Alpha Bane

[ Glow Hillside]

They would not stop.

I ran with all my might, they're coming at me.

" Hey Glow, mind glowing tonight." Big Q said and they all laughed.

"Hey Glow, stop running so the wind doesn't blow you out" Simone said and they laughed at me again. I seemed so tiny, the size of an ant on the huge table tennis court and they are now standing around like big mean evil giants, watching me run around, trying to dodge their hands as they are trying to catch me.

I hit the net and pass out, but I can still hear them. "Hey guys, let me wake her," I heard Meg say. Then she poured a cup of ice cubes on me, which hit my head in thuds. And then they laugh hysterically.

Just as the ice cubes were thudding off my head, I heard a knock on the door. The only difference is that it was not from that world. The knock became even louder, I could feel it and I could hear my name.

I was forced to open my eyes. Just as my eyes flung open I saw my mum patting on my cheeks with both hands.

"Glow, honey, you are going to be late for school" she said in a really cute voice. I realized that I just had a dream, yes the reoccurring one about my dumbass bullies. My mum is my only support right now from all the bullying and mistreatment that I get from the school. My dad, I was told, died before I was even due for delivery. My home, my mum are my safe haven.

"Good morning mum." I greeted her. "Can I not go to school today?" I asked her with pleading eyes.

" Young lady, get your a** up and get ready for school." My mum said in a soft voice then rolled up the window blinds.

" I want to, but the bu-" I tried to speak before my mum stopped me.

"B-b-but…no buts, young lady. Bullies only come because you don't stand up to them. You make them feel powerful with your fears. They feed on that honey, but when you stop their source of meal, boom! They die off your back!" My mum stopped picking up the laundry and explained dramatically. I got out of bed and walked towards the bathroom to freshen up.

I know my mum can be caring and loving, but she never supported me when I showed any sign of weakness. She would always give me a good sermon. I keep wondering what I should do to be able to get the leeches off my back and be the strong girl my mum sees. I don't know where that girl resides, but I'm certain that it's not within the person staring back at me in the mirror.

I would most definitely want to be strong and end the bullying, but the truth is that this girl in the mirror does not have it in her. I looked at my tiny figure in the mirror looking all clumsy with pale skin, deep green eyes, a head of frizzy red hair, freckles splattered generously on my face and the huge glasses I wore.

"Can you be strong?" I said after I spat out the lather from my mouth. I rinsed my mouth and pulled up the sleeves of my T-shirt to my shoulders. I flexed my arms like a hulk, in hopes to pop out some muscles and none popped. My arms remained long and straight like a ruler. I let out a sigh and moved my thin body to the bathtub. I wasn't disappointed, I was just wondering why I could not see what my mum sees, the hulk in me or why she can't see what I'm seeing too, I mean the clumsy girl in the mirror.

I tried to cover my hair before shower. I'm skipping hair wash today. For a split second I thought I could feel the silkiness of some locks at the back of my head, but when I couldn't feel it anymore, was it just me or my hair just got fuller. I thought.

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The bell rang and the hallway was once again flooded with students. Nesville High is a popular school and highly rated over other highschools in the City. The reason, no wonder it has a high population of learners trooping in every academic year. I happen to be one of the students here, walking in the hallway.

'Glow Hillside'

A voice whispered softly amidst the noise of slamming and clanking of locker doors and the indistinct chattering of students in the hallway. I thought it was the regular squad of friends from my class. They are my classmates but they all look bigger and better than myself. They're my tormentors, my bullies, they've been picking on me since our freshman year. I have tried hard to invade them today, trying to be as invisible as I can. I wonder what they want now. Ignored the voice and kept on walking, clutching my notes tightly.

'Adalwolfa.' I heard again.

Now no one is called Adalwolfa, I mean none that I know of, not even a nickname or alias. And I'm not called by that name. I was beginning to fidget because this whole thing might actually be going on in my head and no one is actually close to me for me to hear the voice so clearly. I'm about to double up my walking speed or possibly start running when two hands gripped my shoulders and I need no sorcery to tell me who they were.

They lifted me up like a trash can, quite effortlessly. This earned me some jests of laughter.

"Hey, we missed you!" Meg said, squishing my face painfully. She is a blonde and also the female villain of my class and no one wants to get on the bad side of this hell of a diva. I must have turned red because BigQ pointed it, saying I was having a lot of fun and turning red from excitement, earning me another round of laughter from the other students.

I was held dangling high up in the air and I knew their plan was to throw me scrambling down to the floor. They did it.

" Have some more fun Glow stick" Simone chimed in.

I braced myself for the pain to come as I was thrown across the floor. Only for me to find myself double flipping and landing on one knee.

That was the coolest thing I have ever done and how I did it, I could not understand, I wanted to bask in the moment not until I heard the laughter of people who saw it.

" She's got some moves, praise Marvel studios" someone yelled.

"Yeah, do it again!" Another one said. BigQ lifted me up again and this time, I couldn't flip any more , I felt heavy, I crashed to the floor, I heard a crack from within me. They laughed at me.

" Marvel warned you, do not try this at home" Meg said and they all laughed and left after the bell.

I tried to stand up but I couldn't. I broke a rib. I let out a groan and winced. I didn't think I was so loud not until the whole building started vibrating, things falling over and I could hear a girl screaming faintly from a distance. I couldn't tell what happened next because everything went black.