The first time he’d used his power, he had been in his local park climbing a big oak tree. He had gotten up impressively high (or at least, he thought it was impressive), but then he had suddenly slipped and fallen, got his right foot stuck between two branches, then the next thing her knew he was hanging upside down. It was quite the predicament he found himself in. He was alone, but still he cried for help. No-one came. He cried for his mum and dad, even though they were both at home and there was no way they could hear him. The last time he cried for his dad though… he appeared. Out of thin air. One second Jimmy was alone, hanging from a high(ish) tree branch, the next his father was standing at the base of the tree, looking incredibly startled. After looking around for a few seconds, he had spotted Jimmy and helped him down. In that moment Jimmy realised something – his dad could teleport! His dad swore to him that this had never happened to him before, but Jimmy just figured that meant his dad was a superhero who was worried about his secret identity. Jimmy swore to keep his secret. They walked home, his dad still deeply in shock about what had just happened.

A week later he was at his local shopping centre with his parents and his five year old sister, Kara. Their mum and dad had popped into a café to grab them all a takeaway lunch, but had left Jimmy and his sister waiting outside. Jimmy talked to Kara about her favourite cartoon for a few minutes, but then his best friend, Eric, passed by and stopped to chat with him about a great new video game they were both playing. So into the conversation Jimmy got, he forgot all about keeping an eye on his sister… until he suddenly realised that he could no longer see her. He started darting about looking for her, but she was nowhere to be seen. Eric started to help him look, but he had no luck either. Jimmy shouted out her name at the top of his lungs… and she appeared before him, seemingly out of thin air. She thought this was pretty cool, and wanted to do it again. Jimmy’s first thought was, ‘wow, she can teleport too? Can everyone in my family do this? Can I?’ But Eric, who had also seen Kara appear, had a different theory.

“Dude!” he exclaimed with excitement, “are you like, a summoner?”

“A what?” Jimmy replied, dazed from all the different thoughts rushing through his head in that moment.

“A summoner! Dude, you called out your sister’s name and she appeared before you. What else would you call that?”

Jimmy had not considered this. He remembered now how his dad had appeared only when he called out his name. Maybe Jimmy was the one making this happen. “I… don’t know. Summoning, I guess.”

“Dude, how could you not tell me about this? How long have you been a summoner? Oh my god this is the coolest thing ever!”

“Erm, like, a week. I don’t really know.”

“A week? Right. So… what are you?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well, you’re adopted, right? So you’re probably, like, a secret government experiment, right? Or maybe a mutant. Or… oh hey, maybe you’re an alien?”

“I’m not an alien!” Jimmy shouted, partly trying to convince himself.

“Dude, no offence, but… how do you know?”

Jimmy realised that he didn’t know. He had no idea. But he knew he needed to find out what this power was before he could even think about using it in a positive way.

Will Jimmy discover how he has a super-power?

What will Jimmy do with this newfound ability?

Can you write about Jimmy in a way that gives him more personality?