Ayanna+Rocker

They say your freshman year at high school is always the worst. You have to look out for bullies so your lunch money won’t get stolen, you avoid getting jammed into your locker or the trash, and more importantly, you have to watch out for the enormous seniors. Freshman year is wild enough as it is, but try being a superhero who is completely isolated from everyone else. Yup, that was my life. I was the butt of everyone's jokes, and I had to watch the love of my life laugh at me too. And its not like my father made the situation any better. Oh, and did I mention I have a learning disorder? Yup. Don’t pity me because in the end guess who gets the girl? Me. But I'm getting ahead of myself, lets start from the beginning.
 * Prologue**

It all started that Christmas morning when I was five years old. Underneath the tree laid a small box. It was wrapped in blue paper, decorated with snowmen and numerous snowflakes. As I unwrapped the gift I began to feel the power. The more paper I took off, the more powerful I became. When I finally opened the gift, lying inside the box was a green and yellow mask followed by the matching cape. My father said he didn’t know where it came from since he didn’t buy it, and lets face it I know it didn’t come from Santa Clause. That only meant one thing, it was destiny. Someone knew one day it was going to be up to me to save the world so I wasn’t going to let this opportunity pass. It was my obligation to be this hero. I immediately put on my mask and cape, fully receiving my power. I was transformed into an entire new person. And from that day on, I would never take off my uniform. Taking it off would be like taking away my identity. From that day on I would forever be known as Tonizator.
 * Chapter One**

Growing up wasn’t easy. As a child I was “different” in the normal world. My father would always tell me I would have to work harder than all the other kids because I was delayed. I didn’t know what he meant by that until I reached elementary school. Now I know that was the nice way of telling me I was retarded. I don’t like to think of myself as different, but according to everyone else I was. I’m just a kid who enjoys doing everything that kids do. So I may have some delays and believe I’m a superhero, why should you treat me any different?

Nine years later here we are. I'm still fighting crime and saving the world despite my “delays.” However, there is one problem, and his name is Dr. Atlas. About two years ago me and him had a horrible encounter. While I was busy fighting crime, he snuck to my hideout place and destroyed all my things. Including pictures, gift, and awards I had received for all of my accomplishments. He was probably jealous because no one shows him any recognition. All the good I do for the world, he slowly undoes. Once, after I rescued a cat from a tree, I went home only to discover he put the cat back in the tree. Dr. Atlas is an evil villain who deserves to be destroyed. I will never understand why he does the thing he does.Now that school is about to start next week, my father says I have to get my priorities straight. He wants me to hang up my uniform and be a normal teenage boy, but I refuse to do so. Tonizator is who I am. I'm not going to be his Tony that he continues to dream of; those days are over. One day my father said, "Hey Tony, are you ready to go back to school shopping? It's that time of the years again."

"No thanks dad," I said.

"I already have clothes, and my uniform is all I really need."

"Your sure bud? It never hurts to get new clothes. You're going into your freshman year so you want a new start."

"Dad, lets not start this today."

"All I'm saying is that you need to break away from this crazy superhero belief of yours. You don't really have pow-"

"Don't say it, don't say it." I said with frustration. I have heard those words too many times from kids tormenting me. Now I didn't want to hear them come out of my fathers mouth.

"Powers."

From then on everything went downhill. In middle school all the kids made fun of me and said I don't have powers. But what do they know, they're just a bunch of arrogant kids who don't know anything. That's why I can't wait until high school. My father said it's best if I go to a new high school away from everyone at my old school, so that's what I plan on doing. I get to go to a new school and make new friends. No one believed in me at my old school, they all thought I was crazy just because all of my powers haven't developed yet. Well, none of my powers have really developed. But when they do I'm going to be the greatest superhero to ever live.

Today is the first day of school. I woke up extra early today because I was so excited to be going to school. I jumped out of bed and immediately put on my uniform. I rushed downstairs to the kitchen where my father had already prepared breakfast. I quickly swallowed my food and began to head out the door. I didn't even have enough time to say goodbye to my dad. When I arrived at the school I was the first one there. So I decided to go to the cafeteria and still until more kids began to show up at school. Twenties minutes had passed by until I saw another face. My anticipation began to rise up. I watched as the kid walked into the cafeteria. He wore blue jeans, a yellow collard shirt and white Nike sneakers. He was much bigger than me, and he reminded me of the older boys at my old school who used to pick on me. However, I was just happy to see someone else at my new school. For a second I just sat at the table, but then finally decided to go introduce myself. I hopped out of my seat eager to find out who he was. Trying not to sound too excited, I slowly walked up to him and in one breath I said, “Hi, my name is Tonizator. I’m a new student here and don’t have any friends yet. What’s your name?”
 * Chapter Two**

He stared at me for a few seconds. His eyes scanned my body from head to hoe. After an awkward silence he finally said, “John.”

“Its nice to meet you John. Like I said before, I’m a new student here and don’t have friends yet. What grade are you in?”

“..What are you?” He asked.

I confusingly said, “What do you mean?”

“Dude, your wearing a cape and mask. Halloween is next month.”

“Oh this old thing? These are my clothes, you know my uniform. I am the incredible Tonizator.”

“The what?” He questioned.

“Tonizator. I fight crime and save the world.”

“Sure you do,” He said while getting up from the table. “I’ll see you umm later, I guess.” He then walked away.

The smile on my face stretched from ear to ear. I had made a new friend! We were going to be locker buddies, cafeteria buddies, and hopefully class buddies.

The hallways started to fill up with kids as it came closer to 8:00am. The closer it came to being 8:00am kids started disappearing from the hallways and into the classrooms. Once the bell ring the halls were completely empty, and the only one standing in the hall was me. Until that moment I hadn’t realized I had no idea where to go. I figured I should just walk into the first classroom I saw and hopefully that’s where I belonged, but that chance was minimal. So I decided to go to the office. I didn’t know where that was either so I just walked around the school, examining the entire school until I found the office.

On my way to the office I noticed a kid staring at his locker, trying to mess with the combination lock. Something must have been wrong because he wasn't opening his locker. Perhaps he was being hypnotized by Dr. Atlas, causing him not to be able to open his locker. Or maybe someone stole his memory and now he forgot the combination to his lock. So many assumptions ran through my head so I did the first thing I thought of, I ran to save the day. Charging in his direction I yelled, "I am the incredible Tonizator here to save the day!"

With a frightened look on his face he said, "Huh?"

I knew something was wrong now. This poor kid could barely understand what I had just said. So I began to question him again. "Are you okay? Can you here me? Was it Dr. Atlas?" This kid was still unresponsive and just looked at me like he wasn't understanding a word I said. Trying to get him to answer a simply question that would jog his memory back I said, "What is your name? Don't worry, everything will be alright, I'm here now."

After a long pause he finally said, "Dr. Who? Dude, take a chill pill. I just forgot the combination code. I told my mom to buy me a lock with a key, but you know parents.."

"Are you sure?"

"Uh, yeah you retard. Get out of my way now."

"Hey, those are mean words. Don't call me a retard."

"Oh yeah, and what are you gonna do about it? Nothing." He said intimidatingly.

"I'll tell my father on you."

"Aw your going to tell daddy? He's not going to do anything either. Now like I said before, get out of my way."

I felt stupid since this kid wasn't in any real danger. I was only trying to do my duties as Tonizator, but I guess he didn't need my help. And who is he to call me a retard? He doesn't even really know me. He was acting just like the other kids at my old school. I sadly turned around and continued walking to the office. Once finally reached my destination I opened the doors and saw the secretary looking over in my direction.

"May I help you?" She asked.

"Yeah, my name is Tonizator. I'm a new student here and I just need help finding what classroom I'm supposed to be in."

"Not a problem, I can help you with that. What did you say your name was?"

"Tonizator."

She looked on her computer, searching for my information. She kept searching until she said, "I'm sorry, I can't find that name anywhere in my computer. Do you go by something else?"

"Well, I was born as Tony Smith. But I go by Tonizator now. I can have people knowing who I truely am, it's for the safety of the world." I informed her.

"Um, that's nice sweetie." she said with a weird look on her face. Then once again she looked in her computer and said, "Ahh, Tony Smith. I found you. I'll print out your schedule and walk you to your first class."

We walked down the hall together until we got to room 109. This was the moment of truth. I was about to walk into my classroom for the first time. So many thoughts raced in my head. I was nervous and excited at the same time. The secretary opened the door and I walked behind her. The entire classroom went silent for a few seconds then one person yelled, "Dork!" The room filled with laughter then other students started yelling out names. and of course, they were all talking about me. I was embarrassed.

"Okay class, settle down." Said my teacher. She walked over to me and introduced herself. "Hi Tony, My name is Ms. Michaels. I'm your math teacher."

"It's nice you meet you." I said sadly.

She could probably hear the sadness in my voice because she said, "Hey, don't worry about these kids. How about you go sit next to Amy, she's really friendly and you two might have a lot in common."

I didn't who or where Amy was, but Ms. Michaels pointed me in her direction. There was an empty desk in the far left corner. It felt like the longest walk to get to my desk. I felt the eyes of every student watch me as I walked to my desk. I felt out of place, and since I didn't know anyone I felt more awkward. Once I finally reached my desk, I sat down into the seat with my head down. I wasn't in the mood to talk to anyone so I just sat quiet and observed the class. I looked over across my shoulder and looked at the desk next to me. On the desk was a paper that said "Amy," so I figure that was the Amy that Ms. Michaels was talking about earlier. My eyes started wondering all over here paper. She was supposed to be taking notes on logarithum, but instead was doodling. She was quiet the artist actually, her pictures of airplanes, maps, the world, and what seemed to be continents were divine. It was evident that she loved to travel. But what charmed me the most was her beauty. She was simple, like me. She wore blue jeans and a slightly over-sized white shirt. Her hair was long and had little curls. But what amazed me most were her eyes. They sparkled every time the sun coming from the window hit them. I could gaze at her eyes all day long and never get bored. Something about her was special.

"What are you looking at?" Said Amy.

Wait, what? Was she talking to me? My soon to be wife had said something to me. I was shocked and didn't know what to say. She stared at me while all these thoughts ran through my mind. I had to say something, and soon. I didn't want her to think I was a complete idiot who was staring into her beautiful eyes. So I quickly said, "Uh.. Oh, umm. I was just.. Uh.."

"What?" She questioned.

"Sorry, I meant to say-" But before I could finish what I was going to say she interrupted me.

"Whay are you talking to me? People don't talk to me."

"What not? You seem really cool." She didn't say anything, so I continued saying, "Well my name is Tonizator."

"Tonizator? What kind of name is that?" She said giggling. Then she gave me a slight smile and said, "I like it."

"Thanks." I said. No one had ever smiled the way she had smiled at me. It made me feel happy and special. She was different from all the other people at my school so far, she made me feel welcomed. That was a feeling I hadn't experienced in a while. My horrible start to my day dramatically transformed into a good one because of Amy.

It's been a week since I started school. I haven't really had any problems with anyone, and thank goodness I haven't seen that kid who called me retarded. I had hope of becoming a regular kid at this school, or so I thought. What I didn't know was that everyone made fun of me. After a week of being the new kid at the school everyone knew who I was. People smiled in my face, but once I turned my back they would make comments about the way I dressed, talked, and acted. Everyone once in awhile someone would point at me and laugh. There were times when I just felt humiliated and alone.
 * Chapter 3**

Once day, this boy named Anthony saw me for the first time. Anthony was the start player on the football team. Everyone looked up to him and treated him as if he were a god or something. For some reason he got everyone's respect. He probably heard rumors of me and actually wanted to meet me face to face. As I was walking down the hallway, he came walking in my direction.

"So, your the infamous superhero I hear of. Tonizator is it?" He said to me in a mocking voice.

I knew this conversation was heading for trouble. "Yes." I replied.

"Saved anyone's life recently, superhero?"

"Well not exactly, but I ha-"

Big mistake. I should've stayed quiet and just ignored him. Anthony grabbed me by my shirt and lifted me up until my feet were dangling in the air. "That was a rhetorical question." He said sharply into my eyes. "Do you know what you are?"

I figured that was a rhetorical question too so i stayed quiet. Big mistake, again.

"Answer me when I'm talking to you!" He screamed in my face.

Startled I said, "Uhh uh, no. What am I?" I knew he was about to tell me.

"You are a retarded little freak who believes he's some powerful superhero even though your not. Your some whimpy kid who hides behind his mask all day because your too afriad to grow up and face reality. And guess what?"

"What?" I asked. Tears started to fill up in my eyes and my heart sank all the way to my stomach.

"I don't like you."

Then out of no wear I heard a familiar voice come charging in my direction yelling, "Leave him alone!" It was Amy. She put her arm over my shoulder as I sat there in disbelief. Someone was sticking up for me. "Why don't you pick on someone your own size." She continued to say.

"Look who we have here." Anthony said looking at my depressed face. "Is your girlfriend sticking up for you now?"

"She's not my girlfriend!" I said with angry. "Like she said, just leave me alone!"

"Are you gonna go cry now?" He asked. "Aww, poor baby."

"Come on Tonizator." Amy said in a comforting tone. "Lets just get out of here. He's not worth it dude." Then the two of us walked away, with her arm this over my shoulder. Once we got to the end of the hall she asked, "Are you okay?"

"Yeah." I said. "Thanks for sticking up for me back there. It means alot, no on has ever done that before."

"Oh, not a problem. I'll always help a friend out." She said with a friendly smile.

Amy had called me her friend. I couldn't help but smile. I finally had a true friend who would stick by my side. Once again, Amy had made me feel a way I had never felt before. This was a feeling I always wanted to feel.

That same day I walked home thinking about Amy. When I got home my father asked how was my day at school. I didn't want to tell him about Anthony, so I lied and said it was great. It wasn't a complete lie though, after Amy came to my rescue it was great. So I guess you can say I bent the truth a little. However, my father figured I would say that so the next question that followed him was, "Who's Anthony?"

"Anthony? My friend from school? How do you know Anthony?" I said with shock.

"The school called me, Tony."

"Oh that's nice. Call them back and tell them I said hello."

"Don't be sarcastic." Said my father. "Now tell me what happened."

"Dad, he's no one. Just a someone who likes to pick on others. I settled it so lets just drop it."

"Tony, It's time we had this talk. I understand you want to be Tonizator but-"

"Oh god, here we go again." I said. I've heard this speech too many times and I was tired of it.

"Just here me out son. Kids keep bullying you and tormenting you because you this. I wanted to put you in this new school for a fresh start, but the same thing is happening again. Its time you take that uniform off and be a normal kid. Be Tony." I could tell my father wanted to sound as comforting as possible, but he didn't. I know deep down he's just looking out for my safety, but he needs to support me.

"What if I don't want to be Tony?" I asked. I had nothing else to say to my father so I went upstairs to my room and closed the door.

"Tony." He said. "I'm sorry."

What my father didn't understand was being Tonizator was the only thing I was good at. I'm not good in school because of my learning delays. My social life is horrible and consist of no friends because I don't fit in with others. Even at home I feel isolated because I know my father wishes he had a normal son. But, when I'm Tonizator everything changes. I get a extra boost of confidence and no one can bring me down. I'm the top dog that everyone looks up to and envys. My father was asking me to do the impossible. I would never take off my uniform.

Finally the holiday season had arrived. I was looking forward to the long vacation away from everyone at my school. Since I started school, it was hard for me to manage my time in school and my duties of Tonizator. So during this break I decided to make it obligation to focus more on my responsiblity of saving the world. That friday we were released from school, I rushed home to get to my secret hideout. I completely forgot to say bye to Amy, so I hoped I would get a chance to talk to her over the vacation. Anyways, once in my hideout I looked through all my old accomplishment. Despite what my dad, and the kids at my school thought, I was a pretty great superhero. People were proud of me, and grateful for me saving their lives. I always keep the streets safe and out of harms way. I decided to go on my laptop to see my fan page. I enjoy going on my fan page, and relaxing in my hideout because it keeps me motivated to be Tonizator. Immediately as I signed on to my fan page, I received a message. It was from "Dr.Atlas101." Like I told you earlier, Dr. Atlas was my arch nemesis. He hates me, and I hated him. He was the vilest person you would ever meet. More vile than the kids at my school. Every superhero has a arch nemesis, and mine was Dr. Atlas. I knew him messaging me was going to be trouble, but I responded.
 * Chapter 4**

Dr.Atlas101: Well well well, look who we have here.

ToniZATOR4: Well if it i'snt Dr. Altas.

Dr.Atlas101: Ah yes, it is I.

ToniZATOR4: And what do you want? Do you not have something better to do with your time?

Dr.Atlas101: I should be asking you the same thing "Mr. I'm the greatest superhero ever."

ToniZATOR4: Mock me as you wish, but we both know who's the best.

Dr.Atlas101: Yeah, your the best at being a loser.

ToniZATOR4: Yet, your the only who believes that. Anyway, what do you want? I have better things to do than sit here and talk to you.

Dr.Atlas101: Well, I just came to tell you your in for a big surprise this vaction. Word of advice, watch your back.

ToniZATOR4: What are you up to? Nothing good will come of this.

Dr.Atlas101: Muhaha it's evil. Just wait for all my vile deeds to unfold. Only time will tell... [Dr.Atlas101: has logged off]

ToniZATOR4: ... [ToniZATOR4: has logged off]

I knew this was going to be nothing nice. Knowing what Dr. Atlas is capable of I knew trouble was soon to come. But I didn't let him stop me from doing what I had originally planned for the vacation. My duties as Tonizator were more important than worrying about Dr. Atlas. He was unimportant