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Yeah I went to bed last night and thought 'crap I forgot to post chapter ten'
So sorry its late. But at least I didn't leave the last chapter at a cliffhanger xD
I don't own x-men marvel does but Roxanne is mine and Eloise is Peppers. Oh and if you didn't see this in the last chapter (SPOILER ALERT if you haven't seen X-men the last stand don't read the next sentence) I am bringing back Xavier and Scott. And another person who will be revealed in later chapters. This takes place after the x-men movies, and the year is 1997 don't ask me why the year is scu-wiffy I'm the writer that's why. XD
Just to let you all know I have up to chapter 12 written and edited, and I have the start to chapter 13. After that I have up to chapter 17 planned out.
This is a quick shout out t someone that left an anonymous review under the name Victor's daughter; your review made me laugh SO HARD I fell out of my chair. SOOOO HARD.
After a passing doctor saw that Eloise and I were up, she quickly brought us a tray heaping with food. She also pulled the needle in Eloise's arm out and took the empty blood bag with her. I wolfed down five mini sausages and anything else Eloise didn't immediately claim. Questions didn't begin to form until I ate my fill.
"How bad were you hurt in the crash?" I asked her.
"I got a bunch of cuts from the broken windshield and a hairline fracture on one of my ribs from where I slammed into the steering wheel," Eloise said casually.
"Then why do you need an I.V.?"
Her eyes flickered to my face for a moment, "It's just a precaution, on the off chance I lost a little too much before they got there, but they were fast so don't worry."
'Lies,' I thought to myself. I decided against pressing her further, and changed the subject. "Do you have any clue where we are?"
"You're in my school for mutants," said a voice behind us.
I turned to see a bald, aging man in a wheelchair in the doorway, "I am Professor Charles Xavier. You both are looking a lot better; especially you Roxanne, you gave us quite a scare last night."
I suppressed a shiver as I remembered Creed standing over me, gun in hand.
"Don't worry; no one will be able to hurt you while you are here," Professor Xavier said, looking straight at me, then he turned to my cousin, "We will do everything we can to find your mother, Eloise."
'Mind reader,' I thought to myself.
"Yes," said his voice, except it was inside my head.
"Now, if you're both finished with breakfast, I will show you to your rooms. Your roommates can give you a tour of the school."
I slid off the bed with Eloise close behind me. I steadied her as she wobbled for a moment, but she quickly found her footing. We followed the Professor through the white hallways and into a circular elevator. I stifled my claustrophobic tendencies and balled my hands into fists. The elevator stopped on the second floor of the old-style mansion, where all of the rooms seemed to be. He led us down some more hallways and stopped in front of a door that was slightly ajar.
"Here is your room Roxanne," Professor Xavier said, "You will be rooming with a girl around your age. Her name is Marie. Your backpack is on the bed; it was the blue duffle, correct?"
I nodded, "Yeah, thanks."
"Come with me, Eloise, you're room is a little farther down the hall," He said to Eloise. She paused for a moment, and nodded reluctantly. As she walked away, she kept glancing over her shoulder at me.
I pushed the door open slowly, not sure if Marie was in there or not. The room was small, with light brown walls, two beds and a four drawer dresser in-between them. The beds were pushed up against the wall, with a wide window above the dresser. I stepped in to find a door at the end of each bed. One led to a closet, the other into a small bathroom. The right side of the room was obviously occupied, the covers on the bed thrown lazily aside. My duffle bag sat on the other.
I tore my bag open and yanked the box from my mom out of it. I opened it carefully, nervous. The photo album my mom had given me had a glass cover, and it could have cracked during the crash. Thankfully, it was still intact. I put it down next to my bag and pulled out some fresh clothes. I changed out of the sweats I was dressed in and into jeans and a dark-colored t-shirt in the bathroom, and freshened up.
I almost had a conniption when I saw my reflection in the mirror. My face no longer looked anemic, my cheekbones no longer sticking out. The dark shadows under my eyes had vanished, and my eyes themselves looked lively. My skin was flawless and was radiating a healthy glow. I ran my hands down my ribs, finding that my bones no longer jutted out.
My usually ratty hair was soft and full, the layers cut into it making it fall delicately around my face. My hair was wavy with a few loose curls near the ends. The studs and hoops in my ears no longer stood out; they looked good for once. I had three studs per ear along the sides, and a small, sliver hoop at the top of my left ear. One set of piercings per year I had cancer, with the hoop representing one year by itself.
For the first time in a long time I felt completely normal. I grinned at myself in the mirror and walked back into the small room. I peered out the window and scanned the area outside. The ground was covered in a few inches of snow, and judging by the way the sun reflected off of it, it was iced over. The trees were scattered around the school and became denser the further away from the school you got. A shiver ran down my spine, could Creed be hiding somewhere in the forest?
"You're Roxanne, right?"
I turned to see a girl standing in the doorway. She had straight dark hair with a pure white streak framing her face. She had dark colored eyes, and by the sounds of her accent, she was from the south.
"Yeah," I replied, "and you're Marie right?"
She nodded, "But I go by Rouge. Sorry the rooms a bit of a mess, I was literally just told that I had a new roommate."
I blushed slightly, "I should be sorry that you didn't have a warning that I was coming. This was pretty last minute."
Rouge shook her head, "Yeah I heard you were in that plane crash in the woods. How'd you get out of that without a scratch?"
"Regeneration, I recently figured out I could heal. My cousin, Eloise, however, is a little worse for wear."
"Oh yeah, Storm told Kitty that your cousin was rooming with her," Rouge said, walking over from her spot in the doorway and sitting down on her bed.
I sat down on my new bed across from her, "Are you guys on winter break or something?" I asked.
"Yeah, we have a little over a week left," She replied. "Classes start again next Monday. Do you know what you'll be taking yet?"
I shrugged, "I have no idea. I've never been to school before."
Her eyes widened slightly, "Are you homeschooled?"
"Yeah, I had to be. I've been too sick to go to school, but the healing stuff has fixed that."
"Gimmie a minute to change and I'll show you around, okay?" she asked, standing.
I nodded, "Sounds good."
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I don't know about you guys but I start school Tuesday :P I'll start pounding out some more chapters when I can, and I'll do my best to keep posting a new chapter every Sunday.
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Next chapter up next Sunday with a promised snowball fight and a run in with a bush that was inspired from personal experience.