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Hi. My name is Tristan O’Neil. I’m a 14-year-old boy who lives in Nevada. I live in Nevada with my mom and my older sister. What I'm about to tell you is crazy and you're probably not going to believe me, but I have powers. I know I sound insane but it all started when my grandpa passed away. I started to have these weird feelings in my ears that I could hear what people were thinking.

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I have been trying very hard to do my spring break homework but I can not concentrate. I have ADD and school break work is very boring and I can not focus on it. My mom has been trying to get me to stop thinking about my grandpa who died. His name was Rolf. Rolf was my best friend even though he was my grandpa. My mom and dad are divorced and I live with his mom because my dad is weird and only likes to go to work. My grandpa always helped me and my mom. I used to like it when he would help me do my homework. Ever since he died, I have been hearing weird sounds in my ears, and I can not get them to stop.
Tonight, there was a knock on the front door. My mom answered it. It was my grandpa’s best friend, George. George was always with my grandpa. They were always together and hanging out. I was upstairs in my room and I heard words again in my ears. I went downstairs to say hi to George. He had a big red Nike duffle bag and gave it to me. He said “Pack your bags! We are going to Vegas!” I thought it was weird but my mom said it was okay. I went upstairs and put clothes, my toothbrush, underwear, and my journal into the duffle bag. I didn’t know how long we were going to be in Las Vegas so I packed a bunch of clothes. Vegas was only 1 hour from my house in Nevada, so it was okay if I forgot something.

George and I got in the car and started driving. George said he knew about my powers and that he could hear people’s thoughts too. I was so surprised! I didn’t know what to say to him. George said my grandpa had the same powers and he was going to help me learn how to use them for good.
When we got to Vegas it was all gloomy and dark and none of the neon lights were on. My ears were full of words and noises. George said they could probably figure out what was happening if I focused. It was hard for me to focus because of my ADD, but I tried hard. I heard someone say “We will hide all the neon tubes underground and drain all of the energy. Then when it is dark, we will steal all of the money from the casinos and be rich!”
I couldn’t believe I was able to focus on what the creepy voice was saying. I looked at George and said, “Oh my goodness I heard everything!” People are cutting the power to steal all of the casino money!”

George drove us right to the police station and I told them everything. They didn’t ask me too many questions about how I knew all this information, which I thought was weird but that was beside the point. All they said was thank you and called S.W.AT. I was expecting a prize for helping them, but no all I got was a “Thank you.” The S.W.A.T. team followed all the neon tubing and found the creepy guys underground and arrested them all. They put them in jail probably for their entire lives. I thought wrong! Instead of the police giving me something the mayor did. The mayor of Vegas was so excited that he gave me, my mom, and George two rooms in the fanciest hotel in Vegas for all of my spring break for free. After spring break was over the mayor called me and my mom down to the police station, it turned out that the man behind the crime was my dad! He only did this because he was mad that I never wanted to hang out with him. The police asked him questions like “Why did you do this?”
“Where did you get the idea to do this?” and a lot of other questions I don’t remember. After the police told me all this I heard something in my ears again. It sounded like it was a thought from my dad, the only thing I could make out was “ I'm going to break out of here” so I told them what I heard and as soon as I told them they put him in handcuffs and took him to his cell forever. After that, my mom, my sister, and I went to our fancy hotel room. George went to his fancy hotel room. I was able to relax all week and practice with George to get better at using my powers! This was a really cool spring break!