Ha! I wrote this faster then I normally do! So praise the Element Guardian. Waits for applause but gets nothing but cricket sounds.

Anyways, do you people like me posting the little preview to the next chapter, or is it a big spoiler? Just curious.

Disclaimer: I don't own Sky High, but Winifred, Kelly, Kerri, Cassidy, Rick, Jim, lots of other characters that you are going to meet in this chapter, and this story idea are mine. Please give me credit where it is due.

Song of Heroes

Chapter 4

Chains Left Behind

Kelly waited until the bus took Warren to Sky High till she crawled out of bed. She walked into her bathroom and took a quick shower. The hair charms and wraps clinked against one another while she shampooed and conditioned her hair. They also got in her way when she tried to comb her hair out.

For the hundredth time that week alone, Kelly wondered why she kept them in her hair. Most of the hair wraps weren't even colors that she liked.

After getting dressed in a pair of billowy black caprees that looked almost like a skirt and a lacy green tank top that easily exposed her midriff and every scar that decorated her arms, Kelly made her bed. She placed Bob on top of her pillows.

When she walked into the kitchen, she saw Cassidy and Kerri working on breakfast and Rick was fiddling with a boom box. There was no sign of Jim.

Kerri had her hair pulled back and a off the shoulders sweater that did not entirely cover her midriff. It was striped black and gold. Her form fitting jeans had deep purple embroidery.

Cassidy was wearing a form fitting pair of jeans and a black lacy shirt that looked just like Kelly's green one. Her waist length long hair fell in slight curls down her back.

"Morning everyone," Jim said. He was wearing a black button down shirt and a pair of jeans. He leaned down and kissed Cassidy.

"Ew…stop that!" Kelly cried as she pushed Jim away from her sister.

Rick looked up from the electronic he was tinkering with. "I'm agreeing with our leprechaun, wait until Cassidy's done cooking, Jim."

Kelly punched Rick's head with her fist. Rick had a big long list of nicknames for Kelly, and she did not like a single one of them.

"Thanks kid," Rick said as he affectively finished the boom box. "That blow showed me how to fix this thing."

"Is anyone else worried that Kevin hasn't caught up with us yet?" Kerri said as she put down a stack of pancakes.

"He'll be here soon," Kelly responded.

With that the music was turned up, and it seemed to shake the house. No one minded the noise. In fact it was welcomed.

About half an hour later Cassidy heard that someone was pounding on the door.

"Don't answer it," Jim begged. "I'm not in the mood to socialize."

"You're never in the mood to socialize," Kerri bluntly pointed out.

"It's probably the neighbors asking us to turn down the music," Cassidy said with a laugh. She turned the stereo down; earning herself glares from Kerri, Kelly, Jim, and Rick.

Cassidy opened the door and gasped. Kerri and Kelly came up on either side of their sister and scowled.

Principle Powers and the older two Strongholds frowned down on the sisters. This was not how they imagined the three.

The three adults looked the three sisters over.

"May we come in?" Principle Powers asked sweetly.

Kelly shook her head. Kerri snorted. Cassidy let the three in.

Jim and Rick came out of the kitchen and scowled at the unwanted visitors.

"Do your parents know that these young men are here?" Principle Powers asked.

Rick smirked and began to approach Principle Powers. While he advanced, he transformed into her. "No, we snuck in here last night while Mr. and Mrs. Heart were sleeping."

"No need to be sarcastic because you have gender issues," Mr. Stronghold replied.

Rick took his own form back and prepared to punch the Commander. Kerri caught her fiancé's arm before he could do something so stupid. She quickly led him away.

"Now are you going to be stupid too?" Mr. Stronghold said with cocky grin. Jim did not show a sign of responding.

Instead a knife flew past the Commander's head. Kelly stood there proudly from across him. "If you ask me, you're the one who is acting like an idiot. But my mother always told me that there wasn't much in your head. Jim and Rick can easily take you on."

Principle Powers and Mrs. Stronghold both had to hold the man back. Cassidy wrapped one of her arms protectively around Kelly's shoulders.

"Well looks like I can't leave you three alone for a few days without you gals getting yourselves in trouble," a young man said. He had red hair and looked to be a couple years older than Kerri.

The man pulled Kelly's knife from out of the wall.

"I hope you haven't been causing trouble Jim," a woman said as she entered with a second man. Both the woman and the second man had bright blonde hair and clear blue eyes.

"We should probably go," Mrs. Stronghold said. She pulled her husband out of the house.

Principle Powers eyed Cassidy and Kelly. "I'll expect to see Kelly at school very soon."

When Powers and the Strongholds left, a sigh of relief was released.

"Thank the Gods they're gone," the blonde woman said.

"What are you relieved about?" Cassidy asked. "You don't even know them."

The red haired man smiled. He shook Jim's hand before putting Kelly in an effective head lock. Kelly squealed and tried to pry herself free.

Something hard ricocheted off of the red head's head.

"Kevin, let go of my sister!" Kerri yelled.

Kevin snorted and made no move to release his prisoner. "She's my sister too you know."

"And that gives you a right to torture her?"

Nodding Kevin released Kelly. "Yeah, but if you don't want her to be tortured, there's always you."

Kerri yelled as Kevin grabbed her around her waist and threw her on to the couch. She laughed as he assaulted her sensitive sides with fingers skilled in tickling.

"You'll excuse us if we just greet you with a hug, wont you Jim?" the blonde haired man said. Jim laughed and embraced his older brother and sister.

Kevin McGraw Heart was the Heart sisters' adopted brother. He had been traveling with them almost as long as they had been traveling. His original family had disowned him when he lost a sacred family heirloom. Though he never gave up the dream of returning to the McGraw family, he had only just begun to acknowledge the fact that he was never going to his original home. Still he searched for a way to retrieve the heirloom.

Daren Royale and Serene Royale were twins and older than Jim by a couple of years, at least. They seemed the exact opposite of Jim. They were light haired and fair skin and their eyes did not have that empty look that Jim's did.

The older set of Royale twins could have large, pure white, feathery wings and little halos over their head, when they wanted too. For the most part they were the angel that would sit on a person's shoulder, advising him to do well.

Jim's powers were more like the powers his twin sister, Angelica, had. They had big, black, bat like wings and the power to summon demonic beings.

That was why Jim and his older siblings had begun their own search. He wanted to be an angel and not a devil.

"It looks like Kelly going to school is going to happen," Serene said.

Kerri looked up from the tattoo she was drawing on Kevin's arm with a blue permanent marker. "We knew that she was going, we just didn't think it would be Sky High."

"The most conservative super powers school you will find," Rick said with a laugh. He was still unhappy about his encounter with the Commander.

"Kelly just has to go to a high school," Daren pointed out, "they never said which high school."

"It will be Sky High. Powers and the Strongholds will pull every string of authority they have to make sure Kelly goes to Sky High," Cassidy said with a scowl.

"Maybe not, now that they know she creates flesh weapons," Darren pointed.

"Nah, they'll just throw her down into the side kick club," Kerri said as she began to put the finishing touches on the tattoo.

"I'll hold who ever is making the decision at arrow point so that they make me a hero," Kelly said with a smirk.

Kevin took his arm and punched it forward. "That's my baby sister; show them what it means to be a Heart."

It was only after Kerri had drawn a mustache on his face did Kevin realize he had punched forward with the arm that Kerri had been decorating.

The laugher began with Kelly and stretched to her sisters and Rick. Not long after, Darren and Serene began to laugh as well. Jim followed shortly after. When everyone else was laughing, Kevin began too.

Warren walked into the Heart house.

"Kevin I swear if you weren't…" Kerri's voice yelled from the kitchen.

"If I wasn't what Kerri? A snake in the grass? Hate to break it to you sister, but that's what I am," a male voice, probably Kevin, yelled back.

"Shut up, the both of you," Cassidy yelled.

"Hey Warren," Rick greeted. His brown, golden streaked hair was tied back. "Unshaken by yesterday's events, I see."

"Something like that," Warren said.

"No if you weren't a low life McGraw, I might be able to call you my brother," Kerri yelled. Kevin did not yell another insult back, signaling that Kerri had reopened a deep wound.

Rick's face paled. "Excuse me Warren. I'm going to make sure that Kerri doesn't use the big guns anymore now that she pulled them out."

Warren felt very confused.

"Kevin is my older brother," Kelly explained as she walked up beside Warren. "My parents adopted him about the first year into our journey. His family had disowned him because he made a stupid mistake. As you can see the McGraws aren't the best people in the world. When Kerri really wants to get under Kevin's skin, she just reminds him that he is a McGraw and not a Heart."

"Where is Kevin from?" Warren said, noting that he had an accent.

"Ireland. And before you are ask, Jim and Rick are from London."

"Why does Rick look different from yesterday? I mean his hair wasn't high lighted yesterday or so long," Warren pressed.

Kelly thought for a minute. "Rick doesn't really have his own form any more, so it's hard for him to keep one form constantly. Listen, it's really not my place to say, and it's a tender topic for Rick, so drop it."

"Where was Kevin yesterday?"

"He took a different route than us to get here," Kelly responded. "How was school today?"

"Okay, I guess."

"Your friends scared of me?"

Warren smiled and shook his head. "No, they think your powers are the coolest thing since cool was invented."

"That's a refreshing change. Most people consider flesh weapons a big taboo and dangerous," Kelly said with a slight smile.

"I can understand why they would be considered dangerous, but why taboo?"

Kelly shrugged.

At that moment Kerri and a red haired man were blasted out of the kitchen by this black energy force. Cassidy lowered her hand and turned on her heal.

"Warren, meet my brother Kevin. Kevin, this is Warren Peace from next door," Kelly said in introduction.

Kevin nodded his hello before turning into snake and sliding away. Kerri ran after him, muttering apologizes. Warren and Kelly laughed quietly.

Next Time:

Kelly stepped out of the way the car as it came slamming down.

"SIDEKICK!" Boomer yelled at Kelly. She didn't flinch as the sonic wave came over her.

"You should've said you wanted me to do something instead of just dropping a car on top of me. That just tends to make me mad."

The crowd of kids whispered among themselves, never had anyone stood up to the Sonic Boom during evaluation. They had heard from Will and Layla that this new girl had cool powers, but she was awesome just for her little show right here.

"Then us your powers," Boomer barked.

Kelly shrugged out of her jean jacket. The room gasped at how many scars Kelly had. She placed her hand on a rather large scar on her left arm and pulled a sword from it. She then attacked Boomer using long powerful strokes, until she pinned him against the wall. She then pressed the flat edge against his throat.

"I believe the term you are looking for is Hero," Kelly said with a cruel smile.