Authors note:

Chapter 3! Thank you for the reviews guys! *luffs* Do I still need to mention that I don't own X-men: Evolution and all that obvious stuff? Well, if I do, there you go. I like using my own lingo (Haha, I love that word… lingo…. Liiingoooo…. Well I guess you can call it that) and I use foreign words a lot randomly. So if I use one and I don't explain what it means in the text it will show up at the bottom of the chapter. Anyway, here's more randomness while I avoid the actual plot line. Haha! Jk, jk…

Chapter 3: Locked in Emotions

If the brightly lit room didn't wake Kali up, the monotonous shrilling beeps from her alarm clock did the trick. Kali rose and sluggishly walked to her new vanity mirror. She glanced at herself and continued to her dresser. She paused. Just as slowly as she had been walking before, she approached the mirror yet again. There was something odd but she couldn't put her finger on it. Her eyes were Orange. 'What the Hell?' she thought. Kali calmly leaned closer to the mirror; still Orange. She squinted and rubbed her eyes they were still Orange. Kali's eyes widened and she freaked. 'What the fu- what happened?' Kali started to breath faster, simultaneously, so did her heart. She leaned forward onto the mirror. "Okay, okay… calm down girl," Kali whispered to herself. She didn't want to wake the boys, she also didn't want them to hear her talking to herself either. She was freaky enough. Freaky enough, Kali lightly laughed at the thought. She knew what half these boys are capable of doing, and she still had the nerve to call herself a freak. Kali looked back up at the mirror. Brown eyes. Now awake, Kali looked for something to wear. She pulled out a pair of black jeans, a white shirt. And a black and white hat with a skull design. She posed in front of the mirror and left.

The whole house was silent. Before thinking rationally her mind raced with all possibilities. Maybe they left. Maybe their still sleeping. Do they usually get to school on time? Wait, what day is it? I swear if it's Saturday I'll- her mind slowed down to a gentile stop. Pietro was still here. He was sitting at the table scribbling answers onto his homework. He glanced up at her, "Morning," and once again he looked down and continued scribbling answers. Kali smiled at him and walked to the pantry she opened it, it was empty. She continued staring in it, knowing very well it was empty. Pietro put his pen down. "Staring at it isn't going to magically make food appear," Pietro pointed out.

Finally Kali closed the doors, "Yeah, yeah. I know." She sighed. Her stomach growled and she hugged it.

"Couldn't you use your powers to make something?" Pietro asked.

Kali hopped up and sat on the counter top. "I need food to make it."

"That sucks."

"Yeah."

"Wanna get something to eat?" Kali looked up at Pietro and nodded. "Oh wait, I have no cash. Sorry."

"I do." Kali replied.

Pietro stood up. "Then what are we waiting for." While outside Kali ripped off a piece of bark, and just like before she counterfeited herself a crisp new 50 dollar bill.

A little under half an hour later the other boys had woken up. Lance looked around. He opened Pietro's door. He wasn't there. He opened Kali's door. She wasn't there. Lance made his way downstairs. Fred was filling his bag up with papers while Todd had his fill of nearby flies. "Kali and Pietro must have left already. Who thinks they're gonna go out?" The other boys agreed.

"How long do you guys actually think they're gonna go out?" Todd asked.

"I'd bet a week," Lance betted.

"Naw, 2 and a half weeks," Fred replied.

"Hey, she's cute. I'll be the optimistic one and give them a month… and a half maybe," Todd took a few more flies in.

"That's kind of pushing it, don't you think? Pietro's idea of a 'long term' relationship was a little over a week." Todd shrugged.

They walked together talking about music, movies, and other stuff. They made their way to the food court. "Where do you wanna go?" Pietro asked.

Kali though about it. "Well, I don't eat meat…"

Pietro looked shocked, he had never met anyone who doesn't eat any kind of meat before. "Seriously?" He asked. Kali nodded. "Subway it is." They decided to eat at Subway instead of walking to school. While sitting there Pietro decided to ask Kali some questions. "If we're gonna work together I may as well get to know you better. Do you mind if I ask some questions?"

"Go for it," Kali responded. She stabbed her salad with the fork.

"What kind of music do you like?" Kali answered quickly, techno was hands down her favorite type of music. Pietro thought about his next question. "What's your favorite color?" Just like the last question Kali answered without thinking and she gave him a one word answer yet again, green. "Okay, uh, do you have a brother or sister?"

Unlike how she had answered before Kali didn't say anything. "Honestly? I don't know."

Her answer was strange. He quickly blurted out a few guesses, "Parents divorced? Died at a young age? Adopted? Oh! How about yo-"

Kali cut him off before he could add anymore to his list. "I can't remember anything before I was 12. I have no memory of my parents, brothers or sisters, if I had any," She smiled at him. "Who needs them anyway. I turned out okay. Sure I get a little disobedient… okay a lot. But who doesn't every once and a while.

They got up and headed out for school. "When you get your schedule I could help you find your classes." Pietro told her. Kali nodded. Once they arrived at Bavillle High, Pietro showed her to the principal's office. Kali walked in on her own.

A woman with short Dark Brown hair, deep blue eyes, and in a Purpleish-Blue suit was sitting at the desk. She motioned Kali to sit down. Kali did as she's told. "How do you like your new room?" The principal asked her.

"Room?" Kali asked, unaware of who she was really talking to.

"How rude, I haven't introduced myself have I? I am Mystique. I take it you've read my letter?"

"Oh yes. I have. And the room is fine." She wasn't sure if fine was the right word. But there was nothing Kali could do now.

"This is like transferring to other schools. Here's some paperwork you must fill out before I give you your schedule." Mystique handed her a thin stack of papers and a pen. Kali skimmed through the papers and signed.

Meanwhile, Pietro stood outside the door waiting. He suddenly saw Todd coming towards him. "Pietro, I'd hate to break it to you, man, but, uh, Sidney is coming."

"Seriously? Now? Can you wait here and show Kali to her classes then?" Todd agreed and waited for her outside. Pietro hurried off.

Kali stepped out of the office holding her schedule. She looked around to see that Pietro wasn't there. She did notice Todd though. "Hey Todd, where'd Pietro go?"

Pietro didn't tell Todd he had to lie to her. "He told me to show you to your classes. He had to go hide."

"Hide? I'm not that scary am I?" Kali asked.

"Not from you. Pietro doesn't like how awkward bumping into an ex is. As soon as he gets himself a new girlfriend he gets over it. So, I guess you can say he doesn't like bumping into his last girlfriend. If he didn't like seeing his other girlfriends I'm sure he'd be at a different school or something."

Kali showed Todd her schedule, "Where's my first class?" She asked.

Todd looked at it, "Oh, I go to that class after lunch. C'mon, It's not too far." Todd showed her the way there. It wasn't long before they pass by a girl. She was tall, yet she still wore high heels. The most annoying thing about her was her bright red hair, obviously dyed. You could say she was wearing a tank top and shorts. But her shorts were so short it could pass of as underwear. And it was obvious she was wearing too much make-up. Her face didn't match her neck, Kali was sure if you were close enough you would see a line across her neck where the make-up stopped. When the girl was far enough Todd whispered, "That is Pietro's ex, Sidney."

Kali took one last glance and replied, "She looks like a skank." That comment came out a bit louder than Kali hopped for.

Sidney turned around, "Excuse me? Do you have something to say to me bitch?"

Kali turned and smiled. "Who me?" She pointed to herself. "Nope."

"When I'm through with you I swear!" Sidney took Kali by the shirt, causing a scene. The other students stopped and watched. In response Kali stood there motionless.

Kali would have probably been punched, slapped, scratched, or whatever Sidney was capable of doing but Mystique came outside to see what all the noise was about. "Let her go," Mystique ordered.

Sidney let go of Kali and muttered, "I'm not through with you yet." She walked off.

Mystique looked over at Kali. "Please tell me I didn't open my doors to yet another delinquent."

"Heh, sorry to be the first to tell you that small detail. Uh, is my record wiped clean since it's a new school and all?"

"I think I'm going to regret this but why?" Mystique replied.

"Well, I'm 1 fight away from a suspension and I'm 1 suspension away from being expelled." Kali answered back, as if it was no problem at all.

Mystique looked down and shook her head, "Fine, but stay out of trouble."

"No promises," Kali smiled. She dragged Todd with her to her first class.

Todd looked at the paper. "Here's your first class. This teacher is well… she can be bossy in the morning. I feel sorry for you."

"Then we'll get a long fine. For a week at least. Tausend Dank," Kali replied. Todd stopped her and asked what that last word was. "It means thank you very much. It's German." She explained. Kali spent her time constantly looking in a mirror at her eyes and writing down any facts about them. She'd write down the color and next to it she'd list things like her mood, the time, how bored she was and so on.

Kali was sitting in her 4th period class. She wrote down ideas for new songs as she waited for lunch. She wanted to compare her notes on her eyes as soon as possible. The bell rang, causing Kali's pen to slip making an awkward tail in the middle of the word. She packed up her stuff on her desk. A fairly tall guy with short dirty blonde hair stood behind her. "Hey new girl," he greeted.

Kali turned and faced him, "Hi?"

He grinned, "I'm Mark, I have you in your 2nd and 4th classes," He was very flamboyant. He looked like he was never serious a day in his life.

"Oh, I'm Kali"

"Aw! That's a cute name," he replied. Kali was confused, there was just something about happy-go-lucky people that annoy her to the point of confusion. Besides that Kali had her moments when she almost perfectly fit the Blonde stereotype, the only thing missing was the Blonde hair.

"Hey, do you want to hang out?" He asked.

Kali thought he was being a bit too straight forward. But she was honestly busy today. "I have to go to the library," She answered. Kali grabbed her bag and left the classroom but Mark caught up to her.

"I can show you where it is," Mark seemed like he would have plenty of friends, why he wanted to bother Kali of all people was something Kali would never understand.

"No thanks, I know where it is," Kali responded, she kept walking at the same pace she had been walking before Mark caught up to her.

"No, no! I insist," Mark grinned. His grin was so happy it was stupid, Kali was sure other girls would have found it hot, but she was always different from other girls.

Kali was getting a bit frustrated, "No, I'm good, I know where it is."

"How about we go out then! How's toady after school!" That was way too straight forward for Kali, and the poor guy couldn't take a hint. Kali had to think of a way out of this. She didn't want to hurt his feelings but she supposed there was no nice way of saying, 'Not in your life, do us both a favor and chill out, you might want to check up on you damned ADHD.'

"Look, I really have to go, so bye," She hurried faster.

Mark smiled and said, "That wasn't a no!"

"Asinus," Kali mumbled as soon as she realized she lost him. She eventually found her way to the library. Her eyes widened in pure horror to see Mark waiting by the door. "He just doesn't give up."

"Hey babe," he greeted.

"Don't call me that," Kali responded.

"Aw c'mon, I didn't mean to make you mad, so I decided out of the kindness of my heart to help you find your way around school," Kali sighed, if his bouncy and hyper attitude wasn't enough he was also self-centered.

"No thanks," Kali replied. She walked past him to a computer and started typing in the colors and a possible meaning. Her eyes have changed to 4 colors so far. She logged onto google typed in Green drawing she hit enter, no connection. She erased drawing and replaced it with English, no connection. It went on for several minutes before she found a connection. She noted that there was a connection to the word green and neutral. She moved on to the next color. Finally she found a connection to all the words. She looked at the paper, she wrote:

Green: Neutral

Orange: Excited

Blue: Calm

White: Bored

Kali looked at the list. She sank in her seat, these were mood ring comparisons. Her eyes were built in mood rings. She couldn't believe it. Anyone who knew could easily tell when she was happy, mad, sad, lying, jealous. This was horrible. "Why me?" She muttered. Kali closed the page and stared at the list. At that moment she realized this was something she would never speak a word about. No one could know. She personally liked her thoughts and feelings locked inside where they belonged.

I do need to work on my endings some more. Okay let's see:

Tausend Dank (TAU-zent DAHNK): Thousand thanks or thank you very much (German)

Asinus (ASS-e-NOOSE): Literally means donkey, but it's been used as a slang word for ass, meaning a stupid idiot. (Latin)

Well, at least your people get to learn a few foreign words outta this.