Having a fairly unique Miracle had its ups and downs. On the one hand, Evan Baumgard took pleasure in his powers not just being another way of lifting really heavy things, or shooting some kind of nondescript energy at things. On the other hand, he couldn't really talk to any of his siblings or classmates about his abilities. The only other kids at school who had the ability to assign symbolically appropriate functions to objects was Howie the power-copier, and Evan was still mad that he hadn't asked his permission before duplicating his abilities. There were however plenty of other kids at the Institute for Transhuman-Baseline Cooperation who shared his plight. The young Miracles at the school whose powers defied broad categorization were already forming into a little clique; they were a fellowship defined by uniform diversity. At the moment, Evan was trying to get the newest member of this group to show him what he could do.

"So, you can grab stuff from other planets?" asked Evan. 

Erwin Everett was new to school. He'd only Manifested as a Miracle a few weeks earlier, and the teachers had been pretty vague about what he actually did.  "Ah, the doctors said it wasn't like that." 

Evan smiled, glad to know the new boy wasn't just another teleporter. "So what do you do?"

The look on Erwin's face suggested he might not be certain himself. "They said the stuff I get is from Earth, but not the same Earth we live in. Like, there could be a world with no Miracles at all."

Evan shuddered at the thought of a world where he couldn't make his teddy bears dance. Or have cured his friend's asthma....

"They brought in a history guy to look at some old coins I found in my pocket, and he said they might've been from a place where the Romans are still in charge."

Evan's grin widened. "Alternate histories are so cool! What kind of stuff can you pull in?"

"Just little things so far. I did find a phone yesterday that I don't think was invented in the real world."

"You know, I bet the people who made the phone wouldn't say we live in the real world."

 Erwin shrugged. "Yeah, probably."

"So, can ya show me something from another here?" asked Evan. 

Erwin looked a little crestfallen. "Sorry, all my other-world stuff is at home."

Evan was almost tempted to ask the other boy if he'd forgotten his Miracle. "Why don't you just get some?"

"The coolest junk comes when I'm not thinking about it. When I try to poof up stuff, it's usually pretty stupid. Once I just got some rusty nails."

"What kind of place did they come from?"

Erwin sighed. "Don't know, they were just old nails."

"Maybe they came from an Earth where humans live in the sea and mer live on land! That'd explain why they were rusty" said Evan. His interdimensional theorization didn't seem to do the trick.

Evan pulled a triple A battery out of his left pocket. "Hmm, maybe this  will help." He focused his Miracle on the battery, pouring into it a smidgen of new purpose. 

Erwin took the battery from Evan. "What'll this do?"

"Make your power stronger-I think."

Erwin quickly looked from the battery to Evan's painfully earnest face. "Worth a try," he said. Clenching the batter in one hand, his other outstretched, waiting for whatever goodies the Multiverse had for him, he closed his eyes. 

With no fuss or bother, a child burst into existence, right on top of Evan. 

Said child eeps and tries to scramble away from—whoever. And she completely lets go of the concentrating she had to do not to be girl-shaped, so girl-shaped she is. Of course, being eight, it's not like there's much difference, but still.

She looks around, blinks, and curses under her breath. Well, she says "Oh, duck," but that's pretty much as much cursing as she does.

Being a child whose chores were done by animated plush, and accidentally created a sister while trying to win at tag, Evan barely even blinked at the new arrival. 

"Hi."

"...hello. Is this English? It would be really annoying if I landed somewhere that doesn't speak English, I'm not good at languages!"

Evan, on the other hand, was very good with languages. "Nyet!"

The girl looked slightly panicked.

"Sorry. Yeah, we speak English here. Welcome to Australia!" 

She dusts herself off and stands up, looking around at the—school playground?

"Okay, cool, new Earth but it's like mine, you don't seem to be freaking out, why aren't you freaking out?"

"Well, my friend did just summon you here. I didn't interrupt something big, did I?"

Evan turned to Erwin, only to find him running towards the duty teacher. Approximately half a millisecond later, his sister Moira was standing between him and the new girl.

She blinks. "Summon? No, Professor Haywire sent me here, he was trying to rob a bank. Hi, I'm Sadde."

"Pleased to meet you, I'm Moira!"-she gestured at Evan-"And this is my brother Evan." Moira thought for a second, remembering Hannah. "He might be your brother too. You didn't make another sister, did you Evan?"

"I have a brother. And a sister. Well, half-brother and—sister. And they're back on my Earth. I didn't know other Earths had parahumans, too."

"I have two twin brothers, and a half brother, and a robot sister. Oh, and what's a parahuman? Is that like a Miracle? Because we have those, and we're awesome!"

The duty teacher strode over to the children, Erwin in tow. 

"I dunno, what's a Miracle? Parahumans are people with powers."

"Same here. Are you American? I heard Americans have a different name for us."

"I am! I'm from New York. Well, I wasn't born there but I moved there when I was little. Where are we in Australia?"

Stanislav appeared beside his brother and sister. "Perth, also known as the best part." His skin glowed a pale yellow, visible even in the sunshine. 

"Why is your skin yellow. Also hi I'm Sadde."

"Cause I am a font of infinite power! Hi, I'm Stanislav. If we had met but a week later, you would know me as Emperor of the Solar System!"

"...I didn't vote for you."

"Since when were emperors elected?"

The duty teacher would've gotten there sooner, but there was a minor tussle she needed to break up. She'd been employed at the school long enough to know that was a more pressing concern than a child appearing from nothing. 

"Kids, are we playing safe?"

"Safer than I was ten minutes ago."

"You think you are safe now, puny mortal!"

"Stan, be nice."

She grins at him. "Yes, I do, you're not robbing a bank, that's an improvement!"

"We're so fast, we could do that while talking to you!"

The duty teacher raised an eyebrow. "Forgive me for asking, dear, but where were you a second ago?"

Erwin had tears in his eyes. "ANOTHER UNIVERSE, I'M SO SORRY, SORRY, SORRY!"

"I don't think it's your fault, Professor Haywire was robbing a bank and I was in it and something went wrong."

"Nevermind, that's my new name!"

And then the penny dropped.