ON HIATUS
Miyuki: Hey guys, before you start to read we want to let you know that this is our first story together.
Akari: That being said, please, no flames. If we do get flames though I will use them to bake a cake. Though it will still come out horrible because I suck at baking. *Coughs* unlikeMiyukiwhosucksevenmore...
Miyuki: I heard that.
Akari: No you didn't.
Miyuki: Yes I did.
Akari: I will deny everything.
Miyuki: Why will you deny everything?
Akari: I have my reasons. Don't question me.
Miyuki: Hmm… *Looks at her suspiciously* Just say the disclaimer.
Akari: We own nothing of Young Justice (although I wish I did). All rights go to their respective owners and we only own our OC's. Are you happy now Miyuki?
Miyuk: Yes.
Akari: Also, we are going to start with Miyuki's OC's life and how discovers her powers. Then the next chapter will be about my OC.
Miyuki: Now, on to the story!
Chapter 1
I had started to walk out of my first period class when I saw the principle standing in front of the door to the music room. "Just great..all I need is for the principle to judge me on my music that my teacher says is great. Why couldn't he just-"
My thought had been interrupted when I had heard him call my name "Aya I need to speak with in my office." He said and started to walk off with me trailing behind him. Had I done something wrong? Am I going to get in trouble or get blamed for something I had not done? These questions began to run through my mind as we continued to walk to his office. His office was not very far so I don't see why it was taking so long.
The strangest thing was, we were going an entirely different way. We seemed to be going to the back of the school. "Why are we going this way?" I asked stopping to look at him. "I'm sorry, but your grades are too low and unfortunately your parents can't afford a tutor." He said as he stopped and turned to me. "You, I'm afraid will not be allowed to attend school here anymore." I widened my eyes and shook my head."What?! I get that I don't have the best grades, but do you really have to kick me out?!" I panicked.
"It was the school board's decision, not mine. Now I suggest you leave before they arrive." He said and left to his office. "Just great… What am I supposed to tell my parents?" I muttered under my breath and walked out of the school. When I had arrived home I saw my parents with a letter in there hands. I already knew what the letter said. It had probably talked about how I was kicked out of school because my grades were too low and my parents couldn't afford another tutor. It was so stupid!
I was actually surprised by their expectations considering that we are a very poor school and a very small as well. I saw my parents look at me with pity in their eyes. I sighed a bit and trudged to my bedroom. Well...more like the living room. My parents could only afford the very small one bedroom house. We were just lucky that all this furniture was left here. It wasn't exactly nice, but it was still furniture. I dropped my bag next to the couch and unfolded it into a bed.
The bed had a light purple blanket. It was turned a little at the edges but it was still in good condition compared to my old one. I lied down in bed and pulled out a guitar that my parents had found in the attic. I began to strum a few cords when my mother walked in there holding a poster in her hand. "You should try it." Mom said and set it down next to me. I picked it up to look at it and noticed it was advertising a talent show that started at 6:00 tonight. I decided that I would try it so I began to practice on my guitar.
After a few hours of practicing I decided to get ready. I grabbed my clothes and went to the bathroom to change. When I walked out of the restroom my outfit had consisted of: I white long sleeve shirt with a black tank top over it, a red skirt, long black socks that went to about my mid-thigh, and some black combat boots. I went into the living room and grabbed the hair brush and started to brush my long brown hair.
After that I had grabbed my guitar and headed out towards the stage that was in town. Luckily I had left early or else I would not have been able to make it on time. As I continued to walk into town I noticed there were other people driving trucks with their band equipment in the back. "I probably don't even stand a chance..." I thought as I continued to walk to the stage in town.
After I had arrived at the stage I began to notice there were many neighborhood bands that had showed up here. I recognized a few of them but not very many. Most of the bands there looked like they had a lot of experience with this kind of stuff. As I continued walking towards the sign up sheet I noticed that most of the people here were in a band. I began to grow a little nervous because of how many people were here. Once I arrived at the sign up sheet I realized that I would probably be one of the last people playing tonight.
Soon enough the competition began to start. Most of the bands had been singing either rock music or a love song. I have to admit it though they were really good. Once I heard my name called I began to panic. I had practiced many songs but I didn't know which one to choose from. I had heard my name called again so I began to walk on stage. Once I arrived I sat down on the tall stool in front of the microphone. I started to play the guitar and began to sing.
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
Time stands still
Beauty in all she is
I will be brave
I will not let anything take away
What's standing in front of me
Every breath
Every hour has come to this
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
One step closer
One step closer
I have died everyday waiting for you
Darling don't be afraid
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
And all along I believed I would find you
Time has brought your heart to me
I have loved you for a thousand years
I'll love you for a thousand more
When the song had ended I notice that was crowd was silent. I took that as a bad sign and was about to walk off the stage when until I heard the crowd start to go nuts. They cheered louder than they did for any of the other bands. I felt so happy that they loved the music I sang.
Its been a few weeks since that competition and I have already played at many, many, MANY places. Apparently that competition was suppose to give you a big record deal, but the producer refused to work with me. He was focused on more rock music then he was with mine. After that I just ended up playing at cafes and parks. I didn't get payed much but at least I was able to earn a little bit of money. I promised my parents that this job would us earn enough money for them to keep the house. As long as I was making this money we were perfectly fine. Anyways, I had just gotten done with my small gig at the park. I was walking home when I noticed that there was a group of guys surrounding someone. I wanted to get a closer look so I silently moved forward to see what was going on. As I moved close I noticed there was a girl being shoved around by all the guys. "Hey! Why don't you pick on someone your own size!" I shouted causing them all to turn and look at me. "Like you?" Said the one that looked like the leader. "Oh shoot.." I said and ran off with them chasing me.
"I gotta lose them!" I thought and ran even faster as I turned the corner into an alley way. As I continued to run as fast I can through the alley I realized I couldn't hear anymore foot steps behind me. "Did they stop..?" I thought and began to walk back to the entrance of the alley way. When I arrived at the entrance of it I noticed they were all lying on the ground shaking, clutching their own heads. "W-What's going on?!" I shouted and ran up to one of them. "Make it stop! Make it stop!" He shouted and looked at me with fear in his eyes. I reached over and touched his shoulder only to see what he had seen.
I saw a big fire. Cries of pain seemed to be coming from the building. It was absolutely terrifying. I saw a young boy standing in front of that house. He seemed to be hugging a little stuffed toy and crying saying over and over. "Make it stop. I don't want to see this anymore!"
I removed my hand stumbling backwards, terrified by what I had just seen. I looked over at my hands in shock. "Did I just..?" I trailed off looking over at him. The memory seemed to have gone, but the fear still lingered. "Get away from us! You freak!" He shouted and ran over to the others and helped them up. I slowly stood and felt tears at the corner of my eyes. I turned and sprinted away. I ran as fast as I could back home. When I got back home I saw that my parents were still at work. I went into the living room and cried harder than I ever had before.
I woke up the very next day with my eyes and head hurting. "I must have fallen asleep." I said to myself and sat up. I looked around noticing that my mom had just walked into the living room with a phone in her hand. "Someone called me just now and told me something interesting they had seen last night." She said sitting next to me. "I was called by a friend of mine saying they saw you help that girl from getting beat up by that gang." I looked down a bit. I know what I did was a good thing but... I had hurt them. "Mom, there is something I need to tell you..." I started my voice trailing off a bit. "What is it dear?" She questioned looking over at me "I... I hurt those people... In a way I didn't think was possible." I said looking over at her. "I was able to see a horrible memory...That I seemed to give him. It was horrible memory. It is something i didn't know I could do." I saw her began to look at me. Study me. "Dear, you have something that another person in the family has also had" She said taking my hand lightly "I do?"I asked looking at her questioningly "Yes I was certain you might have it to. You are the only other person in the family with brown hair." She said as she place my hair behind my hair. She has point at that. Everyone else either had blonde, red, or black hair. Me and my grandmother both have brown hair. I thought it was just some weird genetic thing. Not that I would have powers. "The thing is, dear, we can't have anyone else discovering these powers of yours." She said letting go of my hand and standing up. "I know...I will be more careful next time. I promise." I said looking up at her. "I'm sorry dear but until you know how to control them you must stay here." She explained while walking towards the window and closing the curtains. "What? But why?" I asked as calmly as possible. "Its only until you learn to control your powers. Without controlling them, who knows what will happen. We are just keeping you and others safe." She said kissing my forehead.
"Yes mom…" I murmured and looked down a bit. "Its for the best sweetie." Said mom and walked out of the room.
As the days went by I wasn't able to do nothing, and now it's 10:00 at night. I was lying in bed trying to think of something to do. I looked around the bedroom and saw all of my music sheets scattered everywhere. I was going to clean them up but decided to save it for tomorrow. I really wish there was something I could do. I stood up from my bed and looked around a bit more. "I really want to go outside!" I exclaimed and fell back on my bed. "Maybe..they will let me go outside tomorrow!" I smiled getting under my bed and yawning. I started to doze off when suddenly I heard my mother come in. "What is it mom?" I asked a bit sleepily "I just came to check on you. To see if you were alright." She said and sat next to me. "Mom can I ask you something?" I asked sitting up a bit and looking at her.
"What is it?" She asked questioningly. "Can you please let me go outside tomorrow? Please, I don't want to stay in the house all day." I said almost begging her. "Well...I suppose so. You can come with me when I run my errands tomorrow." She said smiling a bit. I smiled also. Even if it was to run errands I was going to be able to go outside for a day. I didn't mind staying in the house but there was nothing for me to do so I had been getting bored of just staying at home all day. "You should get some rest dear. We have to get up really early tomorrow." She said and tucked me in bed. "Alright mom." I said drowsily before I fell asleep.
I had woken up to my mother shouting from her room for me to wake up. I sat up and realized what she meant. Today I was going to be able to leave the house! I was so excited I got up and struggled to put my clothes on. After that I had brushed my hair quickly and ran out of the room. "Are you ready mom?" I asked seeing her walk into the living room. "Hold on honey I still have to get my the money. Most of the errands i'm running today are going to be about paying off some stuff I had put on hold for us." She said smiling at how excited I was. "Now lets go. We don't have all day to do these things."
After a few hours of running these errands we decided to go to the park to relax for a bit. I started to get the feeling that someone was watching us. Everywhere we went there was this black car that had kept on ending up at the exact same place we did. It was starting to freak me out. "Mom, I think someone is following us." I said in a soft voice. "I'm sure where fine dear. Besides, if we were being followed I would have noticed them by now." She stated simply and stood up. "We have to go anyways. I still have a few more errands to run before we head home."
"Alright." I said looking around one more time to see if there was anyone really spying on us. "I'm probably just paranoid…" I thought as I walked into the next store with my mom. "Hello Lydia!" Welcomed the store clerk who had set down a few things on the counter. One item had caught my eyes though. It seemed to be put into a red box with a silver ribbon wrapped around it. I must have been eyeing it for a while because I didn't know it had been picked up and put into a bag. I was too busy on thinking on how pretty it looked to even notice my mom trying to get my attention. "Aya...Aya we have to go. Aya!" She shouted and turned me to look at her "Huh? Oh sorry mom. I must have got distracted." I said looking up at her. "I sometimes wonder if it was bad for you to stay inside all week. You seem so distracted now." She said sighing a bit as she picked up a bag and started to walk out of the store with me trailing behind.
After a few hours we decided to go home and finish them tomorrow. As we were walking home I noticed my mom looking around. She seemed to be looking for something...or someone. Did she notice that car following us everywhere we went to? I was about to ask her about it when suddenly she grabbed my arm and walked a bit faster and said "Let's hurry now. We don't want to keep your father waiting." "Not so fa-" I started but was interrupted when she looked at me and told me to stay quiet for the rest of the way home. I only nodded.
Later that night I had heard my mom and dad talking but in a hush whisper. There were saying things along the lines of 'we can't let her stay here any longer' and 'they will be here in the morning'. "What were they talking about? Who was going to be here in the morning? What did they mean by her? Do they mean me? Why do I have to leave?" My thoughts had been interrupted when my mom and dad had come into the room. "Aya, there is something we need to discuss with you. Whatever we say you have to agree to." Said my father who sat on one side of me and my mother sat on the other side of me. I felt something a little cold touch me neck. I realized it was a silver heart shaped locket with my name my moms name and my dads name engraved into it.
I smiled a bit and opened the locket to see a picture of when we had a picture taken at the park by a friend of theirs. I smiled at the memory. I knew it was the best picture we had taken of us, but one questioned lingered my mind. Why would they give this to me? I was about to ask them about it when there was a loud banging sound on the door. "You take her to the back door while i'll distract them." Explained my dad who kissed my forehead before he went to the front door. "Lets go before they see us." My mom said before she started to go to the door grabbing something on the way. When we both reached the back door she had handed me a cell phone and a slip of paper with an address on it. "Take these. Go to this address and tell him you found out about your powers and your parents said to go here." She explained before she kissed my forehead and hugging me tightly. "Now run. Run and don't look back no matter what you hear. Got it?" "Yes mother…" I said softly and opened the back door and ran as fast as I could. No matter what I had to run. I tried my hardest not to cry when I heard the gun shots. I knew then what I had caused.
It has been a few days since it happened. I'm not even sure how far I ran. Even though it had only been a few days I wasn't in great condition. I'm not exactly the most graceful person when it came to running. I had fallen down a steep hill causing me to get a few bruises on my legs, ran through vines with thorns in them, and finally, I had to run away from a pack of wolves. It wasn't exactly the best few days of my life, but it could be worse. I could be locked up in some government facility with tests being run on me. The thing that confused me the most was the address. I knew where it was the bad thing is I would have to go into town to get to this place. The town is probably crawling with government officials so I can't go there.
As I walked on I began to feel a bit weaker. My legs were killing me from all the running and falling. I was starting to think I wouldn't even make it through this place without collapsing from exhaustion. I started to lean on a couple trees and continue going but that idea was not working very much. Because of the pain I am feeling in legs every time I lean against my legs would try and give out. I had finally stopped and took a break under a tree when I felt my eyes staring to feel a bit heavy. They began to get heavier and heavier until I had fallen asleep from exhaustion.