I have decided to tell my life story. When I was three my parents were killed. I do not know who did it, but I do know that the police didn't do too much investigating. Their analysis: Suicide. But I knew better. My parents would never have commited suicide. The cops sent me to an orphanage.
At the orphanage, I only managed to make two friends. One of them was named Fridolf, and he was one year older than me. The other was named Missuk, and she was my same age.
When Missuk and I were 6 (and Fridolf 7), we escaped the orphanage together. The cops searched for us--mainly me--because they thought that I was very dangerous. At the time, I did not know why. But now I am all too aware.
Fridolf, Missuk, and I lived out in the forest for a long time. Well, more specifically, a year. We would have kept living like that, in a cave, for even longer if it hadn't been for a specific accident. (don't you find it weird that the cops would still be searching for me A YEAR after I disapeared? I thought so, too, but didn't take to much time trying to figure out why)
One day, Fridolf was sick with a fever so he was staying in the cave. Missuk and I were out gathering wood for our fire. Suddenly, these cops found us just as we were about to enter the cave to check on Fridolf. The police grabbed us.
I got so scared that all of a sudden, fire shot out of my hands, causing the policemen to let go of us and run. Unfortunately, this also caused a forest fire.
Missuk and I got out of that forest so fast you could barely see us. We weren't thinking properly and we left Fridolf behind, trapped in the cave that was quickly filling with smoke. Upon realizing this, I rushed back into the burning forest for him. For some reason beyond my understanding (at the time), the fire didn't hurt me if I touched it.
So I entered the cave and came back hauling Fridolf out. Fridolf was now so afraid of me, however, that he let the athorities grab him and take him back to the orphanage while Missuk and I hid. He never even tried to escape.
Missuk wasn't as afraid of me, as we were closer friends, but she trusted me less and was more cautious.
We began wandering around the city, and we continued to wander for a few weeks. The cops were everywhere, searching high and low for us. It wasn't long before we actually ran into them.
They grabbed us and I got scared again. This time, I didn't shoot fire.
I freezed time. I wandered around the frozen city streets, terrified to death.
I desperately tried to unfreeze time, but to no avail. I panicked, but everyone and everything was frozen in place. (Please comment and tell me how YOU would have reacted if the world had frozen around you).
I just began to shake, believing that time would be frozen forever. But then, 24 hours later, (the next morning [even though the sun didn't change position]) time started up again. I don't know how I did it, but I guess the limit for time being frozen is 24 hours.
I've never been able to achieve freezing time for such a long duration since then. Now, the most I can manage is about ten minutes at best.
Just before time resumed, I had walked back to the spot where Missuk stood, frozen struggling with a policeman.
So I was back at almost the same spot when time resumed. I boy with short black hair saw us fighting with the policemen (after time started up again) and came over to help. I, without trying, shot fire out of my hand once more. I killed three cops, including the two that were holding Missuk. Missuk stepped back.
The boy raised an eyebrow at me and proceeded to create a tidal wave come out of nowhere and drown the remaining policemen. Then the water disapeared, leaving the cops bodies on the city floor.
People around us obviously freaked out. So Missuk, the boy, and I dashed away. We stayed in an old farm house located on a large field.
The boy, who I later found out his name was John (John is a real person who is my friend in real life), helped me control my fire and time.
It turns out that if I am touching a person when I freeze time, that person will not get frozen.
I also discovered how to look into the past. I used this power to find out how my parents were killed.
They were murdered by a girl with powers. I left the farm one night, leaving only a note to John and Missuk. It said:
Dear Missuk and John,
I thank you for staying by me for so long, but I have something I must ggo and do. I will be back as soon as I can. Thanks for everything.
-Xiao
I then left. Two months later I found the girl ontop of a mountain. She said that her name was Angwusnasomtaqa (ann-gwuss-nu-some-talk-uh), and that she was from the ancient past. She was a time traveler, just like me.
When I asked her why she killed my parents, she replied, "I did not want to. They tried to kill me first."
"Why would they want to kill you?" I demanded, disbelieving what she said.
"They were against time-travelers," Angwusnasomtaqa replied, shaking her head sadly. "They found it...wrong. They tried to kill me so I killed them. I was evicted from my tribe for being a time traveler, so I came to this time instead."
A terrible thought then crossed through my head.
If they had known that i was a timetraveler, would they have tried to kill me, their own daughter? I couldn't imagine, but yet I knew it was possible.
So I ended up
not fighting my parents' killer to the death, after all. Instead, I left and returned to the farmhouse.
After that, I met a girl named Allie. She had the power of crystal, which seemed to be all the powers put together. We started a team called "The Mystery Team," since our powers were a mystery to us.
Allie became the leader. I decided to change my name to something more common than "Xiao." I changed my name to "Sam."
It wasn't long before our team had a lot of members.
First leader was Allie, with the power of Diamond. I was second leader, and I was master of fire and time. Then there was Mckenna and Chloe. Mckenna was the master of darkness; Chloe, shapeshifting. Then Puppy came along. He was the master of light. He didn't get along with Mckenna very well lol. There was also Nix, who had the power of ice and electricity. John became the master of water, as did another boy named Josh. These are all real people in real life, as are the many other people we have on the team that I am leaving out.
Our team made it our duty to kill all of the people who misuse their powers. I will add on to this as the rest of my story unfolds.
btw:
The Mystery Team has an official website! (created by
moi) To learn more about the Mystery Team, visit:
www.mysteryteam9.webs.comThank you for reading!
-Xiao (now Sam)
Second Leader of The Mystery Team
