Early Invincible

Dreaming always came easily for me, whether it was due to my vivid imagination of how I would be with super-powers or something else, it was pretty cool being able to control your dreams. And as someone who loves dreaming, especially a good dream, I also hate having to wake up before the dream ends. Worse, in the middle of a very vivid dream.

So it never came as a surprise to my family that I was irritated most mornings, alas they had no choice but to...

"Mark! Mark, Wake up!"

Wha-?

"You're going to be late for school!"

Ugh, no. My late alarm hasn't ringed yet.

"Ring! RING!!"

God dammit. I hate you!

"CRACK"

Oh…

Was that hole always there?

Wait, what happened to my nightstand.

A hole is- Oh…

"YES!"

I jumped out of bed to make a pose, I've always dreamed I would do, once this occurred.

"Mark!"

My glorious moment… ruined. Well, that doesn't matter, today I was too happy to care. My name is Mark Greyson, I'm fourteen and today I finally got my powers.

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"What's got you so happy this morning?" My mom kept sending me weird glances.

"Oh, you know, nothing much. I had a good dream and I got my powers, and I'm finally starting school aga-"

"Wait, what did you say?" Heh, mom's shocked face was priceless.

"Hmm, I said I'm happy to be starting school again and-"

"Mark! You know what I'm referring to!"

This time I couldn't hide my smirk. She noticed, of course she did, if her annoyed glare was anything to go by.

"Oh, yeah I got powers." I said using an unsurprised tone, I mean I knew, I was going to get my powers someday. So it wasn't much of a surprise, I was still excited about it though.

"Mark.. That's great! I wish your dad was here, I would love to see how he would react." Aaaand it got back to dad again. I love you mom, but you seem too addicted to dad.

"Anyways mom, I'm late I gottogo-"

"Mark! Don't speak with your mouth full!" I nodded as I swallowed my French toast.

"I love you Mom! I'll see you later!" I yelled as I ran out of the house.

I gave a glance to my surroundings once outside my house. Nobody on sight. Coast is clear, prepare for takeoff.

If dad can fly, "Hn!" So can I. With dexterity I never knew I had, with one swift motion I crouched and the next second, I was near the clouds.

"Woow!" It was the most amazing sight, I had ever seen.

The clouds were parting leaving a clear view of the city, slightly above, from my point of view, I could see the sun. I directly looked at it, unaware of time. Before, I could have never looked straight at the sun for more than a few seconds, it would irritate my eyes like few things could.

But now? Now, I could gaze at it as much as I'd like, and it was stunning. However, as much as I would love to forever look at the sun, time waited for no one. And I was already late to school.

The only reason, I actually decided to go to school today, was because I convinced myself that I would be able to see this sight as many times as I would like, for the rest of my, now ridiculous long, life.

With one look at the city, I located my school. Reginald Vel Johnson High School, today was my first day of class as a freshman.

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Now, how do I get there? I can't exactly explain how, but thinking about where I wanted to go and willing my body to go there, actually seemed to work. I went slow at first, barely faster than just walking. Then, I realized, flying wasn't much different than being on land. When we walk, we usually don't use much force, when we jog we use a bit more, and when we sprint we use all our force.

I knew that since I got my powers, I became much stronger, as shown by the hole in my room. So I wouldn't exert all of my force to fly. Because I didn't want to accidentally exit the planet. Using about as much force as when jogging, I was already going faster than cars. Yes, that includes race cars. Yet, I intuitively knew this wasn't even half of the force I could exert.

That thought, sent shivers down my spine. Shivers, of excitement.

Landing was much the same as willing myself to fly upwards. I just had to will myself to fly downwards. It was ea-

"CRASH!"

"Ow! Oh, it doesn't hurt.."

"Did you hear that sound?" "Yeah, I think it came from over here."

And, that's my clue to leave. Quickly dragging myself out of the hole I had made in the earth. I made a few turns running at normal human speed. Until finally, I was in front of my school. Thankfully, since I could fly, I arrived 10 min before school started.

"Damn, it's big..." It truly was, this was at least double the size of my middle school!

"Ha, you are lucky I don't make that kind of jokes."

Surprised at the sudden voice that appeared near me, I turn around to find myself looking at clear green eyes, which had a hint of amusement and curiosity? She had long orange hair and stood at eye level with me, so most likely the same height. For a second, I was mesmerized, this was one pretty girl.

"Uhm, Hello! I'm Mark and you?" I took one step backward to make for space between us, I hadn't realized she was so close.

"Samantha Eve, nice to meet you." She stretched her hand towards me, and understanding the gesture, I shook her hand.

"Likewise," I replied after having finished the handshake. "Are you a freshman?" I couldn't stop myself from asking as I wanted to get to know her more. I didn't know whether it was because she was very attractive or something else.

"Yup, same as you."

Now, hold on.

"Oh? Why do you think I'm a freshman?"

"Well, you seemed very surprised looking at the school."

"I could be a transfer student."

"True," She finally conceded. "But you're not, right?"

"...No," She smirked at me. Fine, you win this time Samantha Eve.

"May I see your schedule? We probably share some classes together."

I nodded and pulled the schedule out of my backpack, handing it to her.

Her eyes, quickly scanned my schedule and every now and then she glanced towards her own. I silently hoped we at least had one class together.

"It seems we have Biology, Photography and English together."

Yes! We have three classes together, erg I mean- "Oh that's pretty cool," I responded.

That's it Mark, play it cool.

"We have Biology first, we should get going," She stated and proceeded to walk towards what I assume it's where the class it's located.

I was quick to follow. This had to be the best first day of school ever, I got my powers AND met a gorgeous girl, nothing could go wrong today.