morning soon came around and before I knew it we were at the entrance of our new school getting our bags checked at the security system they had.

I was so confused as to why they needed this kind of security. I understand that they might need it to prevent school shootings or something but it really just wanted time. none of the other schools me and billy had to go to never had these.

" this is a security system, like at an airport. It's really safe." darla spoke to me and billy.

I open my mouth to speak but billy beat me to it. " we know what a security system is. " billy tells her as he glanced at pedro who was behind me in the line.

" Is she always like this?" billy asks and pedro only nodded as if that was his way of saying yes.

" silence makes me uncomfortable." the youngest member of the family stated.

" and she's almost never uncomfortable. " eugene states almost sarcastically as he continues to play his game on his phone.

we follow everyone to the hallway where some of the others that were done were waiting for us.

darla went over to hug me first. " have a good day big sister!" she said with a grin.

I smiled the slightest bit. It's like she has some power to make people smile around her. I hesitantly hug her back, still not use to this kind of contact from other people.

darla grinned and went over to hug billy next saying, " have a good day big brother!" billy looked uncomfortable as she hugged him.

" darla, you don't always have to hug me, were actually not brother and sister, so." a frown tugged on my lips and I shook my head. he should know better to say something like that to a little kid.

as darla pulled away I notice a frown on her lips and it looked like she was about to cry. poor thing. " I'm sorry. " she muttered and turned around to walk down the corridor with freddy.

" I didn't mean to make her-" billy started and I knew that he felt guilty about it. freddy just waved his hand showing no importance as he walked away with darla. billy turned to look at me and sighed.

" well, this is a great way to start a day. " he said sarcastically, a saddened look in his eyes.  " how could you say that to a little kid? that's just low billy. " I scolded him.

he frowned. " I didn't mean it-"

I shook my head. " she thought you meant it. and did you mean it like how you took freddy's bullet?" I question, crossing my arms over my chest.

his eyes widen. " w-what? no, I didn't. " he said, his voice cracking at the end and he cleared his throat and talk in a lower sounding voice. " I didn't take it. " he told me.

I narrow my eyes at him as he avoided eye contact. " I can tell when your lying. you're avoiding eye contact with me. " he sighed and his shoulders slumped.

" you know that were not gonna stay here long right?" billy suddenly asks me and realization hit me like a ton of bricks. " I know..I just...it wouldn't be that bad if we stayed here would it? they seem nice. " I say defending the others.

" so did most of the other families that we didn't fit in with. we just have to face the fact that we don't have a home. we'll never belong anywhere. " billy said and I frowned, stepping forward to him and intertwined my hand with his so he couldn't walk away from me. he did that a lot when he was upset.

" home is in us. I belong with you. we belong with each other." I told him, giving his hand a gentle squeeze.

" you're stuck with me whether you like it or not." I added and a small smile tugged on his lips.

" what would I do without you?" he asked as we walked down the corridor. I shrug my shoulders, a small grin on my face. " probably be in juvey or something like that for the stuff you've done. " I teased him and he chuckled.

the day soon went by and school was finally over. luckily me and billy had all of our classes together so we at least knew someone in our class and didn't feel like a loser sitting in the back alone.

I elbow billy as we walk out of the school building, seeing two boys who looked two years older than us, get out of a pickup truck and start talking to freddy. wasn't really talking, more like hitting him and calling him names.

" billy, we should do something. " I tell him as we walk closer.

he shook his head. " lets not try to draw attention to ourselves. and I don't want you to get hurt skye. "

I rolled my eyes as we keep walking past, I pull up my dark blue colored hood as he pulls his red colored hood up as well, hearing darla yell at the older boys not to mess with her brother. I bit my lower lip, debating if I should go do something to help freddy or go do something.

" what? you need your fake family to stand up for you?" one of the guys asked and that made my blood boil.

" billy?" I question, not seeing him next to me and I turn around, seeing that billy was walking back over to where the older boys were standing over freddy who was on the ground and he picked up the crutch that was thrown on the ground earlier.

I slowly pulled my hood down and I smile, glad that we were thinking the same thing.

I was about to go give those guys a piece of my mind but it seemed that billy was always one step ahead.

" hey!" billy yelled at the boys.

I watch as he hits one guy with the crutch knocking him to the ground and I quickly rush over.

" hey loser." I said, elbowing the other guy in the stomach and do a swipe kick, kicking his legs out from under him, a grin forming on my lips as he falls to the ground.

mary, eugene and darla quickly rush over to freddy to help him up and check on him. 

billy high fives me. " nice skylar." he said with a grin, giving freddy his crutch back and out of the corner of my eye I noticed the boys getting up, and they did not look happy.

" get them!" the curly headed one yelled, pointing at us.

" billy! we need to run!" I tell him, grabbing onto his hand and pull him away from everyone and start running. not looking behind us once, knowing that those two boys were still chasing us. we keep running and somehow get inside of a mall.

" over here!" billy told me, dragging me over to a escalator, letting go of my hand to jump on the railing and slide down.

I jump on the railing and slide down as well, glancing over my shoulder to see the boys right behind us. I notice that billy was waiting for me at the bottom and grabbed ahold of my hand once I got down from the railing and we continued to run.

" billy, we should get in that train!" I tell him, noticing a train stop up ahead.

he nods and we don't stop running, pushing past people so we wouldn't get caught by those two boys. the two of us finally make it inside of the train and turn to face the door that was just closing.

I grin in triumph as the two boys bang on the closed door, glaring at us both.

" we know where you go to school!" the shorter boy yelled at us as the train started moving.

I walk over to the other side of the train and sit down, trying to catch my breath. that was a lot of exercise. I should get a medal at how many times I run in a month.

" well, that happened. " I said as billy sat next to me.

he nodded and glanced over at me. " I had no idea you could fight like that. " he said. I shrug my shoulders.

" there's a lot of things you don't know about me." I tell him and he furrows his eyebrows in confusion.

" that's not possible. " billy told me as he glanced down at our hands that were still intertwined from when I got off of the railing of the escalator.

" sorry." I mutter quickly, my face probably redder than a firetruck and went to pull my hand away but his grip only tightened.

I look up at him seeing he was already looking at me, a shy smile on his face and I noticed in the right angle you could see a light shade of blush on his face.

" don't let go." he said quietly and I nod, a small smile creeping on my face. " okay, I won't."

suddenly I feel like I have a small bit of confidence so I move closer to him and lay my head on his shoulder, feeling him tense up immediately. it didn't take him long to relax and lay his head on top of mine. I only smile and blush brightly.

things were going great until suddenly the people vanished, and I blinked making sure I wasn't seeing things.

I felt billy lift his head off of mine, which made me guess he saw the same thing. I sit up straight, squinting my eyes to see what looked like frost covering all of the windows.

" what's going on?" I question worriedly looking over at billy to see that he had the same look as I had.

" I don't know.." he said quietly, holding onto my hand tighter as I look back seeing that the red words were no longer words, but different kind of symbols flashing.

we brace ourselves for impact, closing our eyes tight, but the impact never came. I slowly open one eye, seeing that we were still in the train, the train was still together and we were alive.

I look over at billy seeing him standing up. he lets go of my hand and walks to the door. " are you sure we should leave this train? we could be in a dark creepy cave and die."  I tell him as I stand up nervously, going to stand next to him.

" lets just see where we are. stay close to me. " he told me as we walk forward.

" don't have to tell me twice." I mumble as the door automatically opening as we were met with a dark and creepy cave.

" see? I told you. now were gonna die." I whisper to him worriedly looking in every direction as he continued to walk forward.

" why are you walking forward? are you trying to get yourself killed?" I ask him, running after him so I wouldn't be left alone in this dark and creepy place.

" hello?" billy called out, besides his voice echoung off the walls he got no response.

why would he even ask that? there could be a murder in here or a monster that will kill us. he should know better not to ask that. has he not seen horror movies before?

I grab onto his arm, not wanting to be left alone, as we continue to walk down the dark hallway. at the end of it there were seven thrones, one old man sitting in the middle of the chair with some scepter in his hand and it looked like he had a yellow lightening bolt on his chest.

I glance over to the left to see these seven creepy statues.

this place was giving me the creeps and that doesn't happen that much. the man stands up from his place and walks forward.

" billy batson. skylar lewis." he says in a deep voice and we look at each other.

" how do you know our names?" I ask him as he walks to us so he stood in front of us.

he then told us that he knew everyone's names or something like that and told us this story about there were seven wizards, he was the last of his kind. there are seven sins that each of them fought and they are kept in the statues.

so that's why they were so creepy and I felt like they were watching me. he said that only the purest of heart could take on his power and became campion.

he looked over at billy. " I choose you as campion. " he said and billy glanced at me.

" I'm not who your looking for. I'm not pure of heart. " billy started as he looked back at the man. " I don't think anyone really is." he says with a shrug of his shoulders. I strongly disagree with that. billy is so pure of heart he just doesn't know it.

" put your hands on my staff and say my name so my powers may flow through you." the man said.

" is this a good idea? I don't think this is a good idea. " I mumble to myself and billy looked at me. " got anything else better to do?" he asked me. he had a good point.

" but I don't know your name sir-" billy started as the man looked at him.

" shazam." the man interrupted.

me and billy busted out laughing.

" shazam?" I question, not believing this one bit and it seemed like neither did billy.

" are you for real?" billy asked as he chuckled.

" say it!" the man bellowed.

billy and I jumped, startled at the loudness of his voice. " okay, okay. " billy said and pulled his hand from mine and placed it on the staff.

" shazam?" he said it but it sounded more of a question.

then suddenly lightening came from the ball of light in the scepter and I suddenly fell backwards.

my eyes widen not believing what I saw next to me. it was a guy in his mid 20s, wearing a red colored tight body suit, a yellow lightening bolt was on his chest and he had a white cape.

" oh my gosh.." I mumble and my eyes widen. why did my voice sound different? I look down to see that I wasn't wearing the clothes I had on earlier. and these are not my hands. why did I look different?

" who are you?" the guy questions looking at me as I stand up.

" its me! skylar! I think.." I say, looking down at myself to see that was in in some sort of costume. " who are you?" I ask him. " billy!" he told me.

I look him up and down. " you don't look like billy."

" wait, if you really are skylar, then why did you get affected by whatever happened when I was the only one that held the staff?" the billy imposter said.

" because she is your sidekick. " the man, shazam, answered. both of our eyes widen.

" sidekick!?" we both yell.

I was a lot more mad about this than he was. this was not fair.

" why am I his sidekick? shouldn't it be the other way around?" I complain, pointing at the guy next to me who looked at me offended.

" ouch. that hurt." he said and crossed his arms.

" skylar lewis, you are his sidekick because you are loyal to him and always have his back. you two protect each other and never leave each others sides. now you two can take on my power and save the world. " shazam explained to us.

" save the world?" I ask. " this doesn't make any sense." billy mumbles.

" oh and being your sidekick does?" I ask sassily, crossing my arm over my chest.

" w-well uh, no?" he questions nervously, a light shade of blush from embarrassment covers his face.

I had to admit, he did look more cute, maybe even hot like this. wait, why am I thinking this? he's my best friend. that's all we'll ever be.

" what are we gonna do now captain?" I ask him, still upset about being his sidekick.

" your asking me like I know all the answers. " billy says and rolls his eyes.

" lets go see freddy. he the best bet we got to help us with... this." I say, gesturing to both of us. he nods.

" yeah, yeah. I was just gonna say that. you took the words right out of my mouth. " he says, rubbing the back of his neck

I roll my eyes. " whatever you say. " I said sarcastically as we found a way to head back to the house.

we get back to the house and go head over to the kitchen window. I got out of my backpack a notebook and pencil and started writing something.

" what are you doing?" billy asks, looking over my shoulder.

" you'll see." I told him and I walk over to the kitchen window. " wait! shouldn't we have a plan!?" billy calls out to me worriedly.

I put the notebook against the window with the words that I written which say ' don't scream. ' but I heard freddy's scream and I groan. can he not read?

I move over to the window, putting the notebook down and his eyes widen more seeing me. " freddy, what part of don't scream do you not understand?!" I yell at him but that startled him even more and he jumped back.

" its me skylar!" I tell him and billy shoves me out of the way to the other window. " and billy!" he says, frightening freddy who looks at the both of us with scared eyes.

" billy!" I scold and slap his arm.

" what? I felt left out." billy said with a frown and I couldn't help but smile. he looked so adorable - no skylar! don't think that way. stop it!

we told him where we wanted him to meet us at after lights out and we waited for him there.

" there he is." I elbow billy as I notice freddy's figure in the dark walking towards us.

" hey, stop right there. how do I know you both aren't using telepathic abilities to make me believe that your billy and skylar?" freddy asks us.

" all I have to do is press dial on this thing. " he added, showing his phone that had 911 on it and his thumb was hovering over the call button.

me and billy share a look with wide eyes. " no, no! we can prove it!" billy said and quickly opened his backpack he still had.

I watched as he took out the ziplock bag that held the bullet in it and I smiled knowing that I was right.

" look I lied, I took your bullet." he said and my eyes widen as the bullet fell out of the bag and into the sewers.

" oh no, no!" billy says panic laced in his voiced, forgetting that the bag was open and I wince. he bends down to try and get it but knew it was too late. he groans.

" stupid adult hands!" he scolds himself looking at his hands.

" you saw it right? look, freddy, I'm billy. I swear its me. and this is skylar. why would we lie to you about this stuff?" billy asks him as freddy looks at him with a shocked look.

" look, I know were not close friends, or anything. but your the only person we know that knows anything about this cape crusaders stuff. " billy said and I groan. he knows absolutely nothing about superheros.

" its batman." freddy corrected him and I nod. " thank you!" I say pointing to him.

" what?" billy asks confused.

" just - forget it. can I?" freddy asked, gesturing to the lightening bolt on billy's chest. " oh, yeah." billy said and stepped forward.

I tilt my head to the side, confusion written on my face as I watch freddy raise his hand towards the lightening bolt and little lightening bolts connected with the tips of his fingers. he laughed excitedly and I couldn't help but chuckle.

" its crazy right?" billy asks.

" what are your superpowers?" freddy asks, looking at us both.

I stare at him. " you think we would know that!?" I ask, waving my hands up in the air dramatically.

" superpowers? dude, I don't even know how to pee in this thing!" billy told freddy.

I grimaced. "okay, I did not need to know that. " I say.

" okay, lets do this. " billy says as he gets ready.

me and freddy stand in front of him a few ways away as billy holds up his phone so he can record it.

" how do I do this?" billy questioned. freddy shrugged.

" just superman this thing. " freddy said. " obviously you have to jump. " I add looking over at billy.

" yeah, come on. " freddy said with a smile as billy stared at us.

" how is that even that obvious?" billy freaks out.

" he has a point. " I say, looking over at freddy.

" okay, uh. t-try to believe that you can fly. " freddy said and then explained that he read somewhere about superheros that believing is the key.

" believe. okay, I believe I can fly. " billy says.

I watch as billy starts running ontop of a nearby car and jumps off of it as freddy records him. I wince as billy falls on the ground.

" did you believe?" freddy asked quietly. billy glares at him as he got up. " yeah."

" wanna try invisibility?" freddy questioned.

billy stares at him. " how would I even-" he cuts himself off and shakes his head.

" you know what, okay." he says. billy closes his eyes and tries to be invisible.

it just looked like he was constipated. I put my hand over my mouth so I wouldn't laugh.

" oh my gosh! your invisible! where'd you go?" freddy asks, pretending that billy was invisible, but in reality, he wasn't.

billy opens his eyes once he heard that and looked at him. " I'm right here. you guys can't see me?" he asks.

" where?"  freddy asks.

wow, he's really good at faking this. billy start laughing. " I'm invisible!" he says excitedly.

" I'm right here, now I'm here. "billy says moving side to side with a grin on his face. he then starts doing a dance and I cant help but chuckle. he starts saying he's invisible and kicks with both feet.

" hey!" someone yells.

the three of us looks over to the other side of the fence to see some guys walking buy. " nice outfit. " he commented with a laugh afterwards.

freddy then laughed and I couldn't help but join in laughing. " I might have tested your invisibility and super intelligence at the same time. " freddy admits and I chuckle.

billy glares at us. " freddy freeman, I'm gonna come over there and beat you." billy says and points his finger at freddy only for a lightening bolt to come out and take out the lamp. our eyes widen.

" the lightening emblem was staring at us right in the face the whole time!" freddy says as billy looks at the lightening symbol that was on his chest.

" literally!" billy says.