It was my 16th birthday. I felt my heart swell with happiness. My mum looked at me with a serious look. My smile wavered a bit. Dad sat with her at the kitchen table. Grim looks were scribbled on their faces. "Rhea, come here." Mum said. Fear, pride, concern and love was mixed in her eyes. The tone scared me. "Put this on and never take it off. Do this first. No questions." Dad said as he passed me a gorgeous magenta amulet with silver hangings. I still wanted a explanation. I opened my mouth in annoyance. "This is important. This amulet will give you abilities you never had. There are five more. There was supposed to be 12 but 6 got destroyer. You have to find five kids probably your age. They will wear something like yours and never change it. The amulet will be different colored though. Each amulet has a different ability.
Yours gives you control over words. You can make people do what you want. Do not take advantage of this." My mum rambled as I pulled the amulet over my head.
This was going to be one of the best and weirdest years of my life. I ran into my bedroom and said out loud "why is life so hard?"
