Mental Minds & Me

September 19th 2006 , Somewhere In England

"Shane, Come Down Here A Second," I Zoomed Down The Stairs and Sat Beside My Dad Whilst My Mum Smiled Enthusiastically At Me. She Always Boosted Use Of My 'Abilities'. My Dad Pulled Me Onto His Lap and My 12 Year Old Self Smiled At Him. I Looked From Him To See A Man, Lady and Boy My Age Sitting On The Other Sofa, Whilst My Mum Sat Down Where I Was Previously and Held My Hand.

"Shay, Meet Mackenzie, He's Like You," I Grinned Like An Idiot and Looked Back At The Boy. Mackenzie. He Had Shaggy Blond Hair and Small Dimples On Each Cheek. He Also Had Big Blue Eyes and ,Unlike Me, Was Pretty Pale Whilst I Inherited My Mom's Olive Skin Tone. I Jumped Off My Dad's Lap and Sat Down On The Floor In front Of Him With My Legs Crossed. "Hi, My Name's Shanelie Payne, What's Yours?" I Giggled A Bit At My Stupid Question.

"My Name's Mackenzie Macintosh, I Like Your Hair," I Grinned At Him and Then Wondered What Kind Of Abilities He Had. Was He Like Me? or Was He Like My Daddy and Can Stop My Powers?

"No My Powers Are Different," I Gave Him A Look, How Did He Know What I Was Thinking. "That's My Power, I Can Read Minds and Change Their Emotions and Stuff," I Grinned Like An Idiot and Bounced In My Spot. "What's Your Powers?"

"I Can Control The Elements, You Know Like Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Electricity and I Have Speed and Invisibility Powers!" His Eyes Were Wide Open and His Jaw Practically On The Floor.

"SHOW ME!" I Pulled Him Up and My Parents Let Me Go In To The Garden With Mackenzie. Our House Was Surrounded By The Woods Because They Said I Needed Somewhere To Practise My Powers. I Pulled Out Vines From The Ground and Created A Ball In Front Of Me. Then I Used My Powers To Create Water Inside It and Let Him See The Water Swirl Round, After That I Froze The Water and Made The Vines Go Back Into The Ground and Then Made The Ice Disappear Into Thin Air.

"THAT IS SO COOL!" He Ran Toward Me and Hugged Me Tight Before Letting Go and Blushing Slightly. our Parents Called Us Back In and Set us Side By Side, Facing Us On The Other Couch.

"Okay, Shay, You Know You're Powerful Right," I Nodded," Well We Need Someone To Protect You So How Would You Feel About Mackenzie Doing That," I Nodded and Grinned So Widely My Cheeks Hurt, "That Means You Still Will Be Practising Your Powers With Uncle Max, Okay?" I Ran Up and Hugged My Mum Tightly Before Grabbing Mackenzie and Hugging Him Too.

That ,Ladies and Gentlemen, Was How I Met My Guardian and Best Friend, Mackenzie Macintosh.

January 25th 2011, Central London

"Mac, Give Me The Beer!" I Chased Him Round The Back Stage Band Room After Our Show At The Club In Piccadilly. Our Band, Mental Minds, Had Gotten A Show Here After A Couple Months Of Begging and We Even Got Free Beers, Unfortunately Mackenzie Got All Of Them.

"Mackenzie and Shanelie, If You Don't Sit Down and Share The Beers, No One Get's Any!" Yeah That's Our Lead Singer, Mickayla AKA Mickey She May Look Like The Quiet Shy Girl From Kentucky, But Hell No! We Call Her Mama Mental For A Reason, She Is The Responsible One But Considering Her Power Reflects From Nature, Lets Just Say We're Lucky We're Inside. she Got Recruited To Me When I Turned 13.

"MAC TOSS 'EM HERE YA WANKER!" That Would Be Kiba. His Real Name Is Too Long For Any Of Us To Say and He Is The Lead Guitarist Of The Band and He Is The Wanker. He's a Player But He Is Practically My Brother, I Found Him When I Went To My First Club Last Year For My 16th and Mac Got Into A Fight, I Wasn't Permitted To Use My Powers By Uncle Max, He However Was Two Years Older and He Was Permitted At 14. Oh His Power? HE TURNS INTO THE FUCKING HULK. Well Close Enough.

"SHUT UP! Mick Shut Them Up Already, I Am Trying To Nap," Ah And Then There's Charlie, He's The Baby Of The Group At Four Months Younger Then Me. He Plays Keyboard and Like Me Can Conduct Electricity and His Power Surrounds That, Meaning He Can Basically Electrocute On Charge. Although He Is A Vain Little Sleepy Head. My Mom Found Him When I Was 14 and He Is My Adoptive Brother, So You Could Say I'm A Bit More Then A Little Protective.

"NEVER, BEER FOR MAC, BABY!" Mac Is Still The Same Idiot I Met When I Was 12 and Now At 17, He Is Still My Best Mate and Guardian. Well All Of Them Are. He's A Bit Of A Player But He Only Shags Them After He Dates Them Unlike The Horn Dog That Is Kiba. He Still Looks Like That Punk I Met But He Got Built Over The Years and Found Another Power, Super Strength. One More Thing, He's Our Bassist.

Oh Then There's Me, Well I Haven't Changed Exactly. I Still Have My Big Grey Eyes and My Olive Skin Tone and I'm Quite Tall For My Age. My Hair Still Changes Colour Depending On Which Power I Use And I Use That To My Advantage With The Band's Rock-Steam-Punk look.

Oh Yeah, I Bet You Want To Know How The Band Started Huh? Well Let's Just Say Leaving 5 Teens In A Room Full Of Instruments Can Change The Course Of Your Life. I Fell In Love With Playing The Drums and After Learning A Few Songs On their Instruments, The Guys and I Met Up and Played. So We Worked and Played Till Charlie Was Given The All Clear. So Now Here We Are Living In London In A Flat Owned By Kiba, Playing At Clubs Every night. living The Dream.

Back To Reality, I Grabbed The Back Of Mac's Leather Jacket and Jumped On Him Grabbing The Beers Sitting On His Back and Smirking. "BEERS FOR EVERYONE BABY!" I Cracked Open A Beer and Chucked One At Mickey and Kiba. I Laid Down On Mac Whilst He Groaned.

"So How Much Did We Get Today?" Kiba Asked Sitting Beside A Now Asleep Charlie.

"£2500 For The Show and Constavolos Needs To Hand Us The Rest," Mickey Answered Lying Down.

"Well He Needs To Hurry His Arse Up!" I Got Up and Pulled A Now Tired Mac Up To Lean On My Shoulder.

"Since When Is He On Time?" I Laughed.

That's When The Door Slammed Open, We All Just Carried On Talking Until Constavolos Cleared His Throat, Though It Did Sound Deeper, Cold Maybe?

"Drop The Cash and Leave Constaaaaaa...You're Not Constavolos!" We Looked At The Door To Find A Man In His Forties In Sunglasses -Which Was Pretty Cool- Leaning On The Door It Took Me A Moment To Register The Situation Before The Sentence That Changed My Life Was Said.

"Hello Mental Minds, My Name Is Simon Cowell"