OUTFITS ARE ON POLYVORE
I ONLY OWN HAYDEN STRONGHOLD
BASED OFF THE SONG LOVE ME LIKE YOU DO BY ELLIE GOULDING

Hayden's Powers:

Flying (w/ Dragonfly Wings)
Mental Manipulation
Sonic Scream

In a world filled with superheroes, there's only two that stand among the rest…

The Commander and Jetstream.

The Commander has super strength that is pretty much indestructible while Jetstream has the power of supersonic flight along with mastery of unarmed combat. By day, they are known as Steve and Josie Stronghold, the top real estate agents in the Metropolis of Maxville. But when there's trouble, they're the Commander and Jetstream. My twin brother, Will and I have our own names for them, mom and dad.

Everyone keeps saying how cool it must be to have The Commander and Jetstream as your parents. And don't get me wrong, I'll agree with all of that as well. And because my brother and I are Strongholds, that means that we have to live up to the family expectations. I kind of am because I received my powers when I was only 10 years old but Will…

He hasn't received them yet.

"Hayden, you gotta get up." I heard my mom's voice. "Five more minutes, mom." I mumbled in my sleep. "Nuh-uh, sweetie. It's your first day at Sky High and you're not gonna be late." my mom said again. "Fine, I'm up." I said, waking up. "Get ready, your father and I are gonna be making you and your brother breakfast." my mom said as she left. I have successfully got out of bed and I got on a turquoise sequined tank top, black ripped skinny jeans and turquoise Doc Martens. I grabbed my black varsity jacket, my phone and my messenger bag and as I was heading downstairs, I had heard a thud. Then when I walked into the kitchen, I had seen mine and Will's best friend, Layla Williams.

Don't get me wrong, I love Layla, I do, but she is the definition of the stereotype Hippy, you know, she's vegan, feminist, etc... "Good morning, Mrs. Stronghold." Layla said. "Morning." my mom greeted. I had sat down for breakfast and Layla sat down in the seat next to me. "I noticed you had some recyclables in the trash, so I took the liberty of moving them for you." Layla said. "Thank you, Layla. You hungry? We got plenty of eggs, bacon…" my mom said, listing off. "No thanks. You know how my mom can communicate with animals. Apparently, they don't like being eaten." Layla stated. "How about some juice?" my mom asked, awkwardly. "Sure." Layla replied. Then my dad came in the kitchen. "He's on his way down." I heard my dad say to my mom then he noticed Layla and I. "Oh, good morning, sweetheart, hi, Layla." my dad greeted us. "Good morning, Commander." Layla said. My dad had raised his eyebrows as Layla gestures to the fact that he forgot to put on his glasses and I was giggling. And he did put them on. "I can't believe that you, Will and Erica. It seems like just yesterday you three were swimming naked in the swimming pool." my mom gushed. Speaking of Will…

"Mom." I heard him groan out. "Hi, Layla, Erica." Will greeted. I just nodded in greeting as I kept eating as Layla smiled at him. Layla has the worst crush in the world on Will but he is too fucking blind. Then I heard a phone blare off. My mom thought it was her cell but it turned out to be the other one. "Go...I see...thank you, mayor." my dad said as he hung up. "There's trouble downtown...big trouble downtown." my dad said. "Oh, shoot, I really wanted to see Will and Erica off to the bus." my mom said, sadly. Then she turned to Layla. "I remember their first day of preschool, they wouldn't let go of my legs…" my mom was gushing but was cut off by Will and I. "Mom." we said through our teeth. My mom kissed him on the cheek as she walked out of the kitchen. "Oh, and Will, Erica, a reminder. A lot of the kids at Sky High only have one superhero parent, not two, so take it easy on them, no showing off." my dad said. "Dad, not to worry. I'll keep it low key. Right, Erica?" Will said, now his attention to me. I had nodded. "STEVE!" I heard my mom exclaim. "Gotta go." my dad said as he left the kitchen.

Layla was reviving dead plants that were sitting on the windowsill. And I'll admit, I'm a little jealous of her super power, which was controlling nature. I had turned on the TV and Layla went over by Will and I. "Reports on the situation downtown. Let's check with the picture from News Chopper 5. It seems like evil has struck our morning commute. Here's a hint, if you're travelling eastbound on the 115, you might wanna think about taking alternate routes." The news anchor explained as there was a robot attacking the city. "Wait, this just in...The Commander and Jetstream are on their way." the news anchor informed then it showed my parents fighting off the robot and taking the robot down. "Oh, and the robot goes down! He's plucking out a souvenir from another successful battle, what a team...the Commander and Jetstream. What would we do without him?" the news anchor said. "They are good." Will muttered as he turned off the TV. We had grabbed all of our stuff and we had left for school.

As we were walking, Layla spoke up. "I know it's just our first day but I can't wait to graduate and start saving mankind...and womankind...and animalkind." Layla said. "Don't forget the rainforest." I added in. "Of course." Layla said. "Hi kids." I heard our neighbor say. "Hi Mrs. Kibbitch." we all said in unison. "I just feel really good about this year." Layla said. "Yeah, should be great." Will said. "Come on, Will. Don't be such a sourwolf." I said then our bus came.

"Morning!" our bus driver said. "Morning. Is this the bus to Sky High?" Will asked. "Shh! What are you, crazy?" the bus driver asked before he closed the door. "I guess you want every super villain in the neighborhood to know we're here." he snapped. My brother apologized and when he tried to go to one of the seats. "What's your name, freshman?" the bus driver asked. "Uh, Will Stronghold, and this is my sister, Hayden." Will said. The bus driver gulped. "The twin children of The Commander and Jetstream?" the bus driver asked. Will and I nodded. Oh great. Here it goes.

The bus driver stood up. "Everyone, it's Will and Hayden Stronghold, the twin children of The Commander and Jetstream!" he announced, getting everyone's attention. "My name's Ron Wilson, Sky High Bus Driver. If there's anything I could do to make your journey more comfortable, please let me know." the bus driver, Ron, started before he turned to two people. One of them was a boy clad in orange and the other one was a girl clad in dark purple. "You two, up. The seat behind Ron Wilson, belongs to Will and Hayden Stronghold." Ron said. "It would be an honor." the orange boy said. "Nah, it's fine. You don't have to." Will said. "No, I want to. You two are third generations, man." the orange boy stated before he turned to the purple girl. "Magenta, get up." he said. "Why? They only need one seat." the purple girl snapped. "Yeah, but what about his girlfriend?" the orange boy asked. I had smirked widely. "Layla? No, she's just my friend." Will said, causing my smirk to falter. "Yeah, totally. He's like my brother." Layla said, awkwardly. "Oh, in that case. Hi, I'm Larry." a redhead said. "Let's just go." I whispered over to Layla as we made our way to the back.

"Yo Will! How you doing? Hey Layla, Hayden." our other friend, Zach said. Will sat next to Zach and Layla and I sat at the seat that is across from Will and Zach. "How do you think Sky High's gonna be like?" Layla asked. "I don't know, but I could imagine all of the upperclassmen." I said, biting my lip. "Hayden!" Layla exclaimed, giggling. "What? I'm just stating the truth." I said, innocently. "But, what happens when your dad scares them off?" Layla asked. That's when I got a horrified expression.

Let's just say that I had always been the apple to my dad's eye. Yes, I was a daddy's girl. Judge me. I would hate to see his reaction if I tell him about my first date.

If being the key word.

"Fuck, probably not the best one." I muttered. Layla smirked. "You got it lucky. After all, you do have a…" I started but she covered my mouth. "Don't you dare finish that." she said then she uncovered my mouth. "Just stating the truth." I muttered. Then there was an immediate stop. "Sorry!" Ron apologized, exclaiming as somebody else got on. As Ron closed the door, he had changed into a Sky High hat and ripped a piece of cloth off of his sleeve, revealing a Sky High patch. "Next stop, Sky High!" Ron announced.

We were now on some construction site on the road. "Where are we?" Layla asked. And as she asked that, seat belts were strapped across my chest and a metal bar came down to my lap. I could tell that this happened to everyone else as well. "Hang on, back there. We're going off road." Ron said. Did he say what I think he just said? I was confused on what was going on until a Road's End sign dropped down and we were, and I quote, off road. Everyone but me were screaming then we stopped in mid-air as airplane wings came out of the bus and we flew straight into the sky.

Again, everyone was screaming, but me and I heard Ron mutter something about Freshmen. The clouds had cleared up and it had revealed a school floating in mid-air.

"There she is...Sky High. Kept aloft by the latest anti-gravitational propulsion. She is in constant motion as a precaution against those who otherwise have nefarious plans, her location supplied to only a few highly qualified individuals such as myself, Ron Wilson, Bus we were landing as Ron muttered "Smooth and easy.", but we didn't land smooth nor easy. "Sorry." Ron apologized as he opened the door. "Word of advice, don't miss the bus, 'cause the bus waits for no one." Ron said and then when Layla, Will and I were getting off, Ron stopped us. "Except for you, Will and Hayden Stronghold. If either of you are running late or running early or just wanna talk, give me a call." Ron said as he gave Will his business card. "Thanks, Ron." Will said as we walked away.

We had caught up with the other freshmen and we stared at awe at the school.