Power And Pride

Story by FacelessBuster on SoFurry

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#1 of Unique

Alright y'all. I know I'm not the best writer but I try. And I like my work. Also this kind of story is kinda... Audience choice related. Those who have maybe played Infamous can probably see what I'm going for. So now the character is unsure if she should risk her sisters life or her own. She can either be selfish or selfless and this will make her change and everyone else change around her. Positive reviews please should you care to comment.


Have you ever questioned the things that have happened to you? Like why do the things in life happen to you? Well even if you don't,My life is like that all the time believe it or not. I'm in high school but you won't believe what I can do. I have superpowers. Not even kidding. Don't laugh or anything but I can control a magical form of energy. I call it Aura. It's like a mystical... Cloudy... Misty type of stuff. Yeah. It ain't normal. Not to mention I can take the powers of others. Sounds cool right? Well in all honesty it's kind of difficult. Having all that power... It's actually very very painful. I've managed to control myself but sometimes I have trouble.

My name is Pandora. Yeah I know,Weird name,But it's not as weird as some of my friends at this school. I live in Louisiana. Baton Rouge. My mother,Father,Sister and I came here after a uh... Ahem,Well we had some uninvited people in our town that forced us out. Let me explain. A for more than ten years,There have been these powerful government characters who seem out unnatural people. These people are the folks with powers. Society has deemed them dangerous and disgusting people. They are seen as monsters by everyone. Well... Almost everyone. A lot of people like these beings. But so many do not. The government does worldwide checks at every business,School and house to try and sniff out these super powered beings. It's relentless. They have called them Metahumans. So I'm gonna tell you a weird story. A cool but weird story. I go to Magnet High School. It's not bad but it's not the best school either. I am gonna tell you a rather unbelievable story. Just bear with me please. Now,Let me begin...

If you haven't guessed it,I'm a girl. And I'm a... Pretty odd colored little Fox. I have a black and grey fur pelt and a weird mask like look in my face...... My Fathers a raccoon. My mothers a Fox/Snow wolf hybrid. Yeah. I know. Weird. Moving on. I have a stripe also going from my nose all the way to my spine,Down my back to the tip of my tail. I have a sister named Persephone. Named specifically cause she's such an innocent person. Literally. Her name is Greek for "Innocence". She doesn't have any powers and is completely obedient to whatever force is greater than her own. It's quite annoying really. She is a raccoon plain and simple. The pelt,The tail,The mask,All that-Which is weird cause raccoons aren't normally seen as the innocent ones. But let me start my story. It was a dark and rainy day at Magnet. A lot of the kids stayed in their classes to avoid getting wet but I went out on purpose. I loved the rain. It was an exciting thing to me. I sat there at my desk,Reading.

Kind of. I loved reading but I really was listening to the pitter patter of the rain. It was very quite and soothing. The class was taking a test and merely everyone was finished. There was still Some people in the classroom who hadn't finished. One of my friends who sat next to me,Evelyn,Had thrown a paper ball at me. It hit me in the face and I turned to her.

"What?" I asked with irritation. Eve was a blonde pelted dog. She had a weird white scratch marking over her left eye and a long,And I mean very long,Light blue and white tattoo like thing on her right arm. She claims that's what I was but... I don't know. Maybe that's what it is. Anyway,She had whispered to me if I knew the answers. I was the smartest out of us. Not to be mean but... Well I'm smarter.

"Why should I give you the answer?" I asked her keeping my voice low. It was still a quiet classroom so we had to whisper so as not to get the attention of the other students and not get the attention of the teacher. I handed her my quiz. I didn't feel like giving her the answers verbally. Too much work... Hey I'm a lazy person. Back to the story. She thanked me and went back to her test. I sat there listening to the rain and began to daydream again. The soft noise and amazing drowsy feeling it gave me. But then put of no where we heard the bell ring. It immediately snapped me out of my day dream and this upset me. "Are you freaking serious?!" I shouted. This got the attention of everyone else and made Eve laugh. I blushed,My ears bent back and I slid down in my seat. Everyone else left the classroom and Eve and I were the last ones to leave.

"We headin' to the gym? I heard Solaris is there," she asked as she finished putting her stuff away.

"Yeah. We gotta go get Seph though." Seph is Persephone. My sister.

"She's already there. Solaris texted me saying she decided to hang out with him." Eve poked my nose as she walked by me out of the classroom. I smiled and followed her. We had walked all the way to the gym building and noticed Solaris was with his sister,Polaris-Yes that is her name-And my sister Persephone. On one side of the gym there were some basketballs played and on the bleachers of both sides,There were people with their friends just talking and hanging out with one another. My group of friends were laughing and giggling and stuff until we came into eye view.

Solaris wore golden colored shorts with some cool glasses on the top of his head and wore a more yellow shirt that had something of a sun tattoo on his chest. At least I think it's a tattoo. Whatever. He was a short maned lion. He says the reason why is because of a bad fire at his house that burned away a lot of his hair and it would never grow back. We never believed it but we made him think we did. He was a prideful one. Always thinking himself bigger than us. Luckily this high and mighty ruler had some form of Kryptonite. His sister. Polaris. She wore ice looking clothing. Where her brother always wore bright,Warm colors,She always wore dark cold colors just to prove that she was his real opposite. Today she was wearing dark blue jeans with a black shirt and snowflakes over the front with a giant one dead center in the middle. She was a black panther like her mother and had frosted tips on her hair. Her hair ran down to her... We'll say developed chest and she had eyes just as ice blue as ice itself. One of her front teeth were missing and she had a bullet sized hole on her left ear. She never explained why it was there. She had. Moon like tattoo on her right leg. Weird. Then there's my sister,Persephone. We've covered her appearance before. They all tried to hide their laughter. They were horrible at it.

"What's so funny?" I asked them. Solaris burst out laughing but tried to cover his mouth. "What is so darn funny?" I asked him. He couldn't answer. He was too busy laughing. I was gonna ask Polaris but she started to chuckle and I could already see it as a lost cause. So I went with the best card I had. "Seph,My dear,Precious sister... What are they laughing about?" I asked politely. She pretended like she couldn't hear me. That's just rude. Completely rude. I pulled Seph's ear and she began to whine.

"Ow ow ow! Let go!" She yelled in pain. I barely had her ear and she was already whining.

"You know better Persephone. When spoken to by an elder,You respond. Now what are they laughing about?" I asked with a serious voice. She was about to answer but then there was a loud siren like bleep and everyone in the gym had stopped what they were doing. My sister hit me with her tail and and I let go of her ear. We looked out side to find a giant armored truck parked by the school. It was decorated in blue and had the initials,"MSF" standing for "Metahuman Strike Force". They were officers who had complete diplomatic immunity and were supposed to round up any and all Metahumans or people with powers.

"Oh shoot!" Said everyone. I was surprised that we all said that. Three people stepped out of the vehicle outside and then several others with them. They all had guns. Heavily armed and the one I'm assuming was in charge had on a mask and walked with his hands behind his back. I'm also assuming he's male. They walked into the gym and immediately the whole gym was silent. The boss walked in and practically eyed everyone in the gymnasium. His mask hid his face all too well. It was actually quite scary. His mask had like bright red "Terminator" eyes. He turned his gaze towards me and began to glare at me... My gods. If looks could kill,I would so be dead right now. One of the guys lieutenants began to speak. He was a rather skinny yet tall man and wore glasses to cover his eyes. He wore a hood so I saw no hair and the shadow hid his face except for his muzzle and his glasses that glowed a brilliant blue. Their was a third member who was clearly female and wore only a shirt. Nothing below the waist but her tail conveniently covered her. She seemed utterly emotionless and didn't care for her lack of clothing.

"You there," said the lieutenant. He was pointing at me. He walked closer and Eve let out a small growl. One of the guards brought his gun up aimed it at Eve. She didn't even flinch. The lieutenant grinned and got closer to me. I backed up. Persephone did nothing but watch while Solaris and Polaris looked as pale as ghosts.

"Your one of them aren't you?" He asked ominously. I felt sick.

"I... I don't know what your talking about," I said,Badly lying. Whenever I lie,I stutter. I'm a very bad liar. The man smiled and grabbed my sisters hair,Pulling her forward. She yelped in pain and he pulled harder.

"No! Let her go!" I yelled but to no avail. He pulled her all the way back to where the boss was and he stepped forward.

"Hello everyone. I am the leader of this organization. My name is Areus. It's foreign." He had a deep,Menacing voice. He was formal about himself.

"I am here because I am on a mission. My job is to illuminate the Metahuman plague that ravages our amazing city. And my lieutenant tells me that you..." He pointed at me. "... Are one of them," he said as he chuckled pridefully. Several people in the gym tried to leave but were cut off by the guards and many others looked at me in fear. Polaris and Solaris looked at each other and the at me. I was speechless. They really knew. They knew too much. But I couldn't hide it.... No reason I shouldn't try.

"I am not a Metahuman. Whoever told you this is wrong," I said trying not to be snide or coy. But then something scary happened. The lieutenant held my sisters hands behind her back and the third general hit Eve in the head with the butt of her gun. She fell to the floor but fought back. She had attacked the guards knee with an astounding force and had bent it the wrong way. The general seemed to have a high pain tolerance as she shot Eve in the leg and then fixed her leg,Letting out only small grunts. She had carried Eve over near my sister and held her down. Seph was appalled and so was everyone else. She tried to move to see if her friend was going to live but she was held down by the lieutenant. I ran forward but Polaris grabbed my hand and held me back.

"Not now," she whispered into my ear.

"Another time," said Solaris. Meanwhile the boss chuckled and pulled out a gun. This made my heart accelerate dramatically. The boss brought the gun to my sisters head. I felt like I couldn't breathe.

"You and I both know that your not telling me the truth. So I'll make it easy for ya," he said with an amused voice pattern.

"Is she a Metahuman?" He asked my sister. She looked at me and I begged her not to tell. But I also wanted her to cause if she didn't it would cost her her life.

"Don't say anything!" Shouted Eve. The third general placed a form of muzzle over Eve's mouth and banged her face against the floor. Amazingly she remained conscious and showed no real pain. The boss continued.

"Is she a Metahuman? I will not ask again." He was dead serious. Seph kept her mouth shut. Thank God. But no! He shot her arm and she yelled in pain. The gymnasium echoed the gunshot and made nearly everyone cringe. He looked at me.

"You know what I want." He walked closer to me until he was inches from my face.

"Answer my question," he said,The blood red eyes of his mask seemed to brighten and made him all the more menacing. I... I had two major decisions here. I could risk Seph's life to keep myself alive,Or I could tell the truth. But how do I know I can trust that they will release my sister? She suffered or I did. My freedom or hers. Her life... Or mine.