1. My Powers Get Me Into Trouble
"Are we there yet Kevin?"
My name is Jen Tennyson, and I'm a magical being. Not like your average teenage witch, but I'm close enough! I have these powers that grant me some serious trouble or get me out of sticky situations. My favorite colors are green and black, I like writing in my journal, and I love pestering my cousin Gwen and her boyfriend Kevin Levin.
"We'll get there when we get there." A black haired boy replied, his eyes focused on the road ahead of them. He wore a grey shirt with long white sleeves, blue jeans, and black sneakers. Beside him was Gwen, her long red hair cascading down her back. She too was looking quite irritable.
"Yeah, but how much longer?" I asked, playing with his hair. My green eyes glinted pure mischief, with a spark of life. My brown hair was pinned up in a high ponytail today, held by a green headband. I was wearing my usual attire; navy shirt, green jacket, blue jeans, and white and green sneakers. I had even put a little lip gloss on today. Just because I'm a tomboy doesn't mean I couldn't look pretty.
"Jen, if your so bored, why don't you write in that journal you always carry around? I bet you can write how much of a dork your acting." Gwen replied, giving me the stink eye. I glared back at her, slumping back into the cushion of the moving vehicle. I crossed my arms in defiance before getting out my backpack.
"How about I write about your ugly mug and her equally snarky boyfriend?" I snapped back, my eyes glowing dangerously. Gwen gave me a glare back with her pink tinted eyes. We could go all day with the insults, but I had already brought out the journal. And when I bring out that book, that usually keeps me occupied for a few hours.
"Wait a minute...how come I'm snarky?" Kevin asked, getting another death glare from my oh so favorite cousin. I chuckled before taking out my trusty writing pen. Biting on the top, I started to write.
So here's the lowdown: Me, Kevin, and my "loving" cousin are traveling back from this epic adventure we had outta town. We got to kick some serious alien butt and I learned a few more tricks with my powers. I don't have to chant in ancient Latin like Gwen does, but I can channel my energy in my palms and make cool laser beams! I thought about Grandpa's alien HeatBlast when I was doing this and green fires erupted from my hands! How cool was that?
I smiled, remembering the shocked look on Gwen's face. Ha, I had done something better than she did! So much for Little Miss Perfect!
I can't even utter ill will to her though. She manages to make forcefields, send enemies flying, and even knew martial arts. If anything, I can do fireballs, levitation, and probably some other things. I haven't unlocked every single thing about myself. It aggravates me that Gwen is further in her powers than I am! But she does study her powers in all those spell books she keeps around her house. I'm surprised her parents haven't found out about her strange powers. Well it wasn't like mine knew either. It wasn't fair sometime, hiding my hidden powers from my loved ones and friends at school. It doesn't help that they come at the wrong time in the wrong place! I don't know how many excuse I had to use to cover up my strange powers.
Anyways, recently Grandpa has been trying to find all these Plumber kids to help out with this alien invasion that's secretly been happening. This alien species is called the Highbreed and they think their superior to our race. But we showed them a thing or two about earthlings! That's what this car trip is all about, us returning from this long mission to defeat one of their home bases. I wonder what other powers I can unlock if I try hard enough? Perhaps I can fly like Jetray or fuse with technology like Upgrade. I hope I can get super strength like Four Arms or plant power like Wildvine.
I placed my journal back in my bag as Kevin brought the car to a complete stop in front of my house. Sighing, I slipped out of my seat-belt and opened the car door.
"Finally! Free from confinement and restored my ability to move!" I shouted, dancing in the driveway. "That was too long of a drive!"
"Three hours isn't too long cous..." Gwen replied, rolling her eyes.
"To you that is! I hate being put into enclosed spaces!"
"Ladies, you guys have been fighting the whole trip." Kevin walked between us, placing his hands up. "What's going on between you?"
We both looked at each other before huffing and crossing our arms.
"Nothing I want to discuss with her anyway." I snapped, walking to the front door. "See you guy tomorrow, thanks for the ride home."
"Jen!" Gwen tried to grab my arm, but I dodged at the last second. I whipped my head around, my eyes glowing dangerously green.
"Leave...me..alone!" A burst of power went out from my hands, reminiscent of the shards that came off Diamondhead, and flew right at her. Gwen was too shocked to react fast enough as the shards hit her full on. Kevin ran to her side, blood pouring out of the wounds I gave her.
"Jen...what have you done?" He gave me a sorrowful look, making my anger go down. I blinked, seeing my cousin in front of me in pain. I covered my mouth in awe and went down on my knees.
"Oh my gosh...what did I just do?"