Chapter 1.
Hi, I'm Tony Veleno and I live on the Lunar Colonies in Ghalia, the French Colony. The year is 3021 C.E. and I am a English-French Lunar Human but I'm different. Humans are not known to have superpowers. You have probably heard of Flash and Superman and Green Lantern and all the others in Human history, but those people were mutated or orphaned from their home planet or billionaires with cool gadgets. I got my power from being given plant stem cells into my back instead of human stem cells. I can manipulate and control plants with my mind and body. Only people close to me know about my powers. My brother, sister, mom, dad and best friend know.
My family is pretty simple. My sister is the youngest, my brother is the middle child and I'm the oldest. My sister, Mary, is 7 and she is adorable with her brown hair always up in braided pigtails and her bangs hanging over her bright green eyes. My brother, Renz, is 14 and he has dyed black long hair back in a ponytail and his blue eyes are covered by red lenses. My father is a lightning chaser and he only comes back every few years from his long explorations to the inhabitable Earth. My mother works with me at the Botany Center along with my best friend, Brogyn Adyll. Brogyn also has powers, but she is the daughter of a human and martian. Martians are from Mars and hold the power to control fire, this is what Brogyn possesses. She can control and produce fire. Her and I have had our powers since birth and she's aloud to use her's out in the open, but if they found out about mine, they would do tests and stuff on me or have me taken away. My mom and I are the one's who take care of the family, so I never would feel right to leave them, fore I have a duty to be there for Mary and Renz.
The day was September 6th and was a Wednesday. I got up at 7:00 a.m. Now, on the moon, our days are the same length as they are on Earth, but our light and dark times are different because of our rotation around the Earth and it around the sun. Right then, it was dark still and I had to go get up my brother and sister. I get them up and head to the washroom to get ready. Now, I am an 18 year-old and about 5 foot 2, with auburn hair that is curly and long with swept, long bangs. I had turquoise eyes that I enhanced with cat's eyeliner and mascara. I also add silver dust in the corner of my eyelid and then a bit of color to my lips. I go to our kitchen and dining area where Mom had just finished making breakfast which was danishes and plum juice. We all ate and then Mom headed out to the Botany Center and I was left to make sure Renz and Mary got to their classroom's safely. We grab out bags and then lock the door to the condo and then walk down the corridor to the tram station. We quickly file on with the other groups of people trying to get to work and school. We got off at the school station and we take Mary over to her 3rd year classroom, then Renz goes on his own to his 8th year class and I went to my 12th year class.
The school system had changed a lot over the time of human history. Here, in the Lunar Colonies, we were aloud to choose as many or as little of courses as we wanted, whichever one's we wanted, and what time. The restrictions to these things were that you had to have at least 2 classes and no more than 10 classes a trimester. You didn't get this option until you entered your 9th year, before that for your 1st-5th year you had regulates classes, then 6th-8th year you get to choose classes but you needed at least 4 core classes. My schedule was 8 a.m.- Painting, 9 a.m.- Sounds and Words, 10 a.m. Creative Writing, 1 p.m.- Dancing, and 2 p.m.- Botany. I had my first class, Painting, with Brogyn. Brogyn was a tall girl with blonde curly hair with fire red bangs, bright blue eyes, and a beautiful smile. Her and I sit next to each other as we study the person they brought in for painting. It was a nude model whom was male and had dark cocoa skin and white long hair in a ponytail. Brogyn found him quite attractive and so did I. After Painting, I went on to Sounds and Words as Brogyn went to Romantic Literature. Sounds and Words was a class that studied all genres of music and lyrics, but most of the time we played with our technology and used our own creativity to make our own music. Usually what I made was along the lines of a contemporary dance piece or a movie film score. Then was Creative Writing, which Brogyn was in with me, then we had lunch. We both had two hours for our lunch, so that day we chose to go over to the food market.
The food market was an enormous place, but if you knew the Lunar Colonies, you'd know exactly how to navigate that place. We made our way to one of our favorite stands were. It was a small family owned place that made Prussian food. Prussian food use to be so rare, but now, it was cheap and delicious. Brogyn and I eat our Prussian lunches at a table in the courtyard of the food market and watched as people passed by. Brogyn checked her communicator as it had just went off, her holograph popped up with our friend Hatty, who was a little over the top on colors in her outfits. "Guys, come to the Dome, quickly! The Legion of Superheroes are here!"
Chapter 2.
The Legion of Superheroes is exactly what it sounds like. A group of young adults from ages 17-23 or so who have superpowers and fight evil through out the Universe, but they concentrate on the Milky Way. They travel around every once in a while to look for new talent for their brigade, and Brogyn and I have been wanting to audition since we were 14.
We run through the space docks to get to the Dome which is the heart of Ghalia. Ghalia was like a big city, ranging out to about 7000 square miles, but we lived near the center. As we enter the Dome, the great crowd of our population is directed towards the City Hall Building where I can barely see most of the Legion except for Colossus Boy who shrank himself a bit to not be hitting the ceiling. We couldn't see or hear anything, so I drag Brogyn to make it to the front. People are shouting at us, but I could care less because at this point, all I could care about was getting up there to at least see, if not meet, the Legion of Superheroes.
"Thank You, Ghalia. It is a pleasure to be here on the Lunar Colonies." It was Cosmic Boy speaking, the leader of The Legion. I could now clearly see all of them. We were now about 20 feet from the stage and it was the whole Legion. Usually they would have a small portion, like the main five, do auditions. They recently lost Superman since he had to go back to his time, along with Invisible Kid, Star Boy, Sun Boy, Matter-eater Lad, Dawn Star, and Magnetic Boy. They either got too old or decided it wasn't for them. What remained was Cosmic Boy, Lightning Lad, Saturn Girl, Triplicate Girl, Bouncy Boy, Brainiac 5, Phantom Girl, Chameleon Boy, Colossus Boy, Karate Kid, Lightning Lass, Element Lad, Dream Girl, and Ultra Boy.
"Now, we will be holding auditions for the Legion Saturday and Sunday for anyone with the skills and courage to roam the Galaxy with us. We hope to see all you young wonderful people there. Do make sure though that you fit our requirements."
Brogyn and I already knew the requirements. Must be at least 16, no other job, superpowers, willing to fight. We got it. Our jobs at the Botany Center are volunteer more than anything. We do get paid, but we spend most of our time chatting while we water the herbs. We planned to come on Saturday early, having Hatty wait the night before in line for us. She was an insomniac, so it was an easy task for her as long as she had her Data Top and Sounder. We head back to school and I go to Dancing while Brogyn goes to Lunar History. In dance we finished the last few measures of choreography we needed to a song called Drowning Stars by Arsenic Revenge. After that, I go to Botany where we are doing a fruit dissection lab. Brogyn and I meet up after school and we head to the Botany Center and Renz always takes Mary home after school. We go up to our boss, Terrance, telling him we will be trying out for The Legion of Superheroes. He said he understood and that we could come back if we couldn't make it.
That made me start to think about the auditions. What if Brogyn aren't really that special at what we do. Face it, we haven't really trained or anything before. I barely used my powers really since I had to hide mine. Brogyn and I continue and we get of the Botany Center at 5 and we walk home. Brogyn was just down the hall from us, so we always walked home with each other. I got home and did my homework and then we had dinner at 7 and then I helped Renz with his history homework. I went onto my Data Top where I saw that Brogyn had been looking at the Legion of Superheroes Site, so I look at it too. It had profiles of all the members that I had read hundreds of times and updates of their recent captures and the information of auditions. I chatted with Brogyn and Hatty on 3 way chat then went to bed at 10. The next day was Friday, and it was just like the day before, but at lunch, we went towards City Hall, and we noticed that people wanted to line up already but some Lunar Troopers were telling them they couldn't start lining up until 5 p.m. We decided we would come back tat 4:30 and wait with Hatty until 10 p.m. Hatty would stay there until 7 a.m. when we come back tomorrow morning.
We go back to school and then Brogyn, Hatty, and I go to the supermarket and our houses to get food, drinks, put our school bags away, get our Data Tops, and Hatty some sleeping stuff. We go back and people are ready to enter the plethora of ropes that weave around in rows to the base of the City Hall stairs. We get to a side of the crowd that gives us a direct path to one of the ropes. At 5, the Lunar Troopers let people through, and we dash in and get in the 2nd weaving of ropes, which makes about 30th or so in line. We sit on the ground setting up our stuff and get out our food and eat. We chat and use our Data Tops until 10, then Brogyn and I leave Hatty to go home. We were not too worried about her since the 3 guys in front of her in line were our buddies as well, and they were staying the whole night, too. I still couldn't wrap my head around the idea that Brogyn and I would be auditioning for The Legion of Superheroes that next day.
Chapter 3.
I get up at 5:30 a.m. so I can prepare well. I go to the washroom and do my make up and hair, making sure everything is perfect. I know they are looking at my talent, but looks can't hurt. I get my uniform on. Most people audition in a uniform they bought or made. Mine, I bought, and it's a full-body unitard that is purple and green. I decided no symbol since I thought my leaf was stupid. I decided no gloves because it's harder to control plants with them on, then I had my knee high, 2 1/2-inch heel boots. I go to the kitchen and make my own breakfast and eat that before heading over to Brogyn's. She comes out and her uniform is brilliant. It's red and black and she has a red and black flame symbol on her chest and elbow high gloves, knee high boots that are flat, and a red flowing cape. "You look so cool!"
"Look at you, you're cool!" says Brogyn back.
"Shall we, Phoenix?" I exclaim holding out my arm.
"Yes we shall, Aspen," she said, linking her arm to mine.
We make our way down to City Hall where the plethora of people crowd the whole Dome. The ropes loop around endlessly and we make our way to the front where we find Hatty talking to the boys that were infront of us yesterday. Auditions would start at 7 and it was almost that time. We thank Hatty and we both give her hugs before she heads back home. Then, we here Brainiac 5's voice over the intercom. "Welcome all young superheroes to this event. We hope to find that all of you show us what you have to offer, and if we enjoy what you have, we will decide whether you are meant for The Legion of Superheroes. Please wait your turn and be patient as you wait."
The line starts to move slowly and a lot quicker than imagined since the Legion split up so that there was 3 audition spaces. Brogyn and I had about 20 minutes until it would be our turn since everyone got 2 minutes to audition. We decided we would spend our time practicing since, looking around, everyone else was. The boys that were in front of us all had cool powers. One of them was from the planet, Plutonus, and he had the power of freezing. Another was from Yatech and he could strech his body endlessly. The last guy called himself GigaBite and he could control computers with his mind. I had brought a few plants with me, one was a small tree, another a flower, a bush, and another flower. Brogyn started making small fires in her hands, trying not to get yelled at by one of the Lunar Troopers. This was my revealling moment. When I did use my powers before, it was mainly to heal the plants in the Botany Center or help them grow. Now, I had to make it look extrordinary. I took the first flower, which was small, and i made it grow about 20 feet, having buds bloom out from the stalk. I had it shrink back down and I could hear a lot of gasps as I practiced. I take the bush next and have it crimple and wilt into a black tumble weed.