Author's note first. I want to say thank you guys for all the reads, votes and comments that i received on this story! I really, really appreciate it.

To be honest writing this story hadn't been too easy, seeing as I had zero relationship experience, but I managed to make it with you guys' support

So I had said I will be uploading a taster chapter, and it's going to be a bit long with 2 chapters in it.

Please, PLEASE comments! I really want to know how you think of it before I continue any further.

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As I said the new story is called Evolution. It's a science fiction, I might be writing sequels if I have the right idea.

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Summary:

My name is Abigail Beckett, and this is 2315, the human race is no longer the only interlectral specie on this planet.

After the third and the fourth world war in early 2000s, the Earth was almost wiped clean. This cause drastic change in the environment and mass extinction resulting in the most diverse and bizarre adaptation radiation and the bloom of new species in the history of the planet. The radiation released during the massive nuclear bomb war also triggered the mutation of human genome. Many died, even more were severely handicapped but there were some who survived came out with powers beyond imagination. And I am one of them.

Prologue

I think it would be wise to fill you guys in with the background details before I start my story, seeing as the version from the government is not true.

The third world war broke out on the 2nd March, 2082, the cause behind it is now lost in history. When the war first started everyone thought it would end in just a few short months, but man, were they wrong.

The truth is, it probably might had, if it wasn't for the interference of a terrorist group that called themselves The Apocalypse. Very original, huh? However, they were very dedicated to their course and had masses amount of weapons in their disposal. They were also very discrete about what they did – and they cause different governments to think that the other had attacked them while it was them who were behind all the attacks to begin with. Come to think of it, it was probably them who started the war.

A truce was made on 10th September 2083, when the governments realised that they were playing into their true enemy's hands all these times. The casualty then were miniscopic compared to what was about to come next, but the damage this war had caused was enough to cast half the world into turmoil.

And that's when the Apocalypse's plan truly began. They started to recruit in large numbers, creating all kinds of bio weapons, convincing people that WW3 is all their government's fault and they must fight back for this to end, when in fact they were set on wiping the surface of the Earth clean because they believed only then can we seek redemption.

When the world finally realised their true intentions it was almost too late. The weapons they created – so called World-Enders, an improved version of nuclear bombs, each one capable of killing every living creature across half of America and destroy even more beyond.

Luckily they had limited numbers of bombs in their hands because of all the rare elements needed to create them. They decided they should seek council from God and use co-ordinates from him as to where the bomb should be detonated. One in Tulita, North West territories, Canada; One in Creston, Iowa, US; One in Cuiaba, Brazil; One in Ikela, Central Africa Republic; One in Buyaki, Russia and another one in the south west; One in Hawaii and a final one in South Pacific in 4th April, 2092.

The effect was devastating, billions were kill, especially in America and Canada. Even more were exposed to extremely high levels of radiation and the whole world was in a state of panic. Many hospitals, labs and resources were destroyed and the human population faced the worst famine, epidemic and chaos in history.

Without the restriction of law enforcement and driven by desperation, the people began to fight each other for the limited resources that was left. Food, medication, shelter – it was the most terrifying ten years in history. The damage varied in each country, for example in places that was hit less harsh, Australia, China, order was restored within the year. As for places like Africa and America, it wasn't until ten years later did the chaos stop, and it was only because most of the population had died off.

Unknown to the general public, however, a space ship were built secretly after third world war by several governments together in fear that this might one day occurred. A secret operative who had infiltrate the Apocalypse tipped the American government off and together with the EU, Chinese and Russians they filled the space ships with important technologies, top scientists, precious artifacts, along with other important people and machinery were sent off the space in 2090 in fear that this might happened.

The space ship set up a temporary base on Mars, where it was deemed safe. Unfortunately the bombs went off much sooner than expected, all the governments officials were killed before they had a chance to join the base in Mars.

Cut off from the world after the collapse of internet system following the bombing, the scientists decided that the radiation levels were too dangerously high for them to risk going back on Earth any time soon.

By the time everything had calmed down it was 2097. Of 85 billion people less than 1 billion survived.

Just as everyone thought the disaster had finished, another strike. The energy emitted off the World-Ender bombs not only melted giant holes in the ground at the point of detonation, the energy had reached deep into the mantle causes it to heat up and moved in a different pattern. Which in turns moves the lithosphere plates. This caused Earthquakes, Volcanic eruptions to occur spontaneously all over the globe. More people were kill, and just when we all thought we were all going to suffer the same fate as the dinosaurs, help rose.

The genetic mutation caused by radiation had killed billions, but it also gave some individuals abilities. There were merely ten of them to begin with. They somehow managed to calm the geological activities and stop the acid rain and cooling period that were to follow, they helped to rebuilt Earth so that it could return to its former glory.

Mean while, contact between the base in Mars and Earth were finally established after the electrical system on Earth were restored in the main cities. With the levels of radiations in most places safe and the diminishing food source at the base, the scientists launched the space craft with all the most advanced technology back to Earth. And they, were the one who took credit of saving the world.

Only those with high enough clearance know about the existence of those special people, as their existence might cause world wide panic. The fact is, more and more of them were discovered, each seemed to have a unique power. The first ten, who were regarded as the saviors of the world and known as the Originals, refused to let the scientists experiment with their kind. They wanted to remain discreet, anomalous in this world so that they could lead a relatively normal life, and help the world when it needs them.

The new council that was born from the debris of the governments all over the world, with America, Russia, China and EU as the main frame – now under the name of UGE (united government of Earth) called these people POE (Protectors of Earth). In appreciation and memories of what they did to help Earth, and also as a reminder to these special individuals that they must not use these powers against people.

With their help and the technologies brought back by the scientists, they were able to restore the Earth bit by bit, filling in all the holes caused by the World-Enders, clearing as much of the radioactive elements in the atmosphere to make living possible.

Most people moved into the major cities where the focus of restoration was and for the better medical care. They live in empty, abandon houses or flats in the cities where previous owners were killed, eating from the nearest government centers – as money no longer means anything.

It took twenty years to restore everything to the way it was, of course, that was relatively speaking. Some thing were never the same again. But on 9th January 2121 – the day we called the New Age, the UGE announced that it was finally safe for everyone to returned to their original town or village and rebuild their home.

It was also then when they found the bizarre, new creatures.

Sightings of them were reported over the years, but everyone had been too busy to stay alive to give a second thought about them. Some of them were vicious, some were friendly, and some, had the same intelligence as human.

They are called Legres. Put into different seven classes – F, E, D, C, B, A, S, from low to high in order of danger. Some Legres are friendly, while most are not. They post as threats to human, but most are too clever to venture into cities or towns where they will be shot to death. Some of them had the same appearance as recorded animals, while others, were completely different.

For the next century, we lived in peace. Electricity were rebuilt in major cities, food were sufficient for everybody, medical care back on track with the technology and knowledge brought back from space ship. Things seemed to have return to normal. The humans that are alive now seemed to develop a higher tolerance to radioactivities, with less and less deformed babies born and less sufferers.

And apart from that, the world seemed to be returning to what it was like before WW3 in 2270, or equivalent to the 1970s as the experts called it – despite it being 300 years later. Schools were re opened one by one, everything started to get back on track as factories re-built, opened and started manufacturing - allowing shops, restaurants and such to re open. However, most of the population were in primary jobs such as farming.

Of course, there were some small difference. New currency came in place, but worked the same way as it did with a new name: Global dollars. Each job is paid by its importance in the society, therefore it was possible that a farmer would be earning almost as much as an office lady. Manual labor was cheaper these days because most machinery were destroyed.

Computers were brought back in with internet set up again allowing easy communications. TV on the other hand was hit much harder and only had re-plays of old movies that survived the wars. Medical care were much more advanced, cars are solar powered as resources like oil became limited, but this technology was still new and expansive, so for the general public, it was bus, or bike.

What about POE? Well, they still exist. In fact, because of the radiations, the numbers of POE increase each year. There were still little of them, as most die in childhood, unable to control their powers and killing themselves, or was born with a defect. However, some survive with powers that was only real in comic books.

The Original, who knew they could not be alone in this world, built a facility for the POE where they can learn about their powers. They worked with the scientists to discovered that most POE's powers surface when they hit puberty, mainly from the age of 11 to 18, with exceptional cases where the power surface earlier, and little chances of power surfacing after 21. It was more likely to pass on in family, however with the the entire population exposed to radiation, it was possible that anyone could have the mutated gene responsible for the development of a power, two in some extremely rare cases.

Before they die, they built a school, ran by the family of the most powerful of the Original and co-run by the rest. And there was where all the newly discovered POE are sent to be taught and kept secret from the rest of the world. A school called the POE Academy.

And there is where I ended up.

Chapter 1 My name is Gail

Hi, my name is Abigail Beckett. I was 16 year old, a year 11 student living in London, UK. We were not hit as hard as other people by the World-Enders, most of the buildings survived. Less can be said about the people though, the radiation killed many, many people. And even more died suffering illness and deformation as a result. I was born on 30th June, 2299, lucky to be without any defects, or so the doctors claimed.

Ever since I was little I knew I was different from everyone else. I could do things that they couldn't. I can move things with my mind, I can feel my surrounding with my eyes closed, I can even hear people's thoughts. Well, only my mum, my dad, my brother's and my best friend's if I concentrate hard enough. But still, I was different.

I also knew that this is something that I need to keep to myself, my own little secret. If the UGE found out about me I would probably be locked up in a lab while scientists run tests on me, or even dissect my brain!

I was three when I first discovered my power. My brother was still a baby and my mum had put my favorite doll in his crib by accident. I was watching in horror as Dan picked the doll up and pull it towards his mouth. I saw him chew off his teddy bear just yesterday and I really, really didn't want Rosie (my doll) to suffer the same fate.

I stretched my arms out trying desperately to reach Rosie even though my hand barely touched the bottom of the crib. I was frowning so hard wishing Rosie will just come to me, and to my utter surprise - I saw Rosie rose out of my brother's hands and flew straight into my arms.

My brother, who was barely one, didn't give it another thought and turned to his headless teddy bear. But even in my little mind then, I knew what I did wasn't normal, and that if you are not normal, you will get round up like the defected kids in the hospital, where you can't go out and see your family.

Instead of telling my parents about it, I started trying to do it again in secret. It didn't work the first few times, so I thought maybe it was just Dan dropping Rosie out onto me by accident. Being little I barely gave it a second thought, even though the cup I tried to move across the table smashed onto the floor all by itself after I left the room.

It wasn't until I was five when I truly realised my ability. I was playing in the kindergarten playground on my own waiting for my mum to pick me up. Feeling bored I kneed in the sandpit shoving the sand around mindlessly when a pot of flowers from the second storey window came loose and fell straight down on me.

I didn't see it until it was too late, so I instinctively covered my head too scared to move. But instead of hitting me the pot flew sideways dramatically where my hand was pointing. I watched in awe as it flew all the way across the playground and smashed into the hedges on the side and disappearing within it.

I watched, mouth opened at where the flower pot had disappeared and up, true enough, there was a missing flower pot. I blinked several times and shook my head – nope, it wasn't an illusion, I really did that.

From that day on, I test myself with my ability whenever I was alone. At first I needed to concentrate and it took several attempts to actually move something, but as time went on, I got better and better.

I discovered that not only could I move objects, I could feel my surrounding. It's like my mind can be extended from my body and 'feel' everything else. Living things will feel different to non-living things, they have a certain softness and shimmers in them, and some people can expel my mind away from them.

I could also read minds, but like I said earlier, only those who are close to me. It's like trying to probe through a membrane with your mind, with strangers, the membranes are much harder to penetrate, and normally, I wouldn't dare try. What if they can feel me doing it? Then I would be sooo screwed. However, I could hear their most surface thoughts, which emits slightly outside the membrane, but I didn't do it often, because it's not polite.

Apart from my ability, I was a normal teenage girl. I went to school, had friends, had guy troubles and hate homeworks. Although I do take advantage of my ability sometimes to play some small pranks on people, like turning off the projectors whenever my least favorite teacher – Mr Kane was talking about something extremely boring, they kept thinking that there was some electrical anomaly in that classroom; Opening the school bully's locker when the headmaster was in the classroom so he could see the pron magazines he kept inside; Triggering the school alarms when Sarah Jensen (the school slut) and Ian Roberts (my old crush) were making out in the supply closet so they were found and suspended for a week, that kept me happy for the rest of the month. And the list goes on.

By then I barely gave a second thought about what would happen if people found out about me, I was having fun with my friends, have more immediate worries like homeworks and school etc. I sometimes still wondered if I didn't use my power then, would things be different, would I still lead a normal life. You know, graduate, fall in love, get married, have a few kids. I knew that a lot of my classmates would love to be in my shoes, and it's not like I don't like it here, it's just that, things are so, so much more complicated when you are a POE.

Okay, you guys are probably super confused by now. It all started on 14th September, 2315, technically, it started when I was born – since I was born with the power, but yeah, we are not being that specific.

It was a normal day, school had just started and I was refusing to get up as always. My brother – dear little Alvin came crushing into my room and jumped on my bed screaming for me to wake up. If he wasn't so darn cute I would have kicked him off my bed without a second thought.

'Fine Alvin, you won, get offff me!' I let go of the duvet that I had held so tightly over the top of my head, hoping to drown the noises away. Alvin gave out a weird cry of victory, hopped off my bed in a dangerously loud jump and ran out of my room.

I shook my head at the door, what a crazy little fella, I love my little brother, he was five and the most mischievous kid I have ever seen. He never gets into trouble because he was the cutest thing ever and he was good at using that to his advantage.

I got out of bed grudgingly and headed to the bathroom, dragging my feet on the way, who seemed to prefer their position on my bed. I brushed my teeth with my eyes closed, too tired to be awake at this ungodly hour. I missed the summer holidays already, and I still had a whole school year ahead of me, not to mention exams.

I quickly changed into my uniform – white shirt, black trousers, black shoes and a school blazer. I tied my dark brown curls into one pony tail and dabbed some mascara on. I had English today sitting next to Victor. I smiled at the thought of him, he was the cutest guy in the year and I only got to sit with him because my teacher allocate seats in English, all the other girls were so mad!

It was a beautiful autumn day, very rare in England but absolutely gorgeous when it comes. I breathed in the fresh cool air, leaning against the garden wall of the house behind the bus stop. I was in relatively good spirits because of the good weather and my forthcoming English lesson.

The school bus (which was just regular bus, with a SCHOOOL USE sign on it) came and I hopped on. My good friend Elizabeth waved at me from the back on the bus and I made my way over carefully, trying not to trip over the school bags stowed all over the bus.

'Hey Gail' She shouted cheerily, causing several sleepy looking students in front of her jerked awake with looks of alarm on their faces, who could she be so chirpy in the morning was a mystery to me. I suppressed a laugh as the kid in front of us wiped his mouth to check for drools before sleeping again and sat down next to her. And yes, I preferred to have my name shortened to Gail and not Abby. To be honest, I would prefer it if you call me by my full name.

We chatted about normal stuff on our way to school, our parents had been friends through their factories. That's what most people do now, manage farms, factories or become in medical or scientific related jobs. A new type of machines developed by the G.S.D.C (Global Scientific Development Center) allow manufacturing to be automatic, but it requires people to put instructions manually by batch to make sure there is as little systematic errors as possible.

Old professions like lawyers, politicians, designers and such are almost non-existence, but such jobs are still maintain by some prostigeous families who pass down these knowledge down the line keeping these jobs alive and ready to be back in the society and for the rare occasion that they are needed. They are mainly employed in UGE.

You see, we need to learn stuff like this now. World history is compulsory, stuff about WW1 and WW2? Completely irrelevant, we learn about history of more important events (read the prologue) and the technological advance.

Sciences are now compulsory, unless you are really bad at it, in which case there are special schools for farm and factory management or go into law enforcement. It's pretty impossible to venture outside these career options. I was fully set on being a research scientists in genetics, I wanted to help those poor kids I saw in the hospital, locked up from the rest of the world. I felt connected to them somehow because of my ability.

The school I went to was built before the World-Enders – a single storey public school, it was renovated, of course to make it suitable to be in. Even after two hundred years the population of London was just over ten thousand. A lot of people moved to the world capital – in the former Pakistan, a newly built city called Eden centered around the massive building that is the base of UGE.

'Have you finish that worksheet from maths?' Elizabeth asked, I shook my head. I hated maths, sad thing was I wasn't too bad at it and it's compulsory. I lived about 15 minutes drive from the school so we arrived pretty quickly.

Everyone got off the bus and headed to the their respective classrooms. I was copying Elizabeth's homeworks quickly before the form tutor came, not everyone had arrived yet but most people were here and talking to each other, or copying homeworks like me.

That was probably the last moment I ever had as being normal.

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 12/12/11

ok so Evolution is now up! you can read it from here:

http://www.wattpad.com/2780789-evolution