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[blue-flamed-phoenix]

Chapter 1 - A loss

No one's P.O.V

This story begins in Kansas, in a town called Smallville, inside a school known as Smallville High. Inside of the school were walls of lockers, doors that led to various classrooms. In these classrooms, young teenagers learned various subjects like, Math, english and you know, all the neccesary subjects. Empty halls that were so silent you could hear a pin drop. Each door in the hallway had a number above the door frame along with posters on either side of the door frames. Each door had various subject posters on it. Moving down the hall to one door in particular where a Year 12 History class was currently in session.

Inside the classroom most of the students were either working or staring up at the clock counting down the seconds till school ended. They longed to hear the school bells ring because most of them wanted to return home and do whatever the hell they wanted. Thoughatthe very back of the classroom, one student stood out among the others. A girl. Though most students saw her as just a normal teenager. If only they knew that she was anything but a normal teenager. The girl had light hazel brown hair that reached to just below her shoulders. She had these magnificent deep bluebell eyes and slightly tanned skin. Anyone who saw her straight away thought she was beautiful, very much so.

The girl was known as Casey Kaden. Of course, the whole town of Smallville knew her because she was a local after all. She's been in Smallville her whole life and has never left as far as anyone else is concerned. She was a single child with a single parent who cared for her dearly. Both Casey and her mother were very good friends with the Kent family. When Casey was younger people in the small town would always tell her mother how beautiful her daughter was. Of course Casey would get flustered by this considering it happened almost every day. And in a way Casey knew a lot of the people in the town, she was known as being very courageous and strong.

Though Casey isn't what most think she is. Like Clark, she is not of this world. Though she arrived somewhat differently from Clark. Like Clark she arrived on earth in a ship, but she arrived 9 years after Clark's arrival on earth. She did come from Krypton, like Clark but her ship got lost during the transition between worlds. Her ship however was different from Clark's. As a result of the ship's preservation, she did not age over the nine years it was lost. Her powers are similar to Clark's except she's much stronger and a hell of a lot faster than him somehow. On top of this Casey has something Clark doesn't. She has the power to heal others quickly, although she doesn't yet know how to properly use it and control it gradually she'll learn. But wait that's not all, Casey also has another ability that Clark does not have. She has what is called illusion manipulation, or better known as Hallucikinesis. Casey in a way looks up to Clark and Clark sees her as a little sister in a way. They learn how to control their powers together.

As Casey continued with her studies, the sound of school bells interrupted her train of thought. She looked up as everyone got up, packing up their stuff and making their way out of the classroom. It was Friday, so everyone was rushing to leave when the bell rang. Casey stood up and packed up her stuff. Once her stuff was all gathered, she then walked out of the classroom saying goodbye to her teacher as she walked out the door. She walked into the very crowded halls of Smallville High, walking to her locker to put her books away and retrieve her bag. She opened the locker and did just that. She then shut her locker and made her way out of school.People said goodbye to her as she passed them, of course she returned the goodbyes with waves and whatever.

She walked down the street from school, making her way home to her mother. Lately her mother has been receiving threats from some unknown people that are after her mother for money. Of course her mother fought back and filed a police report but those people just wouldn't give up. So since then, both Casey and her mother have been very cautious. Though Casey isn't scared of them at all, for she knows that they can't hurt her seeing as she's practically bullet proof. But her mother isn't, so Casey is going straight home rather thanheading into town like she usually would.

Casey walked down a few more roads until she reached her house. She walked towards the house but as she did she got a strange feeling, a feeling she couldn't describe. "Hey MUM!" Sapphire called out to her mother as she climbed up the stairs of the front porch and just as she grabbed the front door handle she heard a shout from a few metres behind her. "CASEY! Get away from the house!" Casey heard her mother shout from behind her. Said mother was running towards her from around the side of the house. Casey looked back at her mother but just as she did suddenly the house exploded sending the young girl flying from the sheer force of the explosion. Within seconds the house was engulfed in flames and pieces of the house went flying in all different directions.

Casey's P.O.V

My ears were ringing as I regained consciousness. I opened my eyes to see I was lying on a patch of grass. It took me a second to fully comprehend what had just happened. 'The house...exploded.' I thought calmly then my eyes widened. 'The house actually exploded!' I screamed in my head. I shot up and in front of me were large, violent flames that produced black clouds of smoke. As my senses came back into focus I looked around me in alarm at all the shards of glass and discarded wood that surrounded me on the front lawn. Pieces of the house were scattered everywhere from the blast. I tried to stay as calm as possible as I checked myself over to see I was covered in black soot but other than that, I was completely unharmed.

Then that's when everything really sank in and immediately fear started coursing through my veins as I remembered my mother. I quickly got off the ground and spun around in my spot scanning the entire area for her. When I turned around and that's when I saw her. My mother laying on the ground on her side, her back facing me. I quickly sprinted to her and dropped to my knees as I did. "Mum!" I yelled as I turned her onto her back shaking her, trying to get her to wake up until I realised something that made my blood run cold. In the center of her chest was a piece of wood that had been blown off the house by the blast.

Tears welled up in my eyes as I looked up at my mother's face. I cupped her face in my hands. "Mum!" I yelled as I shook her head slightly but she didn't wake up. I used my hearing and found there was no pulse. "No, no, no. Mum! Please, mum, wake up!" I screamed as tears fell down my cheeks. I looked over my mother's body to see she was covered in scratches, glass and burns. "You'reOK,you're fine, you'll be OK!" I cried as I brought her body into my arms. I hugged her from behind. Her head was limply leaning on my arm that I had around her shoulder, my other arm was wrapped around her waist.

As I cried I could hear sirens heading our way. With the sound of the sirens I cried even harder for my mother. Her limp body was in my arms. I knew she was dead but I didn't want to believe it. I can't believe it, and I won't. It's surprising how your life can change completely in just a few seconds. As I hear the sirens get closer and closer, my grip on my mother's body gets tighter and tighter. It is impossible for me to let her go, she is my mother. At least now I know what those people were capable of and now I hope they burn in hell because they went as far as to actually kill my mother all because of money.

After a few minutes I heard people arriving and sirens were blaring. The police, firefighters and ambulance people were here and by this point the afternoon sky had turned dark. My tears had dried up as I stared at nothing. I hadn't let go of my mother's body. I heard people running over to me. "Ma'am we need you to let go of your mother." Someone said but I just held her tight as I shook my head. "Casey, you have to let her body go, if you don't we will have to use force." The officer said but I didn't even look at him. I just stayed quiet and stared off into space, completely disconnected from the world. I heard the police walk back slightly and then nothing. I wasn't sure how long I was sitting there for but then all of a sudden I heard another voice.

"Just let me talk to her." I heard a female voice say then I heard footsteps moving towards me. "Hey Casey, it's Martha." She said and I looked at her. "I can't let her go" I whimpered. "I know hun." She replied as tears were welling up in her eyes. "I know it's not easy, but you need to let her go now." She said and there was silence for a second.I stared blankly at her before nodding reluctantly. As tears began to roll down my cheeks again I slowly loosened my grip and the police came over to take her body from me.

As they did this Martha pulled me into her arms. "Everything's going to be OK." She whispered as I cried hard again. "You'll be OK." She said as she rocked back and forth. We stayed like that for a while as firefighters and policemen walked around us looking through the rubble and taking photos of the crime scene. Then Martha helped me to get to my feet and walked me towards her truck.

As we get to the truck, I got in the passenger side while Martha gets in the drivers side. I look out the window with tears in my eyes as I watch them place my mother's body in a body bag. Martha started the car and began to drive whilst I continued to look out the window just completely out of it. "Clark will be happy to see you." Martha spoke and I just nodded still staring out the window.

After that, everything went quiet in the truck for a while until we arrived at the Kent house. Martha wasted no time parking the truck, turning it off and getting out of it. As I looked out of the window I saw Clark was already on the front porch, waiting. He walked down the steps of the front porch and towards Martha who was already making her way towards the house.

Gradually I managed to put myself together sort of and got out of the truck. I shut the door and began to make my way to the house. Of course Clark met me halfway and engulfed me in a hug. "I'm so sorry Casey." He said to me, and I couldn't help but let the tears start falling once again. Meanwhile Clark was rubbing my back soothingly while we just stood there hugging for quite a while. "It just happened so fast" I sobbed as tears ran down my cheeks. As Clark released me from the hug I continued what I was saying. "It was too late, I couldn't save her." I sobbed, shaking my head. "I know. It'll be ok Casey. I promise." He said as he put a reassuring hand on my shoulder, sympathy evident in his eyes. 'I hope' I thought as I inhaled shakily.

"Come on, let's head inside." I heard Martha say as she walked up the stairs of the front porch and to the front door. We followed behind her straight after she opened the door and walked in.

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