Me: Sorry for the lateness of this chapter you guys. I've been real busy, but here it is. Please review.
Disclaimer: (See Chapter 1)
PS: Courtney's nickname is Squiggles.
It was a very beautiful day. I got ready like always, ate breakfast like always, and went to school like always.
"Going to show Steven your powers today?"
I gave Courtney one of those quite-asking-me looks.
"Hey."
I turned around and Steven was behind us.
"Hey."
Courtney eyed him wearily.
"Did I do something wrong?" Steven asked.
"No," Courtney replied. She stopped beside Steven as she was walking by. She leaned close to his ear. "But you tell anyone about our powers, I'll take you out personally."
She walked off. Steven looked at me.
"She… doesn't like me… does she?"
"She pretty much doesn't like people without powers," I said. "She felt the same way with Ariel. She didn't think she had powers, but Ariel does. She hasn't harnessed them completely yet. She can turn invisible and walk through walls and people. Sometimes when she's trying to get to class quicker, she'll try going through the walls. But sometimes half way she'll get stuck inside and has to wait to regain her powers back. Ands don't worry about Courtney. She'll like you in no time."
"When are you showing me?"
"After school," I replied. "Bye."
I left for first period.
The day went by pretty slow. 3:08 felt farther away than sooner… and it was 3:07. I was practically falling asleep in my chair.
Someone hit me.
"Rocky! The bell rang 30 seconds ago."
I opened my eyes abruptly and saw Lea beside me.
"Thanks Lea."
I grabbed my backpack and stood from my seat.
"Steven's waiting outside," she added.
I nodded. We walked out of the classroom.
"You wanna come with Steven and me?" I asked.
"To show our powers?" I nodded. "Sure."
We went out the back way.
"What can you do Lea?"
"Ice powers and healing," she said.
"Healing is always helpful," Steven said. "What about your other friends?"
"Well Sheilee can-"
"Hey! Wait up guys!"
We turned around.
"Ah! Speak of the devil," I said. "Sheilee!"
She stopped in front of us and saw Steven.
"Who's the new guy?"
"This is Steven," I said.
"Hi."
"Hey," Sheilee said. She came up to me and whispered, "You do realize he has no powers, right?"
"Yeah."
"Then what is he doing hanging around you guys?"
"I helped him out of a pickle," I said. "And in return, I'm showing him our powers."
"What?" Sheilee shouted.
I pressed my hand against her mouth.
"Sh! Will you calm your ass down," I said. "He's already promised not to tell anyone."
I removed my hand.
"Oh, okay."
I shook my head.
"Let's go to the park," Lea said.
We arrived ten minutes later. We went to our favorite tree.
"Steven, stand on my right." He did so. "Now hold on."
"The mound of dirt we were standing on rose slowly into the air to the top of the tree. We stepped onto the protruding branch. Sheilee used her wind powers and Lea used her ice powers.
"Wow," Steven said. "Those are so cool."
"Heh. I thought you'd say so."
"What else can you three do?"
"Watch this," Sheilee said. She took off her backpack and pulled Chino out of her bag. "Okay Chino. Jump into the air and stay."
He did so and didn't come back down."
"How'd he defy the laws of gravity?" Steven asked.
"I can control ferrets and the wind," Sheilee answered.
"Awesome."
"Your turn Lea," I said.
She pulled out her pocketknife.
"Steven, hold still." She grabbed his hand and cut into his palm. He flinched, but other than that, he seemed fine. Lea then held her hand above his. A white light formed onto Steven's hand. The cut started closing. "And that's how my healing works."
He looked at his hand and examined it.
"Alright Rocky. Your turn," Sheilee said.
"Well you already saw my Earth powers, so I'll show you fire and wind." I put my palm up and stared at it. Fire erupted into my palm. I used my other hand for the wind. It picked up quickly and put the fire out. "Now watch the pond."
"Okay."
Water rose into the air and slowly came towards us. It stopped right in front of me. I had it in between both hands. I did a few hand motions and the water formed into a tiger, then a wolf, and last a dragon.
"Woohoo!" Sheilee shouted.
"Way to go Rocky."
"That looks like your dragon for your skateboard," Steven said.
"Yeah."
The water dropped to the ground.
"Your dragon for your skateboard?" Sheilee asked confused.
"You never told us about that," Lea added.
"I didn't want to show you or tell you until it was finished," I said. "Steven saw it yesterday."
"Oh. Sorry. I didn't know."
"No," I said. "Its okay. I just won't show the finished project until M&M finishes it."
"Eminem?" Steven asked. "The Rapper?"
"No, like the candy," I said. "His birth name is Clarence. He hates the name. So since he loves M&M candies, we gave him the nickname M&M. He loves the name."
Steven checked his watch.
"I have to go," he said. "I'll see you later."
"Yeah. Maybe this weekend?"
"Can't. Have to go work at my dad's shop," Steven said.
"Okay. See ya Monday."
He climbed down the tree and left.
"He seems like an okay kid," Sheilee said.
"Yeah."
"What do we do now?"
"You can come to my house and play Kingdom Hearts 2."
We looked above us and Courtney was standing, upside down, on the branch above.
"Show-off," I said.
"Sorry Squiggles," Sheilee said. "I have to go."
"See ya Sheilee," Lea said.
"Take care guys."
She stood up on the branch, jumped and landed in a crouch like a ferret, stood up and left, carrying Chino in her arms.
"Anyone?" Courtney asked.
"Sorry Courtney," Lea said. "I should be going."
She got down from the tree and left. Courtney raised herself up, grabbed the branch her feet were stuck to, and dropped down to my branch.
"So…" she said. "You really trust him huh?"
"Yes, I do."
"Raven came to me and said she sensed jealousy in his soul."
"I know."
We were silent for a few minutes.
"Well, if you can trust him, I suppose I will too."
I looked at her.
"I'll come spend the night and play KH with you," I said. "Let's go."
She placed her hand on my shoulder and teleported us to her house. We went to her room and played Kingdom Hearts. We beat the game a few hours later. Then we played Kingdom Hearts 2 for about three hours and beating it.
"You should call your mom."
I stood up, left the room, and got the phone. I called the house.
Ring! Ring! Click!
"If you have my son, give him back to me now!"
"I'm at Courtney's Ma!"
"Are you okay?"
"Yes mom. I'm fine. We went to the park."
There was a sigh of relief on the other end.
"You staying over?"
"Yeah," I said. "I'll be fine, promise."
"All right," she said. "I love you."
"I love you too mom."
"Bye."
"Bye."
She hung up first, then me. I returned to Courtney's room after putting the phone on the charger.
"Everything okay?" she asked as she saw my face.
I sat down on her bed and grabbed my controller.
"Yeah."
"I don't believe you."
She turned the game off and gave me her full attention. I sighed.
"My mom is always worried that I've been kidnapped every time I'm late or I don't call her," I explained. "I love her and all, but she's getting very annoying. My father gets angry if I don't tell him where I'm at or where I'm going and Venus rarely talks to me. My life was pretty much normal until that day Slade-" I stopped and shuddered slightly. "Anyways, things aren't the same as they used to be."
I stared off into space.
"Things will get better," Courtney said. "I promise you that."
She turned the game back on and continued playing.
I hope so C. I hope so.
(Fade to black)
Me: So I confess how I really feel about my family situation. Kind of sad really. Anyways, please leave a review. Iwill not be here this weekend, so there won't be an update until next week, maybe even on Sunday night when I get home. I'll work on it some before Friday. I might even have it posted on Friday depending if I can have computer time. Take care and I'll catch you all later.
Edit: Made spelling corrections that chino The ferret mentioned.
Rocky-White Wolf of Curses