Chapter 1

Isaac, Taylor and Zac were having a water fight in the backyard. Because his leg was still in plaster, Isaac wasn't allowed to get his cast wet, but that didn't matter because he just put a force field around it.

It was just as well because Taylor sprayed Isaac with the hose.

"Hey Ike, I didn't know you could make force fields without using your hands."

"Oh sure I can." Isaac replied. "Actually I don't need to use my hands at all, it's just easier for me to envision."

"Oh."

"Enough chit chat!" Zac objected. "What is this? A mothers meeting?"

Isaac and Taylor looked at each other. Then Isaac (who had just been standing there, letting Taylor spray him) created a force field to deflect the stream of water from the hose onto Zac.

"Oh my gosh!" Taylor yelped.

Isaac gaped in amazement.

Zac gulped and looked down to his stomach where the steam of water was hitting him. Or rather, going through him. The particular area of his body in question had turned into water, and the steam of water was even shooting out the other side.

Slowly, Zac moved his hand down onto his, uhh, stomach and that too, from fingers to a little past his wrist also turned into water. After they all stared for a few moments, Zac quickly pulled his hand away and Taylor woke up from his stare to turn off the hose.

Silence.

"No one saw that right Tay?"

"Nobody but us chickens."

More silence.

"Well, uhh, looks like you're finally going to be able to turn into water Zac." Isaac commented finally.

"Yeah. Looks like it." He murmured.

"Zac what exactly is bothering you?" Taylor asked.

Zac shot a look at his brother.

"I, I couldn't control it."

Taylor gave him a questioning look.

"I couldn't stop my body from turning into water then, and I can't make it turn into water now."

Further investigation revealed that if water touched Zac, the part of his body that was touching the water turned into water itself.

"Don't worry Zac. It's probably like training wheels on a bike -"

"Don't worry?" Zac had exploded. "Don't worry? I can't go swimming or surfing or anything in public until I learn to control this! And who knows how long that might take!"

Chapter 2