The alarm bleeped beside me. I turned over and shut it off. I jumped out of bed and went over to my calendar. "First Day Of School!" It read. I walked over to my closet and put on my black "Bite Me" shirt and some dark red jeans. I grabbed my tennis shoes and ran down the stairs. Aubree and Olive were already in the kitchen, eating their cereal.
"Hey Kelli." Said Olive.
"When does the bus get here, again?" Kylin asked, coming down the stairs. We were all going to this school that the foster agency had suggested for us. It was called "Sky High"; they said it was a place for 'special' people, like us. Olive's eyes unfocused, and then focused again.
"Yipers! The bus gets to the stop in three minutes!" I quickly grabbed a a banana and we ran outside. We walked quickly down the street to the bus stop. Two people were already there; a girl with red hair and a guy with brown hair. We walked up to them, and the girl looked up at us.
"Hi, I'm Layla. Are you waiting for the bus too?" she asked. We nodded our heads.
"This is Will," she said, pointing to the guy. Oh, yeah, Will agency people had said he lived near us.
"I'm Aubree, and these are my sisters, Olive, Kylin and Kelli," Aubree said, pointing at each one of us as she spoke. We sat in silence for a few minutes until the bus came. Layla and Will got onto the bus and sat down across from a girl decked out in magenta, and a guy with white blond hair. I took a seat near the back of the bus, and Aubree sat next to me. Kylin and Olive sat behind us. Only one person got on at the last stop; a tough looking guy wearing a leather jacket. He had a red streak in his dark black hair, and his eyes were black as coals.
"Hey Warren." called a guy behind Will and Layla.
"Whatever Ethan." he said back. Warren sat across from him, and glared at everyone.
We got onto a high way, but there were no other cars. Weird. Then I saw the "End Of Road" sign. This guy was going to drive us off the cliff! Just as we were about to hit the sign, it flattened out and the bus went off the side. I was about to scream but then the seatbelts came over us and the bus took off like a rocket. Cool. Way cool. Olive looked completely bored, and I was sure she had seen this coming. The bad thing about Olive is that you could never surprise her with anything. When we got to the school, kids were swarming around. I saw two guys approaching our pitiful group. One was tall and the other one was short. The short one surrounded us, moving at incredible speed. The other one stretched out his arm and put it out to stop the boy.
"Hello everyone, I'm Lash and this is Speed." he said, walking closer. Oh great. The bullies. Lash walked over to me and my sisters.
"Hey look Speed, newbies!" Speed came over.
"Leave them alone, Lash." called Will. Lash ignored them.
"Hello." he said.
"Welcome to our school." said Speed with fake school spirit. Lash reached out to grab me, but before he could, I focused one word in my head. "Pain." He screamed, and fell to the ground in a crumpled heap. He was clawing the ground, screaming out still. I smiled, making the pain worse. Then I made the pain stop. He laid there for a moment, as if waiting for the pain to come back. When it didn't, he got up shakily. He looked at me, and I smiled sweetly. Everyone but my sisters were staring at me.
"Come on Speed, let's go." said Lash, starting to go. Speed followed. Just then, the bell rang, and everyone rushed inside. I went through all of my morning classes, and met up with my sisters in the cafeteria. I sat down at the table next to Will's and Layla's. When they saw us, they all moved over to our table.
"Sorry if we didn't get to introduce our selves earlier." said the guy with white-blond hair.
"I'm Zach, and this is Magenta." he said, pointing to the purple girl.
"Hey. I'm Kelli, and these are my sisters: Olive, Kylin and Aubree." I told him.
"What was that out there?" asked Larry.
"What do you mean?" I asked, even though I knew exactly what he was talking about.
"What happened with Lash?" he asked.
"What do you mean?" Kylin asked.
"I mean, he just collapsed on the ground screaming in pain." said Will. I didn't answer, and took a bite of my pizza. They spent the rest of lunch trying to coax answers out of us, but we gave none. When the end of lunch bell rang, they asked us where we were going next. All of us had P.E. We walked there together, and then went off into the different locker rooms. We met up on the bleachers.
"All right, we have some newbies here today. I believe they know the rules. I will place you as either a super, or a sidekick. Got it?" We all mumbled yes.
"I said, GOT IT?" He yelled.
"Yes Coach Boomer!" we yelled back.
"Alright. First up, Aubree Ire." he called. Aubree went up onto the stage.
"Alright, show us what you've got." Aubree stepped back and closed her eyes. Suddenly, thunder boomed outside. Then everything went black. The crackle of electricity filled the room, and we all looked at Aubree, who was bouncing balls of electricity. Then, just as quickly as it had turned off, the lights turned back on, and it stopped raining. A giant hole opened up in the middle of the room, and started to suck things into it.
"Black hole!" someone screamed. Suddenly it disappeared, as if nothing had ever happened.
"Super!" called Boomer.
"Alright, Olive Ire." Olive went up.
"Go." Her eyes unfocused, and her face went blank. The look went away and she turned to Boomer.
"In four days, you will get a call from your cousin Marie, saying her daughter was in a car crash and she won't be able to make it to the family reunion you're having in two weeks. Oh, and heroes will win the next Save the Citizen match." Everyone stared at her like she was crazy.
"Yes I'm telling the truth." she answered, looking pointedly at one of the students in the crows. No one had even spoken.
"Mind reader and a seer. Super!" he called out.
"Next up, Kylin Ire." Kylin stood completely still, and then a big chunk of the floor lifted up and carried her over to the stage. She moved one of her hands and a stream of water came out of the fountain. She moved her other hand, and a small tornado appeared. She merged them together to create a water tornado and then added fire. The tornado spun around the room. Then, on command from Kylin, collapsed on the ground.
"Super!" said Boomer.
"Lastly, Kelli Ire." I walked up to the stage.
"Show us what you've got." he said.
"I'm going to need a volunteer." I said. Someone I hadn't noticed at the back of the room raised their hand: Speed. He sauntered up to the platform, obviously ready to wreck some revenge for what I had done to Lash earlier today.
"You'll have to catch me if you want to hurt me little girl." Speed taunted. Everything in the room slowed down, and I focused on one word as I gazed at Speed. Pain. He collapsed onto the ground, clutching his legs and screaming.
"Try running away with two broken legs." I said, too quietly for anyone but him to hear. I looked towards Boomer, cutting off the pain. Boomer was staring at me. It was a moment before anyone spoke.
"Super." Boomer said. I walked down the stairs, triumphant. This was going to be a fun year. I thought.