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"Naddie?" Ron's voice called, waking her. She looked around and realized she was still in the hospital wing. She dragged herself into a sitting position in bed. Ron came and sat down beside her.
"Morning, sunshine!" he said. "The professor said I could come and get you, but he wouldn't tell me why you're in the hospital wing! What happened?" She just groaned in reply.
"Professor said to wait until morning. That's what I did. I'd prefer to just wait and tell everyone at once," Naddie said groggily. Ron still looked concerned.
"Now you have me really curious. Hurry down you can tell us your big surprise. And don't forget, we have a Danger Room session," he said. She nodded and got up to get dressed as Ron left the room. She put on her uniform and pulled out a t-shirt and jeans for school, then made her way downstairs and towards the Danger Room, where everyone was waiting for her. Apparently, everyone had heard where she had been last night and everyone wanted to know what was going on. Kitty and Kurt pounced on her at once.
"Naddie, are you alright?" Kitty asked, grabbing her arm. "I heard you were, like, in the hospital wing last night."
"Yea, I found you outside. What happened?" Kurt asked.
"You'll find out soon enough, guys," Naddie said, and walked over to where the professor and Logan were.
"Naddie," the professor greeted. "How are you this morning?"
"I'm alright. It really was dumb of me to go and do a thing like that, wasn't it?"
"Don't even get me started, kid!" Logan said.
"I believe we have left the others in suspense long enough, shall I make the announcement?" Xavier asked. Naddie nodded. The professor tried several times to get the students' attention, but they were still talking about what they thought had happened to Naddie. Finally, Logan shouted for them to be quiet and everyone snapped to attention.
"Thank you, Logan," the professor said, nodding up at him. "I know you all are wondering about Naddie's stay in the hospital wing last night. Let me start at the beginning."
"A very good place to start," Kurt sang under his breath. Scott elbowed him in the ribs.
"I am still not quite sure how it happened or what we are going to do about it, but the other day, Cerebro detected a new mutant. That mutant happened to be Naddie.
"What?!"
"How is that possible?" Scott asked.
"Oh my gosh, this is, like cool and not cool at the same time!" Kitty said. Ron looked over at Naddie. She couldn't read the expression on his face, but she thought it looked almost like disappointment or sadness.
"Professor, I don't understand," Jean said above the others.
"Neither do I, Jean. Naddie is from another dimension, where mutants such as us do not exist. Why she is a mutant in this dimension I do not know," the professor explained.
"What's going to happen to her?" Kim asked, concerned.
"As far as I can tell, she's just like any other mutant here. But I do not know what will happen if she returns to her own dimension."
"If," Ron said. It wasn't a question. He knew as soon as the professor said Naddie was a mutant that she would be staying. Would he and Kim really be going home by themselves?
"Ron," Naddie began, but he turned and started to walk away. Naddie started to go after him, but Logan put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
"Give him some time to think, Naddie," he said. "He's upset."
"RON's upset?" Kim asked, suddenly defensive. "What about Naddie? She's the one who all of a sudden found out she's a mutant!"
"Kim, it's alright," Naddie said, trying to calm her. He just needs some time to think about things. Will you keep an eye on him for me, please?" Kim sighed and nodded. "Thanks. I'll see you at school." Kim turned and walked away in the direction Ron had gone.
"I'm ready," Naddie said, turning to Logan.
"What?" he asked, confused.
"I'm ready to train," Naddie said confidently.
"Are you sure? I mean, with all this."
"I'm fine, really," Naddie insisted. Without even meaning to, she had been slowing down time, bit by bit, just enough to add a half hour or so to her morning. It wasn't much, but it had given her enough time to sort things out in her head. Now she was done thinking and was ready for action.
"If you insist," Logan said, and ushered her into the Danger Room, leaving the rest of the X-Men still thinking about what they had just learned.
"Ok, we're going to start slow," Logan warned.
"How slow?" Naddie asked, slightly disappointed she might not get the workout she had been planning for.
"REAL slow," Logan said. He walked over to the side of the room and picked up a bucket full of tennis balls. Naddie looked at him and raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"I'm going to throw these up in the air and I want you to focus on them and try to slow how fast they fall, got it?" Wolverine asked. Naddie nodded to show she understood. Wolverine then picked up a tennis ball and threw it high into the air. Naddie concentrated on it, but was surprised how high it went, and her concentration was broken. She shook her head as if to clear it.
"Sorry," she said. "Lemme try again." So Wolverine threw another tennis ball in the air. This time, Naddie followed it with her eyes and concentrated. The ball reached its apex and began to fall back down to earth, but Naddie was slowing it down, gradually but surely. By the time it was near the ground, it was moving so slowly it seemed to have stopped, and Naddie set it down neatly on the ground with her mind. She smiled to herself and turned to Wolverine for his approval, but as soon as she broke her focus, the ball shot back up into the air. Naddie yelped in surprise.
"Tennis balls BOUNCE!" Logan sighed. "You control time, you're not telekinetic! That tennis ball was going to bounce, even if it was in slow motion."
"Hehe, sorry," Naddie said sheepishly. Wolverine sighed.
"You're going to be a lot of work, kid!" he said. "So why don't we just finish the session with some basic combat training?"
"Sounds good to me!" Naddie said enthusiastically. So for the next half hour or so, Wolverine trained Naddie in basic fighting techniques, showing her how to kick and punch correctly. She came out of the training session tired but relieved. The last day had been really stressful, and combat training was perfect for letting it all out. Naddie thanked Logan and hurried up to her room to get ready for school. She met Kurt on the way there.
"Uh, hi, Naddie," he said awkwardly.
"Hey, Kurt," she replied.
"The professor told us about how your powers work, well, everyone but Kim and Ron. He thought maybe you should tell them yourself," Kurt said. Naddie smiled at the professor's consideration. "So, controlling time, huh? That's pretty neat."
"Not as neat as yours!" Naddie replied.
"Oh, I dunno," he said.
"What do you mean? It's gotta be awesome to be able to go wherever you want."
"It's not so bad," Kurt said, waving it away as if it were nothing out of the ordinary, but he couldn't hide his smile.
"Kurt!" Naddie said laughing.
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On the way to school, Ron avoided Naddie and rushed off to his first class before she could say anything to him. She was disappointed and slightly hurt that he would ignore her like that. She didn't have any classes with him before lunch, so she didn't see him all day. She finally found him at lunch sitting by himself at a picnic table in the corner of the courtyard. Naddie quietly sat down beside him and laid her head lightly on his shoulder. Ron didn't say anything for a moment, he just continued to eat.
"You mad at me?" Naddie asked quietly.
"Why would I be mad at you? You haven't done anything."
"Well, you wouldn't talk to me this morning."
"I know, I'm sorry. I just needed some time to think," Ron said. He sighed. "Naddie, the moment Professor Xavier said you were a mutant, I knew that meant you were going to stay here. I knew he must have invited you to stay and you will."
"I haven't decided anything yet, Ron!" Naddie said.
"Naddie, you were my best friend when we were little kids, you're like my sister! I thought I had lost you when I moved away. Then by some miracle, you moved to Middleton and we found each other again. Is all that just so we can be torn apart again?" he paused. "I'm sorry, I'm being selfish. Whatever you decide, I'll be happy for you."
"Thank you, Ron." Naddie said. He smiled and his face lightened a little.
"So, I never got to ask you this morning, what are your powers, anyway?"
))) ok, I didn't do review replies in the second chappie, so here ya go:
Sarah Crysala is of course my first reviewer. I finally updated, see? Lol
Roguehobbit, you guessed Naddie's power right! Yes, I promise I'm thinking of Rogue's Necklace, I just need to write it down now!
MoonJewel, thanks for the compliments! Hope you like where I'm going with this.
Crystalgreen, yes, Naddie is a mutant and I am updating as fast as my writers block will allow! Lol
LewsTherinInsanity, will she stay? Wait and see! And yes, time control is a very awesome power!
Kala10, more Naddie/Kurt, you say? I can do that!
Terminatrix T-X, glad you like! More soon!
Nova, thanks for the compliments, hope you like!
Everyone, I'm glad I have so many Kurt/Naddie fans here, because that's what I've been going for from the beginning. I'll try to update faster. I know, I say that every time. But I'll at least try!
Reviews for the review moocher, please! (((
"Naddie?" Ron's voice called, waking her. She looked around and realized she was still in the hospital wing. She dragged herself into a sitting position in bed. Ron came and sat down beside her.
"Morning, sunshine!" he said. "The professor said I could come and get you, but he wouldn't tell me why you're in the hospital wing! What happened?" She just groaned in reply.
"Professor said to wait until morning. That's what I did. I'd prefer to just wait and tell everyone at once," Naddie said groggily. Ron still looked concerned.
"Now you have me really curious. Hurry down you can tell us your big surprise. And don't forget, we have a Danger Room session," he said. She nodded and got up to get dressed as Ron left the room. She put on her uniform and pulled out a t-shirt and jeans for school, then made her way downstairs and towards the Danger Room, where everyone was waiting for her. Apparently, everyone had heard where she had been last night and everyone wanted to know what was going on. Kitty and Kurt pounced on her at once.
"Naddie, are you alright?" Kitty asked, grabbing her arm. "I heard you were, like, in the hospital wing last night."
"Yea, I found you outside. What happened?" Kurt asked.
"You'll find out soon enough, guys," Naddie said, and walked over to where the professor and Logan were.
"Naddie," the professor greeted. "How are you this morning?"
"I'm alright. It really was dumb of me to go and do a thing like that, wasn't it?"
"Don't even get me started, kid!" Logan said.
"I believe we have left the others in suspense long enough, shall I make the announcement?" Xavier asked. Naddie nodded. The professor tried several times to get the students' attention, but they were still talking about what they thought had happened to Naddie. Finally, Logan shouted for them to be quiet and everyone snapped to attention.
"Thank you, Logan," the professor said, nodding up at him. "I know you all are wondering about Naddie's stay in the hospital wing last night. Let me start at the beginning."
"A very good place to start," Kurt sang under his breath. Scott elbowed him in the ribs.
"I am still not quite sure how it happened or what we are going to do about it, but the other day, Cerebro detected a new mutant. That mutant happened to be Naddie.
"What?!"
"How is that possible?" Scott asked.
"Oh my gosh, this is, like cool and not cool at the same time!" Kitty said. Ron looked over at Naddie. She couldn't read the expression on his face, but she thought it looked almost like disappointment or sadness.
"Professor, I don't understand," Jean said above the others.
"Neither do I, Jean. Naddie is from another dimension, where mutants such as us do not exist. Why she is a mutant in this dimension I do not know," the professor explained.
"What's going to happen to her?" Kim asked, concerned.
"As far as I can tell, she's just like any other mutant here. But I do not know what will happen if she returns to her own dimension."
"If," Ron said. It wasn't a question. He knew as soon as the professor said Naddie was a mutant that she would be staying. Would he and Kim really be going home by themselves?
"Ron," Naddie began, but he turned and started to walk away. Naddie started to go after him, but Logan put a hand on her shoulder to stop her.
"Give him some time to think, Naddie," he said. "He's upset."
"RON's upset?" Kim asked, suddenly defensive. "What about Naddie? She's the one who all of a sudden found out she's a mutant!"
"Kim, it's alright," Naddie said, trying to calm her. He just needs some time to think about things. Will you keep an eye on him for me, please?" Kim sighed and nodded. "Thanks. I'll see you at school." Kim turned and walked away in the direction Ron had gone.
"I'm ready," Naddie said, turning to Logan.
"What?" he asked, confused.
"I'm ready to train," Naddie said confidently.
"Are you sure? I mean, with all this."
"I'm fine, really," Naddie insisted. Without even meaning to, she had been slowing down time, bit by bit, just enough to add a half hour or so to her morning. It wasn't much, but it had given her enough time to sort things out in her head. Now she was done thinking and was ready for action.
"If you insist," Logan said, and ushered her into the Danger Room, leaving the rest of the X-Men still thinking about what they had just learned.
"Ok, we're going to start slow," Logan warned.
"How slow?" Naddie asked, slightly disappointed she might not get the workout she had been planning for.
"REAL slow," Logan said. He walked over to the side of the room and picked up a bucket full of tennis balls. Naddie looked at him and raised an eyebrow questioningly.
"I'm going to throw these up in the air and I want you to focus on them and try to slow how fast they fall, got it?" Wolverine asked. Naddie nodded to show she understood. Wolverine then picked up a tennis ball and threw it high into the air. Naddie concentrated on it, but was surprised how high it went, and her concentration was broken. She shook her head as if to clear it.
"Sorry," she said. "Lemme try again." So Wolverine threw another tennis ball in the air. This time, Naddie followed it with her eyes and concentrated. The ball reached its apex and began to fall back down to earth, but Naddie was slowing it down, gradually but surely. By the time it was near the ground, it was moving so slowly it seemed to have stopped, and Naddie set it down neatly on the ground with her mind. She smiled to herself and turned to Wolverine for his approval, but as soon as she broke her focus, the ball shot back up into the air. Naddie yelped in surprise.
"Tennis balls BOUNCE!" Logan sighed. "You control time, you're not telekinetic! That tennis ball was going to bounce, even if it was in slow motion."
"Hehe, sorry," Naddie said sheepishly. Wolverine sighed.
"You're going to be a lot of work, kid!" he said. "So why don't we just finish the session with some basic combat training?"
"Sounds good to me!" Naddie said enthusiastically. So for the next half hour or so, Wolverine trained Naddie in basic fighting techniques, showing her how to kick and punch correctly. She came out of the training session tired but relieved. The last day had been really stressful, and combat training was perfect for letting it all out. Naddie thanked Logan and hurried up to her room to get ready for school. She met Kurt on the way there.
"Uh, hi, Naddie," he said awkwardly.
"Hey, Kurt," she replied.
"The professor told us about how your powers work, well, everyone but Kim and Ron. He thought maybe you should tell them yourself," Kurt said. Naddie smiled at the professor's consideration. "So, controlling time, huh? That's pretty neat."
"Not as neat as yours!" Naddie replied.
"Oh, I dunno," he said.
"What do you mean? It's gotta be awesome to be able to go wherever you want."
"It's not so bad," Kurt said, waving it away as if it were nothing out of the ordinary, but he couldn't hide his smile.
"Kurt!" Naddie said laughing.
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On the way to school, Ron avoided Naddie and rushed off to his first class before she could say anything to him. She was disappointed and slightly hurt that he would ignore her like that. She didn't have any classes with him before lunch, so she didn't see him all day. She finally found him at lunch sitting by himself at a picnic table in the corner of the courtyard. Naddie quietly sat down beside him and laid her head lightly on his shoulder. Ron didn't say anything for a moment, he just continued to eat.
"You mad at me?" Naddie asked quietly.
"Why would I be mad at you? You haven't done anything."
"Well, you wouldn't talk to me this morning."
"I know, I'm sorry. I just needed some time to think," Ron said. He sighed. "Naddie, the moment Professor Xavier said you were a mutant, I knew that meant you were going to stay here. I knew he must have invited you to stay and you will."
"I haven't decided anything yet, Ron!" Naddie said.
"Naddie, you were my best friend when we were little kids, you're like my sister! I thought I had lost you when I moved away. Then by some miracle, you moved to Middleton and we found each other again. Is all that just so we can be torn apart again?" he paused. "I'm sorry, I'm being selfish. Whatever you decide, I'll be happy for you."
"Thank you, Ron." Naddie said. He smiled and his face lightened a little.
"So, I never got to ask you this morning, what are your powers, anyway?"
))) ok, I didn't do review replies in the second chappie, so here ya go:
Sarah Crysala is of course my first reviewer. I finally updated, see? Lol
Roguehobbit, you guessed Naddie's power right! Yes, I promise I'm thinking of Rogue's Necklace, I just need to write it down now!
MoonJewel, thanks for the compliments! Hope you like where I'm going with this.
Crystalgreen, yes, Naddie is a mutant and I am updating as fast as my writers block will allow! Lol
LewsTherinInsanity, will she stay? Wait and see! And yes, time control is a very awesome power!
Kala10, more Naddie/Kurt, you say? I can do that!
Terminatrix T-X, glad you like! More soon!
Nova, thanks for the compliments, hope you like!
Everyone, I'm glad I have so many Kurt/Naddie fans here, because that's what I've been going for from the beginning. I'll try to update faster. I know, I say that every time. But I'll at least try!
Reviews for the review moocher, please! (((