Chapter 2

(4 years later)

It was the last week before vacation for John.

He was currently coming home from New Bostin Middle School.

And as usual for the past four years, with bruises and contusions from the constant bullying.

He was virtually ready to give up, due to doubting if he'd ever get his ability.

Good thing that Claire and Adrion were his friends.

He had met her the same way as in canon.

After being beaten rather severely along with Adrion, she had come upon them and helped them up

They gave him the courage to continue living

That, and evolving into a powerful god tier otherwise he would have already killed himself.

After all six years had passed and he was sure that his original self in Canon had already gotten his ability by this time.

But after careful consideration, he realised that the original John received his ability the year after this one.

And all those smug looks he received every day, he just wished he could wipe them off.

He couldn't stand the verbal, mental, and physical abuse he received for being a cripple, it was painful.

It would also cause him to lash out from time to time.

Since he had learned martial arts from his father, he was relatively safe from the low tiers and the weaker mid-tiers who didn't have troublesome abilities.

And he would be somewhat lucky if those were the guys he lashed out against.

But if it was the stronger side of the mid-tiers with troublesome powers or worse, the rare elite tiers (elite tiers are rare since they are only one for every ten people) he would be destroyed and sent to the infirmary.

While going out to take a walk in an attempt to clear his mind, he passed an alleyway.

In that passage, you could hear a woman begging another person to let her go.

And John, being the smart boy that he was, left as quickly as possible to not get noticed.

When arriving home, and the adrenaline disappeared, John started to sense a new sensation.

It felt good, he also felt stronger although it was hard to describe.

Like some kind of drug except you did not get addicted to it.

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(John's P.O.V)

'No way, is this what I think this is' I exclaimed in my mind.

I rushed into the bathroom and looked into the mirror.

My eyes were glowing. I finally have my ability

The ability then deactivated itself.

But that did not dampen my mood.

Tomorrow was the last day of school. After that, I could train for as much as I needed to protect myself and them.

And of course, I had to practice not repeating the errors of my canon counterpart.

I practised activating and deactivating and my ability to be able to switch it on at will. It was hard to control when you first got your capacity.

(One day later)

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(Narrator P.O.V)

"-And I wish you all a great summer vacation, rest well and come back in top shape next year," announced the teacher.

That afternoon, John hurriedly left to put his bag down at his and rushed out of it immediately after.

He went to see Adrion and Claire at the trio's regular meeting place.

The two were there as usual, talking about all kinds of random things only friends would talk about.

When they saw him, they called out.

"Hey John," said Claire cheerfully.

"Hi bro," spoke Adrion.

"I have a surprise guys, guess what it is," John announced, sure that they wouldn't be prepared for what secret he was about to divulge.

"Money," Adrion let out, not expecting it to be the answer.

John decided to provide them with a clue about what his surprise could be.

"Even better," he pronounced.

"," Claire sounded.

"Money is better than cake though Claire, right John," Adrion uttered.

He knew from experience due to his family not having a good time in the money-making department.

"A phone!!" they expressed together.

"Nope, that's not it. Do you want me to tell you," John conveyed, with a smug tone in his voice.

"No don't, I got this," Adrion said feeling challenged.

"Too late guys, no more guesses. I finally got an ability!" John declared.

"WHAT?!" the duo shouted baffled.

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(John P.O.V)

After lying to them about how I discovered my ability, saying I was attacked to justify how I knew what my ability did since Claire didn't have a vision yet concerning what my ability did, I asked Adrion to help me out by sparring with me from time to time.

I also asked if they could help me with my research on abilities in general to have a basic understanding of how they worked, which would make it easier for me to copy them.

Subsequently, in the next few days, Adrion and I sparred a few times, with the former telling me all he knew about his ability.

It was a strength-enhancing ability.

He was a low tier, so it wasn't that powerful. But it was enough for now to develop my powers.

I also trained my body like the original John.

Doing stuff like punching the ground and other somewhat extreme things to handle the recoil of the abilities I copied.

It hurt, but I had to endure.

After all, I'd rather have to break my fist to get stronger than have bullies beat me and my friends up for no reason other than us being weak.

In one week I understood perfectly the basics of my new power, I had to sense an active aura, sample it, copy it and apply it to my own

Aura.

And if I wanted to amplify the ability then I should intensify the aura flowing through my channels.

The more control I had over my aura, the more I could increase the flow in my channels, and then the more I could boost the ability's power.

And I had a month and a half to train.

I am going to be overpowered that's for sure.