Flicker, Fade, Soar

By Zoe Wynns

Twelve-year old Rose has an issue. A big one. She turns invisible randomly, unable to speak or be heard or do most normal activities until she reappears, also randomly. Her parents decide to send her to TOCS, a class that will fix her problem. But what is in store for Rose at TOCS is beyond what she ever dreamed. She'll fight villains, rescue heroes, and maybe, just maybe, if she's lucky, she'll become a hero herself.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Zoe Wynns
• Release date: Oct 10, 2016
• ISBN: 9781370042746

Zoe Wynns

UNC student who occasionally writes novels.Thanks to everyone who's checked out my work! You can contact me at [e-mail] for any inquiries.

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Flicker

Fade

Soar:

The story of a superhero

By Zoe Wynns

To all those that wish to soar,

I hope this book helps you spread your wings.

These kids will have to be bold and smart if

they are to survive the challenges in store for them…

I looked around our prison room. The walls were damp and smelled of mildew, and even if we got out of the cage, we probably couldn’t fit into the space between the cage and the edges of the room. I stuck my hand out from one of the iron bars and could barely touch the walls. There was no way anyone, even Ty or Etty, could squeeze out from them.

So, how do we get out of here, fearless leader? Ty squeaked to me.

Davies, who had been quiet since we got captured, said, It’s obvious. We’re stuck down here. Never to get out or see daylight again.

Whoa, naysayer. Stop right there. We will get out. It’s just a matter of how, Winnie told him.

But I couldn’t help silently agreeing with Davies.

So… any ideas? Cat asked us. With all our brains together, I’m sure we can figure something out.

Right, Josef muttered.

Josef, you could maybe fireball the ceiling and the Flyers could fly us out, suggested Winnie.

Josef tried. But we couldn’t see a single spark.

Looks like Josef ruins all our hopes and dreams, again, Lily said nastily.

We all settled ourselves into silent thinking. I tried to figure out a way to get out, but soon, I realized we were doomed.

But there was one prospect I hadn’t planned for.

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Copyright © 2016 by Zoe Wynns.

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This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or used factiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, or events is entirely coincidental.

Summary: Twelve-year old Rose disappears randomly, seemingly becoming invisible. Her parents decide to send her to a class called TOCS, where she learns that her fate is much more complicated than she ever dreamed. She meets new friends, learns what she can do, and even fights the greatest supervillain of all time! Read on to discover what happens to Rose and her friends.

I am thirteen years old. This is my second published book, and I am very excited about it. Please tell me if you find a grammatical or technical error, but know that I tried my best and I am very proud with the final product even though I know it isn’t perfect.

ENJOY!

EXCLUSIVE:

THE ELIAS PAGE!

At the very end of the story!

What was going on in Elias’s head during the story?

How did he feel about some of the choices Rose made?

Find out, but read the book first!

Print out this chart for reference during reading, or just have it here as a quick reminder throughout the story!

Characters

Rose: 12-year-old TOCS student with the power of invisibility.

Lily: 13-year-old TOCS student who is an Emotionater.

Josef: 12-year-old TOCS student who is a Fireballer.

Jonah: 10-year-old TOCS student with the power of Sparking.

Sandra: 15-year-old TOCS student with the power of Glamour.

Ty: 5-year-old TOCS student with Twin Power.

Etty: 5-year-old TOCS student with Twin Power.

Winnie: 11-year-old TOCS student who is a Storm-maker.

Elias: 13-year-old TOCS student with Shrink/growing power.

Ms. Walker: 42-year-old TOCS leader/teacher with the power of Healing.

Nicole: 12-year-old Flying Student.

Davies: 15-year-old Flying Student.

Alexia: 11-year-old with the power of Telekinesis.

Abomination: A Supervillain. Enough said.

Part One

Ugh. It had happened again. A disappearance.

One minute I was just fine. I was at my desk reading a new book that I was loving. It was easier to read than to talk to people, anyway. My mom had said she would come up to check on me and kiss me goodnight in a few minutes, and I was making the most of my time. I was on an exciting chapter. I gasped as the villain discovered the Super in his closet. I bit my nails as he tied her up and gagged her.

I fell out of my chair as an invisible force started punching me in the stomach.

Wait, that wasn’t part of my book. Darn, it was another disappearance. I groaned and curled up in a ball, trying to delay the inevitable.

My body started fading just like magic. Or, just like the Super in my book. She could turn invisible too.

Stop, I told myself. Supers are not real. You have an… issue, not a superpower.

Plus, the girl in my book could eat while invisible. She could talk and people could hear her while invisible. She could stop turning invisible and start turning invisible if she wanted to!

Oh well. I was already 100% gone now. Nobody could see me, hear me, or feel me. I was like a ghost that couldn’t speak.

I wondered how many of my few minutes that my mom said I could read during I had left. I tried to sit back in my chair, but I went through it and fell to the floor. Sighing (without a sound), I stood up.

I peered at my book. Without my hand holding it, it had flipped to a later page. I tried to shield myself from reading it, but I couldn’t help it. I looked.

The main character had died. I wondered how? That did not seem reassuring for my future. I tried to flip backwards to find out how it had happened. My hand went through the pages.

Very ghostlike. Also a bad omen.

I could hear footsteps on the stairs. My mom was coming. I willed myself to turn visible again, for this to be one of my five-minute disappearances and not one of my three-day ones.

Nothing happened.

Rose? yelled my mother, peering in my bedroom door.

I took a deep breath and focused on making a sound. Here, I said. Or rather, tried to say. Nothing happened. My nonexistent lips just moved soundlessly in the air.

My mom sighed. Dave, she’s gone.

I heard a thump from the living room. Rachel, there’s nothing you can do about it, my dad said heavily, having just sat down on the sofa. She’ll return when she returns.

Unknown to her, I followed my mother into our living room down our narrow hallway. We lived in a one-story three-bedroom house. The three were my bedroom, my parent’s, and a guest room. Not like I ever had any guests over. After I started disappearing, my parents pulled me out of school and started homeschooling me, to avoid questions that they couldn’t answer.

Because the truth was, they’d taken me to every doctor in the state. Literally. Not a single one could tell them what was wrong with me. Every time a new doctor shook his/her head and said the test results showed nothing, a new spurt of hope that I