Notice: I don't own any of the characters, except for Amber who is the new character. (Although I wish I did)

Chapter One

Fear vs. Hope

Amber's face was covered with pain, fear, and everything but hope. She knew she had done something against the family rules. But she wished that someone in her family or anyone for that matter could understand it all. What she felt and why she felt it. She could not seem to ever be able to gain control of her abilities, no matter how much she tried.

Although a friend of hers, who was extremely close to her, had told her that she would one day find a way to gain control of everything (including her abilities). She could feel him inside her head at this very moment, 'he is going to know' she thought fight back the tears which she realized were running down her face this very minute. All she wanted was for him to send her some kind of calming feeling, or send her back to that field that was in the middle of no where. She allowed him to form the link between them, hoping that her mother would not be able to tell that she was being flown away.

'you are hurting, I can feel it, running all through you mind, and I really am unable to understand why you would allow her to do this to you again.'

It was really hard for her to try and focus her mind in order for her to listen to what he was trying to tell her.

'I really don't' want this to happen to you again. Every time you get beaten you scare me even more. I seem to think that you will never come back to school.'

'I never have wished for anything to happen. I just get really scared and then my body tends to take over on me. Not that I don't like when it happens, I just really dislike it when my mom finds out.'

'Here' he told her through the link. He flew her mind away. Trying to make her mind at ease, while he attempted to calm her, enough that he could try and heal the pain and anger she was feeling.

Then finally relief filled her body. He smiled as he calmly sat on his bed. He needed to get his friend some kind of help that actually worked. When to hear her breathing really slow, he decided that it was about time to get her back home.

'Well you are fairly good, but your mom is going to be stopping soon so you should get back there.' And with that he flew her back to her body, letting the link between him and her fade. He only wished sometimes he could forma mental bobble around her body so that she could be safe. Yet he knew that would only cause her more pain in the end. So he settled that he had done all he could do and began to meditate.

-Meanwhile-

'Almost over' Amber thought to herself, this was not the first time she had hoped Brandon would keep her in a scap for longer. She had been back for almost 1½hours already and there was no end in sight. She just pet on cutting everything back there, and it hurt. Then finally an end was in sight, she finally stopped cutting now it was just the lecture she had to get through. It was the same one every time, she had heard it everyday (with a few exceptions) for the past 3 years (1095 days). Although the beating had only started about a year or so ago. At first she was only sent to her room, and then it was being hit and sent to her room, then it was no food, then all three. Yet now it had turned into a bloody-hurtful mess, at least she had Brandon to lean on every time this happened. Her mom was still going on about the use of her powers outside the house or the use of them period. Her mother had a hate for mutants and she really did not understand how anyone could live with them. She just could not deal with the fact that they could be different. Yet it was something that they could do nothing about, they were born that way.

Walking up to her room, Amber began to think, her mother had always told her that you need to accept them no matter how different they were. Yet when she thought about it that was exactly what her mother was doing to her. Although Amber put that thought away for later she had to try and focus and remember what Brandon had told her. Even if her back was hurting beyond belief, she had to at least try to do this, for her own good. After something like this she always attempted to focus on what he had said to her.

-Meanwhile-

Brandon had just finished his meditation, he sighed. His mind had a habit of showing him the look Amber would always give him after he told her how long he spent meditating he night before, it was almost a sour look. She seemed to hate the fact that his parents accepted his gift more than her parents accepted hers. So out of complete habit he walked to the computer and turned it on, he still had a problem to solve. So to a search engine to find something. Yet after typing the search words in he realized that there was a tiny bit of danger in what he was about to do. Although almost anything is better than what she has now, therefore he typed it in again, "Mutant Help Line". But the miracle did not happen until after all this happened. It was very typical of him not to look through the entire list being a psionic and all. Clicking the search button one idea came up and only one, 'that's odd' he thought to himself but yet nothing unusual he tended to let his mind enter the computer. As he looked at the website that had been set up for everyone to see he turned on his web cam to send a message to these people in hopes that he could get some kind of help for Amber, after all she was in a really bad situation.

End of chapter!!

Authors Notes: My apologies for it taking me this long to get this chapter up. I hope that you enjoy it. Next chapter should be coming up as soon as I can get it typed. Please Read and Review.