Hey Guys! Sorry I couldn't get a chapter out yesterday, I got real busy real fast. Thank you so much for all the love and support you guys are showing this story. I know this fandom is old, and I'm not even as into the show as I was, but I love this story, and I'm committed at this point.
Super quick author's note before I begin, and this one's kinda important.
I feel the need to warn you guys, that I don't write happy. My writing now-a-days has a much darker theme, and in the future this story will contain some adult themes, and the violence will get gradually worse. I'm sure some of you can probably tell already, but Danni has some issues, with herself and her past, and those will be revealed in what I think are interesting ways. As the story gets darker, I believe my writing will get better, because that's what I do, psychological horror is interesting to break down. The story will end the same as the actual show, Danni's existence will not alter that, but, as with all the other characters, she has her own side story, and her story is not a happy one around seasons 2, 3, and possibly part of 4.
This turned out a little longer than I expected, Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Please leave a review if you can. Constructive criticism is appreciated and encouraged, and please, feel free to PM me with your theories, or discuss in the comments, I love hearing what you all have to say, negative or positive. If you feel something needs to be more developed, let me know and I will try to make it better. If you have any questions, leave it in the comments, I read all of them, or feel free to PM me.
I love writing, and I'm here to learn and improve, and I really feel like I have since the original Sapphire, so please leave your suggestions, be as nitpicky as you want, I will never be mad at anything you guys say.
I love you all! Thank you so much for taking the time to read this, and enjoy Chapter 6!
C.J. (Kai)
4-27-15
"Walkin' down the haaaaaaall~" I sang quietly to myself as I skipped to my locker. "Gonna go hooome~ and make some toast~" I opened my locker and grabbed the books I needed. "And then I'm gonna take a naaaap~" I turned around. "And then somethin's gonna go horribly wrooo..~ Ok, who the f*ck gave Evan a camera?"
"Aaand enter, the love interest," He snickered. He was hiding behind a locker and peering through a freaking ancient camera.
"Who we pervin' on?" I whispered in his ear, causing him to jump almost three feet in the air.
"Sh!" he shushed me angrily and continued to film. I followed the line of sight and saw Rouge glaring at Kitty, who was picking up her things. So was some guy.
"Here you go," the boy said as the pair stood. He handed her her last book. She giggled and blushed.
"Thank you, Jason." she said.
"Thank you, Jason." Rouge mocked and followed it quickly with a sound of disgust.
"It's Kitty, Right?" Jason asked.
"Uh.. yeah! Kitty!" she blushed. Stop before you make a fool of yourself. "That's right, yeah." she laughed. "Hi!" Oh my god. "Oh.. haha, I already said that." Stop. "Um.."
"Oh my god stop!" I whisper/shouted and crashed my head into the locker next to me. Evan angrily shushed at me again.
"Whacha doin?" She asked. Rogue crossed her arms and waited for Kitty to finish clinging to whatever threads of this conversation remained.
"Ugh," she groaned. "I am definitely gonna be ill."
"You and me both," I mumbled. "This is painful to watch. But I can't. Look. Away."
"Hangin' posters," Jason said. "Auditions for the school play are tomorrow night. Hey, you're gonna try out right?" he asked. "We need girls who can sing and dance."
"So, like, what part do you play?" Kitty asked, swaying a little.
"Um.. I'm the, uh.. Male lead." I gagged.
"Oh my god did you hear the way he said that?" I whisper/f*ckinscreamed at Evan. "My ears feel violated!" I shivered. Evan ignored me this time. "Rude.."
"You're gonna be Dracula?" Kitty asked. "Cool. well then duh! I mean yeah, sure! Of course, I'm gonna totally try out."
"Great!" Jason said as he started to walk away. "Then I'll see you tomorrow night."
"Just when I thought you could not possibly get more pathetic." Rogue said. Some part of me just knew I'd get roped into this.. I wasn't sure how, but I knew.
"At least I've got a hope of getting cast." Kitty smirked. "Unlike you."
"Time to get up close and personal." Evan smiled and zoomed in.
"Never say that again." I took a few steps back.
"Think about it," Rogue started. "I was made for this play." I nodded in agreement. It would be kinda funny to see Kitty dressed as a goth though. "Hey!" Rouge saw the camera and shouted.
"Agh!" I yelped and stood upright. "That's my que!" I started to run. "I'll say nice things at your funeral man!"
"What are you playin' at, Porcupine?" she yelled as I turned the corner. My shoes skid on the floor as I ran around to the other hall. I looked behind me and crashed into someone. My bag fell off my shoulder and my back hit the floor. I felt my head hit the ground with a loud thump!
"H-hey, are you alright?" I heard an unfamiliar voice ask. Definitely a guy. I opened my eyes and saw papers and textbooks scattered around. And they definitely weren't mine.
"Oh my gosh I'm so sorry!" I quickly scrambled to pick up the papers and put them back into something resembling a pile. "I wasn't even paying attention, I'm so sorry, I'll help you pick this up!"
"What?" he said. "O-oh, hey don't worry about it. You hit your head pretty hard, are you sure you're ok." I nodded. Osh*t, bad idea. I stumbled and reached my hand out to catch myself. "Stop with the papers for a second, okay?" he grabbed me and forced me to look him in the eyes. Oh my god..
His dark brown eyes focused in on mine, his tan fingers trailed across the back of my head, and a gorgeous mop of messy brown hair sat atop his head.
"Well you don't look like you got a concussion." Had he had a spanish accent this whole time? I stared at him for a moment, mouth agape.
"Uh.. y-yeah, I have a thick skull." I did not just f*cking say that. "I mean! That's not what I meant, I mean I'm fine, totally fine. You what about ok you are? This isn't even english, what am I doing?" I looked at the floor and felt for a bump at the back of my head. "Maybe I do have a concussion.." he laughed.
"My name is Marcos." he said with an extended hand. I smiled shyly and shook his hand.
"Danni." I picked up the pile of scattered papers and books and stood, handing them back to him after he did the same. "A-are you new here? I haven't really seen you around." He nodded.
"I'm an exchange student from Spain." he explained. "Today is my first day actually."
"Oh well now I feel like an a**." I mumbled, causing a chuckle from him. He had a nice laugh.. "Ahem.. well, welcome to New York.. and I'm sorry again."
"It's no problem." he said with a smile. "Quite an exciting welcome, I must say." I returned his smile, finally pulling myself together.
"What are you doing here so late after the bell?" I asked. "Checking out the Clubs? Learning your way around the school?" He laughed nervously and scratched the back of his head.
"Nothing nearly as interesting as that, I'm afraid," he said. "I actually can't find the exit.." I had a flashback to the time I got lost looking for the kitchen and chuckled. I put a hand on his shoulder and lead him down the halls.
"Don't worry, I got lost for a lot longer looking for something that was much closer." he let me look at his schedule while we walked, and I showed him the best halls to take to avoid the crowds.
"Sound's like you've been here for a while." he said. I shook my head.
"Only about four months actually," I explained.
"Really?" he looked surprised. "You could have fooled me."
"I'm a fast learner," I chuckled. A few more minutes passed and we finally reached the front doors of the school. "Here we are." I turned to him and held out my hand.
"I hope I see you around," he said as he shook my hands.
"Probably," I chuckled. "Not a lot of people here." he chuckled and started walking.
"Good bye Danni." he waved, and I waved back. He turned a corner and I slumped against a wall.
"What was that about?" Evan asked, trying to hide his camera behind his back.
"If you recorded any of that you are dead, you hear me?" he immediately started running. "EVAN!"
4-28-15
"That camera of his is getting so annoying," Kurt sighed. "He almost got me vith my vatch off a few times." I chuckled.
"Jean told me he was recording her in the bathroom," I whispered. Kurt pulled a face.
"Seriously?!" he stuck out his tongue. "Vhy is that necessary?"
"It's not," I giggled.
"Danni?" I turned and saw Marcos.
"Oh, Hi Marcos!" I smiled at him, and he smiled back, stepping forward when he was sure I actually wanted to talk to him. "What's up?"
"Well.." he hesitated. "I had a question. And its just.. Well you were so nice to me yesterday and I was just wondering.. If I could maybe eat with you and your friends at lunch today..?" he was blushing a bit. I smiled. He was cute when he blushed. What?
"Of course you can!" I said. "They're a little.. Excitable, but don't worry, they're all super nice." he looked relieved. Did he really think I would say no?
"Thank you, Danni," he smiled again.
"No problem," this kid couldn't be cuter if he tried, I swear.. "Meet me at the door to the courtyard after third period?" he nodded and thanked me again before walking off to his next class.
"Who vas that?" Kurt asked. I jumped, I'd nearly forgotten he was there.
"Oh, that was Marcos," I explained as I continued walking. "He's a transfer student from Spain. Kurt looked after him, but didn't say anything else. Lunch came around, and I waited by the large set of doors. I saw Marcos walk out of the doors and look around. He looked more nervous with each second that passed.
"Hey." I walked up to him. He jumped but smiled when he saw it was me. I guided him over to where we usually sat. The only people there right now were Jean, Scott, and Kurt. I had let Jean know that I invited a friend to sit with us, and to let the others know not to talk about our powers or anything.
"Hi, you must be Marcos," Jean said kindly. "Hi, I'm Jean." she held out a hand to him.
"It's nice to meet you, Jean." Marcos said.
"This is Scott," I said. Scott nodded. "And this is Kurt, he was with me earlier." Kurt just looked at him, he didn't say anything. Lunch passed by pretty quickly, and Jean and Scott seemed to really like Marcos. The bell rang and I stood.
"Come on Marcos, I'll walk you to class." He smiled and stood. He waved to the others and followed after me.
"Scott and Jean seem really nice." he said as we walked down the halls.
"Yeah, Jean's like my big sister, and Scott is…. Well.. Scott." Marcos laughed and we turned a corner. "Well, here it is." I turned to him. "I'll see you later, Marcos." he smiled and nodded.
"I hope so, Danni." he walked into his class and the three minute bell rang.
"Like, who was that cutie?" Kitty said as she caught up to me.
"Marcos," I said. "He's an exchange student from Spain." Kitty whistled and nudged me.
"You should totally, like, ask him out," she said.
"What?"
"Did you even see the way you, like, looked at him?" she giggled. "You were practically drooling."
"I was not!" she just laughed again.
"Hey, I'm just saying," she walked into our shared Biology class. "If you don't, I know somebody else will." I barely paid attention class that day, and before I knew it suddenly I was back at the manor, and had been for a few hours.
"Did today go by really fast for anyone else?" I asked. Kitty just giggled.
"Not really," she said. "You were just daydreaming about the new kid instead of taking notes."
"There were notes..?" she laughed.
"X-Men," The Professor's voice rang out in our heads. "We have an intruder." without another word Kitty and I ran to our suits and met with the others in the foyer in three minutes. We all ran out into the front yard.
"Who the hell is this harry f*ck?" I asked. The large man growled.
"He's mine," Logan growled.
"Right, cause that always ends well.." the two began to throw punches and swing claws.
"No!" Ororo raised her hands and began to form an attack. "This is not the place for your private war!" she shot a bolt of lightning at the man. He roared and thrashed around, but after a moment he seemed completely unaffected by it. She held him back with a strong gust of wind, but he was slowly stepping forward. I jumped up into the current and flung myself at him, punching him in the chest. He staggered back a few more feet, and I quickly rolled out of the way so Scott could send him flying again.
"All of that," I said. "And he's STILL WALKING!" Jean used her powers to throw a heavy stone bench directly at his head. And guess what? HE WAS STILL WALKING! "I don't think I like this guy much.." I mumbled and made my way back to the others. Ororo hit him with another blast of lightning. Ok, I don't care who you are, no one survives that! He's f*cking dead! Scott shot him again, at the same time as Ororo, and that seemed to be doing some damage. After a few more minutes of struggling, the man finally fell to his knees. The attacks stopped, and literal smoke was rising off his body. The air smelled of burnt hair and skin, but the man still. Stood. Up.
"This isn't over, Logan!" He roared before running off. Logan growled and ran after him.
"Logan, no!" Ororo called.
"His insides are goo.." I said. "That man should be dead right now.. Is no one else confused?"
An hour had passed, and I sat on the stairs, happily strumming my guitar.
"I need to practice for the audition, and you've been hoggin the sound track all mornin'!" I heard Rogue shout.
"I bought it, get you're own!" Kitty yelled back. I stood up and tried to leave as quickly and quietly as possible.
"Fine!" Rogue called and grabbed the back of my shirt. "Keep the sound track, I'll just have Danni play for me! There will be live music anyway!"
"I don't remember agreeing to this."
"Hey wait that's not fair!" Kitty grabbed my sleeve. "What if I was going to ask Danni?" Rogue pulled on my other sleeve.
"You bought the sound track so clearly you wern't!
"Well.. it's still not fair!" Kitty shouted. "She was my friend first, she should help me.
"Danni?!" They both turned to me and I just stood there.
"... no matter what I say, all I see is death.."
"Ladies, ladies!" Evan said. "Maybe we can all help each other out here."
"What do you want?!" they asked in sync.
"I want to live." I mouthed to myself as I tried to tiptoe away from this situation.
"Look," Evan started. "You two think you can stop arguing long enough to help me do something important?"
"Like what?" Rouge asked angrily.
"I'll explain on the way." Evan said. "But just to warn you first, we might have to do a bit of improvising." I had almost made it around the corner when two, surprisingly strong, hands grabbed the back of my shirt again.
"We're not done with you yet." I was dragged, literally, down the halls. My feet were leaving scuff marks on the floor.
"I refuse to walk willingly into the arms of death."
"Can you walk willingly to the motorcycle?!" Kitty grunted. "Like, what have you been eating?" I swung my leg over the seat, finally accepting my fate. Evan directed us passed the busted fence and to a small clearing in the trees a few blocks away from the manor. Evan set a stereo down in the middle of the clearing and pulled out his camera.
"One minute im minding my own business," I mumbled. "Next, I'm being forced to read shitty sheet music for a shitty musical, and then I'm being forced to dance!?" Evan looked at me and shrugged. ".. Death would have been preferable.." Kitty and Rogue were already dancing. Well.. Kitty was dancing.. Rogue was.. I don't know what she was doing. I just stood there with my arms crossed.
"Come on, guys, get with the program!" Evan sighed. "Shake that thaang!"
"I don't dance."
"Hey, she's got her moves, I've got mine!" Rogue shouted.
"I don't dance."
"Yeah girl," Kitty said, still dancing. "You gotta go with it, you know? You're like a walking zombie, or something."
"I don't dance."
"Come on, Dan," Evan smiled. "I'm sure you could if you tried."
"I don't, not I can't, I don't." I said. "As in no way in hell will any of you ever see me dance, and no way in hell, will I ever let you film it."
"Hey, listen, Rogue," Evan said. "How bout you shed them gloves and give K-girl a tiny tap?"
"What?" Rogue exclaimed.
"No way!" Kitty put her hands on her hips.
"We are angry!" I said in the same tone. "Because.. Reeeasons..?"
"Listen to me," he said. "Just enough to rip Kitty's moves."
"It might work.." Rogue said after a moment. "Just concentrate on 'em." she slipped off her glove and held out her hand.
"Ok, but you better not, like, lay me out." they touched their fingers together. They both spasmed for about two seconds before jerking apart and yelping. They both shivered.
"That was, like, pretty icksome." Kit.. no.. no wait, Rogue said that. Whaaaaat the-? "Ugh, am I talkin' like her?"
"Ok, let's get on with it!" Evan said. "Action!"
"I don't-"
"Dance or I tell Marcos you have a crush on him." Kitty said.
"I DON'T HAVE A- ugh! Whatever.." I gave up and began to sway my hips to the rhythm of the shitty song. A few seconds passed and I'll admit, I started to get a little into it. I raised my arms over my head like Kitty and Rogue were doing, and messing with my hair a little. Between the ages of.. 13 and now, I would watch videos on how to dance in my room alone, and I'd be lying if I said I hadn't learned anything. I smiled and got a little lower before standing back up and laughing a little.
Suddenly there was a roar. I looked over and saw Evan trip over the stereo. The I looked up and saw Sabertooth, harry and scary as ever. He stomped on the radio, easily destroying it.
"You're mine!" he shouted, picking up Evan and holding him over his head.
"Been expecting you," Evan mumbled, spiking… growing his.. Spykes? Spyked up? Whatever the f*ck he did, he entered super hedgehog, mode, thats what he did. "You gotta be sharp if you're gonna mess with the Spyke!"
"WHAT HAVE I SAID ABOUT THE PUNS?!" Sabertooth threw Evan into Rogue and lunged at Kitty.
"I'll take you!" he roared. She closed her eyes as he jumped at her, and he passed right through her.
"Right, I'm so sure.." she said after he hit the ground. I tried to run to Rogue and Evan to help them up, but Sabertooth grabbed my arm.
"Put me down, furball!" I kicked him and he chuckled, lifting me up into the air. I kicked him in the nose and heard something crack. He howled and dropped me. I tried to crawl away but something hit me in the back of the head.
I… help… you…. Help…. I… Help! Say.. name… name.. My.. name…. SAY NAME!
I pulled myself up against a tree and held my head. I was shaking violently, and my eyes were wide. For a moment.. For a moment I had remembered.. I remembered her.. And I remembered.. Him.. but I couldn't anymore.. Just that there had been a him… and there had been a her..and that I should never say her name..
"You ok kid?" Logan asked. Huh..? when had Logan gotten here? When did Sabertooth get knocked out? And Why was Rogue covered in fur..?
"Dude I'm telling you!" I turned the corner and saw Evan talking to Kurt. "She got so into it!"
"I'm sorry, man!" Kurt said. "I just von't believe it until I see it!"
"Give me two seconds to find the clip…"
"What are you two morons up to?" I crossed my arms. Evan jumped and hid the camera behind his back.
"Nothing, I'm not doin nothing, I totally wasn't showing Kurt the video of you dancing." My eyes widened and he smirked, handing the camera over to Kurt.
"Oh mein gott it does exist!" Kurt took the camera from him and ported away before I could catch him.
"Kurt!" i stormed towards his room. "KURT WHEN I FIND YOU YOU ARE DEAD YOU HEAR ME? DEAD!"
Red strings curl around fragile hearts and broken minds, tying them to another, someone stronger. They are wire thin, cutting and digging into flesh and scarring bone.
"They belong to me~" she hummed, the sickeningly sweet melody bouncing around in the heads of everyone she'd claimed.
"We belong to you." their dead voices said in unison.
"Oh what a lovely sound that is~"
"What a lovely song."
"Enough!" she screamed. The others stopped talking, and stared at her, unblinking. She snapped her fingers and a red line appeared around each of their necks and wrists.
"There's something missing…~" she mused. "Someone I'm missing..~" she grinned. "I wonder where they could be~"
"Such a lovely puppet to add to my collection~"
It is almost midnight but that was totally worth it! As always, please tell me what you think! I'll try to have the next chapter up as quickly as possible, I promise!
Love you all,
C.J. (Kai)
