animal didn't seem like the worst thing that could go down. She listened to the young girl sing and was moved by the beautiful words.

Alyssa herself could not speak it, she could barely make her way in french, but the words were beautiful nevertheless. When the girl was finished Alyssa spoke to her again answering her question.

" Im very well thank you. Im Ms. Barnes and you are... ?"

Because the classes for the gifted were mostly on a " come if you want to" basis she had no role chart. She didn't even know what powers these students possessed. She wasn't using her skill to their powers were of use to them..for the moment.