Ok, yea. I'm sorry about how short it is, but trust me it's bulding up to a GREAT chapter. And also, sorry about how long you had to wait for such a short amount of writing. Again: NEXT CHAPTER WILL BE AWESOME!

CHAPTER 4: The Dangers of Chain Smoking

XAVIER INSTITUTE: 10:37 PM THURSDAY

"Violet! Vhere the hell have you been?!" Kurt had just teleported into the kitchen in search of food; he had worked up quite an appetite waiting for her to get home. Her hair was completely soaked and she smelled heavily of perfume and air fresheners. The fact that Violet didn't wear perfume registered in the back of his mind, but at the moment he had more important things to think about.

"Kurt, I'm sorry I'm late." She apologized, trying to sound sincere.

"Vhat the hell vere you doing? I vas about to send Logan out after you!"

"I got a little sidetracked."

"Sidetracked? For three and a half hours?!"

"I'm really sorry."

"Vhat's zat on your neck?"

"Nothing." Violet said, trying to casually cover her neck with her long hair.

"It doesn't look like nothing," The anger in his voice gave way to concern when he pushed her hair back, revealing three slash marks, "Zese look like claw marks, Violet."

"I got into a fight, ok?! Are you happy now?" She pushed past him angrily and ran upstairs to her room just as Logan entered the kitchen.

"What's that smell?" He asked, getting a beer out of the refrigerator.

"Violet's perfume. It's a little strong, isn't it?" Kurt rubbed his nose.

"It seems like she's trying for to cover up her scent." 'Or someone else's,' Logan finished in his mind. Normally Kurt would have told Logan to stop being so paranoid, but he too was suspicious.

"Somezing's up with the girl," Kurt said, sipping a soda, "and I'm going to find out vhat."

XAVIER INSTITUTE: 2:23 AM FRIDAY

"What color ribbons should I wear today?" Mimi asked, looking through her dresser drawer.

"What color haven't you worn in a long time?"

"There's white, turquoise, peach, red-"

"Wear the red ones." Violet said, brushing her hair. It only went down two or three inches below her shoulders; she wished it were longer. Mimi tied bows around each pigtail with the red ribbons. They were such a dark red...

A knock on the bedroom door startled the two girls. Violet got up to see who it was, and when she opened it she was greeted by Will and Bob. Will lived next door, and Bob was the son of one of Will's father's friends. Although Bob was eleven, a few years older than him, they were still good friends.

"Hey, wanna go play outside?" Will asked.

"Sure." Violet said.

"Me too." Mimi agreed. All four children ran delighted into the front yard. Violet was pushing Mimi on the tire swing while Will and Bob were racing to see who could climb up the tree first.

"Hey Will, no fair!" Bob yelled, right before slipping and falling out of the tree.

"OW! Stop it Bob!" Will screamed before he, too, fell to the ground.

"What's the matter?" Violet asked.

"Bob made his boo-boo hurt me!"

"Yea, well Will blinded me and made me fall."

"I wish I had powers." Violet said glumly while Will and Bob argued.

They aren't that great. Mimi said, using her powers to go into her sister's mind. She shrieked.

"Don't do that, Mim! You scared me." A hand fell on Violet's shoulder, and when she spun around to see who it was she found herself staring at her father.

"Oh, hi da-" She stopped in mid-sentence when he held up the knife. She was too scared to scream. The entire thing seemed to happen in slow motion. He brought the knife down to stab her, but instead of going through her heart as he had intended, it went through thin air. Violet stared down at her chest, astonished to see that a large portion of it had disappeared. Growling, he tried to stab her again, this time through the head. She fell down backwards from the shock of seeing a part of herself missing, thus narrowly avoiding the attack. But the knife collided with something. Violet, Will, and Bob looked on in horror as the silver tip of the blade went into Mimi's back and came out through her chest. A crimson flower bloomed on Mimi's white shirt, and she fell face down off of the tire swing. Will picked her up and held her in his arms, stroking her hair.

"Oh god, Mim. Oh god, oh god. Mim. Mim." He stuttered.

"My....my ribbons." She whispered. Will looked and saw that the ribbons in her hair had fallen out. He picked them up, his hands covered in her blood. She looked at the ribbons in Will's hand, then at Will.

"Here they are." He could barely speak.

"Put them in my hair."

"Anything for you, Mim." Tears streaming down his face, he did as he was told. Mimi tried to smile, but only succeeded in lifting the corners of her mouth. She sighed one last time and closed her eyes. They would never open again.

"MIM! NO!" Violet cried, her eyes full of tears.

"No! It wasn't supposed to be her," her father yelled angrily, "This is all your fault!" He grabbed Violet by the hair and dragged her into the house. She screamed for help as he locked the door.

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Violet woke up screaming. Breathing heavily, she looked across the room. Bob was nowhere to be found, but Will was sitting bolt-upright in bed, his eyes wide with fear. He had been having the nightmare too. How many nights had this all happened before? She shuddered in remembrance and touched the scar on her stomach.

"This has got to stop."

XAVIER INSTITUTE: 10:23 PM FRIDAY

Scott had stopped to talk to Jean in the hallway, and unbeknownst to the couple Will and Violet were hiding just around the corner. The situation was just too perfect.

"You know what to do." Violet nodded and instantly began to dematerialize. Once in her diffused state she proceeded to float to the two lovebirds. One particle at a time, she slipped into Scott's head. At once, she began implanting feelings of hatred for the redhead into his mind.

"Jean, I...." He had wanted to say 'I love you', but suddenly had a change of heart.

"You what, Scott?" She smiled, thinking she knew what he was going to say next.

"I hate you." He wiped that smile off her face awfully quickly.

"What?"

"That's right. I've never liked you."

"Scott, how can you say that? What about last night?" Her eyes were starting to fill up with tears. Violet was having so much fun with this.

"I was just using you." He smirked. Other feelings from the girl in his head started flooding into his mind.

"I thought you loved me! Why?" The tears began streaming down her face. This was a thousand times better than television.

"You want the truth? I'll tell you the truth. I'm madly in love with Logan!" Jean looked absolutely horrified.

"Oh god!" She fled down the hall to her room, and Violet followed her.

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"Shhh, it's okay. It's okay." Will tried to comfort Jean Grey as she wept into his shoulder. After many minutes went by she was finally able to calm herself down.

"I'm sorry you had to see that." She said, wiping her eyes on her sleeve.

"Hey, that's what friends are for." He reassured her, his hand on her shoulder. She looked up into his eyes, and suddenly felt oddly in love. It was strange, she had barely noticed him when he and the others had first come to the institute, but when she had been fighting with Scott something inside of her had compelled her to go to Will. And now she may be falling in love with him...she was more than a little confused.

End Chapter 4

Ok, so now thats done. Sorry for the poor quality of the chapter, but I was really busy and I have these great ideas that are going to happen in Chapter 5.

NEXT TIME, ON 'RIBBONS': (dramatic soap opera guy voice)

* MYSTERIOUS MOTORCYCLE MAN'S IDENTITY IS REVEALED! (and no, he isn't an original character, he is actually in the show)

* BOB MAKES AN APPEARANCE

* MAGNETO DECIDES TO APPEAR AND DO STUFF

* MUCH MUCH MORE! (weeee!)

So, I hope both of you are eagerly awaiting my next chapter (don't toy with me, I know there are only 2 readers...)

So until then PLEEEAAAASE review. Look, you made me beg...aw.

~Me