HER Mind

## Summary

Beth is a fourteen year old. But in this story, she is ten years old. She knows how to use her mind and can make fire and ice. She is physic and has many superpowers and has a magic wand as well.

Note: A prequel to Nayah Meets Beth, takes place three years before. In this story, she goes by "Mary-Kate". Her best friends are Derby, Caryl, Amy and Hartley.

## Havoc and Chaos

"Mary-Kate, you know not to make fire and ice in the house without permission,"

"You know me; I can't help it," Mary-Kate replied in an annoyed tone.

"I heard Chaos and Havoc are back," Alyvia said, trying to switch topics.

"Amy's my best friend. So is Hartley," Mary-Kate sighed.

Amy was Havoc's real name. Hartley was her next-door neighbor. Mary-Kate lived just across the street from Hartley.

"I know they went into hiding again since someone found out about their hiding spot," Alyvia recalled.

"But why are they back?"

"I don't know."

The doorbell rang. Alyvia raced Mary-Kate to the door and they both opened the door. Hartley stepped in. "Hey, fam!" she said, making her way to the kitchen.

"Hartley, why are you here?"

"Well...Amy's back...so is Jake..."

"We know, but why?" Alyvia interjected.

"The government thinks they left," Hartley replied happily.

"But that's a lie," Alyvia pointed out.

"Yeah...but they won't search for them anymore."

"What about your grandmother? I heard she doesn't trust Eva," Mary-Kate asked.

"Oh! Well, she hasn't been checking out their house lately..." Hartley shrugged.

"I heard Colby got changed into a dog," Alyvia interrupted.

"I know...they're having a hard time changing him back. It was kind of my fault..."

Mary-Kate closed her eyes tightly. It looked like she was trying to read someone's mind or create a fire. "Someone is coming," she whispered.

She, Alyvia and Hartley kept silent.

## Amy

The doorbell rang. "I'll get it," Hartley suggested. She reached for the door knob and turned it. Amy and a dog was at the front door. "Hi...Amy? Who is that..wait, tell me that is that Colby...it's him, right?" Hartley asked.

"Yeah...why are you here?" Amy asked grouchily.

"Come in. I'll explain," Hartley replied briskly.

Amy and Colby stepped into the kitchen. "Want a soda?" Mary-Kate asked, opening the fridge. "No thanks."

"Amy, why is your family okay with me being your BF, despite you being a villain and that I'm a superhero?" Mary-Kate asked.

"We know you wouldn't turn us in and we haven't really done anything bad since we went into hiding," Amy shrugged.

"What about Rita or Shannon?" Hartley asked.

Rita and Shannon were BFFs and were rude to almost everyone. Rita's other friend was Gigi. And Shannon's was Estella.

"Oh, while they aren't superheroes or villains...they're just plain bullies," Amy laughed scornfully.

"Well, aren't you sort of a jerk too?" Hartley asked.

"I loathe them like heck," Alyvia said.

"Yeah? Why can't they just be good and nice?" Hartley wondered aloud.

"I wish I could make a fire in school and scare them off, but that would be exposing my powers," Mary-Kate reminded them.

"Just tell them they imagined it," Colby spoke for the first time.

"That would be impossible to believe," Hartley said.

"Yeah, I agree. So what exactly happened? How come Colby can't change back?" Alyvia asked.

"Well...Amy and Colby's dad was working on a new invention...and I spilled soda all over the control panel..." Hartley said.

## The Maddens

Celia, Hartley's grandma, knocked on the Maddens' front door. "Oh no...it's Celia," Eva said. Vic opened the door. He backed away. "Hello Celia..."

"Hmph," Celia snorted. "What's going on?"

"Family movie night," Jake replied.

"Oh, I would love to join," Celia said thoughtfully. "Then again, I have a date. I'll go," she took one last look at the Maddens and snorted.

"That was close," Amy sighed.

"Why does she have to check this place out so much?" Mary-Kate wondered.

"She knows that we moved back and has to check on this house very often. After all, she owns this house," Hartley said.

"Does she know Colby is a dog?"

"Oh, no. We just tell her we're looking after this dog," Jake said.

"Then where does she think Colby is?"

"Oh, she never pays much attention to me," Colby replied.

"Why are you guys okay with me being friends with Amy and Jake, despite being a superhero?" Mary-Kate asked.

"You never turn us in to the other superheroes," Eva said.

"And your friends don't do it either," Jake said.

"We think it would be too risky to turn you in to the authorities. They'd ask a lot of questions," Hartley said.

## Shannon & Rita

A few days later, Mary-Kate was practicing her magic when Shannon and Rita came by. "We saw that! We'll tell the people at school and they'll stay away from you!" Shannon laughed.

"Oh, no you won't!" Mary-Kate shouted. She did not want to tell them about herself and her friends being superheroes or that Amy and her family were supervillains. Instead, she used her mind to surround them with fire. After that, she stopped the fire and she made them forget what they saw and said.

"Wait, what just happened?" Rita asked, rubbing her eyes.

"I don't know. Why are we in front of Mary-Kate's house? Let's just go to my house," Shannon replied.

They had completely forgotten about what they had said and what they had seen.

When they left, Mary-Kate sighed. "That was close," she told herself.

She went to her backyard and practiced some more. She used her mind to ice her fence, then melt it, then ice it again. It was pretty fun. "I'm gonna fly for a bit," she told herself and took off. She flew higher than the roof and reached the Madden's house.

She knocked on the door. Eva opened the door. "Oh...I thought you were Celia," she said.

"How are my favorite supervillains?" Mary-Kate asked.

"Oh, don't call us that," Jake said. "We prefer that you call us neighbors,"

"Really? I don't think of you guys as ordinary neighbors,"

"Well, never mind," Amy said. "We were sure Celia and her fiancé were coming back..."

"Really, why do they keep coming by?" Mary-Kate asked.

"They don't trust us," Eva explained.

"Guys, I have bad news. There's a student at school who's suspicious of you guys," Mary-Kate announced.

"And why did you wait and not tell us this sooner?" Vic asked.

"It's not her fault. We just found out," Hartley said.

"Who is it?" Eva asked.

"Um, It's Shannon," Hartley whispered.

## Shannon knows the secret

"She's a villain too and now she knows you're on the run," Mary-Kate added.

The whole Madden family gasped.

"Then, we need to...." Colby started.

"Quiet!" Amy hissed. Everyone in the house was silent. Amy wanted to make sure there was no hidden camera anywhere or someone spying on them.