CHAPTER 2

During that day in school not so far away similar events had been taking place but didn’t turn out the same as Delta’s school, instead the students that had gotten their powers at this school had a different approach towards how they would use their newly obtained powers instead of trying to figure them out they were confronted with nightmares and visions of their worst fears this was similar to what had happened to Ryan but less intense as it happened less frequently. The school consisted of people around the same age group and had similar powers to those from the school that Delta and his friends go to, Dylan was the name of the first one to get this opportunity to have power the voice was similar but more deep and dark than the one that spoke to Delta and his friends and instead of offering him this power by touching an orb this schools power users weren’t given much of a choice they were told “If you wish to live step into the darkness face your fears and you will get powers beyond your wildest imagination” Dylan without a reaction to this news stepped right into the darkness without looking back, the voice then said “Well done you have demonstrated your control over fear now you may use fear to control others farewell” Dylan after this was enveloped in darkness and then the darkness disappeared and there was no sign of it, unlike what happened to Delta and his friends the powers didn’t take till the next day to start developing, instead they started to have an impact straight after they stepped into the darkness.

Dylan walked to school and met up with his friends on the way, Dylan highly resembled Delta in the way that they had similar appearances, they had similar interests and at one point they were even friends that was until they had to leave for high school instead of everyone going to the same school Delta and his friends were fortunate enough to get into the better school, Dylan and the friends at his school however were not so lucky as they didn’t have enough room at Delta’s school for any more students so they had to say their farewells and planned to see each other again in the future they didn’t have any way of keeping in touch but they promised that they would see each other again as they were best friends.

Dylan had stopped by all of his friends houses on the way to school first was Quintin who was the smart one of his group, the next of his friends to pick up were Cat and Katie, Katie was always had an obsession with trying to get boys to notice her and Cat had been addicted to finding out more about the darkness more specifically shadows and how they work. The next of Dylan’s friends on the way to school was Naomi she was addicted to studying all different types of creatures more specifically creatures that take the form of beasts that have been either thought of as legend or worshipped by entire religions. The next person was waiting out the front of his house lighting matches he was Jessie his fondness for flames and seeing things burn was kind of worrying but Dylan and his friends knew that Jessie was skilled enough with fire to not harm himself or them. Will was jumping of the roof of his house Dylan could see this from five houses down the road he went up to Will and asked “What are you doing that’s dangerous do you want to get yourself killed you idiot!” Will responded in a confident and defiant tone “I’m sure you would know this by now but I am trying my latest experiment I want to test the different between the time of jumping off the roof with nothing on and then the time of jumping off the roof with a bag full of bricks” Dylan responded with a pissed off tone “ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL YOURSELF NOBODY CAN LIVE A FALL LIKE THAT ONTO SOLID CONCRETE” Will said quietly “Sorry I was just trying to prove my research and further my investigation” Dylan who was now calmed down responded with “It’s okay just please if you are doing anything like that again consult us first, we don’t want you getting killed you idiot” Will nodded and they headed to the next house. Next was Nathan he was kind of a nervous wreck and a pushover so when he came out Will spoke up loudly and said “Hey small fry what’s going on… oh are you going stop me small fry” Will then proceeded to fake him out with a punch and made Nathan flinch, as this happened Dylan came up behind will and hit him upside the head and said “Come on will, we don’t have any time to waste thanks to that little stunt you pulled earlier we still have to stop by two more of our friends houses. So the group got to Elisa’s house and they waited out the front as they could hear the sounds of shouting and then saw Elisa storm out of her house and say in a calm tone “Oh… hey guys how long have you been here” Dylan said “Long enough now come on we have to go” the group had one last place to go. They finally arrived at the last house it was where Dakota lived, Dakota came out well dressed compared to the rest of his friends and said “Would any of you like refreshments before we leave?” Dylan said “No time come on we have places to be if we want to get a good seat in class” Dakota replied “Okay then let me just go put this towel back” Dylan replied “Didn’t you hear me before there is no time to spare come on we have to go and anyway it goes along with the whole butler look” Dakota with a confused look followed the group and headed to school.

The group continued on and came to a stop when they heard the voice that Dylan had encountered earlier, Dylan said “This guy again, HEY YOU WHERE IS MY POWER” the voice replied “Oh you again I didn’t expect to have you here but to speed along the process you must believe in it and it will take form that is all I will tell you and seeing as you are here you can explain the deal to your friends farewell” as the voice disappeared and the shadow from earlier had appeared and so Dylan said “Step into the darkness trust me I did it earlier and I’m still here I mean come on how much worse could it get” all of them without hesitation walked into the darkness but instead of what Dylan had expected they had all been consumed by the darkness, Dylan’s face had the expression of fear something he never thought he would have to experience again as his only fear was losing those close to him. Dylan started having tears run down his face he couldn’t believe what had just happened everything important to him gone in second, he remembered what the voice had told him earlier about believing it and taking form he decided he would use his fear of loss and imagine the gateway to darkness and as he envisioned it hard enough all of his friends were in his sight. Dylan had been relieved to see all of his friends safe and with him and said “Thank goodness you are all okay I’m so sorry that happened” everyone with a confused face and Quintin came out and asked “What do you mean we just walked into it saw a light show wait let me correct myself a dark show and the darkness left and we have just been here for the last five minutes with you because you just fell down and passed out if anything we should be asking if you are okay” Dylan said “Yeah I’m fine sorry let’s go we may just make it in time” the group then walked to school without a word being uttered. A bus drove by next to the group on their way to school and it was headed towards Delta’s school and over the bus was Andrew flying in the sky fighting against the wind, then Connor came blazing through over taking the bus within an instant and then James who proceeded to do the same thing but on his hands and with a noticeable difference in speed. Dylan and his friends were speechless and then Naomi said “So Quintin you’re the smart one of the group could you please just explain what just happened and please don’t skip out on the details” Quintin who was just as surprised as the rest said “I think we may have just had the confirmation of powers existing in this world” Jesse with doubt in his voice said “Yeah sure that’s it I really thought that you were meant to be the smart one of the” before he could finish speaking he was interrupted by Dylan who said “No, stop he’s right” everyone showed a shocked reaction and then started to show doubt and then Nathan spoke up and said “But how powers don’t exist this is the real world come on stop trying to mess with us” Elisa then said in reply to that “Well we did just see Dylan experience fear so as far as I’m involved anything could happen after that” Dakota said with fear in plain sight “You’re right anything could happen and the darkness in the middle of daylight appearing” Will then went on to say “Does that mean we could get powers, wait Dylan what exactly happened the first time you heard that voice” Dylan took in a deep breath and explained the whole encounter with darkness for the first time and after everyone was sure they would get powers they were almost all completely convinced of this, all except Quintin the one who brought up the idea, he went on to say “It is scientifically impossible for that to happen, powers can exist though” Jesse then went on to say “Well how can science support that happening huh? Exactly we’re left with no other choice but to believe this” Naomi said “Well what does Dylan think of all this?” Dylan replied “Well the voice from earlier gave us a hint remember, it said you have to believe and it will take form that may have just been directed at me but I still think that we can use that piece of advice to master this” Will said “Well okay what are we meant to believe in powers because I am convinced at this point but still nothing is happening” Dylan remembered what had happened earlier when his friends had been getting taken away and he had to use fear to his advantage and open a way out so then he said “How about we try doing something related to what we specialize in like how I am known for being fearless in the face of danger” Elisa then went on to say under her breath “was fearless at least” ending with a little snicker, Dylan shouted “JUST DO IT OKAY” Elisa was scared back into reality and asked “okay what is my so called specialty” everyone looked as if they were surprised to hear that she didn’t already know Quintin went on to say “Well obviously it’s your emotional state you aren’t exactly stable you know” Katie and Cat went on to say “you really shouldn’t have done that” as Elisa’s head immediately turned around to where Quintin was and had an infuriated look on her face, Quintin was backed up until his back was up against the fence of a house and was scared of the thought of what might happen next when she went to hit him Quintin cowered down and let off a massive wave of energy from his body that knocked everyone except Will down Dylan then went on to say “I guess it’s confirmed then powers exist and by walking into the darkness we each got a power” Quintin said “Well I think I got it” Elisa got up and asked “You got what?” everyone else was as confused as Elisa and then she said “What were you going to say?” suddenly it came to Dylan the way that he used his power was from fear and the same thing happened with Quintin so he said “Quintin was just going to say about how he was the one you were angry at, when what Will did was like hundreds of times worse” Will looked over at Dylan and said “You do realise I will make you pay for this” Elisa then twitched and the next second she was rushing towards him will couldn’t defend himself he was too scared to do anything he put his hand out and suddenly Elisa was up in the air Quintin then said “Oh I see so that’s it don’t worry I will keep quiet about it” Dylan said “Thanks, now Will put her down” Will had no idea what Dylan was talking about but when he looked up he saw Elisa in the air and he said “I don’t think I have enough knowledge on the laws of physics quite yet” he lowered his arm and as his arm lowered she lowered with it face first on the ground. Dylan then looked at the time and said “Hey if we get to school now we could get there before recess what does everyone think of that?” Quintin with a growth in confusion spread across his face went up to Dylan and asked him quietly “What’s the deal I thought we were going to unlock everyone’s powers?” Dylan replied “We don’t have to keep it a secret now didn’t you see your little energy field scared the others enough already it was just Will who was unaffected so that’s why we had to do that” Quintin replied “So I guess my analysing wasn’t good enough I must improve and further research my powers see ya” Quintin went on ahead and sped himself up with energy volleys behind him as if he was a natural at using this power, Will annoyed by the constant shockwaves used a gravitational pull to pull himself ahead of Quintin at rapid speeds.

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The group had got to the school and was investigating into their powers first was Cat and Katie who were trying to think of what they were good at Katie asked Cat “So what am I known for?” Cat replied in a cheerful tone “Well you’re known for your obsession with boys of course” Katie left in confusion said “Okay stand back then I’m going to try and summon me up one hunk of a man” Cat did as instructed and stood back expecting it to work waited for a while and Katie gave up and said “Maybe I’m not thinking realistically maybe I have to be in their league what do you think Cat?” Cat nodded with excitement to see Katie summon a man.

Hours passed after Cat was watching Katie try to summon a man and failing each time so Cat suggested “Hey maybe we could try finding out my power I’m pretty sure it would have to do with shadows and stuff so there is no time like the present I better start trying now” Cat envisioned her shadow coming off of the ground to stand up next to her and it worked Katie said “Even your power could get you a man that’s not fair” Cat said “Well actually it’s a shadow that takes orders from me” Katie said with a sound of sadness “The perfect man” Cat giggled and said “Well silly we know that your power has to do with your obsession over guys maybe you have to be around a boy to use it?” Katie looked up and started to happier and said “Well there is no time like the present let's get a guy to ask” Cat was grabbed by the arm and dragged around the school to the place where the guys are. Cat said “How about him he seems nice?” Katie went up to the boy and said “Hey would you do me a favour and come with me please?” the boy was in the middle of saying no but as soon as he looked into her eyes he agreed and moved along with her, Katie had taken the boy around the corner and was lost she didn’t know what to do next she asked the boy to stay there for a bit while she went to go do something and that she would be back later, the boy simply said nodded in a trance like state and continued to stand there.

Katie went to go look for Quintin to go see if he had any idea what her power could be so she went where he usually was in the library but instead of sitting down like normal he was floating in the air with books surrounding him turning their pages without anyone near them, Katie went up to Quintin and asked him “Quintin could you please help me discover my power?” Quintin said “Have you tried anything yet?” Katie said “Yes” Quintin replied with annoyance in his voice “Well? What have you tried so far?” Katie said with confidence “I attempted to summon a boyfriend” at that moment Quintin crashed straight onto the ground and started laughing uncontrollably, Katie said “Hey stop that what are you laughing at” Quintin didn’t stop laughing and his laughing grew louder as she didn’t realise what was wrong with her previous statement, Katie had had enough she screamed Quintin got up still laughing she made eye contact with Quintin and said “Stop laughing and tell me what was so funny about that” Quintin stopped laughing and said in a monotone voice “I was laughing at you thinking that you could summon a boyfriend just because you like boys” Katie then proceeded to ask “Alright now what do you think my power is?” Quintin had managed to snap out of the hypnotic state he was in and said “Your power is charm magic now leave me alone” Quintin then proceeded to float again and the books in the library continued to turn pages with anyone near them.

Katie stormed out of the library and saw Cat being carried by four shadow figures of her and said “Do you need a lift?” Katie said “No I have to figure out what charm magic is do you have a clue?” Cat crossed her arms and said “I don’t believe I do sorry maybe it could mean good luck charm?” Katie then went on to be overwhelmed with joy and said “Yes that must be it” Cat wasn’t so sure of it though and said “Hey maybe you could ask that guy you left standing back at that place earlier” Katie with a shocked reaction to this news said “Wait he’s still there I hope he doesn’t hate me now he was such a good listener… wait a minute he was maybe too good a listener” Cat had just looked up the meaning for charm on her phone and said “I think that you may have the power to sound like you have really good ideas” Katie replied with “Well I think it’s something like that well let’s go home I’ve had enough of school for the day” Cat said “Yeah all of that boy summoning really takes it out of you right?” Katie nodded and they left the school gates.

Jesse had been paranoid for the whole day because he knew what made him special it was his love of fire he made sure to keep his hands away from him at all times and when was having a vision of what could go wrong and he shot fire from his hands in reality he had lit his shoes on fire and was starting to panic so he ripped them off and watched as they burned down to nothing but burnt rubber. Jesse decided that the best plan of action was to ask someone else for advice he knew that Dylan was never usually around during a school day but he knew that Quintin was usually reading up about stuff at the library so he went there as fast as possible, when he got there he said Quintin floating and before he could even say anything Quintin said “Welcome I was expecting you to arrive I’m assuming you still don’t have any control over your power yet do you?” Jesse replied in a confident voice “Well I think I know how to use my power now I just have to have it in my head happening and it will happen isn’t that right?” Quintin with a surprised look on his face said “Well that was unexpected I didn’t think you would progress this far in such little time” Jesse responds with “Such little time you do realise we have been at school for over an hour and you have practically mastered your skill” Quintin responds “Oh that much time has passed already my bad anyway I haven’t mastered my skill there is still so much I can do with it that I haven’t figured out yet, anyway you probably still need my help with learning your new power and it just so happens I could use your power and put it to use with my power” Jesse replied with “Awesome thanks for helping me, but wait a minute why would we need to combine our powers together?” Quintin sighed then proceeded to say “Well we know that with these powers we are still going to have our fair share of troubles and I’m pretty sure that’s why we are all practising without powers and getting to know how to use them but of course I could be wrong but I would like to stay prepared for the worst because alone I’m not really good in combat but with you on the other hand we would make an unstoppable tag team, so what do you say would you like to further our team” Quintin held out his hand and Jesse accepted his idea and Quintin said “Alright then let the training commence” Jesse said “Okay so what do I have to do first up” Quintin said “Let’s first go outside that would be a better place to do this don’t want to risk lighting the books on fire do we”

Quintin and Jesse had walked outside of the library and were standing a room distance away from each other Jesse shouted “OKAY WHAT NOW” the next second Jesse heard a voice in his head it was Quintin “He said let’s talk to each other through the mind now okay I’m pretty sure I have enabled you to talk to me with our minds” Jesse then attempted to use his mind to communicate and said “Okay I think this is working what now?” Quintin replied by saying “Get me with your fire go all out and try to defeat me, and before you try asking if I’m sure about this I am have accounted for the possibilities so don’t worry we can go at each other with everything we got” Jesse took an unusual battle stance with his hands by his sides, Quintin was assessing the stance and got into his own as he lifted off the ground and hovered in the air.