Lorna

Reading. Reading was usually something that calmed me. But today, no such luck. Sighing, I put my book to one side and sat, cross legged, on top of my bed. I took a deep breath and concentrated. The room dissolved into a whirlwind of brilliant and vivid colours, before morphing into the top of Mount Everest, which dissolved into a skyscraper in New York, then the Eiffel Tower, then Camden Market in London, before melting back into the familiar poster-covered walls of my bedroom. I felt a slight chill go down my spine.

I pictured a generic boy, my age, dark hair and normal features. A second later, the same boy had materialised in the centre of my room. As calmly as I could, I walked up to him. I put my hand up to touch him, feeling a light electric tingle where we touched, but nothing more. Focusing harder, he seemed to solidify under my touch and suddenly there was an emotionless, inert boy in my room. Shaken, I dismissed the image in my head and he vanished.

I returned to my original position on my bed, just as my phone buzzed on the bedside  table. I was tempted to leave it, wanting to explore more of these powers I seemed to have gained in the hours I'd forgotten the night before, but I figured the distraction would be good.

Come to the park, theres a group of us. Its important. Z x

It was from someone down the road. We'd spoken a few times.

"Ah well, can't do any harm." I muttered to myself, shoving the phone in my pocket. The park was just a block away. I pulled on my usual attire of skinny jeans, a green tank top and a slim-fit black hoodie and left the combat boots unlaced. On a whim, I grabbed my purse and spare key too. Might go shopping a bit later-I feel like some new CDs..

I made it to the park five minutes later. There was a group of kids roughly the same age as me, as I had been promised.

"Lorna!" A couple of them shouted a greeting and I raised a hand in reply.

"Well that solves half the problem." A pretty blonde I knew by sight as Zana piped up.

We all looked at her quizzically.

"The girl I saw in the vision earlier...she's just joined us."

This caused a stir amongst the group as they all turned to regard me. I felt like a sudden spotlight had been trained on me.

"Someone explain whats been going on please?" My voice came out slightly higher than normal. I listened closely as they revealed what had happened and what they had learned. A couple of them showed what they could do.

"So...what about you?" Nick said, letting the fire fade from his hands.

My thoughts flashed on the illusions I had been creating. I smiled slightly, conjuring the same sequence of backdrops as before, after their initial shock, they all grinned, enjoying the slide show.

"I think my power is illusions. I can trick any mind into thinking that its seeing, hearing or touching something that isn't there, just by concentrating on an image in a particular way." I explained shyly.

Zane caught my eye, he gave me a small smile before saying "Thats a pretty interesting power to have there."

I felt myself blush and shrugged in reply.

"So...whats this meeting about?" I asked, attempting to divert attention away from me.

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Chapter Name
Character Name

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Aldric
Age: 14
Appearance: Dirty blond curly hair and bright, sea blue eyes. Fair skin and level headed. Intelligent, athletic and fun, but the farthest thing from reckless. Stands 5 foot five. Thin lips and angular features. Not husky in build, but muscular.
Ability: Sorcery
Author: BookCrawler

Zane
Age:15
Appearance: Raven locks of hair that fall to his eybrows and down his neck. His black curls match his thick eyebrows and his stormy, emerald green eyes. Pale skin and huge temper. One of the last people anyone wants to tick off.
Ability: Electricity Conjuring and Directing
Author: Anna_Devlin

Edward
Age:15
Appearance: Jet black hair that always looks windblown but manages to look good anyways. Usually with a wink of his dark brown eyes the girls fall for him.
Ability: Enhanced Synesthesia (can see sound as an aurora and can direct it as a physical energy attack)
Author: Westrina

Nick
Age: 16
Appearance: Chestnut, close-cropped hair that always seems messy and is never combed. A ladies man with bushy eyebrows and dark eyes. His fingers are long and slender and he always wears cool clothing. Tall and strong.
Ability: Fire Manipulation
Author: chaosbeing

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Zana
Age:14
Appearance: Long, wavy blond hair that falls to the middle of her back. Light blue eyes and thin, plucked eyebrows. Nice, full rosy lips and curvy figure. Looks like she could be a model, except for the fact that she's only five foot four.
Ability: Precognition
Author: Tianna

Lorna
Age:15
Appearance: Red hair and freckles. Gentle green eyes and pale complexion. Not exceptionally pretty, but average beauty. Tall and graceful as well as an ardent bibliophile-- just like Aldric.
Ability: Mind Illusions (can make people see things that aren't there)
Author: HannaKingdom

Kristen
Age: 16
Appearance: Short brown hair that goes down to her shoulders. Pale with brown eyes and thin lips. Strong but not visibly.
Ability: Phasing (walk through walls) and Invisibility
Author: CrystalRose
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Lythem
Age: 4,002
Appearance: Looks like a man of twenty five years old except for his old, wise eyes that contain such malice and strike fear into the hearts of others. His gray eyes are pale and frightening. Short black hair, very pale skin.
Ability: Petrification (through sight)

updated Dec 4 '10 by BookCrawler