Homemade Dynamite

Chapter one

Chapter One - Who knew superpowers could be discovered while making muffins

This is the story of becoming a hero the hard way.

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One year before the incident - September 2017

It was a cool fall morning when when Pyrrha Rhoswen accidentally cut herself for the first time and saw the results. She was in presence of her best friend Bellatrix, Bella for short, and Ags, Agamemnon. The trio were originally baking muffins for their club to sell at the fall festival that year and then a cake for the cake walk. Some point while Pyrrha was cutting up ingredients Ags had bumped into her and then all of a sudden the knife and slit Pyrrha's arm.

Pyrrha ended up cutting herself nearly straight across her arm. Just looking at the long slice Bella couldn't help but note it would definitely need stitches, no possibility about it, however it wasn't bleeding. Pyrrha was cut right across the blood vessels and should've been dripping blood and they should have been rushing to get Pyrrha to the hospital but she wasn't bleeding.

There was a cut. They could she the inside of her flesh. They could not see any blood pouring out of their vessels.

The wound was completely dry, they could see where the blood was but the wound was stitching itself up almost as if Pyrrha's body was more of a clay sculpture or a glob of goo and it was just covering up a blemish. "It's a really good thing that you didn't join the culinary club then." Ags spoke up after a moment as he gulped down any nerves. This was his friend after all and despite any weird things going on they would do it together and anyway she looked just as freaked out and confused as bella and himself. "Because that's really freaky and you sure would've been carted off to the loony bin if they saw this."

"Agreed." Bella and Pyrrha spoke together in reply after releasing a breath of air. "Why don't you get some water Pyrrha." Bella continued as she picked up the dropped knife and ushered Pyrrha into a chair as Ags was getting a drink of water. "We can figure this out together, it might have just been an evolutionary fluke or something like that." She offers with a half smile.

Ags couldn't help but raise a brow as Bella rambled slightly trying to find some scientific reason for what just happened. "Says the religious girl named after a wizard." He jokingly retorted not anymore sure of what had happened than she was.

"Okay," Bella began as Pyrrha smiled at their banter forgetting for a moment what had just happened. "I'm not sure I was actually named after a wizard because I haven't asked and I am not really religious but Will is so i'm trying." Bella explains as Ags rolled his eyes.

Ags shrugged slightly as he gave a glass of water to Pyrrha who gave a soft 'thanks' in reply. "All i'm saying that maybe it's not evolution and more magic. Like what if Pyrrha's some awesome magical princess or superhero with mutant abilities and not a one time genetic fluke." Ags explains with a shrug.

This caused both girls to laugh. "I don't think i'm some magical princess but at this point who knows." Pyrrha laughed hesitantly as Bella sent her a reassuring smile.

For the most part the group was able to keep it to themselves, well for like ten minutes more like.

"Maybe we should tell someone." Pyrrha brings up as she bit her lip. "I was home-schooled until my mother disappeared so my uncle might know something about what this is." She mentions as they were putting the muffins in the oven.

Ags couldn't help but give the girl a look of horror. "All of those fantasy books start like this. We are not telling anybody unless it's some creepy old person who turns out to be a badass. Anyone else is just going to betray us." Ags explains with a look of seriousness.

"But isn't he like thirty. That's old enough right?" Bella asked with a shrug not really want to deal with responsibility.

Ags shrugged as he looked to Pyrrha who merely gave a shrug also "Honestly I have no idea but I really don't want to deal with this either despite how much I love you Pyrrha so let's do it." He explains quickly in agreement with the two girls.

"Good because I kinda already told her to come over." Pyrrha tells her two friends causing Bella to roll her eyes and Ags to tell out a groan of frustration.

The boys throws his hands up into the air for a moment. "Why do I even try." He sighs as he begins to rummage through Pyrrha's fridge. "I'm taking food as compensation for emotional trauma." He explains as he takes some apple slices and caramel out of Pyrrha's fridge.

"Awww." Bella cooed mockingly as she wraps and arm around his shoulders. "Did we accidentally bruise your fragile masculinity."

"You two destroyed that long ago when you guys got me addicted to 'say yes to the dress' and your gayness spread to me." He counters with a raised brow.

"I'm straight though, Bella's the gay one." Pyrrha tells him trying to keep herself out of Bella and Ags's banter.

Ags couldn't help but laugh as he looked to the girl. "Well aren't you the special one: hetero and some weird superpowers." He jokes before dawning a look of joking horror as he clutches onto Bella. "The straights are fighting back. They know we'll win." He jokes as he points an accusing finger to Pyrrha as he latches on more causing the girl to stumble.

Bella couldn't help but let frown as she felt herself tip over and with her free arm latch onto whatever she could and without thinking she grabbed a stool behind her and surprisingly it didn't tip over with both her and Ags's weight. That was until she say the look on Ags face and the sudden flash of Pyrrha's phone.

"Don't react but look at where your hand is, Bella." Pyrrha stated calmly as she set her phone back down and watched Bella look to where her left hand was hoping to whatever higher power there was that her hand was not in Ags's crotch. "Other hand." Pyrrha sighed as Bella looked from her hand on the floor to her right one that was on the back of the chair or what she had thought was the back of a chair. In reality it was the shadow of the back of the chair.

Eyes wide with surprise Bella fell back with a startled gasp. "What the hell?" The girl questions as she glances between her two friends. "When did your uncle say he was going to get here?" Bella continued as she gulped down a breath of air.

"Around four." Pyrrha explains as she glances at the clock. "So we have another hour before he can be here."

Ags stands up as he grabs Bella a glass of water this time. "Okay so maybe it's just the female revolution so Pyrrha when you finally get a hot boyfriend I call dibs on man slave." He states passing the glass of water to Bella. "So that means he's got to be bi." Ags jokes lightening the mood as he causes the two girls to laugh.

Laughing Pyrrha nodded her head in agreement. "Just for you Ags." She tells him seriously as Bella gave a half smile while she drank her water from where she still sat on the floor a little to shaken up to try to move at the moment.

"I vote we go watch a movie while we wait." Bella eventually manages to say as she stands up. "Disney preferably." She adds on as Pyrrha nods in agreement.

Ags smiles as he already starts reaching for some popcorn. "Only if its Dumbo." He calls to his friends as he starts to collect other snacks.

"Duh." Pyrrha tells him as she goes off to set the movie up in her living room and Bella goes to go get some blankets and pillows.

In a matter of minutes the trio was cuddled up on the couch as the movie started all knowing they were far too anxious and confused to really pay attention but it was still a good distraction. Something normal to help them ignore what just happened in the kitchen