Sophia wanted to save the planet. That’s why she’d started the school’s recycling program, spent her weekends planting trees, and picked up litter for fun. She didn’t need a cape to be a hero—just the desire to keep planet Earth as green as possible.

Before the purple lightning struck, Sophia was gazing outside. It hadn’t rained in weeks and the grass outside was turning brown. So when Sophia got powers, it just so happened that she could control the weather.

The first thing she did? Made it rain. When the plants were all watered, Sophia said, “That’s enough!” Then a huge wind came and pushed the clouds over to the next town.

“Amazing!” Ava said.

“That’s the coolest power ever!” Jay-Fu Triple J said.

But Fatima warned, “That’s a really big ability—be careful how you use it. Or else…”

Sophia shrugged, ignoring Fatima’s advice.

That week was the best of Sophia’s life. She could create miniature rain clouds to shower her garden. She could make a gentle breeze to blow dust off her indoor plants. And she could make little lightning bolts to zap her annoying brother in the butt.

When Sophia was happy, the sun shined bright outside. When she read a sad story, it would get cold and gray. If she got angry (usually because of her brother), the wind would get so wild, it’d knock down all the trash cans in her neighborhood. It even knocked down a few streetlights.

Sophia’s weather powers got so strong that when she watched a sad movie and started crying, it began to storm outside. The problem was, Sophia loved sad movies. If it was a tearjerker, she’d watch it. She loved to cry.

But it all turned bad on Saturday when she decided to have a sad movie marathon. At first, the weather was just foggy and drizzling. Then it began to rain. Soon, it began to hail. Then the storm turned into a full-fledged flash flood. At this rate, the town would be completely underwater by the end of the night.

Fatima rowed a boat over to Sophia’s house. She climbed through Sophia’s window and unplugged her TV.

“Hey, I was watching that!” Sophia moaned.

“Have you looked outside?” Fatima asked. “Your weather powers are connected to your feelings. And your sad movie marathon is destroying the town!”

“Oh no, the plants!” Sophia said. Outside the window, entire trees were floating down the river that had been her driveway. She started to cry.

“Stop!” Fatima shouted. “You need to control your emotions.”

“Okay,” Sophia said. “But how?”

Fatima thought for a moment. “Do your homework?”

“Perfect!” Sophia said. “Homework doesn’t make me happy or sad. It just makes me bored.”