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Chapter 1: All of us

Fordember 85th 3918 

   You know those stories that start with once upon a time? This isn't actually one of those. I'm Jesse, and this is a story about my high school years.

   "This sucks," said Jasmine suddenly. We were in detention together, because I got into a fight and dragged her down with me. "Get used to it Jasmine, or you'll only be here longer," I said, staring at the clock. Jasmine's my best friend, she does get really annoying every now and then, but when she's not annoying she's a good person.

   "I wish you didn't drag me down with you in that fight. It wasn't even my fault they decided to sniff your hair!" Said Jasmine, getting all irritated, along with me. "Jasmine, I'm trying to think of ways to harass the dumpster dogs, will you shut up?" I said, picturing dumping a bucket of slime on their heads. " I'm really bored Jesse! I want to go home..." Jasmine said, her eyes tearing up. She was being a big drama queen right about now. I was going to scare her with an intimidating look/stare, that ought to shut her up. 

  " Uh.... Why are you staring at me like that? " Jasmine said, showing fear in her eyes. I turned my eyes shining red and gave her an evil grin. She squeaked in fear, thinking I was going to hurt her. "Quit whining and I'll stop~," I said playfully, yet intimidating. "Alright, you g-got me... " She said quietly. This was really funny to me but terrifying to her. As if I was watching a movie about a girl in a slaughterhouse, and Jasmine was the girl about to get slaughtered. 

   I stopped being intimidating and sat back down. She sighed with relief, as she got out of the ball. Her eyes went dead inside, once again. If I didn't give a proper introduction, I'm Jesse Ashley Freeman. The stars created me, and I am now 16. I live in a world of superhuman people. Only 1 in 10 people born are gifted with powers. My power is special. I can transform into a demon partially, but fully is a lot of work. It scares the hell out of Jasmine because she's a squeaky toy in disguise basically.   

     It was 2:59, and our release time was 3:00. The teacher came into the classroom. " You've been released, go live your life and whatever. " He announced. We got up and walked out of the school. Jasmine and I separated ways and walked back to our homes. " Finally! " I said loudly, walking through the front door. I checked social media and watched a few episodes of a show I liked. I got bored fast and decided to go to the library. I grabbed the books I read to turn them in and set off. 

   When I got there, I went in and saw a familiar face in the front chair. " Oh, hi Phantom," I said. "Oh, surprise seeing you here! " Phantom replied. He was normally just not enthusiastic, something seemed off. "Why are you so happy today?" I asked. "Oh, I just found a good book. " He replied. "Oh, makes sense. " I replied. " So uh, what are you doing here? " He asked. " Just returning a few books I finished, that's all " I replied. " I should probably head home," I said. 

                                                                    At home

 I started to make some pork. I wanted to have a big meal alone, so I could reheat some leftovers so it could be prepared for the next meal. I don't get why Phantom was all happy today. A new book? He doesn't get happy over new books. It's actually really weird. When he's with other people he literally doesn't show emotion, he just looks dead inside. But for some reason when he's with Jake, Jasmine, and I, he just turns on. It's really weird! Oh right, the pork is done. 

   For some reason, after I ate dinner I started feeling really weird. I went to the and noticed my powers were acting up weirdly. "What the hell?" I said to myself. My head started to hurt a lot. I touched my forehead and felt small lumps. I looked in the mirror and saw small horns. I also had sharper teeth and long fingernails. "Is this a transformation or something?" I said. All of a sudden everything was growing larger. I yelled loudly. My hands were shaking, and I couldn't stop whatever was happening to me. 

                                                               The next day

I didn't get any sleep that night. Every few minutes I felt intense pain because of my transformation. When the transformation stopped I felt a surge of energy go through my body. It's 4:24 AM right now, I could either sleep or try out possible abilities. I could pull an all-nighter and get to school early, or go to sleep now and be late... I'll take my chances and stay up all night. Now, I should go outside for this. I went into my backyard and rolled my sleeves up. "Alright Jesse, let's see what happens when you blast your hands. " I said to myself. I flicked my finger and a giant flame escaped. 

" ACK- WATER OR MUD OR SOMETHING!" I said loudly. I grabbed a bucket and chucked a mixture of mud and water at the fire. It died down while sizzling. "Okay... Don't do that again! Very dangerous. " I said to myself. "Any other powers?" I asked myself. I stomped on the ground and nothing happened. "Okay... How about this?" I said. I jumped on the wall and tried to climb up it. "No, alright if that's how it is wall. " I said to the wall. 

   I tried making a small flame but when I did it just roared to be giant. " NO MORE FIRE! " I said loudly. I picked up the bucket that I refilled and chucked it at the big fire. I sighed and walked into my house. I reached for the door and closed it. I walked back into my house and looked at the clock. It was 5:02. That was pretty long just to be outside. 

                                                          Later that morning

   I got dressed and changed into my uniform. I made a bowl of cereal for breakfast and set off to school. For some reason I couldn't turn off the form thing, might not have finished yet. Anyways, it's fine. When I got to school, eyebags started forming and I started feeling drowsy. Then this random kid came up to me and asked "Why are you in a government file for powers?" I was confused so I just walked off after giving him an " I-have-no-idea-what-you're-talking-about-leave-me-alone" look. I think his name was something along the lines of Cody? Carter? Recorder? I wasn't paying attention. 

    While I was walking away, I looked back and saw a bully walk up to him and start hitting him. I would have gone back to deal with it, but I didn't want to. Too tired to get in a random fight with a random stranger. Later that day the bully that came up to him walked into me. He did a "Give-me-your-lunch-money-or-get-pelted" motion with his hand. I shuffled around in my pocket and gave him a five-dollar bill. He smirked and walked away.