The Arkens Vs The World- on hiatus

by Renzin

Not knowing their origins or kin, the Arken siblings live a secluded life in a small Canadian town. That is, until their mutant Light/Dark powers become uncontrollable. Fighting off a town of mutant hating locals isn't exactly a menial task, until the Xmen arrive. Can Xavier teach them to wield their powers for the better, or will the Arkens lack of trust hinder themselves

1. Prologue

Prologue

Years ago…

Far up on the steep snow covered terrain of a forest , a cabin was lighting the night in a hazy red glow. It painted the ground around it in a crimson heat of flames; the air seemed grow dense, sucking into the centre of it, the trees bending at their bellies towards it as birds began to screech and claw at their branches.

All life around the cabin seemed to choke and wheeze under the peaking inferno until there was a large and sudden bang; pressure dropped as a helium sigh was let out from nowhere in particular, the black wood splintering and cracking under the heavy log roof.

In the silence that followed, a small rodent flicked its yellow eyes towards the circle of melted, steaming snow where the cabin once stood. As it scurried forward, it saw a small boy of no more than 3 was hunched over gripping something. His black curls plastered to his skull and he gulped in the ashen air greedily. Suddenly he jumped upright, writhing and shaking as his eyes popped from their sockets. His skin tightened and became transluscent until it melted away to reveal hard inky black skin and shell.

The terrified rodent ran after its fellows, cursing its curiosity as the creature raised slowly on its sprung legs, its armoured figure glinting under the moon. Between the cracks of muscular flesh and hard shell, pulsing lights illuminated its contours. What had once been a child, barely able to stand, was now a 4 foot clawed and fanged Alien-esk monster. As he raised his still human shaped cranium, a spiked tail untangled itself to reveal a small ball of cream fur, with hazy blue light also escaping from it.

He clutched to his chest, feeling its fluttering heart beat pound against his own. Pivoting his head around him, he turned and moved deeper into the woods, occasionally pausing to sniff the air. As they moved into the thickening darkness, the snow beneath the balls of his feet melted the snow as he moved with sprung feet like a cat.

By morning, all that was left frozen puddles where the cabin once stood and where the creature had stepped. An intoxicating fume thickened the air, cloaking any certainty that the dwelling had ever existed.

Hi! Judy here! Thanks for taking the time to read my first shot at writing a fanfiction, and please leave a review! Ill update this as soon as I can. xo