Dart: The Girl Flash

by IAmWhoIAlwaysWillBe

This is a story about a 13 year old girl, Jess, who lives in Central City, and gets struck by lightning. This causes her to gain superpowers like Barry Allen, aka the Flash, and she becomes a superhero of her own. She also starts to gain magic, just like Merlin/Emrys in Arthurian Legand.

1. Struck by Fate

Jess

Rain drops rolled over the top of my umbrella as Asa and I huddled together to keep dry. We hurried across the quad, trying to get to the cafeteria as fast as possible. It wasn't usually this rainy in Central City, however today was one of the rare days when a storm occurred. I loved and hated it when it rained; I loved the sound and smell of rain, but when it rained that meant I couldn't go running later that day. We pulled open the doors to the Cafeteria, and were instantly enveloped into a humid mass of damp bodies, trying to stay warm and dry.

"Shoot!" I exclaimed" I forgot my lunch in Mr. Olson's room!" I turned back to reenter the storm, but Asa grabbed my arm.

"I'll go with you."

"No, I'll only take a second."

"Bu-"

"Asa, nothing's going to happen. Go find Will and K."

"Ok, just be quick."

I hurried out the cafeteria doors and stepped into the rain. Just as a stepped out, I heard the crack of lightning in the distance. Wow, I thought to myself. The last time I heard lighting was last year in Virginia! I walked across to quad, went up the stairs, and entered Mr. Olson's room. Mr. Olson had headphones on and was sitting at his desk, probably watching YouTube. Silently, I grabbed my lunch bag from the corner and then turned back into the rain, thankful that Mr. Olson couldn't see or hear me. If he did, he would probably give me a detention, and my perfect behavior streak would be ruined.

Once I escaped from his room, I bolted down the corridor and started to run down the stairs. Slowing my pace into a walk, I reached the bottom of the stairs and looked out into the Quad. The rain was pelting down, hard, and lightning was striking every few seconds.

"Jeez" I said to myself. "That's a massive storm."

I started off into the rain, carefully walking around the large puddles that littered the Quad. I was about halfway across when I heard the lightning again- but this time it was much closer. I felt a burning pain, like my whole body was on fire and I was lying on a bed of nails. Then the world started spinning, and everything faded to black.