Fierce

1: The Great Save

? POV

The wind was my enemy. No, scratch that. Gravity was my enemy. I ignored the shocked whispers coming from down below.

"Marigold Perrins!" Mrs. Kelper yelled. "Get down from there! Are you suicidal?!"

I grinned and spread out my arms. Gravity won't hold me down anymore. I knew I've taken control. Screams echoed all over the campus as I flung myself off the school building. I saw one face stand out from all the others. Embry Call. A boy that had stolen my heart since I saw him. Our eyes met for a single moment and something clicked. I smiled and screamed from adrenaline. I could hear somebody call for help as I passed the second floor windows of the four story college building. Before my body made any contact with the concrete below, I expelled all my energy forward, making myself float in midair. More screams erupted as I floated from two inches facefirst toward the ground to an upright position on my feet. Shocked gasps turned to cheers. My best friend, Mai, rushed over and hugged me.

"Goldie! You found your power!" she exclaimed. "Whoa, I'm getting a reading here."

I waited until her white eyes faded to their usual dark green color. I was used to my friends having powers. We were called "gifted ones", born from many native tribes around the world. Some were so secret, nobody, not even explorers we learn about in history class, knew their names, or heard about them altogether. My family's tribe was like that. Mai and I (I know it rhymes!) both came from a tribe named the Mahkcep. We use our energy to expel whatever power we had. Mine just happened to be telekinesis. Mai could scan the future, both on complete accident or on purpose. Sometimes it comes in handy, like the time she read that Mrs. Kelper, our principal, was going to enter the classroom in four minutes when we tried to hack into the computer to mess with our grades. Other times, it gets to be annoying or unfortunate, like when she was having a vision during a date with her boyfriend, Joseph. It was their first date and Joseph was at first really scared and concerned when her eyes suddenly turned white when she was in the middle of talking. The vision was really pointless. It was just about me texting her after we both knew the date would end.

"Miss Perrins! You go to the office and call your parents straight away!" Mrs. Kelper's nasally voice ordered. "You do not publicly risk your life to amuse others!"

"What about if I'm alone with somebody? I'm risking my life to amuse somebody personally," I retorted.

"I'm sure your mother will find your cheek amusing," Mrs. Kelper threatened.

"I'm sure she will," I said, bored. I followed Mrs. Kelper into the office. But not before I bumped into the Embry Call. Ohmygod, what if he hated my display?

"What you did was simply sick!" he yelled at me.

"No, Embry, it's not what you think!"

"I hate you. I don't like you. You're ugly and retarded and I wish you were gone."

"No, please, I know I'm a troublemaker, and I'm not the prettiest girl to look at, but I can change!!!"

"Hey, that was awesome," Embry said.

"I CAN CHANGE!!!" I yelled.

"Huh?"

Oops.

"Um, did you like that? Or did you not?"

"I loved it. You're always rebelling against Fishface."

I loved it when he called the principal that. Whenever she got mad, her lips would pucker when she talked and her eyes went wide. Somebody yelled out "Fishface" and the name stuck.

"Marigold Veronica Perrins, I love you with all my soul," he said, getting down on one knee. "Will you marry me and love me?"

"Yes..." I sad dreamily.

"Cool, see you after school." Embry turned and walked away. I slapped my hand to my face.

"Maigirl, what did he say?" I asked. Mai laughed.

"He pretty much asked you if you wanted to hang out at his place. Then you said yes. You were fantasizing again, weren't you?"

I blushed.

"Yes."

"MISS PERRINS!!!"

I gasped and rushed to the office, passing by the four hundred year old sign that was displayed delicately in a glass case, carefully preserved. I knew enough of the native language to read it.

PERRIN'S ACADEMY FOR THE GIFTED

AN: This first chapter isn't very long, I know. But I can't think of much to write. Later I will introduce Marigold to Erin Falle. Those of you who read my story, "Calling" will understand who Erin Falle is. Oh, and I'm not done with that story yet and I'm not putting up any spoilers in here.

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