"If you are reading this, then it has been a long time since mankind nearly came to an end. If anyone cares, this record will explain most of what has happened so long ago.
Our continued misuse of the planet Earth finally came to a head. Many scientists theorized that it would not be long until we destroyed our own home planet. Looking to find a solution, many people began searching for any possible way to save humanity. They did not know it, but I gave them that way. My name is of no importance, even though your ancestors may have attached such a reputation to it. What you should know is how exactly I was able to save our home.
On my fifteenth birthday, I was given remarkable powers through some unknown means. With these powers, I was able to do anything to anyone or anything, literally anything at all. When I grew, and our planet began to change, I secretly stepped in to provide a means of escape from the crisis. Using my powers, I was able to spread the Earth's habitable conditions--at least, what they were--to other planetary bodies throughout the solar system. Venus was the first to blessed with this "new life", its volcanic surface and deadly atmosphere finally cleansed and habitable. Many were curious as to how this had happened, but this meant that now Venus truly was Earth's "sister planet". Spacecrafts were built to evacuate humans, plants, and animals to Venus, where new civilizations began. I was also able to extend the changes to Mars, seeing as it was originally seen as the second-most hospitable planet. So as to preserve that images and terrain that existed on Mars at the time. I spread rumors of habitable conditions underground that had been opened through a few sinkholes, which--thanks to my powers--turned out to be true. Of course, astronauts went to Mars and built special "ports" on the surface, followed by bases and eventually cities, all of which began terraforming the planet into a green world as well. After much of the human population had evacuated to Venus and Mars, the rest remained behind, either determined to remain in what remained of their homes or to protect the buildings, monuments, and artworks that were so prized by the modern world. I know this because I did not leave.
Before the evacuations, I lived with my foster family. My brother Dustin was often cruel to me, but we were able to bond--in more ways than one--after my fifteenth birthday. He was the only one other than myself and a few of our friends to know about any of this, and none of us have ever told anyone. When the time came for our city to evacuate, Dustin's parents--Mark and June were their names--insisted on leaving. They did not want to leave Dustin behind, but Dustin did not want to leave me. But, four of our friends--brothers who were staying with their parents as well--decided to take at least one of us into their home. Mark and June were touched, but did not wish to leave Dustin. I was able to convince Dustin to go, promising that I would still be here when they came back. My friends and I spent many nights gazing up at Venus and Mars, for we did not know which planet they had gone to, or even if they had made it.
The planet's cleanup was gradual, but I did secretly have a hand in it. The trash was cleared away, the waters were cleaned, the rain no longer held acid, the polar ice caps stopped melting, and somehow the ozone layer was fixed. I could not do any of this overnight, for it would set off suspicion. But the planet was restored, and at least the shuttles began returning. It had been so long, I wept when I saw Dustin and his parents. They told me so much about their experience on Mars, some of which you may have read about through some website or history book. When all known humans were safely back on Earth, I considered what to do with Venus and Mars, but not before making sure that we would never be so careless with the Earth again.
I was able to set up special means to keep the planet clean and healthy. Trash did not pile up at all, all sewage needed little or no treatment, greenhouse gases did not rise to cause global warming, and so on. As you may know, Venus and Mars have been "restored" as well, and they are once again uninhabitable. I set up a special system in which they would slowly change back into the old forms again, each change taking place as I myself grew old and frail. As I am writing this, red sandstorms are burying the last of the man-made structures on Mars, while sulfuric clouds and volcanoes are returning Venus to its hot, molten image.
I have left this to you, my descendant, and you alone I trust with this knowledge and more. I have hidden the trunk in which I have placed this letter and other mementoes, and have made it so that only someone of my own flesh and blood--and powers--will be able to find it and open it. Yes, what you have just read means that my powers have been passed on to you. You may feel free to tell those you trust, but never spread the word too much: a single lightning bolt can make a wildfire that can last a very long time.