Yes, a freak was more like it. No body in Juniper liked mutants. What would my friends think? What would my parent's think! Maybe…maybe they wouldn't want me to be their daughter anymore. A single tear rolled down and froze on my cheek. After a while of these kinds of thoughts I managed to calm down and both Rina and I went back to looking normal. All I had to do is keep telling myself, my parent's choose me. Out of every other girl in the orphanage, they choose me. Suddenly, I heard a twig snap. Three kids came into the clearing we were in, two girls and a guy. The oldest of the group was one of the girls. She had red hair like Rina's, only her hair was combed very neatly. She was really pretty. The other girl had straight brown hair, which was pulled up in a ponytail. The final member of their group was a boy with blue, shoulder length, hair. They stopped and the redhead looked us up and down. "Are you Katrina McGrath and Gwenevere Stilliano?" she asked.
"Yeah, and just who the hell are you? And how do you know our names?" Rina sneered. All will be explained. A man's voice sounded in my head. All I ask is that you listen to what we have to say. "Who, Who is that?" I asked searching franticly for the voice.
Relax girls. Randy, it's alright. We mean your sister and your friend no harm.
He didn't back off. He stood in front of us protectively and said
with a defiant tone in his voice, "Oh yeah? Then why don't you come out where we can see
you?!"
Suddenly, a translucent image of a man in a wheelchair appeared in front
of Randy and the three kids. The man
looked about forty years old and was bald.
Since my wheel chair isn't forest
friendly. I'm afraid a mental image will
have to do. Is that better?
Randy didn't answer. After a couple of
moments of silence Rina spoke. "Who are
you?"
My name is Professor Charles Xavier. I run a school for gifted youngsters. These are a few of my students. Jean
Grey, he gestured toward the redhead, Kurt
Wagner, the boy, and Kitty Pryde,
the girl with the ponytail.
They all smiled and waved at us in a friendly way. There was another long pause, and then Randy
spoke up. "So...?"
These gifted youngsters all have one
thing in common. Do you know what that
is? When no one answered, he decided
to answer for himself. They're all mutants, like you.
"Look pal," Rina snarled, "I don't know why you're here, but I strongly suggest that you leave us alone, or." Please. Rina, I only want to help you. "Oh yeah? Then why don't you find someone who needs to be helped, or better yet, someone who wants to be helped and help them?" I could tell Rina was starting to get really annoyed with him. Rina, you don't understand! You and your friend are in more danger than you realize. If you'll just... "Well maybe we won't just. C'mon guys!" That's when Rina ran right through the image of Professor X. Randy and I decided to go around it, though. I followed the path Rina had shoved through Jean, Kurt, and Kitty roughly enough to keep them from stopping us, but not enough to hurt them. As we were walking away, Kurt suddenly appeared in front of us. "Vait a minute! You guys, ze professor only vants to help. You don't understand. Zere is somezing you don't.ow!" Rina shoved him off the path into a thorn bush and broke into a run. Randy and Gwen were right behind. Rina, they were trying to warn us about something.
No kidding.
What do you think it was?
I don't know, and frankly, I don't care. I just want to get home and forget that we ever saw them.
But what if…
Shut up, Gwen!
