"There's my teeny pheeny!" my dad teased as he lifted my five year old frame into the air, spinning me around before planting a big sloppy wet kiss on my cheek.
"Ewwww daddy"! I squealed through my giggles.
"Fin put that child down before you mess up her hair, I didn't spend two hours getting those curls to stay for nothing!" My mother warned training her stern grey on my father as she walked out of the kitchen.
"Vanessa and practically every important official and council member in the city will be here in under an hour and I want her looking her best" My mother emphasized for about the tenth time today while twirling a strand of her ivory black locks, something she only did when she was stressed.
"Queenie is coming?!" I exclaimed bouncing up in down, my excitement unable to be contained in my tiny six year old body. Vanessa Luxor while being my mom's best friend from childhood was also the queen of Sadona.
"Stop worrying Grace I'm sure she'll charm the socks off everyone who walks through that door just like her mother she certainly looks the part" My father teased earning a smirk from my mother.
Despite being incredibly similar to my father in temperament I was the spitting image of my mother. Her long silky ivory black hair matched my own, her intelligent grey eyes, tanned skinned and slender frame were all reflected in me. While my father's thick wavy chestnut hair and green eyes and alabaster skin never made it into the equation. Looking at me people would think it was as if he had no part in the reproduction process.
Within a few hours, all the guests had arrived my parents mingled and chatted with the high and mighty of Sadona while I played with my best friend Michael the crown prince of Sadona. "Hey pheeny wanna see something cool" Michael whispered into my ear, grabbing my hand and pulling me upstairs and into my parent's room.
"Mikey we're not supposed to be in here" I whined my heartbeat picking up at the thought of getting in trouble when I was told to be a good girl.
"Just look and be quiet I need to concentrate" He instructed while I pouted.
Letting out a small breath Michael closed his eyes and started rhythmically breathing in and out. I stared at his face his messy dirty blonde hair falling in front his closed eyelids. We stood silently for a minute before I began to notice sprouts of black hair coming from the roots of his head slowly flowing downward until his blond hair had shifted to a beautiful black, his previously short boyish hair grew long and feminine and his face shifted slightly into a softer more girly shape only when he opened his eyes revealing his previously dark blue eyes to now be a light grey did I realize I was now staring at a reflection of my own face.
"H-how?" I questioned my mouth slightly agape at this point.
"I did it pheeny I figured out my power!" He exclaimed his face gleaming in excitement.
"That's amazing!" I gushed before frowning "But I thought we weren't supposed to get our power till we were eight?" I questioned my eyes going wide.
Michael shrugged my glossy black hair falling over his shoulders "I guess I'm just special" he said with a proud smile.
"Seraphina where are you!" My mother called from downstairs causing both of us to jump.
"Please don't tell anyone pheeny I want to surprise my dad tonight but I wanted to show you first" Michael pleaded grabbing my arm while his hair began to shorten and his grey eyes transitioned back to blue.
"Ok, I promise I won't tell," I said seriously before running down the stairs to meet my mother.
"There you are councilman Gaven wants to speak with you," my mother said with a hint of exasperation in her voice as she led me towards a group of men and women laughing with glasses full of a red liquid my mother would never let me try.
"Ah, there she is" A man with mostly grey hair and dark eyes looked down at me. "The spitting image of her mother and I bet she'll be just as powerful too" He studied me like an interesting specimen making me squirm uncomfortably.
"With all the spunk she has now when her powers surface I bet she'll outshine us both" My father said proudly before scooping me up into his arms sending me into another fit of giggles. The other council members smiled at my father's antics.
"With your gift of sight and Grace's gift of telepathy I wouldn't be surprised if she found herself on the council someday, what do you think of that little one?" Gaven questioned turning towards me.
"I'm going to be big and strong just like mommy and daddy someday I promise!" I proclaimed while everyone smiled.
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Years went by and soon my eighth birthday passed. Everyone became more and more impatient to see my power develop.
At every party people would ask my parents "has she begun showing her powers yet?" and my parents would tell them politely each time with tight smiles and tense jaws "no but we're sure they'll develop any day now" and people would glance at me playing on the floor with disappointment in their eyes.
It was highly unusual for a child not to discover their power at most a week after their eighth birthday.
The year progressed and my parents became increasingly short-tempered and frustrated with my lack of abilities. Why couldn't I have gotten my powers early like Michael did? I still desperately believed that someday my powers would manifest and I would make my parents proud I was just a late bloomer that's all. Until one day my world came crashing down around me and of course, that day had to be my birthday.
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A/N
*royal announcement trumpets toots* Welcome to my story! This is my very first story, I have had the idea for "powerless" rolling around in my head for quite a while and finally decided to bring it to life. Also for anyone who is worried that this story will start but never finish I would like to let you know I have already created the entire plan for this story and have done quite a bit of development for this story including the ending so IT WILL BE COMPLETED I PROMISE. I will be updating the story 1-2 times a week.
Just a heads up I will be doing character descriptions at the end of chapters when new characters are introduced the first one is below and features the Beladin family.
Comments, questions and constructive criticism are appreciated and I hope you enjoy my story!
Grace Beladin (Seraphina's mother)
Skin: Tanned Italian like skin
Eyes: light clear grey
Hair: Medium length, curly, ivory black
Height: 5'8"
Body: Willowy and slender
Finn Beladin: (Seraphina's father)
Skin: White
Eyes: Dark Green
Hair: Chestnut Brown
Height: 5'9"
Body: Solid and muscular
Young Seraphina
Skin: Tanned Italian like skin
Eyes: Clear Light grey
Hair: long straight ivory black hair that curls at the ends
Body: small and chubby
Height: 4'2"
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Synthetic Magic
Adventure(NOT FINISHED) In a world where every child is born with a magical gift Seraphina is born powerless. Shunned by her parents and the city she calls home she isolates herself and finds a new home with a sorceress in Darkling woods. When the city is at...
