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Normality

I am normal. I am not a freak, an abnormality. I guess you'd think I'd be pretty happy about that. For some reason I'm not.

My sister is a mutant or a member of the species homo-superior. She's still my sister and her name is Sinead. I-we- my family found out she was a mutant last December when she plugged the radio in only to disappear for a few moments as her body became pure energy. She reappeared a few moments later after doing, as she says a "run of the building".

Surprisingly my family doesn't hate her because she is a mutant. My mother still loves her as much as before, maybe even more so now. My dad jokes that at least he doesn't have to worry anymore about not being able to handle her self. A few days aftyer they found out, they set my sister down and spoke with her. It was up to her if she wanted to go to some private school in Westchester or continue here in school. She's eighteen so they said they wouldn't force her into anything she didn't want to do. Hah, they didn't say that when she wanted to go to the local university or get work or go out with Chad etc. I guess being a mutant changes some things.

Some people from the school came to speak with her. They looked pretty normal, you wouldn't think that there was anything special about them. I stayed in my room while they were here and didn't come out of my room until my Mom made me come down for dinner.

It was finalised, my sister was going to Westchester.

I could hardly look at her while we hate so I concentrated on my chicken instead. No one really noticed my silence. They were too excited about her going to the private school instead. Seemingly they get brilliant results but I guess that goes with having brilliant students. Like my sister.

Later that evening my sister came as always to speak with me. She wanted to know if I hated her. My mouth dried and I could feel a painful lump rise in my throat. Rebellious tears flowed down my face and then my sister began to cry as well. We hugged each other for a long time, just sitting there, holding each other and crying. How could I hate her? She was my sister, the only one I had. She was still the person I always knew, no different to before.

But I am afraid for her.

Every time I've seen her since I can see she is changing. She appears to be more self conscious then ever before, however that could be because she has appeared on the tv. Of course it was under her codename Energystar (and she told my parents she wasn't on drugs, yea right) still if that person called Energystar gets hurt I know it is my sister who will get hurt and I don't want to lose her.

I'm visiting my sister next month. There are going to be a lot of other mutants there. I am afraid. What if they don't like me because I am normal?

-fin-