Summary: A boy, home schooled his whole life, finally gets the option to attend a real, public high school. There he meets a girl who treats him like a real human being. But there's one problem : he has wings. He's a mutant and mutants are very disliked by man at this time. Is he able to hide his power from the eye of the public? Or is he going to have his powers exposed and have to return back to his isolated life?
Inspired by the X-Men comics. Any ideas and people who Marvel has used is entirely coincidental.
Hidden Angel
Chapter One
I awoke in my attic bedroom on a rainy Friday in August. Stretching out my sleepy muscles I looked out my window. I saw teenagers getting on the bus to head to school. For them it was their first day of public schooling, and being able to see their friends after a long vacation. But I wasn't so lucky.
I have been home schooled my entire life. From 5 years old to now at 17. And in all of my years I have had only one friend, my tutor James.
James is like me. A freak. An outsider. A mutant. We have both been plagued with something that makes people despise us, or even want to hurt us. But, he is one of the lucky ones. His mutation was invisible unlike mine.
James' ability is that he can remember and recite everything he has ever heard or seen in perfect detail. If he glanced into a room, he could tell you what everyone was wearing down to the details on their shoe. And he could tell you these things 3 years after he has seen the people.
But for me, my mutation is physical and hard to hide. When my abilities first manifested my mother thought me an angel. She has always had a hard time because she was a single mother who went from job to job and she told me I will always be the best thing that had ever happened to her.
I had wings. White as snow, wings. My mother told me they were beautiful but I thought they made me look abnormal. Because I was capable for flight, my bones were thinner than most people. I looked scrawny, and since I wasn't allowed out I didn't have much for muscles.
"Avery, darling, James is here to start your lessons," my mother yelled to me. I went down the stairs to start my lessons when I became surprised to see both my mother and James sitting at our dining room table with papers scattered all around them.
"Mother, what's going on?" I could imagine that I had a very puzzled expression on my face.
"Well, Avery, I have thought for a while about this but I think I've finally decided to let you go to public school."
"What?" I said, shocked. I had never imagined being able to go out in public, let alone being able to attend school with normal people. I dropped into the chair in between Mother and James.
"We have gone over every detail many times," James started, "And I believe that we have finally found a way for things to work."
I had no idea what to say. I had a hard enough time accepting myself around my mother and James. Now I had to brace myself for the real world. The world that has made me isolated my entire life. The world that has made my mother never be able to admit that she had a son. The world that has made me hate every part of myself...
"James and I have even found a way to hide your wings. As much as I would hate to cover them up, it would be safer for you to keep them a secret." What my mother said took me by surprise. I had always thought that it was a dream to go out and appear normal, be around people. Now I was finally going to have my chance.
"When do I start?"
So this was my first attempt at writing fan fiction so I hope you liked it. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated =D Hope you keep reading to find out what happens to Avery!