ALPHA SILVER

Chapter one

the LETTER

I gazed as they eased the coffin into the ground, I have been in trauma since grandma died a week ago.

She was the only family I had, the only one I knew. Her demise was a tremor but the letter she left behind was additionally startling.

I always believed I was an orphan. I thought she was my family. She used to tell me tales of my supposed mother, who was her daughter. I always assumed my parents left me not by choice but because of the car accident that killed them.

Her letter affirmed that my whole life, I was inhabiting a lie. I had read the letter countless times and I knew it by heart.

"Dear Silver,

I write this letter not to break your heart but because I know am dying and before I die, you deserve to know the truth. Despite what you read in this letter, I want you to know I love you and you are an extraordinary miracle to me. You gave me not only a purpose to live but also hope unless I would have been lost in sight.

Seventeen years ago, I was in the kitchen when I heard the cry of a babe. I came out only to find an adorable newborn wrapped in a bloodied silver veil at my doorstep left for me to find.

You have always been lovely even when you were so little, covered in blood. It was apparent that you were just given birth to. You hadn't even been cleaned up yet.

To this moment I still wonder how you got to my doorstep and why you were left for me to find.

After taking you inside, I discovered you were clutching a silver necklace, the name Annalise was engraved on it and inside the locket was a picture of a beautiful young lady.

She looks so much like you except she doesn't have your remarkable features, your sliver eyes, and your white streak of hair. She is blonde with brown eyes, but you have her smile.

After cleaning you up, I didn't know what to do with you. I intended to inform the police, in case your family was searching for you.

I was on my way when I received a call that altered everything, Veronica had just left my home to go back to the city where she lives with her husband and 10-month-old daughter, Jessica was involved in a car accident and they all died. I was shattered, Veronica was my only child. I felt I had lost everything.

None of them survived, I had no daughter, no son-in-law, and no granddaughter.

I delayed taking you to the police for two weeks to settle the funeral preparation. When it was time to give you back on the way to the police I realized I couldn't, you had become my purpose for living.

I was already connected to you and regarded you as mine. I took you back home and chose to name you Silver Annalise Jacobs. Silver because of three things, one was your unique silver eyes, the other was the veil you were wrapped in was silver, and because of the silver locket.

Whereas I called Annalise because I think that's your biological mother's name.

Please don't let what you read here to change you or how you feel about me.

I know was to consider taking you to the police in case your family looked for you but I constantly thought of how bloodied I found you and that there is a very dark dangerous mystery as to how you got to me.

You are nevertheless my granddaughter even though we are not related biologically.

Don't loathe your biological family because I think whoever left you there had no choice. The lawyer would give you the locket and blanket, keep it, it's yours. I love you and want you to lead a good life, make sure you go out, make good friends, and be happy.

If you want to look for your biological parents talk to the lawyer I left a trust fund, especially for that purpose. Once you are eighteen everything I own is yours, use it as you see fit, I trust your decision.

Make sure you are good to Mrs. Jackson, she would be your guardian when I am gone. You know she lives alone don't rebel and make her life difficult. I love you always and forever.

Love Grandma."

I kept wondering why grandma lied to me all my life that Veronica was my mother and I am her granddaughter.

Why she made me believe my parents were dead, well they could be.

I wonder if it is because of my weirdness that my parent abandoned me, many things have gone through my mind.

I wonder if my weird silver eyes terrified them to give me away without even cleaning me up.

Or is it my weird ability, I found out early am stronger than normal, and I lift things normal people with my weight wouldn't be able to lift.

All my life people call me a freak except a few people, most are scared of me, while few pretend not to be.

Only my grandma had never shown signs of fear for me.

The tears I have been holding in since the beginning of the funeral because I didn't want people to see me break, I fell to the ground sobbing loudly begging my grandma to come back. Mrs. Jackson held me and try to comfort me.

Even after I found out my grandma and I are not biologically related, I still love her like never before and consider her my only family, am not going to ever look for my supposed family because to me am still a Jacobs, I am still Silver Annalise Jacobs and nothing is going to change that ever.

CHAPTER TWO

NEW SCHOOL

It's been 14 days since the funeral, and within those 14 days, my life has changed drastically. Since Mrs. Jackson is my new guardian, I had to move to her home in another town far away from mine.

So I changed not only guardians but a town, home, and school.

Though it was already in the middle of a session, I was received in the school. I know I will not be missed in my previous school, I don't have friends there, and they all concluded I am a freak.

Mrs. Jackson left me to grieve till two days ago when she told me I have to resume school today or miss the whole session.

If it was up to me, I just want to stay locked up in my room, in my head far away from the reality where grandma is dead.

I don't know if I will be able to go through the stress of a new school, I have been on the edge lately, I get irritated at little things. I will have to go through new faces and people who don't know shit about my life.

It's a good opportunity for me. My friends in my previous school were able to see my unusual nature because I was young when I discovered it and was not able to hide it.

Now I have been allowed to make people look at me in a different light.

After dressing for school, I stare at myself in the mirror. I had dyed my white streak black to blend with my charcoal black hair. I brushed my hair down. I use eye contact to make my sliver eyes look brown. I am wearing black joggers and a white turtleneck sweater with black sneakers, with the final touch of black lipstick.

I have to fulfill grandma's wishes and make friends.

I don't forget the locket resting on my neck hidden in my cloth. My mother's only gift to me. I have come to terms that the woman in the locket is my mother even though, I am not going to look for her.

After telling Mrs. Jackson I am off. I take my Audi; a gift from my grandma for my sixteenth birthday and drove to school.

I pulled into a crowded school park that was crowded with students beside their cars, talking amidst themselves.

I come out of my car, with my head up high, almost immediately as though something or someone announced my presence, everyone became quiet at stare my way, and just as immediately as they became quiet, they started talking again among themselves like before, but the difference is that am now everyone topic if discussions.

Don't they receive new students? I wondered.

No one approached me till I got to the office and met a woman that looks like she is in her late 70s or early 80s. She is wearing glasses and uses a walking stick. After giving me my schedule. She called a girl, Linda to show me around and also take me to class since we have the same schedule.

Linda is a very happy girl, she was quick to introduce herself to me and make me feel at ease with her. She told me about the school hierarchy, which is divided into two.

Lucien Thorne is the king of the school, anything he says goes. His father is the mayor of the town and also the owner of the school. So he gets away with practically everything. His best friend Daniel replaces Lucien's authority anytime Lucien is absent.

All the boys in the football team worship both Lucien and Daniel.

And there is Nicolette, Queen of the bitches, she is Lucien's twin sister, but where Lucien rules the boys, Nicolette is in charge of the 'bitches' as Linda puts it.

Her best friend Freya who is Daniel's cousin is the leader of the cheerleaders. But Freya is like a figurehead because anything Nicolette says goes.

Nicolette has a circle of tight allies, who are more than friends, they are her beloved worshippers and defender.

They are quick to protect and defend her if anyone defiles her. Their circle is so tight that not just anyone can join, even Linda aspires to join but hasn't even gotten close. They are all seniors like both Linda and me.

We have a history for the first class and I was forced to introduce myself once the teacher came in.

"Good day everyone, I am Silver Annalise Jacobs, I am from Grass vile town, I just moved here." After acquainting myself I notice the stare once again. It seems I will have to ask Linda about it.

It's lunch, Linda invites me to eat with us both her and her friend Janet, she is a close friend of Linda's, they have been friends since middle school.

"You must be Silver the girl, everyone been talking about"

"People are talking about me? Why? Because I am the new girl"

I asked and answers my question.

"No, actually people are talking about you because there is something strange about you?"

Janet says like a question like she is inquiring if there is anything strange about me.

I was processing what Janet said when Linda gasped and look like she saw an angel. I turned to look at what she is looking at, and wow she did see an angel since I got to the school everyone I had seen looked like models but this girl looks like an angel.

She is so pretty, the prettiest I have seen. She is accompanied by a girl that is also looking beautiful.

Everyone's eyes were on her, her presence only commands attention. This must be the Queen Bitch, Nicolette and the girl with her must be the leader of the cheerleaders Freya. But why is she coming to our table?

Everyone even looks stunned she is approaching our table, which means it is not something she does often.

She gets to the table and sits on the only spare chair leaving her friend to stand like a guard.

How rude!

"It's nice to finally meet you, Silver Annalise Jacobs."

Even if I am surprised she came to talk to me I did not show it.

"You must be Nicolette Thorne, it's nice to meet you also, but how do you know my name."

I asked with authority because her dominant nature is putting me on the edge, though I know how she knows.

"You are in my school, of course, I am to know your name, I will like to invite you to my home for dinner. I want to welcome you into the Thorne's Academy."

"Am sorry but I will have to decline your invitation I don't visit strangers."

The whole cafeteria became shocked like they could hear our conversations.

"Why would you turn down my invitation?"

"Should there be any other reason aside because I want to?"

I said forcing a smile because I felt kind of strange, I could feel tiny needles pricking my head like it is trying to get in, which is giving me a severe headache.

But I am trying to pretend nothing is wrong. She keeps staring at me like she is waiting for something to happen, I don't know what.

"No one turns down my invitation, I like your spirit."

" I am 'no one."

She laughs but she is annoyed, she is just trying to keep it together because of the onlookers. She stands and Freya looks at me and says

"I hope you don't regret this."

"I am sure I won't."

Chapter three

MEETING LUCIEN

After Nicolette and Freya left, everyone started openly pointing and whispering about me, am sure my attitude surprised them, it's even surprising for me, I have not met someone who makes me uneasy as Nicolette does, I am neither rude nor giant person, but something about her doesn't sit right with me.

"Are you alright? Why would you turn down Nicolette's invitation?" Janet asks me.

" As I already told Nicolette should there be any other reason aside because I don't want to?"

"I believe the gossip now that you are strange indeed," Janet adds.

I laughed as I stated.

"Excuse me, I want to use the rest." I stood in the restroom.

When I get to the restroom while rinsing my face I notice blood trickling down my nose, I stare in shock at it, I had a gut feeling that Nicolette is the cause even if it sounds strange to me.

On my way going out, I bumped into a girl, she looks at my bleeding nose and gasped.

'My advice is that you be careful about people you piss off, you just made yourself an enemy. I hope you survive. " she left without waiting for me to reply.

After lunch, the day went by fast, I went to the diner Mrs. Jackson owns, after promising to meet both Linda and Janet to see a movie together.

We quickly became friends even though they kept questioning my earlier actions, which I had no answer to.

There were not many people in the diner, so we had time for a chat.

Mrs. Jackson asks me how my day was.

"My day was better than I expected, I already had two friends Linda and Janet."

"I heard Nicole invited you for dinner at her home tonight."

'Yes,' I replied even though I am shocked that she already knew, the people in this town gossip a lot.

"Why did you reject the invitation?"

I sign before replying honestly since I had been asked. "It is because there is something strange about her. I just don't like her."

"As expected" She stated blankly.

'What do you mean as expected?'

The bell jingles indicating that someone had entered. Mrs. Jackson's attention goes to the people coming in.

"Good day, Martha." I turn to look at the person that got Mrs. Jackson excited and I became shocked, being as handsome as the guy should be illegal.

He is a tall, light-skinned guy with black curly hair that makes him cute and at the same time dangerous. I instantly became attracted which is so unlike me.

'Lucien!' Mrs. Jackson exclaimed, she looks excited like she was sosomeonehe is very fond of...

Wait that? Lucien? As in Lucien Thorne, the bad boy of the school? The twin of Nicolette, the person I made an enemy with, oh! Kill me!'

I notice he is with another guy who is handsome but is nothing compared to Lucien, I guess that's Daniel. I am thankful for Linda's supply of information, it gives me the upper hand.

After Mrs. Jackson, Lucien, and Daniel exchanged pleasantries, they turned to me.

"Lucien I want you to meet my ward, Silver I took over her responsibilities when her grandmother a good friend of mine died, may her soul rest in peace. And Silver, this is Lucien, my godson."

I notice that Lucien was gawking at me strangely throughout the exchange like there was something he doesn't like, it is likely he heard what happened between me and his twin sister.

"Nice to me you," I said for the sake of Mrs. Jackson still ogling at Lucien who was glaring at me. Daniel coughs that calling both of our attention

Then I notice that both Mrs. Jackson and Daniel were watching us stare at ourselves.

"And this is Daniel, Lucien's best friend and also my godson."

'it is an honor to meet the person that turns down 'Princess Nicolette' Daniel says not even bothering to hide his mischievous smile, so it means I am right Lucien knows what I did to his sister and he is annoyed with me.

I felt a throb in my chest at the prospect of Linfinfinfuriating disturbs me because why do I care what he thinks of me?

Lucien immediately leaves to sit down, while Daniel orders for the both of them, they didn't order much as regular guys do, and it is something I notice in school also most students ate so little during lunch while some didn't eat at all.

I wonder why?

Lucien and Daniel conversed quietly among themselves as they eat, but Daniel talked more. My eyes kept going to Lucien, even without meaning to. After they are done eating and left the diner I immediately feel lonely and alone, What was wrong with noticing you kept looking at Lucien," Mrs. Jackson says.

"Was I? didn't notice," I said playing dumb while feigning to be busy.

"Lucien may be my godson, but I want you to stay away from him."

I gawked at her weirdly.

"I never plan on being close to him."

"Silver, I notice you were attracted to him, you may just start living with me but, I watched you grow up. I know you, it is for your good if you don't fall for him, because you will regret it. Mrs. Jackson said worriedly.

I was very quiet for the rest of the day, I kept trying to figure out the reason Mrs. Jackson would say I would regret being attracted to Lucien. Is he a player? He looks like one but I can't judge based on looks.

Mrs. Jackson's advice made me more curious to know everything about him.

I had forgotten the plans I made with Linda and Janet until they came into the diner. After greeting Mrs. Jackson, by her first name Martha, it seems everyone in town calls her that except me, it is because I grew up calling her Mrs. Jackson. I tell her of our plans and she agrees to them but told me to be back by 10.

I can use this opportunity to question both Linda and Janet about Lucien because I am really curious about him.