In what seems like a cruel prank by a bored God, people started developing powers based on their worst fears once they get scared enough of something. People afraid of heights got the gift of flight. Arachnophobia? get the pwer of spiders. Phasmaphobia? Necromancy/Can speak witht he dead. People got used to this over time, and it's been a year since these phenomenons started happening. And your power is... not yet discovered