Extraordinary

Chapter 28: A New Power

So, we've agreed to have practice at Flora's and Fauna's house from now on, every Wednesday. They're actually going better than I thought, and everybody's getting really good. Once we've become really good, we'll probably practice with each other, having "fights" and using our powers to block the other person's attack. Today is Wednesday, and it's been 3 weeks since our first meeting. As I'm heading over to Flora's and Fauna's house, though, I hear a strange strangled noise, like a dog trying to bark but can't. I immediately look around in the direction of the noise, and find a golden retriever trying to get its head out of some thick vines. I see a chew toy in the distance. 

 I start to run towards the dog and try to cut the vines once I'm there, but they won't budge. Plus, they have little thorns all over them. Great. Now I have cuts on my hands. If only I had Flora's powers, I think to myself. Or if I could just move this vine...

Absentmindedly, I rub my hands together, thinking hard about how I'm going to help the dog. As I move them, the vine moves along with them. What? I move my hand again. The vine moves in the same direction. This is crazy. I don't have telekinesis or Flora's plant powers. 

Well, I might as well use these new powers to my advantage. I quickly make wrapping motions with my hands, so the vine unravels itself from the dog's neck. As soon as it's unraveled, I am sorry to see that the retriever has cuts all along its neck from the little thorns on the vine. I gently beckon it to me, grab the chew toy, and we walk gingerly to Flora and Fauna's house. 

This is crazy, I think to myself as we're walking. How did I get these powers? I just thought of it, and I had them! 

Wait a second..... If that worked, then...... what if I can have any power? 

I immediately start to think of what power I could use to my advantage at the moment. I look down at my hands, which are cut from the thorns on the vines. 

Of course! Healing powers! I start to wish I had healing powers. 

I wish I had healing powers, I wish I had healing powers....

All right. That's probably enough wishing. I wave my left and unhurt hand over my right, and feel a warm sensation surge throughout my whole right arm. I take my left hand away from over my right hand, and watch as the cuts slowly sink right back into my skin. Soon, it's back to normal. My heart races. 

I really can have any power! 

I quickly wave my hand over the dog's minor wounds, and it barks when fully healed, understanding what just happened. 

So, I don't just have X-ray vision and telepathy. 

I have every power at will.