Wattpad brings you a guest post from Alaska Everfall, author of Invisible Magic:
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In my book Invisible Magic, I present the two main characters, Bridgette and Hunter, who’re in the painfully-awkward situation of reading each other’s minds. Imagine: reading somebody else’s every thought as they read yours. How scary would that be?
After giving the topic some thought, I realised how different the world would be with supernatural powers. It would be risky, thrilling but altogether convenient. Saving people from burning buildings, being the hero of the day. What an amazing way to liven up our boring, typical lives!
So behold: the following is a list of powers I’d love on my side.
5. Invisibility
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From Harry Potter fans to simple people who’d want to blend in with their surroundings, an invisibility cloak is the way to go. Sneaking past Mum to reach the cookie cabinet; scaring your archenemy for stealing your green crayon in kindergarten or showing off to your friends.
Not only can you do all the geeky stuff, but you can also disappear from the naked eye when you embarrass yourself -which, for me, is at least five times a day. However, other people tend to remember my moments of humiliation more than me. I have wonderful friends who start too many conversations with, “Do you remember when you did that really embarrassing thing ten centuries ago…?”
Lucky me.
4. Psychic Powers
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An ability which seems to be the general basis of most thriller/mystery/paranormal novels, being psychic has a lot of pros and cons.
The pros? You can predict questions in upcoming exams, bet on the correct lottery numbers to win a zillion dollars and wear the latest fashions first. It’d be a blast. If you’re a writer, you might have a perfect image of what the future looks like, and create a realistic science fiction.
The cons, however, is that you’d lose spark in life. This reminds me of a story in the Greek mythology called Pandora’s Box, where a curious girl opened a box releasing all evil. But something that didn’t escape was the knowledge of upcoming negativity. We still have hope.
With psychic powers, you’d lose that spark and thrill of life. No more rollercoaster; just a straight line. I personally think the world’s better off without a person with fully accurate predictions.
Still, the pros are pretty neat.
3. Photographic Memory
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A cousin of mine has a photographic memory, but I don’t believe he knows it.
For example, when we flicked through our family photos of us together, he could literally point out what happened in the pictures. It was so creepy, because I sure don’t remember incidents from when we were toddlers -and am confirmed most other teenagers don’t, either. He, however, explained everything in detail. Our mothers were shocked because he was correct.
Perhaps that’s not the definition of a photographic memory, but I thought it was immensely cool.
My mother always reminds me, because she’s extremely serious about academics, how there’s no difference between a normal person and a genius. We all start off with the same information: no super person is born with all knowledge locked in their brain. The genius only needs to revise the material one or two times, whereas the normal persons needs to revise it six times (speaking metaphorically).
In the end, it doesn’t matter how brainy you are: you just need to put in the effort.
2. Mood Control
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I admit, the obsession for this supernatural ability originated from Jasper Hale in Stephanie Meyer’s Twilight -a book I was heavily fond of at twelve years of age. However, when I re-read it the second time around, the magic wasn’t there anymore. But the characters stayed with me forever.
This power of controlling is excellent. One person who has this power can change the world. Just before a violent boy shoots his dad out of anger, the mood-changer can make him happy. When your archenemy shows off his new bicycle, change his outer-motions to such snappiness that nobody wants to be around him.
What an useful ability to have! Create a layer of world peace and destroy all hate. Make your enemies feel love for you, and the most grumpiest people laugh and smile like the rest of us. And those annoying people who post depressing statuses on Facebook (admit it, you have at least one of them in your friend’s list)? Turn their frown upside down.
It’s the key to making everybody happy at once.
1. Mind-Reading
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When I say mind-reading, I don’t mean Bridgette and Hunter’s situation, because that’s just awful.
I’d love to read minds, but not vice versa. I believe it’s the only way to drive honesty out of everyone. Find out what they truly think beneath that smiling exterior -granted, some people in this world are just pain grumpy. But maybe you can find happiness in the most depressed person.
At the same time, I believe I couldn’t handle the truth. I don’t like criticism -full-stop. My naive mind likes thinking the world is a perfect world without discrimination -without full hatred, without people judging others simply by race/looks/clothes. Having doubts about this non-existing world is something I’d rather live without.
In conclusion, mind-reading is my favourite “ability” that people can do. But I wouldn’t like that distance, simply because I know a person’s annoyed with me, or because they pretend to be nice. Why die a cynic?
I’d rather live in my perfect world.
And there you have it! A list of my Top Five supernatural abilities I’d love to have if given an option, but perhaps only for a short period of time. Afterwards, it’d feel like a burden. Do you agree with my choices? Would you have added other abilities? Maybe you’d have chosen these powers as well, but would prefer them in a different order?
Tell me in the comment-section!
Peace out!
Remy
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Bridgette McAdams runs towards things. She runs towards destinations, leaving her past forgotten as possible.
Hunter Steele runs away from things. He has no destination; just a trail left behind from unforgotten incidents.
Containing mutual envy after automatic assumptions the other has a perfect life, there’s no relationship between the two besides being members of the track team.
With unwanted help from the new creepy religion teacher, they find themselves reading each other’s every thought.
Perhaps it’s a curse or a punishment sent from heaven above.
Or a spark of magic they never knew existed.