Nyxed
They had said it would be a side-effect. She simply brushed it off. They said it would hit her hard, she only laughed. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath. The air rattled in her lungs. She knew that she needed to get up, shut off the water and climb from the tub but she couldn't. It felt as if with each fleeting moment her body was falling into a coma, too tired to move. Fatigue they'd said, it may be the death of you.
Willed, that's what she was. It was her own super-power, it made her unstoppable. For as long as she possessed that, no door would remain closed for her. Wearing it like a badge of honor, how many could do the same? She smiled because she knew so long as she held onto her will, she was untouchable.
"Leave me alone!" She cried, voice trembling.
Her mother had once told her that the will of a child was the most potent magic in the world. However, she was not a child any longer. This was not some mere monster from her closet. Still, she willed it. Maybe, just maybe.