User: x_Karen_x

Name: Emerald

Emerald straightened up her red dress as she knows today she will be interviewed by Kate. She put on her red dress as she looks at herself in the mirror before fixing her hair a little. She put on a little make up and also she takes her heels. Red heels to be exact.

Her heels clanked each time she walks to the interview room. It is her turn next. A apprentice walks out and she knows now is her turn. She knocks on the door.

" Come in. " Kate's voice was heard, it sounded cheerful.

Emerald walks in with a confident smile. " Hello, Kate. We meet again. "

" Hello, please take a seat. " Kate smile back.

Emerald nodded and take a seat.

Kate pick up her pen and look at the papers on the clipboard.
 " Hm How do you feel about being an apprentice in the keeper exams? " She asked with a smile

Emerald takes sometime to think. " To be honest, I was reluctant to be one of the apprentices at first because I hated how only one can excel. But now, i changed my mind. I really do want to win so badly.  So i love being an apprentice here.

Kate nodded, smiling. " Alright. Next, Do you think you have what it takes to be a keeper? "

" Yeah, you guys may not see that first but hell, I'll strive my very best to get that spot! " Emerald cheered on.

Kate rolled her eyes but still kept that smile. " What is your greatest weakness? Strength? "

Emerald frowned as she thinks hard. " My greatest weakness would be not being able to send physical pains because you know, I'm an emotion person. And my strength is that I can help other people and also i don't think emotion is as weak as other people thinks. So basically my strength is that i can send powerful emotion pains."

Kate nodded. " How far are you willing to go to becoming a Keeper? "

" I will do ANYTHING but betraying my friends to get to it. I'm willing to use my strengths and my will powers to reach that goals. I will used my very best to do what it takes to get it. " She said smiling.

" And what if they betrayed you to get the spot? " She asked, raising an eyebrow at Emerald.

" Well-" She stopped and frowned. " I guess I'll be very disappointed then..." She bit her bottom lip and sighed. " I hope they wouldn't do that though " She added.

" On the scale of 1-10, How would you rate your abilities when controlling your Gift? " Kate writes her previous answers down quickly as she asked.

" Hmmm, 9. " Emerald reply simply.

Kate gives her a curt nod. " Do you feel cheated for not getting to trained as a child? "

" Hmm, nope. I did my own trainings so yeah. " Emerald answer quickly.

Kate nodded as she write it down again. " Do you feel like you are prepared for the Exams after you've had the chance to train here in our facilities with our trainers? "

" I'm not gonna be proud and said I am because I'm not. I still need a couple of more trainings before i can tell you that. " Emerald said.

Kate noted it down. " Does the chance to become a Keeper or a part of the Guarde excite or terrify you? "

" Both, to be honest. " Emerald said honestly.

She nodded and writes it down. " What would be your first order as a Keeper ? "

" To order people to gather those apprentices so that we can give them more time and more training. " She said simply.

Kate nods slowly. " What qualities do  you think it takes to be a Keeper? "

" The Keeper must be stronghearted, must be loyal, must have trust in everyone and also can see the right from wrong. " Emerald said, smiling.

Kate widened her eyes and smile. She pushed her seat and stands up, extending her hand. " Alright, Emerald, thank you for your time. Best of luck for your exams. "

Emerald looks at the hand as she slowly stands up before shaking it. " Thanks Kate. " She smiled small and exited the room.

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User: AddictsAnonymous

Name: Gwendolynn Latimer

I went to see Kate in my pajamas, I didn't even bother to brush my hair. I just walked down the hall in my pjs and without shoes to see my mother. Disrespecting something she believed in was the ultimate equivalent to spitting in her face. And I was really enjoying it.

I knock on her office door but don't bother to wait to be invited in, I mean, she and Thomas didn't wait to be invited into my life so why should I give them that courtesy? Kate was in the middle of talking with an apprentices when I walked in, she scowls and looks up, ready to screw the person who interuppted her out. Well, until she saw me.

"Excuse-" Kate stops, gasping in a breath of air. The apprentice she was with turns and stares too.

"Are you busy? Because I'm ready to get this over with." I snap, Kate closes her mouth and glances down at the sheet and then at the apprentice sitting before her.

"You're all set, you can go." The kid leaves and I take a seat as the door closes with a click. Kate just sits behind her big desk and stares, unsure of what to do with me sitting in her big office.

"Hi." She says, I cross my arms over my chest and raise an eyebrow. Kate opens and closes her mouth, still at a loss for words. Moments later, the door opens again and in walks Thomas, of course. I laugh and roll my eyes.

"I haven't done anything to her yet, you don't have to be here." I bite, Thomas scowls and walks past me to stand behind Kate, setting his hand on her shoulder. She visibly relaxes with his touch and I tilt my head at them. I'd never seen them together, how they were together. They looked like a couple and I hated it, because I didn't know that and it was something a daughter should have known.

"Kate, questions." Thomas urges, picking up a sheet of paper and setting it before Kate. She blinks, shakes her head, and clears her throat, nodding as she picks up her pen.

"Right, so Gwen, how do you feel about being an apprentice in the Keeper Exams?" She recites, I shrug and cross my left leg over my right knee.

"I hate it."

"Do you think you have what it takes to be the Keeper?" Kate wonders, her eyes staring at the paper instead of me.

"Yes, I do. But I don't want it. I want to my son's mother and marry the HUMAN that I love. But I can't do those things, can I? But to answer your question, yes, I think I have what it takes to become the Keeper but I don't to be so I'm not going to try." Kate's head jerks up.

"You have a son?" Thomas sighs and places his other hand on Kate's other shoulder.

"Yes, she does and his name is Connor. Kalina's bringing him to the Banquet. Keep asking."

"What is your greatest weakness and strength?"

"My greatest strength is my resentment for you guys, it forced me to learn how to use my power because the anger threatened to consume me. My greatest weakness is the people I love and just so we're perfectly clear, you two are not on that list." Kate jerks, her hand shaking slightly as she writes that answer down. Thomas bites his lip and looks down, breathing in heavily.

"How far are you willing to go to become Keeper?"

"Not that far."

"On a scale of 1-10 how would you rate your abilities at controlling your Gift?"

"Eleven." Kate glances up and then back down at the paper.

"Care to share why?"

"Because anger is the best motivator and I have been angry for eleven years now. One point for each year I got angrier and stronger."

"Do you resent spending your childhood training for the Keeper Exams?"

"No, I resent the fact that I'm even apart of the Hybrid race, especially since I'm a Latimer."

"Do you feel like you're prepared for the Keeper Exams after training in our facilities with our trainers?" I frown, giving them both a weird look.

"Do you not remember how much it hurt to have my fist in your face? I didn't train." Kate nods.

"I know, it's a required question." She answers back quietly. "Does the chance to become Keeper or part of the Guarde excite or terrify you?"

"It disgusts and infuriates me."

"What would your first order be as Keeper?"

"I'd find my son and raise him with me, knowing who I am. I wouldn't leave him."

"That's not an order." Thomas snaps, I level a glare at him.

"Fine, I'd kill them all. Every damn Hybrid in existance! I'd wipe them off the face of the earth! You know why? Because I hate you for everything you've ever done to me and I hate who I am!" I jump to my feet in anger. "I don't want this and I don't want you and I don't want to be a Hybrid and I don't want this Gift! I want to be normal and if I can't be then I damn sure make sure everyone is safe from Hybrids! I'll kill them all!" I screech at the top of my lungs, my anger finally overriding my ability to function like a sane person.

Kate jumps to her feet as Thomas circles around her desk and grasps ahold of my arms. I fight him, tears streaming down my face as I continue to scream hateful words at the two of them. "Gwen, stop!" Thomas shouts, he glances at Kate and then back at me.

"No! I hate you!"

"Calm." Thomas snaps and I'm suddenly overwhelmed with a sense of serenity. Thomas and Kate watch me carefully. The spell would only last for thirty seconds, we all knew it.

"Thirty seconds so listen to me Gwen." Kate urges, taking my face in her hands. "We didn't abondon you, we didn't leave you, we didn't just walk out of your life. You unlocked your Gift because someone tried to kill you to get to us. Someone tried to kill Nathan when he was a child, he was growing up here. He lived here and he was killed, a Mortalist brought him back but he was never the same."

"Kalina stayed here until she was five when Nathan came and took her somewhere safe, but she was still tracked down and almost killed. We sent you into the foster system because we were trying to protect you, if you kept jumping between families we thought you would be safe from the people who wanted to hurt you. We were wrong and that's why we had Kalina track you down, we've been protecting you!" She snaps, her hands shaking with so much pent up emotion.

The spell ends and I wrench myself free of her grasp, confusion running rampant through me. "What?" I whisper, Thomas steps forward, putting himself between Kate and I. Either worried that I'd attack her or that she, in her unstable state, might lunge at me.

"We were protecting you, that's all we've ever done. So stop acting like you know everything, sit down, and finish the questions. Then go make some allies and try to survive, you have a legacy to live up to and frankly, all you've doing now is disgracing it." He snaps, I blink and numbly sink back into my seat.

Thomas sighs and turns away from me, grasping ahold of Kate's shoulders and shaking her from her trance. She blinks and glances at me and then at Thomas. The two have a silent conversation before Kate runs her hand through her hair and walks around the desk, plopping down in her seat.

"The last question is what qualities do you think it takes to be Keeper?" She asks coolly. I look up at Thomas who was leaning on the front of Kate's desk with his arms crossed.

"Sacrifice." Thomas looks away from my gaze, glancing down at Kate's paper.

"Anything else?" He asks

"Strength." Kate looks at me while Thomas continues to stare elsewhere.

"Thank you, now you can leave." I get to my feet shakily, my mind having been rattled to the core. Thomas pushes away from the desk and puts his arm around my shoulder, leading me from the room.

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User: ChaosC

Name: Andreana

"How do you feel about the keeper Exams?" Kate asked with a smile.

It was a dark room, only a small lamp illuminated just her and me across from each other on a small wooden table. She had a pencil and paper, preparing to write my answer. I feel like a captured criminal being interrogated for my crimes; only, I had to play along and give her the answers she wanted... or I'd probably die.

I smiled, "The exams are a great challenge to learn more about yourself, and to push yourself to the limit." Bullshit, no. These were massacres so the government could control their failed little 'hybrid' experiment. It was their solution to making and controlling an army of hybrids.

She nodded, writing down a short version of my answer, then looked back to me with that sickening smile, like she just wanted to help me, or like she was my friend, "Do you think you have what it takes to be the keeper?" she asked

Oh, now she was ASKING for me to snap her head off. I wanted to, too. It would be all too easy, I'd just jump up and- "I'd like to be." I said with a calm smile, "But I don't think it's going to happen." There, she had to keep SOMETHING to make her seem credible and honest.

She raised an eyebrow at me, "You don't? Why not?" she asked, surprised.

Damn, that answer made me stand out. Of COURSE I should have said I thought I'd win. Everyone's probably cocky or saying something like 'I don't know, but I'll try.' they didn't know how luck they had it...

I sigh, my mask slipping a moment, "Well, because I'm not the most powerful hybrid. Sure I'm smart, but I can only control emotions for so long before I lose control of my own..."

I see her scribble down; weakness; emotion, and I curse under my breath. Damn, I shouldn't have said that.

"Uh huh," she said, nodding, "But, you say you're smart, surely that strength will help you?"

I smile, "My brain and my experience are what I have going for me."

I see her scribble; Strength: Mind and experience, before looking up again. "So.. how far are you willing to go to be Keeper?"

My face fell, was she honestly asking me this? Like we had a choice! How far was I WILLING to go? Well, now that doesn't really matter, does it? I'm going to die out there, I'll probably be one of the FIRST to die out there, so how far am I willing to go in a futile effort? "As far as it takes." I lie with a smile. Yes, I'll kill people. Yes, I'll take people down with me. But I'll do it on MY terms. I wasn't going to play her game... I wasn't...

She paused, looking up to me finally like I was a person, "So, Andreana," she said, "Do... you resent having grown up your whole life training for the exams?"

Woah, where did that come from? I look in her eyes, keeping myself calm. Calm, emotionless. That's who I'll be. To her, and to everyone. "No." I lied. "I loved every minute of it. Why else would I be an assassin? I love the stakes, the challenge."

"But you said you think you'll lose." she pointed out.

"Oh, I do, but I don't care. It'll be a fun slaughter." I started to feel sick in my stomach, I... I was a monster...

I forced the emotions gone. It was all a facade, not like it mattered....

She nodded softly, looking back to her list of questions, "Does the thought of becoming Keeper of the guard excite or terrify y-"

I don't know what happened then, I suddenly broke, "WHat's the point!?" I snap, standing, "I TOLD you, I'm going to die! I won't GET to be KEEPER! I won't GET to be anything! I'm going to die! Don't you get that!?" All control of my power flies out the window, "I won't get to retire from being an assassin, I won't get to fall in love, I won't get to have a family, and I won't get to ever see my dad again!" tears roll down my face, and I sit down, covering my face shamefully.

"Your... dad?" she asked softly, "But... your record shows you were orphaned..."

I wipe my face clean, hating myself for being so weak. "Yeah," I said calmly, "He abandoned me when I was six. I... I don't want to see that bastard ever again..."

But I DID. I hated myself for it constantly, but I wanted to see him again. I wanted to hear him say how he was sorry he abandoned me, but I knew it would never happen, because he pretty much sold me to the guild I now worked for. He wanted money, not me.

Kate was silent a moment, unsure of what to say, then resorted back to her list but found nothing suitable to ask after I made my beliefs clear that I'd die before becoming Keeper.

"Well... thanks for your time, Andreana Crew." she said awkwardly. "You may go."

I stood up, finally shoving all my emotions away. Get it together, Angel. I told myself, You've gone this far in your life feeling nothing, you can go longer. I turn and leave the room.