The One

The Problem

Hope's pov
Today's July 23,2032. It's my birthday. Or sort of. I don't really know my actual birthday since I'm adopted. My parents made this day my birthday cuz it was the day they found me. Well, I'm 15!

I head down and I see William (10 yrs old) watching and Mia (11 yrs old turning 12 in september) playing piano. They see me and they shout "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, HOPE!" I smile at them and say thanks. I enter the kitchen and I see mom in the apron cooking and dad hugging her from behind. They see me and say "HAPPY BIRTHDAY, SWEETHEART!" they then walk towards me and kiss me in the cheek which makes me giggle.

"Will! Mia! Head to the kitchen. It's time for breakfast." Mom calls for them. We then sit in the table. Mom serves us my favorite breakfast, pancakes. Mom puts candles on my pancake and we sing.

-The a few days later.-
This week has been weird for me. Last time I accidentally cut myself but I didn't even get a scratch on myself. I thought maybe it didn't touch me so I didn't mind it.

Right now, I didn't realize there was a pin on my table and I put my hand on top of it. I felt something under and when I checked under it. The pin was practically squished. I didn't even feel anything.

I got scared but I just didn't want to say anything to worry my parents.

This past few weeks was weirder. My ears hurt every time. Everything was louder. Everything looked clearer. Its hurts every time. With the sound, I usually put my headphones more often to block out the sounds and just close my eyes. I also feel stronger.

Taylor's pov
Something is wrong. I know it. These past few weeks, Hope's been distant to us. She always has her headphones on and is in her room most of the time.

Today, I barely saw her. She was just in her room. When we eat. She barely looks at us and I could see Joe noticing it too. We are getting worried about her.

"Did you notice Hope's behavior this week?" I ask Joe as we get ready for bed. He looks at me "Yeah. Yeah , i did. I thought maybe she was going through a teenager phase or something like that. But it seems like she's not. She always has her headphones on. I'm getting worried." he said and i nod. "Tomorrow we talk to her." I say"

Hope's pov
Im starting to control with whatever is happening to me. Maybe if i do, i won't need to wear my headphones in the future.

I sit in my bed listening to music because I can't seem to control it now. My door opens, mom and dad come in. I could see the worry in their eyes.

"Hope. We need to talk." Dad starts. "Is something wrong?" I ask. They both look at each other and I get worried. What if they know something about me. "Is there something wrong with you, Hope? These past few weeks, you've been so distant from us. If something is bothering you tell us." my mom says. I then don't know what to say as I also don't know what's happening to me. I need to know what's happening to me but i can't tell them.

"Do you know who my biological parents are?" I say and they look at each other. "No. We don't. The day we found you was at the beach house. I was strolling down the beach while your dad was at the house. When I was at the beach, a white light appeared and then I heard you crying. I brought you in and we took care of you." mom says then she looked at me smiling. "Why is something wrong? You know you can always talk to us." dad says

"Nothing's wrong. I just wanted to know more about myself. Like, why did my parents abandon me. Did they not love me? Maybe no one loved me" I laughed while saying it "At least when they gave me up I had you guys instead". I added.

They both look at each other and mom speaks first "Hope. Whoever your parents are, they must've loved you because they had you. They would have never abandoned you. Maybe they gave you up tor a reason. And what I do know is people love you." Mom says as they both hold my hands. They pull me in for a hug.

We were camping today. And I think I'm lost. I accidentally separated from them. I then suddenly feel things. Im scared. I hear dad shouting for me but I can't see him. i feel scared and something happened. I let out a scream and suddenly red beam flash out of my eyes and burn everything around me. I snap back to my senses and run out of horror. I then find dad.

He leads me back to the tent and I hug mom. I don't say anything because I don't know what happened or what's happening to me.