I went over and sat next to Grandma on the couch. I could barely control myself from shaking up and down, I was so excited. How could I not become a hero with all of Marx’s powers? Now I will really be known as the Hero of the Universe!  

“You’re gonna let me be a super hero right Grandma!? It’s all I ever wanted ever since forever!” I practically shooked her back and forth. 

“Even if I tell you no, you’re still gonna do it no matter what I say.” 

  I couldn’t stop myself from blushing, Grandma knew me so well. 

“Stubbornness runs in our family after all. Now girl explain what this video game stuff is. Hero business is dangerous after all, you could get seriously hurt if you’re not careful.”  

“Okay Grandma. So the robot voice in my head told me I have the Kirby System. You remember what Kirby is right Grandma?” 

“One of your favorite video games right? The cute pink one?” 

“Yep! That’s it but with this system I can get stuff from the game in real life!” 

“How in the world does that work Penny?” 

“Because this mean old grandpa in a gem gave me some of his powers when I found his totem!” 

“Mean old grandpa in a gem?” 

“Yeah he was a big jerk but he isn’t around anymore for some reason. He was really mean to me earlier.” 

“Haven’t I told you not to talk to strangers girl?” 

“It wasn’t my fault! How was I supposed to know that an alien was inside some pretty jewel?” 

“I guess that’s fair. I haven’t told you to not pick up shiny things before, so you’ll get a pass this time young lady.” 

“Yep! Yep! I’m completely innocent.” I agreed with her to avoid any punishment. 

“Alright now what are these skills I’m seeing in front of me?” 

“What do they say Grandma?!” I asked excitedly. 

“Cooking with a ranking of B is one. It says that everything I cook will provide a randomized buff to those who eat it. The randomized buffs will increase in power as my skill level increase.” I could tell Grandma didn’t have any idea what she was reading about. Thankfully I knew exactly what she was talking about! 

“Grandma! That means when you’re in my party, anything you cook will become super awesome and make anyone who eat it better!” I explained. 

“That sounds helpful. What about this one called Plant Friend with a ranking of C? It says that plants and other flora lifeforms will receive a boost being near me or being helped by me. Does that mean my flowers in the garden will become better?” 

“That’s exactly what that means! You might even be able to make them grow into super giant flowers! Or they could grow into little flower people! Or maybe even hypnotizing flowers!” I gushed with endless ideas. 

“Alright girl calm down. What type of skills do you have?” She asked me. 

  I totally just remembered the skills I got from Marx’s starter pack. After realizing I could grow wings, I forgot about my other skills! And oh boy did I have a lot of super cool powers now. Grandma is about to be shocked speechless! 

“Watch me Grandma! You’re about to see the greatest magical show on Earth!” I hopped off the couch and landed between Grandma and the tv. 

  My lips couldn’t help but widen as I did a little spin and fluttered my wings. 

“First skill! Flight!” I started flying around the living room before returning back in front of Grandma. 

“Second Skill! Electric Arrows! Third Skill! Ice Bombs! Fourth Skill! Vine Creation!” The living room exploded into a beautiful magic show as I showed off all my skills to Grandma. 

  Yellow lightning in the form of arrows circled around my flying figure, black bombs exploded above me and turned into a snow shower, and vine seeds dropped to the living room floor before growing into spikey green vines that formed into a heart behind me. 

  It seems Grandma was enjoying it because she had a smile on her face instead of that scared look from earlier. I went through all my skills for Grandma before ending it on a big note. I swear I’ve never seen Grandma look so happy before. Not even that time when I accidentally helped her find her lost journal from high school after breaking a vase. 

“And for the final skill! Black Hole Generation!!!” I created a black purplish vortex above my head that rapidly swirled around. 

  I made sure to carefully make it suck up all my mess made from my other skills and not anything else in the living room or Grandma would have my butt! It would make me look like I'm not ready to be a hero yet! When I totally am ready to be one! Just ask me and I'll tell you! 

  Grandma started clapping for me at my big finish and I couldn’t stop myself from hugging her. Clapping meant she enjoyed it! Clapping meant she isn’t against me becoming a hero!  

“Can I be a hero please please please please Grandma?” I begged. 

“Fine girl. I couldn’t stop you even if I wanted to.” She said with a tired sigh even though I knew she was smiling. 

“Thank you! Thank you! Thank you so much Grandma! I love you sooooo much!” 

“Mhmm. I love you too you knucklehead.” She hugged me back. “Now get ready for bed. Go brush your teeth and take a bath.” 

“Okay Grandma!” 

  I kissed Grandma on the cheek before flying across the house and into the bathroom. After admiring my super awesome bone wings in the mirror for like 5 minutes, I finally started brushing my teeth. While flying, of course! Then I took a bath and after that I flew into my bed. I’m not ashamed to admit that yes, I wondered if I could go to sleep while flying above my bed. And the answer to that question is sadly, no. It's like trying to go to sleep while doing bicycle kicks or push-ups. So, I was unwillingly forced to go to sleep like a normal girl tonight.  

  I slept in longer than I usually did the next morning. I guessed it was because a lot happened yesterday. I didn’t even wake up on my own. Grandma had woken me up after letting me know my friends were at the door and wanted to know if I wanted to play with them. Not realizing that by asking such a question made it impossible to refuse their invite. If I refused it would make it look like I don’t want to hang out with them! Well whatever... 

“I’ll be out in a second!” I told her. 

  I stretched my wings out and flew into the bathroom to brush my teeth before flying back out and unlocking the front door. In the doorway stood my two best friends, or really only friends I should say. No, I don’t count Angelica as my friend. 

“About time you opened the door. I was starting to sweat out in this heat.” Olivia said with her usual stuck-uppityness. She was the bossy one in our group. 

“Girl!!! Have you heard about the newest Princess Vampire episode that’s coming out tonight?! I’ve tweeted about it to everyone.” Tiffany said excitedly. She was the social media expert in our group. 

“Hey girls. I got some totally awesome news to tell you!” I excited told them. 

“Did you finally learn how to stop being a dork?” Olivia annoyingly asked. 

“Did you finally learn how to stop being so snooty?” I mocked her. 

“Girls! We cannot be arguing when we got to get to the mall!” Tiffany interrupted. 

“What’s at the mall?” I asked. 

“Haven’t you heard? Paul Lynskee is gonna be there today! We totally have to get his autograph and get a selfie with him!”  

  I wasn’t all that interested in Princess Vampire like Tiffany and Olivia was. It seemed kind of boring to me with the princess constantly being fought over by two guys and not making up her mind on who she wants or what she wants to do. It made no sense to me. Either beat the two guys up or get with one of them! Tiffany pulled me out of my house in her haste. 

“GRANDMA I’M GOING OUT WITH MY FRIENDS!” I quickly shouted. 

  The three of us walked to the mall together talking about whatever was going on in our lives or anything we’ve recently watched or seen. Considering that neither of them could possibly match up to the event that happened to me yesterday, I decided to share my news last. Olivia’s mom getting a promotion at her job didn’t hold a candle to me getting super powers. Nor did Tiffany getting a reply from another famous actor she followed on social media could match my story. 

  It wasn’t until we made it inside the mall that it was my time to share what happened to me. And what better way to do that than showing them just like I showed Grandma. I sent them a party invite and could practically see their eyes widen in surprise. 

“No, you’re not going crazy girls. Think about pressing yes and I’ll explain everything.” 

  They did as I said and soon, I got 2 more party members. 

[Olivia Waters has joined your party!] 

[Health: 100/100] 

[Alignment: Good] 

[Race: Human] 

[Achievements: 0] 

[Money: $30] 

[Perks: 0] 

[Tiffany Jones has joined your party!] 

[Health: 100/100] 

[Alignment: Good] 

[Race: Human] 

[Achievements: 0] 

[Money: $100] 

[Perks: 0] 

  I was about to explain everything to them but the sudden explosion from the food court across from us knocked us off our feet. The sounds of muffled screaming, yelling, and crying were drowned in my ears. I looked over to see Olivia and Tiffany just as confused as me but safe. I turned around to see what happened at the source of the explosion and my eyes nearly shot out of my head!  

  It was a real-life actual alien! He was super strong looking. He looked like some purple-skinned body builder from space! He had tentacles for hair and sharp claws for hands. Plus, he had a really mean-looking face too. This guy couldn’t be anything but a bad guy! 

  He just hurt a lot of people and I think I'm the only one who can protect them from further harm. I’m going to teach him a lesson about hurting innocent people and protect anyone else from getting hurt. My courage willed my feet forward towards the villain. He met my eyes and promptly ignored me before looking around. As if I wasn’t worth a second of his time. I’ll show you bad guy!  

“Hey! Stop hurting these innocent people! Who told you to crash in the middle of the mall and hurt people?!” I yelled at him. 

“Where is it? Tell me where the Hero’s Legacy or suffer creature!” He threatened with a really deep voice. 

  I wouldn’t be intimidated by a deep strong voice. I’m a hero after all. 

“I don’t know what this hero legacy thing is but you need to apologize for hurting all these people!” 

“You’re worthless to me then.” He started running towards me. 

“It’s hero time!” I shouted. 

  I created a ball with one of my skills and kicked it straight into the face of the evil alien. His pupils expanded as it soared through the air so fast, he couldn’t even react! He was sent flying through multiple tables in the food court as multiple people started recovering and taking out their phones. I’d appreciate it if everyone got away safely before deciding to record this fight with their phones but what can I do? It’s the 21st century. Even my friends were looking at me as if I was a totally different person. 

“Everyone! Please run away while I deal with this guy! He’s dangerous!” I shouted to the spectators. 

  The alien smashing one of the food court tables into pieces with his fist was enough to startle the people into finally fleeing.  

“Olivia! Tiffany! Try and save anyone still knocked out! I don’t want anyone getting caught up in this fight!” My instructions to the two girls seemed to have woken them up. 

“Don’t order me around Penny, even if you got powers. I was still going to help them anyway!” Olivia replied back. 

  Tiffany just nodded with a shocked look on her face and ran with Olivia to help the people who were unconscious. 

“You... You’re not any ordinary creature, are you?” He asked me, fully recovered. 

“I am Penny! The hero that’s going to stop you from hurting anyone else!” I created another jester ball in front of my feet. 

“I’d like to see you try little girl!” He started running towards me again with his arms outstretched. 

  I kicked the ball towards him again but unlike last time, he dodged this one with a sway of his head. I felt silly thinking that it would be that easy to put down this bad guy. I started creating multiple jester balls and kicked them all towards the incoming giant. With his big body, he couldn’t possibly avoid all of them. 

  And in a way, I was right, he couldn’t avoid all of them. But that didn’t stop him from placing his arms in front of his face and charging straight at me. His muscular arms blocked my jester balls but I could tell that they were having an effect on his arm. They were slightly shaking but before I knew it, he was right in front of me. 

“You’re mine now!” He reared his claw hand back to try and claw me in half. 

“I don’t think so!” I shouted. 

  I teleported behind him with another jester ball ready to be kicked. I shot it towards the back of his head just as he whipped his head back towards me. My ball dented his face in and knocked him into the ground. I knew it wasn’t over with a shot like that though. He was a big guy. I teleported above his body and stomped on his stomach, making him cry out in pain. After landing on his stomach, I started rapidly stomping on his body. The fight was coming to a close soon. Olivia and Tiffany managed to do what I asked of them to and the bad guy was running out of steam. To end the fight, I kicked the villain in the chin and knocked him out. 

  The excitement and joy surging throughout my body at my victory was uncontrollable. I couldn’t help myself from excitedly dancing at my first shot of being a hero done successfully. I quickly stopped though when I realized that some people were still recording from across the other side of the mall. How embarrassing would it be to be known as the Dancing Hero? Kirby may do little dances from time to time but he isn’t known for his dancing! I couldn’t be like that either! 

[Hidden Mission Completed!] 

[You have defeated your very first bad guy with the Kirby System! Congratulations! Take these rewards for your bravery and heroic skills!] 

[Rewards: 5 Lottery Tickets] 

“You have some serious explaining to do girl...” Tiffany said, walking up to me with Olivia. 

“Not to add, you trying to order around the Princess of the Universe like some servant!” Olivia huffed. 

“I’m sorry Olivia for ordering you around, I just knew I could count on your help for this one. I didn’t mean to sound bossy.” I just really didn’t want anyone to get hurt while I was dealing with this guy. 

  It looked like Olivia was taken aback after my heartfelt apology. I guess she wasn’t expecting me to actually apologize to her. I typically never do that so, it's understandable. 

“Just don’t do it again.” She crossed her arms and looked away. 

“So.... how are we gonna deal with this guy?” Tiffany asked, cautiously poking the alien’s fainted body before taking out her phone and taking a selfie with it. 

“Wait for the police is my answer.” I answered her. 

“You think the police are going to be able to handle a freaking alien? Use your brain a little!” Olivia reprimanded me. 

“Then what’s your big idea Olivia? I don’t see you suggesting anything!” 

“We have to contact the military. Area 57 deals with aliens all the time you know. And we just found the first hostile alien! Do you know how much moolah those suckers are going to give us to keep our mouths shut?!” I could practically see the money signs in her eyes. 

“I can’t hand him to the military. Who knows what types of things they’ll do to him? I think it’s safer if we hand him to the police.”  

“Who cares what happens to him?! He just tried to kill you! Need I remind you?” 

“I care. A hero doesn’t kill people! The military is going to dissect and cut him up!” 

“Hey girls, while you’re arguing, I just found some sweet alien tech in his pocket. I wonder what it does...” Tiffany pulled out a black rectangular device with a red button on it and an antenna at the top. 

“Don’t push that!” Olivia moved to swipe it out of her hand, accidentally scaring Tiffany into pushing the button. 

  The device radiated with a blue light and my legs move towards my friends without delay. I pulled them close and soon we weren’t in the mall anymore. 

[Sudden Quest Added!] 

[You and your friends have just transported to a possible hostile alien planet! Find a way off the planet without any of you dying!] 

[Rewards: 15 Lottery Tickets, Survivor Achievement, $5,000] 

[Sudden Quest Added!] 

[You might have the system on your side but your friends are helpless and defenseless little girls! No matter how much spunk or willpower they might have they are still as weak as little chickens! Give them a way to protect themselves on this possible hostile alien planet!] 

[Rewards: 5 Lottery Tickets, $1,000]