It is theorized by people with a combined total of 12 PhDs that Quirks were caused by a virus spread by mice. But that's just the generally accepted theory. Other theories included the following; aliens, nuclear radiation, and good old divine intervention*. All these theories shared one thing in common, in which they are all incorrect.

In fact, people began manifesting strange and wondrous abilities because a 16-year-old boy got annoyed at a couple of rocks. I think we all know what these rocks were. They were very powerful and in the right hands (because the glove had not been made for left handed people) could manipulate reality and become the most powerful being on Earth.

The gauntlet was last seen in the hands of Danny Fenton, half-ghost, and unpaid superhero. Danny decided that using the Reality Gauntlet to fix things as they were before had been enough. He didn't need it anymore and besides; it was way too dangerous to be left intact.

"Alright". He said. He pulled it off his right arm, tossing it into the air and fired his most powerful ectoblast.

"Danny, Wait!" He heard Sam and Tucker yelling for him to stop. But they were too late, and they hadn't exactly been expecting Danny to destroy the gauntlet right away. Sam wanted to fix the world, get rid of all the bad stuff like wars, hunger and famine. She wanted to use the gauntlet for good whereas Tucker just wanted the latest edition of whatever PDA or Computer was on the market.

"Huh?" said Danny, confused. His friends were wincing, and kneeling at the concrete trying to salvage as much of the glowing hot metal.

"We could have done so many good things with the gauntlet, Danny." Sam groaned. She stood up and bonked Danny on his thigh. Or would have, because ghosts are intangible.

"Yeah, man. We could have gotten that new spacecraft simulation that you like with a snap of your fingers." Tucker pointed out.

"But— " and Danny scratched his head. He thought he did the right thing. "It's a really dangerous artifact though. But I should have really summoned a broom to clean up this mess." The metal had stopped glowing; which Danny thought was a good sign. Now he had to get a broom from the kitchen by walking.

Sam smacked her forehead. "Ugh. Never mind. I suppose you're right." She conceded. Ending World Hunger would have to be done in the old fashion way of Eating The Rich, I guess. Tucker would have to settle with buying his new gadgets this time. But Danny was content. He had a lot of displaced aggression stored up and what better way to release it than towards the very thing that caused it (well technically, everything was Freakshow's fault but he was already in jail and Danny wanted to blast something).

"That stupid thing ruined our Spring break guys. I don't see why you didn't want to destroy it." His friends groaned again. "I'm going to get a broom. Help me clean up."

You see, Danny looked at powerful artifacts the same way a monkey would look at pearls. They were shiny really, but in the end were not particularly tasty when you lick it. The last powerful artifact he held in his hands was the Crown-of-Fire, formerly owned by the Ghost King. He doesn't really remember where he put it. He was way too busy stuffing Pariah Dark back in his sarcophagus like the mother of a 4-year-old child who was refusing to take a nap.

"Don't you think there are consequences for destroying such a powerful artifact?" Sam asked Danny as he was sweeping the pavement.

Danny shrugged, smiling when the last bit of metal was into the dustpan. "I mean, can't' be too bad. They're just rocks."

"Really powerful rocks." Sam pointed out.

"Eh. I'm sure it's nothing." He said, shrugging. Danny believed that things usually worked out for the best. The best for him that is.

One thing you must know about ghostly artifacts, especially the Reality Gauntlet, was that there are consequences when one decides to get rid of it. Danny should have really destroyed it in the Ghost zone rather than two meters away from his house. It would prevent the ghostly energy from affecting people.

And a second later, a glowing baby was born.

*Well, maybe not entirely the divine intervention bit. Danny had been worshiped as a god in the past when he was out making sure Vlad wasn't trying to become one