Once in the office the first thing she knew was that the faculty wanted to know their powers. Rayne, Byrn, and Gail were also perched in the office chairs when she entered. She gave them a look of sympathy, as they returned it. Since there were no more chair s she silently stood next to Gail. Gail seemed to look defiant, Byrn was looking indifferent, and no one ever could tell what Rayne was thinking unless she told them. Which happened rarely.
The administration couldn't just call Mrs. Matters to find out what the girls could do. Mrs. Matters had died. Mr. Matters was vanished. There were no records of the Matters sisters powers.
"All here? Good," Principal Powers said, walking up to them.. She was on edge. It seemed like the whole teaching staff was. Boomer eyed them suspiciously.
"Ladies, as you and I know you've been sent here because you have shown supernatural talents. That can be anything from being telekinetic to laser vision. Frankly girls, we must know your powers for safety and legal reasons." Powers explained and shot a worried glance at Byrn's red eyes at her talk of 'laser vision'. People always assumed that their eyes did freaky things like shoot beams or see through walls, but in reality they all just had regular 20/20 vision. People were just to quick to judge.
Rayne exchanged looks with Byrn. They would love to be kicked out and end their sessions of Sky High hero support but acting like bitches for no reason wasn't appropriate. "Fine, we'll show you,' Rayne said steadily.
"Rayne!" Gail blurted surprised and stared at her. Rayne nodded that it was okay and Gail gave a look of understanding. Powers smiled, finally they were getting somewhere.
"Alright Coach Boomer will lead you in one at a time and you will present your talent," Powers instructed. Rayne went first. They always seemed to automatically do things in order of age. Terra always had to things lastly but she liked being the caboose to her sisters, so it all worked out. Under her fixed nonchalant expression, Rayne was grinning. They went into a medium sized room where Boomer stood with his arms crossed, annoyed that he had to do the whole thing over when they could have just cooperated in the first place.
"Rayne Matters, power up," he said business-like, the click-clicking of his ballpoint pen added extra noise to the quiet room as he took the clipboard out from underneath his arm. She closed her eyes and took a breath to concentrate. What she was about to show him took lots and lots of focus. She held out her hand and he stared at it puzzled. Suddenly drops of water formed on her fingertips and slid down her fingers into her palm to create the tiniest of puddles there.
"That's all?" Coach Boomer asked with shock. He was expecting something scary or amazing. The girl could only conjure droplets of moisture! "Sidekick!" he yelled. She flicked the water in his face and walked out exhausted.
He wiped it off with a well hidden curse and that's when Byrn walked in.
"Power up, Byrn Matters," He said, hoping for something a little more divine than a puddle in palm. She frowned and concentrated as hard as Rayne tried. She lifted her arm and pointed her finger at the Coach. "Well!" he was growing impatient. She beckoned him forward by curling her pointed finger. When he was in range she reached out and touched him --a spark shocked him, knocking him back. "You've got to be kidding me!" he said. All she could do was spark when she touched someone. "Sidekick!" he bellowed and she trudged out.
Gail was next by tradition. She smiled her unnerving smile and stared at the coach. It gave him the heebie-jeebies. "Gail Matters, power up," he said. He knew she didn't have x-ray vision but her stare had him fixated only on her and not what she was doing. The papers on his clipboard rustled a little but he didn't notice. "What's your power?" he asked after a couple moments of being oblivious.
"Gusts of wind," she said. He looked around and it seemed like a light breeze was rustling through the room.
"Can you do anything else?" he asked. Her power had potential . She gave a famous shrug with one of her dainty shoulders. Great, these sisters had everyone scared that they were big and bad but all he had so far was Sprinkle, Sparks, and Breezy. He wanted to get the youngest one in there and finish. He had wasted enough of his day with the stubborn girls. "Sidekick," he marked her as.
Terra's turn. She looked frightened. Why? She glanced around the room nervously. It was easy for her sisters to focus and lower standards but for her it was hard to trick people. She didn't like being dishonest but her promises forced her to be.
"Power up, Terra Matters," Boomer said.
"Alright…"she said meekly, hoping she could do it right and kneeled down ,placing one hand on the floor. She found it hard to concentrate enough to pull it off. She was hoping it wouldn't come out too big. She felt a small child trying to pour their own milk with a full gallon; It never ended well. There would always be an excess of milk falling onto the floor. She sent a rumble through the floor. The carpet rolled like ocean waves under Boomer's feet, he lost his footing and fell. As soon as he hit the ground she bolted up startled, and the tremor stopped. Boomer stared at her with an unnamable expression. Then he started laughing! He laughed and laughed. His day was made.
"Terra Matters, you are a hero!" he yelled.
The exact opposite of what she had tried to do. This meant she would be away from her sisters, the only people who could understand her. This meant people were one step closer to knowing the truth.
