-Jean, Scott, Rogue, Kurt, Evan, Ororo, Logan, Jubilee, Tabby, Lance,
Wanda, Rayne, Jamie, Remy will you all please come into my office.- It was
Professor Charles Xavier's voice in each of the named people's heads. -Sure
professor. Scott and me will be right there. - Jean responded. - Coming
professor- Kurt responded and seconds later he appeared with a BAMF and a
puff of blue smoke in the professor's office. The rest of the people who
were called walked in the door within five minutes of Charles' call.
"Like guys I would like you to meet someone who like will be like staying with us from now on," Kitty said. "Who?" Jean said a little to excited in Rogues opinion. "This is like my cousin Lita." Kitty moved sideways a little so that everyone could see the new comer (not that it mattered the girl was about a head taller than Kitty so the only thing that they couldn't see was her cloths). "If you say 'like' one more time I'm gonna like kick you." Lita said brushing away the strand of brown hair that always managed to escape her ponytail that was tied back with a green hair tie. Her outfit must have been the uniform she had to wear at her old school. It was a long, green, pleated skirt with a white and green sailor style shirt/blouse.
"Why would you like kick me? You like just said like." Kitty whined.
"She was mockin ya. Did ya seriously not catch that?" Rogue asked.
"Don't act like that to Kitty. She hasn't done anything to you." Jean said.
"Not today, but then again it is only nine am." Rogue said more to herself than anyone else.
"What?" Jean asked.
"Oh nothing."
"Alright you two that is enough." Professor decided to say to avoid an obvious fight. "Will someone be willing to bunk with Lita?"
"Ah will professor," Rogue said.
"Then please take her to her room so she can get unpacked." Charles said.
"Right. Come on lits go afore Jean can say somethin to ya." Rogue said grabbing Lita's hand in one of her gloved ones.
Charles turned to Ororo and said, "Do you think it is wise to let Lita and Kitty share a room?"
"No but there is not much we can do about it unless Kitty wants to move into the room with Wanda and Tabitha."
"NO!!" Wanda and Tabby yelled together.
They got to Rogue's and Lita's new room (Kitty still shares the room with Rogue but Lita doesn't know that yet.) "This is our room. Put your stuff in that dresser over there." "Hey Rogue can we go shopping after. I didn't really get to bring any other clothes beside my uniform." Lita blushed. "Yeah ah guess. But just as long as you don't try to drag me into any of those prep shops. I don't necessarily fit in there as you can see."
"That's fine with me I hate this look anyways."
"Then put your stuff away and let's go then."
Kitty was sitting on her bed waiting for Rogue and Lita to get home. When they came in the door she shrieked in horror.
"What have you done to her?!" she yelled at Rogue.
Lita was no longer in her school uniform. Far from it as a matter of fact. She had traded her long green skirt for a pair of black jeans. Her 'cute' (as Kitty called it) sailor top for a hunter green short tank with a black jean jacket, or what was left of it, now it looked more like a vest. She kept her hair the same length but dyed the strands of hair that never stay in her ponytail a green to match her shirt. Her makeup was similar to Rogue's, but instead of the purple lipstick Lita had chosen a dark blue. Even her shoes had changed. Where her Mary-Jane shoes (it was the name that Lita gave Rogue when she asked) once were, now there was a pair of black combat boots.
"You don't like it Kitty?" Lita asked in an obviously faked hurt voice.
"No I like don't," Kitty said obviously not catching that Lita was being sarcastic. "This is all your fault." Kitty rounded on Rogue.
"I don't believe you!" Rogue yelled. "Don't blame me that your cousin doesn't want to look like you."
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Kitty screamed.
"Think about it. Its not that hard to figure out!"
"I don't believe.." But the rest of Kitty's words were lost as she lunged at Rogue.
They went at it for about five minutes before Lita called Tabby and Wanda from down the hall. Both of them ran in obviously not expecting to find what they found.
"Wow. Who started it?" asked Wanda.
"Kitty," Lita replied.
"Kick her ass Rogue! Your better than her!" was all that was herd from Tabby.
"So why are they fighting? I mean they usually disagree but I've never seen them exchange punches. But then again I don't usually leave the sanctity of my room for petty things. I wouldn't even go to school if I wasn't forced to."
"I think you got the right idea. They are fighting cuz I went with Rogue shopping and came back like this. I don't think she likes my new look."
"What's wrong with the way you look. We look like that all the time. Hey wait a minute. If she said something about the way you look then what does she say about us behind our back? Hit her once for me Rogue!" Wanda called turning from Lita to the fighters.
"Man they have been at it for almost ten minutes now," Wanda commented.
Wanda must have jinxed it because about ten seconds after she said that Jean walked past the door.
"Hey is this a party? Why wasn't I invited?" Jean asked. She either mistook there silence for an invitation or just invited herself in. In Lita's opinion she thought it was probably the second option. "Wait their fighting!"
"Thank you captain obvious," Tabby said not looking away from the fight.
"I've gotta tell the professor," Jean said delightedly as she skipped out the door to find Charles.
Minutes later Jean was happily walking through the door closely followed by Ororo.
"You two break it up," Ororo said calmly. When they didn't she smiled wickedly. "You," she pointed at Kitty, "over there." Kitty flew to the far right side of the room. "You," she pointed at Rogue, "over there." She pointed to the far left side of the room. "Now how did this happen?"
"Lita an me came back from the mall an Kitty saw Lita an just flipped. She said stuff then attacked me." Rogue said as a black ring began forming around her left eye.
"That like isn't how it happened!" Kitty screamed. By Kitty's appearance it was obvious who had won the fight. Both Kitty's eyes were blackening and she was nursing a bloody nose.
"I really don't care how this happened I just thought I should ask before I said what I am going to. Rogue I want you to go bunk with someone else. Jean perhaps." When Ororo said this both Jean's and Rogue's eyes widened. But before any of them could argue Wanda said, "Ororo, Rogue can stay in our room."
"That is fine with me if Rogue wishes to do that then she may."
"Of course I would. Anything is better than her," Rogue pointed at Jean.
"Well I wouldn't want to share a room with you any ways. You would probably want to paint the walls black or something," Jean snapped.
"She was going to but I didn't let her," Kitty said smugly.
They heard Rogue say something under her breath that sounded a lot like 'bitch'.
"Rogue I want you to clean out your drawers and move in with Wanda and Tabby immediately," Ororo said and left with Jean following.
"Wait!" Lita called and chased them out of the room.
About five minutes later she returned. "Um. Wanda, Tabby can I move in with you too?" She asked. "Ororo said its up to you." Then she grinned evilly. "If you all say yes then Kitty has to move into your old room and we get this one. Ororo told me to tell you that because this is a bigger room and there will be more space. And Rogue you get to paint your walls black as long as it's cool with Tabby and Wanda." All three of them smiled and said at the same time. "Bye Kitty." Kitty stomped out of the room furiously.
-Lita will you please come into my office for just a few moments? -
"Ahh. Guys I'm hearing voices," Lita said a little frightened.
"No you aren't its just the professor. He is trying to talk to you. What did he say?" Wanda told Lita with a smile.
"He wants me to go to his office. Is that the room I was in before?" She asked.
"Yeah, can you get there alright?" asked Tabby.
"I'll be fine. Well I will see you all when I get back alright?" Lita said as she walked out the door.
Lita wandered down the hall looking for the room she had been shown to when she first arrived to the institute. She finally found the door and knocked. The door opened and for her and she stepped in.
"You called me professor?" Lita asked timidly.
"Yes. I never got the chance to tell you how special this school really is. This school is for mutants. So please do not be alarmed if you see things that you may otherwise strange," Charles told her with a smile.
"So you're saying that my cousin is a mutant?" Lita asked dumbstruck. "And everyone else that I have met so far? But that Logan guy doesn't seem to be different."
"No he wouldn't. But he is a mutant. I shall leave you to find out what everyone can do. I just thought that I should give you fair warning to what you may see here at the institute. Now I am sure that you would like to resume moving in so I will let you go."
"Thank you professor," Lita said as she walked out the door.
"Oh and Lita you will have the same classes as Rogue, so please stay with her for your first couple of days."
"Sure will professor," Lita said as she disappeared out of the door.
Lita walked back down the hallway to her room. She passed by a couple of people on the way. There were two kids standing in the hall that she was walking down. The boy was showing a small ballerina that was made completely of ice to a girl who giggled and produced a few colorful sparks from her fingers and set them into rotation around the ballerina, which was now spinning gracefully in the boy's hand. She stopped to look at it. "Wow that is really pretty," she said with a smile and walked away. As she was walking she herd them whisper to each other, "who was that?" "New kid I guess." "Wow she looks a lot like Rogue." "Hey was that that same girl that cam in with Kitty this morning?" Lita did not stop to tell them anything because both of them seemed to be a few years younger then her. She walked back into her room. Everyone was sitting Rogue's bed.
"Hey Lita what did the Prof. want?" asked Rogue asked.
Lita walked over to the bed and sat down next to the other three girls. "Just to tell me that you all are different that most people and to not be scared if someone does something abnormal," she said with a smile. "And that I have the same classes as you Rogue. Would you all mind telling me what you all can do?"
"I am just pretty much just a sorceress," Wanda said.
"I can do this," Tabby said a she produced a small white spark in her hand. Without warning she threw it into the air where it blew up.
"An' Ah have ta wear these gloves because of my power Ah absorb other mutants power, along with there mem'ries and everythin'. If they are normal people then I just get there mem'ries," Rogue said looking down at her feet.
"So you can't touch anyone? That really sucks, but maybe one day you will get control," Lita said. "Look Rogue, I'm really sorry that I brought it up. I didn't mean to make you feel bad."
"Lita don't worry 'bout it. Ah'm used to it by now. Now lets git to work in this room. We need two more beds."
"Ill go ask Ororo where we can find two more beds," Tabby said as she hopped off the bed and ran out the door to find her.
"We can do some of the other stuff alright," Wanda said as she too got up.
Everyone else followed her lead and began preparing the room for the redecoration that everyone agreed was needed.
"Like guys I would like you to meet someone who like will be like staying with us from now on," Kitty said. "Who?" Jean said a little to excited in Rogues opinion. "This is like my cousin Lita." Kitty moved sideways a little so that everyone could see the new comer (not that it mattered the girl was about a head taller than Kitty so the only thing that they couldn't see was her cloths). "If you say 'like' one more time I'm gonna like kick you." Lita said brushing away the strand of brown hair that always managed to escape her ponytail that was tied back with a green hair tie. Her outfit must have been the uniform she had to wear at her old school. It was a long, green, pleated skirt with a white and green sailor style shirt/blouse.
"Why would you like kick me? You like just said like." Kitty whined.
"She was mockin ya. Did ya seriously not catch that?" Rogue asked.
"Don't act like that to Kitty. She hasn't done anything to you." Jean said.
"Not today, but then again it is only nine am." Rogue said more to herself than anyone else.
"What?" Jean asked.
"Oh nothing."
"Alright you two that is enough." Professor decided to say to avoid an obvious fight. "Will someone be willing to bunk with Lita?"
"Ah will professor," Rogue said.
"Then please take her to her room so she can get unpacked." Charles said.
"Right. Come on lits go afore Jean can say somethin to ya." Rogue said grabbing Lita's hand in one of her gloved ones.
Charles turned to Ororo and said, "Do you think it is wise to let Lita and Kitty share a room?"
"No but there is not much we can do about it unless Kitty wants to move into the room with Wanda and Tabitha."
"NO!!" Wanda and Tabby yelled together.
They got to Rogue's and Lita's new room (Kitty still shares the room with Rogue but Lita doesn't know that yet.) "This is our room. Put your stuff in that dresser over there." "Hey Rogue can we go shopping after. I didn't really get to bring any other clothes beside my uniform." Lita blushed. "Yeah ah guess. But just as long as you don't try to drag me into any of those prep shops. I don't necessarily fit in there as you can see."
"That's fine with me I hate this look anyways."
"Then put your stuff away and let's go then."
Kitty was sitting on her bed waiting for Rogue and Lita to get home. When they came in the door she shrieked in horror.
"What have you done to her?!" she yelled at Rogue.
Lita was no longer in her school uniform. Far from it as a matter of fact. She had traded her long green skirt for a pair of black jeans. Her 'cute' (as Kitty called it) sailor top for a hunter green short tank with a black jean jacket, or what was left of it, now it looked more like a vest. She kept her hair the same length but dyed the strands of hair that never stay in her ponytail a green to match her shirt. Her makeup was similar to Rogue's, but instead of the purple lipstick Lita had chosen a dark blue. Even her shoes had changed. Where her Mary-Jane shoes (it was the name that Lita gave Rogue when she asked) once were, now there was a pair of black combat boots.
"You don't like it Kitty?" Lita asked in an obviously faked hurt voice.
"No I like don't," Kitty said obviously not catching that Lita was being sarcastic. "This is all your fault." Kitty rounded on Rogue.
"I don't believe you!" Rogue yelled. "Don't blame me that your cousin doesn't want to look like you."
"And what is that supposed to mean?" Kitty screamed.
"Think about it. Its not that hard to figure out!"
"I don't believe.." But the rest of Kitty's words were lost as she lunged at Rogue.
They went at it for about five minutes before Lita called Tabby and Wanda from down the hall. Both of them ran in obviously not expecting to find what they found.
"Wow. Who started it?" asked Wanda.
"Kitty," Lita replied.
"Kick her ass Rogue! Your better than her!" was all that was herd from Tabby.
"So why are they fighting? I mean they usually disagree but I've never seen them exchange punches. But then again I don't usually leave the sanctity of my room for petty things. I wouldn't even go to school if I wasn't forced to."
"I think you got the right idea. They are fighting cuz I went with Rogue shopping and came back like this. I don't think she likes my new look."
"What's wrong with the way you look. We look like that all the time. Hey wait a minute. If she said something about the way you look then what does she say about us behind our back? Hit her once for me Rogue!" Wanda called turning from Lita to the fighters.
"Man they have been at it for almost ten minutes now," Wanda commented.
Wanda must have jinxed it because about ten seconds after she said that Jean walked past the door.
"Hey is this a party? Why wasn't I invited?" Jean asked. She either mistook there silence for an invitation or just invited herself in. In Lita's opinion she thought it was probably the second option. "Wait their fighting!"
"Thank you captain obvious," Tabby said not looking away from the fight.
"I've gotta tell the professor," Jean said delightedly as she skipped out the door to find Charles.
Minutes later Jean was happily walking through the door closely followed by Ororo.
"You two break it up," Ororo said calmly. When they didn't she smiled wickedly. "You," she pointed at Kitty, "over there." Kitty flew to the far right side of the room. "You," she pointed at Rogue, "over there." She pointed to the far left side of the room. "Now how did this happen?"
"Lita an me came back from the mall an Kitty saw Lita an just flipped. She said stuff then attacked me." Rogue said as a black ring began forming around her left eye.
"That like isn't how it happened!" Kitty screamed. By Kitty's appearance it was obvious who had won the fight. Both Kitty's eyes were blackening and she was nursing a bloody nose.
"I really don't care how this happened I just thought I should ask before I said what I am going to. Rogue I want you to go bunk with someone else. Jean perhaps." When Ororo said this both Jean's and Rogue's eyes widened. But before any of them could argue Wanda said, "Ororo, Rogue can stay in our room."
"That is fine with me if Rogue wishes to do that then she may."
"Of course I would. Anything is better than her," Rogue pointed at Jean.
"Well I wouldn't want to share a room with you any ways. You would probably want to paint the walls black or something," Jean snapped.
"She was going to but I didn't let her," Kitty said smugly.
They heard Rogue say something under her breath that sounded a lot like 'bitch'.
"Rogue I want you to clean out your drawers and move in with Wanda and Tabby immediately," Ororo said and left with Jean following.
"Wait!" Lita called and chased them out of the room.
About five minutes later she returned. "Um. Wanda, Tabby can I move in with you too?" She asked. "Ororo said its up to you." Then she grinned evilly. "If you all say yes then Kitty has to move into your old room and we get this one. Ororo told me to tell you that because this is a bigger room and there will be more space. And Rogue you get to paint your walls black as long as it's cool with Tabby and Wanda." All three of them smiled and said at the same time. "Bye Kitty." Kitty stomped out of the room furiously.
-Lita will you please come into my office for just a few moments? -
"Ahh. Guys I'm hearing voices," Lita said a little frightened.
"No you aren't its just the professor. He is trying to talk to you. What did he say?" Wanda told Lita with a smile.
"He wants me to go to his office. Is that the room I was in before?" She asked.
"Yeah, can you get there alright?" asked Tabby.
"I'll be fine. Well I will see you all when I get back alright?" Lita said as she walked out the door.
Lita wandered down the hall looking for the room she had been shown to when she first arrived to the institute. She finally found the door and knocked. The door opened and for her and she stepped in.
"You called me professor?" Lita asked timidly.
"Yes. I never got the chance to tell you how special this school really is. This school is for mutants. So please do not be alarmed if you see things that you may otherwise strange," Charles told her with a smile.
"So you're saying that my cousin is a mutant?" Lita asked dumbstruck. "And everyone else that I have met so far? But that Logan guy doesn't seem to be different."
"No he wouldn't. But he is a mutant. I shall leave you to find out what everyone can do. I just thought that I should give you fair warning to what you may see here at the institute. Now I am sure that you would like to resume moving in so I will let you go."
"Thank you professor," Lita said as she walked out the door.
"Oh and Lita you will have the same classes as Rogue, so please stay with her for your first couple of days."
"Sure will professor," Lita said as she disappeared out of the door.
Lita walked back down the hallway to her room. She passed by a couple of people on the way. There were two kids standing in the hall that she was walking down. The boy was showing a small ballerina that was made completely of ice to a girl who giggled and produced a few colorful sparks from her fingers and set them into rotation around the ballerina, which was now spinning gracefully in the boy's hand. She stopped to look at it. "Wow that is really pretty," she said with a smile and walked away. As she was walking she herd them whisper to each other, "who was that?" "New kid I guess." "Wow she looks a lot like Rogue." "Hey was that that same girl that cam in with Kitty this morning?" Lita did not stop to tell them anything because both of them seemed to be a few years younger then her. She walked back into her room. Everyone was sitting Rogue's bed.
"Hey Lita what did the Prof. want?" asked Rogue asked.
Lita walked over to the bed and sat down next to the other three girls. "Just to tell me that you all are different that most people and to not be scared if someone does something abnormal," she said with a smile. "And that I have the same classes as you Rogue. Would you all mind telling me what you all can do?"
"I am just pretty much just a sorceress," Wanda said.
"I can do this," Tabby said a she produced a small white spark in her hand. Without warning she threw it into the air where it blew up.
"An' Ah have ta wear these gloves because of my power Ah absorb other mutants power, along with there mem'ries and everythin'. If they are normal people then I just get there mem'ries," Rogue said looking down at her feet.
"So you can't touch anyone? That really sucks, but maybe one day you will get control," Lita said. "Look Rogue, I'm really sorry that I brought it up. I didn't mean to make you feel bad."
"Lita don't worry 'bout it. Ah'm used to it by now. Now lets git to work in this room. We need two more beds."
"Ill go ask Ororo where we can find two more beds," Tabby said as she hopped off the bed and ran out the door to find her.
"We can do some of the other stuff alright," Wanda said as she too got up.
Everyone else followed her lead and began preparing the room for the redecoration that everyone agreed was needed.