Ash never dreamed that he would possess the secrets of a Hero. With his dad explaining that the ability to become invisible was passed on throughout his family generations, he wasn’t sure what to think. When he unintentionally became invisible at school, he confided in his dad for answers, fearing he would sound crazy. “But son, with this ability, you must always have the right intention, or it could backfire on you, and cause more harm than good.

“How will it backfire on me, Dad?” Ash’s head tilted as he looked into his dad’s eyes.

“Trust me son, you don’t want to find out,” his dad warned.

The next day at school, Ash ran into the same crowd of kids who made his life miserable. “Look at the loser! What are you staring at loser?” one boy said shoving Ash to the ground. Ash got up and kept walking. “Coward!” they said, laughing. Ash remembered his new developed ability. He wanted to get back at them with all his being. Dead stopped in the hallway, Ash’s stomach knotted, and his fists clenched tight. He also remembered what his dad warned him about.

“…it will backfire,” dad’s words echoed in his head. It couldn’t be that terrible, could it? After all, these kids deserved something bad to happen. He had been tormented by them for far too long. Ash let the anger boil in his heart, and then it happened.

“Where did he go?” one boy asked.

“He must have just got lost in the crowd and we didn’t notice,” another boy said, “I have to pee. Common, let’s go into the bathroom. The boys all went into the bathroom, and Ash turned to follow them. “That Ash is an idiot. I bet he doesn’t have any friends!” one boy said laughing.

“I have never seen him with a friend,” another kid said. Ash was fuming inside. His blood was boiling in his veins. He turned on all four of the facets. He knew they couldn’t see him, so he thought he would give them a scare.  “What the…?” the kids said as they rushed to each facet to turn them off. Ash turned them on again. “This is freaking me out!” one boy said. Ash smiled and went to the door and began turning the lights off and on. The boys became terrified, which only fueled his enjoyment. Then he pushed them down one by one, scaring one boy so badly that he peed himself. Ash stood back and smiled. The boys bolted like lightning outside of the bathroom, screaming down the halls. Ash was proud of the fear he caused in those boys.

“See, nothing bad happened. I just gave them a little scare, that’s all,” Ash reassured himself. When he got off the bus at his street, he walked down the block to his house. Opening the front door, he was startled by his mom’s sudden fear! “What is wrong mom?” he asked, but she couldn’t hear him. He ran to the bathroom and looked in the mirror, and didn’t see his reflection. Running out of the bathroom, he tried to talk to his mom again, but she still couldn’t hear him. “I have to become visible again, but I don’t know how?” Ash’s heart was racing.

Day after day, he was still invisible. His parents had called the police to report him missing. He listened as they cried, unable to console them. Weeks went by and his parents never found any trace of him. His father, though, secretly knew. The strange occurrences in their home were proof. Doors opening, cabinets opening, objects being moved by “themselves.” He knew his son had always been there, but that he would never see him again. “Oh son, what have you done?” his dad softly sobbed.

Written by Ash