"Ninten can you do the dishes? I asked your sisters an hour ago but they still haven't done it." The story takes place on the edge of the town Podunk, where strange things have been happening recently. Our hero is about to experience these events first hand.
"I will in a second mom!" Ninten is a relatively standard 12 year old boy. He likes baseball, he was liked in school, he loved his family even though his dad couldn't be home often, and he liked video games. However there was one thing that separated him from others, and that's the fact that he had psychic powers. Granted he couldn't do much with them but he could still pick up small objects, and that was enough for him to want to keep them under wraps.
Ninten was in his room sorting through his baseball cards when he heard his mom's voice asking for help with chores, and he can't exactly say no to his mom. However as he approaches the door, the lights suddenly start to flicker and soon shut off completely.
"Mom did the power go off?" He was about to open the door when he heard s tipping sound from behind him. "(What was that?)" When Ninten turned around he was face to face with his lamp, now sporting a torn power cord (probably that ripping sound) and a brand new face that was snarling at him
[Lamp drew near]
"(Why is it floating?! Why does it have a face?! What's happening?!)" Before he could fully process the situation, The lamp charged into his head.
[Lamp's attack. 2 damage to ninten]
The still extremely confused Ninten tried to punch it, but the lamp quickly moved out the way.
[Ninten's attack. Just missed.]
The lamp tried to hit him again, but he managed to dodge it and retaliate with a punch, sending the lamp careening backwards.
[Lamp's attack. Ninten dodged swiftly]
[Ninten's attack. 3 damage to lamp]
The lamp had a noticeable crack in it, so as a last ditch effort it tried to strangle ninten with its cord, but Ninten was ready for it and grabbed as soon as it got close, then threw it to the ground and jumped on it, smashing the lamp.
[Lamp's attack. Just missed]
[Ninten's attack SMAAAASH! 10 damage to lamp. Lamp shattered into pieces]
[YOU WIN!]
With the newly shattered lamp on his floor, Ninten ran out his room to check on his mom and sisters. "Mom, Minnie, Mimmie are you guys-"
"Help! Mom! Ninten!" Immediately recognizing the voice, Ninten ran for his sisters room to protect her. "Minnie, are you ok?!" When Ninten opened the door, the first thing he saw was his sister hiding in the corner and her lamp also flying wildly around her room.
[Lamp drew near]
Ninten ran forward and punched the lamp to get it's attention.
[Ninten's attack. 3 damage to lamp]
The lamp charged at the newcomer, clearly angry about the interference, and tried to bite his arm.
[Lamp's attack. 2 damage to Ninten]
Using the painful situation to his advantage, Ninten ran to the nearest wall to try and smash the lamp against it. This worked surprisingly well as the lamp was slammed full force against the wall and shattered due to the force.
[Ninten's attack. SMAAAASH! 8 damage to lamp. Lamp shattered into pieces]
[YOU WIN!]
Seeing that the lamp was destroyed, Minnie ran over to her brother.
"Ninten! Thank you!" She quickly hugs him, he kneels down and does the same.
"Did it hurt you Minnie?
"N-no I'm fine, just, (sniff) what's happening to our house?"
"(Oh god she's shaking, she must be scared out of her mind). Stay in here, I'm going to check on Mimmie. Just yell if you need me ok?"
"Ok bro, but please be careful."
As Ninten entered mimmies room, he was surprised by two things. 1. The attacker this time was his sister's favorite doll instead of a lamp. 2. Said doll was currently latched on to her and twisting her leg.
"(Oh hell no!) GET OFF OF HER!" Ninten used his psychic powers to pry the doll off of his sister, giving her the chance to crawl away. It seemed to stare into Ninten's soul before charging at him.
[Doll drew near]
The doll was faster then the lamp, surprisingly so. This caught ninten off gaurd and let the doll ram directly into his stomach.
[Doll's attack. SMAAAASH! 11 damage to Ninten]
Ninten tried to back away and managed to land a decent punch on the doll's side.
[Ninten's attack. 4 damage to doll]
The doll tried to kick Ninten in his stomach, but ninten managed to get out of the way in time, landing a punch on the possessed toy.
[Doll's attack. Just missed]
[Nintens attack. 3 damage to doll]
"(I've always thought this stupid thing looked creepy anyway!)" Seeing opportunity, Ninten followed up quickly with another punch, causing the doll to fall to the floor.
[Ninten's attack. 3 damage to doll]
He then grabbed the doll and slammed it against Mimmie's dresser. The doll twitched a bit, but slumped over and stopped moving.
[Ninten's attack. SMAAAASH! 8 Damage to doll. Doll stopped moving.]
[YOU WIN!]
He kept staring at the doll in case it got back up, not wanting to take any chances. After what had felt like forever, the lights lit back up as if nothing had happened
"Ninten"?
"Mimmie! Your doll didn't hurt you, did it?"
"N-No I'm fine, it only just started moving before you came in. Is Minnie ok?"
"She's fine, I checked on her. Are you sure your leg is ok?"
"No, It didn't hurt me. Do you know what's happening? Why would my doll attack me?"
"I don't know, but hopefully the lights coming on means nothing else will attack us."
"Can we please go downstairs and find mom? I'm still scared."
"Ok, stay behind me, just in case anything else happens. I don't want you getting hurt."
Just as they were about to leave the room, The door flew open and Minnie walked in.
"Minnie, I thought I told you to wait in your room."
"The lights came back on, so I thought it would be fine."
"Minnie, I don't know if we're safe or not. You should have waited for me. (Funny, she doesn't seem scared at all now)".
"Umm, Ninten? Can we go down and find mom now?" Minnie didn't even notice her sister before she spoke up.
"Mimmie! You're ok! Did your lamp attack you as well?"
"No, but my doll started flying around." She was startled by the sudden attention from her sister.
"Awwww really... You better not have broken it!" She pointed at Ninten as she said this.
"It's fine, see for yourself." He pointed at the doll on the dresser. It still hasn't moved, but he still felt uncomfortable being in the same room as it. "Now can we talk about this downstairs? Like Mimmie just said we still need to find mom."
With no further arguments, the three of them left the room and headed downstairs. As they reached the floor, they saw the toaster smashed on the floor and their mom standing over it with a frying pan. She immediately ran up too her children and embraced them.
"Oh thank god you kids are ok! I was so worried when the power went out! You're not hurt are you?"
"My head hurts a bit and I got hit in the stomach but other then that we're fine. Did you get attacked also?"
She checked Ninten's head after he said this, after confirming that there were no bumps or bruises, she continued talking. "The toaster just grew a face and tried to hurt me, but I destroyed it before-, wait what do you mean also?"
"Our lamps and Mimmie's doll tried to attack us. We weren't hurt other then my stomach and my head, but I had to smash the lamps. I hope your not mad about that."
"It was so creepy! My lamp had a face and big teeth and tried to bite me before Ninten smashed it! Please don't be mad it him, he saved us!" Minnie suddenly started talking and staring at their mom with puppy dog eyes before the women could respond.
"I don't care about a few smashed lamps as long as you three are safe, those can be easily replaced."
"Thanks mom, but do you mind if I call dad about this? He might know something."
"I was actually about to suggest that. I'll go and clean up those lamps while your at it. Minnie, Mimmie, can you two help me?"
"Ok" the twins said in unison sad they rushed upstairs.
Ninten went over to the phone and quickly dialed his dads number. He was still nervous about the possibility of his mom and sisters being attacked while they were upstairs, but if his dad really did know about what just happened then he might be able to tell him how to prevent it from happening again.
(Ring...Ring...Ring...Click)
"Hello who is this?"
"Hey dad, it's Ninten. Can I-."
"Oh Son! How are you?"
"I'm fine, but something weird just happened here"
"Something weird? Well it must have been pretty serious for you to call me, what happened?"
"Well, we were just sitting down at home, me, mom and the twins I mean, but suddenly the lights went off. My lamp grew a face and tried to possibly eat me, but I smashed it before it could. The same thing happened with Minnie's lamp and Mimmie's doll, only the doll didn't get a new face. From the looks of it Mom was attacked by the toaster as well. The lights came back on after the doll stopped moving, and we're all fine, but do you have any idea what's happening?" The more Ninten retold his story out loud, the more stupid and fake it sounded. Heck, he probably wouldn't have believed it if he didn't see it himself.
"Hmm..." His dad had remained silent through the entire story. "Well if you were to ask me I'd say it was a poltergeist."
"A poltergeist? I guess that would make sense considering the lamps grew faces, but how? And why would they attack us?"
"I'm not exactly sure either, but I think it would have something to do with PSI. Your great grandfather researched something like that so his journal might have so information. It should be in the basement."
"PSI? You mean like my powers? You don't think I could have done this on accident do you?"
"No I'm positive that's not it. Actually, this might be a good chance to train those powers."
"What do you mean?"
"Well recently there's bettereen some strange things happening all around America recently, so maybe you could travel and try to find the source. I trust you enough to make good choices by yourself, and besides it's summer vacation. If there was ever a perfect time to go on an adventure, it would be now.
"But dad I'm only 12! I wouldn't be able to survive by myself!"
"Your psychic powers would beg to differ. Mine have saved me more times then I can count and I know that if I can use them, then you can as well. Even if they're weak now you'll find yourself mastering them before you know it."
"... Well I guess it would be cool to travel the country, and we do need to buy new lamps and a new toaster. Ok, I'll go into town and see how I feel about it. I'll call you when I decide."
"That's all I ask. Oh but Ninten if you do decide to go, keep me updated. I want to hear about as much of it as possible."
"Ok dad, thanks. Goodbye."
"Love you son."
(Click)
"(How am I going to explain this to mom.)"