Chapter Twenty One: Learning the truth and fighting fears.
I was in my room preparing myself in order to make Kurt's birthday present as I let out a smile. It was taking me a lot of effort and it drained me for hours so I tried to do it at night time so to not get caught. I wiped the sweat off my forehead as I smiled at the gift. It was no where near finished and I needed more people to help me. I put the gift in a box and then under my bed as I went out to my balcony and let the starlight shine on me, feeling automatically re-energized I let out a smile; this was another reason I did the work at night. My door opened and I heard footsteps as Ororo came in to check on me.
"You should be in bed Kimmie." She said and I smiled.
"I was just enjoying the starlight." I said to her as I looked up.
"You have been using your powers again haven't you?" She asked and I nodded.
"What gave it away?" I said as she let out a little laugh.
"When you stand out in the starlight you become brighter, but recently it appears that some stardust is left on you." She said as I looked at my body and saw it sparkling. I let out a laugh as she put her arm around me. "Why can't you sleep?" She asked, recently I had a lot on my mind, not only with Kurt's present but also with fear for my own safety.
"I was just thinking about things." I said as I played with my hair.
"You want to talk about it?" She asked and I shook my head.
"No, I am just going to train it off." I said as I went into my room and grabbed my training gear, only to be stopped with a hand on my shoulder.
"You should talk; you are going to run yourself into the ground with all of the training." Ororo said as I tried to smile.
"Need to keep my mind off things, time to face up to the events that are going to happen." I said as I looked at my mentor. "Can I go and wake the professor; I need to ask something of him." I said as she looked at me and nodded. I left the room and went to the professor's room, lightly knocking on his door, I heard him call out my name as I walked in.
"Kimmie, it is late, why are you not in bed?" He asked.
"I can't sleep; I need to ask something from you professor. I know it sounds strange but it couldn't wait until morning. You know the belt that I have on my uniform with all of the pockets; can I have another for Kurt's uniform?" I asked as he looked at me puzzled, I lowered my shields as he went into my mind and laughed as I showed him my gift I was making.
"Of course Kimmie, go into the store cupboard and take one, there should be a yellow one that is made for Kurt. The other thing you want to know, are you sure?" He asked and I nodded.
"I have come to realize that even though it is a curse, blocking my pre-cog abilities is like not accepting a part of me that I am. I know that now as you said I can always change the path that I see, that the future for me is never set in stone and I wish to improve this ability." I said as he smiled.
"Okay Kimmie, go and meditate on it, you will find the way. Now I know you want to go training but I ask you not to, go out and enjoy the starlight as you already have done and meditate, I am sure that you guardian will help you." He said as I hugged him and left his room.
"Good night professor, thank you for everything." I said as I closed the door and let out a little cheer.
I ran to my room and went onto the balcony and looked up to my star.
"The professor said that if I am ready I can take down his shield, but I would like to hear from you first." I said as the star shone at me. I sat on the lounger crossed legged as I closed my eyes and began to empty my thoughts. I felt warm as I was engulfed in purple light and lifted off the lounger. I looked around and saw darkness, I looked down at myself and I was in my uniform. A bright light appeared as my guardian Polaris appeared. He was about the same age as the professor and had long white hair, he reminded me of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings. I bowed down to my guardian as he approached me.
"Starlight my child, it is time for you to learn the truth." He said as he put his hand on my shoulder.
"I am here to learn my guardian." I replied as he sat down on the floor. I copied him and it gave me a chance to study his face in more details. He had brown eyes like mine and his face was shaped similar to mine, it was then I clicked, Polaris wasn't just my guardian, he was my father.
"Yes child, you guess it correctly I am your father. When I was young, I went to Earth and I fell in love with your mother. At the time, we both did not tell each other that we were mutants and when she fell pregnant with you we were overjoyed. However spending time on Earth had aged me and I could not stay much longer, knowing that I had to return to my star. I had waited until your mother gave birth and then I told her everything. The toll of childbirth however left her weak and she admitted to me too that she had powers. After confessing her love, she died in my arms. Knowing that I had to return to my star or die I held you in my arms as you looked up at me and laughed. I could tell that you had my eyes and face, but your smile was like your mothers and it lit up the room. I knew then that you would be special and that you were destined to lead a hard life. I took you to the orphanage and kissed you on the head one last time before taking my place back in my star. I watched you grow and how you chose the right choices. When your powers began to develop I wanted to come and be by your side, but I could not. I am happy my child that you have found a place to be and someone who loves you." He explained as tears fell down my cheeks.
"I understand why you left me now father and I'm sorry for everything." I said as he came to me and wrapped his arms around me.
"Child you have nothing to be sorry for, you have grown up into an amazing women and I am sure your mother would have been very proud." He said and I cried as I hung on to my father. "Now, I know you blocked your pre-cog abilities and that you wish to release them. Since having them blocked you have matured not only with your abilities but also as a person. I fear that your pre-cog abilities have also matured regardless of being behind Professor Xavier's shield. We can work through the shield together, but the will mean facing fears, are you ready?" He asked and I nodded.
"I am ready my guardian." I said as I stood up and bowed at him as he smiled at me.
"Good, I will be here to guide you." He said as he waved his hand and the darkness went. We came into a field and in front were a kind of barrier; on the other side of the barrier were bubbles, each bubble had a picture in them. I looked at him as he waved his hand and the barrier went down, I let out a slight moan as my head began to hurt. The bubbles began to approach; they grew as they took me into the images. The first image was one I knew, it was of the battle where Magneto offered for me to join him, after he asked it went clouded as did all of my paths were I need to make a choice.
"Your future is clouded when you have to make a choice, this you know but this is a choice about life or death. If you do die, I will bring you back more powerful than before and if you live, your powers will be unlocked at a slower progress. Do not fear death because it is not the end." He said and I smiled.
"When Magneto comes I will be ready, I will not leave Nightcrawler alone." I said as my hands began to glow purple. I reached out and burst the bubble as we stood in the field. A second bubble came up to me, this one was an image of a happy memory I kept, when I first joined the X-men.
"Not all of your visions are clouded, and many of them are happy. You joining the X-men gave you love, protection, comfort and safety. They gave you a family and helped you to grow and I could not thank them enough for this." My guardian said as his hands glowed white and he made a hole in the bubble, allowing us to step out of it. He sealed it and it flew away. Another bubble appeared as it took us in and I saw Kurt and I spending a tender moment together, I blushed as my guardian looked at me. "The person you hold closest to your heart has strengthened your Empath powers beyond belief. He gives you the motivation to fight on, to live and to let nothing bad come to pass. I am aware of the gift you are making for him but something is missing am I right?" He asked and I nodded. He closed his hands and a light shone. When he opened them there was a nugget of silver sitting in them. "This contains the power from my star and I hope that it will help you complete your gift. I am proud of you my child, but I need you to heed my warning; not all people who are nice to you are as they seem, keep your guard up and protect the ones you love around you. Remember that I love you and will be with you when you need me. The sun rises in your part of the world and I have to leave you now." He said as the area became black again. "Good luck Starlight, and may the stars always shine down on you." He said as he faded. I took in a deep breath and sat back down and closed my eyes.
"Shouldn't we do something?" a voice in the distance said.
"You want to touch her when she is purple? No way, I say we wait until she comes back." Another voice said. I began to lower myself down onto the lounger and let out a breath as I took the power back inside. I opened my eyes and saw Kitty, Jean and Rouge sitting around me.
"Hey guys, how are you?" I asked as I smiled.
"No way, you can not just say that and not tell us what the hell happened." Rouge said as I let out a laugh and stood up, my hand still closed around the rock I was given. I went over to my bed and put it under my pillow as the other girls joined me.
"So?" Kitty said.
"So what?" I asked her back.
"What the heck was that?" She said as I let out a laugh.
"That was me meditating, you wanna try it?" I said as she shook her head.
"What were you meditating about where you needed your powers?" Jean asked and I let out a smile.
"Growing up." I said as I let a few tears slid down my cheek. "I'm sorry guys, I want to be left alone and I will see you at breakfast soon okay?" I said as they nodded. Kitty hugged me as Jean squeezed my shoulder and Rouge let out a smile as they went and closed my door, I was finally able to shed the tears for the mother I would never know.
Deciding to skip breakfast I got dressed in my uniform and went to Logan's room. I knocked on the door and waited as it opened I looked at him, once again topless.
"Preppy, where you been? You missed our training and breakfast." He said as he opened the door fully and let me in.
"Yeah, I kinda had a nap." I said as I sat on his bed, he went into his dresser and put on a white t-shirt.
"Having a nap after sleeping? Are you sure about that?" He asked as I smiled.
"I found out where I come from Logan, who I am." I said as I looked at my feet.
"Preppy, you are the annoying person who tries to beat me at my own game and let me tell you, you are giving me a run for my money. No one has been able to keep up with me like you can." He said and I blushed as he sat down next to me. "Come on, you wanna talk about it or not?" He asked, I shrugged I wasn't sure who I was supposed to talk to. "How about if I get the fuzz ball to make you feel better?" he suggested and I nodded. Logan grumbled something about being a servant as he went out of the room. I heard a scream in the next room and assumed that Logan had woken up Kurt.
"Fuzz ball you have training in thirty minutes and you are not even up or dressed? What about breakfast?" I heard Logan shout at him. I heard Kurt grumble something as Logan came in with Kurt in his arms. I let out a giggle, Kurt had fallen back asleep. Logan dropped him on the bed as I quickly moved and Kurt looked around and woke up as I laughed louder. "I am going to grab you both something to eat, play nice." He said as he left his room, closing the door.
"Good morning Kurt." I said as I sat down. He yawned and stretched as he moved and sat down next to me.
"Good morning Kim, did you really need to set Logan on me?" He asked and I laughed, he was dressed in his pajamas.
"No he did that freely when he suggested that I spoke to you." I said as I lay down on his bed, leaving my feet on the floor, Kurt copied me and I looked at him. "I saw my guardian last night; he helped me uncover some things about my past." I said to him.
"Oh yeah, what did he tell you?" Kurt asked as he reached over for my hand and began playing with my fingers.
"He told me about my real mother and father. Kurt my guardian is my father and I never knew it." I said as he looked at me in shock. "But that wasn't all, I unlocked my pre-cog abilities, I am no longer afraid of them and I have you to thank for that." I said as I leaned on my side.
"Me? How did I help you?" He asked as he copied me again.
"You helped me accept myself and who I am and to keep reminding me that I can change what I see. But my guardian gave me a warning that I need some help with." I said as Logan came in with a tray of food and juice for us. We sat up as he gave the tray to me, Kurt reached out to take something and Logan hit his hand.
"You go get dressed fuzz ball then you can have some." He said, Kurt grumbled as he left the room.
"Logan I met my father last night." I said as he took a drink of his coffee, only to nearly choke on it.
"How did he get pass the defense system?" He asked and I laughed at him.
"It was in a dream Logan, but it was so real." I said as I looked at my food and began to push it around the plate.
"Eat Preppy and you will feel better." He said as Kurt came back in dressed in his uniform. Logan nodded at him as he grabbed his own uniform and went to get changed.
"So how was he?" Kurt asked as he grabbed the other plate.
"He reminded me of Gandalf from Lord of the Rings." I said as Kurt smiled.
"I am happy for you Kimmie, really I am." He said as he put his hand on my leg. The warm tingling sensation went up my spine as I looked at him and kissed him on the cheek.
"Thank you Kurt, for being there and for understanding." I said as I put the tray down without touching anything, just as I was about to walk out of the door, Logan came out of the bathroom.
"No way Preppy, you eat then you leave and we train." He said as I let out a sigh, Kurt stuck his tongue out at me in which I retaliated by doing the same, walked back to the bed and sat down as Logan watched us eat.
My dreams had become troubled since unlocking my pre-cog ability and I frequently had nightmares, but I tried to hide this from everyone. I was listening to some Shakespeare play as I put my head on my desk and let out a yawn, Kurt looked over at me worried. Just as I closed my eyes the bell rang. I opened my eyes to see Kurt looking at me. I sat up and packed my knapsack as Kurt bent down and picked up my bag I smiled at him as we walked out of the classroom and to his locker.
"Are you sure you are okay Kim?" He asked as I let out another yawn.
"Yeah, just haven't been sleeping well the last few days." I said as I stood next to him as he went into his locker.
"You wanna catch some sleep in study hall?" He asked as he grabbed his books and closed his locker.
"Love to but can't I have to finish my Chem assignment as well as help you with your history one." I said as we went outside to the quad. We found and empty table and sat down as I took out my books and began to finish my assignment as Kurt asked me questions about the history one. I put my head on the table as a shadow fell over me.
"Excuse you but I like need the sun." I said as I looked up at the person in question.
"Sorry Kimmie, I kinda need to talk to you about something… umm in private?" I smiled as I looked at Kurt.
"You heard the girl Kurt." I said as he looked at me and grumbled. I reached over and kissed him lightly on the lips. "I will come and find you okay." I said to him and he smiled as he hugged me and packed his stuff and went to the library, I knew that Scott and Rouge were in there. I looked back at the girl and waved my hand, offering her a seat next to me. "What is on your mind Rahne?" I asked as she put her folder and books down on the table.
"I kinda walked past your room last night and I heard you screaming in your sleep. I only heard it cause of my hearing but I was wondering from what I heard is it really going to happen?" She asked; she had tears in her eyes. I smiled at her as I picked up my knapsack and offered her my hand.
"Come on, let's go for a walk." I said as she took my hand and picked up her stuff with her other hand. We walked to the athletic field where Jean was training and other people were playing. I looked around and saw no one near us and sat down on the benches as she joined me. "What do you see?" I asked her.
"I see people playing and having a good time." She said and I smiled.
"As an X-man it is one of our duties to protect all of the people, humans and mutants alike. Whatever the price will come, I am willing to pay it so that you can continue the fight for our rights to live on among people and not be persecuted for being different. Do you understand?" I asked her and she nodded. "My pre-cog abilities have been going crazy since I unlocked them a few days ago, invading my dreams and giving me nightmares and I don't know how to handle it anymore." I confined in the younger X-man.
"Have you spoken to Ororo or Jean, or the professor?" She asked and I shook my head.
"What am I supposed to say, it sounds stupid all the time they tech us control and yet I fail, I am a failure to the team." I said as I hung my head, Rahne put her hand on my shoulder and smiled at me.
"You are not a failure; no one would see it that way. You chose us to fight by your side and trust me, none of us younger students could be happier. We know you follow Scott, but know that we follow you Kimmie. You have shown us nothing but kindness and acceptance since we came to the mansion, I for one know that I would not have fit in correctly with my ability." She said as she held out her hand and it turned into a claw. I smiled as I put my hand on top of it.
"Trust me; the feeling is the same for me." I said as my hand on top of hers glowed purple.
"Bobby wants to speak to you, he told me to give you this." She said as she turned her hand back and I pushed my power down. She reached into her pocket and gave me a piece of paper. I smiled at her as I put it in my pocket of my knapsack as she waved and went. I sat down on the bench and allowed the tears to fall, she was right I needed to talk to someone about my dreams.
I picked up my knapsack as I heard the bell in the distance. I knew that Kurt had another study hall period as did I but I didn't want to stay in school, I wanted to go home. I hit my head there was no way I could go home since I had cheer practice. I let out a sigh, I could bail again but we are nearly finished the new routine. I began to walk to school with my head down and looking at my feet as someone bumped into me.
"Sorry." I muttered as I felt a hand on my shoulder and turned to see Ami.
"Kimmie, you okay?" She asked, I looked into her blue eyes and smiled.
"Of course Ami, how are you?" I asked as we stopped to talk.
"I am fine, I am heading to the library, want to join me?" She asked and I nodded, I was heading there to get Kurt. We walked side by side and I let out another yawn. "You not sleeping enough?" she asked as I shook my head. "Bad dreams?" she asked and I nodded, I hadn't even had any time to work on Kurt's present and time was nearly up. Ami opened the door as we walked in I looked up and looked around. I saw Scott and Rouge sitting on one table and I smiled and waved at them. Grabbing Ami's hand I went up to them.
"Scott, Rouge, this is Ami, Ami these are a few of my friends who live with me." I said, as to which her eyes lit up in understanding.
"Hi, it is nice to meet you." She said as Scott looked at her and smiled.
"Blue hair, did you do it yourself?" He asked as Ami reached out and touched her hair.
"No, it is actually my natural color, go figure huh?" She said as I smiled at them all.
"Have you seen Kurt?" I asked as they both nodded.
"He did join us but then Amanda dragged him away." Rouge said, wait what! He should know better. I heard someone stand up but I didn't care, I was seeing purple. Scott's hand went to my shoulder and I knew what he meant, no freaking and under any circumstances, no powers. I smiled at my leader and nodded that I understood his hidden message. Ami said goodbye as she went to look for a book and I said goodbye as I went to find my boyfriend who is going to get a talking to once I found him…. Not that I was jellin' but Kurt knew at the moment that I was not in the right mood right?
I saw the pair sitting at a table, Kurt was working on his history again as Amanda was trying to talk to him. I moved closer without them seeing me as I listened in on their conversation.
"Amanda, I need to finish this assignment." Kurt said as he looked up to her.
"But I wanted to talk to you; you always hide from me recently." She said as she looked into Kurt's eyes, he quickly looked away. I reached out and read them, Kurt was just annoyed and worried for me whereas Amanda was annoyed that Kurt was not paying her any attention like he used to. She put her hand on top of his but he quickly moved it away.
"Amanda I am being serious, I need to finish this assignment. I thought you wanted to tell me something in private but if you are wasting my time I should go back to my friends." He said as he began to pack his things.
"No Kurt I do, I wanted to ask if you would like to go out?" she asked, oh crap I was mad… I pushed back my feelings as I waited for Kurt's response.
"You know I have a girlfriend and I have very strong feelings for her. I am sorry Amanda but we can always be friends." I heard him say, I smiled as a warm feeling went though my body.
"Besides her being a freak what has she got that I haven't?" She asked, I got mad, and I could tell she regretted saying that the minute it came out of her mouth, Kurt's face fell.
"Obviously I misjudged you Amanda. But if you want to know she accepts me the way I am and helps me to be the best I can be. Without her I would be in a lot of pain and sadness after you left me when you moved, but after she came to the mansion three months after we broke up, she has been nothing but brilliant, understanding and above all someone I can rely on and someone who is willing to give me everything. I am sorry Amanda but I think you should stay away from me for a while." He said as he picked up his knapsack and walked the other way.
"Kurt wait I didn't mean it." She said as she grabbed his arm, I knew that she didn't but he didn't know that. He let out a sigh as he made her hand release his arm.
"See you around Amanda." He said as he walked away and left her stunned.
Walking around the library I went back to the table where Rouge and Scott was as Kurt joined them. I ran behind him and covered his eyes.
"Guess who?" I said as he reached up to my hands and pulled them down to his lips and kissed them.
"When did you get in?" he asked.
"Just now." I lied, I looked at Scott and Rouge who shot me a look and I shook my head quickly, they shrugged and returned to their reading. Kurt didn't see this as he had gone into his knapsack, oh man the note from Bobby. I reached into my bag and opened it; it said that he wants to meet me at the end of this period before I go to cheer practice.
"Want to go take a walk?" Kurt asked.
"Have you finished your history assignment?" I asked and he nodded. "Okay, I have nearly finished my Chem assignment, can we stay here for ten minutes and I will do that then we can go okay?" I asked and he nodded. I sat down next to him and took out my folder. Writing the last compound down in the family and then the conclusion I looked at Kurt, he was reading his English book from today, some play if I remember correctly. I put my hand on his shoulder and smiled at him, he smiled back and my body shivered at his look. He reached out under the table and put his hand on my leg making he shiver once more.
"You finished?" he whispered in my ear as I nodded and gulping at the same time. "Good because I want to be alone with you." He said and I nodded again. Packing my things in my bag we said goodbye to Scott and Rouge as Kurt picked up my bag. Reaching his hand out I smiled as I put mine in his and we walked out.
Kurt looked around as he took me behind the school and in the alleyway between the gym and the main building, pulling me close he pressed his lips on mine. After getting over the initial shock I relaxed in the kiss, I knew what was wrong, he was hurting and he needed me to show him that I loved him; well if that is what he wants that I can do that. I wrapped my arm around his waist as the other went into his hair as I allowed him to deepen the kiss. I pulled away as I felt tears coming from him. I smiled at him and wiped away his tears and held him close.
"Kim I have a confession. You see Amanda tried to ask me back out and I said no because I am with you and I don't want to lose you and then she said something that hurt a lot and now I just can't face her." He said; I put my hand through his hair, brushing it back.
"Maybe she didn't mean what she said Kurt; maybe she said it because she was upset that she couldn't have you back?" I asked and he let out a sigh.
"You are more than likely right, but it still hurt, I thought that I knew her, but I was wrong." He said as he took hold of my hand. "Since meeting you I have realized what happiness really feels like and I do not know how to thank you." He said and I smiled at him.
"You will know how to thank me when the time comes." I said as I put my hand on his necklace that he had the rock tied to. "Kurt, since we are confessing, well I have something too. Since my pre-cog abilities have been re-awaken they have been going crazy, images invade my dreams causing me to have nightmares." I said as I looked at my feet.
"Why did you not say anything?" He asked as he put his hand under my chin.
"Because it proved that I could not control them, it proved that I had failed to do what I was trained to do." I said and Kurt laughed at me.
"Kim, you haven't failed, you are just human… well special… you know what I mean." He said as he hugged me. "I was worried since you were nearly falling asleep in our lesson today normally you are not like that and you were not telling me." He said as he held me closer.
"I am sorry Kurt; I didn't mean to hurt you." I said as he pulled away.
"Trust me, you didn't hurt me, you just made me worried. Come on let's go watch Jean doing her athletics training." He said as he picked up our bags and guided me to the field.
I waited outside the hall dressed in my cheer training gear waiting for Bobby to turn up. I heard someone running as I looked up and saw him coming towards me. I smiled as he slowed down and panted for breath.
"Man Bobby you need to start running with me in the mornings." I said as I crossed my arms over my chest. "Make this quick, my squad is waiting and I had to tell Kurt I was meeting you and he is inside not happy at the moment." I said as Bobby smiled at me.
"Don't worry Kimmie this won't take long." He said as he reached out and took my hand, it felt cold as I felt something go on it. "I Bobby Drake, leader of the younger X-men now pass on that title to you." He said as he removed his hand, in it was a frozen X-man symbol. I looked at him and smiled. "We would kinda like to go again at the mansion later sometime, but know this Kimmie, whatever lies ahead; we stand by your side." He said as he kissed my cheek.
"Thank you Bobby, that was really sweet." I said as I looked at him "but be late for training when under my watch and you will be punished." I said as I grinned and he laughed, he saluted to me as I went back into the hall and saw the squad practicing. I went up to Kurt who was working on his Calculus assignment and smiled.
"What did Bobby want?" He asked and I showed him the frozen symbol still in my hand. Kurt looked at it and smiled at me. I reached out for his hand and took it, placing the symbol in it. I kissed him on the cheek as I watched the squad practicing. I shook my head as they went out of time from the music.
"No, no, no! Again from the top!" I shouted as I went down and stopped the music on my way. "5,6,7,8!" I said as I went into position and reached into my pocket for the controller and pressed play. We ran through the routine again, but it still wasn't right. "Again, Craig hit that beat right, Dave either get with the program or ditch." I said as I turned off the music, things were eating at me, lack of sleep, the whole thing with Amanda and Kurt and finally the fear of the battle coming. "Let's run it again and remember we want this to be perfect we want to show them we can be just as good as anyone else." I said as I pressed play on the music again and we ran through the routine. Once it was over I let out a loud sigh, I needed to get out. "Stacie, take charge, I need to go." I said as I held back the tears and ran out of the door.
I sat on the benches and cried as I felt a hand on my shoulder.
"Hey what's up?" I heard a voice say; I looked up and saw Scott standing there. "Kurt is flipping, I just had him on the cell, said you walked out of practice." I wiped away the tears from my cheeks and eyes and smiled.
"Nothing, I am fine, I just needed some air." I said as I began to walk back to the gym but Scott reached out and grabbed my arm.
"Kurt has already taken your stuff and gone home and that is where we are going too." He said as he looked at me.
"Is that a command leader?" I said, okay so I was mad at everyone.
"If it makes you come with me yes." He said in a low voice, okay that was mean even for me.
"Sorry Scott, I didn't mean to take it out on you nor the squad but I have to go back and see them okay?" I said and he nodded in understanding.
"Well I will wait, come on let's go." He said as we headed down the benches. We went in and Stacie came up and hugged me and pause the music.
"Look guys, I am sorry I flipped out you didn't deserve it. Lets call it a day and we will have a quick warm up practice before the game on Friday, go home and relax." I said as the squad cheered at me. Scott came up and put his hand on my shoulder and I nodded, we walked to his car and he drove us back to the mansion.
"Kim, are you okay?" Kurt said as he looked up when I opened the door. I ran and hugged him and he held me closer. "You freaked me out running on practice." He said; I knew I had to be strong for him, not him for me this time.
"So not the drama come on let's go get some ice cream." I said as I smiled at him and took his hand, only for him to pull on it.
"You need to go see the professor; he has been waiting for you." He explained as he led me to his office.
"But my ice cream." I said as I let out a little cry.
"I will go get it and bring it to you okay?" He said and I smiled. We stopped outside the professor's door and he grinned at me and I melted. "Now tell him everything okay, I will bring in the ice cream in a flash." He said as he popped away. I knocked on the door and went in.
"Kimmie, Kurt has told me you would like to speak with me." He said, Kurt lied I was so going to go purple on his butt… speaking of the devil he just popped in.
"Kurt you lied." I said as I turned my hand purple.
"I didn't lie I bent the truth, you need a push and I am giving it to you, I will be here to help but the professor is better than me." He said as I calmed down and made my hand normal. I hugged Kurt as I took the ice cream from him and we sat down on the sofa. Pulling two spoons out of his pocket we began to eat.
"I am sure that you did not come here to eat ice cream?" The professor said as he came over to us.
"I got you a spoon too professor." Kurt said as he pulled out an extra spoon. "Just don't steal the cookie dough otherwise Kim gets mad." He said as he handed the professor the spoon, the professor looked at us and laughed. "Now Kim, tell the professor what you told me." He said and I let out a sigh and began to tell them my story of Polaris and my pre-cog abilities going haywire.
An hour had passed, the ice cream melted (without cookie dough bits I would like to add he-he) and I had finally finished telling him my story up to the cheer practice.
"So that is everything." I said as I leaned back on the sofa and pulled my legs up to me chest.
"Kimmie, you showed good leadership qualities by apologizing to your team and to Scott, now I know he does not hold it against you and neither would your squad, they can clearly see you are tired. Let us discuss your dreams, what exactly happens?" he asked.
"It is kinda mixed, not only do I see my potential path, but if I am thinking of someone, I can see one of their paths too." I said as I looked at my feet.
"You can see other people's future too?" He asked.
"Not like far, only like a few hours, for example I knew that Kurt would go to the library when Rahne wanted to talk to me today." I said as the professor smiled at me.
"Your father was correct, my shield did not block off the development of your pre-cog gifts, I want you to try something. Think of someone you know and tell me what they will do in a few hours." He said as I closed my eyes and picked out one of the younger X-men. I let out a smile as I watched the scene in my head.
"Bobby will get beaten by Sam in their sparring match today, but it will be because Bobby was not watching where his feet were, giving Sam his opening." I said as I re-opened my eyes. "That is all I can see professor, just like a few seconds of someone else's future, I don't read into mine, not yet anyway." I said as I smiled at Kurt. "And anyway, with this fuzz ball at my side I know that I will be safe." I said as I reached over and hugged Kurt. The professor pondered on this one for a while, he had two ideas he wanted to try out.
"Kimmie do you know what a dream catcher is?" He asked and I nodded. "I want to put one above your bed and see if that helps you. I think that when you sleep, your Empath ability reaches out and touches people in the mansion and pulls feelings back to you making your dreams, you get bad feelings you get nightmares. I will allow Kurt to stay with you tonight to monitor this idea, what do you say?" He asked as I looked at Kurt and smiled and we both nodded. "Good, now go on and go back to training. I will be asking Logan to watch the sparring match later to see if you were right." He said and I smiled as I grabbed Kurt's arm and we left.