A few days later.

Yesterday I attended my family's funeral, while there I learned that my parents died the same way Grandma died. Someone or some group wanted my family dead and it was hard to imagine why. My parents were just normal office workers and my grandma was a store clerk. The only thing to consider was…the book.

I hadn't opened it once since I got it, I feared that if I opened that book, the world around me would get more darker.

Today I'm being dropped off at Barry's house where him and his wife, Iris I think her name was, will take care of me. According to the court, before they can adopt me they have to look after me very well for a year to prove that they can be good parents, in the meantime I would be a ward - like Dick Grayson with Bruce Wayne.

As I approached the door with the officer charged with escorting me safely, the door opened as if expecting our arrival to reveal a smiling Barry and a ginger haired woman who I instantly recognised as a reporter from the news.

"Hello Aaron", I said, "my name's Iris. It's nice to meet you." She reached out her hand to shake which I slowly returned. "It's nice to meet you too.", I replied. Barry stepped to the side gesturing for me to come in, "come in and sit down Aaron, we'll be with you in a minute." I nodded and walked inside where I sat down on the nearest couch.

"The rest of his stuff will arrive in 2 days", the officer told the couple, "in the meantime he brought essentials in his bag." "Thanks", Barry replied. The couple closed the door as the officer turned to head back to the car. They turned and walked towards me.

"Are you hungry?", Iris asked me heading to the kitchen while Barry sat on the couch with me. To be honest I haven't noticed until now but I was feeling very hungry, I hadn't eaten in the last few days. "Do you have chocolate chip cookies?", I asked. She smiled, "Of course, Barry here's also a cookie lover. He eats them faster than you can say 'eat'."

I chuckled as Barry's face showed an awkward expression. "Hey, everyone has a sweet tooth, mine just happens to be more needy than others.", he objected. "Would you like me to make some?", she asked ignoring Barry's remark.

I nodded not noticing the smile forming on my face. "Well then", she grinned, "some chocolate chip cookies coming right up." As she turned to the counter and began to bake, I felt a hand on my shoulder causing me to look at Barry. "Look after what happened-", he said. "Please don't", I interrupted him, "I don't want to talk about it, in fact I don't want to hear a single mention of it, makes it easier to move on." Barry took a deep breath. "I understand", he agreed, "alright I won't mention it until you're comfortable." "Thanks", I replied.

"Cookies are ready!", Iris shouted happily as she laid a plate of cookies down on the table. Just as Barry was about to reach for it, Iris slapped his hand away giving him a scolding look. "Aaron do you want the first one?", she offered. I replied by hesitantly reaching for one and taking a bite.

"Oh…my…god!", I whispered.

Barry and Iris looked worried for a minute. "These cookies are amazing!", I shouted with a huge smile on my face which spread to the others. "Glad to see you like them", Iris commented. I ignored her as I began to scoff the cookies earning a protest from Barry, "hey don't eat them all, I want some too." Barry made a grab for as many cookies as he could. Before I began to eat the last cookie, I noticed Iris hadn't eaten any.

"Sorry Iris", I apologised holding out my cookie, "do you want the last one?" "No thank you Aaron but I appreciate the offer.", she declined. I gulped down the last cookie and let out a hum of approval. "Thanks Iris", I said. "You're welcome", she replied, "now that you've had something to eat would you like some sleep, it's quite late."

I agreed by releasing a yawn. "Well ok, I'll take you to your room while Barry sorts out down here", she said. We both stood up as she began to lead me to my room. When we reached it, she opened the door revealing my new bedroom.

It was…a bit peculiar. It had everything a normal room has: a bed, desk and wardrobe, except posters of Central City's resident speedster covered the walls. "Umm I don't mean to sound rude but what's with the posters?", I asked her. She groaned a little, "damn it Wally." "Who's Wally?" I added onto my previous question.

She turned to me. "Wally's my nephew", she explained, "he's my nephew who stays over sometimes, he also brings over a few of his things while he's here since we haven't used the room for anything else before." "Oh cool", I commented. "Don't worry we'll clean it up." "You don't have to do that", I told her, "I actually like superheroes a lot as well."

"Wow you like superheroes and you love cookies, you'll make a lovely addition to the family", she giggled, "anyway I'll be back in a couple of minutes so you can get changed and then we can come to say goodnight." She headed back downstairs leaving me in my bedroom. I got changed into pyjamas and was sat on the bed holding Grandma's book in my hands. I knew it could bring danger but I had to find out why my family were killed and learn about myself. 'Screw it' I thought as I slowly opened the book.

As I skimmed it, I saw pages with information and diagrams relating to kryptonian biology, pictures of a planet which was labelled Krypton and other planets which were also labelled with names. As I reached the last page, I saw a yellow envelope slip out of the book onto the ground. I picked it up and saw that the envelope read 'Aaron'.

I opened it and unravelled the letter inside and began to read:

To my dear Aaron,

If you're reading this, then I fear something terrible has happened to me and you may be in danger. If so, then I wrote this letter as my note. Aaron ever since Superman arrived and people learned about Kryptonians, your parents and I became worried for your safety so we decided to hide it from you. But after a while I decided I didn't want to keep up the lies.

As you grew older, strange things happened with you which were similar to Superman's abilities. I went over Kor-L's notes to see if I could find something to explain it, according to the notes, the yellow sun we have grants Kryptonians access to superhuman abilities. They don't have it on their planet because they have a red sun.

Aaron you must realise that while you have these abilities, they're extremely dangerous. If you use them, whether you're forced to or not, you must remember to always use it for good and never bad.

To help you, you need to find Superman, he'll help you learn more about your abilities and hopefully look after you from those who'll try to harm you.

I wish you luck and remember, beware CADMUS.

Grandma

"Oh Grandma", I whispered to myself. My thoughts were interrupted by a knock coming from the door followed by, "Aaron are you changed?" I quickly hid the book and envelope in my bag and wrapped myself in the duvet. "Yeah", I replied.

The door opened and Iris and Barry came in and stood beside the bed. "Now get some sleep", she said tucking me in, "and tomorrow we can have some more fun." "Yeah maybe we can have a picnic where we can get to know each other better", Barry suggested. "That sounds nice", I answered. Iris nodded before they walked back to the door.

"Guys?", I whispered aloud. They turned back to me. "Thanks."