Rennob Boarding School -Assassin Series Book #1

Chapter 1: Returning Message

Fools rush in where angel fear to tread, but the evil that men do lives after them, the good is often interred with their bones (Pope, shakespeare)

Spain seemed awfully warm throught the final days of June, the sky in its glory, pristine and polish with not a grey clouds in sight, told the tales of a summer that was to come, with it's vibrant blue color above, but some how the splendor of the skies did not mesh with the glummy pond in the back yard, as the rays of the sun danced on the dark murky waters with grace. Soaking up the highly welcomed heat, Quebella Sallvin stretched her legs deep into the cold waters below and laid back on the Board deck.

Her raven straight black hair that sweeps her bottom when she stand, shined in the sun as small strains blew in the wind, her pale pasty skin soaked up the sun as her small button nose shone from the light that reflect off it, and her full plump pink lips curled with joy but her blue grey eyes that were closed knew nothing of the hawk that flew above.

Gliding her feet back and forth in the dark waters, She decided to fully enjoy her last day at the Sallvin Estate, for tomorrow she will be going back for her final year and her little sister Keylia, eight, would be starting her first Moiety at "The Rennobs", with her closed eyes she pulled in a breath as the cold breeze and the warm rays touch her skin, she thought of what her final year at school would be like, no doubt it would be her toughest but on a nerve far in the back of her mind she hoped for adventure. And as her imagination turned to illusion a wonderous venture came.

From the dim cold clock tower in the center of the estate she pop open the rectangular case and assemble her weapon worshiping craft of the sniper rifle, inserting the mag into the well and attaching a suppressor.

waited for her target, she glanced the information promter in the open rifle case, observing the picture of her prey one last time, a bony face man with dark hair that touch his shoulder and a triangle tattoo under is right eye, Farlong Sweeny a spanish banker, 5,9 married to Devair Sweeny, and son of Callahan Brobeck the Italian Minister of economy.

A silver Mercedes benz pulled up to the stone entrance and a porter descend the stone step and open the door, all she saw was dark tall hair from the back with broad sholders, adjusting her aim, she waited for a clear shot, and just as it came she pulled the trigger twice, two shots greeted the back skull of Farlong and he fell,

Snipper on the roof!, snipper on the roof!, s**t am spotted, she said out of frustration, putting the rifle back in it's case in a hurry, all the while tapping her hear piece has she grab the case and ran

" D12 come in, D12 I've been made am existing the tower from the underground entrance, but i think guards or on my trail,"

"Ok bell I am tracking you get back to the car and i will guide you out of this"

A soft chuckle escaped her lips" really brad because that's what you said in Peru last time"

" no names over the com Bell, and if i remember quite good you were the one who deviated from my plan in Peru, what a way to blame a man for your misfortunes"

Slamming the door of the black sports car she speed off craving the excitment that was at her tail,

"Germany is quite beautiful, D12, I'm sorry i cannot stop to fully enjoy it" cooed Bell as she passed people dressed in finery going about their day unaware of her and the world hidden from them

" you seem to be enjoying it more than others would for you have your own welcome party"

" yeah well a girl needs direction you know" said Bell in a sing song voice all the while keeping her focus on the road

" Bell, welcome party is here, boggie on your six",

Men in feral mask on bikes where pursuing her but not for her beauty, No, these men wanted her body, but in parts

" I see them D12"

Shots hit the back of her car, shattering the back glass, which almost grazing her as she duck from their advances

" D12, how do i shake them, i don't see an escape route"

" coming up right about....NOW!!, hard right"

with rapid speed she Pop the clutch, and turn the wheel hard with her fingers on the hand break, the car skid with a turn to the right and she zoomed through the narrow ally way which turned out to be an underground parking lot

" really a parking lot, D12," said bell exiting the car with the case in hand

" yeah well, i just bought you ten second find a car, change and get moving"

Spotting a small grey Hunda park some distance from her now bullet riddled sports car, Bell ran to it pick the lock and got in she pop the case open then click a button that open a compartment at the top where she fished out a dress only a stripper would wear, pulling off the fastest change ever she ruffled her black hair then pulled her handy pocket knife out, which she used to start the car.

Her Zoron-eyes was right her pursuers did not expect the sudden turn and kept to the first course, which gave her ample time to disguise her self and get back on the streets, for by the time they were decended the parking area in search of her she was exciting the parking structure passing her pursuers who didnt give her a second glance and now she was zooming down a busy Street.

" it seem i have lost them D12"

" ok get to the rendezvous, the next two miles, check your GPS the coordinate are up"

Checking the watch on her wrist that showed much more than the time, she replied

" be there in 5 and make sure to have my................."

" Quebella!, Quebella! Keylia called from the balcony overlooking the pond

Quebella stir from her daydream feeling deprived of an ending to her fantasy

" what do you want Keylia?" she asked glancing up at her sister on the balcony

Keylia who just turn eight, had bronze skin like their father and his brown curls as well with thin pink lips, but her nose was as straight as their mothers and her eyes, blue as the open Ocean, she was beautiful and not even the creatures of wonder could deny it.

" come on inside, dinner is ready, grandma said she made meat balls" barked keylia in a matter of fact tone

" ok Keylia i'll be in, in a minute" Quebella was confused she had just close her eyes and it's already dinner time her fantasy felt like minutes but some how she was dreaming of adventure and danger for hours.

She got up from the dock and grab her towel and sandals and walked through the back steps that led to the second floor, her room was on the third floor of the house so she had to climb the stair that passed her parents office, on her way up the office door was c***k open and she could hear soft voices arguing

Its not our place to do anything Quantera

Then whose place is it Kalem, this could affect our kids, if not us think of them

We have a job to do and we are going to do it Tera and that is final, we made an oath

Yeah well am feeling like bre...ak.............

Quebella was so caught up by their word that she didn't hear her mother walking to the door,

" eavesdropping now Bella, you need to do better than that" said her mother in a calm voice

To Bella her mother Quantera or Tera for those who knew her was the epitome of beauty, rose colored skin with her straight dark hair, her slender nose, and green eyes, she stood 5'8 above her 5'6 and her figure showed nothing of her and her sister Keylia and when she laugh lightly, her smile remind her of hope.

" Sorry mom i didnt mean to, its just that the door was c***k and i couldnt help hearing, is everything fine with you and dad?" Quebella asked

" oh yes everything is fine, its nothing for you to worry about" go on go get ready for dinner and i hope you've finish packing.

" yes mom, I've packed" she said retreating to her room, she lied she wasn't finish packing for she haven't even started, she changed out of her swim suite and put on a dress suited for dinner then decided she would do her packing in the night.

Quebella's bed room was not similar to most teenagers room, it had a double size bed, on the right side of her room, with bed post that had heavy white and peach curtain draped around its frame, her bed sheets were of a similar colors has her bed curtain and there were numerous pillows and stuff animals placed on the bed, on the other side of the room that face her bedroom door stood a glass sliding door that lead to a balcony that overlooked her grandmothers roses but beside the door on the left sat a white love seat and a small coffee like table, and on the right a dresser table.

A white desk with a grey spin chair stood between two other door on the left side of the room that lead to her closet and her bathroom, this desk had books and writing material up on it, and on the floor in front the bed played a round grey mat that look so much like cats fur, the walls were off light grey colour but no painting or pictures were place upon then, the only photo that grace the room was on her night stand on the side to her bedroom door, which is of her whole family seated in the den, enjoying the warmth of a fire and friendly laughter.

Quebella sat on her bed and pulled her laptop to her, which was under one of her many pillows,

Vivian i can't wait to see you, i miss you, and dont forget Keylia is coming

love Quebella

She send the message, and in no second there was a ping that alerted her to a response

Vivian

I miss you more, how can i forget Keylia she is in for a great first Moeity and can you believe this is our final year i am so excited

Quebella

Tell me about it, but you seem too excited, did they move the school are something?, this is going to be our hardest year ever i am not sure if i am really ready for it.

Vivian

Why wouldnt i be, have you checked your school Codex, and please Don't talk like that your a head of every one in our year in every class, come on you'll be amazing

Quebella

No, what is on there, and am not, i'm not a head in T.W i posted at 25 out of 30 Viv, i suck, i bet even Swana holgon did much better

Vivian

Check your Codex Bell, Well i posted 6 out of 30, but i wasn't first in the rest of class, you were ,i was either 4th, 3rd or 7th so you still did better than i did, as for Swana no one can defeat her in failures

Quebella

LOL, Don't try to act as if 6 out of 30 isn't a great placement you should be proud of your self and don't try to hide your achievement to spare my feeling, where friends Viv

Vivian

Ok, i won't, and please stop being hard on your self and if you want, when we get back to training i'll help you even on the days off i promise, and remember to check your message on your Codex

Quebella

Thanks Viv, you are the best, I've got to go now though, dinner, I'll check the Codex too we'll talk when we see each other, love xoxo

Vivian

Love xoxo

Logging onto the school site, Bella was just about to put in her past code when she heard her mothers call "Quebella!" she

Shut her laptop and pushing it back under her pillow as she heared her mother voice echoing her name once more,

" Quebella! dinners ready come down now"

Taking the stairs two at a time she scaled the banister on her final steps down, then walked into the dinning hall, Codex forgotten.

The dinning room was laced in silver and grey, it was her mothers signature style for the walls were of grey and the Heavy curtain that lace the room, of silver and white a huge chandelier hang in the center of the ceiling that sparkling from gem to gem, the large table that centered the room looked antique and expensive a silver and white banner draped down the middle with candelabra near both ends but they looked nothing like candles, the room smelled of freshly backed bread that was on a push cart at the side of the table with other dishs and a new car, and some how those two smells didn't quite mesh to Quebella

" here i am mother" said Quebella with a smirk, her mother was placing the different food item on the table, so she payed her no mind but either it was an illusion for Bella could swear she saw sadness or anger upon her mothers face.

" always the last to the plate, oh Bella" said keylia smiling as she took her seat

" that's because i crave attention when i enter a room" shot Bella in a matter of fact tone then sat down beside her sister.

" quiet down you two" said Mr.Sallvin who was already seated at the head of the table all the while watching his daughters silly banter

" that's right quiet down" said Mrs. Sallvin as she place the roll's basket on the table and took her seat.

Quebella sat to her father right with her grand mother Juleen or julie has those who know her best to his left which her mother sat at the other end of the table with her sister seelia to her mothers left and with her right beside her.

Has they all piled their plates with food and started to eat Quebella felt sad for this was the last time they would have dinner as a family for the next five months, for she won't be seeing her family until December because of school and training.

The Rennob Boarding school was not an ordinary school nor was its structured as such, each girl start at eight years old and is expected to pass the Rennob Starters Program (RSP), at seven to earn a place there, the Rennob school is a school for girls and it is school for assassin, the school term begins on the first of July and is split in two, the Moiety term which starts from July to November and the Moiety-plus term, which starts from January to May, Quebella was going into her moiety fifth year and she was dreading it.

There are three house teams at the school the Momba's with a snake for there house symbol and black as their house color, the phelion's with a cat for their house symbol and orange as their house colors,then you have the Huntress's with a Wolf as their house symbol and white as their house color and this was also the house team that Bella is apart of, These houses make up the school groups and the colors represent those of the school colors.

Student were only given 2 months out of each year to be with their family which was the June break which she was finishing up and the December break which she was now looking forward to.

Lost in her thoughts of what's to come at school Quebella didn't know what was going on around her until her plate jump a few distance from the table before her

"Quebella did you hear me" said her mother after a pound on the table that shock every one

" what?!," jump Bella out of nerves "what were you saying mom" ask Quebella trying to play calm as if she wasn't lost in translation

" you didn't hear a thing i said, no wonder you are failing" Mrs Sallvin was fuming with her eyes, upon her daughter

" i hope you do better in your T.W this time around Bella a 25 posting out of 30 is a disgrace you need to try harder" then she continued to eat her food

" i am trying mother, it just that", Bella kept looking around in hope of a great excuse to appear

" its just that what?!" said Mrs Sallvin cutting off her daughter in a angry tone

From the corner of her eyes Bella could see that keylia was now quietly playing with her 8th birthday gift from a month ago under the table, a nunchaku with hopes of trying to disappear from the room, keylia's birthday was over a month ago in May where she turned eight on the fourteen, she was given a set of nunchaku by grandma julie and from then keylia as found it hard to put them down

" oh, ease up on her Tera, she doing great, exceedingly great in all her other classing by posting first, it just one class she will catch up" said Mr. Sallvin from out the blue, all the while staring at his daughter which made Bella look at her father with gratitude in her eyes as she played with her food.

Kalem Sallvin had a kind face, his bronze skin, brown curls, which hanged at his broad shoulders made him look feared but everyone who knew him respected him and that was much greater, his blue grey eyes were filled with warm but they had a hint of viciousness if one looked close enough, but Quebella was just proud to have him as a dad.

" i know she is above expectation in her other classes Kalem but I'm not asking of her to be an exception in T.W am asking her to be her best and i know a 25 posting is not her best"

"More over i don't wish to argue with you on this matter Kalem" said Quantera in finality turning back her attention to her dinner

" well i posted second in all my classes at the RB, starter program" said Keylia in a change the topic kind of tone

" i know darling and i am proud of you for now your going on the the Rennob Boarding School for girls and i know you will be great" said Mr.Sallvin

The RB starters program is run by the Rennob Boarding school but its a early learning camp for children five to seven, which Quebella was once apart of and her Sister Keylia was now leaving to join her at Boarding School

" yeah well i could have posted first if it wasn't for Karla, Karla Todd" argued Keylia with venom dripping from her voice

" do i detect a bit of tension there Keylia?" asked Mr. Sallvin with his brows arched

" no,no,no father, no tension, its just that, oh let me see" as she tap her fingers on the table "if Karla was to break her neck, lose a limp or just dye, i would be first" voiced keylia which made grandma Julie drop her fork that made a hard clutter on the china pulling every eye present upon her.

Bella had Totally forgotten that her grandmother was seated at the table for she didn't show much interest in their discussion on till now, Juleen Keffer was a peculiar woman, she looked great for her age and she was as fit as a new bridge, with bright her green eyes which told Bella where her mother got hers from, and her waxy brown hair she look almost human in an ordinary way for to Bella her grandmother was the only ordinary person at the Sallvin estate.

" how can you say such a thing Keylia" asked grandma in a vicious tone

"I,I,I,I" stammering Keylia who looked as if the demons have ascended from hell to devour her

" out with it child!" shouted grandma

" well i didn't mean it, i was just" she look around in hopes of help to bar her from her grandmothers deadly gaze but neither her parents would look in her direction

Then suddenly grandma Julie started to laugh uncontrollable

" Keylia, you should see your face" said grandma in a fit of laughter which made ever one at the table start to laugh except Keylia who didn't fine any of it funny

" it isn't funny, grandma" Keylia fumed with her hands crossed leaning back into her chair

" it kinda is" said Mrs. Sallvin

" yeah well i hope you all had a great laugh at my expense" said Keylia

" thank you for paying my child it was most generous of you" said Grandma julie

Deciding it would be a great time to make her escape for her mother had now totally forgotten about her failures Bella asked if she could be excuse and got up from the table leaving her family who looked happy laughing among themselves and headed for her unfinished packing.

But her sisters words drifted to her ears as she climb the stairs

" i hope I'm placed in house Huntress, just as grandma, mom and Bella was"

The Rennob Boarding School for girls required uniform, Orange and black with white stripes plaid skirts, a white dress button shirts with a orange tie and a black blazer, paired with black knee length shocks or stockings and black four inch heels, but some girls wear six inches like Victoria and her minion Tiana. Shaking them from her thought, Bella was not in the mood to think of her arch nemesis who has vowed to end her social, mental and physical existence.

Moving to pack her belonging, she pulled her suitcase from in side her closet then open it up on her bed;

Placing six pairs of shoes, two black stilettos red bottom, a Nike running shoes, combat boots, a silver and black flat shoes and a pair of red bed slippers. then she put the six pairs of uniform in her suit case, twelve pairs of work out attire from sweat bra's to spandex, four pairs of combat attired, twelve pairs of socks, six day off attire, three pijamas, underwear and bra's and two jackets and a pull over.

Walking back into her closet Bella took out a much larger Suite case than the first of a orange and black style and a carry on bag that had the symbols RB printed on them

She zip up the first case and place it by her bedroom door then open up the other case on her bed then place the empty carry on bag on the love seat by the slid door. From her closet she took out a red and green comforter and red sheets and placed them in the big orange and black suit case with two white towels placed on top of the sheets then she closed the case and put it beside the door with the first.

She then moved to the dresser on the right of the slid door and took down all her necessity from the dresser top and draws and placed then in her carry on bag from her deodorants, makeup, to her flat and curling iron. She then walked into the bathroom and did the same but she had a red bathrobe in her hand also, placing them into her bag she ziped it up and put it on top of the big suitcase by the door.

Releasing a sight, Bella was tired but she had one bag left to pack and that was her book bag, on her desk slept the new books she would be using in her final year;

Assassin Studies Theory and History 5th years

by Ojan Wodkin

Social Knowledge and History 5th years

by Lyan Parkins and Chadwin Boone

Target & Weapons T.W 5th years

by Derrel Tonk

The Back Door to Russian

by Ceelina Skibb

Beginners Guide to Latin

By Xavier Keffer

Programs and Code Tech 5th year

by Travis Zavair

Taking each book one by one she placed them in her book bag that was on the spin chair then put a few note books and her pencil case in the bag, she open the top draw on her desk and took out her first year gift that grandma Julie gave her, her handy pocket knife and drop it in her bag.

Weapons were allowed at the Rennob but assassins in training or assassin trainees (A.T's) were forbidden to use them on each other if any one had a difference and simple communication couldn't solve it they were allowed to take it to the combat room where they would hash it out under assassin aids (A.A's) supervision and of course student spectators, this Quebella knew all too well from being in the ring one two many times in her first and second year more over its written in the student handbook or the Codex

pursing her lips Bella wonder if she was forgetting anything, oh yeah her laptop, climbing onto her bed she pulled her laptop from under the pillow an pop it open, where it was still on the school website where she left it. Remembering the message that Vivian told her about, Bella logged into her school Codex, where her exam scores, assignment, Rules and guides and other school information where posted for her to see, looking at the message icon at the top of the screen, Bella notice she indeed had a message releasing a sigh she click the icon and read:

Dear fifth years,

It is with great pleasure that i inform you of the changes to this years final case program, usually each fifth year student would be given a fake case which is design by the school for them to solve, but this year all fifth year student will be given the opportunity to take a trip to the Rennob Head quarters where you will be given a real case to solve and i must implore upon each of you the dangers that will come with these cases, with that said, there is a consent form attach at the bottom of this message for your parent or guardian to sign no fifth year will take part in this program without a signed consent. Those who aren't permitted consent will have to take the original schools case program but they will not be graded in the same extent with the others.

Kind Regards,

Head Mistress

Rennob Boarding School for girls

Clarissa Cloverson

" wow," said Bella who couldn't pull her eyes from the message, no wonder Vivian was excited it was indeed a rare opportunity and their set will be the lucky ones to take part in it. But some how she felt uneasy, forwarding the message with the consent form to both her parents Bella closed out her laptop and placed it in her book bag with the charger and zip it shut.

She released a yarn that told her she was tired and as she looked at the clock on her bed side her body was right it was almost midnight, Bella changed out of her clothes and into her night gown then climb into bed, there was frustration in her mind regarding the argument she over heard her parents having, her mothers mood at dinner and now this sudden change at school. But her mind was too tired to dwell on the what's and why so she rolled over and went under.