Chapter 3: 13th year

-About 13 years later, Sept. 13-
About 12: 35 am, the back yard of Simms' Manor, a group of 8 adults and 5 kids waited for the clock to strike 12:40am. "Dad, is it gonna hurt?" questioned a slightly queasy, boy as he stood waiting for further instruction from his father.
Tyler look over at Honor before kneeling next to Charlie, "Honestly, Char. Yeah." Charlie paled, "but you'll be fine, I promise." Tyler wrapped one of his arms around his son,as storm clouds rolled in, "now Charlie, I want you to walk out to the center of the yard and wait." Charlie took two wobbly steps forward, before a body flew towards him, warping their arms tight around him. Charlie stood still for a minute, before hugging the girl back, as 3 more kids wandered over to them. "Kari, you got to let go, he gets a "taste" in 3 minutes." Theo replied as he tried to pry his sister off Charlie. "No!" the 12 yr old girl yelped out, "What if he ..."she couldn't bring herself to finish her sentence.
Axel Leans over and whispers in her ear. "I promise Kar, Charlie will be fine, If I'm wrong you can beat me." as he pulled her off charlie and into his arms, kissing the sniffling girl's temple as Charlie made his way to the center of the yard.
The Sky thunders and a brilliant flash lights up the yard, "Any moment now." Holden said as he stands beside Axel, who still has a whimpering girl in his arms,"Yeah, first one to get zapped." Theo added from the other side of Axel,earning a slap on the back of the head, from his sister.
"shut up." Kari order as she turned around in Axel's arms, her eyes never leaving Charlie. In a matter of seconds, a bolt of light, went flying towards, the lone boy, sending his body, hurtling upwards.A Scream filled the air, as Kari tried to run towards Charlie,fighting Axel's hold.
"Let me go" She cried as Theo and Holden Each grabbing on to Karisma's failing arms. A man headed towards the group, scooping up the bawling pre-teen,"Stop it daddy, stop Charlie's hurting." Her pleas nearly unrecognizable due to her sobbing. "Little one, look at Charlie." Caleb calmly asked his baby.
Peering over her shoulder, Kari saw Charlie's glowing body, drifting slowly towards the waiting crowd of family and friends. Charlie land a few feet in front of the group, Kari, jumped out of Caleb's arms and sprinted towards Charlie's seemingly lifeless body,followed closely by the other boys.
dropping to her knees next to Charlie,pulling his head into her lap,"Char, Char. Are you ok?" Karisma asks softly running her small fingers through his sweat drenched hair. Coughing and shaking, Charlie opened his eyes peering at the group now circled around him and Kari."Well Charlie, hows it feel?" Holden asks.
"It feels..." He began but drifted off to sleep, mid sentence, causing Reid to laugh. "Just like his old man, passing out even before testing his new abilities."He said as he slapped Ty on the back."Shut it Garwin, we can't all be like you and blow up a tree before passing out." Tyler shot back as he and Honor bent over to check on charlie."He's got a point."Pogue adds, his hand held tightly in his wife's hand. Tyler pick his son up as Honor helped Kari up."Lets head in, its late and we have an early day a head of us."Honor order, hugging Kari to her side. The group of 8 adults and 5 kids(one sleeping) headed for the house.

-6 months, and 2 more "zappings" later( making it Feburary)-
"Dad, why can't we go to camp this year." Whined a blondhaired, Brown eyed, girl as she ate breakfast with her family. Her Older brother( by like 3 minutes, a fact she pointed out, daily.) looked up from his cereal, awaiting their father's answer.
"Kari, I told you, this is an important year for the boys." Caleb spoke as he peered over his work papers at his daughter. "So Why can't I just go?" She questioned further, her temper slowing growing,"I want to seemy camp friends and I get to be an asst. councler, this year." she added.
Caleb sighed, looking to his wife for help. Sarah just rolls her eyes, as she freshens his coffee. "well..." Kari egged on."Well it wouldn't be safe sending you on your own and don't you want to be here for the boys, as they work with their powers?" he answer/questioned,placing his papers on the table. Theo snorted , prepared for his sister rant on her "babysitters" and not needing them. And he was right, "WHAT!" Kari bolted up from the table, "I'm not a baby, I can take of myself,Thank you very much"
She turned to leave but whipped back around, " AND AS FOR THEIR TRAINING, THEY DON'T NEED A NORMI AROUND!" Karisma finished in a shout, before leaving the room in a huff, fallowed by a door slamming.
Laughter erupted from the table, Caleb's mouth hung open at his daughter's out burst. "Good going dad, now she'll never shut up." Theo stuttered out between laughter as he got up from the table, putting his dishes in the sink, "I don't need any lip from you, now get your sister and get to school" Caleb barked as Theo left the room in laughter, "It will be ok, Hun. Just give her time." Sarah said as she kissed Caleb on the head."sure, but what did she mean by the "Normi" comment." Caleb asked as He got up from the table, wrapping his arms around Sarah.
"It quite simple cal. She doesn't have magic, and your making a big deal out of the boys, coming into power. she's probable feeling left out." Sarah answered, "Maybe we should let her go to camp, even with out the boys." She added as she turned around in Caleb's arms, facing him.
"I don't know, I'll think about it." He replied, caving a little. "But now I need to get to work. Love you." He kisses her sweetly, then heads out the door, leaving Sarah to deal with getting her Moody daughter and bratty son to school.
-some snotty, spoiled, rich kid,private school-
A locker slams open and books are thrown in, before the door is slammed once more. "Well what did the locker do to you know?" came the Sarcastic voice of Axel, as he and Charlie made their way towards Theo's and Kari's lockers. Kari glared at them before storming off towards a group of girls, further down the hall. "Damn, what's up her skirt?" Axel continued, earn three hits to the head, one from each "brother". "She got into with Pop again." Theo clarified as they head towards the gym locker rooms. "what about this time?" Holden asked, as they entered the locker room. "it started off with not being able to go to camp, then escalated to power talk, again." He finished with a sigh as they began to change for gym class. "Poor kid, your dad's gonna drive her crazy, with all that shit." Charlie replied as he sat down on a bench to tie his shoes. "and in return, she'll drive us crazy." Theo said, causing the other to erupted in fowl mutterings.
"LET"S GO BOYS,CLASS STARTS IN 3!"boomed the voice of their teacher. The "sons" followed the others out of the room, each dreading their next run in with Karisma.
-March 3, graveyard-
A Man stand before a set of headstones, that said the fallowing:
"here lyes a woman of great sorrows,
a loving son, who tried his hardest,
to save her empty heart and fleeing soul.
---Evelyn Y. Danvers---

---James H. Danvers
"A man many secrets, stolen in his prime.
Leaving behind a young boy and his mom.
Missed more with every passing day.---
Caleb laid flowers at the base of each grave, followed by pictures of his parents when they were young, before whispering some thing under his breath and got in his car,heading back home.

-March 5, 3:05, Danver's backyard-
The group of 8 adult and 5 kids stood waiting for the storm to roll in.
"Ready Theodore." asked Pogue as he and the "older sons" walked up to him, none saying what they were all thinking, "Would he have twice as much power, because Caleb had twice as much?"
"Yeah, I'll be fine."he answered with a slight hesitation in his voice."where's Kar?" he asked looking around for his twin, his unknown best friend. "mooping over there." Reid said pointing towards a pile of rocks, Karisma sitting on the largest one. Theo walked towards his sister, a sad smile on his face."Hey Stranger."he called up to her as he climbed up and sat next to her.
She looked away from him, and he knew, she was crying. "Hey, hey. I'll be ok. Charlie, Denny and Axel, all made it through safely. I'll be fine."He cooed as he pulled his "baby" sister into a h
"Yeah, but we'll be different,you won't be a "normi" with me anymore."she whispered in a horse voice. "Yeah, but I'll still be your twin, your best friend, no one or power will ever change that."He promised, "Dad's giving me the look, so I better head for the "circle", Love ya Sis." Theo kissed his sister's cheek and climbed off the rock."love you too Thee."She whispered into the darkness as clouds rolled in and lightning flashed as the thunder roared. A minute passed then"Flash" Theo was lifted into the air, power surging threw his body, the group stood in awe watching as the youngest "son" claimed his birth right, just as he was coming down, another flash flew threw the sky and a scream riped threw the air, stunning both adult and child, in to silent fright.
In the shadows, a person watched the scene, with an evil smile on it's face,"Everything is going according to plan, only a few more years, before It can be carried out." and puff it was gone.

who screamed, did Theo get more power and who is the mystery person? contue to read to find out the answer to this questions and many others.
Hope your enjoying my spin on life for the next generation.
Love always
Taffyrose