Discovery
Bella raised an eyebrow, watching the sky. Three birds were circling around the school, way up high. She smirked slightly, leaning out of the school window and landing on the ground, three stories below. The three girls were still flying and hadn't noticed her, so she stood in the center of the circle they were flying around and looked up at them, waiting until they noticed her.
Max, Nudge (Monique) and Angel looked down at the girl staring up at them. She was smiling slightly, but she wasn't shading her eyes from the clouds glare. Angel squinted her eyes as she focused on the girl and frowned, still not able to hear anything from her.
"Still can't read her mind! Totally unfair!" Angel wailed, upset. Max looked at her and glared slightly down at the girl on the ground. She raised her hand and waved it, calling them down.
"She shouldn't be able to tell that it's us from this height." Nudge muttered, looking at the dark clouds swirling around them. Max nodded slightly and they descended to where Bella was waiting for them.
"Nice wings, where can I get some? The School, maybe? The way you say it makes it sound very, very sinister." Bella asked sarcastically, smiling slightly as the bird kids landed in front of her.
And I thought I was the weirdest person at the school. This is a truly happy day. Bella thought with an even wider smile as the girls folded their wings into their back. That was why there jackets were so bulgy.
"How do you know about the school? Are you a mutant too? Is that why you're so pale? What's your mutant power? Can you fly too? Where are you from? Do you have a mutant family too?" Nudge walked forward, looking at her and talking quickly. Bella held her hands up, feeling as though she was being harassed by a smaller, darker, younger Alice.
"I'm not from the School, I'm not even sure what that is. ………… I am a mutant though, like you three. I'm super fast, super strong, and umm, the experiments made me unable to go in the sun," Bella looked surprised that she had said that. She was hoping that 'experiments' was the right word. They didn't seem to like the School much.
"But you don't have wings." Nudge said, her shoulders dropping. She pouted slightly and Bella shook her head.
"So, why are you three here, are there more bird kids … um … is that an okay word with you guys or is that offensive?"
"We came because … we'll, the school here mainly offered us protection and we were hoping to do some research on an organization that made us while we're here." Angel put in. Max was wondering if it was safe to trust the pale girl. She didn't give off the mutant vibes, but she sure didn't give off the human vibes either.
"You mean whatever this School thing is? No offense, but if you try looking up the word, 'School', you're not going to get anything that evil." Bella said, smiling slightly.
"No, what was in charge of the school, Itex." Max said. Bella paused, running through her memory. Itex, Itex, Itex … why did it sound so familiar? Was it a human memory?
"We'll, I guess we could go look it up later. Meet me in the library later, and I'll help you guys look it up." Bella offered, walking back inside the door to the school. If the other girls were suspicious that she wasn't really a mutant like them, jumping from the ground to the third story window was not a good way to stay under the radar.
"We need her help. She knows something about Itex, I'm just not sure if she remembers it or not." Angel said, looking back up at them. Nudge and Max nodded before taking off into the sky's again.
"Maybe we should do a little research on her first." Max said.