Chapter 1
Her name was Katie Winters. A name that was quite appropriate for a child like herself. She didn't have a family, she lived in a run-down orphanage in Keystone City with nine other unfortunate kids. Katie found it particularly hard to make friends because she was scared she'd hurt them, or they'd hurt her.
Little Winters had never known her parents and she'd always believed it to be that they knew she was a freak, but how could they have known that their innocent little child would possess such odd gifts? Katie hadn't discovered her gift until she was five and was hiding in the dark under her thin, white duvet. The small child had heard a floorboard squeak in her room and when she had her duvet pulled away from herself, she'd put her hand in front of her to defend herself from any type of criminal in front of her, only to have small snowflakes to fly at the intruder, who turned out to be Sandra, the owner of the orphanage.
Sandra hadn't thrown Katie out, as Sandra had seen Katie's powers as a wonderful blessing. Katie was scared though; she refused to make friends as they might freak out and tell the police on her and get her put under a microscope to be prodded at by sharp silver rods in front of creepy old men in lab coats.
At the age of twelve, Katie had begun walking home on her own and as she passed by the local supermarket, she found herself being grabbed around the waist and thrown inside the shop with a gun pointed to her pale, little face. Only five minutes later, the one and only Flash had zoomed into the room and distracted the madman in front of her. By the time the Flash had the man arrested, Katie had hidden away in a corner, hunched up into a little ball. Although this may not have seemed like the best hiding place, only if you stared at her exact spot and watched the lighting, you'd notice her, for to his astonishment, she'd gone transparent, like ice! The Flash found Katie and graciously escorted her home. The Flash knew he'd be seeing more of this child; it'd be wrong to leave such raw talent to waste.
Only an hour after she'd returned home, the Flash had gone to Sandra to discuss Katie's 'skills'. He told Sandra he wanted to get Katie trained up and to visit the Titans tower on the weekend. Sandra agreed and made sure that the Flash would protect her 'little Snowflake' and thus, Snowflake was born as the twelve-year old but kicking hero-in-training.