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Chapter 3 - Chapter 3: Science, Shenanigans, and Cereal-Fueled Chaos

There's a rule I've discovered about being six years old and massively overpowered:

You should not be left unsupervised.

Ever.

Unfortunately for New York, today was one of those unsupervised days.

I was sitting cross-legged in my oversized room, staring at my hands like they were made of nuclear waffles.

"I wonder what happens if I try using all ten powers at once," I said out loud.

Then I wisely slapped myself. "No. Bad me. That's how you level a city block and get grounded by Nick Fury."

So I decided to be responsible. You know, scientific. Start small.

Experiment One: Energy Absorption

I pointed my hand at the morning sun and focused.

A warm buzz filled my chest. My skin glowed faintly. I felt like I'd just downed five espressos and done a cartwheel through a thunderstorm.

"Okay, that was awesome."

Then I zapped a lamp with a finger.

The lamp exploded.

"Less awesome. Sorry, lamp."

Experiment Two: Enhanced Physique

I tried lifting my bed. I accidentally launched it through the ceiling.

There was a crash, a distant thud, and the butler's polite voice from downstairs:

"Master… was that the bed again?"

"YES," I yelled back. "SCIENCE."

Experiment Three: Telekinesis

I made all the furniture in my room float and orbit me like a miniature solar system.

"Call me... Sofa Bender."

Then I sneezed.

All the furniture slammed into the walls like they owed me money.

"Note to self: No sneezing while using mind powers."

Experiment Four: Elemental Control

"Alright. Time to summon lightning."

I pointed outside dramatically. The sky darkened. Clouds swirled.

A bolt of lightning cracked down—right into Jenkins' golf cart.

From somewhere below:

"MASTER, WHY?!"

I blinked. "Oops."

Experiment Five: Danger Sense

I focused.

Suddenly, I knew Jenkins was coming upstairs to scold me.

So I teleported—by accident—into my closet.

"Okay," I whispered. "Danger Sense is working. Jenkins is mad."

Experiment Six: Adaptive Evolution

I tried holding my breath in the bathtub for five minutes.

Gills sprouted on my neck. My skin turned slightly blue.

"...I am becoming a fish. Cool."

Then I screamed underwater when I saw my reflection.

"NOT COOL."

Experiment Seven: Spatial Storage

I summoned a slice of cake from the pocket dimension.

Then I summoned a chair. And a piano. And a rubber duck.

I sat on the duck, ate cake, and played Beethoven like a rich, six-year-old chaos goblin.

Experiment Eight: Heightened Senses

I heard Jenkins mutter, "This child will give me gray hair by the weekend," from two floors down.

I shouted back, "TOO LATE!"

Experiment Nine: Language Mastery

I opened a random ancient book from the mansion's library.

It was in… Sumerian?

I read it fluently. Out loud.

Suddenly, a glowing eye opened in the air.

"NOPE," I said, and threw the book back into the void.

Experiment Ten: Immortality + Regeneration

I tripped down the stairs.

Snapped my arm.

It healed before I hit the bottom.

I stood up. "Okay. That was horrifying and amazing."

At that moment, the door opened.

Jenkins stood there. Holding a mop. Looking tired. Covered in lightning ash.

I smiled sweetly. "Hi Jenkins."

He stared at me. "Master… you summoned a thunderstorm, vaporized a golf cart, and may have created a wormhole."

"Correction," I said. "I scientifically tested my abilities in a safe-ish environment."

He sighed and looked skyward. "I miss the days when you only threw food at the maids."

I beamed. "Now I throw cars!"

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