Everybody has dreamed it before, to fall asleep one night and the very next day to wake up in a extordania world. A world where superpowers, heroes and villains are no longer fiction, but the new normal of society. A world of infinite possibilities and interesting people to meet. The thing is though, in this world that fiction is not fiction at all and the world is full of wondrous people. About half of the earth's population has some kind of unique ability and for the most part people with powers and those without them get along well with one another. A lot of people will say they are lucky to live in a place with such wonder, and if you were to ask Bayley she'd be the first person to tell you how envious she is about those people.
Unlike half the population on earth Bayley is powerless, from a young age this became apparent to her as many of the people she had met growing up began to use all kinds of new abilities and she stayed the same. To make matters even worse, Bayley's life up to this point has been far from a joy ride. For as long as she can remember Bayley had been an orphan, she has no knowledge of who her parents may be, if they're dead or alive, or even if they had abandoned her for good reason or not. Because of this Bayley found herself moving from foster home to foster home very often for much of her childhood. Never really staying in one place for too long. She thought this vicious cycle of moving would never end until something out of the blue happened. Bayley had gotten a call from someone who claimed to be a distant relative of hers and had offered to set her up in an apartment building a few states over. Although the thought of moving again, didn't excite her, the possibility of this being her last move ever, did.
So after the foster home gave the ok without another moment of hesitation Bayley graciously accepted the offer, hopped on a plane and was now on a train to take her to Whisper Wind Falls. She didn't know much about the town, only that is was a secluded town that was built about a mile away from a beautiful waterfall that flows into a river and surrounded by miles of trees. Bayley looked out the window, the train was now going through some woods and she assumed that must mean they were close.
As Bayley looked out the window, she could faintly see her reflection and gave herself a reassuring smile "Ok, this is it, a new town, new home, new life. No more foster homes and no more moving. This is going to be the place I can spend the rest of my life I'm sure of it".
As great as this all was one thing still bothered Bayley, who was this relative that set all this up for her. She really wanted to thank this person for giving this opportunity, but she never received any information on the person. Before she could give it any more thought the train had stopped and arrived at their final destination.
As everyone began to get up from their seats to un-board the train Bayley remained seated for a moment longer. It was finally time, the beginning of the rest of her life. She had no idea what would be in store for her, but she was ready. She was going to take the world by the balls and finally make something for herself. So Bayley stood up, with a backpack on her shoulders and a duffle bag in each hand, planted one foot firmly on the ground and went to take her first footstep to her new life… and fell flat on her face after tripping on the shoelace of her converse, smack down in the isle of the train and Bayley could feel everyone impatient stair.
Even as the anxiety of the situation built up in her chest all she could do was mutter to herself "Great start Bayley".
Quickly picking herself back up and stepping carefully, this time off the train. It was a rather hectic scene as Bayley tried to navigate her way through the train station. After 10 minutes of tip toeing and constantly apologizing for bumping into someone Bayley made it out of the horde of train passengers. Finally, having a minute to take in her surroundings, Bayley looks around at a variety of different signs to try and find the exit. Once finding her way Bayley followed what she hoped were the correct signs that lead her to an escalator heading downstairs. Bayley set down her bags as she descended down, as this happened Bayley pulled out a piece a paper from her sweat jacket pocket. The letter contained the addresses of her soon to be new home, but had no explanation on how to get there.
Bayley folded up the paper and placed it back in her pocket, then bringing a hand to her mouth, she began to chew on a finger nail "I wonder if I'm going to meet this relative of mine. Finally having someone I can call family sure sounds amazing".
Midway down the escalator, Bayley noticed a man that looked to be in a chauffeur uniform holding a sign that read "Bayley Martinez". Once finally on the ground level Bayley walked up to the man holding the sign.
Once she got close enough the man put the sign away "You must be be Miss. Martinez, please follow me".
Without so much as another word the man grabbed Bayley's two duffle bags and led the way. After being slightly confused by the quick encounter, Bayley lightly jogged to catch up with the man. Following him out of the train station, Bayley saw the man put her bags in the trunk of a town car and held open the back seat door for her. Not being used to this kind of treatment Bayley wasn't sure how to act, there wasn't a whole lot of luxury in being an orphan so even the simplest things such as someone taking her bags or holding a door open for her was a bit of a new experience.
Being trapped in her own thoughts Bayley didn't even notice the man's patience running low until he cleared his throat gaining her attention "Sometime this week would be nice Miss. Martinez".
"Right, sorry" Bayley said as she quickly shuffled into the car.
Closing the door the driving then entered the driver's side seat and started the engine of the car. The car ride at first was a silent one, the driver didn't seem like a particularly chatty man. So instead Bayley just continued to take in the surroundings of her new home, just the sheer number of trees amazed her. However, she wanted to know more than just the setting of her new home, she wanted to know what it was truly like. Looking back up at her driver she decided to try and strike up a conversation with the man anyway "So um Mr. Driver".
Eye contact between the two lasted a split second when the driver looked up at the rear view mirror "Call me Allen, not Mr. Driver".
Bayley looked down in embarrassment "Sorry Mr. Drive- I mean Allen". Bayley mentally cursed herself "I was just wondering, what's Whisper Wind Falls like".
Allen looked back at Bayley through the mirror and smiled at the awkward child "Alright, since you seem like a good kid I'll tell you".
Bayley smiled, relieved the driver was not as cold as she originally thought "Ok Miss. Martinez let's see what I can tell you about our little slice of heaven".
Now on the edge of her seat Bayley dialed in on every last word Allen said "Well, for starters, this place is one of the least mutant populated towns you'll ever see, the nation's average is about 50%, but here in Whisper Wind only about 20% of people have a power of some degree".
Mutants, it's been a common phrase that is used to describe anyone who has a superpower. Although she was amazed by the low amount of superpowered people that lived in her new town, it was that certain word the driver said that caught Bayley off guard "Mutants? Now that's a word I haven't heard in a while".
A frown formed on the lips of the driver, it was barely noticeable, but Bayley just caught it on the mirror before Allen continued "Yes, well, I'm glad that at least the rest of the world has realized what a cruel word that is. You see, although a lot of the people here are perfectly fine with mutants, there a fair amount who have a lot of hate towards them as well. Everyday people with powers get called mutants, so much it's just becoming what we refer to them as, even though we know it's wrong. It's part of the culture of this town now I'm sad to say".
Bayley shook her head not being able to accept this "But why? And how come the people don't do something about it then? People who are fortunate enough to have powers do so many amazing things. Now I don't have any, but I'd never discriminate against someone for something they're born with".
Allen smiled at Bayley glad to see she had a good head on her shoulders "I'm glad to hear it, unfortunately a lot of people are on the fence when it comes to mutants, They don't really know if they're for or against them. So they kinda just avoid them until something happens to sway their opinion. So a lot mutants are alone and don't really have anyone".
Alone, Bayley knew what that was like. The pain of being isolated, ignored, and at times feel as if you're invisible, just because you aren't or don't have the same things as everyone else. Sure she was fortunate enough to meet some great people in her life but how could she live in a place that rejected people for something they had no control over.
Allen looked up and saw Bayley with her head down and attempted to cheer her up "Hey kid, don't be too upset, yeah, there are a lot of scumbags in this town, but I'll tell you what I guarantee that you'll meet some really good people along the way too. Who knows, maybe you can be that one person to make everybody see that the mutants of this town aren't any different than anyone of us".
That was enough to perk Bayley up a little bit. Yeah, even if no one else will give the mutants a chance she will. Most importantly, it gave her a goal "From this day forward, I vow to make this town a better place for everyone, and if I have too I'll change the whole way this town sees things in order to do so".
Suddenly the car stopped and parked in front of a tall building "were here Miss. Martinez".
Taking the hint Bayley hopped out the car and examined her new neighborhood It looked as if she lived in the center of town. She could tell immediately that this was a fairly small town, one of which were everybody almost knew everyone. The roads were slow and people were walking up and down the sidewalks. She could see a shopping center along with a line of store all selling and servicing something different.
Bayley heard a grunt come from Allen as he held out her two duffle bags "Your bags Miss. Martinez".
Gratefully taking them from him Bayley smiled "Please call me Bayley, and thanks for everything".
With a tip of his cap Allen made his way back to his car, but not before giving Bayley, one more glance "Well Bayley, I hope that you'll find your time here simply phenomenal".
With that he hoped back into his car and drove off. Turning around Bayley faced the building of her new home, taking a deep breath, she marched forward and entered the doors. As she walked in, she looked around the lobby, it was nice as any other she supposed. She made her way to the front desk and before she could even say hi the lady behind the desk started talking "Well your a new face, my names AJ and you must be Bayley we've been expecting you. If you could just follow Curt here he'll take you to your room."
Bayley couldn't help but be impressed with this women's… efficiency "Wow, you got that without even needing to ask my name".
AJ just smiled "Well, I've worked here for a while and we don't get too many new tenets so I just assumed. Oh, before I forget, here's your key and I hope you enjoy your new home".
Taking the key from her Bayley then had the man named Curt take her bags up to her room, it seemed as if her apartment was on the second to last floor of the building so the two took the elevator. Finally getting to her floor Bayley uses the key that was labeled #613. When they got to the front door of the place Bayley gave the man who carried her bags a small tip as she insisted she could carry her bags from here. Without complaint the man took his pay and left.
She took her first step into her new apartment and took a moment to look around it was certainly nice, maybe not anything to brag about, but compared to the foster homes she was accustomed to the apartment was breathtaking. Bayley walked around her new home, it was your standard apartment. It was already furnished, a kitchen off to the corner near the living room, obviously a bed room and bath room. What had Bayley most excited was the small patio she had.
As Bayley was taking everything in she noticed something on the coffee table in her living room area, it was another letter and a phone. She took the items in each hand and read the letter as she made her way to her patio.
"Dear Bayley, I hope that you have traveled well and are finding everything in your new home acceptable. I took the liberty of getting your furniture, a tv, bed and other things of that nature. Along with that I also am giving you a phone, your phone bill along with all your others bills involving the apartment will be paid for by me. If you look inside the phone case your find a debit card that you can use to pay for food or anything else you'd like to purchase. I hope to meet you soon, I'll be watching over you the best I can till then.
From. F.D".
Now sitting outside her patio, Bayley took hold of the first phone she's ever owned. Clenching it in her hand, she looked out at the beautiful scenery of the town, the way the woods circled the town and went on for miles was truly something to be seen. Not to mention the way the sun was setting to make the sky a gorgeous magenta color. Sure, it was one thing to hear about the view this place had but it was a whole other to experience it firsthand.
This was it, the place her life would truly begin. The first sixteen years of her life have led her to this moment and she was ready for her life to change.
If only she knew in that moment what that would entail.
Thanks for the read everyone, if you wondering, when part of the story are "Italic" it means the person is thinking or reading off something. I hope you enjoyed the first chapter I have a lot of hope in this story. Please let me know what you think and constructive criticism is always welcome.