The next morning, the doorbell rang.
"Ty!" his foster mom June shouted "Answer the door!"
Ty didn't have to be told twice as he raced down the stairway in his pajama bottoms to answer the door.
Now Ty would have preferred to shower and get dressed first, but he knew how impatient June was, and didn't wish to anger her any further, so he ran down to answer whoever had the nerve to get him out of bed this early.
He opened the door, and there stood a beautiful and fresh-faced young woman who seemed like she could be in her early 30's, but who seemed to have such happiness flowing from her that it made her seem a bit younger.
"Happy 15th Birthday Ty," she said with a warm smile "even if it is a day late!"
"Who are you?" Ty asked "How did you know my name, and my birthday?"
"I know more than just that." she replied with a smile, and whispered into his ear "I also know that your powers have awaked recently! After all, a mother knows these things."
"You're my mother?" Ty asked in disbelief "Then prove it!"
Without a word, she smiled, snapped her fingers, and Ty was now wearing his proper clothes for the day, right down to his socks and shoes.
"A young man should be properly dressed when company arrives, should he not?" she asked with a caring smile "Now please come outside with me. There are some things we must discuss."
With that, Ty followed the nice lady claiming to be his mom outside, and when they were a safe distance away, she showed him his birth certificate.
"I know that I have a ton of explaining to do," she said with a look of true sympathy on her face, "so I'll start by telling you that I'm not exactly human."
"Then what are you?" Ty asked his real mom.
She smiled, and told him that she was...