I woke up in my bed. Supposedly, I had those specific sunglasses I HAD to wear… Hey, my father wore them! They can't be all THAT bad! I felt my face to make sure they were on my face before I even dared to open my eyes. They were there. Goodness… I opened my eyes and let my feet dangle off the side of the bed. I sighed. Another boring day… Well, really, no day was "boring". I had to train with Mom before I did anything. She thinks I inherited her ability for telekinesis. But it's pretty obvious I don't because I already inherited my father's powers. Can she not see that?!
"AUTUMN!" Professor X yelled. He yells often at me for my rude behavior. But hey! I can't help it! I'm a big trouble maker… I sighed. "Yes professor?" I said, yawning. "Your mother would like to see you before you go to your first day of high school." "Oh great…" I said. She was probably gonna say 'Don't forget to use your inhailer after P.E!' or something stupid like that, but I'm not getting my hopes up about it. I stood up and walked down the stairs.
To my surprise, No one was up. Did Professor X play a trick on me? "Mom?" I said. My mom walked in with a pair of sunglasses.
"You know your father needs those."
"Yeah mom. I know."
"So, I bought you a new pair!"
She held out my hand and hung a pair of clear sunglasse- Wait… Clear? "Mom, you know these are clear, right?" I said. "I know. But apparently, it's the new thing! Let's see if the work!" I didn't support these "new sunglasses" at all. I was nervous, so I kept my eyes shut while we walked to one of the million training rooms.
"Okay sweetheart. I want to see if the clear sunglasses work."
"Mom. I'm pretty sure they're NOT gonna work."
"Please? Just try."
"Mom. TRUST. ME."
She used her telekinesis powers and levitated me up in the air. I squealed. Being in the air without anything right under my feet scared most out of everything.( Even though I'm very VERY afraid of Wolverine…)
"Autumn Summers. You will test the sunglasses to see if they will work."
"Since why did you name me Autumn? I mean, my last name is Summers!"
"We are not having that conversation right now, young lady."
I was silent. I knew right from the beginning that these stupid sunglasses would NOT work. I thought of staring her down, but I can't because I would have my eyes opened. Waiit… I have an idea! I WILL stare her down, and then the lasers would hit her! MAN am I a genius!
"Okay mom. I will test these sunglasses for you." I smirked and opened my eyes.
I waited for something to happen. I could hear the sunglasses sizzle. It was too powerful for them to withstand. My eye color changed from its original shade of hazel to a reddish color. The sunglasses sizzled more the faster my eyes changed color. I continued to stare my mom down.
"Ummmmm Autumn? You can stop now…." She said nervously.
She started backing up towards the wall, me continuing to walk towards her slowly. My vision started to close up, telling me that the lasers would shoot straight out of my eyes at any second. My mom started to see if she could find a secret door in the wall. The sunglasses finally gave in, the glass shattered. The lasers were aimed straight in her direction. But before the laser could hit her, Kurt jumped on top of her and teleported her away from the lasers. Once I noticed there was no screaming, I shut my eyes.
"Night Crawler!" I screeched.
He blushed. "Heh… Sorry Autumn. Had to protect your mom from… That."
I laughed. "Yeah. So mom, I need dad's sunglasses."
She sighed in relief. "Okay… You can borrow them… But just for today!" I snatched them from her grasp. "Thanks mom!" I said, and ran out the door.
I got off the bus in front of the high school I would now be going to.
"Hey Autty!" Rebecca said.
She's one of my closest friends I've known since the beginning. She's not a mutant, but she knows I am.
"Hey sup Becca!" I said cheerfully.
"You pumped up about our first day of high school?!"
I could tell she was, because she was running in place, and she runs wicked fast. I can't believe she can't be a mutant for that.
"Eh… Sort of. Kinda nervous. Teachers might yell at me for wearing sunglasses every second of the day, never taking them off for anything."
Rebecca dropped her backpack onto the concrete and unzipped it. She dug her hand through it. I even thought I heard glass crashing in there. She pulled out my spare inhaler.
"You left this at my place before I left for summer vacation." She handed it to me.
"Oh. Thanks Becca." I said.
That reminds me, I have to leave one of my inhalers with the school nurse.
"Hey Becca. I'll meet you in homeroom. I have to drop off my inhaler with the school nurse." She nodded and ran into the school. I walked into the school and went in the direction of the Nurse's Office.
I walked in, but the nurse wasn't there. It was someone else. "How may I help you Ma'am?" He said. He tapped his fingers on the table, waiting for my response. "I have to drop of my inhaler with the school nurse." "You're talking right to him." He said. I guess he was the new school nurse. He stood up from his fancy leather chair. "I am Mister Thornburg." He held out his hand. I shook his hand. "I'm Autumn Summers." "I believe I already know who you are." He said flatly. He sat back down. "Just leave your inhaler on my desk please." He said. I put my inhaler on the desk gently. I stared at him and walked out of the room.
The rest of the day was plain, just getting all our textbooks and other junk. Rebecca looked like she was having a ball. I rolled my eyes at her whenever I got the chance. I was teased by some older kids, but other than that, the day was…Eh… Strange. Especially that morning. The nurse was a guy! A GUY! That's just not right. It HAS to be a female. Or else it's not considered a nurse. I just ignored that. Then the final bell rang.
Rebecca ran down the hall screaming like heck. I went to my locker, which is right next to Rebecca's. She was all jittery.
"Did someone give you sugar?" I asked. Then I remembered that she ALWAYS had sugary cereal for breakfast that was FULL of sugar. I mean, it's not even funny. I just ignored her and continued grabbing my homework. I locked my locker and walked away slowly. I wanted to make sure Rebecca didn't see me walk away. Now I know why my parents don't want me around her (… Just kidding! It's because she's not a mutant).
Once I got off the bus, I walked to the "norm dorm" (Where the X-Men literally LIVE). I was greeted by my mom. "Hi sweetheart!" she said, giving me a hug and a kiss on the forehead.
"Mom!" I whined.
She let go "Sorry sweetheart… Your father isn't feeling well; I think he has the flu."
It was rare for my dad to get sick, so this was a big deal. I ran up the stairs and into his room.
"Shhhh! He's asleep!" Storm said.
She was sitting next to him on a rocking chair. I stopped. He was sleeping peacefully, but the thing was, he didn't have his sunglasses on. I guess he would know, but what do I know? I know that I sleep with my sunglasses on...