Chapter two coming your way. I wonder what will happen next. 

~Ems~

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(May's/Songbird's POV)

We slid into my room a few hours before sunrise, that way we could get some sleep and make my parents think we were here the whole night. As if they cared I was their or not.

At 8 o'clock on the dot, Sue, my maid of sorts, came in to wake us up. Sue is the only adult that knows about us being superheroes. She found out because I would come home with a lot bruises and cuts from my 'After-school Club'. She was the only one who noticed. So she had a very good guess about what I was doing. That and the fact that I had taken a sudden interested in the crime logs.

"Good morning, Ms. May, I came to bring you and your friends breakfast. I wouldn't go down stairs right now. Mr. and Mrs. Smith are yelling about something," Sue said, holding out a large try of food.

"Thanks Sue for breakfast and the warning," Lucy said, snagging a piece of toast from the tray.

Sue set down the tray on my desk and left the room, leaving the girls and I to plan what we were going to do today. 

"How are we going to get out of here without May getting her butt chewed out? "Lucy said," And we are not going out the window again. I still have bruises from the last time," She cut off Ember before she suggest going out the window again. The last time we tried it, we had to be saved by the staff. I was surprised that we didn't break any bones. 

"Then what do suggest we do", Ember said. 

"We could always go out the back way. You know, through the kitchens," Zoey said. She's always the girl with the plan. 

"Small problem. The door to the kitchens is right next to the stairs. My parents will see us for sure," I said, munching on a piece of bacon. 

"May's right. I guess we're going to have to go out in a group. May's parents won't dare to yell out her with us around her," Lucy said.

We finished breakfast and got dressed. I decided to wear a pair of blue jean shorts and a light green t-shirt. I pulled my long platinum blonde hair into a messy bun. I put on my dark sunglasses and picked up my cane. I didn't need it but I put on a act of needing it. I pulled on a pair of tennis shoes with taps on the underside of the toes. They clicked when I walked so I didn't have to whistle or sing when walking down the street.

The rest of my teammates were ready to get me out of here without being tears. I felt a bubble of pure happiness spring into my chest. I knew without a doubt that Ember, Zoey, and Lucy had my back, whether I'm in my suit or not. They were the closest thing a had to a really family in a long time. Them and Sue, that is. 

We went down stairs as a large group. My parents saw me and both opened their mouths to yell then they noticed that I had my friends as back up. They both knew better then to mess with Zoey and Ember after the fire poker incident. 

My dad had burned me with the poker and the girls came down stairs to see what was wrong. When Zoey and Ember saw my dad standing over me with a burning hot poker,they rushed forward. Ember graded the poker while Zoey graded my dad's arms. Her frost spread up his arm faster then ever before. Lucy made sure I could go to school. I couldn't so Sue drove all three of us to the hospital. The doctors kept asking what happened. I had to lie. I got fixed up and went to school. I have the scar on my arm from the poker. 

They gave me a look that totally meant they would deal with me later. Only I wasn't going to be home for at least a week. Sue knew that if my parents were this mad, just to expect that I would me spending the night one of the girls' houses. Sue knew both Ember and Zoey's numbers as well as their parents. She also knew Lucy's mom's number. 

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I know that is super long but I wanted you to get a feel for what May's life is like. Her parents really do hate her that much.

~Ems~