The Strength Ultimate
[Author's Note: This is another early story written by me. It was published originally in October of 2000 in Between The Lines Literary Magazine . It tells the story of a fish out of water, of the teenage angst of not fitting in: with your peers, your family, or even with yourself.] Hubert skipped a rock off the surface of the water. He looked disheveled and sad. He knew that he had great power, but he did not have the power to turn back time. Life hadn't always been like this. In fact, life had never been like this. It all started last week. People made fun of him. He was different. He had out of style clothes, an out of style hair cut, and an even more out of style dialect. They called him names, they beat him up, they treated him poorly. He went home miserable. He went home sad. He went home crying. He got home. No one was around. His mother would probably be home from her job soon, and she would know that he had been crying. She would wonder why, and then tell hi