AN: Been on an X-men Evolution kick. I've also got a bunch of old Mutants and Masterminds Table Top characters I barely got to use in a short-lived campaign. So I'm throwing those into this verse. Lets have some fun. :P My friend just described this as magical girls meet x-men universe. I mean...I guess? I haven't even shown off their powers yet lol.
"Thanks again for helping me out with this, Jean!" Kitty's dazzling smile lit up her face, infectious and spreading fast to her friend.
"Of course, Kitty, this is a fantastic idea! I'm happy to help out! Oh, here they come!"
"Hi! Welcome to Bayville High!" Their smiling faces were the first things the group of incoming freshman were greeted with, they wasted no time passing out welcome packets to each confused student.
"You're going to love it here!" Kitty declared, leaving Jean to explain,
"We just wanted to make sure you'd all feel at home on your first day. If you have any questions, we're here to help."
"Yeah!" Duncan and the other members of his team came running out towards them, shaking soda cans and opening them up on the incoming freshman, "Welcome to Bayville fishes! Hope you know how to swim!" the whole team was laughing, even Kitty and Jean got caught in the cross-fire of sputtering soda.
"Duncan!"
"Oh, woops, didn't see you there. You remember what it was like to be a freshman!" he laughed, but quickly backed away from a fist that tried to meet his face from one of the "fish".
"Woah! Chill out!" A drenched girl with bright red hair in a pixie cut was shoving her way out of the crowd, her red t-shirt and plain jeans soaked, the leather jacket repelling the liquid better.
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" she shouted, and took another swing at him that missed by a mile when the blonde girl next to her yanked back her other arm.
"Noni, it's day one! Don't get suspended on day one!" she begged. The other Freshman kids didn't look surprised at all, quickly trying to go their own ways instead of stick around for this.
"Shut up, Amy! These assholes want to fight? I'm down!"
"H-hey! No need for that!" Kitty and Jean stepped between the pissed off teen and the smirking football team.
"Come on Jean, she wants to fight? Let her!" Duncan laughed.
"After school then! Name the place, I'll be there. Unless you're a coward!" Noni shouted, her bottom lip piercing clacking against her teeth as she did. Amy still clung to her arm, long blond hair dripping soda and big round glasses crooked and smudged.
"Noni, it's our first day in high school. Can you not?" The bell run and Duncan turned.
"It's alright, I don't fight little girls." The whole team laughed, started walking away, and Noni let out a furious growl that made Amy redouble her efforts to hold her friend back.
"Hey, don't let him get to you!" Kitty jumped in.
"Duncan's a real jerk, getting a rise out of you is probably making his day." Jean added.
"I'll make his day-" Noni growled,
"Noni, he's twice your size."
"And I like a challenge!" she finally broke away from Amy's grasp, but instead of running off stopped and took some deep breaths, her fists clenching and unclenching next to her side.
"Fine. What ever. Lets find our class." she snatched up one of the discarded maps and stomped away.
"Sorry about her, uh, thanks for the welcome packet!" Amy offered, wiping off her glasses on her baby-blue t-shirt and giving the older girls a smile before adjusting her backpack and running after her friend. Both girls watched the two leave with bewildered expressions.
"Well...this is going to be...an interesting year..." Jean remarked.
"I think that kid has more of a temper than Logan." the girls exchanged a worried look.
"Her friend seems nice?" Kitty offered.
"Hopefully that friend will keep her from being expelled her first week."
"Hopefully she doesn't meet the Brotherhood anytime soon." both girls shivered, and started picking up the last of the packets to throw away on their way inside.
"They're skipping today, right?"
"I sure hope so."
"First day back in school." Lance sighed.
"I'd rather be asleep." Todd "Toad" yawned.
"Then go back to bed. Who's stopping you?" Fred "the Blob" offered up.
"Hu. You know? Good point!" He spun on one foot, and got toppled over with a yelp.
"Help! I'm being attacked! Everything's going dark!" he flailed and shouted, "Don't just leave me!" When a girl's voice sounded from just above him.
"Stop that! And watch where you're going next time!" she sneered, and he finally bothered to open his eyes to see a girl with bright green eyes and short black bob haircut with blunt bangs trying to climb back to her feet around his flailing limbs.
"Watch where, you ran into him!" Blob accused quickly, a second girl ran up and hoisted the first to her feet.
"Up you go Tina!" Tina's stylish black A-line dress and the red belt at her waist loaned a French aesthetic, timeless and feminine accenting her time-glass figure. Her friend, on the other hand, was petite as could be in bright blue shorts and fishnets, a purple asymmetric crop top t-shirt and boots that had been spray painted to match the shirt in vibrant lavender. She had the same haircut, but instead of fluffy and textured bob it was smooth and dyed bright blue. It wasn't clear what ethnicity Tina was, but the girl in blue was unmistakably Asian.
"Well, we wouldn't want to make you late on your first day, ladies." Pietro smirked at the two, stepping in the path to do exactly that. Toad sat up once the weight was off him.
"You know, if you wanted to cuddle up close, all you had to do was ask." he grinned up at Tina, who wrinkled her nose at him.
"Yeah, right, you're just lucky you didn't get dirt all over my dress. It's a Betsy Johnson."
"A what now?" Lance raised a brow.
"She's a fashion designer, does a lot of retro stuff..." Blob stopped talking from the look the other boys were giving him.
"How do you know that?" Pietro accused.
"I uh...like the pictures..."
"Well, at least one of you has some sense." Tina remarked sharply, earning a vapid giggle from the girl next to her and glares from the boys.
"Hey! I'd watch my mouth if I were you! You're new, aren't you? Freshmen?" Pietro was quick to cross over to them, hands behind his back in a show of dominance, confidence, power, "Wouldn't want something to happen your first day in a new school. That would be-h-hey! I'm talking!" The girl in blue walked right around him with a vapid smile and over to Blob.
"I'm June. Are you strong? You look like you'd be, like, super duper strong."
"I...uh...yeah, I can lift pretty heavy stuff."
"That is SO cool." June commented, making Blob's face flush colors and he stood a bit taller, and Lance get tired of the scene playing out. He brushed past them all with a huff.
"What ever," he tossed back, "I'm going to class!" Pietro shot a glare at Tina, who just looked him up and down without being impressed.
"You're the only one here being hostile."
"You haven't seen hostile yet." Pietro stepped up to her, Toad looking between the two.
"Ooooh man, you gonna fight a girl, Pietro? Fight! Fight! Fight! Fight!" June glanced back over her shoulder.
"Don't be lame." that made Pietro shoot his head around to her next.
"I'm not lame! You're lame!"
"Oooooh! Burn!" Toad shouted, living it up.
"Hey," June's smile made Toad stop jeering for a second, "Show us around?" Tina slid around Pietro and put an arm around June's waist.
"Yeah, we're new after all. You boys seem way more interesting than your friend here."
"Oh come on!" Pietro turned, "You're not falling for this, are you? You think the new girls want to be nice to you?"
"Hey! Why not?" Blob crossed his arms.
"Yeah," Toad hopped in, "We're not the ones being jerks." he turned a yellow-toothed smile back at the new girls, "He gets cranky. Ignore him." Toad moved over to offer an arm to Tina. "We'll show you around!" Tina eyed the arm he offered and her own dress, clinging to June instead of taking it.
"Lead the way then!" she offered a smile instead, and Toad took it.
"Hey! Hey! Don't ignore me!" they did exactly that, all four of them walking away from Pietro towards the school.
"Oh you're going to regret this. All four of you." Pietro muttered under his breath. Unlike them, though, he had the speed to not be late for class. They could start paying for this, with detention. He was going to make sure of it, zooming ahead of them and locking the doors behind him. They'd have to find their own way inside the school, which was guaranteed to make them late enough.
Later, at the Mansion:
There was someone new in the Mansion. Someone all the students were curious about. They didn't know much, accept that Logan had brought her in late one night, and she had been in the sick bay since then. Three days. The teachers said she was recovering, but they'd meet her soon. Which did nothing to contain their curiosity, or the numerous attempts to sneak in and see her anyways, before Hank or Logan would chase them away. It also didn't prevent the rumors from spreading fast, as everyone tried to guesstimate as to who the newest student among them would be. Finally, on day four, Charles made the announcement.
"Would everyone come to the lobby, please. Our newest student is ready to meet you. Be gentle." Several were quick to gather, others like Rogue taking their time and sticking to the back, begrudgingly giving into curiosity.
"You think I should use my image inducer?" Kurt asked Rogue, who grumbled a response,
"What's it matter?" he didn't have time to answer, there she was. Hank was rolling her up in a wheelchair, a sickly pale and terribly thin girl. The healthiest thing about her was her hair, a thick head of black curls falling in heavy waves around her shoulders, and her eyes. They were too big for her face and all black, making her looks like one of the aliens from a UFO, only her skin was pale instead of green and she had hair. The eyes jumped from face to face in the crowd before her but she offered a smile.
"Guess that answers your question." Rogue responded, wondering why Kurt even asked when Hank had been mostly looking after the girl in the first place.
"Everyone, this is Aida." Hank introduced for her, as an explosion of energy from the younger students enveloped the room.
"Hi! I'm Jamie, but you can call me Multiple!"
"I'm Bobby!"
"Don't let the boys crowd you," Kitty shooed them back a bit, "I'm Kitty! It's so nice to have you here!" She offered a hand to shake, which Aida looked at for a long moment.
"It's alright." Hank assured. Aida's motion was slow, her arms still heavy, but she lifted it up to shake Kitty's hand and her face lit up with a quickly enthusiastic smile.
"You're going to love it here!" Jamie promised, wondering if the girl was closer to his age or not. He hoped he wasn't the youngest anymore. Aida nodded her head.
"Do you know who you're rooming with yet?" Kitty offered, getting a shrug.
"Not the most talkative." Bobby observed, earning a nod.
"She's been sick for a while," Hank offered up, the boys instinctively taking a step back, "Nothing contagious."
"What do you think, Aida?" She lifted both arms and gave her most enthusiastic wave she could to everyone with both arms, which was just sad to watch. But she looked too proud of herself for anyone to say anything, or do anything but wave back. Not to mention, Logan was standing just behind her with his arms crossed in a way to suggest they had better be on their nicest behavior.
"Well, lets not crowd her too much then. Besides, we've got homework to do. Or at least, most of us do." Scott reminded the group, getting groans from several others, who took that as ample opportunity to start getting away from the gathering. Most spared he a smile and a quick greeting, and she returned the smile at least as the room cleared out. Some people thought it better not to crowd or overwhelm her. Rogue was one of the first to leave, but Kurt was more curious. Once there was a clear space he teleported closer, earning the smallest startle and a gasp.
"Hi! I'm Kurt!" he offered a hand and his best smile, and got a dazzling expression of pure delight in return, she pointed from where he was to where he stood now.
"Uh, yeah, I can telleport!" The blacks in her eyes reflected back starlight, specks and swirls that gave them depth. "I can...do it again?" He offered, and he got the impression she was asking him to without saying a word. He wondered if that was her power, maybe? Maybe she couldn't talk like most could? He BAMFed from that spot up to the top of the stairs, up to the chandelier where he hung upside down with a wave, off too the side, and finally back with a grin. She looked nothing short of dazzled and delighted, applauding as best she could, though it wasn't loud at all.
"I'll bet you can do something cool too." he offered, but the smile dropped from her face. She shook her head, and settled back in the chair. Hank took the notice.
"We'd better get her back for now." Hank offered.
"Oh, of course! It was nice to meet you." Kurt waved, and the smile came back to her face with a weaker wave back.