Chapter 7: Secrets Revealed
Outside the school, pulled up 2 cars. Out of one got out Eleanor Snell, who was wearing some of her casual everyday clothing, while out of the other car, got out Margaret White, who was wearing her casual clothing, which was black gothic Victorian like clothing, which made her look like a Witch or a Vampire.
(Meanwhile, back in the Principal's office…)
Carrie & Sue were still sitting with Miss Desjardin & Principal Morton, waiting for their parents, while Sue was looking at Carrie nervously, but wasn't sure about what she was about to ask her, but Miss Desjardin noticed Sue's looks at Carrie…
"Sue, are you ok?" Miss Desjardin asked in concern, as Carrie noticed Sue's nervous and blushing face…
"What's wrong Sue?" Carrie asked in concern also.
"Carrie, He...he wanna ask you something…" Sue said nervously and blushing. "He wanna go to Prom to you, would you like to go with him?"
Carrie was now blushing nervously, not sure what to say…
"Wait, I thought you were dating Tommy Ross…" Carrie replied nervously.
"Yes Carrie, we were in a relationship months ago, we're still in love. Besides, he's going with me to Prom." Sue replied to re-ensure her secret crush…
"Who wanna go to prom with me?" Carrie asked in concern.
"David Carmody." Sue said nervously.
"I was dating David." Carrie replied.
"Yes Carrie." Sue replied.
"Come on Carrie, this is one in a lifetime chance for you, If that was me, I wouldn't waste it." Miss Desjardin said, trying to encourage her shy student.
"Then… Yes, I'd love to go with David, Sue…" Carrie replied nervously again, before she and Sue beamed into excitement and into a best friend hug, just as Margaret & Eleanor walked in…
Carrie & Sue quickly parted from their hug as they noticed their mothers come in, while blushing, smiling, and giggling quietly.
"We… That was… different…" Margaret said in surprise, trying not to laugh herself.
"What was that all about?" Eleanor asked also in surprise, while trying not to laugh herself…
"Should I tell him, or do you want to tell them, Carrie?" Sue asked, also still trying not to laugh, and was still blushing.
"Mama… David invited me to Prom…" Carrie said nervously, unsure of what or how her mother was going to say or react to this news…
"Are you serious?! That's wonderful news sweetheart!" Margaret beamed with excitement, learning that now someone was willing to accept Carrie for who see was, she instantly gave her daughter a massive hug, as Eleanor did the same to Sue, putting some happiness on Miss Desjardin's face also, while unaware to them, Chris & some of the other Mortimer Snerds, were watching from outside the Principal's Office, in anger & disgust, determined to do whatever to sabotage & destroy this revolting development…
(Later on the way back to White Farm…)
After learning of Chris's mean prank from Principal Morton & Miss Desjardin, Carrie and Margaret, took off home for White farm, while Sue and Eleanor left also for their home as well. Along the way, Carrie did tell her mother of the fact her hyper speed kicked in during volleyball practice, as well as destroying Chris's phone with her intense heat ray vision. Carrie knew that her parents had made it clear that she could never use her powers while outside of home, but Margaret and Ralph knew and understood that with all that Chris and the other Mortimer Snerds were being like to her, ever since 6th Grade, it was difficult for their daughter…
Carrie and Margaret then pulled up into the garage of their home on their farm, just as Ralph was walking up to the family house, in his hunting clothing, along with his double barrel shotgun, as well as a couple of shot foxes, that had been trying to eat some of the chickens again.
Ever since he and Margaret found Carrie in the ship that brought her to earth, as well as knowing that his daughter was an alien krypton from beyond the stars, Ralph had given just as much love to Carrie, as he did for Margaret and the rest of his family. As Carrie grew up, as well as developed her powers and other unique abilities, and was still growing, Ralph became extremely worried about Carrie, not the extents of facts of how powerful she would become, but mainly the fact that if anyone knew of her powers, as well as her true origin, they'd reject her even more, that those who already saw & treated Carrie as an outcast…
"Hello Maggie, Hello Carrie." Ralph greeted his wife and daughter.
"Hello Ralph." Margaret greeted her husband back.
"Hi Dad." Carrie greeted her father back also.
"How's my little girl?" Ralph asked as he gave Carrie a warming hug.
"Well actually, I've got some good news and some bad news, which would you like to hear first?" Carrie replied, while asking her question.
"The bad news please." Ralph said, with slight worry.
"Chris Hargensen & her friends had been pranking Carrie again, along with Sue Snell, which resulted in Carrie destroying her phone with her heat ray vision… they may have also been Carrie's true hyper speed during volleyball practice…" Margaret explained.
"Sorry Dad, I know how you & Mama always tell me not to use my powers away from home…" Carrie said nervously to her father.
"That's ok sweetheart, I understand it's hard around people like Chris, but maybe consider that a learning curve. Anyway, what's the good news?" Ralph asked in concern and wonder of excitement.
"David asked me to go with him to Prom." Carrie replied.
"Oh, that's brilliant to hear Carrie!" Ralph said, as he hugged Carrie again, as well as Margaret smiling.
(Later that night…)
Margaret & Ralph were downstairs, Clearing up the kitchen, as well as watching films in the living room, while Carrie was sleeping in her upstairs bedroom. As Carrie slept in her bed, she started shuddering and shivering…
Downstairs, the house felt like it was being hit by a mini earthquake, Margaret saw that the vibrations were coming from Carrie's room, while Ralph noticed glows coming from the barn outside, as it was scaring some of the animals outside, such as the pigs and the hens…
Margaret & Ralph quickly rushed up to Carrie's room, and opened the door, to see their baby girl shuddering and shivering, almost like she was having a seizure. Without hesitation, they woke up Carrie in major worry and concern, who woke up almost as if nothing happened…
"Mama? Dad? Wha-what's going on? What's wrong?" Carrie asked like she'd shot up from a bad dream…
"We don't know, we thought the house was being hit by an earthquake, but the vibrations were coming from in here… Are you ok Carrie?" Margaret explained and asked in concern…
"Yeah, but I was having a really strange dream, I was dreaming of some unknown place, and I could see were two shadowy figures speaking, before everything went black… I could also hear some strange noises…" Carrie replied, while explaining her unknown dream, as Ralph looked over to the barn where the glowing came from…
"Carrie… There's something we need to show you…" Ralph said nervously…
(Later in the barn…)
Carrie & her parents made her way to the barn, while Margaret & Ralph had told Carrie something that they told her for a long time, of when they told her she was adopted by them, but they never told Carrie of where she really came from, but they had a clue to where… a clue that they had kept in their barn ever since it came to earth, with Carrie inside it…
They all then came to couple of doors in the barn ground, locked by large rusting chains and a padlock. Ralph tried ro unlock the padlock, but it was so rusty, it wouldn't unlock… until Carrie decided to rip the chains off with her immense strength…
Carrie and her parents then went into the underground barn, before Ralph removed a large sheet from over a large object, revealing to be the pod like ship they found Carrie, all those years ago…
"What is that? It looks like some kind of…" Carrie gasped in shock, as well as wonder…
"We know Carrie… this was what we found you in, It came crashing from the sky, nearly ramming us off the road years ago... " Ralph explained, as Carrie tried to touch the ship, causing it suddenly give more glows to colour, before Carrie saws images flashing through her mind…
*Flashback to 1995…*
After Margaret & Ralph found baby Kara, now named as Carrie, Margaret waited in the truck, not letting go of Carrie, while gently rocking her, as Carrie stayed calm and happy. At that moment, a large dump truck, as well as a car, pulled up behind Ralph's truck. Out of the Dump Truck, got out some of Ralph's Construction worker friends, who went to find Ralph at the crash site, while out of the Car, got out Maragret's parents: Judith & John Brigham, white out of the Car, got out Ralph's parents: Caroline & Daniel White, who went to Ralph's truck, to see if their daughter was alright, as Margaret got out of the truck, to introduce them to the newest member of their family…
"Margaret, sweetie, are you ok?" Judith called as they approached Margaret, before noticing & gasping at the innocent infant in a warm red blanket, in Margaret's arms… "Oh my god, is that your baby?"
"The baby?" Caroline asked in concern.
"Not exactly…" Margaret replied slightly nervously, as they all noticed Ralph, his parents and his friends hauling the pod like ship into the back of the dump truck to keep it hidden, just as John realised what Margaret meant…
"Are you saying… this baby was in that ship?! That she's some kind of alien?!" John gasped in worry.
"Sshhh! Calm down Dad, don't shout, you'll frighten Carrie." Margaret calmed down her father, as Carrie gave a worried gurgle, as Margaret calmed her down too...
"Carrie?" Caroline asked in concern.
"Who's Carrie?" Daniel asked in concern.
"For an alien, she looks so human, and beautiful." Judith said in awe, as Carrie gave a happy gurgle at her grandma…
"She was a human, no way." Caroline replied.
"The ship said she's an alien called Kara Zor-El, there's no way I can give up this beautiful baby girl." Margaret said, while still gently rocking Carrie.
"Kara Zor-El?! It can't be! She was an alien?!" Daniel gasped in worry.
"I know, Dad." Ralph replied.
"Her real name?" Caroline asked in concern.
"Are you sure that you can look after her?" John asked in concern.
"It's not about how much, dad, it's about protecting her. I can't give her up to an adoption centre and tell them she's an alien we found in a forest, they'd either never believe me, or even freak out and have her taken away to research facility and be locked up and experimented on, I can't do that this to my baby girl, or any baby girl for that matter. Besides we have enough of that, to protect our family secrets from the rest of the world." Margaret replied sternly in determination to her reluctant father.
*Flashback Ends*
"Carrie? Are you ok?" Margaret asked nervously.
"So… all this time… you knew… I am… an alien?!" Carrie said with shock.
"We couldn't tell you at the time we told you we adopted you, we were really worried for you, if the world knew you were from another world, they'd likely reject you, much worse than what you've told us of Chris and her friends behaviour towards you, despite them not knowing anyway…" Ralph replied nervously too.
"W-why?" Carrie squeaked, starting to cry, as Margaret hugged and comforted her.
"Because unfortunately, people these days are afraid of what they don't understand… even though we didn't understand we loved you so much, there was no way we were going to give up to someone else, especially if they never understood worse than we knew about you… you'll always be our baby, Carrie, there's way more to family, than just bloodline…" Margaret replied in comforting tones.
"You're right Mama, even if I am from someone else from the sky, you'll always be my family to me…" Carrie replied, calming down, as Ralph joined in the hug… "But... What if Sue, Tommy, David and his parents find out?" Carrie replied nervously.
"We understand your concerns sweetheart… she probably will one day…" Margaret replied calmly again.
"But whether she accepts or rejects you Carrie, we'll always be there for you." Ralph also said calmly, as Carrie gave a small but happy smile, knowing whatever the outcome of her, Sue, Tommy, and David would be, his parents would be there for her…
To Be Continued...