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The wind swept her hair as Dawn raced across the damp ground. She pushed tree branches out of the way as she ran. She suddenly came to a clearing. She stood in the centre the wind whipping the beautiful black dress around her legs. Suddenly a growl came from the trees she came from. Dawn felt terribly scared. She ran from the clearing right into a boys arm. The boy hugged her and Dawn felt safe.

"I will watch until I can take you, Dawn". Dawn looked into the eyes of the boy. She suddenly realized it was the boy who was with Magneto and Mystique. Pyro. Pyro bent his head to kiss Dawn...

Dawn woke up in a sweat breathing hard. Her nightdress was sticking to her back. Sarah stirred in the bed near her. Dawn laid down again thinking about the bad dream she had.

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When in the first class for the day an announcement came over the loud speakers telling people in Dawn's year to go to the Gym. Dawn walked, along with her class, to the Gym. Shock met up with Dawn and they sat down together at the back. Everyone was talking in loud voices until Linzi walked up the microphone set up.

"Hey, people, like, be quiet now" spoke Linzi into the microphone. Everyone slowly stopped talking. Linzi smiled and continued speaking.

"Last term the lower school got a HUGE ball, you know. So Nicole is organising a Halloween ball all for us!" Everyone gasped and started talking immediately. Linzi hushed them again.

"It's a costume ball so you all have to come in costume"

"Duh!" yelled someone near the front.

"How original" whispered Shock to Dawn his voice thick with sarcasm "a costume ball on Halloween". Linzi stared daggers at the person who yelled out.

"And don't drop buckets of pigs blood on a girl with weird powers, you all know what happened last time" Linzi laughed at her own joke. No one was laughing with her.

"Umm, yeah, like, the tickets are on sale now from Mrs. Doe and that's all" said Linzi. She stepped down from the microphone and all the teenagers started talking to each other loudly. All the teachers gathered their classes and ushered them back to the classes. Dawn said good-bye to Shock and followed her class. When they got back everyone was talking about it. Dawn was sitting in her usual seat staring out of the window. Nicole, Becky and Linzi came back into class. Girls started thanking them for holding the ball. Dawn sighed and placed her head on her hand. She had never been to a ball before and she was wondering if Shock would take her. The bell went and Dawn remembered she had sport next. Dreading it, she packed up her things slowly and dragged her feet all the way to the gym. Nicole and the clone club were walking behind her. Shock saw Dawn walking to the gym and stopped her.

"Hey, Dawn" said Shock taking her hand, making her stop "I will be privileged if you come with me to the Halloween ball". She stared at Shock with wide eyes. Nicole stared even wider.

"I... erm..." stammered Dawn "I would love to go with you". Nicole was positively fuming as Dawn and Shock walked together to the gym.

They were starting a new sport in Gym. They were going to play hockey. Due to autumn the ground was soggy and muddy, perfect for playing. The sport girls all took a hocky stick and shuffled outside to where it was raining a bit. Most of the girls groaned.

"Common girls! A little rain never hurt anybody!" yelled Miss. Randalf jogging past the walking girls into the middle of muddy oval. Dawn walked slowly at the back of the group, running her hands over the hocky stick she had. Of corse she had never played it before and she was very nervous. She looked past the rain to the audience stands where a few wagers were skipping class. It was five boys and they perked their attention when the girls came onto the oval.

"Okay girls, get into positions" called Miss Randalf. All the girls got into the positions they were suppose to. Dawn tried to tell Miss Randalf that she had never played before. But Miss. Randalf just put Dawn in a position. Dawn held the hocky stick in place on the ground. Nicole was directly in front of her.

"Hey, Freak" sneered Nicole "you want to know the rules?" Miss. Randalf was about to blow the whistle. Nicole continued-

"The rules are that there are no rules". Miss. Randalf blew the whistle. With fire in her eyes, Nicole hooked the ball with her stick and charged into Dawn, pushing her onto the muddy ground. She fell into the mud, getting it all over her knees and arms. She stood back up and stayed in her spot. The other girls played hard. All of them had been muddy from head to toe during the first minute. And they were playing rough and getting wet from the heavy rain. Some had blood mixed with the mud on them. The boys in the stands were cheering and yelling out obscene things. Miss. Randalf went over to them to sort them out and that's when the game really began. With Miss. Randalf's back turned Becky made Dawn trip. For the second time she fell in the mud, this time getting covered head to toe. The ball flew and hit Dawn in the side. Nicole appeared and started to hit the ball the lay right next to Dawn. Dawn's eyes widened as Nicole "missed" the ball and hit her full on in the side. She heard a crunch and seconds later screamed in pain. Nicole laughed; hit the ball away and all kept playing. Dawn curled into a ball, but the pain was worse. She screamed again as she moved. Tears fell from her eyes as she looked at her torso. It looked like her rib had deflated. She was in extreme pain. All the other girls kept playing except one. A girl named Stephanie. This one wasn't as mean as the rest. She knew something was wrong with the new Goth girl. She saw that Dawn had a broken rib so she called out to Miss. Randalf. Miss. Randalf came running. Stephanie told Miss. Randalf about Dawn's rib and what Nicole did. Miss. Randalf thought Dawn had only bruised herself and was faking all the pain.

"Common, you silly girl, get up" grumbled Miss. Randalf pulling Dawn up. Dawn only cried out with pain and fell to the floor.

"I think she has really hurt herself, Miss" worried Stephanie. Miss. Randalf still thought Dawn was lying.

"Well, I'm taking her to the nurse wether you like it or not" said Stephanie. She helped Dawn up and they both walked slowly to the Nurse's office.

Dawn laid in one of the school hospital beds. She had a broken rib from Nicole's "accident". The nurse had one look at Dawn's broken rib and called the schools proper doctor. The doctor, Doctor Smithe, had done everything he could for Dawn's rib and now all she had to do was rest for a month or two. Dawn had thanked Stephanie for helping her to the nurse. The nurse shooed out Stephanie as Dawn was under strict orders to rest. She closed her eyes and fell into sleep.

Shock heard, from Stephanie, what had happened to Dawn. He was heading to the hospital wing when Nicole stood in his way.

"So, Shock, it looks like Dawn won't be able to move for a while" said Nicole "so, will you, like, come with me to the Halloween ball?" Shock stared blankly at Nicole and then kept on walking. Nicole looked at Shock who was walking away quickly. She spun on her heel and walked away. Shock had reached the wing and sat next to Dawn's bed, where she was currently sleeping. He looked at her. Her face was covered with mud. Shock had been thinking about Dawn and how much he liked her. When he heard she was hurt he feared for the worst. But seeing Dawn perfectly fine he felt relived. He rubbed away a bit of dirt from her face. How pretty she looked, thought Shock. He brushed his fingers over her mouth. It parted a bit. He leaned closer and kissed her on her lips. He pulled away a second later and saw that Dawn had woken up. Dawn smiled and put her hand behind his head. She pulled him in for a deeper kiss.

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My god, I HATE mushy stuff!!!