RV: This chapter turned out to be longer than the other one so I shortened
it. YAY!
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I quietly opened the door the infirmary where Tobias was sleeping. I walked in but left the door open slightly to allow some light into the room. Tobias opened hi eyes slowly and sat up looking at me with as surprised gaze. I smiled shyly and sat down in a chair next to his bed. He gently brushed a strand of my blonde hair out of my face.
"You're a sweet guy," I said lightly. He nodded in a matter-of-fact way. He draped a wing across my back. I shivered in discomfort. He looked at me in distress. "Um. listen the wing kinda creeps me out," I said trying not to offend him. "My cousin put a bat in my hair when I was like ten."
Tobias smiled sympathetically and removed his wing. I looked away for a moment, slightly embarrassed. I didn't see him lean over to me. When I turned back to face him our lips met. For what seemed like a happy eternity we stayed like that. He pulled away slowly and laid back down. I blushed lightly and watched him drifted back to sleep. I stood up and quietly walked out of the room.
At the door I thought I heard Tobias call my name so I turned around only to find him still sleeping. I sighed. "Ashley, you've been hanging out with Milani to long. You're hearing things." I realized I was talking out loud. "And you're talking to yourself."
O_O O_O O_O
"So you're a telepath now?" Amber asked me as we made our way to Ororo's gardens.
"Yeah, I guess so," I replied kicking a rock with the toe of my boot. "It sorta popped up outta no where last night. That's why we were able to communicate with each other in our animal forms. We hadn't been able to do that before."
"How was I able to talk to Hunter?"
"Through me."
We walked silently into the gardens. Ororo grew flowers, herbs, veggies, fruits and other various plants that only she and the professor could pronounce. As we walked by some yellow and white roses, Amber began to sneeze uncontrollably.
"Must." sneeze "be a." sneeze "cat near." sneeze "by." She sneezed again.
"Bless you," I replied absentmindedly. I shifted into a tiger and smiled inwardly at the irony of it all. ~ How come whenever I change into a tiger you don't sneeze but when your around house cats you sneeze like there's no tomorrow? ~
~ I don't know ~ she grumbled. A familiar smell caught my nose. A smell that didn't contain good news. I froze in a crouched position. "What is it, Milani?" Amber asked out loud still sneezing.
~ Get out! Mystique and somebody else are here! ~ I shout into her mind. She decided to shift into a wolf and began to sneeze even harder. ~ What are you doing you idiot? Wolves have a stronger sense of smell than humans. Now get the hell outta here! ~
She started to change back into a human but passed out from sneezing too much before she reached the gardens' exit. (AW: Is that even possible? RV: It is in my world! AW: You need some serious help, girl! RV: Grrr! Arg!) Growling I grabbed her tail with my mouth and pull her from the gardens. ~ Hunter. Logan. Darren. I need help. Amber's passed out and Mystique is here! ~ I called mentally.
A man, I believe, dressed in a red metal jumpsuit with a dome thingy over his head ran out of the rose bushes smashing the roses into the ground. *Storm's not gonna be happy with him.* A tan coloured cat walked up next to the giant man guy. Its shape grew and changed into a blue skinned woman with short red hair. Mystique.
I shift back into my form. *I knew I should have put on my yoga pants instead of these stupid jeans,* I thought to myself as I crouched into a fighting stance. "Long time no see, Mystique. Can't say it's a pleasure though."
"Same here," she sneered.
"Who's your friend?" I asked stalling for time. "Didn't think you had friends. I thought you only had a master."
She smiled revealing perfect teeth. "Ember, I'd like you to meet Juggernaut," she said in a sickeningly sweet tone.
"What are you two doing here?" I inquired. ~ Where in the hell are you guys? ~
"Magneto wants you to join us. I can't imagine why."
"Probably to get rid of you," Logan said striding up to me. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I'll take the big guy and you take Mystique." His metal claws came out as well as his arrogant grin. He leapt at Juggernaut but stopped and hung in mid air.
A man also dressed in a red metal with a matching helmet and purple cape floated down out of the sky. Some little cat-like thing sat on his shoulder. "Now Wolverine, there is no need for violence," Magneto smiled. "I just wish to have a talk with young Milani here."
I formed a fire ball in my hand tossing it up and down. "Let Wolverine go then we'll talk."
"I'm afraid we can't talk here, child. You will have to come with me," Magneto replied as Logan dropped to the ground with a loud thud. The little cat thing jumped from his shoulder and skipped over to me. "Deji Charat, get back here!"
"No," she simply said and leapt onto my shoulder. "HI! Who are you? I'm a goose! QUACK, QUACK!"
"What is that thing?" Mystique asked Magneto more than slightly annoyed.
"She's an alien I just found. Rather cute, isn't she?" he mused as Deji Charat started dancing on my head. (RV: THE ALIENS ARE COMING!)
"Get off!" I growled getting extremely pissed very quickly.
"No," she giggled.
"Yes!"
"No."
"Get off me NOW!" I shouted shaking my head in vain to get her off. It doesn't work so I try shooting her with fire balls.
"You missed me. Ha ha ha ha ha!" she sang. She jumped off my head and fired laser beams out of her eyes in the direction of my head.
"AAAAHHHH!" I screamed ducking. "What the hell-?"
"I'm a goose. QUACK, QUACK!"
Exceedingly pissed off, I raised my hands into the air as clouds gathered overhead. I quickly lower my hands and lighting strikes Deji Charat. When the blinding light subsided Deji Charat wasn't there. I let out a victorious shout just before something hit me in the back of my head. I saw Deji Charat out of the corner of my eye before I blacked out.
O_O O_O O_O
Darren and I rushed into the gardens to find Logan lying sprawled out on the grass. Milani and Amber were no where to be seen. I sprinted over to Logan and helped him to his feet. "What happened?" I asked him.
"Magneto took the girls," he replied sadly.
"Why didn't you help them?" Darren demanded angrily.
"Hey bub, it ain't my fault Magneto can control metal," Logan growled as six metal claws shot out of his hands.
"How would that effect you?"
"Darren, look at his hands," I ordered. "He's got metal running through his entire body. Do the math."
"I always kinda sucked at math," he said sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry I jumped all over you, Logan."
"Forget it, kid. I gotta go talk to Xavier." Logan turned to go but paused and looked at me. "By the way, they headed south."
"Thanks," I replied as I began to shift into a red-tailed hawk.
"Wait!" Darren commanded. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to see if I can find out where this Magneto man is taking Milani."
"And Amber."
I rolled my eyes. "And Amber," I repeated. Darren's got an obvious crush on Amber. *To bad he can't us those illusions of his to hide it,* I thought to myself as I shifted and flew away from the school.
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I sat up slowly and touch the back of my head. Wincing I drew my hand away to see it covered in blood. "Damn cat-person-thingy," I muttered under my breath.
"Thank God you're alive," Amber cried and hugged me. I sat there and wondered where she came from then came to my senses. Clearing my throat in warning, she immediately lets go of me. "Sorry. Momentary lapse in judgment."
"Obviously. Where the hell are we?" I asked looking around.
"Ah. don't know."
"Let's see. stone or concrete floor and walls, barred window and door. I'm guessin' it's a damn jail cell!" I turned and hurled a fire ball at the window bars. "Do you know what's goin' on, Amber?"
"No. I woke up only a short time before you," she whispered. "What happened after I passed out from sneezing?"
"Mystique was the cat but I don't think she was the cause of you sneezing epidemic. There was this really huge guy named Juggernaut and then Magneto of course." I got annoyed at the thought of what I was going to say next. "Magneto had this cat-person-thingy named Deji Charat. The damn thing danced on my head, shot laser beams outta its eyes and knocked me out after I tried to fry its ass with a lighting bolt."
O_O O_O O_O
I semi-laughed at the last comment, but my throat immediately stung. I coughed violently, holding my sore throat. For once in a long time, Milani made sure I was okay waiting till I stopped coughing before she continued.
~ If you don't mind, maybe we should talk like this, ~ she thought to me.
~ I don't mind if we do, ~ I replied standing up but remaining against the wall. I believed Milani was right when she said we were in a cell. I shifted into a wolf to keep myself warmer.
Suddenly, a young girl appeared out of the shadows. The focused her red eyes on me, staring intensely. I felt the hair on my neck stand on end when she spoke to me. "Magneto has no use for you."
"Who are you?" Milani demanded.
"I am Fyreph," she said raising a hand and Milani fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious. Fyreph left with the cell door open.
I rushed over to Milani and nudged her with my paw. Her eyes snapped open. They weren't gold anymore; they were blood red. I backed up a bit as she stood. I turned back into a human, scared out my wits. "Milani?"
She doesn't hear me as she rushed at me while shifting. The force of her body hit mine and I crashed into the wall. She pinned me against wall with her huge front paws. I kicked her in the stomach and returned to my wolf form as Milani climbed to her paws. I dashed out the cell before she could land another blow. Snarling she gave chase as I ran down the hallway and up a flight of stairs. I finally found myself on the roof of a huge warehouse.
Magneto stood on the edge of the roof, chuckling. "Silverwing, what are you going to do?"
"What are you doing to her?!?" I yelled. I was taken back in surprise to hear my voice when I was still in my wolf form. *That's never happened before.*
"Fulfilling the prophecy."
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RV: I'm done for tonight!
AW: You promised we'd do the shout outs on the next chapter and this is the next chapter.
RV *yawns*: I'm too tired. We'll do it laterz! Everyone review if you want a shout out!
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I quietly opened the door the infirmary where Tobias was sleeping. I walked in but left the door open slightly to allow some light into the room. Tobias opened hi eyes slowly and sat up looking at me with as surprised gaze. I smiled shyly and sat down in a chair next to his bed. He gently brushed a strand of my blonde hair out of my face.
"You're a sweet guy," I said lightly. He nodded in a matter-of-fact way. He draped a wing across my back. I shivered in discomfort. He looked at me in distress. "Um. listen the wing kinda creeps me out," I said trying not to offend him. "My cousin put a bat in my hair when I was like ten."
Tobias smiled sympathetically and removed his wing. I looked away for a moment, slightly embarrassed. I didn't see him lean over to me. When I turned back to face him our lips met. For what seemed like a happy eternity we stayed like that. He pulled away slowly and laid back down. I blushed lightly and watched him drifted back to sleep. I stood up and quietly walked out of the room.
At the door I thought I heard Tobias call my name so I turned around only to find him still sleeping. I sighed. "Ashley, you've been hanging out with Milani to long. You're hearing things." I realized I was talking out loud. "And you're talking to yourself."
O_O O_O O_O
"So you're a telepath now?" Amber asked me as we made our way to Ororo's gardens.
"Yeah, I guess so," I replied kicking a rock with the toe of my boot. "It sorta popped up outta no where last night. That's why we were able to communicate with each other in our animal forms. We hadn't been able to do that before."
"How was I able to talk to Hunter?"
"Through me."
We walked silently into the gardens. Ororo grew flowers, herbs, veggies, fruits and other various plants that only she and the professor could pronounce. As we walked by some yellow and white roses, Amber began to sneeze uncontrollably.
"Must." sneeze "be a." sneeze "cat near." sneeze "by." She sneezed again.
"Bless you," I replied absentmindedly. I shifted into a tiger and smiled inwardly at the irony of it all. ~ How come whenever I change into a tiger you don't sneeze but when your around house cats you sneeze like there's no tomorrow? ~
~ I don't know ~ she grumbled. A familiar smell caught my nose. A smell that didn't contain good news. I froze in a crouched position. "What is it, Milani?" Amber asked out loud still sneezing.
~ Get out! Mystique and somebody else are here! ~ I shout into her mind. She decided to shift into a wolf and began to sneeze even harder. ~ What are you doing you idiot? Wolves have a stronger sense of smell than humans. Now get the hell outta here! ~
She started to change back into a human but passed out from sneezing too much before she reached the gardens' exit. (AW: Is that even possible? RV: It is in my world! AW: You need some serious help, girl! RV: Grrr! Arg!) Growling I grabbed her tail with my mouth and pull her from the gardens. ~ Hunter. Logan. Darren. I need help. Amber's passed out and Mystique is here! ~ I called mentally.
A man, I believe, dressed in a red metal jumpsuit with a dome thingy over his head ran out of the rose bushes smashing the roses into the ground. *Storm's not gonna be happy with him.* A tan coloured cat walked up next to the giant man guy. Its shape grew and changed into a blue skinned woman with short red hair. Mystique.
I shift back into my form. *I knew I should have put on my yoga pants instead of these stupid jeans,* I thought to myself as I crouched into a fighting stance. "Long time no see, Mystique. Can't say it's a pleasure though."
"Same here," she sneered.
"Who's your friend?" I asked stalling for time. "Didn't think you had friends. I thought you only had a master."
She smiled revealing perfect teeth. "Ember, I'd like you to meet Juggernaut," she said in a sickeningly sweet tone.
"What are you two doing here?" I inquired. ~ Where in the hell are you guys? ~
"Magneto wants you to join us. I can't imagine why."
"Probably to get rid of you," Logan said striding up to me. He leaned down and whispered in my ear, "I'll take the big guy and you take Mystique." His metal claws came out as well as his arrogant grin. He leapt at Juggernaut but stopped and hung in mid air.
A man also dressed in a red metal with a matching helmet and purple cape floated down out of the sky. Some little cat-like thing sat on his shoulder. "Now Wolverine, there is no need for violence," Magneto smiled. "I just wish to have a talk with young Milani here."
I formed a fire ball in my hand tossing it up and down. "Let Wolverine go then we'll talk."
"I'm afraid we can't talk here, child. You will have to come with me," Magneto replied as Logan dropped to the ground with a loud thud. The little cat thing jumped from his shoulder and skipped over to me. "Deji Charat, get back here!"
"No," she simply said and leapt onto my shoulder. "HI! Who are you? I'm a goose! QUACK, QUACK!"
"What is that thing?" Mystique asked Magneto more than slightly annoyed.
"She's an alien I just found. Rather cute, isn't she?" he mused as Deji Charat started dancing on my head. (RV: THE ALIENS ARE COMING!)
"Get off!" I growled getting extremely pissed very quickly.
"No," she giggled.
"Yes!"
"No."
"Get off me NOW!" I shouted shaking my head in vain to get her off. It doesn't work so I try shooting her with fire balls.
"You missed me. Ha ha ha ha ha!" she sang. She jumped off my head and fired laser beams out of her eyes in the direction of my head.
"AAAAHHHH!" I screamed ducking. "What the hell-?"
"I'm a goose. QUACK, QUACK!"
Exceedingly pissed off, I raised my hands into the air as clouds gathered overhead. I quickly lower my hands and lighting strikes Deji Charat. When the blinding light subsided Deji Charat wasn't there. I let out a victorious shout just before something hit me in the back of my head. I saw Deji Charat out of the corner of my eye before I blacked out.
O_O O_O O_O
Darren and I rushed into the gardens to find Logan lying sprawled out on the grass. Milani and Amber were no where to be seen. I sprinted over to Logan and helped him to his feet. "What happened?" I asked him.
"Magneto took the girls," he replied sadly.
"Why didn't you help them?" Darren demanded angrily.
"Hey bub, it ain't my fault Magneto can control metal," Logan growled as six metal claws shot out of his hands.
"How would that effect you?"
"Darren, look at his hands," I ordered. "He's got metal running through his entire body. Do the math."
"I always kinda sucked at math," he said sheepishly rubbing the back of his neck. "Sorry I jumped all over you, Logan."
"Forget it, kid. I gotta go talk to Xavier." Logan turned to go but paused and looked at me. "By the way, they headed south."
"Thanks," I replied as I began to shift into a red-tailed hawk.
"Wait!" Darren commanded. "Where do you think you're going?"
"I'm going to see if I can find out where this Magneto man is taking Milani."
"And Amber."
I rolled my eyes. "And Amber," I repeated. Darren's got an obvious crush on Amber. *To bad he can't us those illusions of his to hide it,* I thought to myself as I shifted and flew away from the school.
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I sat up slowly and touch the back of my head. Wincing I drew my hand away to see it covered in blood. "Damn cat-person-thingy," I muttered under my breath.
"Thank God you're alive," Amber cried and hugged me. I sat there and wondered where she came from then came to my senses. Clearing my throat in warning, she immediately lets go of me. "Sorry. Momentary lapse in judgment."
"Obviously. Where the hell are we?" I asked looking around.
"Ah. don't know."
"Let's see. stone or concrete floor and walls, barred window and door. I'm guessin' it's a damn jail cell!" I turned and hurled a fire ball at the window bars. "Do you know what's goin' on, Amber?"
"No. I woke up only a short time before you," she whispered. "What happened after I passed out from sneezing?"
"Mystique was the cat but I don't think she was the cause of you sneezing epidemic. There was this really huge guy named Juggernaut and then Magneto of course." I got annoyed at the thought of what I was going to say next. "Magneto had this cat-person-thingy named Deji Charat. The damn thing danced on my head, shot laser beams outta its eyes and knocked me out after I tried to fry its ass with a lighting bolt."
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I semi-laughed at the last comment, but my throat immediately stung. I coughed violently, holding my sore throat. For once in a long time, Milani made sure I was okay waiting till I stopped coughing before she continued.
~ If you don't mind, maybe we should talk like this, ~ she thought to me.
~ I don't mind if we do, ~ I replied standing up but remaining against the wall. I believed Milani was right when she said we were in a cell. I shifted into a wolf to keep myself warmer.
Suddenly, a young girl appeared out of the shadows. The focused her red eyes on me, staring intensely. I felt the hair on my neck stand on end when she spoke to me. "Magneto has no use for you."
"Who are you?" Milani demanded.
"I am Fyreph," she said raising a hand and Milani fell to the ground, seemingly unconscious. Fyreph left with the cell door open.
I rushed over to Milani and nudged her with my paw. Her eyes snapped open. They weren't gold anymore; they were blood red. I backed up a bit as she stood. I turned back into a human, scared out my wits. "Milani?"
She doesn't hear me as she rushed at me while shifting. The force of her body hit mine and I crashed into the wall. She pinned me against wall with her huge front paws. I kicked her in the stomach and returned to my wolf form as Milani climbed to her paws. I dashed out the cell before she could land another blow. Snarling she gave chase as I ran down the hallway and up a flight of stairs. I finally found myself on the roof of a huge warehouse.
Magneto stood on the edge of the roof, chuckling. "Silverwing, what are you going to do?"
"What are you doing to her?!?" I yelled. I was taken back in surprise to hear my voice when I was still in my wolf form. *That's never happened before.*
"Fulfilling the prophecy."
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RV: I'm done for tonight!
AW: You promised we'd do the shout outs on the next chapter and this is the next chapter.
RV *yawns*: I'm too tired. We'll do it laterz! Everyone review if you want a shout out!