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I was pulled out of my thoughts when Kaira said, “Hey want to go shopping for some new outfits before you start school tomorrow? As a celebration for you waking up?” I nodded, and she handed me my phone. “They found it not long after you were found on the road, it was unharmed. Thought you might want it back.” “Thanks. Let’s go.” I found a jacket and put it in the pocket of it, before pulling it on. I lived in town, and the mall was a couple blocks from my house, so we decided to walk there. It was a cool evening, and the breeze was light. I shot my parents a text telling them our plans and that I would be back soon. We were halfway to the mall when we were passing an alley and a guy jumped out of the shadows. He pushed us down the alley …show more content…

Oh! What if you can read minds? What am I thinking?” She said. I scoffed. “Are you kidding? I can’t read minds and I don’t have superpowers. Don’t be dumb.” “Oh! You had a shadow shield! Shadow had that before he died too! Maybe you have his powers. He couldn’t read minds though, darn, that would’ve been cool. Wait do you have Sol’s too?” She rambled on before I interrupted her. It did make sense when you thought about it. I had seen that shadow shield in front on me, and it showed up after I threw my arms over my head in panic. And I had been hit by both Shadow’s and Sol’s powers in the battle that left me in a coma. “Maybe…” I trailed off, remembering how Sol could make balls of light in his hands to light up a dark place. He would often do it when Shadow would pull the shadows around them, leaving him in darkness. I cupped my hand and imagined the bright ball of light sitting in my palm like he often did. I opened my eyes again and there in my palm was a bright ball of light. “Wow.” I closed my palm, extinguishing the light. Kaira looked at me, practically giddy. “You do! You could become a superhero! We can get a costume and a mask. This is so exciting.” I smiled, her excitement rubbing off on me. “Let’s skip the mall today, I want to test the limits of my new abilities.” She looked at me with a gleam in her eye, before saying “One second, I have something to get first.” I was about to protest but she ran off into the mall, and too lazy to follow her, I

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