Disclaimer: Dude, I don't own X-men. I'm a 14 year old girl.how the hell
could I own X-men?!...that's what I thought. *ahem* Even though I don't own
X-men, I do own Fae Yamazaki, Nero Cuore and Gio Cuore. THEY'RE MINE I TELL
YOU! MMIINNNEE! *evil laugh* anyways, again you should know by now that
this will have girl/girl content so if ya don't like that.don't read it!!
ddduuhhh.
Psycho: da da da daaaaa! The fourth chapter is FINALLY posted! *starts dancing* I know I know.I'm soooo slow, but hey this one is really long ok, so you better like it!!! Oh yes, and some thanks goes out to my muses again.
Summer and Laxsoc: *dancing* Go uussss, it's our birthday, we're gonna party like it's our birthday. Whoop whoop! PARTAY!!
Psycho: wow they're a little.erm.self conceded O.o;;
Summer and Laxsoc: WE HEARD THAT!
Psycho: eep o.o well I better go now ^.^;;; ENJOY!! *RRUUNNSS AAWWAAYY.again -_-;;*
Chapter 4: A New Friend
Fae's breath came in short quick gasps and tears blurred her vision. Her footfalls hit the ground fast and hard, echoing off the almost empty pavement. Air seemed to become harder to attain and the edges of her sight started becoming fuzzy. Finally, when she couldn't run anymore, she let the darkness take her, falling until her head hit the concrete with a loud 'thunk'. During the last seconds of consciousness, she could hear her name being called through all the static in her head, but she knew it was a lost cause. The last rays of sunlight disappeared from view as she left herself helpless to the clear morning sky that hung so carelessly above her.
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"There, she's not far from here, only down the street a few blocks. The residency is under a Ms. Nero Cuore." The professor replied. Cerebro beeped and hummed through his mind and the mutant next to him jumped up.
"We should go get her, shouldn't we? I mean we don't know this person! What if Fae's in trouble? What if-"
"Calm down Kurt, she's fine. Cerebro shows that she hasn't used any of her powers which means that she's okay. Though it seems that she was unconscious the past few hours which was why we couldn't find her." This didn't help Kurt's panicked mind.
"Unconscious?" He yelled, "What happened to make her unconscious? How do we know these people didn't do that to her?" The professor sighed and took off the Cerebro helmet. He wheeled out of the room and Kurt followed him, fuming in anger and fear. He stopped outside as the doors behind him closed and turned to Kurt.
"Listen to me," he said firmly. "Fae is going to be okay, my records show that Ms. Cuore is a doctor at Bayville hospital. She'll know what to do." This calmed Kurt down and the blue mutant sighed.
"I hope you're right professor, I just feel like this is all my fault." The Professor placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"It'll be alright." Kurt nodded, and was gone a second later, leaving nothing but a swirl of smoke in his place. The professor trailed the mutant with his mind and when he was sure Kurt was back in his room, he turned around and headed back into Cerebro. Although his records did show that Ms. C. was a doctor, they also showed her as an active mutant rights protestor. He left this part out in reassuring Kurt and was truthful when he said that Fae was okay.but only for the moment. If the woman found out about Fae he wasn't sure what would happen and wanted to make sure nothing did. The door closed behind him as the machine was powered on, focused on the mind and thoughts of one mutant. Fae Yamazaki.
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The shouts of the townspeople reached an earsplitting apex and the barn wretched of gasoline as they were thrown in. Sudden realization sank in and Fae rushed to get out through the closing door
But she was too late
The barn door slammed shut in her face and although she banged helplessly on the door, her cries for help were useless. A moment later the smell of smoke reached her nose and the barn burst into flames. Her friends screamed and tried to get out through an open window with no avail. "Die mutants die!" the chant had started outside and the words echoed in Fae's ears. Smoke seeped into her lungs and she fell to the floor coughing. Her companions' shrieks were too much to take and she was sure death was on her doorstep. Lying down in the flame engulfed straw she gave herself to the fire and waited for the darkness that would end her.
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Fae sat bolt upright in the dark as the nightmare, still fresh in her mind, slowly withered away. She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the fuzz, but when she took her hand away she went stiff. 'wait, what? God I knew I needed glasses but I didn't think I'd start seeing things.' She shook her head and rubbed her eyes, positive her mind was playing tricks on her. And yet, when she opened her eyes again, the 'tricks' were still there. Her heart started race as she realized she had no idea where she was. She looked around and studied her alien surroundings. A room surrounded her that she had never seen before, the squishy bed beneath her was anything but familiar, and the clothes on her back didn't belong to her. Panic started to rise in her throat and tears welled up in her eyes, but she was able to keep her cool when she saw no locks on the half open door and no cuffs on her wrists.
'You only go where the wind blows you. You only go where the wind blows you.' She repeated the chant over and over in her mind. Her mother had taught it to her before she could remember, and it seemed like she had known it all her life. It meant that where ever you went, you were supposed to be there and no matter what happened everything would turn out right in the end. The chant was always the first thing that came into her mind when she was aware that she couldn't control her powers anymore and it normally helped to calm her nerves.
Once she was calm, she looked around and noticed a window, hope leaped inside her and she made her way to the pane of glass. 'I hope it's not locked.' She thought as she looked outside. It was raining, contrary to the clear sky she had seen that morning, but that didn't stop her from lifting the window until she heard it click.
"Yes!" she said a little too loud, but she didn't care. Her heart jumped for joy, she was free! Or so she thought. She stuck her head out to see how far the jump was, and the sight she saw almost made her cry. The building was at least 4 stories up; she would never make it alive. She realized now that even if she could have gotten out, she wouldn't have known where to go. All of the scenery was unfamiliar to her and she didn't know the number to the Institute.
Footsteps in the hallway pulled her from the disappointment into a deeper panic. 'No,' she thought. 'This is not the time.' So thinking quickly, she jumped back into the bad and pulled the covers on. Foot steps padded to the bed and Fae could hear something being set on the night stand. The lamp was flipped on and she waited for something horrible to happen. But nothing did. There was silence for what seemed like an eternity, she even thought about opening her eyes, but was thankful she didn't when she heard footsteps go out the door. It creaked shut but didn't close all the way, and when she chanced a risk at opening her eyes, the bright light flooded the room and she could see the light from the hallway. She could hear voices making their way through the cracked open door, but couldn't make out what they were saying. 'I gotta get closer.' She thought, and throwing the covers back she slowly made her way to the door and peered out. She could see two people; one was a girl that looked about her age, maybe a little older, and the other was an older lady. 'Her mother?' Fae thought. From what she could see, the two looked tremendously alike, but the older lady's face gave away the cold heart embedded in her chest. She could hear what they were saying now, the younger girl looked.scared? She could find out what the girl was really feeling if she wanted to, but that would be rude.
".but do I have to?" the younger girl said.
"Gio, we've been through this already. I want to be nice and take care of the poor girl, whoever she is, but if you don't give her the medicine we'll never know if she's a mutant or not, and I will not allow any power-raging freak in this house."
The younger girl sighed and hung her head.
"Yes mom."
The girl turned around and Fae felt her heart in her throat. Medicine? Find out if she was a mutant? This didn't sound good, but she only had one choice, so sucking up her fear she stood up behind the door and waited. The girl, 'Her mother said her name was Gio', walked in and shut the door behind her, with her head still to the floor. Fae thought she saw a glistening tear being quickly wiped away and felt a pang of sympathy for her, but she was pulled back into reality when the girl looked up. As soon as she did, Fae saw the realization flash across her face and quickly moved in. Coming up from behind her Fae covered the girls' mouth and felt a gasp escape her small lips. She felt the urge to wrap her other arm around the girls waist for safety (in case she tried to get away), but resisted considering it probably wouldn't help the red tint that had sprouted on her cheeks from the gasp that had grazed her fingers. Plus she could just blast her if she tried. Mustering up her last shred of integrity she tried calming her,
"It's ok, I'm not going to do anything, but I'm not taking that." She motioned to the tray that was sitting on the nightstand, which she now realized had a small container with two pills and a glass of water sitting on it. "Now I'll let you go, but you have to promise not to run away, or scream, or do anything that would make me do something I don't want to do. Got it?" Fae herself wasn't sure what she had just said, she was talking too fast for her brain to catch up with her mouth, but the girl nodded and she took her hand away. When she turned around Fae wasn't sure what to do next. She thought about introducing herself, but not a very good idea when her mom is some freaky mutant-hater. Standing there, wondering what to do, her thoughts were cut short when Gio spoke up first.
"So," she said. "You're a mutant?" Fae nodded in response. "Don't worry," the girl said. "I won't let my mother find out." She started over to the nightstand. Taking the two pills, she swallowed them herself, but didn't drink any water. She picked up the tray and headed towards Fae. "Here, drink some of this," Gio said handing her the glass of water. "My mom would know if you didn't drink any." Fae took the water and graciously gulped half of it down. "I'll get you your clothes so you can leave." Fae nodded, surprised. This was the daughter of a mutant hater, wasn't she supposed to hate mutants too? But for some reason, she trusted the girl. There was something about her; she knew she was hiding something, but what? Fae's instincts told her to go back to the bed and lay down, she still felt dizzy and her head was screaming, but the doubt in her mind told her to stay on guard. So she stood there until the girl came back with her duffle bag in her hands and a tray with milk, cookies, and some advil.
"Here, take this" she handed Fae the medicine and she thankfully took it. "The bathroom is right over there" she said pointing towards a door to the left of the bed that Fae hadn't noticed before. She got changed and came back out; Gio was sitting on the bed waiting for her. Fae joined her and grabbed a handful of cookies when Gio started to talk.
"So, what's your name?" she asked.
"I'm Fae."
"My name's-"
"Gio" Fae finished her reply. "Yea I heard." She said. Gio nodded and hung her head, Fae was almost sure she saw a blush darken the girls face, but didn't have time to think about it when she spoke up again.
"Where do you live?" she asked. Fae thought for a second before answering, was it ok to tell her? Her heart told her yes even though her mind screamed the logical answer, that it wasn't safe. Yet she let her instincts guide her this time.
"The Xavier Institute," she said through a mouthful of chocolate chip cookies. She watched Gio's face for any sign that she'd made a mistake, and when the girl nodded and smiled, Fae took that as a good sign and grabbed for the cup of milk on the tray in front of her. She gulped the whole glass and wiped her mouth off with her sleeve. She took the time that she ate to study the girl. Short straight hair fell to her shoulders and chocolate brown eyes were placed picture-perfectly in a delicate tan face. A light blue shirt contrasted her beautiful skin and met with faded out jeans half way down her athletically built body.
"Thanks, I was really hungry." She said when she was finished. Gio nodded.
"Do you know how to get back to the Institute?"
"Um," she started. "Not really. I just moved here a couple of days ago and I don't know my way around." Gio smiled.
"I knew I hadn't seen you before. Will you be starting at Bayville tomorrow?" Fae nodded.
"Do you go there to?" Gio nodded back.
"It's a great school, you'll like it." Gio's light face suddenly saddened. "You might want to be careful though. Not many people at the school are very accepting of, well you know."
"Yea, so I've heard."
"Well, I know the way to the Institute. It's only a couple of blocks away; I could walk you there if you like." Gio's face was bright again. 'How beautiful' Fae thought.
"That would be great." she said smiling. "But, isn't it raining outside?"
"Oh no, not anymore," she turned around to look out the window and saw the perfectly clear sky and beautiful sun glittering down on her.
"Crazy weather here," She commented.
"You'll get used to it."
"I'm sure I will." Fae grabbed her things and they headed out the door of the room. Gio closed the door behind her and turned to Fae.
"Listen, I know you heard my mother, but I just want you to know I'm nothing like her." Fae took this in and nodded, she had already figured this out. "Also, you have to pretend you never heard it. She can smell fear and anger." The statement almost made her laugh, but she held back when she saw the serious look on Gio's face. She nodded again and the two proceeded down the hall.
The apartment was quite big from what Fae saw of it. Walking down the hall she passed two rooms, the first rooms' door was open revealing a light blue painted room with a four poster bed. Ribbons hung on the wall congratulating the owner in their victory and a computer hummed in the corner by a window that sparkled with sunlight. 'This is her room' Fae thought as they passed it. The other rooms' door was at the end of the hall and was closed. Amy turned out of the hallway and into a living room decorated with plush leather furniture, a wooden coffee table and a huge plasma T.V. 'Dang, whatever her mother does for a living it sure puts them well off.' Gio went over to the couch and started pushing something. It wasn't until she peered over the back that Fae realized Gio's mom was asleep on it. She backed up and was suddenly filled with the old rage and panic that had settled back in the room. The chant immediately came to her mind and she muttered it under her breath. 'Remember what Gio said' she thought. Her nerves finally settled and the woman on the couch sat up and turned around.
"Well hello there, Fae is it?" Fae nodded and plastered a friendly smile on her face. The lady stood up and walked over to her. Holding out a well manicured hand she introduced herself. "My name is Nero Cuore," she said. "You can call me Ms. C" Fae took the hand and shook it,
"Nice to meet you Ms. C." She said back in a sugary-sweet voice. "I can't thank you enough for taking me in."
"Oh don't worry about it," Ms. C. waved her hand dismissively. "What happened anyway? You were out cold when we found you." Thinking quickly, Fae used the excuse she had pulled on her mother many times back home.
"I had spent the night at one of my friends house and was walking back home when a dog started chasing me. I was trying to run away and I tripped, I'm surprised the dog didn't eat me alive." Ms. C. sighed.
"Was it a big St. Bernard?" She asked. Fae took the opportunity and nodded. The woman shook her head.
"I'll tell you, if those damned Bertucci kids don't tie up their dog I'll have him off to the pound before you can say Kibbles and Bits." Fae smiled at the accusation, glad there was actually a dog to blame that made the story all the more believable.
"Mom I was gonna walk Fae home." Gio told her.
"What a great idea." Ms. C. smiled. "I hope to see you again Fae, it was a pleasure meeting you."
"Likewise" Fae replied. Gio grabbed Fae's arm and rushed them out the apartment door.
"Be back later mom." The door slammed closed behind them. As they started their walk back to the institute, Fae thought two things. One was that if Gio's mom wasn't so against mutants she would actually like her. And two was that in all her life, Fae finally had a friend. 'Maybe it won't be so bad' Fae thought, and then she did something she hadn't done in a while, she laughed.
Whew, that took me forever to write.*dodges fruit and veggies being thrown* ahhhh! Soorrryyy!! I promise I won't ever take that long again! Well review please! See you next chapter! Woot! ^_^v
Psycho: da da da daaaaa! The fourth chapter is FINALLY posted! *starts dancing* I know I know.I'm soooo slow, but hey this one is really long ok, so you better like it!!! Oh yes, and some thanks goes out to my muses again.
Summer and Laxsoc: *dancing* Go uussss, it's our birthday, we're gonna party like it's our birthday. Whoop whoop! PARTAY!!
Psycho: wow they're a little.erm.self conceded O.o;;
Summer and Laxsoc: WE HEARD THAT!
Psycho: eep o.o well I better go now ^.^;;; ENJOY!! *RRUUNNSS AAWWAAYY.again -_-;;*
Chapter 4: A New Friend
Fae's breath came in short quick gasps and tears blurred her vision. Her footfalls hit the ground fast and hard, echoing off the almost empty pavement. Air seemed to become harder to attain and the edges of her sight started becoming fuzzy. Finally, when she couldn't run anymore, she let the darkness take her, falling until her head hit the concrete with a loud 'thunk'. During the last seconds of consciousness, she could hear her name being called through all the static in her head, but she knew it was a lost cause. The last rays of sunlight disappeared from view as she left herself helpless to the clear morning sky that hung so carelessly above her.
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"There, she's not far from here, only down the street a few blocks. The residency is under a Ms. Nero Cuore." The professor replied. Cerebro beeped and hummed through his mind and the mutant next to him jumped up.
"We should go get her, shouldn't we? I mean we don't know this person! What if Fae's in trouble? What if-"
"Calm down Kurt, she's fine. Cerebro shows that she hasn't used any of her powers which means that she's okay. Though it seems that she was unconscious the past few hours which was why we couldn't find her." This didn't help Kurt's panicked mind.
"Unconscious?" He yelled, "What happened to make her unconscious? How do we know these people didn't do that to her?" The professor sighed and took off the Cerebro helmet. He wheeled out of the room and Kurt followed him, fuming in anger and fear. He stopped outside as the doors behind him closed and turned to Kurt.
"Listen to me," he said firmly. "Fae is going to be okay, my records show that Ms. Cuore is a doctor at Bayville hospital. She'll know what to do." This calmed Kurt down and the blue mutant sighed.
"I hope you're right professor, I just feel like this is all my fault." The Professor placed a reassuring hand on his shoulder.
"It'll be alright." Kurt nodded, and was gone a second later, leaving nothing but a swirl of smoke in his place. The professor trailed the mutant with his mind and when he was sure Kurt was back in his room, he turned around and headed back into Cerebro. Although his records did show that Ms. C. was a doctor, they also showed her as an active mutant rights protestor. He left this part out in reassuring Kurt and was truthful when he said that Fae was okay.but only for the moment. If the woman found out about Fae he wasn't sure what would happen and wanted to make sure nothing did. The door closed behind him as the machine was powered on, focused on the mind and thoughts of one mutant. Fae Yamazaki.
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The shouts of the townspeople reached an earsplitting apex and the barn wretched of gasoline as they were thrown in. Sudden realization sank in and Fae rushed to get out through the closing door
But she was too late
The barn door slammed shut in her face and although she banged helplessly on the door, her cries for help were useless. A moment later the smell of smoke reached her nose and the barn burst into flames. Her friends screamed and tried to get out through an open window with no avail. "Die mutants die!" the chant had started outside and the words echoed in Fae's ears. Smoke seeped into her lungs and she fell to the floor coughing. Her companions' shrieks were too much to take and she was sure death was on her doorstep. Lying down in the flame engulfed straw she gave herself to the fire and waited for the darkness that would end her.
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Fae sat bolt upright in the dark as the nightmare, still fresh in her mind, slowly withered away. She rubbed her eyes to get rid of the fuzz, but when she took her hand away she went stiff. 'wait, what? God I knew I needed glasses but I didn't think I'd start seeing things.' She shook her head and rubbed her eyes, positive her mind was playing tricks on her. And yet, when she opened her eyes again, the 'tricks' were still there. Her heart started race as she realized she had no idea where she was. She looked around and studied her alien surroundings. A room surrounded her that she had never seen before, the squishy bed beneath her was anything but familiar, and the clothes on her back didn't belong to her. Panic started to rise in her throat and tears welled up in her eyes, but she was able to keep her cool when she saw no locks on the half open door and no cuffs on her wrists.
'You only go where the wind blows you. You only go where the wind blows you.' She repeated the chant over and over in her mind. Her mother had taught it to her before she could remember, and it seemed like she had known it all her life. It meant that where ever you went, you were supposed to be there and no matter what happened everything would turn out right in the end. The chant was always the first thing that came into her mind when she was aware that she couldn't control her powers anymore and it normally helped to calm her nerves.
Once she was calm, she looked around and noticed a window, hope leaped inside her and she made her way to the pane of glass. 'I hope it's not locked.' She thought as she looked outside. It was raining, contrary to the clear sky she had seen that morning, but that didn't stop her from lifting the window until she heard it click.
"Yes!" she said a little too loud, but she didn't care. Her heart jumped for joy, she was free! Or so she thought. She stuck her head out to see how far the jump was, and the sight she saw almost made her cry. The building was at least 4 stories up; she would never make it alive. She realized now that even if she could have gotten out, she wouldn't have known where to go. All of the scenery was unfamiliar to her and she didn't know the number to the Institute.
Footsteps in the hallway pulled her from the disappointment into a deeper panic. 'No,' she thought. 'This is not the time.' So thinking quickly, she jumped back into the bad and pulled the covers on. Foot steps padded to the bed and Fae could hear something being set on the night stand. The lamp was flipped on and she waited for something horrible to happen. But nothing did. There was silence for what seemed like an eternity, she even thought about opening her eyes, but was thankful she didn't when she heard footsteps go out the door. It creaked shut but didn't close all the way, and when she chanced a risk at opening her eyes, the bright light flooded the room and she could see the light from the hallway. She could hear voices making their way through the cracked open door, but couldn't make out what they were saying. 'I gotta get closer.' She thought, and throwing the covers back she slowly made her way to the door and peered out. She could see two people; one was a girl that looked about her age, maybe a little older, and the other was an older lady. 'Her mother?' Fae thought. From what she could see, the two looked tremendously alike, but the older lady's face gave away the cold heart embedded in her chest. She could hear what they were saying now, the younger girl looked.scared? She could find out what the girl was really feeling if she wanted to, but that would be rude.
".but do I have to?" the younger girl said.
"Gio, we've been through this already. I want to be nice and take care of the poor girl, whoever she is, but if you don't give her the medicine we'll never know if she's a mutant or not, and I will not allow any power-raging freak in this house."
The younger girl sighed and hung her head.
"Yes mom."
The girl turned around and Fae felt her heart in her throat. Medicine? Find out if she was a mutant? This didn't sound good, but she only had one choice, so sucking up her fear she stood up behind the door and waited. The girl, 'Her mother said her name was Gio', walked in and shut the door behind her, with her head still to the floor. Fae thought she saw a glistening tear being quickly wiped away and felt a pang of sympathy for her, but she was pulled back into reality when the girl looked up. As soon as she did, Fae saw the realization flash across her face and quickly moved in. Coming up from behind her Fae covered the girls' mouth and felt a gasp escape her small lips. She felt the urge to wrap her other arm around the girls waist for safety (in case she tried to get away), but resisted considering it probably wouldn't help the red tint that had sprouted on her cheeks from the gasp that had grazed her fingers. Plus she could just blast her if she tried. Mustering up her last shred of integrity she tried calming her,
"It's ok, I'm not going to do anything, but I'm not taking that." She motioned to the tray that was sitting on the nightstand, which she now realized had a small container with two pills and a glass of water sitting on it. "Now I'll let you go, but you have to promise not to run away, or scream, or do anything that would make me do something I don't want to do. Got it?" Fae herself wasn't sure what she had just said, she was talking too fast for her brain to catch up with her mouth, but the girl nodded and she took her hand away. When she turned around Fae wasn't sure what to do next. She thought about introducing herself, but not a very good idea when her mom is some freaky mutant-hater. Standing there, wondering what to do, her thoughts were cut short when Gio spoke up first.
"So," she said. "You're a mutant?" Fae nodded in response. "Don't worry," the girl said. "I won't let my mother find out." She started over to the nightstand. Taking the two pills, she swallowed them herself, but didn't drink any water. She picked up the tray and headed towards Fae. "Here, drink some of this," Gio said handing her the glass of water. "My mom would know if you didn't drink any." Fae took the water and graciously gulped half of it down. "I'll get you your clothes so you can leave." Fae nodded, surprised. This was the daughter of a mutant hater, wasn't she supposed to hate mutants too? But for some reason, she trusted the girl. There was something about her; she knew she was hiding something, but what? Fae's instincts told her to go back to the bed and lay down, she still felt dizzy and her head was screaming, but the doubt in her mind told her to stay on guard. So she stood there until the girl came back with her duffle bag in her hands and a tray with milk, cookies, and some advil.
"Here, take this" she handed Fae the medicine and she thankfully took it. "The bathroom is right over there" she said pointing towards a door to the left of the bed that Fae hadn't noticed before. She got changed and came back out; Gio was sitting on the bed waiting for her. Fae joined her and grabbed a handful of cookies when Gio started to talk.
"So, what's your name?" she asked.
"I'm Fae."
"My name's-"
"Gio" Fae finished her reply. "Yea I heard." She said. Gio nodded and hung her head, Fae was almost sure she saw a blush darken the girls face, but didn't have time to think about it when she spoke up again.
"Where do you live?" she asked. Fae thought for a second before answering, was it ok to tell her? Her heart told her yes even though her mind screamed the logical answer, that it wasn't safe. Yet she let her instincts guide her this time.
"The Xavier Institute," she said through a mouthful of chocolate chip cookies. She watched Gio's face for any sign that she'd made a mistake, and when the girl nodded and smiled, Fae took that as a good sign and grabbed for the cup of milk on the tray in front of her. She gulped the whole glass and wiped her mouth off with her sleeve. She took the time that she ate to study the girl. Short straight hair fell to her shoulders and chocolate brown eyes were placed picture-perfectly in a delicate tan face. A light blue shirt contrasted her beautiful skin and met with faded out jeans half way down her athletically built body.
"Thanks, I was really hungry." She said when she was finished. Gio nodded.
"Do you know how to get back to the Institute?"
"Um," she started. "Not really. I just moved here a couple of days ago and I don't know my way around." Gio smiled.
"I knew I hadn't seen you before. Will you be starting at Bayville tomorrow?" Fae nodded.
"Do you go there to?" Gio nodded back.
"It's a great school, you'll like it." Gio's light face suddenly saddened. "You might want to be careful though. Not many people at the school are very accepting of, well you know."
"Yea, so I've heard."
"Well, I know the way to the Institute. It's only a couple of blocks away; I could walk you there if you like." Gio's face was bright again. 'How beautiful' Fae thought.
"That would be great." she said smiling. "But, isn't it raining outside?"
"Oh no, not anymore," she turned around to look out the window and saw the perfectly clear sky and beautiful sun glittering down on her.
"Crazy weather here," She commented.
"You'll get used to it."
"I'm sure I will." Fae grabbed her things and they headed out the door of the room. Gio closed the door behind her and turned to Fae.
"Listen, I know you heard my mother, but I just want you to know I'm nothing like her." Fae took this in and nodded, she had already figured this out. "Also, you have to pretend you never heard it. She can smell fear and anger." The statement almost made her laugh, but she held back when she saw the serious look on Gio's face. She nodded again and the two proceeded down the hall.
The apartment was quite big from what Fae saw of it. Walking down the hall she passed two rooms, the first rooms' door was open revealing a light blue painted room with a four poster bed. Ribbons hung on the wall congratulating the owner in their victory and a computer hummed in the corner by a window that sparkled with sunlight. 'This is her room' Fae thought as they passed it. The other rooms' door was at the end of the hall and was closed. Amy turned out of the hallway and into a living room decorated with plush leather furniture, a wooden coffee table and a huge plasma T.V. 'Dang, whatever her mother does for a living it sure puts them well off.' Gio went over to the couch and started pushing something. It wasn't until she peered over the back that Fae realized Gio's mom was asleep on it. She backed up and was suddenly filled with the old rage and panic that had settled back in the room. The chant immediately came to her mind and she muttered it under her breath. 'Remember what Gio said' she thought. Her nerves finally settled and the woman on the couch sat up and turned around.
"Well hello there, Fae is it?" Fae nodded and plastered a friendly smile on her face. The lady stood up and walked over to her. Holding out a well manicured hand she introduced herself. "My name is Nero Cuore," she said. "You can call me Ms. C" Fae took the hand and shook it,
"Nice to meet you Ms. C." She said back in a sugary-sweet voice. "I can't thank you enough for taking me in."
"Oh don't worry about it," Ms. C. waved her hand dismissively. "What happened anyway? You were out cold when we found you." Thinking quickly, Fae used the excuse she had pulled on her mother many times back home.
"I had spent the night at one of my friends house and was walking back home when a dog started chasing me. I was trying to run away and I tripped, I'm surprised the dog didn't eat me alive." Ms. C. sighed.
"Was it a big St. Bernard?" She asked. Fae took the opportunity and nodded. The woman shook her head.
"I'll tell you, if those damned Bertucci kids don't tie up their dog I'll have him off to the pound before you can say Kibbles and Bits." Fae smiled at the accusation, glad there was actually a dog to blame that made the story all the more believable.
"Mom I was gonna walk Fae home." Gio told her.
"What a great idea." Ms. C. smiled. "I hope to see you again Fae, it was a pleasure meeting you."
"Likewise" Fae replied. Gio grabbed Fae's arm and rushed them out the apartment door.
"Be back later mom." The door slammed closed behind them. As they started their walk back to the institute, Fae thought two things. One was that if Gio's mom wasn't so against mutants she would actually like her. And two was that in all her life, Fae finally had a friend. 'Maybe it won't be so bad' Fae thought, and then she did something she hadn't done in a while, she laughed.
Whew, that took me forever to write.*dodges fruit and veggies being thrown* ahhhh! Soorrryyy!! I promise I won't ever take that long again! Well review please! See you next chapter! Woot! ^_^v