Chapter Five: The Cloak Comes Off
Six days after Luna and Wolf had crashed at the mansion, it was starting to feel like a home to the two of them at last. Neither girl had ever really known what it was like to have a safe stable home. It was absolute bliss for them and they were making friends right away. Wolf, had become quite taken with John Allardyce, alias "Pyro" and he was quite taken with her. Luna could almost smell a relationship blossoming between them, shown mostly in their subtle flirting. Since Luna's mutant powers were mostly of the psychic variety, she could easily tell if love was going to blossom between Pyro and Wolf. Luna was telepathic, for one thing. She could also hypnotize others, place herself into the subconscious mind of another, link her subconscious with another's subconscious, control the mind of another, brainwash another telepathically, view another's memory and absorb their powers when she touched them (voluntarily) and she could absorb sunlight and moonlight and shoot them out of her hands. But there was one thing about Luna that drove everyone, especially Wolf (and she was used to Luna's odd behavior) up a wall: she still wore that black hooded cloak she used to hide her features from the world all the time.
It was making Wolf nuts!
"My GOD, Luna!" Wolf shrieked that morning at breakfast when Luna came to the table when Luna came down in her usual cloak and took her usual spot beside Wolf. "I swear to God, Luna, one of these days, that cloak of yours has GOT to come off!"
"It'll come off soon enough." Luna said nonchalantly. "I promise you that, Wolf."
"Can I have that in writing?" Wolf asked.
"I don't know why you even bothered to ask." Luna said. "I'm a mutant gal of my word. You know that better than anyone else, Wolf."
"Luna, you're treading on real thin ice right now." Wolf said, warningly.
"Don't you worry, Wolf." Luna said. "Tomorrow morning, the cloak comes off."
The next morning, Luna came down the stairs with graceful sweeping movements. "Hey Wolf." She called. "The cloak is off!"
When everyone turned and got a good look at Luna, jaws dropped.