New beginnings and unseen dangers

"I think here's the place," he looked at the map and looked up again.

"Are you sure?"

"Don't you trust my instincts?" They were both young and one of them had blue hair and brown eyes. He was average in height and had a frightening stare. The other one was a bit tall and he had deep blue eyes. His nose was well pointed and he had chocolate brown hair.

"Let's go then,"

Vanessa closed her eyes and she imagined herself in a safe place. She became so focused and all distractions were cancelled. The portal she had made then became so large and the instructor could no longer use his powers on it. The instructor's timer rang and the portal closed immediately. She took a bow and the instructor clapped audibly.

"You're really amazing Ms Storm. Your dad said that I shouldn't go easy on you. I'm surprised that you're this strong. Welcome to Heroes Academy,"

He brought out a long wand, the wand was an ancient weapon and it could do all sorts of things. He used the wand to draw symbols which appeared in the air. The symbols had a blue glowing light, he drew a circle to surround it and a door appeared. He gave her a sign telling her to go through the door. She looked at him with a weird stare but he persisted and she finally agreed to go through the door. She opened the door and a bright light shone from inside. She closed her eyes and everywhere faded out.

When the light had disappeared, she saw herself in a room. There were two other girls there. The shorter one which had a blonde hair and blue eyes rushed to hug her. She welcomed her warmly but the other girl in the room seemed to be unaware of her surrounding. She was focused on her book and also had a head phone on so, she probably couldn't hear anything. Vanessa tapped her on her shoulder and waved at her. She removed the head phone she had placed on her ears. She was jamming to some cool music. She smiled and said "Welcome," she placed the head phone back on her ears and continued concentrating on her book. The other girl made a 'she's always like this' kind of expression to Vanessa and Vanessa said. "Oh!"

"By the way, I'm Diana. I can't wait to show you around. What's your superpower? I can teleport from place to place. One minute I'm here," she said and teleported to another part of the room. "And another minute I'm here. Tada! " She turned around and Vanessa laughed. "You're funny. My superpowers are, psychokinesis, telepathy, I can form shields and I can also control the weather. I'm Vanessa Storm," she made a superhero pose and lightning struck.

"Wow! You're so awesome", she giggled. She took Vanessa by the hand and dragged her out of the room. She was going to show her round the school.

Diana had been in Heroes Academy for just a week but she had gotten used to the environment. Her roommate Rosa, was the shy type and she hardly came out. She was very quiet but she wouldn't let you step on her and go scot-free. She loved revenge so much, more than she loved reading books. Rosa had been in Heroes Academy for a year now but she remained in the same level because she hadn't mastered her powers before. But now, she thought to herself that she would be ahead of the new students cuz, she was repeating the level.

Diana dragged Vanessa all over the school and showed her different things like, statues of past heroes, the heroes weapons and so on. After the tour, they went to the Heroes cafe to have some smoothies. "Diana, thanks for showing me around,"

"Sure Essa. Can I call you Essa?"

"You can," both of them smiled. After they have had their smoothies, they left the cafe and were going back to their room. Vanessa looked around and observed the buildings. She was extremely fascinated by how they were structured. There was a long silence between them untill Diana broke the silence.

"So, Essa do you have a boyfriend?"

Vanessa stopped walking and gazed at Diana. "Boyfriend? I've got no time for a boyfriend. I've got a lot to achieve,"

"Like?" Diana stopped walking also and looked at Vanessa cluelessly.

"Like, going to the moon," Vanessa said and also wondered to herself. "Why is she so clueless?"

"Really?"

Vanessa hits her forehead.

"Just forget about it,"

"Okay,"

Diana had this child-like behaviour which made her look cute. Besides, she had really small lips and baby doll eyes. She also packed her hair into two pony tails which made her look very young. She was always dressed like a doll. She would wear short skirts with crop tops that always revealed her flat tummy.

Vanessa's hair was purple and she fell her it down instead. She had pointed nose and vampire like teeth. She also had pink lips and three dimples, one on her right cheek and two at the left which made her very beautiful. She preferred wearing pants or shorts which she could use to easily jump from one spot to another. She and father usually fought during their training sesh and she would always put on pants so that she could feel free to kick him anytime.

Vanessa changed the topic and she found out from their conversation that Diana was the middle child. She was with both of her parents and her cousin stayed with them. Her cousin had lost his parents two years ago so, her parents took him in. Vanessa also shared with Diana how she lost her mother during Christmas. She blamed herself for the incident. If she hadn't gone outside to play, her mom would have still been alive, she thought to herself. She became really emotional and Diana consoled her.

"Enough about sad stories, what are your hobbies Essa?"

"Ermh... I... Do you hear that?" She asked after she had heard some whispering.

"Hear what?" She looked around confused.

"I can hear something in the bushes," Diana laughed at Vanessa with the thought that she was just hearing things. Vanessa frowned at her and she went close to the bushes to confirm for herself. When she got there, she continued to hear the sound. She entered the bushes and Diana heard her scream.

"Vanessa! Are you okay?"