"Strangers Like Me"
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As she drove down the road, Ororo glanced into the mirror and smiled at the two students sitting behind her.
Jean Grey, a tall twelve year old girl with long rose red hair and dark green eyes, was also radiating happily in her seat as she stared at the window.
Scott Summers, a tweleve year old boy with deep brown hair who always wore sunglasses, was staring at his window with a tired expression.
It had been a long and tiring day, so Scott was eager to get home and relax.
"So, Storm, tell me. What's this new girl like?" Jean asked.
Strands of her hair were levitating in her excitement at being able to meet another mutant.
She had been excited when the Professor sat her and Scott down to tell them about a new student joining the school and Jean couldn't wait to finally meet her.
"You mean Davinia? She seems like a very sweet girl. She's also the athletic type. You two just might get along, Jean." Ororo informed the redhead.
This made the telepath/telekinetic smile happily at this.
She enjoyed the year she spent at the institute with Scott, but she needed to have some girl time with someone her age.
Also, it was exciting to meet another mutant.
Scott was also interested in meeting another mutant their age, but he wasn't as open with his emotions or as enthusiastic as Jean was.
Soon enough, they arrived at the mansion and Ororo parked the car in front of the steps.
"Come on, let's go!" Jean exclaimed as she grabbed Scott's wrist.
"Hey, whoa! Jean, slow down!" Scott cried.
Watching the excited redhead pulling the brunette into the mansion, Ororo couldn't help but chuckle in amusement at the sight.
When Jean came close to the doors, they were flung open by her telekinesis and she rushed inside.
"Jean, Scott; welcome home. How was your day?" Xavier asked.
"I really hate it when he does that." Scott sighed as he slippe dhis wrist out of the redhead's hold.
"It was fine, Professor. So, where is she?" Jean asked as she bounced in place.
"We're in the study right now. Come on inside." Xavier told them.
Hearing this, Jean smiled as she then jogged over to the study with Scott following behind her at a much more relaxed pace.
Walking into the study, the two pre-teen mutants looked over the Motomiya family and automatically noticed that they were all very attractive people.
Glancing over to where Logan was, they found him sitting on the arm of the couch beside a girl with a tail and cat ears who was holding a blue bipedal lizard in her lap.
Looking over at his students, Xavier smiled at them as he raised his hand to show he wanted them to join the group.
"There you two are. Please, come in." He said.
Smiling brightly, Jean walked over to the catgirl who turned her stunning multicolored eyes onto her.
"Hi there, I'm Jean Grey. It's great to finally meet you." The psychic said as she held her hand out towards the Japanese-Russian girl.
"Uh, hey there. I'm Davey Motomiya." She grinned as she shook the other redhead's hand.
As soon as their hands touched, Jean was overwhelemed with a large amount of pure energy that was radiating from inside the girl.
Staring down at the shorter girl in front of her, Jean was able to see blue and orange lights glowing from within Davey which seemed to also be radiating from inside the lizard on her lap.
Noticing the strange look of awe that had appeared on Jean's face, Davey pulled her hand out of their hold and turned her attention down at her Digimon partner.
"And this here is Veemon. He's a Digimon." She informed.
"Nice to meet cha!" Veemon gave a large friendly smile.
Scott raised his eyebrows in surprise at this before he then stepped up beside Jean who shook off her stunned state to return the friendly expression.
"Nice to meet you, Veemon." Jean greeted him kindly.
Noticing that Scott was still silent, Jean frowned and jerked her elbow into his chest which made him grunt and rub the abused area.
Seeing the expectant look he was being given by the tall redhead, Scott sighed as he then straightened up.
"Hi. I'm Scott Summers. Welcome to the school, I guess." He said awkwardly.
He really wasn't used to talking to new people, so he wasn't sure how to speak to the new girl.
Noticing how awkward the boy seemed, it made Davey give the unsocialble boy a friendly grin while her tail twitched around behind her.
"Thanks." She nodded at him.
Jun, who was keeping quiet during the introduction, gave the two mutants a smile.
"Hi, it's nice to meet you two. I'm Jun, Davey's older and smarter sister." The magenta haired girl smirked.
"Funny." Davey rolled her eyes.
Giggling at that, Jean plopped down onto the couch between the two sisters as they all smiled at each other.
"It's nice to meet you, too." Jean grinned.
"So, um, are you a mutant too?" Scott asked making Jun turn her attention on the shy boy.
"No, but our aunts are convinced I'm just a 'late bloomer'." Jun said as she used her fingers to make air quotes around the final words.
Logan scoffed at that as he stood up and moved over to join Kei and Serenity who were watching the four kids interacting with each other.
"Late bloomer?" Scott repeated as he moved to sit down on Jun's other side.
"As in you'll develop a mutation later on?" Jean questioned.
This made Jean feel a bit excited that they might be gaining another student someday soon.
"Pretty much. I was told that it was a possibility." Jun shrugged.
Nodding at that, Scott turned his attention over to Davey who was petting the spikes that went down Veemon's spine which made the Digimon smile at the feeling as he seemed to be purring.
Unknown to everyone, Davey was feeling a bit restless and sitting still was aggravating her, but she hid this since she wanted to keep speaking with the other two students.
"Is it-I mean if you developed powers, then would they be like Davinia's?" Scott asked the 18 year old.
"Scott, you can call me Davey. All my friends do." The tigress said.
Hearing that made Scott give her a small smile before he then turned his attention back over to Jun while Jean grinned.
She knew having some new kids around would help Scott open up a bit more.
"To answer your question, yes, I will be a feral since it seems to run in the family. But that's only if I actually do become a mutant." Jun explained to him.
Nodding at that in understanding, Scott then glanced over to the other two redheads who seemed to be content with just sitting together silently.
"So, what kind of powers do you guys have?" Veemon asked the duo.
Jean smiled at the question while Scott ducked his head down, not wanting to answer that question or even show off his powers.
"I'm telekinetic. And I'm starting to develope some telepathic powers too." Jean explained.
"Seriously?" Davey grinned.
"Show us!" Jean encouraged.
Green eyes glancing around the room, Jean then pointed her hand over at the desk in the corner and made the book on top rise into the air.
Jun, Davey and Veemon all grinned as they watched the book floating in the air and it started to sway about, almost like it was a piece of paper in the breeze.
"Cool!" Veemon chirped.
Happy at being able to display her powers in front of other people, Jean let the book drop back onto the desk.
"How about you, Scott? What can you do?" Jun asked as everyone turned their attention on the brunette.
Shrinking under their gaze and touching his sunglasses selfconciously, Scott cleared his throat.
"It's, um, it-it's not something I can do...inside." He said.
"Well, can you do it out there?" Davey asked as she pointed over to the window.
"Yeah, why can't you do it out there?" Veemon asked.
Feeling nervous, Scott glanced over to Xavier who gave him an encouraging look as he nodded to the boy.
"Well, all right. Just stand back." Scott told them as he stood up.
This made the sisters share confused looks before they then turned their attention back onto the boy who opened up the window.
Taking in a deep breath, Scott pulled his glasses off and kept his eyes closed for a few seconds as he tried to calm his nerves.
Slowly, he opened his eyes which were glowing which a pinkish red light.
Once his eyes were fully opened, they released two beams of red lasers that blasted out into the yard and hit the basketball hoop.
Everyone, who wasn't aware of what Scott's powers were, had their jaws dropped open as they stared in shock at what had just happened.
Forcing his eyes shut, Scott put his sunglasses back on before he then turned to look at the people in the room to see what their reactions would be.
He was a bit scared that they were going to be frightened of him because of what he can do.
"Whoa." Jun squeaked.
"That was freaking awesome!" Davey suddenly cheered loudly.
That loud exclamation made Scott jump in surprise, not used to that kind of reaction.
Jumping out of her seat, Davey rushed over to the window and glanced outside to see the destroyed basketball hoop.
"That was the coolest thing ever! How do ya do that?" Davey asked as she turned to Scott with an excited expression on her face.
Logan chuckled at that as he shook his head in disbelief.
Somehow, he knew that that was going to be Davey's reaction to seeing Scott's powers.
"Um, well, I'm not sure. I-I just open my eyes and these lasers shoot out." Scott stuttered.
"So, you can't turn it off and on?" Jun asked him.
"Scott is still learning to control his powers." Jean spoke up.
The truth was, Scott had been in an accident where he hit his head hard on the ground.
That caused some trauma to his head and because of that, Scott would never learn to control his powers unless the injury to his head was miraculously healed.
But she couldn't just tell that the the Motomiya sisters.
It had taken Scott months untill he fully opened up to Jean and told her what had happened to him.
Maybe once he became comfortable with Davey he would tell her, but untill then Jean would keep her mouth closed about the event.
Jun nodded at that in understanding before turning her gaze back onto Davey and Scott who were walking back over to the couch to sit down.
"That was really cool, Scott!" Veemon grinned as he jumped back onto Davey's lap.
This made Scott blush at the positive attention he was getting because of his power and he sat back down beside Jun while Jean smiled at him.
"Thanks." He muttered shyly.
Xavier was smiling at the group of children, happy to see them all getting along with each other.
He didn't want to break them up when they seemed to be getting along so well, but there were other things that needed to be done at the moment.
"Jean, Scott. Why don't you two go do your homework now?" Xavier told them.
Hearing this, the four kids all looked over at the bald man with looks of surprise.
"But Professor..." Jean pouted.
"Jean, I know you want to spend more time speaking with Davinia, but she's going to be here all weekend. You'll have your chance." Xavier smirked.
Grinning, Davey playfully bumped shoulders with Jean.
"Maybe you guys can show me around tomorrow? And hopefully, I won't have any sharp and deadly objects flying at my head." Davey joked.
Or at least she was half joking.
Who knew what kind of things were hidden around the building.
"You're not going to let that go any time soon, are you?" Kei sighed.
"It would have been nice to have some kind of warning." Davey quipped.
"I didn't enjoy that part of the tour." Veemon commented as he patted his own head.
He didn't enjoy almost being decapitated.
Shaking his head in amusement at that, Kei glanced over at Xavier with a look that said 'This is your fault' which made the telepath shrug at him with a grin.
"All right, get moving you two. Finish up your homework. Remember, you've got training before dinner." Logan reminded.
This made the two pre-teens whine as they got to their feet, slingling their school bags back over their shoulders.
"We'll see you guys later then." Jean waved at the sisters and Digimon as she and Scott began leaving the room.
"Yeah, see you later." Davey grinned back at them.
After the two pre-teens left the room, Xavier then turned his gaze back onto the two sisters and smiled at them.
"Jun, Davinia." He said making them look at him.
"You're not gonna tell us to do our homework too, are ya?" Davey asked.
Chuckling at that, Xavier shook his head at the girl.
"No. I was going to suggest you girls go to your rooms and relax until dinner is ready." Xavier suggested.
"Sure. I can't think of anything else for us to do." Jun shrugged.
"I could use a nap." Veemon yawned.
Standing up, Jun then made to leave the room and Davey stood up next to follow her sister.
"Mom, Dad? Are you guys coming too?" Jun asked makinbg her sister stop walking to look over at their parents.
"No, dorogoy (darling). We'll be fine here." Serenity smiled at her daughters.
"I'm also going to be showing your mother around some more. You two go and rest up." Kei said as he brought Serenity's hand up to his mouth to place a kiss on her knuckles.
"Okay then. Proshchay (Good-bye)." Jun said to her parents.
Ears twitching at the Russian word her sister had spoken, Davey narrowed her eyes in disbelief while Serenity chuckled at her eldest daughter.
Of course her daughters could speak Russian, but they never really spoke it very often since they were better at Japanese and English.
"Are you serious? Vy takoy vypendrezh (You are such a show off)." Davey muttered.
Glaring at her younger sister, Jun shoved her arm as they walked out of the room while the adults watched them go with looks of amusement.
"Ima hirÅ sa reta mono wa anatadesu. Soshite, shitto ni naru koto wa arimasen (The one who is showing off right now is you. And don't be jealous)." Jun told Davey in their native tongue.
"Jibun jishin o norikoemasu (Get over yourself)." Davey scoffed.
To be continued...