Summary: Rachel Berry gets in an accident when she was 8 which gave her super powers. 6 years later she starts her first year of high school managing to keep her secret from the student body of McKinley High, but one thing leads to another and the two most popular (lesbian) girls of WMHS find out her secret. What will Rachel do now? Pezberry and Faberry I don't know which one is endgame yet.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything. If I did, Finchel would be completely obliterated out of the whole show faster than Brittany could chase ducks (Which is really fast)
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Rachel just stood there for a few seconds. The only thought in her mind was 'I'm on fire.' She held up both of her hands in front of her face to examine them closely. There was nothing different about them, except that her skin had gained a shiny, almost rock-like texture and upon closer inspection, Rachel noticed that it wasn't her skin that had the shiny, rock-like texture. It was a thin layer of crystal that covered it. Rachel checked all over her body and saw that the crystal had covered her like a second skin. Somehow, it reminded Rachel of the same thin layer of crystal that she saw on the comet a year ago. Rachel felt a smile slowly creep on her face. 'I have superpowers' she thought in wonder. 'I need to figure out what I can and can't do. I need to find out my limits and I need-' her thoughts were interrupted when she heard her daddy's voice from inside the house.
"Rachel? Sweetie, where are you?"
Panic shot through the little girl's body faster than lightning. Rachel's eyes widened. She immediately looked for a way to put out the massive lump of fire that was her body. She knew that she had a few seconds to think of a way to put it out, and for a moment she wanted to know if she could control it enough to extinguish the fire by herself. That thought was put at the back of her mind for future…experiments, but for now she needed a faster way to turn back her body back to normal.
"Are you out by the pool?"
Leroy's voice coming closer made Rachel's panic multiply tenfold, but something in what her daddy said registered in her mind. 'THE POOL!' and at the same second the thought entered her mind, she had ran in the direction of the pit filled with water a few feet away. Faster than she knew her body could move, Rachel had jumped in the pool just as Leroy opened the sliding door that lead to the Berry's backyard patio.
Cold feeling of the water hitting Rachel's face seemed to calm her down enough to believe that her body had returned to its original state, and when the need for air became too great, Rachel poked her head out of the water. Leroy was looking at his daughter with a very confused look on his face. The sun was almost down and he had just found his daughter swimming with an overly fake smile on her cute little face. Something was definitely up. "Sweetie, why are you swimming, when it's almost dark out? You're going to get sick!" Rachel's smile lessened up a little and slowly got out of the pool.
"Sorry Daddy, I was just feeling a little hot today." She had subtly noticed that her clothes were wet and did not look like it was burned in anyway. Leroy kept looking at her with the same confused look on his face. Rachel ignored her daddy and kept walking into the house. She ran straight up to her bedroom to get changed. Hiram was going to get home soon, and Rachel knew that if her dad saw her he would go ballistic and Rachel was in no mood to deal with an angry gay Jewish man. There were more things to think about, like her new superpowers for example.
For the rest of the night, Rachel had seemed distracted and distant from her fathers. Leroy and Hiram had suspected that it had something to do with her missing report card, so they left the girl alone to her thoughts. Meanwhile, Rachel had decided that she was going to learn everything she could about her powers, so she wouldn't put anybody around her in danger. She had decided to sneak out that night to go to a small forest not far from her house.
When Rachel was sure that her fathers had fallen asleep, Rachel opened her door very slowly, making sure that she didn't make any noise that would alert her father's about her presence. She slowly crept around the house carrying a backpack that contained things that the girl thought she might need for her experiments. It wasn't hard for Rachel to find her way in the dark. She knew her house inside out, and she can navigate herself around it even with a blindfold on. Rachel decided to use the backdoor, mainly because she was sure that the front door made a loud creaking noise when it was getting opened halfway. Rachel slipped out into the cold night, absorbing the beauty of the moon that hung high in the sky. Cold wind blew, which kick started Rachel's body. She ran towards the wooden fence at the end of the Berry property, making sure to stay low and sticking to the shadows. When she had successfully climbed through the Berry's wooden fence, she became more relaxed and started running towards the direction where the forest was.
As soon as Rachel saw the beginning of the forest, she stopped and took out a flashlight from her backpack before continuing on her forbidden journey. To be honest, Rachel didn't really need the flashlight. The moon had provided her enough light to see just as well as she could if it was in the middle of the day, but the flashlight was just a weapon against the imaginary monsters that lurk in the forest.
She might have superpowers, but she is still a child.
It took Rachel a few minutes to find the perfect spot for her to test out her new superpowers. She had found a small clearing with enough space for her to try out a few things. Rachel walked over to a tree and gently set down her backpack beside it. She took out a folded piece of paper and a pencil. Time to make a list of what she could do, but first she needs to learn how to "turn on/off" her powers. She set down her paper and pencil on the grass, and walked toward the middle of the small clearing and sat crossed legged. Rachel had no idea what she was doing, but she had a few ideas to get her powers to turn back on. Rachel thought about her burnt up report card, trying to remember the anger she felt towards her P.E. teacher. She wanted to recall the emotions that brought forth the power of the comet. Rachel felt power surging through her body, but her hands were still the same as they were. 'I can feel it. I just need to let it out and control it' Rachel closed her eyes and imagined a giant fire covering her body. She felt the power slowly getting out. She clenched her hand and opened her eyes.
Rachel let out a whoop of joy when she saw her whole body shimmer with a second skin made of crystal and it was also covered in red hot fire. Thinking of the first thing that she wanted to do, Rachel turned around and dashed to the closest tree, leaving a trail of fire behind her. The tree was pretty average in height, but what Rachel wanted was its width. With a grunt, Rachel drew back her crystallized fist, and landed a scorching punch at the stout tree, closing her eyes at the last second. Rachel was surprised to feel her fist almost sink into the trunk. When she opened her eyes, Rachel gasped at what she saw. The tree used to be a very healthy, very fat tree, but now it looked like a giant charcoal that was shaped like a tree. Rachel withdrew her fist and saw that she had made a whole into it. She could see the tree right behind the one she just punched, and on its trunk was a rather large burnt spot.
Rachel couldn't stop the smile that crept on her face. She felt bad for the tree, but she couldn't help but yell out a loud "YEAH!" into the night. 'I'm going to master this. I'm going to use my powers to help people. I'm still going to be a Broadway star. I'm just gonna be a superhero on the side'
Those were her last thoughts before she clenched her fist and extinguished the fire and returning back to normal
*S*
5 years later…
Santana Lopez slammed her locker shut. Her first day of school has been amazing so far. The red cheerio uniform she wore gave her unlimited power over everyone in this stupid school. Her best friend, Quinn Fabray, had been called to Sue Sylvester's office a few minutes ago, and Santana had been waiting for Quinn with Brittney for ten minutes.
"Do you think that Sue's ninja penguins ate Q?" inquired the ditzy blonde.
Santana smiled at the tall blonde beside her. "Where did you hear that stupid rumour?"
"I think I saw one of them reporting to Sue when I walked by her office after practice yesterday." Brittany said with a serious face. Santana was about to say something about Brittany's eyes getting checked by a doctor, but Quinn had showed up from Sue's office. Her beautiful face was scrunched up in a frown. "Sue said that we should establish control by terrorizing some losers around here. Let's go"
Santana rolled her eyes and followed the blonde when she turned around and started walking away. Brittany linked her pinkie finger with Santana before walking beside her.
AN: Hey readers! I decided to post this early because I'm going to U.S. tomorrow and I won't be back in a few days. Anyways, I have decided that this is going to be a Pezberry fic. Sorry if you wanted something else, but I might make a Faberry fic soon.
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NEXT TIME: Santana and Rachel meet when one of Rachel's superpower experiments goes wrong…
