I grab my knees pressing them against my chest and look at Tinga. "Can you tell me a story. You know, one of your princess stories."

She looked at me odd. "Sense when do you ask for a story?" Tinga make fun of me.

I look at the window, watching the moving dark clouds go pass us. "Can you tell me one."

Tinga wanted to know what I was thinking but she didn't want to make fun of my question again. "Ok."

"Can I listen too." Erica asks the next bed over, looking at us snug away under her covers.

"Yeah me too." Brin said happy on the other side of us in her bed.

"Ok," Tinga chuckled. They jump out of there beds and on Tinga's bed. I moved near Tinga to let Brin get more room. "Ready."

"Wait, wait." Sonya whispered followed by Sataya as they both rushing to sit on Brin's bed because there's no more room on Tinga's bed.

"Now are you ready," said Tinga. We all giggled. "Alright," Tinga clears her throat. "There was a princess that lived in a big castle that was at the top of a hill were normal people were forbidden to go. Only special children and authorized people are allowed in the castle. The princess name was.," She looked down at me then back up. "Sam," I look out the corner of my eyes at her, feeling like I herd that name a million times. "Sam had thirty special brothers and sisters and they were all older then her. She told herself that she would protect her brothers and sisters no matter what happens to herself. The reason why she had to protect them because the evil king did all these experiments towards them that he wanted to turn them into soldiers."

My eyes were closing inch by inch every word Tinga said. I was tried or was I tried. I ask myself a lot of questions about myself. The only answer I got was that I was special and that I knew what I can do, but why can't I use my powers if I'm careful with them.

"It's because we can't." John said.

I open my eyes staring into his blue eyes as they resembled the ocean. He can be like the ocean calm, peaceful, quiet, knowing all knowledge just like the ocean knows everything about the earth. But at times he became like a tidal wave, harsh, destructive, and emotionless as I always thought the ocean can destroy without any thought.

I look around seeing nobody. No Tinga, Sonya, Brin, or Sataya. They were all gone. The barrack was empty except him and me.

"Where's everybody?" I asked.

"There still in the barracks."

I looked at him puzzled. "I don't.understand."

"You fell asleep and our minds are linked together. I'm creating this image with my mind."

"You're using your telepathic abilities?"

"Yes," said John. "Over the years, I've been trying to focus on probing people minds."

"Why do you want to enter mine?" I took defense on what he was doing. I don't like anybody probing my mind when I'm not aware of it.

John smirks sensing my anger. "Because I have a more physic link to you.just like Dan and Vance. Besides I had nobody to talk to."

"Yeah right," I said. He smiled, trying to make me laugh, in which he did. "Are you asleep doing this?"

"Yes I am. It's kind of strange and I don't fully understand how I can do it."

"Can I do it?"

"Yes you can, I guess if you try."

I smile at him but I look up in the window seeing a full moon, shinning through the empty barracks. John sits right next to me on the bed. He knew more about are powers then I. All I knew was we possess them and if were not suppose to tell anybody at Manticore then that means trouble in anyway you see it.

"John promise me you won't leave me. Promise me you'll stay with me when we get older no matter what," I looked at him worried. "No matter how difficult the challenge is, will be there for each other."

He recognized the alteration in my voice that put him unease and that made him the responsibility to take care of me, even if I don't ask it. "I promise I will."

I look back at the window, staring at the moon. John placed a paper crane next to me. I pick it up. It was in perfect perfection of a paper crane.

"You've made one."

"Yeah.I learned from a good teacher."

I giggled as John just smiled. A bright light surrounded the room, which made me close my eyes, feeling the brightness all around me.