One

Welcome to Sky High

Sophia Brown walked through the hall of her new home, carrying a large brown box labeled 'Living room' in sharpie. Setting it down, she checked her watch and rolled her eyes. Running up the stairs she banged on her 'daughter's' door.

"Elsie! Get down here now! If you're late for school, so help me!" She yelled. Elsie threw open her door, dressed and ready to go. "I'm ready! God Sophia, calm it down just a bit! Be a mom not a Robocop!" She said shutting the door. Sophia ruffled her shoulder length hair. "Sorry El' I'm kind of new at the whole parenting thing, but you need to hurry, the bus'll be here in a ten minutes!" Elsie shook her head and followed her down stairs.

"Logan called again last night." Sophia said, arms crossed. Elsie froze. Her grip on her messenger bag tightened. "Logan called?" She said, a slight quake in her voice. "Yes… he asked for you of course. Don't worry…I didn't call Ororo." Elsie breathed a sigh of relief. "But, if he does call again…I will notify her." Elsie spun around and glared daggers at Sophia.

"Stop trying to me control us! Who cares if Logan called! Just tell him not to! Why would you report him for that! Do you want Ororo to punish him! Do you want to make me feel even worse than I already am! God Sophia don't you get it! You're not my mother! You could never be her or even…" She stopped, tears in her eyes. "Or even Jean…" Sophia hesitated, and then gathered Elsie up in a hug. "I know you miss Jean and your father…but you have to let go of them. El', I'm so sorry that I can't be like Jean, or your mother." She wanted to continue, but the bus pulled up. Handing her her vintage Beatles lunchbox, and hugged her again

"Be safe…" She said, kissing her forehead.

Sky High Junior, Warren Peace, got on the bus and took a seat in front of his best friend Will Stronghold, and his girlfriend Layla Williams

"What's up Warren?" Will said, giving him a 'homie handshake' Warren shrugged. "Not much. Hey Layla." She smiled wide and waved at him. Her other hand was intertwined with Will's.

Warren missed that feeling. He missed his Jinny. Zach and Magenta got on the bus, they too were holding hands. Once they sat down, Zach gave Mage' a kiss. Sighing, Warren inserted his headphones and turned on his Ipod. TOOL blasted into his ears

Some say the end is near

Some say we'll see Armageddon soon

I certainly hope we will

I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullspit three ring circus sideshow of

Freaks

Here in this hopeless frickin' hole we call LA

The only way to fix it is to flush it all away

Any frickin' time, any firckin' day

Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay

He drowned out all sounds around him, and closed his eyes. He needed to forget Jinny.

Fret for your figure and

Fret for your latte and

Fret for your hairpiece and

Fret for your lawsuit and

Fret for your Prozac and

Fret for your pilot and

Fret for your contract and

Fret for your car

Yes, this song explained the type of person Jinny was, a figure obsessed insecure actress who only cared for herself and making fun of others. She was amazing for a time, but he was fire and she was ice, they clashed in more ways than one. He couldn't keep the 'humorless ice queen' happy anymore.

Shaking his head, he lost himself in the power of the music.

"So Jinny, I heard you broke up with that hot head, Warren Peace." A snide girl asked. Jinny rolled her eyes while twirling her chemically enhanced blond hair. "Oh, we were like so over by the time summer started. He was so not my type, but he was cute." She gave a high pitched laugh. "So, I herd we are getting a transfer from San Francisco this year, from that Xavier school for mutants." Jinny rolled her eyes. "OMG, like why would they let one of those inbred mutants at sky high?" Her friends all snickered. "Well, I herd that she's that Scott Summer's kid, the one who died recently in that civil war between mutant parties, the 'X-men; and 'the brotherhood' or some crap like that. They say that she was adopted by his late wife Jean, and her mother hasn't been named. They say she's some super freak who got kicked out and moved here to hide from 'the brotherhood." They all laughed.

"So, Felicity, how'd she get kicked out?" Jinny asked as she checked her reflection in the mirror. "I heard she was the one who killed her dad!" All the girls gasped. "No way!" A bunch of them said. Jinny scoffed. "Oh please, like they'd really let a murderer into Sky High!" Felicity shrugged. "That's just what Keke told me" They continued their conversation, until the bus stopped at a new place.

"Hi, I'm Elsie, is this bus to Sky High?" The Bus Driver looked her up and down. "You don't look like a freshman." He said tilting his hat back slightly. Elsie adjusted her should strap. "That's because I'm a junior." The Driver extended a hand. "Ron Wilson, Bus Driver. You the transfer from X High?" Elsie gave a confused look. "How?" He looked down at her bag. "Oh! Yeah I am." She said indicating the bag. It had the Xavier school for gifted youngster's logo on it, and a few TOOL and a Perfect Circle pins on it. Ron Wilson nodded and shut the doors. Elsie made her way to the back of the bus, searching for an empty seat. When she couldn't find one, she noticed a boy sitting by himself close to the back.

"This seat taken?" said a female voice. Warren removed his headphones and shook his head. "No, go ahead." He said putting his bag on his lap. Elsie sat down, and extracted her own headphones from her own bag.

Warren couldn't help but stare at her. She had tan, sun kissed, skin and long chestnut hair, which was naturally curly and had light blond highlights. Her soft features exhumed a sense of sadness, and her eyes showed great sadness. But she was beautiful.

She wore a white and black striped button-up blouse, that's collar resembled that of one of those Chinese dresses'. She had on tight Guess Capri's and some light jewelry, Her messenger bag read 'Xavier's School for gifted youngsters' and featured the school insignia. She removed a sketch pad from the open pocket of her bag and flipped to a page towards the middle. Putting her knees up, she dropped her bag to the floor and began sketching.

The drawing was of a woman with slicked back hair that was lined with detail. Her eyes were almost cat-like, and her skin had different scale-like designs. It was amazingly good, and Warren knew it.

"Who is that?' He asked. The girl continued drawing. He removed one of her earphones and whispered in her ear. "Who is that?" Elsie bit her lip and shivered. His hands were warm to the touch and his voice was so seductive. "I-it's just a drawing." She said shutting her book. Warren moved away slightly. The bus took off into the air.

"What's your name?" He asked. Elsie turned off her music. "I'm Elsie…Elsie Summers. What's yours?" He flipped some of his long black hair out of his face. "Warren Peace. You new here?" She half smiled. "Yeah, I just transferred in from San Francisco. I'm a junior this year." Warren looked down at her bag. "You went to Xavier's? Don't people call us mutants out there?" Elsie seemed to be overcome with sadness. "Yeah. My mother was a mutant and my father…he just died recently. I moved here with my aunt Sophia. She was my mother's sister."

Warren was confused. "Wait, is your mother dead too?" Elsie pursed her lips. "No. During the Mutant civil war, my mother was cured of the mutant X genome, and lost her powers. She had given up custody of me when I was three. My Dad and his wife took care of me at Xavier's."

"Why did you transfer here?" Elsie looked past him, out the window. "I got kicked out of Xavier's by the new head of the school, Ororo Munroe…or better known as Storm." She said with disgust. "Oh, I herd that Xavier died. I didn't know that Storm lady took his place as owner of the school." Elsie sighed. "More like stole." She mumbled.

The bus flew to a stop on the floating school known as Sky High. "Welcome to Sky High!" Ron Wilson said. Everyone filed off the bus. Warren waited for his friends to get off, so they could walk together. "See you later Elsie, hopefully in hero classes." He said as she walked by. She gave a smile and walked towards the school. Will and the gang surrounded him.

"So warren, who was that girl you were talking to?" Layla said with a broad smile on her face. Warren shrugged "Just some new girl." All of his friends exchanged glances.

As they headed towards the school, a hand found its way onto Warren's shoulder. "Hi Warren." She said flirtatiously. Warren looked away. "Jinny." She looked towards Elsie who was walking up the steps to the school. "I saw you were talking to that new girl. I wouldn't get so close to her if I were you." Warren gave her a look. "And why is that?" Jinny gave a puppy dog face. "Well, I don't want you getting hurt Warren, especially by a…murderer." Warren pushed her off and walked towards the school. "What? Jinny what are you talking about?" Jinny grabbed on to him. "You know she got kicked out of her old school, right?" Warren stopped a second

"I got kicked out of Xavier's by the new head of the school, Ororo Munroe…or better known as Storm"

"Yeah, so what." Jinny continued, suppressing her evil grin. "I heard that she killed her own father." Warren stopped walking.

"…my father…he just died recently."

'Could it be?' Warren thought. He turned towards Jinny. "You're lying." Jinny got in front of him. "Now why would I do that Warren, I care about you." Warren scoffed. "Then why did you break up with me when summer started?" She twirled a piece of hair. "I don't know, I guess I just needed a break, but I still love you." Warren pushed her aside. "Yeah, okay. Later Jinny." He said going up the steps to catch up with her friends. Jinny crossed her arms. "Well, I guess I'm going to have to do this the hard way." She said with a sly grin.

Elsie made her way through Sky High and into the principal's office, well, she got some help along the way.

"I'm looking for Principal Powers; I'm the new transfer student from San Francisco." She told the receptionist. She pointed to a chair, next to another student, and said to wait. "She should be back, of course, after she talks to the new freshman students." Elsie nodded and sat down.

"You new here?" Said the boy next to her. She looked at him. He had short, brown, swept hair, dark brown eyes, and slight facial hair. He was really cute, and Elsie couldn't help but stare. "Hey, I asked if you're new here." He said waving a hand in her face. She snapped out of it. "Oh, I am so sorry. I'm Elsie Summers. I'm a junior." He nodded his head as if to say 'cool'. "My names Greg Dawes. What's your specialty?"

Elsie knitted her eyebrows. "Specialty?" Greg smiled. "Your power, what's your power." He said. "Oh, I'm a shape-shifter, and have power mimicry.With humans; I can become one whenever I want."

Greg blinked slowly. "Why do you call them 'humans'?" Elsie looked down at her hands. "Because, I'm a mutant. Well, that's what they called people like us in San Francisco" Greg nodded. "I have telepathic and telekinetic powers. Plus, I'm an Empath." Elsie half-smiled. "My step-mother was a telepathic mutant." Greg cocked his head to the side. "You cared for her deeply. Her and your father." Elsie gave him a stern look. "Are you reading my mind?" He shook his head. "No. But your last name is Summers, as in Scott Summers, am I correct?" Elsie nodded. "And I heard just recently that Scott and his wife Jean both died in the Mutant civil war."

Before Elsie could speak, Principal Powers walked in. "Welcome to Sky High! Well, Let's get you two into power placement and off to class." Elsie and Greg nodded. They all smiled. Principal Powers led them to the gym where a man in a workout suit stood with a clipboard. "What do you have for me Mrs. Powers?" Principal Powers led Elsie and Greg up the stairs and onto a platform. "This is Elsie Summers and Greg Dawes. They are both Transfer students coming in for their Junior year. Please get them placed and off to class." With that she walked out.

"Well, I'm Coach Boomer, step on up son." He said pointing to Greg. "What's your power?" Greg itched the back of his head. "Well, I have telekinesis and telepathic powers." Coach Boomer nodded his head. "Car!" Suddenly, a car dropped of Greg. Holding his hands up, he stopped it in midair. "HERO!" He boomed. Greg lowered the car to the ground and stepped to the side. Elsie walked up to coach Boomer.

She shook his hand. "Might I say that it is very nice to meet you!" Greg laughed. "Alright fine, now power up!" Boomer said. Elsie seemed to peel away and in her place stood another coach boomer. "Shape-shifting, impressive." The duplicate Boomer arched back. "AND MIMICRY!" he boomed. Coach Boomer smiled. "HERO!" With that Elsie powered down.

Handing them each a slip of paper, he wrote something on his clip board. "You're both going to be in all the same classes so here. Just hang tight for a while, your second period class is STC." The exchanged glances. "I'm sorry Coach Boomer, but what's STC?" Greg asked.

"Save The Citizen." Boomer replied, heading to his office.

A/N: The song is AENEMA by TOOL and I had to change the words around because, well, I couldn't use curse words. So I hope you liked it, I know I have a lot of stories going, but i should be updfating a lot more now that finals are over and new classes are starting! Thanks for reading, you guys have n idea how much it means to have some one actually enjoy my work!!! ;D