Aria frantically searched for anyone she recognized, namely Kurt. With
little success at visually locating him she began calling out his name. She
kept wondering while she yelled and eventually she spotted the bright red
hair of one of the girls that had been at the table. She made a beeline for
it and skillfully dodged a few random students in the process. She slammed
her hands down on the table and everyone looked up at her.
"Look, we're sorry about earlier. We shouldn't have stared at you like that," apologized the red head.
Aria's shoulders heaved as she tried to catch her breath. She managed to wheeze out her message between gasps for air.
"Rogue's in trouble. some kid named Duncan. going to fight."
"What?! He knows he shouldn't be doing something like that. What's gotten into him?" The red head was flustered and looked ready to kill the aforementioned guy.
"Let's go help her before this gets ugly," said a guy wearing red shades. His face was set and he had an authoritarian air about him.
Aria pondered for a moment why he would be wearing red sunglasses but tossed it up to personal taste. She didn't question other people's dressing habits because, frankly, she got enough questions about her own.
**
Rogue had managed to delay Duncan from actually touching her skin but it wasn't easy. All of the other students were in her way and she had to dodge around everything. She had begun to tire and people seemed to be stuck still until she bumped into them form behind. A lunch tray that had fallen onto the ground in the mad chase caught on her boot and she tripped. Duncan caught up to her and he looked ready to murder her in cold blood.
"Finally! Time to grind up a mutant. You guys don't belong here and I intend to remove you."
"Don't count yah luck, boy. Ah don't intend to go down easy. Ya just picked yahself the hardest fight in the group."
The boy was enraged by her remark and began to charge at her. Rogue quickly slipped off one of her gloves and prepared to knock the boy out with one swipe. Even if she wasn't supposed to use her powers at school she didn't care anymore. The torture she and the other students endured wasn't worth going to school. She would relish taking out one of their worst enemies at Bayville and be proud of it no matter what the cost.
A split-second before impact a gust of wind blew Duncan back off his feet and he landed on the lunch tray Rogue had slipped on. It took a moment for her to realize that no ordinary breeze could do that and began searching the crowd for a familiar white-haired student. Scrambling to her feet, she ran through a gap in the students and tried to get as far away from the scene as possible.
A quick dip next to her table and she had her bag. Now she just had to casually walk outside and find Kurt so he could port her home. Just as she was getting to the back doors they burst open and she skidded to a stop. Her boots made a peculiar squeaking noise as they rubbed against the linoleum. A few students covered their ears in pain but everyone turned to look towards the sound.
"Rogue! Are you, like, ok?"
"Fahne Kitty. Duncan's another matter."
"You didn't?! You know how much trouble we're in for!"
"Ah didn't absorb him if that's watcha mean. It seems someone else lahkes to play with their powers though."
"Who?" Scott had slid over and made sure Rogue was ok before questioning her.
"Mah guess is Pietro, but ya never know. The wind seems to have a few other friends too."
Aria squeezed herself past the doors and Kitty so she could see what had happened. Some of the snippets of conversation had slipped over to her and she had a few questions of her own.
"Who's Pietro?"
Everyone looked at her and became very quiet. They realized that she might have heard some of their exchange and wondered just how much she knew.
*Jean, can you see if she knows what we're talking about?*
*Sure.. weird. I can't get in Scott. It's like she has a mental shield or something. Definitely need to tell the Professor about this later.*
"Pietro's just one of the kids that has a thing for Rogue."
"And Ah don't appreciate it very much, Jean."
"Oh."
Silence fell over them for a moment before Rogue began to walk forward and try to get out. Aria noticed that she was bleeding from a cut on her elbow.
"Rogue, you're bleeding."
"Ah am? Where?"
"On your elbow, right below the bone."
She twisted her arm around, trying to get a look at it. When she couldn't find it she looked at Aria suspiciously.
"Ah still can't fahnd it. Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it's right here."
Aria moved forward and pointed to the back of her arm that was a blind spot in Rogue's vision. She put her arm over the spot and pulled it away. Sure enough, there was a small amount of blood trickling through a scrape that she had no idea was there.
"Great, now Ah need a bandage for this."
"Here."
Aria pulled off the handkerchief that was wrapped around her head. A few people gasped when she did. Rogue was still concentrating on the blood and when she looked up she froze.
Sticking out of the top of Aria's head were two horns. They jutted backwards at first and then turned back forwards after about an inch. The ends were pointed and looked quite deadly. She was looking stoically at Rogue, despite all of the stares.
The handkerchief hung in her hand for another moment before she dropped it and turned around. Rogue caught the piece of fabric before it hit the ground. Everyone was speechless. Aria had just blatantly ruined any chances she ever had of living a semi-normal school life. All for Rogue.
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Well here's another chapter. I can't promise that I'll churn them out at two per week from now on. I have school and other things. If I could just write I would be very happy but we can't all be happy can we?
Golden Slumbers: I can assure you I won't drop this fic. I've got plans for it but I can't guarantee regular updates. Sometimes I run into writer's block when I least expect it. I'm glad you're reading my fic since you don't usually read OCs. I hope I don't disappoint you.
R&R peoples. It's what makes an author's world go round.
"Look, we're sorry about earlier. We shouldn't have stared at you like that," apologized the red head.
Aria's shoulders heaved as she tried to catch her breath. She managed to wheeze out her message between gasps for air.
"Rogue's in trouble. some kid named Duncan. going to fight."
"What?! He knows he shouldn't be doing something like that. What's gotten into him?" The red head was flustered and looked ready to kill the aforementioned guy.
"Let's go help her before this gets ugly," said a guy wearing red shades. His face was set and he had an authoritarian air about him.
Aria pondered for a moment why he would be wearing red sunglasses but tossed it up to personal taste. She didn't question other people's dressing habits because, frankly, she got enough questions about her own.
**
Rogue had managed to delay Duncan from actually touching her skin but it wasn't easy. All of the other students were in her way and she had to dodge around everything. She had begun to tire and people seemed to be stuck still until she bumped into them form behind. A lunch tray that had fallen onto the ground in the mad chase caught on her boot and she tripped. Duncan caught up to her and he looked ready to murder her in cold blood.
"Finally! Time to grind up a mutant. You guys don't belong here and I intend to remove you."
"Don't count yah luck, boy. Ah don't intend to go down easy. Ya just picked yahself the hardest fight in the group."
The boy was enraged by her remark and began to charge at her. Rogue quickly slipped off one of her gloves and prepared to knock the boy out with one swipe. Even if she wasn't supposed to use her powers at school she didn't care anymore. The torture she and the other students endured wasn't worth going to school. She would relish taking out one of their worst enemies at Bayville and be proud of it no matter what the cost.
A split-second before impact a gust of wind blew Duncan back off his feet and he landed on the lunch tray Rogue had slipped on. It took a moment for her to realize that no ordinary breeze could do that and began searching the crowd for a familiar white-haired student. Scrambling to her feet, she ran through a gap in the students and tried to get as far away from the scene as possible.
A quick dip next to her table and she had her bag. Now she just had to casually walk outside and find Kurt so he could port her home. Just as she was getting to the back doors they burst open and she skidded to a stop. Her boots made a peculiar squeaking noise as they rubbed against the linoleum. A few students covered their ears in pain but everyone turned to look towards the sound.
"Rogue! Are you, like, ok?"
"Fahne Kitty. Duncan's another matter."
"You didn't?! You know how much trouble we're in for!"
"Ah didn't absorb him if that's watcha mean. It seems someone else lahkes to play with their powers though."
"Who?" Scott had slid over and made sure Rogue was ok before questioning her.
"Mah guess is Pietro, but ya never know. The wind seems to have a few other friends too."
Aria squeezed herself past the doors and Kitty so she could see what had happened. Some of the snippets of conversation had slipped over to her and she had a few questions of her own.
"Who's Pietro?"
Everyone looked at her and became very quiet. They realized that she might have heard some of their exchange and wondered just how much she knew.
*Jean, can you see if she knows what we're talking about?*
*Sure.. weird. I can't get in Scott. It's like she has a mental shield or something. Definitely need to tell the Professor about this later.*
"Pietro's just one of the kids that has a thing for Rogue."
"And Ah don't appreciate it very much, Jean."
"Oh."
Silence fell over them for a moment before Rogue began to walk forward and try to get out. Aria noticed that she was bleeding from a cut on her elbow.
"Rogue, you're bleeding."
"Ah am? Where?"
"On your elbow, right below the bone."
She twisted her arm around, trying to get a look at it. When she couldn't find it she looked at Aria suspiciously.
"Ah still can't fahnd it. Are you sure?"
"Yeah, it's right here."
Aria moved forward and pointed to the back of her arm that was a blind spot in Rogue's vision. She put her arm over the spot and pulled it away. Sure enough, there was a small amount of blood trickling through a scrape that she had no idea was there.
"Great, now Ah need a bandage for this."
"Here."
Aria pulled off the handkerchief that was wrapped around her head. A few people gasped when she did. Rogue was still concentrating on the blood and when she looked up she froze.
Sticking out of the top of Aria's head were two horns. They jutted backwards at first and then turned back forwards after about an inch. The ends were pointed and looked quite deadly. She was looking stoically at Rogue, despite all of the stares.
The handkerchief hung in her hand for another moment before she dropped it and turned around. Rogue caught the piece of fabric before it hit the ground. Everyone was speechless. Aria had just blatantly ruined any chances she ever had of living a semi-normal school life. All for Rogue.
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Well here's another chapter. I can't promise that I'll churn them out at two per week from now on. I have school and other things. If I could just write I would be very happy but we can't all be happy can we?
Golden Slumbers: I can assure you I won't drop this fic. I've got plans for it but I can't guarantee regular updates. Sometimes I run into writer's block when I least expect it. I'm glad you're reading my fic since you don't usually read OCs. I hope I don't disappoint you.
R&R peoples. It's what makes an author's world go round.