Ok I cant take credit for the idea of Zach's powers evolving, that was rune-spirit idea and I take absolutely no credit for it!

Ni Hum Ah, is Chinese for Hello, and Tai Chi Yen is goodbye

Taking the Leap

Chapter One: Catching Up

This is set six months after Will and the Others defeated Royal Pain. Here are some important events you missed.
Layla was moved to Hero class, despite her protest.
Gwen, Penny, Speed and Lash all were released from jail.
Gwen was expelled from Sky High.
Speed, Lash and Penny all were charged with 150 hours of community service, but were otherwise un-punished.

Warren and Will became best friends.

Will and Layla became the golden couple.
Magenta and Zack dated for a month but came to a mutual agreement to break it off, Zach thought Magenta was getting a little too weird, and Magenta though Zach was too much of a dork, and slightly up-himself. There more like brother and sister now, they have a good friendship.
Warren and Ice Girl started dating, they were on again, off again, there relationship was good at the start but had since gone down the drain, but Ice Girl was refusing to break up with Warren wanting to keep him for his new found HUNK status had made him very popular.

"Hey guys guess what?" said Ethan as he came to sit with his group of super friends at there cafeteria table, it used to be Warren's 'tough guy' table, but since then Layla, Will, Zach, Magenta, Ethan, Warren and Warren's girl friend Ashley, better know as Ice Girl had all began sitting there, "You're a dork and I'm not?" asked Magenta looking up from her sandwich, "No! I got moved to hero class!" said Ethan proudly, Zach choked on his drink and Warren pounded him on the back, "Since when?" asked Layla, "Well lately I've been able to melt things! Not just myself watch!" said Ethan, he grabbed a fork and it dissolved into a shiny silver liquid, Magenta pushed her head back her eyes raised with mild shock, "Wow! That's great Ethan" said Will, "Yeah just went and showed coach Boomer" said Ethan smiling, "Wait how come he's moved into Hero class and I'm not?" asked Zach, "Because his powers are evolving" said Ashley sliding her tray to sit next to Warren he grimaced when he saw her, she sat down oblivious giving Warren a quick kiss when she sat down, Magenta rolled her eyes and looked back down at her plate, "Well mine are too! I can now turn my glow on when I want to and control how much! And it can even be seen in the day!" said Zach, "Yeah but Zach" said Warren slowly, "You glow! That's it!" said Magenta harshly, Zach pouted and stabbed at his pudding, the group of friends sat chatting and when the bell rang they made there way to class, "Good luck Popsicle" called Warren, Ethan smiled then headed into class with Layla and Will, Warren and Ashley headed down the hall the opposite direction heading off to there Senior class, Magenta and Zach stood in the hallway, neither of them needed to say it but they were both thinking it, all there friends were hero's while they were still stuck as side kicks, "Should we go to class?" asked Zach, Magenta sighed, "Yeah come on" she said and they headed into the class room.

"Ni Hum Ah" said Warren in Chinese to Ms. Chen, "Ah Warren you're a little early" said Ms. Chen, "Yeah I needed to get away from Ashley" said Warren, "Right-o!" said Ms. Chen, the old women pulled on her classes, her gray hair shining in the red light as she poked her head out from the kitchen, "My Granddaughter is coming to visit! So I need to get all the orders out so I can see her, usually I would meet her at her Mother's house, but I couldn't get away this weekend, so she agreed to come here" said Ms. Chen smiling, Warren nodded taking two plates out from the counter and taking them to the assigned table.

Warren worked non stop for the next two hours grateful to be busy, and keeping his mind off Ashley, he didn't like her anymore, he knew he'd have to tell her soon, but he didn't deliberately want to hurt her, so he suffered in silence, he had no reason to break up with her, apart from the fact that it was making him miserable.
Warren went out the back and began washing the dishes as another waiter took over the serving of the food, it wasn't that Warren didn't like people but he preferred the work out the back because it gave him time to think.

It was around nine thirty and Lee, another waiter was about to finish up, "Alright I'm off there's only like three people out there Warren so not too much for you to do" said Lee, Warren nodded up from the dishes, "Tia Chi Yen Ms. Chen" said Lee, he then walked out of the paper lantern, "Warren Chan! Come here!" called Ms. Chen, she was hunched over holding something close to her body, "What is it Ms. Chen?" asked Warren "Tomorrow is my Daughter's Death anniversary, I'm going to give this to her daughter, my granddaughter" said Ms. Chen, she showed Warren a wooden box, "What's in it?" asked Warren, "Open it!" said Ms. Chen, Warren did, inside was a purple cushion, on the cushion was a gold locket, it was large as a ping-pong ball, and it was oval shaped, it had small purple stones in it, "Purple was my Daughter's favorite colour, and my granddaughters! This was hers! I gave it to my daughter when she was fifteen! Now I'm going to give it to my granddaughter" said Ms. Chen smiling, Warren smiled "How old is your Granddaughter?" asked Warren with mild interest, "Fifteen! She was just six when her mother died" said Ms. Chen, "I'm sorry!" said Warren feeling uncomfortable, "She was a great Super Hero, power to change anything into stone!" said Ms. Chen laughing, "I think your Granddaughter will love it!" said Warren smiling he handed the box back to Ms. Chen, in all the years he had worked for the Chen's Warren hadn't ever met Ms. Chen's Daughter or her granddaughter, "Thank you Warren! Oh before you go out I'm having trouble lighting the stove, could you?" said Ms. Chen nodding to the stove, Warren clicked his fingers and the pilot light on the stove clicked on, he then pushed open the door and headed into the restaurant, only a few people were there, one old couple was waiting for there meal, another was a man eating away at his steak and another was one person sitting alone at the other end of the restaurant, Warren walked over to them, he noticed they had a bowl of rice in-front of them, untouched, "You done with that?" asked Warren, he then looked at the person, it was Magenta, her purple hair was all hanging down by her shoulders, it was curled into ringlets, her purple streaks shone under the red Paper Lantern light, she was wearing a simple purple jumper, with her purple cuffs missing, "Hey!" said Warren slightly surprised, "You work here?" asked Magenta surprised, "Yeah" said Warren blushing, only Layla knew he worked here, he blushed even more, "If you-" began Warren dangerously, "Relax, your secret's safe with me Dish-Boy" said Magenta "What are you doing here?" asked Warren trying to sound menacing, "Nothing, just came to think" said Magenta, "Oh I see" said Warren immediately softening and sitting down, "And what would require thinking?" asked Warren, "Oh it's nothing!" said Magenta looking down at her rice and poking it with her chopsticks, Warren nodded, he pushed his hair out of his eyes, he had it tied back but a few stray hairs were getting in his eyes, he leaned back and looked at Magenta, he couldn't help but notice, but with her hair down she looked quite good, she didn't look so intimidating, he could see that something was bothering her and for some reason it concerned him, "Well what are you doing here? Cant be working this late!" said Magenta pointedly, "Hiding from Ashley she's trying to take me shopping" said Warren, Magenta laughed and Warren smiled, he didn't smile much, but hearing Magenta laugh made him want to smile, her laugh was contagious, "Please Purple Worms will wriggle in Ashley's ears before you go 'shopping'" said Magenta, Warren shook his head, part of the reason Zach and Magenta had broken up was because she said random things like that, Zach found it frightening but Warren liked it, she was an individual, something that was hard to find these days, he and Magenta talked for the next hour, in all there friendship Warren hadn't ever really sat down and talked to her, he regretted that now, she was really laid back and easy to talk to, "So give! What's going on?" asked Warren, Magenta went quite, "Well its just you know, everyone's powers are evolving and well mine aren't" said Magenta quietly, "Layla, Mine and Will's aren't!" said Warren pointedly, "Yeah but you guys are already hero's! I'm not!" said Magenta, "Oh please Maj! It'll happen! You don't need to worry about it!" said Warren glad that he had found out what was troubling her, "Yeah, What about you and Ashley? What's happening there?" asked Magenta, "ah yeah" said Warren grabbing the back of his neck and bearing his teeth.

Magenta smiled, she had enjoyed talking to Warren this last hour, he was a really good listener, she hadn't ever had a conversation like this with Zach, and it help that Warren was half good looking, with his hair tied back and with his shirt that was sleeveless it seemed to highlight his muscles, Magenta smiled as she looked up and Warren was smiling at her, she knew what was happening; she was getting a crush on Warren Peace, and she liked it.

"Want to share a fortune cookie?" asked Magenta grabbing one off the plate, and holding it up "Sure" said Warren grabbing the end lazily, his fingers brush the end's of Magenta's, he felt a bolt of electricity shoot up his fingers, Magenta felt it to, like a warm feeling that shot through her entire body, she succumbed to the feeling, it was a nice feeling, Warren was confused he felt as though a guinea pig was running around in the bottom of his stomach, he looked at Magenta and he saw her differently, her skin looked flawless, her black curls bounced beside her face, her eyes that usually held a fierce look, looked kind and inviting, as Warren broke the cookie his eyes didn't leave Magenta's, she smiled as she looked down, the piece of paper was stuck in Warren's part of the cookie, Magenta grabbed it from his hand, "Hmm 'You will be happier with a new love'" read Magenta, she rolled her eyes and threw the paper down, "That's original" she said folding her arms on the edge of the table, "Hmm" said Warren, he tried to seem uninterested but he couldn't help but think about what the cookie meant, he looked down at his watch, it was 10:35, his shift had officially finished about an half an hour ago "I better go" said Warren heaving himself out of the chair, "Nice talking with you Hot Head" said Magenta looking back down at her rice, Warren smiled that was Magenta's nick name for him, "Yeah see ya Cat Food" said Warren, Magenta smiled and looked up at him, Warren continued into the back of the restaurant and finished washing the dishes, the old couple had left as well as the lonely man, Warren pulled his jacket on and slung his bag over his shoulder, he looked behind him at the booth where Magenta was, she was stirring a cup of tea with a spoon, Warren smiled to himself he had had fun with Magenta tonight, he walked out of the paper lantern and went home, he walked up the stairs and into his room, he was so tired that he didn't even bother changing he immediately fell down on his bed and went to sleep, but before he did he had a vision of Magenta looking up from her rice and smiling at him at the Paper Lantern, Warren smiled into his pillow, for a strange reason that Warren didn't have the strength to worry about, he looked forward to seeing Magenta tomorrow.