AN: Welcome to my first story Storms. I've had this story in my notes for a while now and multiple people have told me to publish it somewhere and this is the first place that came to mind. Before you start reading I want to inform you that this story does not include all Mortal Instruments characters. Some are made up and others are from the books. The descriptions of some characters may be changed in order to fit my vision. Again it's not your typical TMI fanfic, but it's worth the read.
Disclaimer: All TMI characters belong to Cassandra Clare :)
Maya put the last box inside of the moving truck and sighed. She was definitely going to miss Florida, but she said that every time they moved. She glanced over at her adoptive brother, Jon, as he walked over.
"You ready?" He asked, putting an arm around her shoulder as he looked up at the house with her. Maya had come to live with him and his mom when she was seven. Jon had always just been her big brother and she'd always been his little sister, despite everything. They told each other everything, even the embarrassing things. He was the first person she came to when she learned about her powers. Maya was only twelve when she found out she could control the elements of nature. Jon was only thirteen at the time, so he only thought her powers were cool. She was surprised that he wasn't freaked out like she was, but they just swore not to tell anyone else, especially their mom. Ever since, Jon had never treated her differently. That acted just like any other siblings would. She looked up at him and weakly smiled, still silently crying to herself. Florida was great, but she wasn't going to start sobbing like the world was coming to an end. She felt moisture on her head and looked up at the dark clouds forming then cursed herself, knowing exactly what she was doing.
Jon sighed. "Maya," He hugged her to him, "the forecast called for sunny skies".
Maya sniffed and wiped her eyes. "Sorry." She looked up at the sky as her eyes sparked. The clouds slowly moved away and the sun started to shine back down on them. Jon smiled at her. "That's better." He always did love her powers.
She smiled back as their mom, Jocelyn, rounded the corner. "Oh. It looked like it was about to rain". She shrugged and smiled at them. "Ready to go?"
Maya and Jon both nodded and hopped into the U-Haul. Once they sat down, with her in the middle, Jon began twirling a piece of her brown hair around his fingers, obviously bored. She smacked his hands away and put her hair into a ponytail. He pouted as she laughed and ruffled his white blonde hair. His eyes widened. "Woah. Woah. Woah, not the hair!" He hurried to fix it and she rolled her eyes at him fluffing his hair back into place. His emerald green eyes glared down at her and she gave him the exact same look with her gray ones, accepting the challenge. Jon smiled first and looked out of the window.
Jocelyn looked over at them. "So, you guys are really going to like New York. The neighborhood is really nice and the school isn't on the beach, but it seems nice too. And I have a surprise for you two waiting there." They were both most likely tuning out the speech until she said that. Their eyes lit up like five year olds.
"Seriously?!" Maya screeched. Jocelyn smiled and nodded.
Jon checked his phone and groaned as she raised a brow. He showed her the phone screen and she saw that it was only 6:00. They still had twelve more hours to go. Maya groaned too and laid back. Who's idea was it to drive there anyway? She rested her head on Jon's shoulder and looked out at the road.
"Don't worry, you guys will make plenty of new friends." Jocelyn assured them.
Maya laughed internally. Jon was great at making new friends. Everywhere he went the people loved him, especially the girls. He was always the popular one and she was just his little sister. Some only wanted to be her friend because of Jon, because it was very hard to believe that most would want to be friends with a short, freckled, petite girl with anger issues. Every school they've gone to that was how it was, so she didn't expect this time to be any different. She liked to keep to herself most of the time anyway. There was nothing she loved more than nature, she controlled it so it would be weird if she didn't. She never used her powers to hurt people or to make herself feel better than others. She used them because it was a gift that was given to her and it would be a waste not to use them. She could control her powers, but sometimes her emotions got in the way. She never told anyone back in Florida about them because she didn't want anyone to look at her differently or to pay attention to her because of them. People should have liked her for her. Jon and Jocelyn always had.
Maya looked up at Jon, thinking about how he had always been the best big brother, a little overprotective, but it showed that he cared. She didn't know what it felt like to be cared for before she was adopted by the Frays. Even at sixteen, she was still adjusting to being a part of their family. Jon must have noticed her staring and ruffled her hair. "What?" he asked, raising a single brow.
Maya smiled. "Nothing. Just thank you, for everything."
He chuckled and shook his head. "Don't get all emotional on me. You know I hate crying and you already know I'll do anything for you, Tenshi." He bumped her shoulder and she smiled at the nickname. He'd been calling her that since they were kids. He rolled his eyes. "Now shut up so I can listen to my music." Maya punched him in the shoulder. He winced and put the earbud back in.
She put her head back on his shoulder and closed her eyes. It was going to be a long ride.
