The Incredibles

♢ Chapter 2 ♢

Drawing of Sherrie : @hila_saphy on wattpad

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It was a snowy day. I walked on the pathway with a white carpet rolled out and left footprints on it. Snowflakes dropped onto the pathway and thickened the white carpet. I was astonished at how fast the snow filled up the hole of the footprints I left. Then the movement became slow as if the snowflake took eternity to even land onto the ground and fill the hole. I have never seen anything like that. One second it was going equivalent the speed of light the other second it was crawling even slower than a snail. It was like magic. Something felt different. However there was one thing that I was certain of: I felt dizzy after focusing on this activity after a while and so I stopped playing and moved on.

I did not think any further into this weird phenomenon. The reason I used to convince myself about what was happening was that the weather-control incredible--Jerry,was just nearby trying to play a trick on me. Besides, the day after was my 15th birthday, I should not be troubled over little things. Little did I ever thought that it was the cracking of my newfound ability.

I woke up with a nightmare that night. There was a man in a suit. He looked familiar to me but his facial features were so distorted I couldn't identify him. He reached out his hand for me. The dream ended with me having the falling sensation. Words could not describe how I felt then. It was feelings of resignation and fear. Cold sweat dripped down the tip of a strand of my hair to my arms. I was starting to suspect whether my ability was to have premonition. I was happy and worried at the same time, happy that I have at least gotten my ability, but worried that the premonition would come true. An Incredible's ability never lies. If I had a choice, which one would I rather?

"Darling?" I immediately shut my eyelids upon seeing that faint and black shadow at the door. "Are you alright? I heard you panting from my room. You sounded horrible." Mom was at the door, with dad beside her.

"Sherrie. Did you have a nightmare? What was it? Tell papa!" Anxiety overwhelmed Dad.

My heart skipped a beat, why would Dad speak like he knew everything? Does Dad know something that I don't? Should I tell him about my dream? Questions overwhelmed me.

"Uh...no.. Everything's alright, papa." As a child who might not even be an incredible, I did not want dad to worry about me. I might one day just lose my memories and end up in a pathetic orphanage, no one would know.

In a blink of an eye, it was morning. The scent of freshly baked cookies and cakes, my favorite cereal with milk drifted through the hole under my door and tingled my sense of smell.
It was my birthday.
Upon waking up, I hastily got changed and was at the chair within minutes.

"Wow, you might even be faster than your father, I heard you waking up. It was only 5 minutes before." Mom joked.

Dad was obviously faster in any ways. Few moments later, Shawn and Sasha were beside me already.

"I thought you wouldn't come out of your room. You could still get the food either ways." Sasha teased. I laughed.

"Shut up, today's Sherrie's birthday. Even if I wanted to I couldn't," retorted Shawn. "and I thought you would play hide and seek." Sasha shook her head and denied that she would not play a fool today.

I felt that all my troubles were gone. It was the usual bickering between siblings that loved each other and could only express it in that way.

I watched the bickering between my sister and brother and the usual lovely-dovey moment between mom and dad. Reality striked as I realised that 15 was the maximum age that a Incredible's child can go without discovering his ability. If I do not discover my ability within this year, I would have to lose my memories and go to an orphanage where I would have a new life. The happy times we had as a family gone through, the sad and depressing times.... All would be forgotten.

'I want to cherish this very moment. Please, I want time to go slower.' I muttered.