"Katy, are you with us?"
When I was younger I wrote stories. And in those stories, the heroine always knew what to do. She would fight the bad guy with her magical powers, save the boy she loved, and there would always, always be a happy ending. I wish real life could be like those stories.
The day the door is closed
The echoes fill your soul
They won't say which way to go
Just trust your heart
Sixteen is less than a year away. My name will be out soon. The name I've been waiting to be my whole life. Katherine Stark. Not Carter, not a distant relative nor a face behind a mask. But if I break the accords, I won't be a Stark. Ion Girl won't be a hero. I'll be a criminal. I'll be locked away and forgotten and everything my life has worked towards will have been for nothing.
This is about my future as a Stark. This is about my future as Ion Girl. And this about my future as Katy. Whatever I choose will change everything: the way they see me; the way I see myself.
It's not fair. My actions are being determined by these accords. They will always be my life now and I will always have to live by them. I can never be that impulsive girl again.
To find what you're here for
Open another door
But I'm not sure anymore
It's just so hard
I always thought I'd get to be the hero of my story. That's how it's supposed to be, you're supposed to be your own leading lady. But when there was trouble, the guns came to me. They did not hesitate to make me the villain.
They will never stop being afraid of me. I'm not a power they can control.
Sparks ripple up and down my body in time with my breath. I stare at the colours. This is my gift. Loki gave it to me. My power is my own. This lightning belongs to me.
It's not for them to take away.
Voices in my head
Tell me they know best
Got me on the edge their pushing, pushing - they're pushing
This is my choice. No one can make it for me. I'm frustrated by how easy it seems for Sam and Steve. They know what path to take. Why do I have to be torn? I want to remain loyal to dad. I know it is my duty to sign the accords. I have responsibility as a Stark; people will look up to me. They need to believe that I have taken accountability and that I'm not repeating the past. I'm not the villain, I'm the hero. That is what the world wants.
But that world needs saving and my first duty, as a hero, as Ion Girl, is to save the world.
On paper it sounds easy- save the world. That's the choice the heroine is supposed to make.
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