Nine Kids

Screams. That's all I could hear out of the orphanage. That and the cackling of fire. I couldn't breathe, there was too much smoke. The building was falling around me but I could not be touched. My lungs gave way and I fell to the floor. I'm gonna die. I'm gonna die...
Seven years later, I am back at the same place. The fire is so clear I can still see it in my mind. The remains of the Trident Orphanage, the place I was left at when my parents abandoned me. I don't know why my feet lead me here everyday. Weird.
"Char," Karmen calls.
"Huh," I say, waking up from my memories. I remember what I was told to say from the orphanage. My name is Charlotte Sparks. I am eleven years old. I have wavy blond hair and olive green eyes. I was told not to say my eyes turn hazel when I play with fire. I am a Mesmore. My ability is fire. I am never to use my power in front of anyone.
"The tour guide will leave us! Hurry up!"Karmen grabs my arm. This is my best friend and one of the eight kids to survive the fire with me. There are nine kids all for now. Karmen is a mesmore. She can heal people and restore their power.
"Let's go!" Dallas says. Dallas is third. He can use psychic powers. He can throw beams of power and create force fields. he is also Karmen's boyfriend. Figures. Karmen is a red-head with evergreen eyes and Dallas is a dirty blonde with turquoise eyes.
We walk and finally catch up with the group. The rest of the tour is boring and finally finished. The bus comes by and we get on. I feel a jolt of electricity and in an instant the whole bus is on fire. People scream, but their voices are lost under the fire.
I want to run. Move. But I was paralyzed with fear. I stood there as the flames got closer and closer to me. I felt like I was back at the orphanage when the fire started. I couldn't move, too scared to look around me. I see the burning bus around me. The fire stops at the tip of my shoes. I remembered, fire could never hurt me.
"Charlotte!" Karmen calls.
"Hurry! Get out!" Dallas yells.
A boy jumps into the burning bus and retrieves me. I see his looks. He has shaggy, dark brown hair and striking blue eyes. He is so cute. He lets me down in a bush far away from the city.
"Who are you?" I dare to question.
"Not now. Are those two friends of yours or something?" he turns to me.
"Y-yeah, why?" I turn my head in the direction he was facing to see Karmen and Dallas running towards me.
"State your name and business,' the boy says seriously.
"Karmen Winstead, here for the girl, Charlotte," Karmen says just as seriously.
"D-Dallas McKnight, same as Karmen," Dallas manages, both breathing heavily.
"Whatever," the boy replies, rolling his eyes. Then I saw it. The flash of electricity in his eyes.No way.
"I saw it! You started that fire, didn't you?" I ask accusingly.
"So," the boy smirks. "What'cha gonna do about it?"
My eyes flicker hazel and I start throwing fire. My hair changes fro blond to mixes of red and orange. The fire balls get bigger and bigger.
"Did you know who was in there?! Did you know they died? Why? Why did you do such a stupid thing?!" I yell.
"Devil's child," he mumbles. He dodges some fire balls and throws back electricity. I block them and corner him. I throw another fireball, which barely scraps the side of his face.
"Stop!" Dallas uses his power and moves me away fro the boy to the grass. The boy drops his hands and stares, wide eyes and everything.
"You're a Mesmore like us," I tell him. I fall to my knees and my hair and eyes change back. I fall back, ready to pass out. The clouds. I see them, but they are black. I notice that the trees are on fire, but I can't move.
"Water!" A voice calls out. Instantly, water was poured over all the trees. The fire was put out and we all turned towards the bush. A girl with sky blue hair and sapphire eyes stepped out. Then her hair changed to normal. It was black, but with sky blue streaks. her eyes were hazel.
"State your name," she says cheerfully. Too cheerfully. She was holding up a broken tree branch. Was she trying to stab us? If she tried, I would burn her up so fast...
"Karmen Winstead," Karmen sighs.
"Dallas McKnight."
"Charlotte Sparks," I say, rolling my eyes.
"Cute," the boy says icily. "Justin Striker."
"Cute," I said, mimicking his voice. He glares at me. I stick my tongue out. He starts to jump so he can swing at me, but he's too tired to move. He looks at the clouds instead.
"Victoria Wells," the girl says. "Good, now we have all the introductions done."
Victoria has a very sharp accent. "Now, we all knows we freaks. So can we gets alung her?"
"Whatever," Justin groans.
"I'm not working with a boy who has a crappy way of using his gift," I say.
"What! Talking to the girl who's the devil in a human's body. You can't even use it right," he retorts.
"I know how to use my power, thank you very much," I tell him, snorting.