Xodus Lionel Bonwick.
The day was meant for purpose, the day was meant for new beginnings and for excitement, it was a good day for growing and it was unlike Xodus to embrace the day for what it was. Art was his favorite class and it always had been, there was something he'd always liked about expressing himself through pencil strokes and paint splatters, it was easier to see the world through every color except the natural ones. He enjoyed the outlet and found intrigue in drawing things he hadn't before, though lately he found them dwindling into creatures with high crested wings and beautiful features. He often found himself sketching the smooth features and the sharp eyes of angelic creatures. They were often the same ones from his dreams and he wondered where they had come from and why. He felt like there was some purpose there in their feathered wings and their beauty but he didn't know what it could be, sometimes he felt like there was something to do with him.
Something to do with ink stained feathers.
He skimmed through the filled pages until he found one he hadn't coated in feathers and castles and creatures with claws. He ran his hand along it to get a feeling for the empty page and he brandished his pencil with flourish, he didn't have many friends in this class and he tended not to think too much of it. This was the only class where he could focus his mind long enough to produce something that might be worth something some day. He felt in his zone with this class and he was pretty much dead to the world once a challenge was set but today something seemed off. He watched the teacher enter with a thick binder stuffed with papers and he arched his eyebrows into his hairline with curiosity.
The binder was placed lightly onto his desk and he seemed to draw in a breath. The teacher strolled to the front of the classroom, his brown eyes sweeping the students and the class seeming to quiet their idle chitchat in his presence. "Projects, we haven't had a project since the start of the school year and I believe it's about time for another one. Don't you?" he inquired though it didn't require an answer and he didn't wait for one. "You are going to be doing a heritage project of sorts, tracking down where your family came from and illustrating that for me in some very grand way. Whether that be an old family crest or a family tree done in some way that is stunningly artistic- I do not care but you need to do it in a way that includes both you and the partner I will assign you."
"And those partners will be working with you to track down all that you can." pulling a paper free of the binder, he started calling out partners until he reached Xodus's name and he perked up at the sound of it. "Xodus Bonwick and Ariana Lane, you two both come from some very interesting circumstances and I think you could do well in helping one another."
Xodus blinked and turned his head to the brunette, he'd never really noticed her much and now he was collecting his stuff and heading over to her somewhat awkwardly. "Hey there, you can call me Xo." a brilliant smile surfaced. "Most people do. My name sounds so funky out loud that some people can't seem to grasp it."