"Amara, wait!" Ray's voice floated up the stairs as Amara tore into her room. She screamed at him with all her strength left in her and slammed the door to her room, startling Jubilee, who was sharing a room with her. She flopped onto her bed, crying with racking sobs.

"Amara, what's wrong?" Jubilee asked, leaping off her bed and racing over to Amara's side. Amara sat up, her mascara running down her two cheeks like streams of never-ending black water. "It's Ray…" she sobbed.

"Oh, no," Jubilee said, feeling her heart sink to her shoes. She had been praying that this day wouldn't come for Amara. Ever since Ray and Amara had gotten together, she'd been feeling very apprehensive about their relationship. She'd nearly fought with Bobby after she overheard him discussing with Roberto how long Ray and Amara's relationship was going to last. No doubt Amara's best friend was Tabitha, Amara still told Jubilee everything that had happened between Ray and her. And now…

"Okay, calm down and take deep breaths," Jubilee told Amara gently, handing out a tissue. She stroked Amara's back as Amara took great, racking breaths. It cut her to see the Princess of Nova Roma crying so hard and felt a flash of anger. Whatever Ray had done, it had hurt Amara really badly.

"R-ray…" Amara sobbed again, burying her head in Jubilee's shoulder. "He's found somebody else."

"Oh, God," Jubilee whispered, hugging Amara. She pulled away from Amara in a few moments time. "Listen," she told her. "I'm going to get some snacks from downstairs and then we can insult him all night long, okay?"

Amara nodded, wiping the tears from her eyes as Jubilee left the room. Slowly, her senses kicked back into action, and she heard a familiar song playing from the radio on in their room. It was Anastasia's song featuring Ben Moody, "Everything Burns", from the movie Fantastic Four. Slowly, Amara started to sing along to it.

She sits in her corner,
Singing herself to sleep,
Wrapped in all of the promises,
That no one seems to keep,
She no longer cries to herself,
No tears left to wash away,
Just diaries of empty pages,
Feelings gone a stray,
But she will sing,

Till everything burns,
While every one screams,
Burning their lies,
Burning my dreams,
All of this hate,
And all of this pain,
I'll burn it all down,
As my anger reigns,
Till everything burns.

My sentiments exactly….. Amara thought to herself, staring out the window.


Walking through life unnoticed,
Knowing that no one cares,
To consume and then masquerade,
No one sees her there,
And still she sings,

Till everything burns,
While every one screams,
Burning their lies,
Burning my dreams...
All of this hate,
And all of this pain,
I'll burn it all down,
As my anger reigns,
Till everything burns...

Everything burns,
Everything burns,
Everything burns,(Watching it all fade away)
(All fade away, everyone screams)
Everyone screams,(Watching it all fade away)

Till everything burns,
While every one screams,
Burning their lies,
Burning my dreams,
All of this hate,
And all of this pain,
I'll burn it all down,
As my anger reigns,
Till everything burns,
Everything burns,(Watching it all fade away)
Everything burns,(Watching it all fade away

"Hi," Jubilee said, half staggering into the room, arms laden with junk food. "Feeling better?" she asked, watching the lone figure sitting by the window.

"Yeah," Amara said with a small smile etched onto her face as she got off her bed. "As good as new."

"Hey, don't start burning everything in the room, ok Amara?" Jubilee joked weakly as she set down the food. "Everything's still quite fine."

"Yeah, sure," Amara said with a grin. I however, have other plans…she thought. Especially for another mutant…

Ok, that basically tanked. I'm bored, so…well, do you guys want me to add another chapter? Review!