Echo

In the quiet town of Aurora Falls, there was a girl who could hear everything: every secret hidden, every lie told, every dark thought. Her name was Elara, but to those who feared her, she was known as Echo.

Elara had always been different. Born with a heightened sense of hearing, she could hear sounds miles away, but as she grew, her abilities evolved with her. She could hear not just sounds, but the thoughts and intentions behind them. At first, she used her powers to help: exposing lies, solving crimes, and righting wrongs. But the constant barrage of thoughts, the endless noise of human deceit, began to wear on her.

One night, as she lay awake in the cacophony of others’ minds, something snapped. The weight of the world’s secrets was too much to bear. She realized that people didn’t deserve to be saved; they were corrupt, selfish, driven by greed and fear. Elara decided to turn her gift into a weapon. If she could hear everything, she could control it too.

With her power, she began to manipulate those around her, planting ideas, inciting fear, turning allies into enemies with nothing more than a whisper. The town that once looked up to her now trembled at the thought of her. She became a phantom in the night, her voice a tool of chaos.

But Elara wasn’t content with just Aurora Falls. Her power was growing, and soon, the whole world would hear her. With every thought she twisted, every secret she uncovered, Echo tightened her grip on humanity, driving them further into madness.

She was no longer the girl who heard everything; she was the force that could unravel minds, and she wouldn’t stop until the world was silent.