[ WP ] Every person in the world develops a weird mutation/power the day they turn 16 . Everyone 's powers are always different , some more insignificant than others . You turn 16 , and watch as all your friends discover their newfound ability 's . That is , until you discover the severity of your own .

Grandfather was the only one without powers in the family, and he was one of the few who have lived in the Before and survived. Before genes started mutating, before people received powers, before the world as he knew it ended. Things are different in the Today. We learnt it all during history in school. Mr T. brought us back to the Before and we had watched the wars, the starvation, the shootings, the massacres. Every child Today knows the story, because as some wise man in the Before had said, those who can not learn from history, are doomed to repeat it. And we don ’ t want that. 
 
 We are lucky that the wars have ended as quickly as they begun. The Normals, like my grandfather, who were trying to kill those with powers were quickly put down by us. When my second cousin Sophia received her ability to bend the wills of others, grandfather had been most displeased. After all, it was one of the powers most feared back in the Before. Those with this ability were the ones who dominated and the wars had come. Countries fighting for dominance, millionaires waking up to find that they have signed away their fortune, men and women everywhere woke up to find that they have been doing things that they never would. It was then when the true Wars begun. 
 
 Things are better Today though, people like Sophia are being kept safe. I haven ’ t seen her since she registered her powers two hours after she turned sixteen. Joshua, my older brother, had the ability to turn into a guinea pig. Grandfather was highly amused. It seemed though, that abilities are not hereditary. Father is a genius with technology while mother can heal with just a touch. I turn sixteen in a little less than two hours and I can ’ t wait to find out what my power is. 
 
 It was the Law to register your abilities no more than two hours after you receive it. If you don ’ t, well, if you don ’ t, you might cease to exist. That was what we have been taught since those carefree days in preschool. They will hunt you down no matter how you try to hide. Uncle Kevin tried to hide Cousin Kingsley when they realized he could make people disappear. Well, they made Cousin Kingsley disappear. 
 
 I just came into my powers. Mother just made the most horrible sound, a hoarse, gutteral scream when I brushed by her in the cramped kitchen. She is still writhing on the ground, albeit silent. It seems, that I can cause pain to whomever I touch. I think They might try to make me disappear too. Oh dear. She isn ’ t moving anymore. 

