Chapter One: Outcasts, Powers, and Potential

Meet Maya.

To most, she’s just a quiet girl with long blue hair, always cloaked in black, always standing just outside the spotlight.
But “normal” has never fit her—not even close.

Maya was born different.
Not the kind of different that wins trophies or gets applause.
The kind that makes people stare. Whisper. Avoid.
The kind that lets her control the wind and fire, read minds, bend like a ribbon, and see flashes of the future.
But she doesn’t want to use those powers. She never has.
Her heart beats for other things: dancing alone in her room, singing when no one’s around, and one day—maybe—opening her own business, far away from all this noise.

Her friends? They know the truth.
Not because she told them, but because they’re not exactly normal either.

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Emma is her ride-or-die.
Tall, graceful, with cascading blonde hair, a wardrobe of black, white, and blood-red, and a shadowy power so dark it scares her.
Only Maya can keep it in check—standing by her side, grounding her when the darkness claws to the surface.
But don’t let that fool you—Emma’s a master in the kitchen and sees the world through the lens of her camera, capturing beauty in strange places.

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Karrie was the first to sit beside Maya when the world wouldn’t.
Short, sharp-eyed, always colorful, always thinking.
A surgery scar left behind a trail of bullies, but never stole her brilliance.
She’s the creator, the mind of the group, always doodling, designing, imagining a world kinder than the one they were given.

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Luke has been with Maya the longest.
All brawn and height and don’t-mess-with-me energy.
He’s stubborn to the core, quick to flare up—but Maya’s presence softens him like music to a storm.
Underneath the tough exterior is a heart that loves football, parties, and his straight-A reputation (though he’d never admit the last one out loud).

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Mina is Maya’s twin in spirit.
Short, stylish, with long waves of brown hair and a closet full of fearless fits.
People don’t get her—they see her boldness and walk the other way.
Maya didn’t. She saw a kindred soul and held on tight.

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This is their crew.
Unlikely. Unbreakable. Unapologetic.
Now stepping into the jungle of high school, where fitting in feels like life or death and being different can mean being alone.

They don’t want fame.
They just want peace.
To survive four years of chaos, to discover who they are, to maybe—just maybe—find love, or purpose, or something real.

But nothing is ever that simple...
Especially when you’re extraordinary.

~To be continued...