Chapter 1

It’s a nice sunny day!

Joy mused, trying to convince herself to walk of out her house and go to school.

You would think that in the year 2076 people wouldn’t have to go to school Joy said to herself laughingly.

At least April will be there! Joy thought, again, trying to convince herself to leave her house. But, no matter how many times Joy tried,nothing could have prepared herself for what would happen that day.Today they would find out her secret. And so would she.

Finally, she had left her house and rode her bike to school. Even though she could have just taken the bus, she knew that would not work out for her. First, no one could take her because joy lived alone. The thing was, Joy didn’t know about parents. In her community parents were seen as something that was not needed.They thought making children live alone made them learn skills of independence and creativity. Also, the problem was people didn’t like Joy. They thought she was weird and because of that they were scared of her. So, they decided to do anything to make her life harder. Like bullying her when she went on the bus ,so Joy rode her bike to school but that didn’t really help. Especially today. The kids figured out that Joy decided to ride her bike instead of taking the bus, so they waited for her. When Joy went into the park where she usually does her homework, the children grabbed her.

Things got crazy fast. There was kids yelling, screaming, and laughing at her.

“You thought you could avoid us?” said one of the bigger kids.

Then, suddenly all Joy could feel was a sharp pain from people kicking and punching her. In that moment, everything turned to slow motion and Joy could feel everything. She could feel the people kicking her,spitting, punching,scratching,even biting.She could smell the sweet smell of the daisies and other flowers. She could feel the cold hard concrete that she lay on top of. All this time all Joy could feel was pain. Now, she felt anger. She felt something unlock in herself. Joy screamed with all she had. Then she noticed that the pain had stopped. Was she dead? She opened her eyes slowly and noticed that everyone was floating above her with terrified faces. Joy was confused and scared of what was happening. Why were they floating and not her? Then, Joy understood that, she, was the one controlling this. She had powers? Joy couldn’t believe that she had powers all this time and they just had to be unlocked. She ran, terrified, away from the kids and from what had just happened.

After that day Joy knew she couldn’t go to school again. She knew that the Administrative  Watch (AW) would come after her.The AW are people who take others with powers to a place called Power & Resources Camp (PARC) , where the people with powers are...actually, no one knows what happens there. Anyways, Joy didn’t have time to sit around, she had to leave her house now. Before they find her.

First, Joy got the biggest backpack she could find and took that. Next, she took some clothing and other belongings. Then, she took all the food she could find because Joy knew she would never come back.

Joy had seen something like this happen before. When Joy was in 6th grade one of her friends, Brooklynn maybe,had gotten powers and people found out. Of course, they all called and told the AW how there was a girl with power. Brooklynn tried to escape. She, just like Joy didn’t go to school and stayed home gathering her thing so that she could run. But Brooklynn wasn’t as lucky as Joy. The AW found her and took her in front of everyone. Brooklynn tried to use her powers but she wasn’t strong enough.She left and no has seen her since.

Joy had been walking the whole day and now it was night time. She was tired from walking all day and trying not be seen by others. Now, she had found a little park with a labyrinth where she could hide for the night. She found a good bush and used the blanket she had taken to cover herself. By this time in her journey, Joy was starving. Not only that. But she was dirty and exhausted. Joy thought that  maybe she could go back and turn herself in. Of course, she would have to go to the PAR Camp where she had no idea what they would do to her but they definitely would give her food. Right? Anything was better than what she had right now, which was nothing. But, as more as Joy though, she grew scared of the thought of being taken away to somewhere where they could control her.

Chapter 2

One day, Joy was in a store trying to buy food. Actually, trying to steal it. She walked along the aisles of food trying to figure out what food she could fit under her clothes, when she saw her friend, April. Joy didn’t know what to do. Should she run or stay and talk with her friend. If she's still her friend.

Before Joy had time to do anything April walked towards her trying not to draw attention. “I’m sorry I had to leave I just knew I couldn’t stay” Joy said.

“What? You don’t need to apologize! I have so many questions! Like what's your power? Are you okay? did the AW find you? How life been? Where are you living? Wh--”

“April i’m fine! I’ve been living on the streets and stealing food” Joy said ashamed.

“Here, take these groceries I bought” April extended her hand and gave it to Joy.

“April are you sure? I don’t want to cause trouble”

“i’m sure” April said smiling.  Then,  Joy left because she knew she couldn’t stay in the same place for long. But, she was happy for the first time since this journey started.

It was raining and Joy was dripping wet so she decided to go into a house that was still being built. It was dark and the air was gloomy. It was like the air knew something was going to happen. Joy quietly walked in and noticed the lights were on. Why would they be on? Then Joy felt a sharp pain on her head and everything went black. When Joy woke up she was laying on the ground that was dirty and cold. Then, she noticed that she was wearing a collar which seemed to prevent her from using her powers.