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Ghost

Chapter 26: A New Day

Recap:

"Morning, Kitty how are you feeling?" I asked trying to be cheery, she just nodded in response…sometimes trying to cheer someone up didn't always work. We continued onto to maths…that started as boringly as it finished, with extra bloody math homework oh the joys! Kitty's mood had not improved and I didn't blame her at all, the news hadn't improved at all either continuous coverage of the attack and worst of all we were now not allowed out of the academy's ground until the situation calmed down…if it ever did…

Sometimes Bobby was oblivious, Kitty had liked him from the start of her time here and well maybe he just wasn't that into her or didn't realise she was really into him but whatever reason, even after taking her to the dance way back when, he'd gotten together with Rogue. Not that I had much against Rogue but they're relationship was strained occasionally, with you know the whole if she touches her for long enough he could potentially die.

Claire's P.O.V

It had been over a week since the attack on the President and as of yet we hadn't experienced any sort of trouble…but that didn't mean we were out of the clear. A mutant had attacked the leader of the United States and the world was completely shocked, it had been over forty years since the world found out that there were mutants in existence and since then life had become increasingly hard for the 'gifted'. There were 'unreported' cases of mutants being abused or killed; the world seemed to hate the fact that we were different, though that wasn't a concept that was new to the world. Since the dawn of time man had hated anything that was different or unnerving even if it was another man like himself. We were just another target to blame everything on and to fear just because we had evolved…we were normal people, people who could easily live side by side with non-mutants, without hurting them or even showing them that we were different…well only if you had an 'invisible' sort of mutation. Humans feared the mutants who looked completely different, whether they had extra limbs, or a skin colour that was bizarre like blue…they couldn't hide away as easily as the rest of us could within this fearful society…and sometimes they had no place to hide away from society, like the Academy.

I was so lucky to be able to come here, even if my parents didn't know that Bobby and I were mutants, if they found out I'm sure they would disown us. But we would always be able to call the academy our home, it was safe here. No one was bothered about the different mutations each of us had, they saw us as friends even family…even if some of them were extremely horrible. The only person I could think of that could be an outcast amongst these outcasts was Rogue, when she first came to the academy the other students feared her because she could kill us all by simply making contact with our skin. Even the Professors had feared her even just a little bit, though they didn't show it, but they knew she was dangerous to herself and the others around her.

All the Professors except Xavier, he was such a kind man to give his home so that all of us could live without the fear of people picking on us every day and if our parents had disowned us we had a roof over our heads and a school we could attend. And not only that, but the food was quite divine, this place was everything I had hoped for when Bobby and I first arrived a year ago. I wasn't about to give all this up for some people who wanted us to be completely be wiped out.

We were citizens of this country as much as they were…but something told me our happy family was about to ripped apart…new threats were going to rear their heads soon…I just hoped that our band of friends; Kitty, Jubilee, Bobby, John, Piotr, even Rogue and I would not be separated…but then again if there were people willing to kill us then there were mutants willing to kill them…John hates most non-mutants, well…all non-mutants, after his parents kicked him out he's hated humans. Jubilee doesn't hate all humans, she understands only a few are actually calling for us to be exterminated, and she can forgive those that took her parents from her. Kitty is rather neutral when it comes to matters concerning humans; Rogue has never aired her views on the matter. Bobby will always take the side of the humans if John begins a tirade of how we should be the top dogs on Earth, and I well, at the moment I will not take sides, I certainly don't condone violence on either of the sides…but something tells me that soon everything will kick off…

As for the matters of love; Kitty still pined for Bobby who was still sort of oblivious if not outright ignoring her love for him, while he was madly in love Rogue who was also madly in love with him, even with them not overcoming the touching and death thing. Piotr and Jubilee were as in love as they ever had been and well I was so happy with John that not a lot could burst my bubble, even with the ever present danger of people coming after us to kill us because we were mutants, it was nice to have people to take your mind of those sort of things.

Author's Notes:

Hey another chapter fixed/updated/changed I think there's possibly three chapters somewhere before this one that I have since edited since writing the 50th chapter. Only a few things have been changed in this chapter, in the initial plan I guess I had planned to put filler in this chapter, the main plot lines should start in the next couple of chapters, so I hope you enjoy this chapter and the rest of them. Thank you again for supporting this story, and hello to any new readers that are reading this story for the first time.