The fireball

chapter 1

I watch the snow falling on the ground , creating a white slippery carpet on the ground that was covered in grass before .  kids are playing ,creating snow angels and throwing snow balls on each other , I remember looking at them when I was little , I wasn't allowed to play in the snow , I hated it and I never understood how something so beautiful can be this bad and dangerous to me .Snow is my weakness , I've always prefered summer days , the sun , the warmth every thing in summer is better for me .I've always wanted to live somewhere that's always sunny and warm no snow , no cold.

I sigh as I look in the mirror , I reachel for the pin that is keeping my hair in a bun and let my hair fall freely , I remember feeling ashamed of my hair when I was young , because of the ginger strands that would magically appear in my hair , I used to hate how it reminded me of fire ..... , but that's what I am , I am fire. I walk over to the window and open it letting the cool air in my room , but it doesn't faze me .

"careful " my grandma says as she bargs in the room quickly closing the window
" You could get burnt Elda , don't you remember what happened to you in the past ? "

I look at the fading white scar in my palm , I got it when I held a snow ball to play just like every other kid , but it felt like I was being burnt , my thoughts diverted to the day that I placed my hands inside the fireplace and surprisingly I was totally fine unfazed , when my mother saw  me she rushed and pulled me away I remember the frightened look in her eyes when she saw that my hands were completely fine . I snap back to reality and nod to my grandmother .
"Don't worry , I won't do it again"
I smile at her , she places my sandwich on the bedside table and leaves the room silently .

I draw the curtains and sit on my bed with a huff , before I could eat my grandmother comes in again , she is fiddling with the hem of her blouse , she is nervous , I tilt my head to the side  "What's wrong ?"

"Honey , the neighbours are suspicious ....uhhh about you "

I frown "Why?"

she sighs and sits next to me "Isn't it obvious , you wear short sleeves while everyone else is wearing coats"

"Well I'm cursed what can I do?"

Before I was born my parents had an enemy for some unknown reason , grandma never told me  why he hated them , but when mother was pregnant with me , he was supposed to kill me , burn me inside my womb , but instead of dying I was born with a special power..... fire , I used to envy Elsa when I was younger because she could control ice , but now I can control fire.

" Elda at least wear hoodies , normal clothes for this weather "
she rubs my arm gently

I roll my eyes "But these clothes are normal for them not me"

she sighs and gives me a
sympathetic look "You have to blend in , just wait one more month "

" I'm not dangerous."

she shakes her head " Of course you're not . Do you know why your mother named you Elda ? "
I shak my head and scoot closer to her , interested to know more about my mother

" She named you Elda because it means fire , she sensed your power , she loved you so much "

she rubs my back soothingly

"I wish I could have one more day with her " my voice cracks

"Oh ! look at you , the flames got to your hair too" she says changing the conversation

I touch my hair "It looks strange"

she laughs "Nonsense , it makes you special , anyway I'll go buy some groceries take care of yourself " and with that she leaves me alone in the room .

An hour passes and I'm dying of boredom , I want to test my powers so badly , but I'm  hesitant remembering what happened that day when I wanted to light some candles , I caused a disaster . But maybe a bit of fire won't hurt . I make  sure that all the curtains are closed , I bring some candles and sit infront of them , I take a deep breath and focus on the heat inside of me , I twirl my finger and smile when a tiny flame appeares at the tip of it , I light the first candle , I grin like an idiot feeling proud of myself , when I tried last year I almost burnt the entire house , and the other time nothing happened , no fire , no flames nothing at all since then I gave up . I sigh dreamily , the candles' light relaxing me .

I look at my room feeling slightly sad that I won't be living here in the next month ,I'll be moving to an institute for people who have special powers like me ,  I walk  towards my bed and lay l down stretching my muscles " I'm going to miss this place " I close  my eyes and drift to another world

This was the first chapter maybe it's not that good , but I promise that it'll get better ,please share my story and vote , thanks for reading ❤ and also a big  thank you  to Topaz_13Z for the support  ❤❤❤❤❤