The wind blew steadily through my hair as I breathed in the soft smell of flowers. Nothing ever smelled this amazing before. My mother stood beside me, her hand on my shoulder. "How do you like it?" She asked.
I looked up to her, my green eyes wide and black hair swinging slightly. "Oh, it's a great smell." I responded, smiling. Standing up straight, I looked at my beautiful mother with her green eyes shining brightly. She looked just like me; Black, wavy hair that went down to our lower backs, dark green eyes, light brown skin and a very thin and short. I was only 4'11 and my mom was only 5'3.
We both turned and started back to our house. We had visited the greenhouse today because I wanted to practice my powers. Yes, I said powers. I have the ability to control plants. It's quite fun actually. When a plant is dying, I heal it.
"Mom," I started. I really wanted to tell her something important. She looked at me with the corner of her eye. I took a deep breath and said, "I want to go and try out for something."
She looked happy and asked, "You mean a play?"
"No." I knew this would be hard. She doesn't really like that I have superpowers. "I want to try out for the Titans…"
She stopped walking and turned to me. "The Teen Titans?" I nodded and watched her for an answer. "Francesca, you know how I feel about that. It's dangerous."
"Yes, but mom, I'm unique. I'm strong! I can do it!" I explained to her.
"Francesca de Viergo a Pertadiogarme!" My mother called me by my real name, Francesca de Viergo a Pertadiogarme when she was really mad. I just looked at her with a nervous look. She calmed down slightly. But, her voice still had a tense feel to it. "Dear... Let's talk about this over some pizza." She drove me to the pizza place and we sat down and ordered.
She started the conversation. "Honey, why do you feel so obligated to try out for the Titans?"
"I feel like I should do something good with my powers..." I explained. She looked unimpressed. "I feel like I really could do good with them and I want to. I love it, mom... What do you say?"
My mother sighed and shook her head. "Honey, you have a disease. I don't think anyone else can take care of you like me. By the way, you need to take your pills... But the answer is no," She answered. She started to get up to get the pizza from the man.
"MOM!" I called after her. This was the first time that I had ever felt the need to get up and leave. My mother and I had a great relationship and we loved each other a lot. I knew she wanted what was best for me, but I could do it. So what if I had a disease? It wasn't that bad. I only have to take pills to keep my chlorophyll in check. Yeah, my blood has plants cells in it, too. Hence, my body contains chlorophyll. Since my blood is 56 percent chlorophyll, I have a strange connection with plants. I don't know how it works, but the doctor says I really should keep my chlorophyll from become too much for my body.
My mom came back to the table and placed my slice in front of me. "Francesca…" She started. I looked up, cheese dripping off my mouth from the pizza. "I feel bad that I'm saying no… but you know how serious your condition is. No other doctor in the United States of America understands or even knows about your condition. Dr. Stuart is the only one. And if your chlorophyll becomes high enough.. you could die, honey. I just don't want you to go through that…"
Sometimes my mother was a little too protective. She always brings up the fact that I could die at the blink of an eye. It isn't entirely true though. I could really only fall into a coma. Then die. You see, I got this disease because when I was three, I fell into a landfill. There were some really dangerous chemicals in there. The one that I just happened to think was pudding was actually a plant food that was used to boost up chlorophyll levels. Five days after swallowing that, I started to have strange symptoms. I moved a flower by myself, I would stare at trees and plants too much. I would talk to my plants in the house. And lastly, my mother found myself in the forest a lot, moving trees with my mind. So, it all came kind of oddly.
When we returned to the house, I went upstairs and sat on my bed. I played with the rose next to my bed, making it grow high and then making it stoop lower and lower until it was weeping. A sigh escaped my lips as I looked at the picture of my full family. My father and mother were smiling wide and I was sitting on their knees, sipping hot cocoa. My father was my idol. But, he died because of a serious car accident.
I miss him a lot. "I know you always want me to follow my dreams, daddy," I said to the picture. I stood up confidently, holding the picture to my heart. "And this time, I will."
I only packed the necessities. Like, my toothbrush, toothpaste, a hairbrush, deodorant, iPod, enough money for myself to pay for several different buses to get to Jump City and the picture of my family.
The trip was long. It was about five days to get to Jump City from my boring little town of Greenbrier. I knew that the Titans were holding auditions for a new member because crime rates these days were high and they really wanted to see some people. This was the beginning of a real adventure.