she was seven when her ‘ deformities ‘ began to form. her mother was scared , but her brother was not. whilst her mother had no known mutation as such , it seemed that any man she attracted was. bellamy’s father had been a mutant , as was her own. they always suspected she would be a mutant , but they never knew what kind of mutation she would have. it was only upon her eighth birthday that they figured out what it was , when she very promptly stopped a car from hitting her with her tiny , bare hands , crushing the front end of it to save herself.
no one believed that the small girl was responsible for the damage caused to the car , so they pretended it never happened. as she grew older , and stronger , it stopped being saving herself from cars , and began to be breaking into places , ripping open safe doors , stealing cars and other such ridiculous things. the fantasies of a young , naive girl , being influenced by a man she knew not. all she wanted was to gather enough money to hire a private eye , for him to track down her father. instead , on her thirteenth birthday , the day she was supposed to meet this man , her father , she was arrested for theft , burglary , upon many other things. seeing as she was still a child , she was placed in a juvenile institute.
skip to three years later , six different transfers to six different institutes , many different therapists trying to dull her mind , to see if it would dull her strength. she was found by jaha , who managed to convince the prison board that she should not be somewhere like this , that she should be in his care , that he can help her. she’s been in his care for three years , almost four. and with every day , she gets stronger , more in control. she still has to be careful with what she touches , and her emotions , and other such things , like any mutant. she doesn’t particularly want to become one of the heroes , like some of the others. she just wants to be in control , so she can live a life worth living.
