I'm on a roll, two chapters in one day. I've already said my disclaimers.
So on with the third chapter. I apologize for any spelling or grammatical
errors. I tried to get most of them but I think a few still got through.
1 Four Elements
By: Bladefire
Whitewing flew over Draco and Ken. He had waited for them after school and was watching over them so they wouldn't get hurt. Amanda had wandered off somewhere and Whitewing was just a little bit worried about her.
/Don't worry. She'll be fine./ Draco reassured him, but she didn't give any outward sign that she was talking to Whitewing.
/She's right. Remember the claws?/ Ken asked.
/I know, I know. But the thing is I have this feeling that if she's attacked she won't defend herself. Do you know what I mean?/
"In a way. Amanda seems to be a rather reserved individual." Ken looked thoughtful.
"You mean she tries her damn best not to use her powers other than the shape shifting. It's really annoying." Draco grumbled.
"I'm sure she has a good reason." Ken objected.
"Probably, but I wish she'd tell us what it is. I'm worried about her." Draco scowled at the pavement under their feet, "I really hate it when she's so distant and stuff. Its times like these I could really strangle her."
/I know. But then I have to wonder just what kind of life she had to have lived before I met her./
They were all silent as they walked along the sidewalk. They had to pass through the town to get to Sylvia's house. They didn't want to get into any trouble so they were less then pleased when four familiar figures stepped out in front of them. They were on an empty back street; they hadn't expected anyone to bother them.
/Whitewing, I think you should stay out of this. We don't know what they want./ Draco suggested.
/All right, but if you need help I'm just going to barge in./ Whitewing settled down on a branch. Draco and Ken continued to walk. They didn't stop but kept moving forward. The ground started to shake causing both Draco and Ken to stumble and fall.
"Hey, what the hell was that for?" Draco glared at the teen that had caused the small earthquake.
"You were looking really friendly back there with the X-freaks. We wanna know if you're part of their group."
"What? X-freaks? What are you talking about?" Ken asked. He got back up on his feet and then helped Draco up.
"Don't play dumb with us. Every student that transfers in the middle of the year is usually a mutant. And you were hanging around with Summers and his group." Lance raised his hands about to cause another quake.
"Hey Lance!" came a familiar voice from behind the two friends.
Draco and Ken turned to see Scott, Jean, Kurt, Rogue, Kitty and Evan all standing behind them.
"I knew it. You are with them." Lance turned to his friends, "Shall we show whose the best?"
"Yeah. Lets mess'em up." Todd leapt forward.
/ These guy's are part of the Brotherhood?/ Whitewing asked, /But do they know who we are or do they have a base here?/
"We'll find out eventually." Ken muttered, "Either way I'm getting really annoyed."
"Your not the only one." Draco cracked her knuckles.
Together they faced the four from the Brotherhood. They saw Lance with his hands out and braced themselves. But before they could do anything a whirlwind caught them up. They left the ground, spinning. Then suddenly they where pulled out of the whirlwind. Draco looked around expecting to see Amanda but only saw Jean holding her head as they were lowered to the ground. Pietro stopped running.
"Hey, that's not fair." The white haired teen looked annoyed.
"That's just too bad." Draco called out.
Ken raised his hand and a white fog left his fingers to land on Pietro, trapping the speed demon's legs in ice. Todd leapt forward but an accurately throne fireball from Draco quickly distracted him from leaping on Ken. Freddy the large teen, headed for Draco. But was stopped by a very large falcon. Whitewing's spirit form was larger than normal. Freddy had met his match in a bird that was twice the size of his head. Ken thanked Whitewing for the distraction and when his friend's astral projection disappeared he focused on Freddy. He used an illusion to make the unmovable teen think he was falling. But the earth shook and Ken's concentration was broken. Freddy looked confused for a moment and then scowled. Draco's hands ignited and she headed for Freddy as soon as the earth stopped shaking. Flames shot forward in an inferno that made the ice melt. The four from the Brotherhood backed away as the flames reached for them with grasping hands. Todd was the first to run. His screams followed him down the street and his three friends weren't far behind.
Amanda crouched down in a dark alley. She watched the four teens run down the street. I should have helped. She thought to herself. I wish I could use my powers as freely as they do. Amanda crept further down into the shadows. Her little black body made it easy to blend into the darkness. The thought of leaving the alley wasn't one she liked but she forced herself to leave. She crept along the side of the building. Until she was in the street and then she walked over to stand beside Ken.
/Amanda! What are you doing here?/ Ken asked. He reached down and picked her up but he didn't take his eyes away from the group before them.
/Nothing./
/Should we trust them? They say they want us to come with them./ Draco looked to Ken.
/I don't know. How do we know if they're any better than the Brotherhood? Amanda only looked at the surface thoughts./
/Then I say let's get out of here and talk about it later./ Draco decided.
Ken nodded and a fog settled around them as he put his illusions to good use.
They sat around a picnic table in a park. Whitewing and Amanda were in their human forms and hiding in the trees while Ken and Draco sat at the table.
"So what are we going to do?" Draco asked, "All they have to do is get into the school records to find out where we are."
"We'll have to make your aunt forget and then leave." Whitewing said from his spot beside Amanda.
"But we just got here. Can't we just ignore them? I want to stay in one place for a while."
"Sorry Draco but what else can we do?" Amanda sank her claws into the tree, "If they would just leave us alone…" Tree bark flew as she pulled her claws out viciously.
Whitewing put a wing around her shoulders, "Calm down Amanda. I think we should get back before they get there. We need to leave now."
Draco and Ken nodded. The gathered their stuff and with Amanda around Ken's neck and Whitewing flying above they made their way to the house. When they arrived they saw a van in the driveway.
"Looks like we're too late." Ken said as the walked up the stairs.
Draco nodded as she opened the front door.
"Aunt Sylvia! We're home!!" She called.
They didn't bother taking off their shoes in case they had to leave in a hurry.
"In the living room dear."
Draco and Ken walked into the living room and saw a man in a wheel chair, a big burly man with blue hair and Jean from school.
/Looks like they're faster than the Brotherhood./ Whitewing remarked from his spot just outside the window on a branch.
Amanda hissed at them showing her sharp teeth. Ken pulled her off his neck when he felt her claws. He handed her to Draco.
/Sorry./
Ken smiled, /No problem./ he said rubbing his neck.
Draco broke the silence, "What's going on here Aunt?"
"These people say that you have special talents that they noticed and want to enrol you in a school not far from here." Sylvia said with a smile, "Isn't that exciting?"
"Yeah, sure." Draco sounded so very excited.
/So that's what they're calling it./ Whitewing hopped to a closer branch, /What do you think Amanda?/
/The man in the wheel chair is a telepath, a strong one. He's trying to eavesdrop./ Amanda growled.
/Trying?/ Ken asked.
/I don't like uninvited guests./ Amanda leapt out of Draco's arms and ventured forward. She stopped in front of the man.
/Definitely him./ She hissed to prove her point.
Draco grinned, "Seems my cat doesn't like you mister."
"My names Charles Xavier. You know Jean and this is Logan. Is there a reason your cat doesn't like me?"
"I don't know. She's rather temperamental."
"Isn't that the same cat that you found at school?"
"Yup. Catseye, come here." Draco called.
Amanda turned her back on the group and went back to her friends.
"So what did you want?" Ken asked, "We like it here and we're not going to change schools."
"You won't have to." Jean said, "We all live at the mansion and learn there as well as at school. Logan here is one of the teachers."
Ken glanced at Draco, /Should I…um…exclude your aunt?/
Draco nodded. Ken looked at Sylvia and drawing on his powers of illusion and telepathy. He blocked her hearing and made her think that they were talking about school.
"Done."
"Thanks. I don't want her involved." Draco turned to the others.
"What did you do?" Jean asked, concerned about the woman.
"Nothing. She just can't hear us now." Ken replied.
"Look we don't want to go any where. We like it here. We don't care what kind of deal you're trying to cut. We just want to be left alone." Draco explained.
"We aren't trying to cut a deal." Xavier moved his chair forward, "We're offering a safe place for you to learn to control you powers."
"We've done just fine on our own." Ken said softly, "Why can't anyone understand that we just want to live in peace."
"We all do. That's why we live at the mansion. To learn all we can." Jean protested.
"I detected your arrival along with two others." Charles suddenly interrupted, "Do you know who those two are? All four of you were being followed by other mutants."
"Figures. You'd think the stupid twits would learn." Draco muttered, "No I don't know what you're talking about. As for the people following us well, think of this as goodbye."
"If you stay with us then we can offer you protection." Logan said suddenly, "We don't make any promises mind you and you can leave any time."
/He speaks./ Whitewing said sarcastically.
/What do you think? We have nothing to loose and I really don't want to leave. What a better place to hide than among other mutants./ Draco said hopefully. She really didn't want to leave.
/Whatever./ was Amanda's response.
Ken was silent for a moment but then he nodded, "Very well. If we like it there and you can put up with us we'll stay. But I warn you we aren't easy to get along with."
"That's alright. I think we can handle it." Logan said.
"Whatever." Draco echoed Amanda with a smirk.
/What about us? Do we tell them or do we wait?/ Whitewing asked.
/We wait. Let's see what these people are made of./
Ken nodded as he removed his power form Sylvia. The woman blinked as Jean and Logan got up.
"Leaving already?" she asked as she stood up to show them the door.
"Yes. They'll move into the mansion at the end of the week." Xavier said as they headed out the door.
TBC…
There, done. Now to introduce more conflict and a few good fights. ~cracks knuckles and starts typing once again~
1 Four Elements
By: Bladefire
Whitewing flew over Draco and Ken. He had waited for them after school and was watching over them so they wouldn't get hurt. Amanda had wandered off somewhere and Whitewing was just a little bit worried about her.
/Don't worry. She'll be fine./ Draco reassured him, but she didn't give any outward sign that she was talking to Whitewing.
/She's right. Remember the claws?/ Ken asked.
/I know, I know. But the thing is I have this feeling that if she's attacked she won't defend herself. Do you know what I mean?/
"In a way. Amanda seems to be a rather reserved individual." Ken looked thoughtful.
"You mean she tries her damn best not to use her powers other than the shape shifting. It's really annoying." Draco grumbled.
"I'm sure she has a good reason." Ken objected.
"Probably, but I wish she'd tell us what it is. I'm worried about her." Draco scowled at the pavement under their feet, "I really hate it when she's so distant and stuff. Its times like these I could really strangle her."
/I know. But then I have to wonder just what kind of life she had to have lived before I met her./
They were all silent as they walked along the sidewalk. They had to pass through the town to get to Sylvia's house. They didn't want to get into any trouble so they were less then pleased when four familiar figures stepped out in front of them. They were on an empty back street; they hadn't expected anyone to bother them.
/Whitewing, I think you should stay out of this. We don't know what they want./ Draco suggested.
/All right, but if you need help I'm just going to barge in./ Whitewing settled down on a branch. Draco and Ken continued to walk. They didn't stop but kept moving forward. The ground started to shake causing both Draco and Ken to stumble and fall.
"Hey, what the hell was that for?" Draco glared at the teen that had caused the small earthquake.
"You were looking really friendly back there with the X-freaks. We wanna know if you're part of their group."
"What? X-freaks? What are you talking about?" Ken asked. He got back up on his feet and then helped Draco up.
"Don't play dumb with us. Every student that transfers in the middle of the year is usually a mutant. And you were hanging around with Summers and his group." Lance raised his hands about to cause another quake.
"Hey Lance!" came a familiar voice from behind the two friends.
Draco and Ken turned to see Scott, Jean, Kurt, Rogue, Kitty and Evan all standing behind them.
"I knew it. You are with them." Lance turned to his friends, "Shall we show whose the best?"
"Yeah. Lets mess'em up." Todd leapt forward.
/ These guy's are part of the Brotherhood?/ Whitewing asked, /But do they know who we are or do they have a base here?/
"We'll find out eventually." Ken muttered, "Either way I'm getting really annoyed."
"Your not the only one." Draco cracked her knuckles.
Together they faced the four from the Brotherhood. They saw Lance with his hands out and braced themselves. But before they could do anything a whirlwind caught them up. They left the ground, spinning. Then suddenly they where pulled out of the whirlwind. Draco looked around expecting to see Amanda but only saw Jean holding her head as they were lowered to the ground. Pietro stopped running.
"Hey, that's not fair." The white haired teen looked annoyed.
"That's just too bad." Draco called out.
Ken raised his hand and a white fog left his fingers to land on Pietro, trapping the speed demon's legs in ice. Todd leapt forward but an accurately throne fireball from Draco quickly distracted him from leaping on Ken. Freddy the large teen, headed for Draco. But was stopped by a very large falcon. Whitewing's spirit form was larger than normal. Freddy had met his match in a bird that was twice the size of his head. Ken thanked Whitewing for the distraction and when his friend's astral projection disappeared he focused on Freddy. He used an illusion to make the unmovable teen think he was falling. But the earth shook and Ken's concentration was broken. Freddy looked confused for a moment and then scowled. Draco's hands ignited and she headed for Freddy as soon as the earth stopped shaking. Flames shot forward in an inferno that made the ice melt. The four from the Brotherhood backed away as the flames reached for them with grasping hands. Todd was the first to run. His screams followed him down the street and his three friends weren't far behind.
Amanda crouched down in a dark alley. She watched the four teens run down the street. I should have helped. She thought to herself. I wish I could use my powers as freely as they do. Amanda crept further down into the shadows. Her little black body made it easy to blend into the darkness. The thought of leaving the alley wasn't one she liked but she forced herself to leave. She crept along the side of the building. Until she was in the street and then she walked over to stand beside Ken.
/Amanda! What are you doing here?/ Ken asked. He reached down and picked her up but he didn't take his eyes away from the group before them.
/Nothing./
/Should we trust them? They say they want us to come with them./ Draco looked to Ken.
/I don't know. How do we know if they're any better than the Brotherhood? Amanda only looked at the surface thoughts./
/Then I say let's get out of here and talk about it later./ Draco decided.
Ken nodded and a fog settled around them as he put his illusions to good use.
They sat around a picnic table in a park. Whitewing and Amanda were in their human forms and hiding in the trees while Ken and Draco sat at the table.
"So what are we going to do?" Draco asked, "All they have to do is get into the school records to find out where we are."
"We'll have to make your aunt forget and then leave." Whitewing said from his spot beside Amanda.
"But we just got here. Can't we just ignore them? I want to stay in one place for a while."
"Sorry Draco but what else can we do?" Amanda sank her claws into the tree, "If they would just leave us alone…" Tree bark flew as she pulled her claws out viciously.
Whitewing put a wing around her shoulders, "Calm down Amanda. I think we should get back before they get there. We need to leave now."
Draco and Ken nodded. The gathered their stuff and with Amanda around Ken's neck and Whitewing flying above they made their way to the house. When they arrived they saw a van in the driveway.
"Looks like we're too late." Ken said as the walked up the stairs.
Draco nodded as she opened the front door.
"Aunt Sylvia! We're home!!" She called.
They didn't bother taking off their shoes in case they had to leave in a hurry.
"In the living room dear."
Draco and Ken walked into the living room and saw a man in a wheel chair, a big burly man with blue hair and Jean from school.
/Looks like they're faster than the Brotherhood./ Whitewing remarked from his spot just outside the window on a branch.
Amanda hissed at them showing her sharp teeth. Ken pulled her off his neck when he felt her claws. He handed her to Draco.
/Sorry./
Ken smiled, /No problem./ he said rubbing his neck.
Draco broke the silence, "What's going on here Aunt?"
"These people say that you have special talents that they noticed and want to enrol you in a school not far from here." Sylvia said with a smile, "Isn't that exciting?"
"Yeah, sure." Draco sounded so very excited.
/So that's what they're calling it./ Whitewing hopped to a closer branch, /What do you think Amanda?/
/The man in the wheel chair is a telepath, a strong one. He's trying to eavesdrop./ Amanda growled.
/Trying?/ Ken asked.
/I don't like uninvited guests./ Amanda leapt out of Draco's arms and ventured forward. She stopped in front of the man.
/Definitely him./ She hissed to prove her point.
Draco grinned, "Seems my cat doesn't like you mister."
"My names Charles Xavier. You know Jean and this is Logan. Is there a reason your cat doesn't like me?"
"I don't know. She's rather temperamental."
"Isn't that the same cat that you found at school?"
"Yup. Catseye, come here." Draco called.
Amanda turned her back on the group and went back to her friends.
"So what did you want?" Ken asked, "We like it here and we're not going to change schools."
"You won't have to." Jean said, "We all live at the mansion and learn there as well as at school. Logan here is one of the teachers."
Ken glanced at Draco, /Should I…um…exclude your aunt?/
Draco nodded. Ken looked at Sylvia and drawing on his powers of illusion and telepathy. He blocked her hearing and made her think that they were talking about school.
"Done."
"Thanks. I don't want her involved." Draco turned to the others.
"What did you do?" Jean asked, concerned about the woman.
"Nothing. She just can't hear us now." Ken replied.
"Look we don't want to go any where. We like it here. We don't care what kind of deal you're trying to cut. We just want to be left alone." Draco explained.
"We aren't trying to cut a deal." Xavier moved his chair forward, "We're offering a safe place for you to learn to control you powers."
"We've done just fine on our own." Ken said softly, "Why can't anyone understand that we just want to live in peace."
"We all do. That's why we live at the mansion. To learn all we can." Jean protested.
"I detected your arrival along with two others." Charles suddenly interrupted, "Do you know who those two are? All four of you were being followed by other mutants."
"Figures. You'd think the stupid twits would learn." Draco muttered, "No I don't know what you're talking about. As for the people following us well, think of this as goodbye."
"If you stay with us then we can offer you protection." Logan said suddenly, "We don't make any promises mind you and you can leave any time."
/He speaks./ Whitewing said sarcastically.
/What do you think? We have nothing to loose and I really don't want to leave. What a better place to hide than among other mutants./ Draco said hopefully. She really didn't want to leave.
/Whatever./ was Amanda's response.
Ken was silent for a moment but then he nodded, "Very well. If we like it there and you can put up with us we'll stay. But I warn you we aren't easy to get along with."
"That's alright. I think we can handle it." Logan said.
"Whatever." Draco echoed Amanda with a smirk.
/What about us? Do we tell them or do we wait?/ Whitewing asked.
/We wait. Let's see what these people are made of./
Ken nodded as he removed his power form Sylvia. The woman blinked as Jean and Logan got up.
"Leaving already?" she asked as she stood up to show them the door.
"Yes. They'll move into the mansion at the end of the week." Xavier said as they headed out the door.
TBC…
There, done. Now to introduce more conflict and a few good fights. ~cracks knuckles and starts typing once again~