Narrator (VO): To understand what I'm about to tell you… you need to do something for me.

You need to believe in the impossible.

Can you do that?

My name is Kal-El… and I am the strongest being in the universe.

Scene 1: A man drags an entire planet away from a dying solar system, veins glowing beneath sunlit skin as the star behind him collapses into fire.

Scene 2: The same man battles a Lovecraftian monstrosity the size of a world itself, fists colliding against tendrils large enough to swallow moons whole.

Scene 3: The man tears through space at impossible speed, stars stretching into light around him before the scene settles on his chest— An 'S' symbol burning proudly against blue.

Narrator (VO): But before we get to that… you need to know my story first.
And like all great legends… mine begins with tragedy.

Narrator (VO): When I was a baby, my home planet Krypton was attacked… by those who had once thrived beneath us.

Scene: Warships rain destruction across a world drowned beneath a crimson sun.

Red-sun weakened Kryptonians are slaughtered in the streets without mercy.
Men.
Women.
Children.
The invaders did not discriminate.
Only screams remained beneath the burning sky.

Narrator (VO): My parents, Lara and Jor-El, made the ultimate sacrifice.
They sent their newborn son into the far reaches of space… where their enemies would never find him.

Scene: A man and woman stand inside a collapsing chamber, sorrow carved deep into their faces.
Between them rests a small child only days old.
Lara's trembling hand lingers against the infant's cheek for just a second longer than it should.

Jor-El says nothing, his silence speaking volumes. 
Together, they place the child into a futuristic spacecraft.

The hatch slowly seals.

Then the ship launches into the endless cosmos.

Narrator (VO): What bade me farewell that day… was the destruction of my world.

Scene: Krypton explodes behind the fleeing spacecraft, the light of an entire civilization vanishing in an instant.

Narrator (VO): Thus began my journey.

Scene: The small ship crosses millions of lightyears.
Solar systems blur past.
Galaxies come and go.
Until at last—
A small blue-and-green planet appears before it.
Earth.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers out there.


You are the love that holds families together and the warmth that keeps this world moving forward.


And especially to you, Mom— May life always be kind to you, just as you've been kind to others.


If there's even one mother reading this story right now, then from the bottom of my heart: Happy Mother's Day.


And to all the sons and daughters reading— If you're grateful for your mother's love, drop a ❤️ in the comments.


And if you still have the chance today… Tell her you love her.


Chapter 2 - N\Chapter: Happy Mother's Day