Author Notes ahh the wonders of insomnia. i would never get any stories done if it wasn't for that. ^.^ here's the "explination" chapter! wee! ...boy this will be hard to write.... AHHH! SPIDER!!! *freaks out and whimpers* why can't this house be full of nice creatures, likes snakes or something!!
Chapter Four
"It's not working!" Catherine exclaimed, slumping down into the chair behind her. She stuck out her lower lip, developing her pouting stance. Around the cozy room the others watched her. Xavier sat in, well, his wheelchair, his hands crossed in thought. Jean and Scott stood next to each other near the door. Ororo and Logan sat on the couch.
"Last time it was because you were startled." Jean commented. "Maybe one of us should try to scare you?"
"I don't scare that easily." Catherine said slightly defensive. "Besides, last time I had a maniac with claws comming after me."
Logan snorted, which Catherine chose to ignore. She started to stand up with a puff of smoke erupted.
"Hey Professor!" Kurt Wagner said, popping out of nowhere.
"Yeow!" Catherine screamed, tumbling back and off her chair. She rolled a second, then collided into the wall. The moment her head made contact, a white orb shot out of her chest and morphed into the two feet tall 'fairy'.
"Konnichiwa!" A tinkling voice greeted. The 'fairy' paused and looked around with a slightly confused look on her face. "Miaka? Miaka!"
"You not the same as before." Catherine said, standing and rubbing her head. The 'fairy' turned to her in confusion as though she didn't understand her.
"Nani?" The fluttering woman asked. The 'fairy' suddenly stiffened as another orb split from her and morphed.
"What are you doing here?!" An identical 'fairy' asked the apparently Japanese one. "You're suppose to be with Miaka! She's getting attacked by rapists, dammit!"
"Eep!" The Japanese 'fairy's' eyes widened. She looked around at everyone and bowed. "Gomen! Gomen!"
They all watched as the Japanese 'fairy' changed back into an orb and faded into nowhere. Catherine slowly walked voer to her chair and sat down. She looked over at Kurt, who wasn't in his hologram form. She gave a start, but didn't comment. Kurt stared at the little 'fairy', fascinated, completly forgetting why he was there to begin with.
"Sorry about that." The tinkling voice said as the being flew over to the middle of the room. "A little mix up at headquarters."
"Headquaters?" Catherine asked. The 'fairy' giggled.
"Well, sorta. Anyway, after talking it over with the Boss," She paused to look up, as though looking up into the heavens. "We decided to tell you pretty much everything! Exciting, eh?"
"I suppose." Catherine said softly. Again the 'fairy' giggled.
"Now, first things first: What am I?"
"A fairy?" Catherine asked.
"No, silly." It giggled again. "I'm a spirit. Sort of like a Guardian Angel."
"So, your my guardian angel?" Catherine asked warily.
"Well, it's more complicated than that." The spirit continued. "Spiritual Beings! I am a spiritual being, yes? Well, there are other spiritual beings. Most of them just do their own thing. Some decide to live as humans! Soem live as animals! Some decide to aid humans! That's the kind that I am. You see, your not the only mutant able to call upon us. We each make a decision in our eternal life, my decision was to serve you. So, with that in place, you were made a mutant. That's how the process works, you know. For your case anyway. The Boss, as we call 'em, decides who will be a mutant or not. It's human evolution, and finally us spirits are getting to be involved in it! It was rather exciting when we found out."
"So, you serve me?" Catherine asked. Hmm... Think of the possibilities.
"Yes, I do. There are others, mind you." The spirit sounded sad. "If you were to go down the wrong road, their would be others that would serve you. I am the only light spirit serving your purpose, but if you went the wrong way? Many dark spirits would follow you." The being shook it's head. "They are weaker than us, therefore are double in number."
Catherine stared at the spirit, thinking. She suddenly remembered the dream she had of her brother. What if that really was me? Catherine shook her head. "What can you do?"
"I'm a healer." Was her reply. "I was the one who apeared when you saved that woman. Though, I was small then, because you did not have the emotional strength to summon me. I can also do a few other things. Block blows for you, maybe even stop a bullet... though I've never tried." It giggled.
"So, your a Spirit Summoner!" Kurt said, smiling. "Too cool."
"I suppose." Catherine was still confused on all of this, and from the looks of everyone else, they were too. Except for Kurt, he seemed to understand fully.
"So, basically," Kurt said, talking directly to the spirit. "She can summon you and you follow vat ever she vants you to do?" The spirit nodded. "And your a spirit... like from heaven?"
"Well, we don't call it that.. but yea, a level of heaven."
"Mein Gott." Catherine nodded in agreement with Kurt. Catherine took a deep breath and faught back a yawn. She was suddenly very tired. A gasp escaped the spirit.
"Oh dear, I'm draining you. I must go." With that she waved, let out a small giggle, and changed into an orb. Catherine yanwed again as the orb shot back into her chest. Silence filled the room, but she didn't care. She was just so tired. Mumbling something inaudible, she stood and left the room. The others watched her go and then turned to Xavier, who still sat in deep thought.
"What do you think Professor?" Scott asked.
"At first I thought it was just a projection from Catherine's mind, but it's not. This.. spirit... is entirely different from Catherine, and yet they are connected." Xavier narrowed his eyes, thinking. "Rather like it was a connection of Catherine's own soul. Just like the being said, a Guardian Angel."
"Spirit Summoner!" Kurt repeated. Scott and Jean smiled softly at the blue boy.
"Something like that." Xavier furrowed his brow. "But there was something else there when I was scanning their connection. I can't place it. It was almost as though there was someone else in the room besides all of us."
"What could it be?" Ororo asked, speaking for the first time. Xavier shook his head.
"I dont' know, but I have a feeling we will find out soon enough." Xavier sighed. "Untill then, Kurt, she's in the same year as you, I expect you to show her around the school tomorrow."
"Vill do!" Kurt saluted and then teleported away, leaving a puff of sulfer smoke. Logan coughed and waved his hand in aggitation.
In the Bedroom....
Catherine laid on her bed, thinking. Her thoughts shifted from subject to subject, not really concentrating. She rolled over and looked out the window. Green covered her vision and she sighed. Standing, she walked voer to her dresser and mirror. She looked at her reflection. Her kin looked extremely pale. Her mouth formed a frown. Slowly she reached up and took off her green sunglasses. She had worn them since the incident in the hospital. When she had woke up the next morning and looked in the mirror, it was her instinct to quickly cover what she saw.
Her normal pale green eyes didn't look back at her as she stared at her reflection. Instead, her iris' had turned pure white. The black of her pupil stood out dramatically from the white of the rest of her eye. Catherine closed her eyes, frowning even harder. She set the sunglasses down on the dresser and went back to her bed.
Why me? Why did this all have to happen to me? Why? So many questions. I'll never get them answered, I know I wont. Some things aren't meant to be known. Catherine fell back onto the bed and stared at the ceiling. She kicked off her shoes and curled up into a ball, trying to feel content for once. Dead. All of them. All of the people I grew up with. Dead. My brother... He died defending himself. With that knife. How is it someone was able to defeat him? He had mastered karate, and yet he stilled died. Is there any point to it? Fighting back? We all die in the end...
Catherine stared at the edge of her bed. I feel like I'm dropping off a cliff. Like I'm being locked up... I'm fading. Catherine closed her eyes, shuddering. Something is wrong with me... Soemthing just isn't right... With that as her last thought, she drifted into sleep.
end notes did any of you understand that? lol, i'm sorry. It's just really hard to explain what her power is! Basically Kurt got it, though. She's a spirit summoner. I know it's a bit more Spiritual than Xmen really is, but.. hey, i'm Catholic, it's in my nature! ^.^
