Stop and write about “impossibly big rambling empty house” if you wish. Or you could [[a mind to meander|go back to where the river begins]]. ---- “[[Why is this happening to me]]?” I whispered under my breath. Was this meant to be a curse or a blessing? I honestly have no idea. I took some light quiet steps through this big unknown mansion. Sneaking around like this was a lot harder than expected; the squeaky shiny white floors didn’t help. A loud crashing sound bounced off the walls making my grimace. I froze on the spot. Oh my. Again. For the fifth time since I began this mission, which I only started 2 in a half minutes ago. I knocked something over and this time sounded worse than the rest… I slowly turned my head. Yep, this time it was an antique which was shattered to tiny pieces. To my defense it was dark and that antique was useless. Its rusty small handle had a strange curve and the only other thing I could clearly see in the shattered mess was the gross green brown color. Why would anyone want that cup? I rolled my eyes as I looked up and I spotted another cup, wow that cup was a lot nicer. It had a unique but entrancing shape, a bit like a flower. Actually a lot like a flower. And it was clean unlike the other one. Its gold rimming shimmered from the light…Wait the light. There wasn’t supposed to be light. Everyone should’ve been asleep. I took a glance at the doorway, the source of the light, and was relieved when I didn’t spot anyone, however, I heard rapid strong steps. I should leave. I hurriedly rushed out but not before snatching that nice cup from the rich brown fireplace. I flew through an aesthetic kitchen and a modern living room. Along with some other strange rooms that I couldn’t quite name. Once I made it outside I heard an ear splitting scream. An animal screech. I could guess why, laughing I returned back to my base. My BASE!!! That’s honestly so cool but also something I kind of didn’t want. Only last week I was an ordinary, even boring girl and now I’m in a complicated movie like dilemma. By the way my Base is just my room but calling it that made it sound a whole lot cooler. Right now I’m just being a thief with these powers. I’m fully aware that in the movies someone with these abilities would go around saving people. But I’m not really sure how to do that. Do I wear a costume? How would it look? How do I interact with those I happened to save? I’m also really clumsy, introverted and bad with words. If I tried to save someone it’d just end in total disaster, worse than it was before. However I feel like I shouldn’t hide something like this. I can’t believe that I can fly and shoot ice from my hands. I have no idea how to control these powers though. For example my room/base is currently covered in icicles and it’s been worse. Sometimes it’s even snowing in here. Thank goodness my parents are on vacation for the month, I mean how would I explain something like this? I’ll have my fun now and when they get back I will NEVER use these powers again. I don’t know what they can do and I have to get back to being the perfect child. I’m afraid that if I don't they’ll leave me. A thought that keeps popping into my mind is, [[what if that night never happened]]? I wouldn’t have acquired all these goodies. I do feel bad but I feel good at the moment. The exhilaration, the sound of the wind whooshing by, the clear blue sky! The fear but excitement and a prize (what I stole). Maybe I’ll give these things back someday, probably next month but for now I’m good. Anyways back to that night. I was walking down an empty street after school. Since I’m a great student I do many extracurricular activities and by the time I was on my way home it was dark. I do have a fear of the dark so I had my flashlight on. Then I heard the sound of wheels skidding and hitting something. As well as a few screams. I rushed over to see what was going on because my curiosity always gets the best of me. No one else was there and I watched as the couple in the car ran out and away. That was concerning. Was there something so terrifying that they had to leave their car? [[Something told me to turn around but I continued forward]]. I noticed a glowing blue light coming from the grass. I slowly creeped forward and a strange gooey, blue creature thing popped out. I was quite startled and fell back onto my bum. Then it continued towards me, making me scramble back. I mean it was something strange but honestly not very terrifying. I turned around but slipped on a trail of slime coming from the other side of the street. As I fell I happened to swallow a mouthful of that slime stuff. Which I assume is how I acquired these abilities. I got back up and ran to the other side of the street where I stopped and looked back. To my surprise nothing was there. No slime. No glowing blue creature and not even the car. It felt like a dream but then the next morning I woke up like this. Yes I sadly missed school that day due to my confusion. My parents will definitely confront me on that but I have an excuse. I’ll just say that I was sick. They are quite overprotective so they might be frightened but it’s better than the truth. “Hey anyone in here” - BZZZTTT. That startled me, I’m really jumpy today. I went to check who it was and I made the mistake of opening the door instead of taking a peek through the window. It was someone I had never seen before. The phrase “Stranger, Danger” slipped out of my mouth and I hurriedly tried to close my door but the person blocked my attempt by putting their foot in the way. “Sooo, you’re the girl? Interesting…I mean you’re a kid. It’s weird that the glubby would choose you of all people” he said. “Excuse you! I am very capable of doing things” I confidently told him. I looked him up and down. He was quite a handsome man who had long legs and pretty hands. He was wearing all black and looked like a bodyguard with those clothes. He had brown hair cascading over his eyes but not completely, at all. He had beautiful sparkling hazelnut eyes. He looked Asian but I wasn’t sure. And… he looked my age. “Okay, this might sound like an insult but you don’t look a day over 17 so who are you to call a kid?” I exclaimed at him. He laughed. “I’m actually 18 so technically I’m an adult” he slyly said. I rolled my eyes and said, “Well that’s only a year older than me, I wouldn’t consider you an adult since you act like an arrogant kid” Opps that might have irritated him. He made a face which I actually found funny. It looked like he was constipated but of course I hid my laughter and kept a composed face. He did look serious and I didn’t want to provoke him any further. He grabbed my wrist and started dragging me with him. Who in the world did he think he was? I began yelling, “Hey, let go of me! WHAT THE…bro you have no right to touch me! I actually have the right to call the cops on you!!! My door isn’t even closed!” He stopped in his tracks. “Thank goodness you stopped, now let me go!” He turned around to face me and said, “I can’t, we can go close your door but my boss needs to see you. Glubby chose you and so now you have many responsibilities to bear. If you come with me you’ll learn more about your powers and why you have them” I burst into laughter and in the midst of my laughing I blurt out, “Who is Glubby? Who is your boss? And how the heck did you find out about my powers???” “Just come with me, either way you’ll come with me but I prefer willingly” He took out a drug injection that he explained won’t affect me too much. I'll just be knocked out and wake up in a few hours. Okay…so now he was threatening me? What an amazing day. However I didn’t want anything weird in my body. “What?” I cried. “Okay but why is this happening to me?” I sighed, locked my door and followed him. At least he wasn’t yanking my arm anymore. I slowly walked behind him but then he began flying. No,I can’t go THAT high. He turned bak and flew back down. I timidly told him that I couldn't fly very well nor that high. He actually seemed kind and caring. He actually asked for permission to hold my wrist and I agreed then he led me off the going and up into the air. “WHy are we flying though?” I asked him. He answered by saying, “The base is in the sky, cool right?”. That caught me off guard. “Wait like a floating base and also BASE!!!”. Was this some kind of hero thing? When we arrived I was introduced to many people and my assumption was right! This apparently was a base for heroes. The glubby is something I don’t quite understand but they explained that he picks the members of this club and he always makes the right choice. I’m not so sure on this one though. This was also where they trained the teams they formed to go out on missions. I later figured out that the guy’s name is Josh. We were going to be on the same team after I finished training. They weren’t sure how long it’ll last, apparently it depends on the person. I’m assuming mine will take a LONG time considere=ing how inexperienced I am. This is definitely a step up from stealing things! I can’t wait to start this new journey! I might actually end up loving these powers.