Sadly, I don't own anything besides Thalia.
The reaction was instantaneous. She tackled him in a massive hug, and accidentally knocked them both off the center of the roof and down the side. The moment they actually fell off, Thalia's shoulders sprouted wings and took to the air. She still had her arms firmly around Kurt, and he put his feet on top of hers. It was almost like they were dancing in midair. Thalia had never been happier in her entire life.
Charles watched their joy-filled flight from his large study windows. It was good that Kurt had told her. It had obviously helped Thalia to break out of her depression, and perhaps even given her the confidence boost she needed to harness her powers. Those wings had certainly grown fast. He tore his eyes away from the spectacle and started to concentrate on the task at hand. He would need to develop a new schedule for Thalia.
The girl certainly couldn't go back to the school, not after the incident with the music room. He supposed he could have the staff he had at the institute tutor her, and could supplement it with online courses. That was the easy part. But how was he going to train her in the use of her abilities, now that she knew how to control them better?
He finally decided that she would best learn from doing. Thalia ended up going through three times the amount of simulated battles that the other students did. And when he ran out of ideas, he let the students come up with the scenarios.
Kurt was the best at this. Since their flight together, there was nothing separate between them. In fact, they spent so much time together that people, namely Kitty and Evan, teased the two so much about being 'more than friends' that in the end, Kurt and Thalia just came out and told them they were siblings. Because of their closeness, Kurt was always the first one to know when Thalia had discovered a new ability. And he was the first to come up with a battle plan that could test it out.
For example, when Thalia discovered that she could turn on a hawk's vision, Kurt had all the X-men hide in the automatic compartments. The only openings were the minute cracks where the walls and ceiling connected. He then suspended Thalia fifteen feet above the boxes and had her pick out which container a particular mutant was hiding in. She had to pick them out by looking in the atomic-sized cracks, rescue them, and get them to the door before time ran out. She got it right after the fifth try.
Thalia was having a fantastic time. Sure, she wasn't let off of the grounds, but she didn't want to go. Here, she was safe, with people who cared about her and didn't care about how different she was from them. She hoped someday that she would gain enough control over her abilities to get out of the institute and go on mission with the others. She did get her wish eventually, but not the way she hoped.
Thanks to the reviews I got, I will continue on with this story. I will probably have to limit it to one update per week, but will try to make it worth the wait. Thanks Again, and don't forget to give me any new power ideas you come up with.