"Yo, Harry, that crap was like some Spy Kids type crap!" Zack said. Harry had since cleaned himself off, and was walking out, along with a handful of kids. He followed his newfound friends to the school grounds. It was Saturday, and this seemed to be their only class today…If you could call it a class.
"That's…great?" Harry said. The group was led by Logan, and they all stood in a line.
"All right," came the stern gruff voice. "Start yer stretches."
"I mean," Kyra said, pulling her arm above her head. "I had no idea energy could do that…"
"It's basic propulsion," Ali said. He was on the ground, touching his toes.
"Whoo!" Zack interrupted. "Lookin' good, Kyra!" Kyra's arms were behind her back, and her body was stuck out. Kyra grinned at his stupidity, as Ali slapped the dark kid on his head.
"Like I was saying, his energy is like Scott's…It pushes him as he pushes it…I believe it's one of Newton's Laws?..."
"Hey! Stop the chattering!" The group fell quiet at the scolding, and continued their stretches in silent.
"So, Harry…" Ali continued, despite being reprimanded moments before. "I was wondering…Maybe we should go shopping today."
"What for?" Harry asked.
"Clothes, man. We can't have you looking like a school supporter," Zack said in mock disgust. And, as Harry looked down, he realized his clothes did have the school's emblem on it.
"All right, class!" They focused their attention on the teacher. "The damn Danger Room's outta commission, so we're goin' for a 10 lap run!" Collective groans spread through the crowd. "Aww, stop yer complaining! You're lucky I went so light! So get goin'!" Logan took a sip from the coffee cup he had, and went to go sit on the bleachers.
"And he doesn't have to run?" Harry asked incredulously.
"He's a teacher." Kyra asked. "He doesn't have to."
Slowly but surely, the class moved, and started running. The four stayed together as the rest went at differing speeds.
"Would you look at that?!" Zack cried.
Harry spun in his direction. There was a brown-haired girl, the same girl who went through that other boy's glass yesterday, running. "That's how I like it, Kitty!"
Kitty glared at him, and kept running, with a smile forming on her face. Apparently these people knew Zack's perverseness. Kyra, however, punched Zack in the shoulder. He grimaced, but kept running.
"Yeah, don't worry about them," Ali said. "All the women know not to take Zack seriously. He may be amorous, but they know he's a nice guy."
"Hello, mein freunde!" In a flash of foul-smelling smoke, the black creature had appeared next to them. Without breaking a stride, Harry grinned and slapped him on the back like he had seen many people here do. Zack, however, fell over in surprise, and landed on the grass.
"Hey, yo, Harry, what the hell's that?" Harry turned to the jogging Ali. He was pointing at Harry's own head.
"What are you talking-" He stopped short. Kurt's appearance had caused the hair to fly from Harry's forehead…
Revealing his lightning scar.
Harry immediately made to cover it, but Kyra blocked his hand from making it their. She pulled him close to her chest, but kept running, forcing Harry to continue in an awkward position. Harry was extremely aware of his close proximity to Kyra and her…ample bosom. She smelled like…like roses in a meadow…and like the sweet smell of honey…
"It seems like a scar," Kyra replied. She let go of Harry, who was half-disappointed.
"The hell happened? Zack asked. "Did some punk here try to get you, cause man, I'll whoop their-"
"Yes, we're well aware of your tenacity to fight, Zack, now go ahead and finish a lap." Ali said.
He scoffed. "Please. I been done."
"What?" Harry asked. He himself had only done a few laps, as did everyone else.
"Yeah, when you weren't looking."
"He's a fast beast," Kyra informed.
"Hmm…" Kurt said. "I was under the impression you had one left."
"Nah, I'm finished."
"All ten laps?! And you're still running strong?"
He looked up. "See…I love to run, kna'mean? It just…it gives me…a sort of freedom…something that I can do, that people never expected…That I never expected…Knaa'mean?"
Harry certainly did know…In fact, he felt the same way whenever he held a wand…The exhilaration…It was like having wings…
In his hands.
"But don't try to play me, Hare. What the hell happened to you?"
Harry looked away. "It's nothing…I…I wish I could tell you…But at the moment…I can't…."
"Something with your wizardry?" Kurt asked, that thick German accent covering the words.
Harry looked up in surprise…He felt that way a lot here. "You know?"
"Well, we found you in Azkaban, didn't we?" Kyra said.
"I assumed it was your Cerebellum…"
"Cerebro," Kurt corrected.
"And that can find mutants…usually…"Ali continued. "Your magicalness blocked the exact location. So we knew immediately it had been wizardry. Besides, Professor X has some correspondence with some dude from the wizarding world. So are you going to tell us?"
"I'm...sorry…perhaps in time…"
Kyra lifted him by the chin, forcing him to look into her sea-blue eyes. "Listen, Harry…You know you can trust us, right? All of us…Even if you don't open up now, you will have too…And we'll be there for you…Always…"
Suddenly, her stomach rumbled, loudly. She doubled over. "I'm so hungry!"
"Hah!" Zack said. "I'm done! So I can go eat!" He pointed and laughed lightly.
She glared at him. "Well, we have only two more to go!"
"But still! I can eat right now!" H laughed once more.
Kyra looked murderous. She coughed. It was clear it was on purpose, but the effect was the same.
Zack's jaw clenched. He opened his mouth, and looked around for something. Ali, however, opened his hand, and swung it towards Zack, seemingly about to hit him.
Instead, the side of Ali's hand found itself inside of Zack's mouth, and the Bone Manipulator bit down. Hard. Harry winced in pain for Ali, even though he showed no pain. He had clearly done this before.
"Zachary has the…OCD," Kurt explained. "He supposedly has some advanced form, and must bite whenever someone coughs. He must bite on something, or he breaks his teeth, or cuts through his tongue."
"Aaah." Harry understood.
They were almost done.
"Man…"Kyra complained. "Do someone got a Snickers, or something?" She called out. No one replied.
"Man, Ron, you have an endless stomach!" Harry called towards her, sporting a toothy grin.
She looked at him. "Who's Ron?"
He looked at her. "What?"
"You called me Ron…"
"I…I did?" Harry felt it, too…He tried so hard to forget it…And though he tried to rise above his self-pity, he couldn't. His…friends were a huge part of his life, and though he tried not to, he saw bits and pieces of them in every person he met. Match was Draco…Kyra's hunger was from Ron…
"YES!" Kyra cried in ecstasy. They were finished.
Kyra, much faster than she had done previously, bolted for the school door, for the school's actual breakfast time. Harry himself felt quite famished and made to follow her. Kurt was behind him, as was Ali. Zack has all ready made it inside.
Once they had entered the large school, Kurt BAMF!'ed off, and Ali veered off, to the side.
"Where are you going?" Harry asked. "The Dining Hall's this way!"
He looked at Harry. "I think you mean the cafeteria. Besides…I got somewhere to be." He sauntered off, and, a long ways down the hallway, entered a room. Harry stared at the door, wondering if the light brown teen was kidding and would come out, but moments later, a girl, the same covered girl from last night, walked in. She had something under her arm.
Harry shook his head, and went to eat.
Half an hour later, after quite a filling breakfast, the group, consisting of Kyra, Zack, Harry, and a holographic human version of Kurt went to find Ali.
They went to the same room Harry saw him and the girl enter, and waited. It wasn't long before Ali came out, followed by the covered girl. Harry could only see her brown eyes. They conversed in a strange language, and she gave him a hug, before leaving.
Ali turned to the group. "So! Let's go to the mall!
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To Bobmin365: I highly appreciate your criticism, for it has been a big help. Please note, and I'm trying not to make excuses, that the last chapter was simply a visual as to how Harry's powers worked. I personally didn't like it very much myself, though…And I really don't want to show what's happening in England from the view of another character, because that's simply not the way J.K. Rowling writes…If I tear away everything, the magic, the characters, I at least want to keep the point of view the same…If you do…leave, which I honestly hope not, I appreciate you…But the action hasn't started yet, but it will soon...I figure a couple more chapters to flesh out the characters, and then we get to the real action, followed by the crossover by other universes….
Matter of fact, let me take this time to thank all my readers...I honestly appreciate that so many take time out of their lives to read this rag…Your reviews are appreciated, and I hope you keep reading…
I would have made this chapter longer, but I wanted to let you guys stew over what Ali and that girl were doing together in the room….Oh yeah!!
I would also like to apologize for any mistranslations and scientific misinformation. I got them from, respectively, an online dictionary, and my own brain.
Ooh, and I can't keep this in…But next chapter, we get a surprise visit from a beloved character!