Secret Powers

Epilogue

Why hello! I am back, and I am extremely tan! Not that any of you can actually SEE me, but I just wanted to put that out there. This A/N will be shorter because I want to get the epilogue out first. After, I'll write a super long A/N to end this story. So, without further ado, I present the epilogue for "Secret Powers!"

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2 months later...

"Mom! I'm going out! Be back before dinner!" I called out as I walked out the door, camera hanging around my neck.

"Ok, be careful!" I heard just before I could close the door. 

I couldn't help but roll my eyes at that. Ever since we moved, Mom's been a little bit overprotective. And by a little, I mean an unhealthy amount. It took THREE WEEKS to convince her to Jax and I out of the house. We finally convinced her when we made the point that people would be suspecting if we had said we had been living here for two months, and nobody had actually SEEN us.

Anyway, I am going out to a spot I found pretty quickly once I got off house-arrest. It's one of the tallest trees on the mountain, and it also has the perk of being away from any people. I climb up into the tree and just listen. Sometimes I think about everything I'm too afraid to think of around other people, sometimes I just sit there in silence for a while. Other times, I train. I train so that I never have to be afraid again. Dad is still training us, but I need to do more. So, I go to the woods. 

On days like today, I choose to take pictures. It's something I've come to start doing recently. I haven't shown anyone my pictures, not even Jax, though. I take pictures of things that wouldn't usually be noticed. If someone were to see them, they would probably think my photos are really dark. I only use a vintage, black and white camera, so sometimes my photos really do look depressing. Other times, I really am looking for the sad aspects of nature. 

I took my time getting there, so it took a little longer than the usual twenty-five minute walk. It could be shorter, but I tend to stick to the less-populated parts of this small town. That way, there's a lesser chance of confrontation. Small town people normally like to say hi to people on the street, and I do NOT want to do that. 

I spent some time taking pictures around my spot before climbing up for a break. Once I had decided I was on an adequately high branch, I relaxed against the trunk, legs crossed in front of me. I laid my head back and closed my eyes. Out here, I wasn't constantly trying to be someone else. Here, I could just relax. 

"It's cold. Can we go home?" 

And there it is. The only downside of being in power mode all the time: I couldn't block Khione out. At all. 

"We can't get cold, idiot," I muttered in response, "Now let me have some peace and quiet."

"Jeez, ok" 

I know that I should apologize, but it's just so hard to find some quiet, and it's too tempting. So, I just sighed. 

"Are you talking to yourself?" 

"Ah!" I started, nearly falling out of the tree in the process. 

I only managed to stay on because I threw my hand out at the last second, grabbing onto my previous sitting branch.