Invisible Ashes

Note: One of the main characters from this story is named after Eva (CustardBursts). I hope you don't mind, Eva!

CHAPTER 1

Evana Song Vacker sighed. Being a Pyrokinetic was just so hard. No one else in her family was a Pyrokinetic, and pyrokinesis was banned anyways, so Evana didn't have anyone to teach her how to control her ability, so she tried to use it as little as possible. Luckily, she was also a Vanisher, so she would not be considered talentless.

"Hey Eva!" called her one-week older brother, Palmer, from the balcony. "Check this out!"

Evana rolled her eyes. How come Palmer got to be a Psionipath? That was an awesome ability. Couldn't she just replace Pyrokinesis with something else?

Almost as if Palmer could read his mind, he shouted:"I think it's something about your Pyrokinesis ability. Seriously, Eva, come here right now!"

Evana sighed, and went to join her brother. Palmer handed her a piece of stained tan paper, which read:

Dear Evana Vacker, we are watching you. We would really love to train your very powerful special ability, and we will find you this evening. Remember, we are watching every move you make, and if you tell your parents anything about this, you'll feel our wrath."

Evana turned the the paper around, but there was no signature whatsoever.

"Interesting, right?" her brother said, grinning.

"More like creepy..." Evana said, re-reading the note again. "But who are these people and how are they watching us right now?" She looked around, and there was only a lonely bird staring at them, perched on the fence.

“Hey Eva and Palmer!!!” called their dad, Tam, from downstairs. “You’re going to be late for school!”

They both walked to the leapmaster, shouted “Foxfire!”, and arrived at their school. Evana was greeted by her all-time best friend, Zelda Foster Sencen, and they both went off to Alchemy, Evana’s second favorite class. Evana has gotten a full score on almost every single class, but Zelda struggled in Alchemy, like her mother, Sophie.

School went well, and Evana and Palmer met each other at the front door.

“Um, Eva, I want to go with to my friend’s house right now, so I’ll meet you a few hours later!” said Palmer as he whisked off with his friend.

Evana shouted her home name, and stepped into the beam of light. But when she looked around at her surroundings, she couldn’t recognize them.

Did I go crazy or something? Evana thought. She squinted at the distant sign, then gasped. She definitely did not go crazy. This was definitely not her house area. And wherever it was, staying at this place was not a good idea.