SORRY IF ITS SIMILAR TO MY OTHER STORY! I JUST WANTED TO CHANGE IT... a lot! Enjoy!

Chapter One: When She Learned

AGE OF SIX

"Mommy! Mommy!" yelled a six year-old girl from her room. "I wrote a song!" she yelled again. If you were wondering, the girl's name is Julie and her mom is a professional singer.

"Coming! Just let me get the camera," replied her mom. Her mom was so happy that the moment her daughter sings for the first time was happening.

"Mommy! Hurry up!" whined Amu, who was getting impatient.

"Ok, I'm here! You can sing now," exclaimed her mom.

"Here I go!" stated Amu, who closed her eyes and sang (Just Imagine Any Song Here). As soon as Amu finished singing, she opened her eyes to see a dull, emotionless statue in front of her. After a few moments, Amu realized that the statue was her mom. She burst in to tears, never stopping, like a waterfall. She didn't want to see the statue, so she ran out of her house and cried next to a tree. CRACK! Julie froze and heard someone laugh. She turned around to see a man with an evil look behind his glasses. "Who a-a-are you?" stuttered Amu, her voice trembled in fear.

"Who am I, you ask? I think it's a little too early for me to tell you." Stated the man, "I go around searching for people who have powers and I keep them away from the outside world." Julie took a while to respond.

"P-powers?" asked Amu, still trying to understand as a six year old.

"Yes, powers! You have the power to turn people to stone by singing," replied the man. Amu's eyes were wide open.

"You m-m-mean . . . I did that?" whispered Amu, who was terrified of herself.

"Who else?" asked the man.

"You," she murmured, looking away so he wouldn't hear. It didn't work, though. He heard that one, simple word that came out of her mouth. He tightly grasped her tiny, left ear and pulled it.

"You really need to get used to my ways," bellowed the man, "and get used to it fast!" As soon as he let go, she scuttled away from him in horror. She didn't understand anything that was happening. Why didn't she know she had powers? Why did it make people then to rock? How can she turn her mom back to the beautiful human she was? Most of all, why did this man keep people with powers away from the outside world?

"Wait, does he have powers?" thought Amu to herself. It was all too much for this little girl to handle.

The man interrupted her thoughts, "I will be your guardian now since both, your mom and dad, are no longer here."

"How did you know?" she whispered, as her face darkened.

"Huh?" questioned the man.

"How did you know my daddy died?" asked Amu. Her face stared straight at the ground below her feet. She barely remembered her dad and really never wanted to.

"That question was uncalled for, really. I know things about you that even you, yourself, don't know. I won't tell how or why. That's something you shouldn't know." He responded, "It's also something I wouldn't stick my nose in." His calm, emotionless face quickly turned into a serious and scary glare.

"O-ok then," she stuttered, which made it even more obvious she was frightened, if she wasn't already. His lifeless image returned and she began to relax.

"Just think of me as your new dad." He grinned. She didn't smile. She didn't refuse. She just stood there frozen like ice with her eyes open wide.