Hi, I'm Superminion and before we get on to the story there are a few things I need to explain, firstly I am trying to do this more interactively so my characters will randomly start talking In the middle, also this is set after one of my other stories, Voices, which it is probably a good idea to read first although I have not yet finished it, it is also set after another story I haven't actually written which will be called Static which will be set during the second film. In fact the only reason I am writing this now is because Lia won't stop bugging me so I have to, seriously for a fictional character she can be very annoying.
'Hey!' A voice comes from offside.
Lia, be quiet, I told you not to come in until I told you to, I have to explain this to people or they will be confused. Anyway, because of this my other OC, Heather Jones/Psy-girl, will also be in the story. Alright, now you guys can come in and say hello to the nice readers!
A door opens and two girls walk in, the first is older, about 18, with jaw length purple hair and purple eyes, she is wearing a slightly modified fantastic suit, it is lighter blue with a darker blue belt and collar bit. The second is younger, about 10 years old, she has shoulder length brown hair and blue eyes, and she is wearing a denim skirt and a yellow T-shirt.
Heather- 'Um… hi'
Lia- Hi, my name is Lia and I'm…
A third girl who is already standing there, who is quite tall with shoulder length blonde hair and blue eyes, she is wearing jeans and a pink t-shirt with butterflies on, (yes this is me! XD)anyway, she interrupts her.
Anyway in case you haven't realised Heather and Lia will be commenting, mostly in the author notes but occasionally in the story, so to distinguish from the story, I am putting my comments in normal bold, Heather's in underline and Lia's In Italics. I think that's all, oh wait, Heather, Disclaimer.
L- Hey why can't I do the disclaimer, I wanted to do the disclaimer!
Because I let you do the summary so now it's Heather's turn.
L- That is so unfair!
H- Um, do you want me to do it now?
Yes that would be great thanks Heather
H- Ok, Superminion does not own the Fantastic four, she only owns us, so don't even think that she does, because if you do I will hear you.
Ok, thanks Heather, now on with the story, which Lia will be dictating to me, although how I can be dictated to in my own head I am not quite sure XD
Superminion XD
Wow that was a lot of author notes XD.
I ran down the road as fast as I could, my hair streaking out behind me. I smiled to myself as I felt the air rush against my face. I swerved round the corner and into the school grounds, I always enjoyed running. I almost collided with Lucie, Lucie was my best friend, her real name was Lucia but she didn't like it, she thought it made her sound posh. She has jaw length black hair with a straight across fringe and bright blue eyes like mine. I skidded to a stop and turned around to look at her; we both looked at each other and burst out laughing.
"Hey Luce!" I exclaimed after we had finished.
"Hi Lia!" She replied, "How was your weekend?"
"Cool, my mum took me swimming!" I replied, "You?"
"Nothing much" She replied.
"Hey, d'you think we're still doing the thing on your Island today?" I asked, we had been doing a project on the island St Lucia which was funny because it had the same name as Lucie.
"Maybe, we should get to class now" She suggested, so we walked the rest of the way to class together. Class was alright, it was maths which I was ok at, and today we did percentages which are easy.
Ok, Random author note here, I should explain that although Lia lives in America and so would have the American school system, but since I have no Idea about it I have written it for the English one which I do know, Lia is in year 5 which means she is 9 years old.
L- Hey! I'm nearly 10!
Actually since I created you like a month ago you still have 11 months until your first birthday!
L- that is so not fair! She crosses her arms and sticks her bottom lip out at the older girl.
Anyway, on with the story…
After Maths we had P.E, it was kind of awkward since we had no proper changing rooms we had to change in the classrooms although we were lucky because we had a separate classroom for boys and girls, but it was still a challenge to get changed quickly without letting anybody see. When we got changed we all had to line up and were taken to the field which was across a small road so we had to go in a sort of possession. Anyway in P.E. we did rounders which was fun because I like running round the posts and trying to get to the end before someone gets the ball, but unfortunately I am not very good at actually hitting the ball so more often than not I can only get to first base, but it is still fun. After P.E. was finished we lined up to go back to our classrooms, me and Lucie hung back so that we could talk on the way back to the classroom.
We had just got round the back of one of the buildings when all of a sudden we were surrounded by these really tall secondary school boys, they were massive and all wore their uniforms really untidily with their ties really short ant their shirts un-tucked.
"Well, look who it is! Richie girl and her Freak friend!" one of them sneered at us.
Before we continue there are a few things I need to explain, firstly that Lucie's Dad is a billionaire from Europe, no-one knows exactly who, but he can't be very nice to leave her alone all the time like he does. Also the reason they call me a freak, well it's kind of complicated, you see sometimes when I get angry strange things happen, kind of like in the beginning of Harry Potter I guess, like one time my drink started boiling for no reason, and another a bottle exploded, so people kind of started thinking it was me doing it, but nothing has happened for a while so I kind of assumed it was random or something and most of the people who thought that moved out of school. But it seemed some of them had come back.
"Well, where are you two off to?" Another of them taunted. Why did they need to come back! Couldn't they just have gone! I thought franticly
"C-class, w-we n-need to g-go n-now!" Lucie stuttered. I could tell she was trying to be brave and stand up to them but it was obvious she was really scared, but I was still proud of her for trying.
"We don't think so" the largest sneered, moving to block our way with an evil glint in his eye. I tried to back away but was blocked of that way too.
"N-no, w-we have to g-go now!" Lucie insisted, walking up to the boy she tried to go round him but he caught her and picked her up by her Polo shirt. No! Why were they doing this! Why me! Why couldn't they have chosen someone else! And why did they have to be so mean! They were threatening Lucie! I couldn't let them! I resolved.
"You will put her down and let us past!" I shouted sternly at them.
"What you gunna do about it, Freaky?" the one holding Lucie taunted. Suddenly I did not feel scared anymore, I felt angry, how could they do this to us! They were mean and stupid and I would stop them!
"YOU! WILL! STOP! THIS! NOW!" I shouted at them, almost growling. Then all of a sudden I felt really strange, my eyes began to burn and my vision turned kind of orange, I felt the heat spread out and different parts of my body began to burn until my entire body felt like it was on fire, but it didn't really hurt. I saw the looks in the boys eyes turn to fear and their expressions soon followed.
"She really is a freak!" I heard one of them mutter as they turned and fled, dropping Lucie on the ground, she looked up at me terrified, why was she scared of me? What happened?
"L-Lia?" she asked before she too ran away. Why had she been scared of me? What on earth had happened? Why did I feel so hot? I looked down at my body and screamed, I was entirely on fire, literally entirely burning my entire body, my clothes were lying, a pile of ash at my feet. I screamed and quickly threw myself on the ground and began to roll around like we were always told by the firemen that came to visit at school sometimes. But it didn't work, the fire was still there all over my skin, even my hair was covered in flames. And then it hit me, It didn't hurt! My body was on fire but it didn't burn me! They were right, I was a freak. I sat up on the now charred grass all around me and looked at my now flaming arms, would I be on fire forever? I could never go near anybody, or touch them, everyone would just run away from me like Lucie and the boys did! I put my head in my hands and began to cry; my tears fizzed and evaporated as soon as they left my eyes.
"I wish this had never happened" I whispered as I picked my head off my knees and for a second I saw the flames flicker off leaving my skin but then they flicked back on. That was it! I needed to think the flames away! I screwed my eyes shut and thought hard.
"Go away flames! Go away! No flames anymore! Just me!" I whispered aloud. Slowly I could feel my body getting cooler I opened my eyes and saw the last of the fire retreat leaving my normal skin.
"Yes!" I celebrated but with my excitement I felt the flames returning, "No! Calm! No flames!"
The fire retreated again; it was then that I realized that my clothes had burned up. What could I do? Everyone would be in the classroom getting changed so I couldn't get to my clothes. I was grateful that it had happened after P.E. otherwise I wouldn't have had any clothes to change into! It was break after so hopefully the teachers wouldn't notice I was missing; I only had to hide until the class was empty and then I could creep into the classroom and get my clothes, I would have to go without underwear but other than that it would be ok. So I crept round to the entrance of the classroom, making sure I couldn't be seen, then I hid myself in a bush so that no-one could see me but I could see the door to tell when everyone was gone.
The branches scratched my skin and my legs began to ache from crouching, after what felt like hours the door opened and my classmates began to stream out. I saw that Lucie had re-joined the class although she still did look a bit scared, tears came back into my eyes, I hadn't meant to scare her, it just happened, and I don't even know what happened! Would we still be friends? Or would she still be scared of me? I looked up with my tearstained eyes to see that the last of the other children had gone. Slowly I got up and began to sneak into the class; I quickly found my bag and got dressed in my clothes. But what could I do now? I couldn't go back to class, that would just be strange. I needed to talk to Mum, maybe she knew something? So I snuck into the office and tried the phone there. I typed the number but it just kept beeping at me!
"Come on! Work stupid phone!" I muttered at it, I clicked my fingers at it to try and make it work. Then my thumb began to feel hot, I looked at it, there was a small flame hovering above it like a candle flame. My eyes widened as I heard someone coming down the corridor, how could I turn it off? I concentrated on it, Go away! Go away! I thought franticly, the footsteps got closer, I hear someone start to turn the door handle.
Wait, I had made it appear by clicking my fingers so maybe if I did it again it would go off. I put my hands behind my back so that whoever was on the other side of the door wouldn't see it, I didn't want to scare any more people, and then I clicked my fingers. The door opened to reveal one of the receptionists.
"What are you doing here, Sweetheart?" The receptionist asked. Wait, how could I explain being in the office, students weren't allowed in here ever! Wait, maybe I could get her to find mum, she would know how to work the phone or something, but how could I convince her that I needed to talk to her, it's not as if I could show her the flames, she would probably just run away screaming like the others.
"Um… I'm looking for the Nurse, I don't feel very well" I improvised
"Poor girl" she sympathised, "the nurse's office is the next door along"
"Thank you" I replied nervously, trying to look in pain so she would buy my excuse. She directed me to the room next door and sat me down on a chair with one of those cowboy hat shaped sick bowls then went to find the nurse while I sat miserably on my chair. But I figured I wouldn't be able to fool the nurse so easily, but wait what if I didn't necessarily have to lie to her. I began to think what I would say. Soon after the reception lady came back with the nurse who sat opposite me on another chair.
"Could you tell me what's wrong?" She asked, looking into my eyes, I nodded silently.
"I'm kind of hot and dizzy" I replied quietly. The nurse looked concerned and leaned over to touch my forehead; she touched it for a second, her hand felt cold, and then withdrew it quickly as if she was hurt.
"You're on fire!" She exclaimed, I winced at how close she was to the truth; she quickly got up and went over to the freezer in the corner. She got out a tray of ice cubes, whacking it on the surface so a few came out she picked them up and put them in a small plastic bag. She put the tray back in the freezer and placed the bag on my forehead. But the ice hurt my skin; it felt like it was burning me! I squealed and pulled away, the nurse looked at me strangely then at the bag in her hand, which was almost entirely melted.
"D'you think I could go home now?" I asked
"Of course, but we need to contact your parents, do you know where they are?" she asked.
"My mum is at work" I explained.
"I see, what about your father?" she asked.
"I-I don't know who he is" I explained nervously, biting my lip.
"Ok, I'll see if I can contact your Mother" She replied, awkwardly. She turned and went out the room, after a bit; she came back and informed me that my Mum was coming to pick me up. Then after what felt like an age the door opened and she was there.
"Mummy!" I exclaimed jumping up from my seat.
"Are you feeling ok Honey?" She asked concernedly, I nodded.
"Sort of" I replied, she took my hand, slightly surprised at how hot it was, and lead me out of the office towards the car park. When we got outside I made up my mind to tell her.
"Mummy, can I show you something?" I asked nervously.
"Of course darling, what is it?" she replied.
"You have to promise not to be scared" I told her, her expression grew concerned.
"Sweetheart, what's wrong?" She asked frowning down at me worriedly.
"Promise!" I told her desperately.
"I promise" She told me, "now tell me what's wrong"
I stopped walking and turned to face her; she bent to my level and looked at me concernedly. Slowly I brought up my free hand, clicked my fingers and showed her the flame. Her eyes widened as she looked from the flame hovering above my thumb to my face and back again.
So there we have it, the first chapter of this story, if you've read any of my other stories you will probably know that I am a bit mean when it comes to cliff-hangers, so sorry about this one.
H- You're saying you're just mean? You have left me unconscious at the end of like three chapters!
Yes but there is a reason for that, anyway that isn't in this story! Anyway, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter of this story, please review and tell me what you think and if you have any ideas or suggestions of what I could do.
Superminion XD
P.S. Also I am debating what Lia's Superhero name should be, I have either Spark or Candle at the moment, if you have a preference or another idea please review and tell me.
