Yep, I am back and with a new story. Over the last month I planned on completing the entire story so I could update often. In reality I only got two chapters done. So updates won't be as often, but I assure you I will finish the story. Also, if you didn't read the first Jagged Mind, then this story will make no sense. And this is NOT a Charles/Erik for anyone who hasn't read my first Jagged Mind. There are some changes from the last story -
1. Chapters will have a different POV, all first person.
2. There will be more swearing, but it depends on the character.
3. More OC's, but only three are important.
So enjoy the story and excuse me for the very horrible title. I couldn't think of anything better.
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"Violet Smith! Get back here this instance!" A delicate voice called out to her daughter. The voice who called out belonged to a tall woman, who had blond hair in ringlets falling down over her shoulder, bright blue eyes and sun-kissed flawless skin. Coupled with bright pink lipstick and the perfect amount of make-up made up Silvia Smith.
In truth, the woman looked quite out of place at the zoo. Such elegance surrounded by the animal kingdom. She caught the eye of many a pedestrian, who stopped to look and gape. But you could tell she was not especially happy to be here, a look of disgust spread across her face every time she heard an animal's wild call.
She had three young girls with her.
The already mentioned Violet was the oldest, being thirteen, was always getting away from her mother. She had straight brunette hair that her mother had tied up with a blue ribbon and eyes so deep a blue they looked purple, which gave her the name of Violet.
Another girl clung on to her mother's expensive yellow sundress. She was only ten and named Audrey. The girl seemed to be an exact carbon copy of her mother, but her blond hair seemed to be brighter and was not as curly as her mother's. She was scared to be at the zoo, only coming along because of her sister and best friend.
That best friend was a little bony girl named Anne Iron, the name given to her by her grandmother.
Little Anne was also ten, and looked out of place with the Smith family. Scraggly black hair that refused to stay in one place, looked like she has never had a good meal in her life, and light brown eyes that Silvia Smith had dubbed 'honey eyes' because of the colour.
Anne was only here because her father thought it would be good for her to get out of the house, she had developed something her father jokingly called a 'Dungeon Tan' . Her mother could care less, she was too absorbed in her work to care about her only daughter. Even though Anne's mother would never admit it, she never wanted children and saw Anne as a nuisance and nothing more.
It wasn't that Silvia Smith did not like Anne, in truth she enjoyed the little girl and would have adopted her in a heartbeat if she had the chance, but more simply the place they were in. Silvia Smith was more for staying inside and away from the animals and nature. But at Anne's suggestion and Violet's unusually powerful influence, she took the girls here so they could have a nice Sunday outing.
"Alright Mother," The annoyed Violet sighed, returning to her mother's side with a rather defeated look on her face. "But I still do not see why I have to stay here with you, Audrey, and Anne. I am a twelve year old, I should be able to wander farther from your side."
Violet was always a smart girl, too smart for her own good according to her mother and father.
"Because of your attitude dear. Can't have you upsetting the nice people who work here and destroying the family name," Silvia cautioned. "If you upset the workers, they might decide to toss you in with the tigers."
The last line made Audrey giggle, but made Anne rather upset.
Anne was upset because she quite liked the tigers and strongly believed that they weren't man-eaters like Silvia Smith had suggested to them. "Which animal are we going to see next Mrs. Smith?" She asked.
"Well Anne, we have seen the lions, hawks, that rather funny looking harpy eagle, the wolves, and the tigers. The exhibit after the tigers is the Kodiak bear. I was told that she recently had two cubs." This caused Anne to brighten up. She loved animals, especially bears.
The three girls rushed Silvia Smith, eager to see the young Kodiak cubs. A sizable crowd had already gathered around the circular habitat, which contained the mother bear named Sidra by the zoo-keepers, and her two cubs Tak and Ryu .
The three girls frowned because they could not see the bears because of their height. "I am sorry girls, but we can always come back later when they are leaving." Silvia Smith told them. She could tell they were upset.
Anne and Audrey were content with the suggestion, but Violet was an impatient girl.
"No Mother." She said angrily, making her voice as deep and dark as it could get.
"Really Violet, we won't be able to see them right now." Silvia Smith insisted. She wrapped a hand around her daughter's wrist and gently pulled the young girl toward her.
But Violet being Violet resisted, she managed her wrist from her mother's grip and turned toward the astonished Silvia Smith. She looked her mother right in the eyes while she placed a hand on her mother's arm. Her eyes darkened to a point where any happy colour vanished and was replaced by the angriest purple-black Silvia Smith had ever seen.
Anne did not notice that Silvia's blue eyes had deepened, taking on the exact same shade of her daughter s.
"Yes, we will stay here until they leave." She said flatly, no emotion in her voice. The look in Violet s eyes seemed to spark up and she regained her happy demeanor. Silvia shook her head, she seemed to be rather confused.
"Mother?" Audrey asked cautiously. She had seen what had transpired between her older sister and mother.
"Audrey, Anne, we are going to wait here until the crowd thins so we can see the Kodiak bear."
It took nearly an hour before they managed to get to the front of the crowd.
Anne eagerly scanned the enclosure, immediately spotting the mother bear.
"There she is!" Audrey cried out, pointing in the same direction.
Violet let out a sigh of triumph for having finally reached her goal and gazed happily at the mother bear.
Anne felt something stir inside of her. It had happened with every animal they had seen today. From the horse and house-cat to the lioness and bear, it did not matter. If she saw it and it was an animal, the same thing happened.
A feeling of warmth and power seemed to surge within her thin body. It was like lightning coursing through every nerve and bone inside of her. After it was over she felt as if she was just punched in the gut. She shaked as if it was the middle of winter and she just fell through a frozen pond into the ice water. Her lungs pained her and breathing was a thing she couldn't handle right now.
The others took no notice to Anne as she struggled to get her breathing back under control. They were too wrapped up in the awe of the moment.
For the umpteenth time that day, Anne wondered what was going on. Never before had this happened, but for some reason it seemed only natural. Like this was supposed to happen, but Anne noticed that neither Audrey or Violet was affected.
"What's wrong with me?" She whispered to herself.
After ten minutes had passed, Silvia Smith decided it was time to move on.
"Come now girls, we can look at one more animal before we leave. And I hear that the zoo has just opened up an otter habitat."
