Just a Girl

Chapter 1- The Start

Alex's Pov

Hi, my name is Alexandra Pent and I'm just a normal girl. Well as normal as they get. I've always been... different from the other kids. I could always do things they couldn't; I had some kind of power that others didn't. I guess that's why my parents left me at the orphanage when I was five. Over time, I learnt to control my powers and learned what I could do with them. At night I would sneak out to my school oval and under the cover of night, I would test my abilities. I discovered that I could control all four elements. I could maneuver fire and water and make both appear in my hands. I could fly with the wind and move things with the air. Also for some random reason, I could read and if I wanted to, control minds.

This power wasn't exactly helpful when you're the weird girl at school. I always knew what everyone thought of me, and trust me there was hardly anything good. I stopped reading people's minds a while ago though. It started to get too much for me to handle alone. I struggled with what everyone thought of me. I believed that if I was perfect maybe my parents would come back for me. I had straight A's at a genius school, I was kind and caring, I did as I was told and tried to make everyone happy. Since before I could remember I've had panic attacks, and if I'm being honest with myself I can't remember the last time I was truly happy.

When I was thirteen I was adopted by Natasha Romanoff. She couldn't have children so her only option was to adopt. Despite being an assassin, my adoptive mom was kind and caring. No one had ever wanted me and I was beginning to lose hope: no one wanted a teenager. I suppose she did cause it makes it easier for her to go on missions and still be a mom as I could look after myself. When she adopted me we moved into a small flat in Queens. I went to the same school as before and went by the same name (for my safety). I never really told her about my powers though, and I don't plan on telling her anytime soon.

One day, when I was 14, I was walking home from school and I saw a building fire; A mother and her baby were trapped on the 7th floor, calling for help. I could have saved them, but I didn't. The building collapsed, killing both. That incident has scarred me for life. I could have done something, but I didn't. Since then I have vowed to use my powers for the greater good. I became Elementia. Being the genius I am I made myself a suit. Well, a kind of suit. Really It was just a pair of black leggings and a long sleeve black t-shirt. With an old beanie with holes cut into it that I used as a mask. I added a few tweaks to it like my own AI. I had made her when I was 9 because I wanted a friend. I called her Sophie. She was made into a pair of my favourite sunglasses. I added the lenses into my masks eye holes and reprogrammed her to hack into the police scans and to track down crimes. Somehow, I made my suit bullet, water and flameproof, I had always been a big fan of Princess Shuri's work and my mom often told me about her latest projects. My mom had taught me how to defend myself when she had adopted me, as well as how to throw a knife and how to shoot an arrow. She always wanted what was best for me and wanted me to be prepared for anything.

I've been Elementia for around a year now, I've saved endless lives, but that building fire still haunts me. I still have my panic attacks pretty often and my anxiety is high. I have seen things no one my age has, but no matter how hard I try to be perfect, I'm still a loser. I don't like telling other people about my problems cause I don't want to be a burden. No one knows that my parents left me, no one knows the trauma I've experienced, no one knows about the way I beat myself up over the little things, no one knows very much about me; I'm the happy girl, the smart girl, the kind girl, the weird girl and that's all I want it to be, because If I tell anyone about these things then they might leave me like my parents once did.