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You have waited long enough, on with chapter 10!

What Fate Throws Aside

Chapter 10: Never Forgotten

I wander the halls trying to figure out what to do until I can talk to the Professor. I take a look out a window and see the most beautiful yard that I have ever seen, there are so many trees. I love trees! With a smile plastered on my face I make my way downstairs and out the door into the warm morning sun. I close my eyes and turn my face toward the light; I can hear the birds singing from somewhere nearby and there are people laughing out back. I make my way to the nearest oak tree and then hop onto the lowest branch I can reach. Once I am stable on the branch I pull myself higher, trying to hide among the leaves. I rest my head against the sturdy trunk and close my eyes, I have no idea how I am going to get through the talk with the Professor, I know that I need to talk but I can't help but feel hesitant. It has been so long since I have spoken the whole story about Suki, about everything that happened in the days before her death.

I am so lost in my thoughts that I don't even notice that someone is calling my name until I feel something hit my knee.

"Sage, are you alive?" I look down and see Liz staring at me with her hands on her hips.

"Yes Liz, I'm alive. What can I do for you?"

"Storm sent me to look for you when you didn't come to breakfast." I raise my eyebrow,

'How long have I been out here?'

"I'll be right in Liz, I was just thinking and I guess I lost track of time."

She smiles and then takes off towards the house. I carefully drop down to the ground, it's only my second day here and I don't want to break my leg. As soon as I open the door I am met by a very tall, very blue man. I recognize him immediately as Dr. McCoy and smile. He seems to be lost in thought and just wandering about so I leave him to his thoughts and head to the dining room. The smell of bacon assaults my nose making my stomach growl, I guess I'm hungrier than I thought. Liz waves her hand to get my attention, it looks like she saved me a seat. As I sit down I see the Professor at the end of the table, I feel the nervousness from earlier creep back into my body.

'We will speak after breakfast Sage. You have nothing to fear here.' I hear the professor in my mind, and though I know that he meant to put me at ease, I feel my stomach knot up once more.

I shake my head in an attempt to clear it and focus on the toast in front of my. I know that Liz probably wants to chat more with me, but I just don't feel up to it today but luckily enough she is the type of person that doesn't require much of a response from me. So I just smile and make some noises to make her think that I am listening and focus on eating.

After breakfast I follow the Professor to his office and have a seat in the same chair as yesterday. He places his hands on the desk in front of him and clasps his fingers before looking at me.

"What troubles you Sage?" His voice is soothing, almost like a father addressing a frightened child.

"I have been having these weird nightmares lately, they cause me to start screaming in my sleep. I woke Liz up last night, I just need to talk it out, but I don't know where to start." I run my hands over my face to hide my trembling lips.

"How about from the beginning, the dreams started after Suki died right?"

"No, they actually started about a week before. I just shrugged them off as just a bad dream brought on by stress at the time. But now I think they are about me feeling guilty."

"What was your first nightmare?"

I sigh and close my eyes and think back to the first one.

" Suki and I are walking home after a surprise birthday party that we threw for her, she is hugging the stuffed panda that I got for her and laughing at something that happened. The sun is setting and we are still a few blocks from our homes. We start to run but we don't make it far before I hear her make a choking noise. I turn around and look at her, seeing a strange black rope that is wrapped around her neck, squeezing the life out of her. I take a step foreword before I notice that the rope is coming from my hand. I look into her eyes and see the pain, anger and disappointment shining briefly before they fade completely. She drops to the ground and I know that she is dead."

I open my eyes and blink the tears away before I look at the Professor, he looks to be deep in thought. A few moments pass before he opens his eyes and looks at me.

"Sage, I must admit that you have a very troubled mind indeed. But you don't need to feel guilty about Suki, it was an accident. You don't need to feel guilty about Mr. LeBeau either, I have a feeling that feelings as strong as the ones that you have for each other are not meant to fade. You will meet him again in the future and I'm sure that he will still feel the same."

"Thank you Professor, I feel a little better. Maybe I will be able to actually get close to people without the fear of hurting them soon, once my powers are completely under my control that is."

"Speaking of learning to control your power, I thought that you and Jean could practice a little bit later. I have already spoken to her about it and she wishes to help you, we all do. Why don't you go find her and talk things over?"

I smile and nod before heading out to find Jean. I don't know how she is supposed to help me with my control, but if she can then I'm all for it. After an hour of trying to find her I finally break down and decide to ask someone. I poke my head into the library and see Kitty sitting at one of the tables, hopefully she knows where I can find Jean.

"Hey Kitty, would you happen to know where I can find Jean? The Professor said that she is supposed to start helping me with the control issues that I have." She smiles brightly at me over the top of her book.

"At this time of day she can like usually be found in her room, it is right across the hall from yours. I hope your lesson goes well!"

I thank her and then head upstairs to change into a tank top so that I can at least see where my powers are going when I use them. I open the door and turn on the light when something catches my eye from the foot of my bed. I walk over and pick up the box, which is slightly heavy, and remove the lid. Inside I find a black and electric blue form fitting outfit along with a belt with an X on it. A note is attached to the top portion of the outfit,

'Sage,

Good Luck and stay focused!

-Liz'

With a smile I pull the outfit on and secure the belt. I pull my hair back to keep it out of the way and then head across the hall to find Jean.

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