Book I of The Power Within Series: The Power Within

Chapter 1: Family Tradition

Ever since birth, we Joesph girls , Aquanetta, Adria, Krystal, and Fuego, have been marked for greatness. Not the "Famous hundred million dollar " greatness, the "Save the world " greatness. It started about twelve years ago at a family reunion on our mother's side.

"Angela," I heard my grandmother say to my mom, " I don't know why you would not choose to train your girls." I stood up against the wall listening to their conversation.'Train us for what?' I wondered.

"Momma , you know what that kind of lifestyle brought to this family." Mom argued

'what lifestyle?' I thought

" All I'm saying is that destiny will take it's course, no matter what you choose."

I looked down at my feet , just thinking. I didn't even hear them come out of the kitchen.

"Fuego, what are you doing?!" Momma yelled "What have I told you about listening in on grown up's conversations?"

I looked up, mom had a fustraited and annoyed look on her face.

" I'm sorry Mommy." I said

~Eleven Years Later

Laying in my bed under my covers, warm and safe, not wanting getting up anytime soon. Until one of my sisters stared pounding on my door like a mad man, I had a feeling it was Aquanetta, (but we call her Aqua for short) my eldest sister.

"Get up Fuego!" she yelled at me.

"I am up!" I screamed lifting my face out of my pillows, kicking the covers off me and onto the floor.

"School in twenty!" she reminded me

First day back to school, high school that is. Aqua's third year, Adria's and my second year, and Krystal's first.

It took me at least five minutes to wake up completely and another five to get dressed in a pair of black jeans and a fire red top.

"Hurry up!" Krystal rushed me" I don't wanna be late for my first day of high school."

Krystal stood at the bottom of the stairs, wearing her knee length dress in her signature color gray, and black flats. Krystal is the youngest out of the four of us, she's fourteen and spunky, and completely protective over us, like Aqua. When she finally saw me she rushed out the door to the car.

"Yeah, yeah, yeah." I grumbled grabbing a piece of toast of the kitchen counter. Aqua vigorously honked the horn "I'm coming!"

I sat in the back of Aqua's car, arms crossed, iPod playing, leaning against the window. Unfortunately I sat next to Krystal and she wouldn't stop bouncing up and down.

"Would you stop that!" I snapped

She stopped and turned to me, a huge grin plastered on her face.

"Sorry, I'm just so excited."

" Don't be school's a waste." I mumbled "It does nothing for you."

"Shut up Fuego." Aqua told me "Don't listen to her Krystal, she just woke up on the wrong side of life this morning."

I rolled my eyes, Aqua always tries to knock me down, but never gets to me. Been like that since we were kids, the older sibling hate the younger one for stealing the shine, so they poke at them, but now that I think about it I do most of the poking.

"Ouch I'm so hurt. Way to dig deep, just like the stick in you butt." I teased

"You know what Fuego!"

"What?"

We started yelling over each other, getting louder by the second.

"SAY IT TO MY FACE!" I challenged